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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	It is with grand appreciation that I award you this barnstar for completing Good Article reviews for the December 2011 Good Article Nomination backlog elimination drive Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 22:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks... glad to see my work's appreciated ! =) --He to Hecuba (talk) 23:54, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the barnstar

Just as a comment, you should probably give one to User:WWB Too as well if i'm going to get one, since he wrote a significant (if not most or practically all) of the content in the updated version. We were working on it together. But thanks as well. :3 Silverseren^C 00:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello Ruby! Normally I'd leave this {{RightGreeting}} on your talkpage, but it is readily apparent that you have a well developed wiki-skillset. So I'll just request that you keep on doing what you do best: creating the highest quality content. Hopefully you'll be able to work on a few articles with this {{WikiProject Conservatism}} on it: it would be most appreciated. Our membership is sorely lacking in editors who can mass produce FAs, GAs and DYKs. Welcome! – Lionel ^(talk) 01:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Oh, and good luck with the WikiCup! – Lionel ^(talk) 01:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

You're right

Hi, Ruby. Indeed there are quite a few people who care about me here. It was really great to see that skind of upport. Even more after having been blocked under the accusation of "battleground mentality"because I made a single joke. Nonetheless, your message was kind and I was very glad to see it. It's good to talk to you again. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 02:37, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks so much for the barnstar re: Cracker Barrel! Plus, I just got word the article was approved for GA. It was a lot of work, and I'm happy to see it recognized. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:30, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The Right Stuff: January 2012

January 2012

ARTICLE REPORT

Wikipedia's Newest Featured Portal: Conservatism

By Lionelt

On January 21, The Conservatism Portal was promoted to Featured Portal (FP) due largely to the contributions of Lionelt. This is the first Featured content produced by WikiProject Conservatism. The road to Featured class was rocky. An earlier nomination for FP failed, and in October the portal was "Kept" after being nominated for deletion.

Member Eisfbnore significantly contributed to the successful Good Article nomination of Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor Nils Vogt in December. Eisfbnore also created the article. In January another Project article was promoted to Featured Article. Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, a president of Brazil, attained Featured class with significant effort by Lecen. The Article Incubator saw its first graduation in November. A collaboration spearheaded by Mzk1 and Trackerseal successfully developed Star Parker to pass the notability guideline.

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Project Scope Debated

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Another discussion addressing the project scope began in December. Nine alternatives were presented in the contentious, sometimes heated discussion. Support was divided between keeping the exitsing scope, or adopting a scope with more specificity. Some opponents of the specific scope were concerned that it was too limiting and would adversely affect project size. About twenty editors participated in the discussion.

Inclusion of the article Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was debated. Supporters for inclusion cited sources describing the KKK as "conservative." The article was excluded with more than 10 editors participating.

Project membership continues to grow. There are currently 73 members. Member Goldblooded (pictured) volunteers for the UK Conservative Party and JohnChrysostom is a Christian Democrat. North8000 is interested in libertarianism. We won't tell WikiProject Libertarianism he's slumming. Let's stop by their talkpages and share some Wikilove.

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DISCUSSION REPORT

Why is Everyone Talking About Rick Santorum?

By Lionelt

Articles about the GOP presidential candidate and staunch traditional marriage supporter have seen an explosion of discussion. On January 8 an RFC was opened (here) to determine if Dan Savage's website link should be included in Campaign for "santorum" neologism. The next day the Rick Santorum article itself was the subject of an RFC (here) to determine if including the Savage neologism was a violation of the BLP policy. Soon after a third was opened (here) at Santorum controversy regarding homosexuality. This RFC proposes merging the neologism article into the controversy article.

The Abortion case closed in November after 15 weeks of contentious arbitration. The remedies include semi-protection of all abortion articles (numbering 1,500), sanctions for some editors including members of this Project, and a provision for a discussion to determine the names of what are colloquially known as the pro-life and pro-choice articles. The Committee endorsed the "1 revert rule" for abortion articles.

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DYK for Jon Hunter Spence

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Re: LOTR list

I'm ready if you are! Do you think this is a RS? Glimmer721 ^talk 16:43, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:06, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Charlotte Zeepvat

Hello! Your submission of Charlotte Zeepvat at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ishtar456 (talk) 23:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Why did you do this to me, you awful person

So I now own Fringe's first season on DVD. It's quite good so far. I blame you for the weekend I'm about to lose. :( GRAPPLE X 04:22, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Film's January–February Newsletter

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DYK for Charlotte Zeepvat

Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The End of All Things

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February 2012 wikification drive!

Thank you for participating in the February Drive; your assistance was greatly appreciated and i therefore present you with this WikiProject Wikify Ribbon. Keep it up! ;) ~ benzband (talk) 20:49, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play/archive1

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Television episode and season articles badly needed

Since you supported the template reformat, you might want to be involved in filling in some of the most important articles. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television#Acclaimed_Writing_and_Directing_Award-winning_episodes_update.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

FLC comments

Have you checked out the nomination page lately? I've fixed most of them quickly, but some I'm not sure about. Glimmer721 ^talk 00:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, been busy in real life. I'll look at them later today. Thanks! Ruby 2010/2013 18:53, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

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Fringe

I was source-shopping on Digital Spy for Doctor Who and saw this which might be helpful to you. You can check out their news and reviews archive here. Glimmer721 ^talk 00:40, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. Both shows are on my list of "got to see sometime". Glimmer721 ^talk 00:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it turns 50 next year, even though it wasn't on the air for about 15 years. Series 5 ("The Eleventh Hour") would be the easiest place to start as it begins the current era (series 7 starts in the fall; supposedly it will be more stand-alone). Series 1 is a little uneven and silly. The Tenth Doctor (series 2-4) is great but the writing annoyed me for making it too epic as it went along (everyone should see "Blink", though). I haven't seen much of the classic series; I don't know where to start. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:11, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Kandyman. Kandyman is where you start. GRAPPLE X 01:13, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

My friend has also recommended "The Eleventh Hour" as a good place to start. Will have to succumb to her peer pressure soon! Ruby 2010/2013 01:23, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, "The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon" may be a better opener (and it was the first I saw, after BBC America's recap of series 5) but you need all the backstory first. Glimmer721 ^talk 16:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Victoire Conroy

Hello! Your submission of Victoire Conroy at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LauraHale (talk) 06:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Please comment back on my talk page once these are fixed or I may miss changes to the DYK nom. --LauraHale (talk) 06:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 March newsletter

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:26, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Victoire Conroy

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: Doctor Who convert

Haha...I started watching with "The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon" so 11/Amy/Rory is sort of my "home era". I really liked Tennant for his first series, but later on the way he was portrayed (not exactly his fault) got a little annoying and conflicted with my views on the character. He's great in those 3 eps, though. I've actually been alternating watching serials from the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Doctors, and I've begun to view them as all one character rather than each one subjectively. Glimmer721 ^talk 22:44, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

That's what I figured when you mentioned those episodes in that order :) "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone" adds more to the Weeping Angels and River as well as figuring out the cracks in time stuff, though you have to kind of buy the resolution. Some from series 1-4 I reccommend (minus "Blink" and "Silence in the Library") are "Father's Day", "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", "The Christmas Invasion", "School Reunion", "The Girl in the Fireplace", "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood", though I've only seen half of series 4 so far (BBC America keeps changing their scheduling!), but "The Unicorn and the Wasp" is fun (especially if you're an Agatha Christie fan) and I've heard "Midnight" and "The Waters of Mars" are really good. I also just finished the first episode of City of Death which is pretty well-done. Anyway, I hope you're enjoying it (and it's not taking up too much of your life :P) Glimmer721 ^talk 01:15, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Smile!

A smile for you You’ve just received a random act of kindness! 66.87.2.110 (talk) 18:28, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

FL Question

Since the LOTR list is still in review, am I allowed to nominate Doctor Who (series 5)? All the episodes are now GA and I think it's about ready, though I'll probably go over the prose one more time. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:56, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I sort of want to try FL first, so I'll wait. I've got some series 6 stuff to work on in the meantime, anyway :) Glimmer721 ^talk 16:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent

Tank you for your kind words. Will you review it? It would be most appreciated, and I know you have the competence. Lampman (talk) 03:28, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for a thorough, yet reasonable review. I've gone through your suggestions for improvement, please have another look when you get a chance. Lampman (talk) 22:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the pass! Lampman (talk) 07:53, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

LOTR

I've added my support to your page. Recommendation: Watch the 2008 mini-series Little Dorrit. It features Andy Serkis as a sleazy bad guy. Jimknut (talk) 18:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Kelsey Wakefield GA

Hi. I think I've finished addressing all the comments you made in your review. :) Thank you for the review. --LauraHale (talk) 04:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 April newsletter

Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards (submissions) and Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:20, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Letters of Transit

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:05, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Fringe

Just dropping a note of appreciation for continuing your hard work on expanding the Fringe articles out from where I generally leave them at. I figured that you'd be able to incorporate the reviews pointing to the Walter Walternate scene image for Worlds Apart quite well.  :) --MASEM (t) 02:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Happy birthday to you! (and me)

Happy birthday.... I'm glad to see someone else on Wikipedia who has something in common with me Mar4d (talk) 11:46, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

RS Question

Do you think this would be considered reliable? Glimmer721 ^talk 20:13, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Worlds Apart (Fringe)

Hello! Your submission of Worlds Apart (Fringe) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LauraHale (talk) 10:28, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Worlds Apart (Fringe)

Orlady (talk) 00:04, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Source

Happened accross this. And this, if you could find a way to use that. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:18, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I wasn't a huge fan of Series 1 at first, compared to Series 5, but I'm planning on giving it another chance when it rolls around on BBC America. I kind of miss Nine and the tone of the first series, compared to 3 and 4. Things pick up about mid-season--"Dalek" is probably still the best Dalek episode of the new series, "Father's Day", "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" are classics, and the finale might be the best of the RTD era. Glimmer721 ^talk 23:02, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

June Wikification Drive!

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DYK for The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Angie Bolen

Thank you for your review and comments on Angie Bolen. I've made all your suggested adjustments and I think the article is okay to pass GA now! Thanks again, Akcvtt (talk) 06:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Alison Weir DYK

I have accepted the nomination for the article. It looks a ton better and has 5x as many sources than it did previously. Both hooks are appealing, but the alternate might be a better choice. I left the nomination open for discussion though, since there's a very minor issue with the size. It was just fine at the time of the nom, but has since been edited in a way that dropped it 66 characters below the 5x recommended size. I stated in my review that we shouldn't disallow the article to pass because of this, but then thought that maybe there's some additional detail that you might be able to scrape up to move it past the 5x line (again). Sorry to even have to mention it, but I am relatively new to DYK, and don't know what other editors might come up with as far as pass/fail.

The article has so much more detail now than it did, and so it might be difficult to find any more content, but I just wanted to mention this to you as that's how I laid it out in the review. Dawnseeker2000 19:28, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:42, 31 May 2012 (UTC)