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The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter
Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.
Round 2 saw three FAs (two by 
Cas Liber (submissions) and one by 
Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by 
Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by 
Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by 
Hurricanehink (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and 
MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by 
Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while 
The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.
If you are concerned that your nomination 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: April 2016
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DYK for I Get This Call Every Day
On 14 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article I Get This Call Every Day, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David S. Gallant was fired after the game he developed, I Get This Call Every Day, was featured on the front page of the Toronto Star? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/I Get This Call Every Day. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, I Get This Call Every Day), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
- Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
- Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
Leon Raper - 2015 World Swing Dance Hall of Fame - Special Recognition Award
- Hi,
- I just emailed a .pdf file to Jbhunley with a picture of my 2015 World Swing Dance Hall of Fame - Special Recognition Award. This proves that I receive the award. See below:
- Subject: Leon Raper - 2015 World Swing Dance Hall of Fame Award - .pdf
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:14:57 -0700
- From: H Leon Raper <dance@raper.com>
- To: Jbhunley
- Hi,
- Attached is a .pdf file with picture of my 2015 World Swing Dance Hall of Fame - Special Recognition Award.
- Could you please send this to Theroadislong and Marchjuly at Wikipedia. Sorry, I don't have their email addresses.
- This should be placed under Awards on the respective award indicator.
- Thanks, I really appreciate your help.
- H. Leon Raper
- World Swing Dance Hall of Fame (2015) *** AWARD ***
- California Swing Dance Hall Of Fame (2010)
LeonRaper 17:35, 17 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeonRaper (talk • contribs)
The Signpost: 28 May 2016
- News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
- Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
- Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
- Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
- Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
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- Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride