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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
About me expanding the Ifish article
@Happily888, I have expanded the Ifish article and added sources from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ifish, that Cunard suggested, including ones about the program's Logie Award for Most Popular Lifestyle Program nominations in 2012 and 2013. Do you think the article needs more expansion? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 05:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- @TechGeek105: I think the article has been expanded enough and that it looks great. Thanks for your work expanding it! Happily888 (talk) 05:46, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank God You're Here Finale
I Am Sorry But I Just Want This Page To Be Completed And I Don't Know How To Add In The Results So Can You Please Ass In The Results For Episode 8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3813:C301:714C:2AA7:BA05:63F0 (talk) 15:41, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
Thank God You're Here Finale
Sorry Again But Are You Going To Add In The Results For Episode 8 Of Thank God You're Here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3813:C301:6127:88C3:42D5:5CA8 (talk) 15:49, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
The 2024 in Australian television article has been created
@Happily888, I created the 2024 in Australian television article on 2 January 2024, using content from 2023 in Australian television, see that article's history for attribution. Does that article need expansion? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 05:14, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- It looks great for now! Happily888 (talk) 11:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
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Arbitration
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Gladiators (2024 Australian TV series)
Hi there, could you please explain why you removed my edit to this page. Only "ce" was given in the notes and no message on my talk page. AussieWikiDan (talk) 05:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
About improving the 2022 in Australian television article
@Happily888, I have tried to improve the 2022 in Australian television article by adding all the channels that either launched or closed in 2022, examples being SBS WorldWatch and Prime7. Can you please finish the improvements, while I take a break from Wikipedia for 2 hours? The improvements I have made, did not add any more Australian television shows that debuted or ended in 2022, examples being After the Verdict and Snackmasters. Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 22:01, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Happily888, can you please reply to me trying to improve the 2022 in Australian television article? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 03:54, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Happily888, can you please check my ping and read my other replies? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 06:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Happily888, are you busy? Can you please read my reply from 3 days ago, as well as my reply on my talk page from 2 days ago? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 04:24, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Happily888, can you please check my ping and read my other replies? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 06:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
About the series Parental Guidance
@Happily888, I created the article Parental Guidance (Australian TV series) yesterday. Can you please cleanup the article to reflect the American version of the show (The Parent Test)? Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 21:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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Reverts in Australian Survivor edits
Hello. I’d like to address the issue with the edits that you have reverted. Unfortunately, the tables that you are reverting fail to comply with MOS:ACCESS and MOS:COLOR:
Ensure that color is not the only method used to communicate important information. Especially, do not use colored text or background unless its status is also indicated using another method, such as an accessible symbol matched to a legend, or footnote labels. Otherwise, blind users or readers accessing Wikipedia through a printout or device without a color screen will not receive that information.
When I presented these edits, you said it was "my ideals" and asked for a consensus among editors. There is one already: Survivor task force (based on Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Television/Archive_12#RfC_about_elimination-style_reality_programs). Many users have agreed that it is important to follow Wikipedia's MOS for each reality show, regardless of which version it may be.
Please take this information into consideration. This is for the better of Wikipedia, not for personal reasons whatsoever. Freddy7GL (talk) 17:10, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
- Please note that I have already stated that the Survivor task force is a WikiProject related to the American TV series and therefore its discussion page isn't the right venue for making a consensus for this article and it therefore doesn't apply, especially when those series haven't been notified of the discussion when it was occurring. I agree with the consensus on following MOS guideline, however formats which follow MOS are not all the same and international series of franchises do not have to have the exact same tables as the original series, especially because the series are different and therefore discussions need to take place before making major changes to articles. Happily888 (talk) 00:35, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
- Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer 
Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
voorts (submissions) and 
Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, 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 (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to 
Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.
Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Jesse Baird
On 1 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jesse Baird, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 01:19, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
Miscellaneous
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
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Australian Survivor: Titans vs Rebels
Hello! I noticed that Jaden has been edited out of the **Contestants** section and Alex is listed as the person voted out tonight. I have no idea what I'm doing editing Wiki pages so thought I'd drop you the note as you were the last to edit stuff. Peace! 122.151.178.218 (talk) 11:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing this up! Happily888 (talk) 11:56, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
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- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. 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 Needed.
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Category:Defunct IMAX venues has been nominated for merging
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ITN recognition for Destiny Deacon
On 31 May 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Destiny Deacon, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 10:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Love Island (2015 TV series) series 12
You have changed the name of Love Island (2015 TV series) series 11 and this is incorrect.
Love Island: All Stars was a spin-off series and sources refer to it as much. As you can see here ITVX list it completely separate to the main series [1] and sources refer to All Stars as the "first series", just like I'm a Celebrity... South Africa. Please change this back 2A00:23EE:1410:2687:AC4A:543:DE03:F758 (talk) 12:44, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Your reversion to my edits for Gadigal
Hello there
I have tried to engage you in discussion on the Talk page a couple of times but you have not responded and continue to undo my edits while leaving edit summaries which do not explain why you have reverted sourced information. I have removed unsourced information which has nothing to do with the Gadigal and have replaced it with reliably sourced information. I have explained these changed in detail on the Talk page. Rather than simply revert all my changes could you please discuss this on the article talk page and justify your reversions?
Thank you Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 02:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't undo your edits, I've just been doing copy-edits of your poor edits as you can see from the edit summaries which I assume you haven't read properly; also you do not WP:OWN the article. You're the user who has been reverting my edits whilst not justifying your reversions, its the norm on Wikipedia to keep status quo when a contentious statement needs to be discussed. Happily888 (talk) 02:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. The edit history showed a reversion and your edit summary didn't really explain what my "poor editing" was. I notice that you restored the following sentence: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population". The source is diven as Cumston's History of Small Pox in Australia. No page number is given, but I checked the source and it says nothing of the kind. (Apart from the fact that 53% is a pretty precise estimate given that we still have no idea how many Aboriginal people there were in Sydney in 1788.) That's why I changed it to: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about half of the Sydney Aboriginal population". The source for this is the Sydney Barani website cited. Would you please revert back to my version which is properly sourced. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Please note that you have restored an earlier (2002) version of the Barani website. The most recent version here should be used. Also note that the restored version does not contain sources which confirm the statement: " "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population" Would you please use the latest version of the website and my text which is an accurate summary of the relevant part? Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 05:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. The edit history showed a reversion and your edit summary didn't really explain what my "poor editing" was. I notice that you restored the following sentence: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population". The source is diven as Cumston's History of Small Pox in Australia. No page number is given, but I checked the source and it says nothing of the kind. (Apart from the fact that 53% is a pretty precise estimate given that we still have no idea how many Aboriginal people there were in Sydney in 1788.) That's why I changed it to: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about half of the Sydney Aboriginal population". The source for this is the Sydney Barani website cited. Would you please revert back to my version which is properly sourced. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Help with editing
Hi, I have seen that you have added an entry to the List of solved missing person cases, good job! I could use some help with adding entries as I have a lot of editing and other things to do, If I give you some entries could you please add them for me. I would be very thankful to get some help. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 8 June 2024
- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
- Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
- Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
- Essay: No queerphobia
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WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
- Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 July 2024
- News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
- Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
- In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
- Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
- In the media: War and information in war and politics
- Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
- Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
- Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
- Humour: A joke
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- Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
Caught's release date fields
In the television infobox, either the released field or the first aired and last aired fields need to be used. Currently the article is using released and last aired fields, which places it in the maintenance category of Category:Pages using infobox television with nonstandard dates. If the series has been cancelled, which I cannot find information on that, it only needs to use the released field. If the series is ongoing, it needs to use the first aired and last aired fields, even if all of the first season episodes were released the same day. To avoid an edit war, I will leave it up to you which choice is correct. Aspects (talk) 14:43, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Neither Template:Infobox television nor Template:Infobox television season say to not use the released and last aired fields at the same time. It does however state to not use the first aired field when a series releases all their episodes at the same time. As well as to not use the released and first aired fields at the same time. This seems like a case where either the maintenance category needs to be fixed or a template talk page discussion should occur. Happily888 (talk) 15:09, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 July 2024
- Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
- News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
- Obituary: JamesR
- Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
- Can you please not edit my edits on the voice pages. I did that incase people didn't want to click on each individual wikipedia page to find out who each person looks like. It might sound dumb but I'm just letting you know. TypicallyRyan (talk) 05:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please see MOS:IMGSIZE and WP:SENTENCECASE prior to editing galleries in articles. You might also find this short tutorial helpful. Happily888 (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I already know what I'm doing though, so I don't see the need to remove my edits. TypicallyRyan (talk) 06:35, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Scrap that, I understand now. I don’t mean to be rude or come across as negative. I’ll have a look at the links. TypicallyRyan (talk) 07:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please see MOS:IMGSIZE and WP:SENTENCECASE prior to editing galleries in articles. You might also find this short tutorial helpful. Happily888 (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ