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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 
MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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Congrats...
... on the Wales Football History FA. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 20:56, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of 2006 Football League Trophy Final
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Question
Hi Kosack, any chance you want to review FAC Burnley F.C.? Thanks in advance, WA8MTWAYC (talk) 19:11, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
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Addressed changes; let me know if anything more is needed. Thanks for taking time to review such a long article and for the helpful suggestions! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 00:20, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for 1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season
On 11 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during their 1925–26 season, Cardiff City suffered the heaviest league defeat in the club's history, losing 11–2 to Sheffield United? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season), 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Changes addressed; let me know if anything more is needed! Thanks for another review! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 16:59, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Deletion of Aberystwyth Town player articles
Hi Kosack,
I've been made aware of you proposing the deletion of several pages for Aberystwyth Town players.
It took me quite a while gathering lots of information for all the players. Yes the haven't played professionally, but I am in the process of creating articles for all players in the Cymru Premier.
I understand it isn't a 'fully professional league', but it is a top tier league, the highest division. Me and many others are trying to make a more professional look for the league and we feel as if Wikipedia pages would help with that.
I do hope you consider reversing your decision, because let's be honest they aren't doing any damage are they?
Callum CallumH3236 (talk) 20:02, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of 1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season
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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
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Hi, thanks for your comments on the FAC. I addressed some of the issues you pointed out (and commented on the rest). Can you please get back to me when you get the time? Thanks, Nehme1499 (talk) 23:27, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for 1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season
On 6 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, during their 1928–29 season, Cardiff City F.C. were relegated from the First Division of the Football League despite conceding the fewest amount of goals in the league? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season), 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.
History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 27, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 27, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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October 2020 GAN Backlog drive!
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Hello Kosack. I hope you are doing well. The GOCE is done and I have tried to solve the issues. Is it ready for nomination? I don't want to see it fail this time. ❯❯❯ S A H A 19:13, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi @ArnabSaha:, the article is in much better shape than when the last review closed. I don't really have the time to go over the minutiae right now. However, I would expect a good standard of writing coming from the GOCE review, the content is pretty wide ranging and the potential copyvios have been dealt with. I would ensure the sourcing of the article is solid, i.e. all information is supported by reliable sources, otherwise you'll only be causing yourself further issues down the line. If you're happy with the sourcing, I don't see why you shouldn't take another run at it as those are the major structural points covered and anything else could reasonably be dealt with during a review. Good luck. Kosack (talk) 20:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
- thank you very much. your message motivated me a lot.
❯❯❯ S A H A 06:12, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- thank you very much. your message motivated me a lot.
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Ready for a stab at FAC? My latest collaboration (with Harrias) just got promoted so if you're up for it, let's get it started! The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 16:37, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man: Sure, let's go for it. Kosack (talk) 16:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of 1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season
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Your GA nomination of 1925–26 Cardiff City F.C. season
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FL question
So with the Wales national football team results 1920–1939 been up to a Feature List nomination, I was wondering if that might be my first FL considering I did help in bringing it up to standard much like the other two. HawkAussie (talk) 00:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
Owen's height note
I will add a note about the height discrepencies like the one on Dan Henderson's page. Is there a reference or list of refs you would like me to use? Thanks. Mstchstickman (talk) 20:27, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
- Any reliable source is fine. I tried to avoid using johnnyowen.com when writing the article as it's not entirely clear that it would be considered a reliable source from what I can tell. The three I listed on Squared circle's talk page are all reputable if you're looking for one, but if you have any reliable sources in mind feel free. Kosack (talk) 20:30, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
Boxrec.com changes Owen's height
After all that work, BoxRec changes Owen's height to 5'8" 😀 Merthyr matchstick (talk) 14:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
TFA
Thank you today for History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976) "about the first century in the history of the Wales national football team, covering the highs and many lows from its incarnation in the 1870s to the mid 1970s. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of REDMAN 2019 -- REDMAN 2019 (talk) 11:01, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season
The article 1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of REDMAN 2019 -- REDMAN 2019 (talk) 11:41, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season
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Your GA nomination of 1927–28 Cardiff City F.C. season
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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is 
Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by .svg){kind=small}
Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. 
The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with 
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The other finalists were 
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1989–90 Norwich City F.C. season
Thank you, that's exactly the sort of help and advice I needed! I can easily provide page references for the transfers. Do I need to provide a reference for each and every result? They're basically all on the same pages anyway. I was going to look and see if there's any individual reports online once I'd got the framework in place. Skteosk (talk) 12:13, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, thanks, although in the case of results it's going to be taken from several different pages, since different teams' information are listed separately. Skteosk (talk) 14:08, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- I can provide a general season overview page, it's just it won't contain all the information. Skteosk (talk) 00:08, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've added references for the transfers and the results page from Canary Citizen. Is that enough to resubmit it? (I'll refrain from editing it during the review period this time: I thought it would help but it may have counted against it.) Skteosk (talk) 09:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've resubmitted, see how it goes. Thank you very much for your help! Skteosk (talk) 12:12, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 13:55, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 1929–30 Cardiff City F.C. season
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Curtis
Done the stats table. I'll try and add a bit of prose but there won't be much, my books don't seem inspired by years of lower-mid-table and worse in the top flight and the players who kept them there. Much more fun these days... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 18:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
- Doesn't look quite as minimal now. The Matthews source for the purchase fee in the first sentence of the Bham section, currently ref #9, covers the whole sentence, I've left the 2 pre-existing refs in but they aren't actually needed for that sentence now.
- One thing, in the Personal life section, dunno if I'm just blind but I don't see his wife's name in either source cited? cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello Kosack,
- Year in review
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
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Hi Kosack
I hope you're well. You kindly provided a review for my FAC with 2017 EFL Trophy Final, and I was wondering if you could do one for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2018 EFL League Two play-off Final/archive1 - it's a joint nom between myself and The Rambling Man. It looks like it might be in danger of petering out. Cheers! — Amakuru (talk) 20:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
You have Mr. Jenkins graduating from university in 1963, when I think you mean 1983.Georgejdorner (talk) 23:57, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Peer review WSL match
Hi Kosack, would you be willing to provide some guidance to improve my article about an FA WSL football match: Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women? I put it up as an FAC but reviewers felt it was not good enough yet and suggested a peer review first, before bringing it back. See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women/archive1. I have made quite a few changes already. I have added info to the Background and Aftermath sections. Would you be up for helping me? If so, shall I open a formal peer review, or shall we have discussions on the article's talk page? If it takes a lot of effort, then perhaps you can become a co-nominator when we bring it back to FAC. Whatever works for you. Thanks. Edwininlondon (talk) 22:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hi @Edwininlondon:, sure I'd be glad to help out. I'd probably suggest opening a peer review just to increase the chances of getting more eyes on it before another run at FAC. PR is pretty quiet these days but it's worth a shot. I'll try and have a look tomorrow or Friday. Kosack (talk) 23:49, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Splendid. Here is the open PR. Edwininlondon (talk) 08:14, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
John Barnard Jenkins
I edited the article and added his death date and later info about the Cambria band and you deleted it. Balchder (talk) 14:35, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for John Barnard Jenkins
On 18 December 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Barnard Jenkins, 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. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:27, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2008 FA Cup Final
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Yunus Musah
Hey Kosack!
I noticed that you corrected an edit at Bukayo Saka over his nationality - whether he was "English" or "Nigerian" - and so I was wondering whether you could give me some help on the Yunus Musah page. Musah was raised in Italy as an infant and then was raised in England (and also was born to Ghanaian parents), and although he was born in New York I'm not sure that that's enough to designate him as purely "American" as an editor has recently tried to do. What's the policy on this matter? It seems to me that players who may have multiple nationalities don't tend to state in their leads that a player is unambiguously from one nation but I could be wrong. In any case, some advice would be helpful if possible. Thank you. ErraticDrumlin (talk) 23:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
1989-90 Norwich City F.C. season
I appreciate all your help in getting this page ready for main space, but wonder if I can impose upon you again. I've added a basic version of the home and away strips for the season, but Norwich's strip for the year had green stripes across the upper part of the shirt originating from the left side (or right, if you're wearing it) as seen in this image here. (The rarely-used away strip used the same stripes on the white shirt.) And I don't have the first idea how to include them. There was a "three blue shoulder stripes" template which would at least give the general idea but I couldn't work out how to render it in green. Do you have any advice? Skteosk (talk) 17:50, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
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Season's greetings
and thank you for your message. All the best to you and yours for the festive season, and here's hoping for a happy and healthy New Year! cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:33, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
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Wishing you a Happy New Year Kosack and continue making Wikipedia as good as possible. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 09:29, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
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