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Thank you

Hey thanks for wishing me a national day! .. and haha yeah its difficult finding Emirati people who edit wikipedia! Thanks for the nice gesture! Inspironss (talk) 18:50, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Ooooh you have no idea, our celebration this year is more than just the national day, we're celebrating our wining for expo 2020 as well as the national day. So you can only imagine... and haha our 50's celebration would be beyond imagination. We love to celebrate! Inspironss (talk) 20:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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Reason

Hi Wamiq! could you please let me know the reason of removing, Arabic Typesetting fonts. --سمرقندی (talk) 05:37, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

@سمرقندی: Because Arabic Typesetting is not a Nastaliq font. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 05:47, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

• So why do you have Urdu Typesetting? is it Nastaleeq? --سمرقندی (talk) 09:54, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
  • sorry, i checked, forget my above message about urdu typesetting please. --سمرقندی (talk) 09:59, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

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DYK for Ada Jafri

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Your revert on Dihydrogen Monoxide hoax

Greetings. I wanted to comment on your revert on the DHMO hoax page. The IP editor's contribution was clearly not notable, not sourced, not appropriate for the encyclopedia; reverting the content was 100% ok. When you did so, you tagged the revert as (vandal), which I wanted to comment about. There is a range of edit quality, from "good" to "not great" to "problematic" to "needs to be undone" to "vandalism", with a lot of flavors in between.

Reading that IP's contribution, I would say it needed to be undone, but was not intentional (or unintentional) vandalism. They weren't trying to damage the encyclopedia, it was on topic for the hoax, etc. It wasn't rude or damaging. It was just not appropriate to be there.

My concern is that we're poking new editors, or at least that new editor, a bit hard at times, discouraging things we just need to correct them on. This isn't a serious problem, I don't see a pattern on quick review, but I wanted to note it and let you know.

I appreciate your efforts overall and wish you good editing. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 22:14, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

@Georgewilliamherbert: Thank you for informing me... Well, Twinkle has not been working properly for me for sometime, and when I reverted those two edits, I had to use the undo button which doesn't generate any summary when reverting more than one edit. Had my Twinkle been ok, I would have used the [AGF] button... I wasn't creative enough then, and I simply wrote out vandal there. But thank you, once again, for letting me know this. I'll be careful next time in leaving edit summaries. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 06:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Cherry Credits

Hi there, I noticed the Cherry Credits page has been deleted even though more information and external sources were provided. As I'm new to Wikipedia, are there other ways to improve the content to prevent deletion? BlasphemyGG (talk) 07:56, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for the advise! The article has been created here. --BlasphemyGG (talk) 08:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Punjabi language, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:23, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Punjabi language, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Warning for repeated unsourced edits. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:26, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: Are you blind? What needs a source there?

You could start by explaining why you repeatedly remove Devanagari... Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:32, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

It is not me who is removing Devanagari. Kwamikagami removed it and I made the image consistent with what the article said. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 13:34, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Nope. Under "Etymology" the article says that Punjabi is written in both Gurmukhi and Devanagari in India, yet you repeatedly remove the name in Devanagari from the infobox. Which is what I'm reverting. If you wanted to make the infobox reflect what the article says (which is what infoboxes should do), you should add Devanagari to the infobox under "writing systems" instead of removing all mention of it from there. Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:45, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I was talking of the lede. If there are only two scripts in the lede, why include it in the image (and why in the caption, too)? This was all I had done. And you comment out the file, saying, “Not Nagari”?! When you want nagari there, why in the image and the caption only? —ШαмıQ✍ @ 13:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I merely restored the previous version to what it looked like before your unexplained/unsourced edits. If you want to change the article I suggest you start a discussion on the talk page. Especially since everything that relates to Punjab/Punjabi has a tendency to increase adrenaline levels in most people editing the articles (me excluded, though, since I have no personal connection whatsoever to South Asia and the religious and/or political conflicts there...). Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 13:54, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Unconvincing... What you say and what you do is entirely different. You say you reverted me because I removed Devanagari from the infobox; instead, you have added it now, after the revert. You reverted my removal of Devanagari from the caption of the image which doesn't have Devanagari. By the way, I have no personal connection with either Punjabi, or Shahmukhi, or Gurmukhi, or Devanagari; or with any religious and/or political conflicts regarding Punjabi... I don't even understand what Punjabis speak... —ШαмıQ✍ @ 14:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I don't know myself. If Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi, then we shouldn't have Nagari. If it's written in Nagari, we shouldn't claim it's written in just the other two. — kwami (talk) 18:43, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Revision 585733790

-محترم! اردو ایسے نہیں لکھی جاتی
؎  ریختہ کے تمہی استاد نہیں ہو غاؔلب   کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانہ میں کوئی میرؔ بهی تها
"؎" kya he? --███▓▒░░ Asad Warraich ░░▒▓███ (talk) 11:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

شعر کا نشان۔۔۔!‏ —ШαмıQ✍ @ 13:44, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

To tareekay se edit karen na. --███▓▒░░ Asad Warraich ░░▒▓███ (talk) 14:37, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Urdu numeral

Template:Urdu numeral has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 16:56, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Shukriya Miyajan

Thanks bro, how is the article? Soham 09:55, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

@Soham: Nice and interesting article... Saw it at DYK... Should be successful. My best wishes. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 10:02, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Happy editing to you as well. Would you review it? Soham 10:10, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Ok, will see to it if I find time. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 10:12, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Soham 10:15, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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Logo image 'Sindhi' for article on Sindhi language

Dear Syed Wamiq Ahmed Hashmi,

Thanks for contributing to Sindhi language page. Sindhi uses the Nasakh script, not the Nastaleeq. May I request you not to use Nastaleeq script as logo word for Sindhi?

Thanks

Rasool — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasool Sarang (talk • contribs) 09:49, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Removing 2009 tags from Sindhi language article

Hi. I am removing tags added in 2009 as I do not see the purported problem with the article now. I have also said this on the article talk page.

Wikipedia guidelines on removing the tags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tagging_pages_for_problems#Removing_tags — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasool Sarang (talk • contribs) 11:16, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Zia and Bangladesh

I've stated my points on the Bangladesh talk page, we can resolve the matter there.--Bazaan (talk) 20:10, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Wamiq

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Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of reviewer or rollback. If you no longer want either of these user rights, contact me and I'll remove it, alternatively you can leave a request on the administrators' noticeboard. Happy editing! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:36, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Begum Akhtar Riazuddin

Harrias ^talk 08:02, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

Hello Wamiq, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition began on 1 January. There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:12, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Nasreddin Murat-Khan

Thanks from the wiki and the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Adding couplets in a poet's page

Salam,

Noticed that you have removed the couplet that I added to the page Ghalib ki Haveli. Wanted to know if wikipedia does not allow quoting a poet?

Thanks Anwaraj (talk) 10:32, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

@Anwaraj: Wa alaikum assalam;

First of all, this is an English encyclopaedia. Adding substandard romanised Urdu is of no use to an English speaker. There is no specific Wikipedia policy regarding this, but the irrelevancy of the quotation in the context and the substandard usage along with substandard formatting prompted me to do this. Quotations are permitted, but there are standard ways to do it, as I did here. You may also like to read these Wikipedia instructions. Hope this helps. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 13:00, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank You, The link you provided was helpful. Will soon add the couplet in Urdu and will provide the Translation under it. It will be fine then. Won't it be? Anwaraj (talk) 13:08, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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Please do not make any redirect on File:FBISE Islamabad (logo).png as your upload contains transparency within logo, and it's not in official logo, see it on Official site UBStalk 12:52, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

@Umais Bin Sajjad: What nonsense! Who is making a redirect there? ALL the documents I have from FBISE have the logo TRANSPARENT on the inside (coloured the same inside as outside). That was the reason for me making it transparent. You may also check this out in this newsletter. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 10:00, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't saw the newsletter, you are right about the logo but there is still something wrong with the boundary i.e it is not well cropped, can you do it or should I? UBStalk 03:09, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

@Umais Bin Sajjad:  Doing... —ШαмıQ✍ @ 09:55, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
• WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
• TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
• Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

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Religion field in infobox of BLPs

AOA. In reference to this, WP:BLPCAT asks religious beliefs of living persons should be included in the infobox only if the subject has self identified the belief and that can be found in a reliable source. Moreover after confirming the above policy, religious beliefs of a person are usually included in the article if the person is known for his/her religious beliefs. Hope it clears why and what kind of citation is needed for such an info to be included in BLPs. -- SMS ^Talk 15:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Could you please help me a bit?

Salamunalaik,

Brother I have gone through the urdu verses on the page Ghalib ki Haveli and was awed by the transliterations of the verses that you have rendered. Can you please help me with some links as I am very eager to learn all this transliteration stuff.

Thanks in advance. Anwaraj (talk) 10:48, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

@Anwaraj: Walaikumassalam,

To start learning about transliterations, wiki articles transliteration and romanisation are good. Unfortunately, most Urdu-speaking people are unaware of specific and accurate transliteration schemes for romanisation. Instead they simply romanise Urdu according to how they see it fit with the spelling and pronunciation rules of English. One such standard scheme for a consistent and accurate Urdu to Latin conversion is the ALA-LC Romanization method for Urdu (2012), which has its wiki article ALA-LC. The wiki guideline for romanising Urdu is WP:MOSUR. The wiki article Roman Urdu throws no light on the matter, though. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 16:01, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank You very much. That was helpful! ~ A n w a r a j Urdu: انوراج ‎ 14:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (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 equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments - Pakistan

Hi Wamiq!

Wiki Loves Monuments, the world's largest photography competition, will be taking place in Pakistan this September. The competition is all about capturing the cultural monuments and heritage sites of Pakistan and uploading these images on Commons to create an online repository which will be freely available to all.

Start taking photos of the sites enlisted here and upload them in September to be eligible for national and international prizes.

Email: contact@wikilovesmonuments.pk
Official website: wikilovesmonuments.pk
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Wiki Loves Monuments - Pakistan

Hi Wamiq!

Wiki Loves Monuments, the world's largest photography competition, will be taking place in Pakistan this September. The competition is all about capturing the cultural monuments and heritage sites of Pakistan and uploading these images on Commons to create an online repository which will be freely available to all.

Start taking photos of the sites enlisted here and upload them in September to be eligible for national and international prizes.

Email: contact@wikilovesmonuments.pk
Official website: wikilovesmonuments.pk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsPK

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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Pakistani Cultural Heritage - Edit Drive

Hi Wamiq!

Wikimedia Community User Group Pakistan is organizing an edit drive for Pakistani Wikipedians on Pakistani Cultural Heritage throughout the month of July.
Top three contributors will be given a gift pack containing Wikipedia merchandise.

You can read the event details here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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Wamiq please Create page Pakistani Children Writer Prof Mujeeb Zafar Anwaar Hameedi

ماہنامہ انوکھی کہانیاں کراچی کا پہلا شمارہ 10 اگست 1991 ءمیں منظر عام پر آیا۔ ابتدائی تین پرچوں کی ادارت میں مصطفےٰ ہاشمی، رؤف اسلم آرائیں، شاہد علی سحر اور محبوب الٰہی مخمور شامل تھے۔ دسمبر 1991ءمیں رسالے کی مکمل ذمہ داری الٰہی بخش چشتی، نور محمد ہاشمی اور محبوب الٰہی مخمور کے ذمے آگئی۔ محترم الٰہی بخش چشتی نے رسالے کے انتظامی امور میں محبوب الٰہی مخمور کی مکمل رہنمائی کی اور رسالے کو جاری و ساری رکھا۔ رسالہ کچھ عرصہ مالی بحران کا شکار ہوا تو الٰہی بخش چشتی نے اپنی جانب سے مکمل تعاون جاری رکھا۔ انوکھی کہانیاں آج بچوں اور طلبہ کا سب سے مقبول رسالہ ہے اور اپنے ہم عمر رسائل میں سب سے زیادہ باقاعدہ ہے۔ یونی سیف پاکستان اور بین الاقوامی اسلامی یونی ورسٹی، اسلام آباد (شعبہ بچوں کا ادب) کی جانب سے انوکھی کہانیاں نے چار مرتبہ بہترین رسالے کا ایوارڈ حاصل کیا۔ متعدد رائٹرز نے شعبہ بچوں کے ادب کے ورکشاپس میں شرکت کی۔ انوکھی کہانیاں نے لاتعداد بچوں کے ادیبوں کو روشناس کرایا ہے۔ ماہنامہ انوکھی کہانیاں کراچی نے رسالے میں لکھنے والے بے شمار ادیبوں کی کتابیں اور مسودے نیشنل بک فاﺅنڈیشن کو روانہ کیئے جنھوں نے انعامات بھی حاصل کئے۔ ماہنامہ انوکھی کہانیاں کراچی کے مدیر محبوب الٰہی مخمور کو یہ اعزاز حاصل ہے کہ انھیں نیشنل بک فاﺅنڈیشن نے تین مرتبہ دس دس ہزار روپے اور تعریفی اسناد سے نوازا ہے۔ علاوہ ازیں محبوب الٰہی مخمور کے روانہ کردہ مسودے مسلسل تین سال منظور کئے اور انھیں حکومتی تعلیمی اداروں کے لیے خریدا۔ انوکھی کہانیاں کے وقیع لکھنے والے[ترمیم] بچوں کے معروف ماہنامہ ’’انوکھی کہانیاں‘‘ کراچی کے اعزازی لکھنے والوں میں پروفیسر ڈاکٹر مجیب ظفر انوار حمیدی صاحب ، یاسمین حفیظ صاحبہ ، ابنِ آس صاحب ، نوشاد عادل ، محبوب الٰہی مخمور صاحب ، ضیا احمد ضیا ، انوار احمد ، امان اللہ نیر شوکت صاحب ، مرحوم پروفیسر محمد ظریف خان صاحب ، مسعود احمد برکاتی صاحب و دیگر وقیع بچوں کے ادیب اور شاعر شامل ہیں ۔ http://prof-dr-mujeeb-zafar-anwaar-hameedi.wikia.com/wiki/Prof_Dr_Mujeeb_Zafar_Anwaar_Hameedi_Wiki Thanks Wamiq Shahana Urooj --118.103.231.45 (talk) 03:34, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
2. Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
3. Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
4. Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
6. 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
7. Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
8. Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Salaam,

Wanted a little help. Can you please check the page Kacho Sikander Khan. I am in a dilemma, Sikander Khan wrote in Urdu as well as English. Can you help me transliterate the Urdu titles? Thank You ~ A n w a r a j Urdu: انوراج ‎ 19:29, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For improving the Pakistan related topics as well as anti-vandalism efforts on wikipedia. lTopGunl (talk) 16:23, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup award

Awarded to Wamiq for participating in the 2014 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 21:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

• Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
• Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
• Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• 12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
• Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
• Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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 · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Urdu language description for File:UAE signboard.jpg

Is it okay if you add an Urdu-language description to File:UAE signboard.jpg? There is the English description and a transcription of what the sign says, but there is no Urdu description WhisperToMe (talk) 02:56, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: Sorry, I logged in after a really long time. I'll add that Urdu description soon. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 18:52, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

It's fine. Thank you so much! WhisperToMe (talk) 08:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

• We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
• In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
• The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! 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 are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 00:37, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Truck art in Pakistan

An article that you have been involved in editing, Truck art in Pakistan, has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. wia (talk) 00:54, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

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. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

Thanks for your assistance! Miyagawa (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiCup.

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Nastaliq

I am aware that some changes have been made to Template:Script/Nastaliq, but the font looks too small after the update. Is there a way to make the script characters look more legible and bigger? @TopGun:, your take on this..? Mar4d (talk) 08:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Nastaliq is supposed to be a larger font than what we have in English. Urdu font sizes should not be compared to the English ones... the language inherently has calligraphy in it. That makes a smaller font difficult to read. The worse of the cases is firefox's default Urdu text that makes me totally avoid reading it! I'm not aware what changes were made but hope you guys keep it readable. --lTopGunl (talk) 16:05, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

@TopGun: Perhaps it would be better to revert to the original font for the time being. Although it's good to see the calligraphic element of Urdu incorporated into the new font, the characters are not clear and the font needs to be further worked upon in that regard. Mar4d (talk) 13:41, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I'd support a revert.. Calligraphy is there in the Nastaliq font whether we update it or not. The issue is, the smaller size makes the text unclear due to the inherent calligraphy. --lTopGunl (talk) 13:49, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I've reverted. The font can be proposed in the future if further improvements are made and the script is easier to read. Mar4d (talk) 14:08, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 May newsletter

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

• Coemgenus (submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
• LeftAire (submissions) worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:51, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
2. Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
4. Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
5. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
6. Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
7. Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
8. Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:47, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Removal of contextual forms in Urdu alphabet page

Hi

I noticed you removed the contextual forms in the Urdu alphabet. Can you please put the correct forms up? Or return the original forms as these are better than nothing. Thanks

Futuremind123 (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Are you familiar with the Urdu script in Nastaliq style? It is notoriously difficult to have one *correct* contextual form. Most letters change their shapes a LOT depending on their surrounding letters, position in a ligature, etc. Just like it isn't practical to list all Chinese characters in a single table (though admittedly, contextual forms aren't that many--thousands), it simply isn't practical to have contextual forms. Any user willing to learn the Urdu script will have to learn all the contextual forms to be able to read and that old table doesn't help AT ALL. I have a link of a pedagogical book which details all the contextual forms so you can see for yourself if you want. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 16:12, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

@Wamiq:I am a little familiar with the Urdu script. If you look at the news channels in Urdu or online (such as Google translate) they just use a standardised version of the script without the elaborations of the Nastaliq style. So for those purposes having the original contextual forms was useful for learners such as me. Otherwise I have to go to the Persian alphabet wiki site since your removal to see the contextual forms just to read Urdu script on TV or online.Futuremind123 (talk) 15:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

First, let me make this clear: Naskh is NOT the "standardized" version of the Urdu script. The de facto font style for Urdu is Nastaliq. From newspapers to news channels to news websites to signboards to books to magazines to handwriting, all Nastaliq. Nastaliq isn't simply "elaboration". So much that the (Arabic) Qur'ans in South Asia aren't the standard Arabic font you see everywhere else. It is a special font with Urdu-like rules and is ornate like Nastaliq despite being Naskh. See this. For inserting pedagogical resources into the article, I'll try doing something about it. But the original table is not helpful AT ALL in reading the vast majority of Urdu writing. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 20:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015: The results

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

• Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
• West Virginian (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Calvin999 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Rationalobserver (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Harrias (submissions) wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
• Rodw (submissions) wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!

We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!

We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:08, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by MPJ-DK (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.

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) 02:39, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)

Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter

FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

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)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:41, 3 November 2016 (UTC)