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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)

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GOCE February blitz

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words during the GOCE February 2016 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 19:44, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Like all your previous barnstars (so many of them! ), this one is just as richly deserved. Very well done, Mimi!

With kindest regards;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 19:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you both, very much! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 07:56, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Preliminary note there for you. Thanks for accepting the review! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:14, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Achieved 20K edits today... ;-))

Dear Mimi,
I hope you are keeping well, happy and joyful?
I feel in a celebratory mood today, after achieving 20K edits a few hours ago. Yep; I'm now a Tutnum of the Encyclopedia!...
It's obviously chicken feed to a superstar-achiever like you, but you're the one Wikifriend with whom I wanted to share the news, and it really feels like a truly great pleasure...
It'll only take me a handful of decades to reach the heady heights of your achievements, Mimi—as I am definitely not in your league!—but it feels great to work here, where someone like me can write this message to a much-admired friend like you.
So, thank you for being my friend, dear Mimi!
All very best wishes to you as you stream ahead of most of us, in your amazing style; and please keep well and happy.
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 21:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Ping?

Just wondering if you are going to be looking at this article? [1]? Montanabw^(talk) 03:37, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, yes, when the current project is done. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 03:53, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae

Ouch! That are a lot of articles! :) That will keep me busy for at least a month.. Just checking: hope you will take a long break from creating moth stubs to let me catch up? Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:36, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Soon as I've finished Odites; there's not that many more to go. :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 08:37, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

All done! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 08:58, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Wilhelmina, just FYI: I didn't have much time to edit Wikipedia the last couple of days, and will not be able to do much work until Tuesday, but will pick up the pace from then. I will let you know when I finished the last batch you created..! Cheers and happy easter! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing, I have responded to your comments there. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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Online status?

How did you get your online status – on your homepage – to work and turn green, automatically, when you log in? ^Knowledge_Battle | ^Talk_Page | ^Godless_Infidel 09:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Actually, it isn't a matter of whether I'm logged in or not. There's a special status page in which I either write "Online" to signify that I'm here, or "Offline" to signify that I'm not. As it happens, I haven't touched that thing in years now. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 09:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! ^Knowledge_Battle | ^Talk_Page | ^Godless_Infidel ┌┬╫┴┼╤╪╬╜ 10:36, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Happy Easter! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 10:37, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Happy Easter to you too!... ;-D

Dear Mimi,
Thank you for thinking about me today, and for sending me these delicious Polish eggs!
In that case, here are some beautiful ones from Norway, for you to admire...
Hope you are keeping well?
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 23:21, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I am, indeed! Thank you very much, Patrick! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 06:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon

Hi, I was wondering if you could help produce a few articles towards this in April? The idea is that people can use the Amazon vouchers to buy books for their future projects. I'm sure the getting articles to GA is compatible with the WikiCup too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:54, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

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Reversion

Hi Wilhelmina Will: A recent edit you performed here has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Ha! Good one! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 06:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for you recent GA reviews. Much appreciated. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:11, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Help with Nick Brandt's page

Hi Wilhelmina Will,'m not doing much editing these days on wiki just don't have the time and would like to know if you could help out Mr Brandt on replacing an old photo with a new one. This is his email address nick@nickbrandt.com, please let me know. Thisandthem (talk) 08:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

March 2016 Guild of Copy Editors Drive Barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:40, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, very much! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 02:56, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing! I have responded to your queries there. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:12, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae part 2

Hi Wilhelmina, as you might have noticed, I dont have the amount of time to edit Wikipedia I used to have. Seems this situation will last for the time being. I will still be editing articles, but a lot less than I was able to in the past. Hence: I will not be able to process the enormous amounts of stubs you are able to create. Hope you dont mind spending time on other stuff as well..! I would still appreciate it if you add new stubs for moths, but a lot less than in the past.. I am still working through your last batch. Still quite some to do, but I'll get there..! Will let you know when I am ready for the next batch.. Oh: and there are three genera you already covered, but were missing species: Pisinidea, Hypercallia and Anchinia. If you have the time, could you make stubs for the missing species of these genera? I will expand them with the rest of the species on my to-do list. Cheers! P.S.: nice work on the catfish articles! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:06, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing! And thank you! :) Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 03:17, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you, very much! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 06:49, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 08:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

GA review

It would be very nice if you could see if my response to your question about Talk:HMS Denbigh Castle (K696)/GA1 is satisfactory within the next day as I'm competing in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon contest and it ends in just over 25 hours.

Of course! I was out, otherwise I'd have gotten to it sooner. Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 21:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for your prompt response.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:06, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Depressariidae part 3

FYI: Cleared my back-log! I have some other stuff on my to-do list (new Zookeys articles to convert to wiki-articles), but other than that: I am ready for a new batch of articles. Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:03, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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May 2016 drive award

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Request

Hi Wilhelmina,

I have just written my first article for wiki and would appreciate some feedback from someone experienced, before I get it live!

Would you be able to have a look at it for me? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Arden_University

Best wishes,

Jane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janeyboo10 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

@Janeyboo10: Greetings! Off the top, the article looks promising, but I'd recommend two things, first:

• Out of all of its references, a large portion seem to be primary sources, affiliated with the topic. While primary sources are necessary to an extent, for insider information on the topic, Wikipedia prefers for there to be a larger proportion of third-party sources; non-related publications giving some amount of detailed mention of the topic. I recommend looking at this page for more insight.
• The article's tone sounds slightly promotional, particularly in the last two sections. Remember that an encyclopedia is always expected to take an objective approach to any subject it covers. A look at this and that should provide better insight than I can.

Hope that helps! Herein dwells the greatest dictionary ever composed! (talk) 09:51, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

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Happy 4th of July! / Your table of ribbons.

Dear Mimi,
I hope you are keeping well? Assuming you live in the USA (and not in Canada): Happy 4th of July!... 240 years already!
(One of your personal userboxes says: "... comes from Canada", not "... lives in Canada".)

While I am passing through here, please forgive me for pointing out the following:

• when I display your user page on my desktop screen, the text portion occupies the whole width of the screen, but then your table of ribbons does not show completely, as some of them are hidden beyond the right hand side edge of the screen;
• when I display your user page on my iPad, I can see the whole table of ribbons, but the text portion of your page is now reduced to about 50% of the screen surface, and therefore also minimized, which makes it almost impossible to read.
  

Since it is quite possible that other visitors will have the same experience, I took the liberty of copying your table of ribbons into one of my sandboxes, and simply re-coded where the columns begin and end, so that the table now always fits within the page boundaries. I also prepared three options for you.
Of course, it is very likely that you prefer the current layout, in which case I can only apologize most grovellingly, and hope I can be forgiven. But if you sometimes thought you might want to change it but never found the time (), then it would only be a matter of you picking up the new code from my sandbox. Come to think of it, this would enable me to create a new userbox, proclaiming most proudly: "This user's sandbox was visited by Wilhelmina Will!"
Please keep well and joyful;
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 10:16, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:2008 Yemen cyclone/GA1

Wilhelmina Will, you opened this GA review page back on May 30, and have not returned to it. Do you plan to conduct the review soon? If not, I'm happy to put it back into the nomination pool so another reviewer can select it for review. Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:46, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, I have nominated a page you contributed to for deletion and wanted to let you know about it as part of WP:Good faith Menschpædia (talk) 15:01, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Revenge (1892)

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Congratulations on reaching #65!... ;-))

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Stub?

Hello. How is York Rafael a stub? Should be a start if something. // Psemmler (talk) 00:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

@Psemmler: My bad; that label's the instinctive go-to. Thanks for fixing it. If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 00:29, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Okay, no worries:) // Psemmler (talk) 01:29, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Two unnoticed posts... ツ

Dear Mimi,
I hope you are keeping well? All is well here, on the west coast of Wales. Although you warned us all—on you user page—about the possibility of this happening, I wonder whether you ever noticed my two posts above, on July 4 and July 28?
Chances are, you were either absorbed elsewhere, as per usual, or (worse fate of all) I am no longer to be counted among your esteemed friends and been banished into oblivion! (sob...)
Ever hopeful this one will be seen, though...
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 09:26, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Dear me, I must apologize, Patrick! That was during a bit of an in-drawn time, when the focus was mostly on task-scoring on and offline, the latter particularly so. I'm sorry if I caused you concern, but I hope you'll be pleased to see in a moment that I finally derived signature inspiration from that picture you presented me with a while back! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 10:15, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Dear Mimi,

Phew! What a relief... I hope that the new code for your ribbons gallery will prove of some use (see details in message on July 4. Good luck with it. Yes, I did notice your new signature, and it had me wondering, indeed!....

Thank you for replying, and please keep well and happy.

With kind regards, as ever;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 10:32, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

P.S. How about:

If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... Mimi could be transported on their wings to the Heavens!

With kind regards;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 20:44, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... ツ

1. ... Wilhelmina Will could be transported on their wings to the Heavens!
   — Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 10:46, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Lol! Thanks Patrick, but the reason I left the end of the sentence ambiguous is so that it could be more all-encompassing for Wikipedia in general! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 21:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, Mimi. I obviously wasn't sure of your intent; simply couldn't resist sharing this striking vision with you. In any case, very best wishes of success with this latest signature and also, when you have some spare time, with considering the coding options I offered for your ribbons gallery (if they're of any use to you, of course).

With kindest regards;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 22:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

October 2016 GOCE blitz award

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Thank you, very much! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 21:16, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Latin American content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon. If you would like to see this happening for Latin America, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Latin America, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant!♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:57, 27 October 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.

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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.

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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New deal for page patrollers

Hi Wilhelmina Will,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Morpheis comisteon

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Morpheis comisteon, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Evan Daniel Collett 04:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

@Evan Daniel Collett: That is completely wrong. There is nothing nonsensical about that page. If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:52, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Wilhelmina Will. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

New 10,000 Challenge for Canada

Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge is up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Canada like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Canada but fuelled by a contest such as The North America Destubathon to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. I would like some support from Canadian wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile! Cheers. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 November 2016

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WikiMothLove

	You Won A Moth!
	I saw that you have taken a liking to moths. Here you go! Meltingwood meow 21:13, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Aw, thank you! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:02, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Thanks for all that you do for Wikipedia. Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 00:13, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, very much! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy Birthday! ツ

Dear Mimi,
Have a wonderful day!
And thank you for all your amazing contributions to our encyclopedia!
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 12:22, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Aw, thanks Patrick! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 23:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break. There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll. If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA). If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December. We apologize for sending out this newsletter late. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! 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.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<< Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:03, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Eurysthea lacordairei for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Eurysthea lacordairei is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurysthea lacordairei until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Param Mudgal ^talk? 11:59, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bacchisa dioica

The article Bacchisa dioica has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Doesn't Establish Notability.Very short Article.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Param Mudgal ^talk? 12:20, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 December 2016

• Year in review: Looking back on 2016

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Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Same to you and yours, as well! :D If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:04, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add interwiki to your pages

You are able to verify the interwiki. Xx236 (talk) 13:44, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

What? If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 13:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry I don't understand you.Xx236 (talk) 14:02, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

At this point I think we're mirroring each other's statements. If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 00:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry I don't understand you. If you don't like to inform me, why do you care to write cryptic text?

I believe that authors should interwiki, to prevent errors.Xx236 (talk) 06:58, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Calm down, all I'm saying is that I don't know what you mean by "interwiki". If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 07:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For many many beetles, but we always knew that they were the most numerous order of anything. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:15, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Aw, thank you! :D If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

then the swans would feed the beetles to the baby swans. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:03, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

LOL! If Wikipedia had two swans for every project discussion... (insert here) (talk) 04:05, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December. This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points. We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules. In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! 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.

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