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WikiCup 2018 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

  • South Carolina Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
  • Hel, Poland Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
  • Scotland Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
  • Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Marshall Islands Nova Crystallis, Republic of Texas Iazyges, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, Wales Kosack and United States Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

Administrator changes

added None
removed AsterionCrisco 1492KFKudpungLizRandykittySpartaz
renamed Optimist on the runVoice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

added AmorymeltzerMr. StradivariusMusikAnimalMSGJTheDJXaosflux

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2018)

Jahangir (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. Pictured is a 17th century painting of Jahangir hunting with a falcon.
Hello, K6ka.

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Jahangir

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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Don't Understand

Hi! Thanks for leaving me the message about the page I updated for my company. I don't understand anything about that message though! Is there a way to chat with you or someone about what I need to do to update my company's page so we can incorporate our recent rebrand/new name? Levitylive (talk) 01:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2018)

The People's Republic of Angola covers the period of Angolan history as a self-declared socialist state established in 1975 to the time it was dismantled in 1992.
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People's Republic of Angola

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22:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2018)

Musicians at a pub session, an event that involves playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation.
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Pub session

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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:17, 17 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

21:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

it is not vandalism

you dont read chinese so you misundersood me.

if you dont believe me you can ask Phenolla to verify: i was just trying to explain my edits and demand a reason why he reverted it. i was irritated and used some language because a perfectly constructive edit got reverted for no reason (you can see for yourself whether it is constructive or not : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Friedrich_Gauss&diff=860496187&oldid=859961680 ).

58.211.211.170 (talk) 03:01, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Judging by this, this, and this, I believe it was perfectly rational to issue you that warning, as those edits are clearly not constructive. If someone reverts your edits, responding to them with harsh language only serves to escalate the situation, and in the end only looks bad on you. I certainly have had edits of my own reverted as well, so I understand the frustration; however, expressing that frustration through the use of textual temper tantrums is not appropriate, even in the world of the Internet. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 03:06, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2018)

Hello, K6ka.

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St. Louis cuisine

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Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

15:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Lazare Lévy

Dear K6ka, thanks for your nice message. As odd as it may read for a non-native French speaker, Lazare Lévy was known throughout his public career (and private life as well) as Lazare-Lévy. His children also officially inherited that hyphenated form. Yet, you're fully right, I should have added a source, like the Dictionnary of French Music Performers. [1]. All best wishes and thanks for your contributions ! 93.1.56.31 (talk) 19:07, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Alain Paris, Le Nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes, Paris, Robert Laffont, 2015