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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
  • Japan 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
  • South Australia Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
  • Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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 nominations, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

19:50, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2017)

Hello, Rcsprinter123.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Lars von Trier

Please be bold and help to improve this article!


Previous selections: Chthonic • Gerald and Charlene Gallego


Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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02:25, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2017)

Hello, Rcsprinter123.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Yolanda Saldívar

Please be bold and help to improve this article!


Previous selections: Lars von Trier • Chthonic


Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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21:48, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Menstrual disc

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Menstrual disc. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 03:21, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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12:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

19:04, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

A couple of requests

Hello, I am curious if you can create vector maps of Harris County, TX and Fort Bend County, TX please if you don't mind. The old municipality maps of Harris County, TX and Fort Bend County, TX are very outdated and need a revamp. Also, love your vector maps by the way too. Thank you. ExecutiveWashington (talk) 23:04, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks - and I'll do those counties in the near future when I get around to them. Rcsprinter123 (engage) 20:42, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Question about project leader identification

Hi Rcsprinter123,

I am a PhD student major in computer science from the University of Minnesota. I do research in Wikipedia area about the collaboration among editors mostly in the context of WikiProjects. I have a question to you, and hope you would provide me some suggestion.

Right now, I am planning on a project is about WikiProject recommendation - we will create algorithms to generate a list of recommended editors for the leaders of WikiProjects, and let them to recruit those editors. Do you like the idea? To start, we are planning to conduct a polite study, and contact about 10 - 20 project leaders to participate. A problem then is how to identify the project leaders. I came across the WikiProject report where you did interviews with some participants of the project. I think those participating editors could to some extend be considered as project leaders, or core project members, aren't they? So I wonder how did you identify those editors, maybe as well as the editors who participated the previous interviews in the report. Please let me know. Thanks for your time in advance!

Bobo.03 (talk) 03:11, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 June 2017

15:29, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Celebrating 7 years of editing

Hey, Rcsprinter123. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
Mz7 (talk) 23:58, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! Rcsprinter123 (rap) 01:11, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

15:44, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 June 2017

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, 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! 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 and Cwmhiraeth 05:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Glasgow Subway

I'm probably editing wrong so I apologise if so! Just wondering if you are up for making a symbol for Glasgow subway stations, as I have suggested on your user page section for this project of yours, and if not, I will be willing to carry this out if you can explain how to do it :) - J — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.96.75 (talk) 21:15, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, a symbol does seem to be missing for that system. I'll look into it over the next few days. Rcsprinter123 (post) 00:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
{{rint|glasgow}} exists; I see you've added to the station articles. Rcsprinter123 (quip) 17:59, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

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Bots Newsletter, July 2017

Bots Newsletter, July 2017

Greetings!

Here is the 4th issue of the Bots Newsletter (formerly the BAG Newletter). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

BAG

BU Rob13 and Cyberpower678 are now members of the BAG (see RfBAG/BU Rob13 and RfBAG/Cyberpower678 3). BU Rob13 and Cyberpower678 are both administrators; the former operates BU RoBOT which does a plethora of tasks, while the latter operates Cyberbot I (which replaces old bots), Cyberbot II (which does many different things), and InternetArchiveBot which combats link rot. Welcome to the BAG!

BRFAs

We currently have 12 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions
New things
Upcoming
Wikimania

Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know!

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RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:35, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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 Needed. 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 reduce 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 man (or woman) 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 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

19:16, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Wisconsin and South Carolina Map with County Lines, no highlighting, for making regional maps

Hi there, I was pointed to you as someone who makes most of the US State maps with highlighted counties. Do you create copies of the state level maps with county lines without highlighting, or would it be easy for a beginner to create them? I don't know how maps are created, but I would like to try my hand at creating region maps for a couple states, and I was thinking blank maps would be a good place to start. -Furicorn (talk) 04:03, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

What I think you are looking for can be found at Commons:Category:Wisconsin county locator maps (same for SC), and you can use an SVG editor to color any, many or none of the counties whatever color(s) you need, and so remove the highlighting of the county you don't want. Just download a file from there to get started. Ask if you need any more help. Rcsprinter123 (inform) 15:25, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm taking a look at that. I downloaded one of the images and and am trying to use SVG-edit, but I'm not sure how to get rid of the red county highlighting. I'm sorry but I really am bad at image editing. -Furicorn (talk) 10:59, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
Which image software are you using? I recommend Inkscape, which is very easy to use. You can change the colors of any element of the file on there. (Be familiar with the differences between raster and vector graphics first.) Rcsprinter123 (spout) 23:03, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
I was just using an online editor called SVG-edit, but it didn't work. I'll give inkscape a try. -Furicorn (talk) 08:32, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
Here's what I managed to put together for wisconsing (I couldn't figure out how to get rid of all the red, but it's mostly gone).
A blank map of Wisconsin's counties, based on the county highlighting maps already on wikimedia.

-Furicorn (talk) 09:19, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
OK, I uploaded a new version of that file so you can see what I did. I downloaded one of the files from the category I linked to above, opened it in Inkscape, selected the red county, and changed the fill to white, and it took less than a minute. Your version seemed to consist of a raster version of the downloaded file, with a vector white area drawn over most of the red county. You must have downloaded something wrongly or not found the right buttons within Inkscape. Could I be of any assistance creating these region maps for your project? Rcsprinter123 (quip) 19:18, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
I'm trying to create a map of regions based on the DNR regions. Here is my attempt at that File:Map of Wisconsin AllRegionsDNR-Highlighted.svg. Ideally each region would be superimposed with its name (i.e. Northern, Northeast, South Central, Southeast, and West Central), and there would also be one version per region with that particular region broken out from the state like in the DNR images. -Furicorn (talk) 01:41, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
I've made another version of the region maps and uploaded it over yours. I had a try at popping out the regions but the base files are made in such a way that individual counties can't be moved. Which article(s) are the one-highlighted ones going to be put on to? I can make those too. Rcsprinter123 (face) 17:58, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
This image looks great, the only thing left to do is to put the name on each region, similar to File:Arkansas_Regions_Colored_With_Names.png. I'll see if I can do that. I thought the one with all regions outlined would go here Regions_of_Wisconsin#Wisconsin_Department_of_Natural_Resources_Regions, and then eventually I would use the popped out or single-region colored images for a stub recat of Category:Wisconsin geography stubs (each region stub category page would have a different image). -Furicorn (talk) 23:39, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
I've uploaded everything now, see here. I hope this is everything you need. Rcsprinter123 (state) 19:19, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
@Rcsprinter: Thanks so much, these look great! -Furicorn (talk) 20:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

15:32, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Rcsprinter, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 22:18, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2017

16:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

TOC fleetlists

Apologies if I've missed something but where does it say that "Class" has to be included in the table? It seems quite repetitive and unnecessary to me - Coradia175 (talk) 20:16, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

It's just a widely-used and simple convention that seems easier to follow. From a reader's point of view, will they realise that the number in the column should be combined with the column heading to form the type's name of 'Class xxx'? Additionally, these changes have been instigated by a disruptive IP who has today been blocked, which seems like a good reason to revert. Rcsprinter123 (drone) 20:54, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 23 October 2017

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Bot and ITN dates

This edit seems to now be pointing at three non-existent archive pages. I guess that it wasn't intended to do that? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:47, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

That appears to be the functionality of the itndate parameters of {{Article history}}, but I don't know why, who wrote that or how to get to the source of it. It is the bot's practise to consolidate into an {{Article history}} template where one exists, to avoid having loads and loads of {{ITN talk}} boxes filling up the page top. Rcsprinter123 (witter) 13:14, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
It didn't seem to be a problem until a day or two ago.... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:21, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

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 two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
  • Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
  • Featured List – Canada Bloom6132 (submissions) and Japan 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Cascadia SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
  • Featured Topic – Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
  • Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
  • Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
  • In The News – India MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
  • Good Article Review – India Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 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), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 24 November 2017

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