User talk:Sn1per/Archive 1

Archive 1

Old username change request

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Added request for rename. -GEOFBOT (talk) 16:21, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Renamed! -Sn1per (talk) 15:34, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

TUSC token bf4bd6817b8d27bb6106c540f9f89717

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Responce of SVG request

yeah sure i scaned it from school book and edited to make it fit for uploading as picture was not clean and was small. Alokprasad84 (talk) 05:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually it is not exact copy of that picture replaced colour reduced noise and i tried to make it better but not able to improve much. can u tell me wich software is usefu to make bitmap into svg? like converting signatures etc. can corel draw is useful? Alokprasad84 (talk) 05:36, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

i tried to convert it in svg. it need much improvement.Media:Compulsory sound horn sign (India).svgAlokprasad84 (talk) 11:51, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually, that SVG is pretty good! I'll fix it up when I have time. Sn1per (talk) 22:54, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanx. Alokprasad84 (talk) 06:27, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanx Sn1per for nice work. would u do one favor? can u please replace the triangles of all svgs with my uploaded one becoz it is more similar to original sign ?Alokprasad84 (talk) 12:53, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Sure when I have time. Sn1per (talk) 19:28, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#Iraq_color_in

Can you take care of this easy edit for me, thanks CTJF83 21:18, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

 Done Sn1per (talk) 23:18, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! CTJF83 12:40, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

SEATO

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Sure, when I'm done. --Sn1per (talk) 19:33, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your great Scout graphics, you are helping us a lot! I was surprised when I saw your contributions list, that you've just been here 6 weeks. I hope you like the place, and keep up the fantastic work!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:16, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! --Sn1per (talk) 21:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Logos of major Mongolian parties and RTД logo

You are helping us a lot! Can you vectorize them? Please see my request at WP:GL/I. Thank you. --112.202.3.153 (talk) 22:24, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Maui districts

Thanks a lot for the images. But one last thing, could you rename all 14 images with "Historic Mokus...." instead? You just use the rename template on the commons and give a reason or just say Uploader's request. These districts were remade in the mid 19th century and no longer exist in these forms any, like for example the modern Hana district compose of the old districts of Kahikinui, Kaupo, Kipahulu, Hana and Koolau. And if it wouldn't be too hard could you create the modern district maps for Maui also? --KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:50, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Videocon d2h logo.svg

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‎Signature vectorization

Could you look at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop‎#‎Signature vectorization?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:49, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:ICAI logo.png)

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Slogan translation to Macedonian

Hello Sn1per. The translation of "Open books for an open world" will be exactly "Отворени книги за отворен свет". I would be glad if you tell me when the logo will be implemented, so I can see what it looks like. Thanks a lot --B. Jankuloski (talk) 22:07, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I don't know when the logo will be implemented on the actual site, but it will be available at File:Wikibooks-logo-mk.svg Sn1pe! ^(talk) 01:45, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	Thanks for all of your help with TemplateData for VisualEditor on multiple important templates. I really appreciate it. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for The Graphic Designer's Barnstar...

... it makes me happy. I'm glad to work with you just get back to me if I can help in any way. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:31, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

No probs, your vectors are simply amazing. Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 23:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Octopus nomination

I noticed you have interesting things to say about the octopous logo. I've nominated it to be a featured picture, but I'm not really certain about the criteria and standards for FP. If you have a chance, would you look over it and see if you think it meets the criteria or not? I've never suggested a FP before, so my opinion is of little worth. --HectorMoffet (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Hahaha, I've never done it before either, but I'll try my best. Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 21:43, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

A Tesla Roadster for you!

	A Tesla Roadster for you!
	Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Gg53000 (talk) 13:46, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! What for though? Happens to be my dream car :D Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 18:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Ideas

Hi! I was wondering if you could help me try and clean up reference formatting, for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/C22)Manu Mathew (talk) 13:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Hmmmm, what would that involve? Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 02:56, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Well we would need to convert all those references into one standard format instead of 20 different versions of the same thing. I havent yet figured out how simple/complex it would become. I dont know how exactly a bot works or what is allowed either. We would have to crawl through the pages that have Cochrane Library referenced. If there is a PMID in the existing reference we could use the journal cite template to query in the standard details. Otherwise we will have to use some other identifier to match the record. Do you think this will work? Manu Mathew (talk) 09:37, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Hmmmm, sounds kinda complex! I'm not sure if I would be able to do webcrawling :P, but I'll keep this idea in mind. Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 22:24, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't know a lot about this, but if you've got a PMID in a citation template, then User:Citation bot might be able to update the information for you. The big problem would be WP:CITEVAR: you actually aren't allowed to just switch an article over to a "standard format". But since most medicine-related articles use the same format, then this may be only a minor issue overall. (I'm not watching this page.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:34, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Mass surveillance

WikiProject Mass Surveillance Dear, Sn1per. We would like to invite you to join WikiProject Mass surveillance, a group of Wikipedians devoted to improving articles related to the privacy and global surveillance. If you're interested, consider adding yourself to the list of participants and joining the discussion on the talkpage. -- HectorMoffet (talk) 18:50, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

We're doing a big article drive over the next week or so, and would love your input! --HectorMoffet (talk) 18:50, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Flag of the US Fed Reserve

Your Flag is done. If satisfied please place a resolve tag on your request entry here, so a bot may close it. - many thanks FOX 52 (talk) 02:20, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Some graphic Request

Some rather minor image request: For the use in the (german) article de:Age of Empires III, there are three logos/"flags" de:Datei:Logo der Azteken AoE III.png, de:Datei:Logo der Sioux AoE III.png, de:Datei:Logo der Irokesen AoE III.png for native american tribes. These images are only ingame graphics. Can you vectorize them, and remove the grey background?--Antemister (talk) 20:50, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I can try :) Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 21:11, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Kentucky Seal

I've had a go at colouring that seal over at the Graphics Lab. If it's up to scratch, go ahead and update the article, or else there's a chance it'll be deleted. Cheers! NikNaks _{talk - gallery} 23:18, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:University of Kentucky Seal.svg

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Rewrite_Template:Other_date_with_Lua

See, [1] --Jarekt (talk) 14:22, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

FYI, c:Module:Complex date is live now. --Jarekt (talk) 18:01, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Cool, thanks very much! :) Sn1pe! ^{(talk)(edits)} 22:36, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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Rollback

Hi Sn1per. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:55, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks :) Sn1per ^{(talk)(edits)} 20:07, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Testing

This is a test to see how the Talk page works. ATL2NYC (talk) 17:25, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Test reply Sn1per ^{(talk)(edits)} 17:26, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Duplicate references

What progress have you made with the bot? Have you abandoned the project?—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 19:59, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

@Cyberpower678: Yo. I could in theory finish the bot in a week or so if I put in 100% effort, since I already have the core logic and regex etc. down, but I have school in the way and everything, so it has kinda been pushed to the side :/ Sn1per ^(t)(c) 20:07, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm actively clerking that page at the moment, and noticed the request you took on is just sitting there dusting. If you have most of it done, you should try to push the rest of it through to be done with it. I have school too, so I understand where you are coming from here, but at least it will put something you've been meaning to finish behind you, before school becomes too time consuming. :-) Either that, or you can completely drop the task and leave a note on bot requests to let somebody else take it. ;-)—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 20:11, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

@Cyberpower678: Yea, it would probably be a good idea if I just pushed it through. I'll try to get it done soon, thanks for the reminder. Sn1per ^(t)(c) 20:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Don't forget to drop a note regardless, when you have the BRFA and when you have gotten the bot approved.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 20:16, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

@Cyberpower678: Hey, I promise I'll get around to writing the bot, but I just don't have time right now. You should probably archive the request for now so it doesn't stick out at the top like that. Thanks :) Sn1per ^(t)(c) 04:53, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Happy Mid-Autumn's Day!

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Happy New Year, Sn1per!

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Happy new year to you too! Sn1per ^(t)(c) 01:41, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Laticauda colubrina

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Your GA nomination of Laticauda colubrina

The article Laticauda colubrina you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Laticauda colubrina for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tom29739 -- Tom29739 (talk) 18:01, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations! Tom29739 ^[talk] 18:03, 10 October 2016 (UTC).

Thank you very much! Sn1per (talk) 03:22, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Laticauda colubrina

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Your Change on Gerrit

Hello Sniper,

your change on gerrit [2] is live now and i have a question: Is it possible to implement a code snippet where you add a checkbox to deactivate the confirmation box after clicking the button to mark all pages as read? I didn't found an actual setting to turn this box off. Thanks for your answer, have a nice day. Greetings /Pearli123 (talk) 01:29, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

@Pearli123: Hello. The confirmation dialog is something that in hindsight wasn't necessary since the original reload functionality didn't show a box anyway. I have a patch to remove the dialog and keep the functionality [3] but for now you can use User:The Voidwalker's fix at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Watchlist_change, which does effectively the same thing as my new patch. Cheers and apologies for the convenience. Sn1per (talk) 01:46, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Sniper,

thanks for the fast help. This solution is fine for me. Will there be a "built-in" function in alter versions of your patch? /Pearli123 (talk) 01:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC) P.S.: Please ping me again with your answer, i'm not really often on en:WP, thanks =)

@Pearli123: I'm not sure what you mean by "built-in" function. If you mean a checkbox preference, I doubt any new preference options will be added since the preferences are considered too cluttered already. If my new patch is approved, when Javascript is enabled, it should mark all pages as visited, but without displaying a dialog. Sn1per (talk) 03:31, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Sniper, tahts what i mean with "built-in". Seeing foward for your next patch. Have a ncie day. /Pearli123 (talk) 13:02, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

It’s still quite broken as described here. As it currently is on dewiki, even if the button would not be permanently disabled, it would be slower because a manual refresh is neccessary, and it’s even more likely than before to accidentially and without even knowing afterwards mark unread changes as read. --nenntmichruhigip (Diskussion) 09:34, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

I’ve added Phab tickets for the remaining issues now. About the button beeing disabled: I had to manually remove the disabled attribute, but now it seems to work. Maybe something could be done for other (especially less experienced) users stuck with a disabled button? --nenntmichruhigip (Diskussion) 10:27, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Has the disabled button issue been fixed for everyone as implied in phab:T153537 or do users still have this issue? Sn1per (talk) 16:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

It didn’t reappear, and I haven’t seen any report from other users after the fix. But it remained disabled for me from before it was fixed (as in: even after reload without cache) until I had un-disabled it in Firefox’s Developer Tools. Just wanting to make sure no one else will still be silently affected by whatever happened for me :-) --nenntmichruhigip (Diskussion) 12:58, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

That's really strange and I have no idea why something like that would happen. It doesn't seem to make much sense since things like that shouldn't persist between reloads. You're the only person that has reported something like that happening, so I guess if someone else were to report a similar issue they could try something similar to what you did. I haven't seen any reports of similar issues, but please let me know if you see one. Cheers, Sn1per (talk) 00:57, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok, fine with me :-) --nenntmichruhigip (Diskussion) 10:22, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Thank you, and the same to you! Sn1per (talk) 15:17, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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.

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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 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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 06:26, 1 September 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:

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (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 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 – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – 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 – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – 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)

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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WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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:

• 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!
• Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
• 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 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and 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)

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!

Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! 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! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
• Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
• Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
• Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
• Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
• SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
• Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. 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 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. 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 14 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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. 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) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
3. Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
4. Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
5. SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
6. Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
7. Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
8. HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

1. Courcelles (submissions)
2. Kosack (submissions)
3. Kees08 (submissions)
4. SounderBruce (submissions)
5. Cas Liber (submissions)
6. Nova Crystallis (submissions)
7. Iazyges (submissions)
8. Ceranthor (submissions)

All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:

• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
• Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
• Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
• Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
• Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
• Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
• Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
• Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
• MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
• Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
• Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
• Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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. 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.

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