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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! 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.
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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Forward College page
Hello Kusma,
My name is Julia and I wrote a page about Forward College, a new university that opened last year. However, you reported the page alleging vandalism, could you explain why? I believe it was a mistake, since the content only informed about the university.
Please let me know if there is anything I should do to have this page live again.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliafariasf (talk • contribs) 14:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Julia, the page was actually deleted twice recently. I performed the second deletion, which was of a page created by a vandal trying to harass other Misplaced Pages editors. The first deletion, by my fellow administrator Cabayi who also blocked your other account (see User talk:Forward College), was because the page was written as an advertisement, something that is not accepted on Misplaced Pages. From the deleted article and a quick search, there seem to be no independent sources about this company, so it may be too early for it to be included here. —Kusma (talk) 14:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply Kusma. Could you please clarify about the advertisement? Because I tried to follow Misplaced Pages guidelines, the tone of voice, not promoting the brand, having a more informational approach, etc. Do you recommend I ask for another person to write it? Regarding the independent sources, you mean more newspaper articles, or rankings, for example? Thanks a lot for your help! Juliafariasf (talk) 15:23, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Whoever writes will need to follow the WP:COI guideline and disclose whether they are paid to edit. Independent sources could be any of those explained at WP:RS, including newspaper articles. As to tone of voice and promotion: Something like "employs a unique pedagogical model based on small group teaching" is just marketing speak, as is "mission is to empower students’ full range of intelligence". (The prospectus of just about any university will say something of this type, while Misplaced Pages articles about universities usually don't say anything about a "mission"). —Kusma (talk) 15:36, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply Kusma. Could you please clarify about the advertisement? Because I tried to follow Misplaced Pages guidelines, the tone of voice, not promoting the brand, having a more informational approach, etc. Do you recommend I ask for another person to write it? Regarding the independent sources, you mean more newspaper articles, or rankings, for example? Thanks a lot for your help! Juliafariasf (talk) 15:23, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Forgot to ping: @Juliafariasf. —Kusma (talk) 15:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Kusma, thank you for your help! I have been reading a lot about Misplaced Pages guidelines and I will try to post a new draft following all requirements. Juliafariasf (talk) 15:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Entry: Slushy Vlogs
Hiya, I am quite new to writing new articles, please could you explain why you deleted the page, since i think this maybe a mistake. Many thanks Davey — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davey Ashe (talk • contribs) 15:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- The article did not contain any claims of significance. In fact, the article explicitly stated the topic was not very significant ("a small youtuber"). It thus clearly met our deletion criteria, WP:A7. Typically, we only have article about people that have been written about in reliable sources. —Kusma (talk) 15:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Forgot to ping: @Davey Ashe. —Kusma (talk) 15:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough. Davey Davey Ashe (talk) 17:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
Technical news
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| For reviewing at least 7 points worth of articles during the January 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby present you with this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:54, 15 May 2022 (UTC) |
DYK for Resolution (Wilson novel)
On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Resolution (Wilson novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that A. N. Wilson justified fictionalising the life of George Forster for his novel Resolution by saying that Forster "inhabit a borderline between fact and fiction"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Resolution (Wilson novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Resolution (Wilson novel)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Luise Duttenhofer
On 23 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Luise Duttenhofer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Luise Duttenhofer died in 1829 after more than a thousand papercuts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Luise Duttenhofer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Luise Duttenhofer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
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theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- like i said at the nompage (when my pings were still broken): ezlev always has a good quirky up their sleeve :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:25, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Very nice :) Thanks @Theleekycauldron and @Ezlev! —Kusma (talk) 06:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
A bowl of strawberries for you!
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Great article on Resolution, the A.N. Wilson novel. scope_creep 15:41, 23 May 2022 (UTC) |
- Glad you like it! It is part of my ever expanding Cook/Forster topic (currently working on Forster senior). And mmm, strawberries (the ones in my garden are almost ready, but the birds and slugs like them too)
—Kusma (talk) 15:48, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
Hi, in this edit you introduced an sfn reference to "Netzley 1999". Unfortunately you did not define the reference, meaning nobody can look it up and adding the article to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could fix it that would be great. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 00:30, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Fixed, thanks for the note! —Kusma (talk) 05:33, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 May 2022
- From the team: A changing of the guard
- News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections
- Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections
- In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
- Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
- Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
- Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
- Featured content: Featured content of April
- Interview: Misplaced Pages's pride
- Serendipity: Those thieving image farms
- Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed
- Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Misplaced Pages
- Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows
- News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced
- News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?
- From the archives: The Onion and Misplaced Pages
- Humour: A new crossword
Books & Bytes – Issue 50
The Misplaced Pages Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
- New library partner - SPIE
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Misplaced Pages Library team --12:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC) (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resolution (Wilson novel)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Resolution (Wilson novel) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 17:01, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
Technical news
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Misplaced Pages's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resolution (Wilson novel)
The article Resolution (Wilson novel) you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Resolution (Wilson novel) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar
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| For going above and beyond on Talk:The Sacrifice (Oates novel)/GA2 – researching new sources and offering numerous suggestions for improvement to the article. Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 11:42, 6 June 2022 (UTC) |
- It was a pleasure! Thank you for the barnstar Rublov! —Kusma (talk) 11:54, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 17:41, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
The article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 08:02, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Mathias Metternich
On 7 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mathias Metternich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mathematician Mathias Metternich was one of the founders of the Jacobin club of the Republic of Mainz? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mathias Metternich. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mathias Metternich), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lisa Kahn (poet)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lisa Kahn (poet) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 16:01, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for AFN Frankfurt
On 9 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article AFN Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that unmarried staff of the radio station AFN Frankfurt lived in a medieval tower (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/AFN Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, AFN Frankfurt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
The article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 07:42, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lisa Kahn (poet)
The article Lisa Kahn (poet) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lisa Kahn (poet) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Lisa Kahn 1968.png
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- Thank you bot! I have deleted the image, as it has been superseded by a higher quality free copy. —Kusma (talk) 13:24, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
A messenger award for you!
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