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Hi, could you take a look at the ] Afd result. I personally believe its not a clear cut Delete case. Many of the comments provided were actually in favour of Keep. I believe a No Consensus result would have been much more appropriate. But I let someone more neutral decide.:)--] (]) 14:38, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
:Heya, I'll have a look today for you. Have you considered ]? Listing it there might allow you to make a new argument for un-deletion. --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 07:00, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, I have done so now. Check it out. Cheers.--] (]) 18:28, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

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== Ronn Torossian page and your ocmments... ==

] what is the source for example for
-- "works closely" with Christian supporters of Israel, including the Christians United For Israel led by TV evangelist John Hagee who he also represents. WHAT IS THE SOURCE FOR WORKS CLOSELY ?
Rabbi Morris Allen spoke about 5wpr, not Torossian - This quotation, along with the sentence after is about 5WPR, not about him. Nothing in either of the references implies that he was responsible for the actions, that he knew of or approved of them. Why would they be here ? Am responding to and appreciate your comment. ] (]) 17:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
:Hey, unfortunately I haven't the time to look in depth at the specific issues you raised. My area of "expertise" in this case is in ] checks, and from my perspective there is no obvious or gregarious libel in the article. I suggest you raise those points in a polite ''and restrained'' manner once at a time on the article talk page. If you run into any problems I will try to help, but as I said this is a topic area I tend to avoid. --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 10:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

== Forensics ==

greenbay1313 is now a blocked sock of a community banned user, so please allow me to divert you onto something else :)

A brand new user ] asking for help and advice with ], which happens to be about forensics. The particular type of forensics involved is not your expertise at all (as I understand it), but I thought you might be able to make some suggestions about the type of sources they should be looking for, and places they should look for them. (Their choices of sources are proving problematic right from the start, with one that's on the Misplaced Pages blacklist, and another that seems to be a fringe-theory blogspot mainly focused on UFOs!) Many thanks for any help or hints you can give. --] (]) 20:59, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
:Brill :) you're right, not my area but happy to chip in if I can {{small|shoots over to your talk....}} --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 21:06, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

== TB ==


The WikiCup is over for another year! Our '''Champion''' this year is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Courcelles}}, 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:
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re: the sockpuppet investigation of user ] - ] looks like the next as evidenced by his love of the "minor edit" option . ] (]) 06:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
:They haven't done anything drastic yet. I'd go with... let it slide for a moment and keep an eye out. --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 15:26, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Casliber}} wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
Hi Errant. I ] last month about closing two RfCs. You closed one and relisted the other. The second, ], is now ready for closure, I think, since no one has participated in it for three weeks. Would you close it and implement any consensual changes? Thanks, ] (]) 08:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Courcelles}} wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
:Done, thanks --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 08:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Kosack}} wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
::Thank you! I've posted a request at ] for an admin to close ], but no one has stepped forward to do so even though the consensus is clear. ] may need to be updated after that discussion is closed. If you have no time or don't feel like closing the debate, I understand. I've been pestering you a lot to close discussions that other admins are too lazy to do. ;) ] (]) 08:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Cartoon network freak}} wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
:::Haha, no it's fine, someone has to get it done. I'll try and do it at lunch :) --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 08:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Usernameunique }} wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
::::Thanks! By the way, when I ask a specific admin on their talk page to close a discussion, I usually have minimal or no involvement in the debate. For ], I closed the ] and started the current RfC after a request at ]. I have not advocated a particular position as I have no strong opinion about the matter. If I had actively participated in the RfC, I would have left the thread at AN (and posted periodic timestamp updates to prevent archiving) and would not have contacted you. This is because the close could be seen as tainted if a participant actively sought out a specific admin to close it. And that wouldn't be good after a month of discussion and consensus building. :) Best, ] (]) 09:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Zanhe}} wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
:::::Ok, sorted that one out for you :) it was pretty conclusive really, don't worry about looking involved, you've dealt with it well. Thanks for taking the time to prompt me about these and as always if you spot something else that needs closing feel free to ping me about it. --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 14:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Aoba47}} wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.
::::::Thank you for the kind comment and for closing the discussion. There is another discussion which has been open for a while: ]. It's been archived once by the bot but then restored to ANI. I asked {{user|Courcelles}} to close it at ], but he has now participated in the discussion and cannot close it. {{user|Ncmvocalist}} asked {{user|EdJohnston}} to close it, but Ed has not replied to his request even though he has edited. ] (]) 23:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Also, ] needs to be updated after the closure of the RfC. Because the page is protected, I cannot edit it. My proposed changes are . If you agree, feel free to revise if necessary and make the changes to the editnotice. ] (]) 06:50, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Done both :) --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 09:08, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
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== Hey ==


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.
Hi Tom,
I don't recall running into you back when I was a regular here (08-09) but on catching up on things to get back up to speed I've noticed you at several places. I admit my memory isn't what it used to be, and if we had interacted back then, then I apologize for forgetting. Couldn't have been too bad if I forgot huh? Anyway, I just wanted to say I've read through some stuff that you've posted (more board and talk page stuff than article building), and I am truly impressed. Your patience, understanding, and willingness to work with people just amaze the living daylights outta me. That's really all I wanted to say, "Hello, nice to meet you - I like your style" kinda thing. Hope to work with you on something soon.


Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to ''']'''; 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! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ].</small> {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}}, {{User4|Godot13}}, {{user4|Cwmhiraeth}} and {{User4|Vanamonde93}}.
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:Heya. Thanks for the kind words, you put a smile on my face :) I've only properly been around since the middle of last year (ye gads, it's nearly a year!) and before that I was briefly an editor in 06 (it's horribly embarrassing to come across stuff I wrote back then... slightly less patient ;)). I really want to get back to article building... since Feb (basically since RFA) I've not seemed to find enough time to get my teeth into an article :( Fingers crossed for this month. Good to see you back, even if I never saw you leave! --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 14:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


== WikiCup 2019 March newsletter ==
== Administrator culture discussion ==


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.
Rather than prolong the thread at AN, I thought I'd run this past you here where you can ignore it or not, and where it won't bother anyone else.


Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
I have absolutely no interest in the specific case being discussed by Hpvpp, nor do I think that he/she has a clear idea of what needs to be said and how. But I am absolutely convinced that there needs to be some form of dialogue about an administrator 'culture'. I believe there has been a noticeable shift in the way sysops conducted themselves prior to about 2008, and the way administrators exercise their authority today.


*{{flagicon|USA}} ], a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
I don't have any specific groups of admins in mind, nor do I want to narrow the dialogue by targeting individuals, but how do you hold a discussion in the abstract without specific examples? And if you use specific examples, how do you prevent that from becoming a war?
*] {{u|Adam Cuerden}}, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} ], a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
*{{flagicon|USA}} ] came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
*] ] was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the ] to featured article status.
*{{flagicon|Ohio}} ] 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!
By looking at broad trends, I guess, these will be questioned as trends for lack of specific examples, right? But let me tell you that I could give such examples for at leas two features of undesirable administrator culture: longer-term administrators are observed by their more junior colleagues, who emulate their actions and are quick to agree with their seniors without necessarily making independent assessments of the issues at hand; and some administrators routinely pick on only one aspect of a question, challenge or request, to the exclusion of all other aspects, and of context or intention. That's either so careless the people involved shouldn't be administrators, or so tyrannical that they deserve to be called 'Wikistapo'.


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 ].
A disturbingly common attitude displayed by adminsitrators I have observed since returning to regular edits after a longish absence has been one of presumptive impatience and disrespect, particularly for 'newbies' as adjudged by number of edits or 'mistakes'. It is an attitude captured precisely by iridescent's comment 'virtually no edits to en-wiki', as if that somehow invalidates someone's humanity or potential for worthwhile ideas.


If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on ], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ].</small> ] (]), ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]).
It is also true that I have some personally galling experiences with administrators who have struck me as blithely dismissive of what I've had to say, sometimes to the point where I believed they had deliberately and vexatiously misconstrued what I had written rather than addressing my concerns. Underlying that attitude, I thought, was either a sense of being overwhelmed by a 'them-us' perspective, or an astonishing, swaggering arrogance about the ability to ignore rationality when it suits to achieve some kind of ego gratification, and to then use administrator powers to censure and/or censor uncomfortable counter-comments.
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That said, I have also been extremely fortunate that in a couple of circumstances where I refused to back away from threats by administrators suggesting my 'privileges' would be curtailed if I persisted, some other administrator stepped in to cool things down and communicate with me constructively. Much the way you did at AN, even if no real tensions or threats existed there.


== WikiCup 2023 September newsletter ==
Nevertheless, before you joined the discussion, I was acutely aware that I was running a risk just by daring to criticize. That I should have such a consideration in mind is not healthy. Sure, frivolous and spiteful challenges to administrator decisions are bullshit time-wasters, and we all rely on admins to keep some order in the chaos. I'd suggest that a search of even just the last two weeks of my activities would reveal that I have weighed into a couple of heated debates to defend administrators, but always because I thought they were rational and reasonable, not because they were administrators.


The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
I intend to to spend some more time thinking about this, because I think it '''is''' a real problem for Misplaced Pages if there's a them-us divide, and if some administrator accountability isn't seen to exist much more prominently than it is seen right now.


*{{flagicon|New York (state)}} ], with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
If you were me, would you risk considerable animosity and possible boomerang retribution (by the book or contrived, it makes no difference) for an uncertain outcome by championing a debate that relied solely on a capacity for self-criticism by administrators?
*{{flagicon image|Transgender Pride flag.svg|link=Transgender}} ], with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} ], with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.


Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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.
I would be most interested in your feedback. Regards - <span style="color: #366; font-family: serif; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;">]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;]</span> 15:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
:I need to take time to consider your comments & write a decent reply :) so bear with me (just in case you see me wandering round doing other editing w/o responding) --''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 15:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ]. 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 ], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small>
==DYK==
Hi, as you helped me alot with the ] article I just want to inform you that I have put the article up as a GA-article nominee.--] (]) 19:52, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Misplaced Pages and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. ] (]), and ] (])
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==Happy Birthday!==
Can you please, I know your are so busy and I would really appreciate if it is in anyway possible, that you stay on the page. It is just like a huge war zone it seems. Nothing is really getting handled as its a constant battle. This was the reason I asked SuperMario to help me to start a new section. I hoped with possibly reading the things that were at the top, everyone would take a deep breathe and think. I do not think it worked as it turned into a total feud under it until you showed up. I am sorry if I am out of line to ask of such, but this really needs people clearly overseeing. Thank you kindly for your time. ( Please note if you reply, can you please to my page? This way I can see it and know how to get back here to you.)--] (]) 21:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is South Carolina 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. South Carolina Courcelles (submissions)
  2. Wales Kosack (submissions)
  3. Hel, Poland Kees08 (submissions)
  4. SounderBruce (submissions)
  5. Scotland Cas Liber (submissions)
  6. Marshall Islands Nova Crystallis (submissions)
  7. Republic of Texas Iazyges (submissions)
  8. United States Ceranthor (submissions)


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

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 Misplaced Pages: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:

  • United States 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.
  • Denmark 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.
  • United States 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.
  • Ohio 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
  • Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
  • Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages: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 Misplaced Pages 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 your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Misplaced Pages and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

Happy Birthday!

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day, ErrantX! --DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)