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			I haven't edited much in the last few years because I was busy with work and other "real life" things, but I always figured I'd come back to contribute eventually. I love reading, writing, researching, and – above all – learning. I do not love drama, bureaucracy, cliquishness, or any of the other distractions that plagued Misplaced Pages when I was active, and it was cathartic to take a long break from caring about policies, guidelines, and procedures. During my absence, it seemed to me that the project was heading in the right direction: There were new UI features to make editing friendlier and easier for new users, for example, and I noticed last year that the ] had increased exponentially. (My memory is spotty, but it feels like when I first started editing, the foundation had no more than a couple dozen full-time employees.) As far as I could tell while removed from all the on-wiki goings-on, the project was healthy and growing.
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	:I'm still lurking around, just terribly busy in real life right now. <span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;">'''/]]]'''</span> 02:47, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

			I saw the news earlier this year that Lila Tretikov was stepping down as executive director of the foundation; this struck me as unusual, given the brevity of her tenure. But I wasn't aware of the entire saga of apparent management and communication failures until I stumbled upon ]'s this week. I hadn't even heard of "Discovery" or any plans about a knowledge engine.
	== A decline at AFC ==

			I am not anti-change or anti-innovation. Frankly, I don't care if the foundation decides to invest money into building a Google or Wolfram Alpha competitor. In fact, I think the community is often too stubborn and conservative when it comes to change. But what worries me is the apparent way in which mismanagement has led to a lack of oversight, transparency, and communication. The project leadership has lost sight of its core principles and, in the process, alienated a lot of community leaders for whom I had great respect. I was shocked to see how many foundation employees, many of whom began as regular old editors, have left in the past two years. The community does not run the foundation, but it's the lifeblood of the foundation's projects. The community doesn't always have to agree with the foundation's decisions, but it needs to trust the foundation and ultimately take a leap of faith and buy into the decisions that are made. It's clear to me that the trust has eroded, and there is no buy-in.
	I know this is ancient history, but some of these old declines are just coming to light as a result of CSD G13 reviews. Just in case you are still declining articles on the same basis, I would like to point out to you that the decline reason given in is invalid. Formatting of references is not grounds to decline an article (it would not be grounds for deletion at AFD). Only the ''content'' and ''quality'' of references is relevant. ''']]''' 00:55, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
	:I only placed the article on hold. Looks like a different user actually declined the article. If my memory is correct, in 2010, it was recommended (or at least regular practice) that articles without inline citations be placed on hold, especially if some of the references are behind paywalls or in print (as was in this case, it seems). The problem is that AfC reviewers don't know which references support what content in the article, so simply moving such an article, particularly a BLP, into mainspace wasn't generally acceptable under the 2010 guidelines as I remember them. I haven't been active at all in the past year, and I know that AfC has undergone quite a few changes since then, so feel free to do whatever with the article if policies now differ. <span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;">'''/]]]'''</span> 07:48, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
	::The article has been reset so that it gets a fresh review. The reason I am following up these old declines is that I believe the AFC project has played a big part in driving away new editors. Hundreds of thousands of pages have now been put up for G13 deletion. In reviewing them, I find that I am prepared to move at least one in ten of them to mainspace. There may well be a lot more that could be rescued; some kinds of articles I just pass over and leave to others to deal with. That just has to mean that tens of thousands of new editors have been blown off by AFC and in most cases are lost for good.
	::When there is an article in mainspace where we cannot access the sources, we assume good faith (one of our ''core'' policies). This is still the case even at reviews like DYK and GA. FA does a source check but would still not decline on accessibility grounds. AGF has always been a core policy and the AFC reviewing instructions have never said anything about inline citations (I checked back to May 2010). If it was in mainspace we would not speedy delete or AFD on those grounds. We might template it, but that option is open to AFC reviewers also. There is no excuse, and never has been an excuse, for AFC behaving differently. ''']]''' 09:28, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
	:::My experience at AfC—and I'm speaking solely for myself during the time I was active there—does not match your characterization of the project. I was also active in the AfC IRC channel, which, at least during that time, functioned as a sort of online help desk for new users having trouble with AfC. My experience was that many of the articles submitted were by users who never seemed to check back to see if there were problems that needed to be addressed. Many others were users whose sole goal was to have a particular article created and had no intentions of "joining" Misplaced Pages, i.e., PR people and the like. I don't consider these users to have been driven away by AfC, merely that they never intended to be regular editors. I also interacted with many users who were genuinely interested in improving their article submissions and who were helped, through AfC, to create mainspace-appropriate article submissions. Probably the majority of these interactions for me occurred in the IRC channel.
	:::My point about the particular article you brought to my attention is not accessibility. I've used plenty of non-online citations in articles to which I've contributed, and that's by no means a problem. The main issue is that, guidelines aside, AfC reviewers generally did not accept BLPs without quality inline citations because a list of references doesn't necessarily support all or most or even more than one assertion in an article. I could have a list of thirty sources at the bottom of an article about ] pertaining only to his journalism career but twenty paragraphs in the article about how he killed a president—just because there's a list of sources doesn't mean that all of the material is verifiable. And at AfC, while I was active there, such a situation was grounds to place the article on hold (not generally decline). I'm not of the mindset that AfC existed so we could move poorly sourced articles to mainspace and immediately stick some maintenance templates on them. I also think that AfC was more concerned about quality over quantity, i.e., that even if a subject is notable, that is not an excuse to create an article that doesn't meet the basic criteria of verifiability and slap a template on there so it becomes part of someone else's backlog. So in this regard, I think our opinions differ on how AfC ''should'' operate—again, I don't know how it works nowadays, but when I was involved, I recall this as the de facto consensus of how article submissions should be treated. AfC was also a much smaller, specialized operation that didn't have a backlog anywhere close to over a thousand submissions.
	:::Perhaps inline citations was not explicitly mentioned in the AfC guidelines, but it has become the indisputable standard for verifiability in articles these days. ] says: "A ''general reference'' is a citation that supports content, but is not linked to any particular piece of material in the article through an inline citation. General references are usually listed at the end of the article in a References section. They are usually found in underdeveloped articles, especially when all article content is supported by a single source. They may also be listed in more developed articles as a supplement to inline citations." So I don't think that placing an article on hold to ask for inline citations is terribly unreasonable.
	:::<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;">'''/]]]'''</span> 04:59, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

			I still love the idea of building up a repository of the world's knowledge. I still love researching topics that pique my interest and I still love writing. But I don't think I could care enough about Misplaced Pages to spend hours writing articles now after seeing how the leadership has alienated the very people who built their projects up – both volunteers and staffers – while neglecting the crucial tenets of transparency and accountability.
	== Your assistance please ==

			I'll return when I think I can care enough again, but until then, thanks for all the fish, and try not to take this place so seriously. (Seriously, lighten up!)
	I believe we had a couple of discussions over the ] article, and what steps I should take, prior to re-introducing to article space an article with changes that addressed the concerns expressed at {{tl\|afd}}. I kept updating the userspace draft, until June of last year, when ] was deleted. At that point I placed a {{tl\|db-u1}} on the userspace draft, and took it to another wiki, where I added a couple more updates.

			<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;">'''/]]]'''</span> 18:51, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
	Somehow it escaped my notice that ] closed with a call for a restoration of my recently deleted userspace draft, and a restoration of it to article space, to serve as a target for ] to be redirected to.
			:Hey fetch, welcome back {{=)}} <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
			::Fetchcomms, I'm so glad I ran into your talk page today! It was a pleasant surprise to see this note. I've also been much less active these past few years (until very recently) and have not had the drive to do any substantial writing, so I can empathize a bit in that respect. Hope all is well with you, and I hope to see you around some time. Best wishes, ]] 15:14, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
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	It has a distinct revision history from the original article. So, if you have time, could you graft together the two revision histories?
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	:Hi, sorry for the very late reply. Life has been rather overbearing in the past weeks. It looks like ] did the histmerge back in January. I'm not currently in a consistent state of activity on here, so you may want to find a different admin for histmerges and such in the future. Regards, <span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;">'''/]]]'''</span> 08:12, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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	I'm trying to add Matthew Bellamy's relationship but you won't let me

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	Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Adam Cuerden}} was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from '']'', lithographs of various warships (such as ]) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}}, whose featured list ] contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|ChrisGualtieri}} who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including ], on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cliftonian}}, who saw three articles (including the top-importance ]) through featured article candidacies, and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Caponer}}, who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated ]) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include ] from {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Reid,iain james}}, ] from {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cwmhiraeth}} and '']'' from {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Igordebraga}}. We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Czar}} and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Red Phoenix}} for their work on the ]. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
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	192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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 ]. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help 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 ] (] • ]) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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	After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}} was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Casliber}} finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance ]. Third place was Pool B's {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sturmvogel_66}}, whose contributions included featured articles ] and ]. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
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	The round saw this year's first featured portal, with {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sven Manguard}} taking ] to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|12george1}} and the ]. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on ] from {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Figureskatingfan}}, a good article on the noted Czech footballer ] from {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cloudz679}} and ], freely released due to the efforts of {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sven Manguard}}.

	The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. 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 help 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! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ].</small> {{user\|J Milburn}} {{user\|The ed17}} and {{user\|Miyagawa}} 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
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	== WikiCup 2014 August newsletter ==

	The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}}, a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Casliber}} is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Czar}} was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Adam Cuerden}} was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cwmhiraeth}} won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|12george1}} is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sturmvogel 66}}, the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Bloom6132}}, the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

	We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Matty.007}}, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|ThaddeusB}}, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|WikiRedactor}}, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Figureskatingfan}}, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Yellow Evan}}, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Prism}} and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cloudz679}} have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

	There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The ] will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the ], which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

	There is now ''']''' for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, 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> {{user\|J Milburn}} {{user\|The ed17}} and {{user\|Miyagawa}} 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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	Just fond memories of meeting a colorful character when I was very young.

	Is there a place for this type of content?


	I did try to resubmit my context a few times before I realized it was only disallowed for ASCII art. I was trying to make a line break or rather differentiate my content from the rest.

	So technically I could probably submit the content again without a trigger but I do not want to do this just to have it taken down at a later date.

	Someone did take down a fairly large amount of text of mine with no apparent explanation but that is neither here nor there at this point.


	This is the article I want to add my story to - https://en.wikipedia.org/Loy_Allen_Bowlin

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	== WikiCup 2014 September newsletter ==

	In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}} has taken a strong lead with a featured list (]) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cwmhiraeth}} is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA ] and new GA ]. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Casliber}}, who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles ] and '']''.

	]. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to ] for the ], a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, 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> {{user\|J Milburn}} {{user\|The ed17}} and {{user\|Miyagawa}} 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
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	== WikiCup 2014: The results ==

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	The 2014 WikiCup champion is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}}, who flew the flag of the ]. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cwmhiraeth}}, 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Casliber}}, WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

	A full list of our prize-winners follows:

	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}} wins the prize for '''first place''' and the '''FP prize''' for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Cwmhiraeth}} wins the prize for '''second place''' and the '''DYK prize''' for 65 did you knows in the final round.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Casliber}} wins the prize for '''third place''' and the '''FA prize''' for four featured articles in the final round.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Czar}} wins the prize for '''fourth place'''
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sturmvogel 66}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Bloom6132}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|12george1}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|ChrisGualtieri}} wins the '''GA prize''' for 27 good articles in round 2 and the '''review prize''' for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Caponer}} wins the '''FL prize''' for three featured lists in round 2.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Sven Manguard}} wins the '''FPo prize''' his work on featured portals.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Figureskatingfan}} wins the '''topic prize''' for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|ThaddeusB}} wins the '''news prize''' for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

	Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to ''']''' for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also ''']''', and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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> {{user\|J Milburn}} {{user\|The ed17}} and {{user\|Miyagawa}} 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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	== WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner... ==

	Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to ''']'''. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

	*We would like to announce that Josh (]) and Ed (]), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
	*In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (]) and Christine (]), who are joining Brian (]) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the ], which she now co-runs.
	*The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on ] and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Misplaced Pages.

	If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on ], on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. <small>You are receiving this message because you are listed on ].</small> ] (]), ] (]), ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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	Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name ''']'''. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised ].

	Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on ]. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on ] and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! {{user\|Figureskatingfan}}, {{user\|Miyagawa}} and {{user\|Sturmvogel 66}}
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	== WikiCup 2015 March newsletter ==

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	That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Freikorp}} owing most of his 622 points scored to a ] on the 2001 film '']'' which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant5\|Godot13}} had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant4\|Sturmvogel_66}} led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

	In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Cwmhiraeth}} took ], a ], to ];
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|AHeneen}} worked-up the ] article, also to Good Article status;
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rodw}} developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking '']'' there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
	*And last but not least, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Godot13}} worked up a number of ] during round 1, including the 1948 one ] ''(pictured right)'', receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

	You may also wish to know that ] is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

	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 ]. Questions are welcome on ], 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 ]. {{User4\|Figureskatingfan}}, {{user4\|Miyagawa}} and {{User4\|Sturmvogel 66}}

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	== WikiCup 2015 May newsletter ==

	] is a long-period ] discovered on 17 August 2014 by ]; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|The Herald}} during the second round.]]
	The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Casliber}} in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on ] and ] - both of which received the maximum bonus.

	Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Coemgenus}} was one of several users who worked on improving ]. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Cwmhiraeth}} took ] to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took ] there as well for a 2x bonus.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|LeftAire}} worked up ] to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a ].

	The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! {{User4\|Figureskatingfan}}, {{user4\|Miyagawa}} and {{User4\|Sturmvogel 66}} 16:32, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
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	== WikiCup 2015 September newsletter ==

	The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

	In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant3\|Casliber}} in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Coemgenus}} at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

	The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Casliber}}, who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Godot13}}, second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Cwmhiraeth}}, first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Harrias}}, second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about ] and military history, specifically the 1640s ].
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|West Virginian}}, from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rodw}}, from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about ] and a FT about ].
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rationalobserver}}, from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
	#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Calvin999}}, also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

	The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

	Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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	This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Godot13}}. All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Cwmhiraeth}} came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Casliber}}, a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

	Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rationalobserver}}. Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

	A full list of our award winners are:

	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Godot13}} wins the prize for '''first place''' and the '''FP prize''' for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Cwmhiraeth}} wins the prize for '''second place''' and the '''DYK prize''' for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Casliber}} wins the prize for '''third place''' and the '''FA prize''' for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|West Virginian}} wins the prize for '''fourth place'''
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Calvin999}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rationalobserver}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Harrias}} wins a '''final 8''' prize and the '''FL prize''' for 11 featured lists.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|Rodw}} wins the most prizes: a '''final 8''' prize, the '''GA prize''' for 41 good articles, and the '''topic prize''' for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant6\|ThaddeusB}} wins the '''news prize''' for the most news articles in round 3.

	We warmly invite all of you to ''']''' for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also ''']''', and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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>

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	{{help me-helped}}
	Can you please help and guide to write the article on the Indian Sitar artist. I have made the draft but anyhow it is not getting approved.
	Here is the link of the draft.

	https://en.wikipedia.org/Draft:Asad_Khan_%28musician%29

	This is my first article on Misplaced Pages. Due to insufficient knowledge of writing this article its not getting approved.

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	* I am leaving your help request open, in case anyone else can add anything helpful, but I will give you my thoughts. I looked at the draft, and checked its references. Almost all of them had one or more of the following problems: (1) not a reliable source; for example, some of them were Misplaced Pages articles, one was an article not mentioning Asad Khan, but with a mention of him in a blog-like post added by a reader, (2) didn't mention Asad Khan at all, (3) barely mentioned Asad Khan; for example, merely including his name in a list of credits. The only source which gave significant coverage of him was a page at www.germany-and-india.com, but that was just a report on one concert performance, and in any case it was on a web site the purpose of which is to publicise and promote the event that he played at. None of those sources comes anywhere near showing that he satisfies Misplaced Pages's ].
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	{{help me}}
	Thanks for your reply on my query about the Asad Khan Draft above. I have edited it so it will look from neutral point of view. Can you please look on this one more time? This artist is really notable artist and I have personally heard his music and surely he is a notable. I am trying to find the more reliable sources. Will come to this soon. Let me know more if you can guide more on this?

	Also I have notices some other artist who are not much notable and not have enough references still they have article about them on the Misplaced Pages. I wonder how is that possible.

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I haven't edited much in the last few years because I was busy with work and other "real life" things, but I always figured I'd come back to contribute eventually. I love reading, writing, researching, and – above all – learning. I do not love drama, bureaucracy, cliquishness, or any of the other distractions that plagued Misplaced Pages when I was active, and it was cathartic to take a long break from caring about policies, guidelines, and procedures. During my absence, it seemed to me that the project was heading in the right direction: There were new UI features to make editing friendlier and easier for new users, for example, and I noticed last year that the number of WMF staff had increased exponentially. (My memory is spotty, but it feels like when I first started editing, the foundation had no more than a couple dozen full-time employees.) As far as I could tell while removed from all the on-wiki goings-on, the project was healthy and growing.

I saw the news earlier this year that Lila Tretikov was stepping down as executive director of the foundation; this struck me as unusual, given the brevity of her tenure. But I wasn't aware of the entire saga of apparent management and communication failures until I stumbled upon GorillaWarfare's timeline this week. I hadn't even heard of "Discovery" or any plans about a knowledge engine.

I am not anti-change or anti-innovation. Frankly, I don't care if the foundation decides to invest money into building a Google or Wolfram Alpha competitor. In fact, I think the community is often too stubborn and conservative when it comes to change. But what worries me is the apparent way in which mismanagement has led to a lack of oversight, transparency, and communication. The project leadership has lost sight of its core principles and, in the process, alienated a lot of community leaders for whom I had great respect. I was shocked to see how many foundation employees, many of whom began as regular old editors, have left in the past two years. The community does not run the foundation, but it's the lifeblood of the foundation's projects. The community doesn't always have to agree with the foundation's decisions, but it needs to trust the foundation and ultimately take a leap of faith and buy into the decisions that are made. It's clear to me that the trust has eroded, and there is no buy-in.

I still love the idea of building up a repository of the world's knowledge. I still love researching topics that pique my interest and I still love writing. But I don't think I could care enough about Misplaced Pages to spend hours writing articles now after seeing how the leadership has alienated the very people who built their projects up – both volunteers and staffers – while neglecting the crucial tenets of transparency and accountability.

I'll return when I think I can care enough again, but until then, thanks for all the fish, and try not to take this place so seriously. (Seriously, lighten up!)

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Hey fetch, welcome back

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Fetchcomms, I'm so glad I ran into your talk page today! It was a pleasant surprise to see this note. I've also been much less active these past few years (until very recently) and have not had the drive to do any substantial writing, so I can empathize a bit in that respect. Hope all is well with you, and I hope to see you around some time. Best wishes, Airplaneman ✈ 15:14, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome
Ten years!

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Good article reassessment for 2010 Shanghai fire

2010 Shanghai fire has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:33, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien: Fetchcomms hasn't edited for almost 8 years. FYI. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:40, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, but this was automated when I completed the listing. To my knowledge, there's no way to turn this off when using the GAR listing tool. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

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