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Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers. Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC) To receive future GA Cup newsletter, please add your name to our mailing list. |
You're invited! Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco
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Interview for The Signpost
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You need to update your profile :)
Done 
Precious again
standard of perfection
Thank you, Steven, for quality articles such as Sheep written with "infinite patience", for the List of Oregon birds with the American standard of perfection, for the invitation "Articles I started, which need your help", for your work at WM, for example steamlining infoboxes, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (10 July 2009)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
A year ago, you were the ...th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:55, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I undeleted WP:E3 as it's still in use according to Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikipedia:E3. Did you mean something else by "no longer in use"? Legoktm (talk) 02:22, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
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2015 already
Hi Steven. No frills - just a quiet ‘’all the best’’ to you for 2015 and I hope you’ll continue to be around on Misplaced Pages for a long time to come. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Kudpung: Thanks very much for the kind message. All the best in 2015, and glad to see you're still around. Steven Walling • talk 23:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
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Unethical activity?
It was suggested on the Quora talk page that you are abusing your position and access to technology (notably, bots) to preserve Quora's reputation on Misplaced Pages.
You should be aware of this. Your claims about Quora have been sharply questioned using sources at least as credible as those you cite. As an employee, you should be quite careful not to be caught involving yourself in stock price manipulations. As a Wikimedia Foundation employee, you should be quite careful not to be caught using one-shot account bots to do your dirty work. You could lose both jobs over this.
Now perhaps you will attempt to censor the records, or trace the IP of this account, or whatever, but it won't matter. The letters will be sent to both boards and the paragraph explaining the suspicious editing and advocacy of a "near-unicorn" valuation for Quora.
Even Jimmy Wales does not change things on his BLP that he strongly objects to. Given your deep COI you should not be advocating, and certainly not using bots.
If someone else at Quora is using bots for this purpose, you should report them to Wikimedia Foundation immediately. Until you do, you're the prime suspect.
No way this ends here. Be very careful, your career is on the line. Both boards (Wikimedia, Quora) will be notified if there is any more of this manipulation.
Specifically, do not remove the POV tag from the Quora article or advocate its removal. Someone with a COI as deep as yours has nothing to offer on that. Your COI is too deep to be involved in the Quora article, and your dual position at Wikimedia and Quora may be seen as a manipulation in itself. That is, as part of a scheme by Quora to control how it's portrayed in social media.