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DYK for Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4)
 | On 13 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the final episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise ended eighteen years of Star Trek on television? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Books & Bytes New Years Double Issue
Happy New Year, and welcome to a special double issue of Books & Bytes. We've included a retrospective on the changes and progress TWL has seen over the last year, the results of the survey TWL participants completed in December, some of our plans for the future, a second interview with a Wiki Love Libraries coordinator, and more. Here's to 2014 being a year of expansion and innovation for TWL!
The Wikipedia Library completed the first 6 months of its Individual Engagement grant last week. Here's where we are and what we've done:
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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014
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Your GA nomination of Enterprise (NX-01)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Enterprise (NX-01) 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 Rosiestep -- Rosiestep (talk) 03:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kir'Shara 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 Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 09:50, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Enterprise (NX-01)
The article Enterprise (NX-01) 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:Enterprise (NX-01) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- Rosiestep (talk) 20:40, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
I wanted to add that I thought this was a really important article for the Star Trek: Enterprise group, so thanks for the revamp... so much better than what was there before you jumped in. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:59, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Change of flag
Hi Miyagawa,
I changed my flag from USA to South Korea. Can you put it on to the wikicup main page please? Thanks, and let me know if you need more info.
Order of the sword (talk) 03:38, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Hawkturnal
Change of flag
Hi Miyagawa,
I changed my flag from USA to South Korea. Can you put it on to the wikicup main page please? Thanks, and let me know if you need more info.
Order of the sword (talk) 03:38, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Hawkturnal
The article Kir'Shara 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:Kir'Shara for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 20:10, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
The article Kir'Shara you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Kir'Shara for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 03:12, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Enterprise (NX-01)
The article Enterprise (NX-01) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Enterprise (NX-01) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- Rosiestep (talk) 05:42, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Congrats! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:51, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
The article Babel One you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Babel One for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Taylor Trescott -- Taylor Trescott (talk) 04:23, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
BOTF query
How's it coming on progress for getting Star Trek: Birth of the Federation to WP:GA? :) — Cirt (talk) 06:14, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks very much, that's most appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 13:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Removing the Steam GA
I really don't believe you are being fair by removing that. I've been editing that page for a long time before 2014, which has included major re-structuring reorganization and clean-up. I started the GAN in 2014, yes, but I have also been one of the biggest contributors to said page. So, I don't buy your reasoning. DARTHBOTTO talk•cont 23:35, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Kir'Shara
| On 29 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kir'Shara, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that elements in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Kir'Shara" have been compared to the Nag Hammadi library and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kir'Shara. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for Enterprise (NX-01)
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WikiCup 2014 January newsletter
The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer 
Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
12george1 (submissions) and 
TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).
Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.
Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What do you mean, "short reviews"? I thought that was measured by length of comment. Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:32, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- So, in other words, there's supposed to be something wrong with the article being reviewed, in order for the review to be counted? Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:49, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Hmmm... okay then. I've never seen the logic in asking someone, even the nominator, to fix an issue you've noticed if it's no sweat to make the mend yourself, but perhaps there is after all... Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 23:32, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Fermanagh mallards
Why did you remove this? It was already brought up to J Milburn, and he was fine with it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 19:35, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Kim dynasty
Question: [1] doesn't constitute significant work in 2014? 
czar ♔ 19:57, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Thanks! czar ♔ 20:16, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Successful collaboration on Portal:Star Trek
Congratulations on the promotion of Portal:Star Trek to Featured Portal !!!
It was great fun collaborating with you on the featured portal quality improvement drive!
Keep me posted on how it goes at Star Trek: Birth of the Federation,
— Cirt (talk) 05:55, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
- Okay, sounds great, thank you, — Cirt (talk) 12:10, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
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SMS Odin
Will make a version without the border, and will delist and replace if it establishes in the article (Parsecboy, who's bringing all these articles to FA, prefers with border), but, for now, I'm terrified of splitting the vote just before the nomination closes. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:00, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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WikiCup strategy
You might have a view on the topic I have brought up on J Millburn's talk page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
- Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).
Other competitors of note include:
Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.
After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 4
News for February from your Wikipedia Library.
Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers
Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement
American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia
Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th
Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias
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DYK for Afterglow Maverick Sabre
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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. 
Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Caucasian squirrel
| On 1 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Caucasian squirrel, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Caucasians are brown? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caucasian squirrel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
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Thanks!
Thanks for the suggestions on the talk puppy page, still trying to sort through, but will keep you updated! Ztan0015 (talk) 20:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
Request for comment
Hello Miyagawa, I'm here onbehalf of WP:ORPHAN in which you are also a participant. So, we want your opinion to a WP:ORPHAN related matter. It is a proposal by Technical 13. Please have a look here. Your opinion (i.e support, oppose etc) are very much appreciated there. Thank you. By Jim Cartar through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:02, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
Wiki Cup
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Backlog drive
Hello Miyagawa,
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Books & Bytes - Issue 5
The Wikipedia Library
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The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014
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Perhaps as a WikiCup judge, you should know this?
I am leaving here a copy of a message left on the talk page of the Bivalves Project:
"Questions have been raised about the accuracy of science articles written by the prolific author Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs). The background can be read in a regrettably long and bad-tempered thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Harassment. If you do not want to read the whole thing, start here. To her credit, Cwmhiraeth has initiated Wikipedia:Editor review/Cwmhiraeth. It would help to generate light, rather than more heat, and to decide whether there is a serious problem, if scientifically-qualified editors uninvolved in the row could review some of Cwmhiraeth's articles and comment at the editor review. JohnCD (talk) 21:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC) This edit unsigned by User Cwmhiraeth at 06:23, 16 April 2014"
There is no suggestion that Cwmhiraeth is deliberately abusing the system; her edits all appear to be good faith, but rushing to paraphrase without sufficient careful analysis of the sources has apparently lead to a fair number of small but significant errors of fact in many (but not all) of her articles, for DYK and even for GA and FA. I am concerned that competing (successfully in 2012) to be winner of the Cup has encouraged this rushed approach. Invertzoo (talk) 21:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Editor review
An editor review is underway of one the 2014 WikiCup competitors; see Wikipedia:Editor review/Cwmhiraeth. I think that your opinions would be welcome especially with regard to the WikiCup. Snowman (talk) 22:29, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
- I do not want to put the judges under any undue pressure, so I have added this to the editor review; "I think that I have done the responsible thing to inform the three judges of this editor review. If the judges do not want to participate here, then perhaps that is understandable, so do not expect too much.". Snowman (talk) 23:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Judy (dog)
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- Just a couple of minor queries to clarify and then I'll be happy to pass this - thanks for providing a fascinating read! SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:39, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
- Great - thanks! A slightly connected query as you seem to know about the Dickin Medal dogs - in the final sentence of the last paragraph of the lead in the DM article it says the most recent is Theo; shouldn't that be Sasha as I thought she had only just been awarded it (although in the table it gives the date as October 2012). I don't like to interfere with an FA article unless absolutely certain as I've seen the rigours they go through to achieve the status! SagaciousPhil - Chat 11:08, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Judy (dog)
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- Congratulations on a truly unique article! I have nominated it for Did you know, which will hopefully result in the article appearing on the main page. The link is Template:Did you know nominations/Judy (dog). Thanks, Matty.007 18:38, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- I appreciate the sentiment, but it has already appeared on DYK back in 2010 and so won't qualify to appear again. :( Miyagawa (talk) 18:40, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, should have caught that. The DYK checker gave up on telling me anything, so I didn't know. Thanks for the heads up, and well done for great articles! Best, Matty.007 18:49, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- No problem - it's certainly unusual for me to take an article to DYK and then wait four years to go to GA. :) Hopefully aiming to sort out Treo (dog) next. Miyagawa (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, should have caught that. The DYK checker gave up on telling me anything, so I didn't know. Thanks for the heads up, and well done for great articles! Best, Matty.007 18:49, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
- I appreciate the sentiment, but it has already appeared on DYK back in 2010 and so won't qualify to appear again. :( Miyagawa (talk) 18:40, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Sasha (dog)
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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and 
Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from 
Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to 
Czar (submissions) and 
Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4)
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Your GA nomination of Our Man Bashir
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So, the entire talk page has devolved into attacks on featured pictures. Great. I'm going to sleep on it, but if this continues, and the WikiCup judges don't start laying the smackdown, I'm withdrawing. The WikiCup is meant to be a friendly competition. It's become a damn hostile one. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:26, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Our Man Bashir
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DYK for Our Man Bashir
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Your GA nomination of Space Seed
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Hi. Banner has put this up for deletion. I have supported a merge but that's if nothing else reasonable can be added to make it worth keeping separately. I wondered if you could find more material about it, reviews etc and help save it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:28, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup
Thank you for removing the DYK from the submissions page; I sincerely didn't know that DYKs for GAs didn't count for the WikiCup. — prism △ 11:14, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- Miyagawa- apologies for reverting you- I pressed it by accident. J Milburn (talk) 16:10, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- No prob! :) Miyagawa (talk) 17:02, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup
Miyagawa, could you please look at the last message I left on J Milburn's talk page? Since you're one of the WikiCup judges... pedro | talk 20:46, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, but I actually mean J Milburn's talk page. pedro | talk 20:58, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'll drop him an email. Miyagawa (talk) 21:16, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. pedro | talk 21:19, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- I'll drop him an email. Miyagawa (talk) 21:16, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
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 Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, 
Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from 
Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from 
Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard (submissions).
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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Space Seed
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good dogs and sports
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on many topics, dogs, restaurants, sports, in today 226 400 DYK articles and 45 93 good articles, and for your constant work around DYK - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (24 December 2009)!
Two years ago, you were the 206th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, and for the amazing sheer number of articles just see the user page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:55, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for 1908 FA Charity Shield
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WikiCup points miscalculation
Hey Miyagawa! In the latest update of points, LivingBot failed to take into account the 2.6× multiplier for my Flag of Tonga DYK submission. Is there any way to fix this? Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 10:16, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- Pinging J Milburn as well. —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:46, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- No worries - I'll drop J an email and make sure it gets taken into account at the end of the round. Miyagawa (talk) 21:09, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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:
- Godot13 (submissions), 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.
- Casliber (submissions) 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.
- Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
- Adam Cuerden (submissions) 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.
- Cwmhiraeth (submissions) 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.
- 12george1 (submissions) 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.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.- Bloom6132 (submissions), 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. 
Matty.007 (submissions), 
ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), 
Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) 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 Stub Contest 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 GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.
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DYK for Lupo (dog)
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Re: Enterprise ratings
It's abcmedianet.com. There are "Weekly Program Rankings" articles from that era, posted on Tuesdays. You can search by date at http://abcmedianet.com/Web/dnr/dnr.aspx. -- Wikipedical (talk) 01:27, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Tick. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:11, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
Minor issues. Please take a look. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
I'm not trying to fix the blame. I'm just trying to fix the problem. It had something to do with the awards in 1947, but that was about it. Fine article. GTG. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:00, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- I don't just review, I try to tweak. A second set of eyes makes for a better product. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:13, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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| You have your ducks in a row. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC) |
Should we have infoboxes like this in thee articles? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:36, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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