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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, all!

We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time.

The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring.

Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Invitation from Asian Women Month

Hi There! As you may know, this November is Asian Women Month, hosted by Wikipedia Asian Month and WikiWomen In Red. Our goal is to encourage coverage of Asian women in order to help overcome the Asian content gender gap. Asian Women Month observes the rules of Wikipedia Asian Month. You will receive a special Asian Women Month barnstar if you create four articles in accordance with the rules for the event, as well as a postcard sent from an Asian community! Thanks for your consideration. Read more here! -Rimmel.Edits Talk 19:11, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

About.com etc

Hi 3family6. I've just seen you load up some new sources at Albums and it reminded me that I've long, long meant to say a big thank-you for all that work you did, a couple of years back, to determine the reliability of each of About's music contributors. It's been a huge help to me to know that Robert Fontenot, for instance, is an acceptable source, because I often use his articles in Beatles GAs. Fantastic – oh, and thank you! JG66 (talk) 06:18, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome!--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Two years ago ...
noise in music
... you were recipient
no. 1024 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:10, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Old Bulgarian maps

All old Bulgarian maps are overlapping Avar and Pechenegs maps. There is no historical correlation. The old Bulgarian maps have to be edited (681 e.n. – 1018). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.231.27.99 (talk) 10:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

@193.231.27.99: This map shows no overlap, and is consistent with the Avar maps. This map explicitly shows that there was overlap in the Old Bulgarian migration into the Balkans.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 17:50, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Battle of Asakai

Hello, 3family6. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Battle of Asakai".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. GamerPro64 15:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Blind Willie Johnson

Hi, I noticed that you marked on the GA Cup the article I mentioned above was not probably reviewed. Shouldn't be desisted? What are the reasons for not being GA? I don't care about points or the GA cup but I would like to either improve it in case it's easy or reassess it, however for the latter I need to know the reasons. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

It's okay, now. The image was replaced with a non-free tag. If it had been a long-standing problem, then it should be delisted, but as of right now, it meets the GA criteria. I think it's okay to keep it at GA status, even though the reviewer made an error, because that error has been rectified.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 04:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
Ok then, thanks for the update. Sure now we can leave it as GA since it meets all the criteria. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 21:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Category:Tunnel Rats has been nominated for discussion

Category:Tunnel Rats, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:51, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, 3family6. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break.

There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll.

  • If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA).
  • If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December.

We apologize for sending out this newsletter late. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase!

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DYK nomination of Natalie Sims

Hello! Your submission of Natalie Sims at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:13, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, 3family6. I'm just posting to let you know that List of awards and nominations received by Lecrae – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 9. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 22:42, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
While taking a quick look at the article, I spotted something odd that should be addressed before Main Page day. I counted 29 nominations, not the 28 listed in the article. It looks like the discrepancy comes from the Stellar Awards; he has three nominations listed, along with his three wins. Was the 2012 Rehab nom intentionally excluded for some reason? If so, please consider including a note on the issue so that the count makes sense. If not, the counts will need fixing. Giants2008 (Talk) 19:30, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
No, I probably forgot to update the count when one of his recent awards was added.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 05:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the article and the blurb. I made one further update to the article, which should be good to go now. Also, please note that I moved the run date back to the 19th. While scheduling a list related to Nazi Germany today, it hit me that running it just before the holidays might not be the best idea, so I moved it up to the 9th to give it some distance and placed your list in the vacated spot. I hope this is all right with you. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)\
And now your list is scheduled for January 6, 2017, as a date-relevant list was suggested at WP:TFLS for December 19. Your new blurb is here. Sorry to keep pushing the list's appearance back, but it should be good to go for that date. Giants2008 (Talk) 20:19, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
That's fine. I don't care. Thank you for letting me know.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:24, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Natalie Sims

Hello! Your submission of Natalie Sims at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:52, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bio-Cancer (December 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ProgrammingGeek was:
This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
ProgrammingGeek (Page! • Talk! • Contribs!) 14:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


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I can't get this fixed...

Re: GA Cup Submissions account. My account name is misspelled, do I just need to refresh/purge cache or whatever...? Shearonink (talk) 01:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Hey 3family6...my account is still coming up as "Shearonik" on that page. It's still there even though I signed off yesterday and then signed back on today. (Don't understand why I am still seeing "Shearonik" instead of "Shearonink"...) Is it something from my end or from WP's end? Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 16:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't see that today. Sorry about the initial misspelling, but it seems to have cleared up now.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:59, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, it got fixed. Thanks anyway, Shearonink (talk) 15:36, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Natalie Sims

On 27 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Natalie Sims, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Natalie Sims co-wrote the Iggy Azalea song "Work", which sold over one million copies in the US? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Natalie Sims. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Natalie Sims), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

GA Cup question

Thanks for your suggestion! Where should I offer my GA nominee? On the GA Cup talk page? I just want to make sure put it in the right place. ScooterSponson (talk) 16:02, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd say the GA Cup talk page. I'm a judge, so I can move it to the relevant place if you somehow get in the wrong one.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:34, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Guess no one there is interested. :( ScooterSponson (talk) 03:29, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:5-8 Club/GA1

Have added additional comments. This was one of my first reviews so perhaps I wasn't as prolific with my responses as I could have/should have been. Hope these are sufficient and explain the reasoning behind my review a bit more. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 02:40, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Okay, those are sufficient. The thought behind the comments rule is that no article is perfect. Perhaps you will find one that meets all the GA criteria. In that case, explaining in detail why it passes upon first review will help ensure that your review is considered legitimate. We have this rule because past competitions have seen editors pass articles without properly reviewing them.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 02:43, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, that makes sense. I sure have learned a lot about K-Pop & London streets & volcanoes in Iran & British courtiers & the first American policewomen... Shearonink (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for The Shaker Quarterly

On 1 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Shaker Quarterly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Shaker Quarterly, which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the Shakers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Shaker Quarterly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, The Shaker Quarterly), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, 3family6!

Happy New Year!

3family6,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. MB298 (talk) 05:28, 1 January 2017 (UTC)


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GA Cup newsletter

Do you mind if I send out the newsletter now? Cheers! MrWooHoo (T • C) 19:57, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

MrWooHoo: No, please do!--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 20:03, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December.

This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points.

We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules.

In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase!

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DYK for Mildred Barker

On 12 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mildred Barker, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mildred Barker was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving Shaker music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mildred Barker. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mildred Barker), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Faith Spotted Eagle

Schwede66 12:02, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Satiacum Jr.

Schwede66 12:02, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

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Books and Bytes - Issue 20

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 20, November-December 2016
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs)

  • Partner resource expansions
  • New search tool for finding TWL resources
  • #1lib1ref 2017
  • Wikidata Visiting Scholar

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Bio-Cancer has been accepted

Bio-Cancer, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Primefac (talk) 22:23, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

You got your first FA!! Huge achievement man, especially on an article of that volume. Congratulations, that was a long time coming. dannymusiceditor Speak up! 23:57, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 05:43, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
I agree, really well done, its a facinating read on a niche aspect of a subject I have followed for decades. Delighted for you! Ceoil (talk) 22:31, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Thank you both for you kind words, and your review of the article.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 05:03, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 3

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Sunday saw the end of Round 2. Shearonink took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 499. In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an astounding 236 points, and in third place, Cartoon network freak received 136 points. Originally, we had plans for one wild card for 9th place, however it appears that both Chris troutman and J Milburn were tied for 9th place. Therefore, we have decided to have both advance to Round 3.

In Round 2, 91 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased to a little over 6 months. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep decreasing the backlog.

To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 has already started and will end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here.

Also, we'd like to announce the departure of judge Zwerg Nase. We thank him for all his hardwork and hope to see him back in the future.

Good luck and have fun!

Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo.

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Editor of the Week

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for serving on GA Cup judging team. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Shearonink submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate the entire Judging Team of the present GA Cup. In the course of a competition - from the First Round through the Finals, they had to score and judge an untold number of GA Reviews - and MrWooHoo has less than 4000 edits! What these editors do is pretty darn amazing. All 5 editors take the time for a friendly competition that gets folks to plow through the GA backlog and make a difference around here! I don't really know if this Gang of Five - MrWooHoo, Jaguar, ZwergNase, 3family6, Figureskatingfan - are all well-known or not. Some of them have toiled on the GA Cup since its inception. All I know is that whenever I have a question or a concern, they answer it quickly and that the Judging/Points-scoring seems very fair. I don't know how they can keep up with the blizzard of Reviews and the points and the judging and answering posts and so on and so on. Editor Figureskatingfan has won Editor of the Week before but I hope is eligible to receive a second. I sure as heck think they all deserve it as a group.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Lepricavark (talk) 19:10, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this honor!--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 15:08, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

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Viking metal for TFA

Thank you!--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 05:10, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
  • Sorry about the talk page goof. I'm guessing the page didn't fully load.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:36, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
  • 3family, thanks for your work on this, but give it another shot ... your edit just took it up to 1352 characters. The hard maximum is 1200 charaters, and it's best to keep it under 1175. - Dank (push to talk) 14:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
I'll try to whittle it down some more. I'd hoped to do this during the review process, but my nomination just went through with no discussion.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 17:54, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
I also didn't realize that spaces counted toward character count, so I'll adjust things accordingly.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Okay, it's looking good now. - Dank (push to talk) 18:21, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

March Madness 2017

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

  • tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
  • updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
  • creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:23, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Seseli libanotis

On 27 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Seseli libanotis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that moon carrot rust, which infects the moon carrot (pictured), was thought extinct from Britain, but was re-discovered in 2009? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seseli libanotis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Seseli libanotis), 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.

Mifter (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Puccinia libanotidis

On 27 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Puccinia libanotidis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that moon carrot rust, which infects the moon carrot (pictured), was thought extinct from Britain, but was re-discovered in 2009? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Puccinia libanotidis), 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.

Mifter (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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Well done!

Just wanted to drop by and give my appreciation for your work in getting Viking metal to FA status. It's particularly good to see the utilisation of all those academic sources. On a related note, the article devoted to Heathenry (new religious movement) is currently here at FAC, if you were at all interested at taking a look. All the best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:23, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Also here to praise what you did about the subject: "working on this article back in 2011, and, over time, became fascinated with the subject, came to enjoy the style of music, and delved into the scholarly research about Viking metal."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:59, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words, both of you. Thank you for drawing my attention to that article, Midnightblueowl, I'll take a look. I'm also hoping to improve the pagan metal and folk metal articles to FAC, and black metal is halfway there already. I'm thinking that these five articles could be a good/featured topic.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 04:26, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - The Final

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion.

In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog.

In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here.

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Talkback

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See my reply in the "How's this coming along" section. Shearonink (talk) 20:02, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

question about GA talk pages & past Reviews

In the course of participating in the GA Cup I have come across some articles that have past GA Reviews. Is it a matter of procedure/policy/guidelines to have these past Reviews linked to in the talkpage headers? Some of the talkpages don't have links - should I make sure they have them? At the moment I am Reviewing Bonville–Courtenay feud which had two previous aborted Reviews where the article was not failed but did not pass. I was thinking "article history" would suffice but then was wondering if there should even be any linkage to these malformed Reviews within the talkpage headers. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 14:00, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

None of this is required for points - as long a you review the article, that's enough. If you also want to clean things up, that's fine, but you're not required to. It is customary to have a full article history in the talk page - in this case, though, the two previous reviews were incomplete, so technically yours is the first true GA review for the article. I think this is why BlueMoonset didn't put those two into the article history.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:30, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Oh I figured it wasn't required for points but I like to do things correctly and just was wondering about "article history" (especially since it is not specifically dealt with in the Review guidelines). Shearonink (talk) 14:41, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Oh, and thanks for your explanation - that makes absolute sense. Shearonink (talk) 14:42, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
You're welcome.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:47, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Revolutionary Communist Party of India

3family6, Soman has finally supplied a new hook for this nomination. Are you willing to return to your review and check the ALT1 hook, or should I find a new reviewer for the nomination. Please let me know if the latter (I imagine I'll see any addition to the review page if the former). Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:21, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

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