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2016 GA Cup-Finals

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3 Hello, GA Cup competitors! Tuesday saw the end of Round 3. Sainsf, for the third time, won with a sizable 487 points and a shocking 29 articles reviewed. In second, MPJ-DK had 168 points and 7 reviewed articles. In second place, MPJ-DK earned 168 points with just 7 articles, and in third place, Carbrera received 137 points with just 9 articles. Our two wildcard slots went to J Milburn with 122 points and Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. In Round 3, 65 reviews were completed! At the beginning of the GA Cup, there were 595 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 3, there were 394. Another demonstrable way in which this competition has made a difference is in the length of time articles languish in the queue. At the beginning of the GA Cup, the longest wait was over 9 months [1]; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months [2]—nothing before 2016. 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 the Finals for the GA Cup so that are successes continue. To qualify for the Finals, contestants had to earn the highest scores in each of the three pools in Round 3; plus, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users in all of the pools. For the Finals, users were placed in one pool of the remaining five users. To win the GA Cup, you must have the most points. The Finals started on June 1 at 0:00:01 UTC' and end on June 30 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about the Finals and the pools can be found here. A clarification: in order for the points to count, you must mark your reviews as completed; it's not up to the judges to ensure that all reviews are completed by the end of a round. We wish all the contestants the best of luck! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, 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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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2016)

The Hilton Athens is part of the Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel chain. Hello, CookieMonster755. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Hilton Hotels & Resorts Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Photodetector • Whirlpool Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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nice to see you too! Here are some warm cookies

A Special Bannister for You!

Thank you for all of your hard work on Wikipedia and for dropping by on a very special day in California, the big presidential primary in my home state :)! Wikih101 (talk) 23:53, 7 June 2016 (UTC) Wikih101, of course, I am a servant of the Lord, so I am happy to do work on Wikipedia to Benefit the project and make friends like you. I am glad you will be voting! I heard that Hillary Clinton has the nomination, but I have not a clue. It's hard to tell whether Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders will win California. Who knows? Thanks for stopping by. You know I love cookies, my username is Cookie Monster XD cheers, CookieMonster755 📞 ✉ ✓ 00:56, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Hello! Sorry for the delays – I was away for a while. I should get a chance to upload tonight. Are there any other pronunications you would like me to record in the meantime? – As I will be doing the editing for this one tonight. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 12:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Hassocks5489 Would you be able to pronounce Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone? Thanks ;) ✉cookiemonster✉ ^𝚨755𝛀 14:29, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll upload and link those at the same time. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 15:04, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

You're awesome Hassocks5489! and I love your British accent! :P ✉cookiemonster✉ ^𝚨755𝛀 15:16, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

No worries. All three audio files are now on the respective articles; have a listen to make sure they're OK. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 19:59, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Sounds great! ;) ✉cookiemonster✉ ^𝚨755𝛀 20:55, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2016)

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2016)

The aqueduct of Segovia, Spain Hello, CookieMonster755. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Shelby Gem Factory • Hilton Hotels & Resorts Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 20 June 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9

Newsletter • May / June 2016

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2016)

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