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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history

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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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 nominations, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Quadcopter

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

Administrator changes

Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim

Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news

An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous

Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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Please comment on Talk:Jesus

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Please comment on Talk:Supreme Court of the United States

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Your GA nomination of German destroyer Z39

The article German destroyer Z39 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z39 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 13:21, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Liberalism in Iran

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Please comment on Template talk:Link language

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine
Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I
Timeline: This month in World War I

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Re:Newspaperarchive.com

It seems to be working now, thanks! I signed in there about 2 weeks ago and, of course, you can do a few things without an active subscription, but not clip. My account information said it should have been renewed in October of last year--that was until I signed in there today-now it's showing it's current. Thanks for all your help! We hope (talk) 00:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

No problem! -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:48, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)

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Please comment on Talk:Gwanggaeto the Great

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Disambiguation link notification for May 9

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Evocati Augusti, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Legions. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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Please comment on Talk:American Revolutionary War

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Your GA nomination of RTV-A-2 Hiroc

The article RTV-A-2 Hiroc 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:RTV-A-2 Hiroc for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:20, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Nazism sidebar

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics

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Please comment on Talk:Goguryeo

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Please comment on Talk:Political decoy

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Please comment on Talk:Lord North (disambiguation)

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Please comment on Talk:Wahhabi sack of Karbala

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Please comment on Talk:Emmett Till

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Please comment on Talk:Alternative for Germany

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Please comment on Talk:Judaism and sexuality

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WP:AAU

Are you able to adopt me on WP:AAU? I checked the list, you looked pretty good. GermanGamer77 (talk) 16:24, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ali Hassan Salameh

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Please comment on Talk:Politics of the Republic of China

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New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

Hello Iazyges/Archives/2017,

Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 816 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

But do remember: Rather than speed, quality and depth of patrolling and the use of correct CSD criteria are essential to good reviewing. Do not over-tag. Make use of the message feature to let the creator know about your maintenance tags. See the tutorial again HERE. Get help HERE.

Stay up to date with recent new page developments and have your say, read THIS PAGE.

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Please comment on Talk:Winnipeg

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Newspaperarchive.com access still pending?

Hi, Iazyges. I was approved about three weeks ago, and filled out the survey right away. When I log in using the e-maiil address I provided in teh sruvey, I only get "non-member access," i.e., can do searches, but when I click through newspaper thumbnail, I can't see the full sized image, I only ge the "Become a Member" link. Is this normal? Dovid (talk) 19:59, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities

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Please comment on Talk:First Cameron ministry

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Congratulations!

		The Military history A-Class medal
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military history coordinators, I hereby award you an A-Class Medal for your great work on Velites, Iazyges, and Project SAINT. AustralianRupert (talk) 13:06, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

newspaperarchive

Hey there! Thanks for setting up the newspaperarchive accounts! Just wanted to let you know that I have my account working but never received an email about when I got my password. Checked back a few weeks in my junk mail but didn't see it there either - I don't know if that's something on their end or yours, but figured i'd let you know just in case! Thanks again. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 19:15, 24 May 2017 (UTC)