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42	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (soundtrack) (talk)	Add sources
992	Zwarte Piet (talk)	Add sources
656	Overview of gun laws by nation (talk)	Add sources
242	S. Truett Cathy (talk)	Add sources
13	United States Senate election in Florida, 2004 (talk)	Add sources
36	United States House of Representatives elections, 1952 (talk)	Add sources
6	Opinion polling for the 2012 United States Senate elections (talk)	Cleanup
18	Communications in the Isle of Man (talk)	Cleanup
196	Terry Waite (talk)	Cleanup
1,107	T-Mobile US (talk)	Expand
41	United States House of Representatives elections, 1986 (talk)	Expand
179	Balanced budget amendment (talk)	Expand
598	Booz Allen Hamilton (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
139	Republican Revolution (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
985	Joni Ernst (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
41	Matching gift (talk)	Merge
10	New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs (talk)	Merge
14	Ajam of Iraq (talk)	Merge
11	United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2008 (talk)	Wikify
17	Hilliard Lyons (talk)	Wikify
17	United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2008 (talk)	Wikify
7	Adela Akers (talk)	Orphan
6	Bob Stocksdale (talk)	Orphan
12	Psiram (talk)	Orphan
4	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus (talk)	Stub
2	United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2000 (talk)	Stub
34	Kutty Padmini (talk)	Stub
6	United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1998 (talk)	Stub
13	Pseudoroegneria spicata (talk)	Stub
5	Mary C. Noble (talk)	Stub

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Hey there, I'm back. Thank you for the flag, I greatly appreciated it and put it prominently on my page.

I'm currently working on Mark Udall and my edits have generated some negative buzz. If you have some free time, I would appreciate some help where its needed. Thanks, Grammarxxx ^{(What'd I do this time?)} 01:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Taking new adoptees?

I'm new to Wikipedia, and I was wondering if you were accepting new adoptees. Fortr (talk) 04:59, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

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499	Big Brother 16 (U.S.) (talk)	Add sources
119	United States House of Representatives elections, 1944 (talk)	Add sources
43	John Zogby (talk)	Add sources
117	United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008 (talk)	Add sources
103	HM Fort Roughs (talk)	Add sources
48	United States Senate election in Texas, 2008 (talk)	Add sources
263	Kay Bailey Hutchison (talk)	Cleanup
22	Representative history of the Ohio House of Representatives (talk)	Cleanup
303	Southern Democrats (talk)	Cleanup
55	Federal Reserve Transparency Act (talk)	Expand
167	United States gubernatorial elections, 2010 (talk)	Expand
63	HavenCo (talk)	Expand
324	Bob Menendez (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
223	Chrysler B engine (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
14	Jeff Wentworth (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
22	Special elections to the 111th United States Congress (talk)	Merge
586	Custard (talk)	Merge
76	Carnegie Unit and Student Hour (talk)	Merge
17	United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2008 (talk)	Wikify
15	United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2008 (talk)	Wikify
37	Melinda Katz (talk)	Wikify
26	InstaEDU (talk)	Orphan
1	Missouri's 33rd Senate district (talk)	Orphan
1	Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2006 (talk)	Orphan
8	Lisabeth Hughes Abramson (talk)	Stub
200	Hot Pockets (talk)	Stub
17	Alabama State Board of Education (talk)	Stub
6	Hendrik van der Bijl (talk)	Stub
6	Washington State Board of Education (talk)	Stub
9	King County Executive (talk)	Stub

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WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)