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WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Round 3
![]() Greetings, all! We hope that everyone had a nice summer. Saturday saw the end of Round 2. Things went relatively smoothly this month. The top 2 from 4 pools, plus the top participant (the wildcard, or "9th place") of all remaining competitors, moved onto Round 3. We had one withdrawal early in Round 2, so he was replaced by the next-highest scorer from Round 1. Round 2's highest scorer was Pool D's Tomandjerry211, who earned an impressive 366 points; he also reviewed the most articles (19). Close behind was Zwerg Nase, also in Pool D, at 297 points and 16 articles. The wildcard slot went to Good888. Congrats to all! Round 3 will have 9 competitors in 3 pools. The key to moving forward was reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates, as it has been in every round up to now. For example, 2 competitors only needed to review 2 articles each to win in their pools, and each article were either from the pink nomination box (20 points) or had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). The GA Cup continues to be a success in many ways, even with fewer competitors this time. For some reason, the competitors in the 2015 GA Cup have reviewed fewer articles in Round 2, which has made the judges scratch their head in confusion. We've speculated many reasons for that: the summer months and vacations, our competitors are saving their strength for the final rounds, or they all live in the Pacific Northwest and the heavy wildfire smoke has affected their thinking. Whatever the reason, Round 2 competitors reviewed almost 100 articles, which is a significant impact in the task of reviewing articles for GA status. We've considered that the lower participation this competition is due to timing, so we intend to discuss the best time frame for future GA Cups. For Round 3, participants have been placed randomly in 3 pools of 3 contestants each; the top editor in each pool will progress, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users. Round 3 will start on September 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on September 28 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Good luck to the remaining contestants, and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. 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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Triple Crown
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August 2015 Milhist Article Writing Contest
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons for placing first in the August 2015 Milhist Article Writing Contest, with 69 points from 11 articles. Well done! Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 00:52, 12 September 2015 (UTC) |
New page tagging of DJ Miguel Novillo
Quote: "debuted at number one on the Nigerian Albums Chart and earned a gold certification from the German Pornographic Industry. Its lead single, "I Made This Up", became Miguel's first number one on the E harmony Singles Chart. All two of the album's singles; "Little White Lies" and "I Forgot What I Ate For Lunch Today" reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, making it the first album in history to cause world peace. Miguel has collaborated with numerous other recording artists, including Paris Hilton, Donald Trump, The Baby In The Sun From Teletubbies, OJ Simpson, and Iggy Azalea. His collaboration with Rihanna led to two singles and one lovechild."
Does any of that sound remotely credible to you? ;) Please tag these as G3 - hoax or vandalism so that they can be binned quickly. Valenciano (talk) 20:37, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
M3 re-write
If you are going to rewrite, I'd recommend either to use a sandbox and rewrite the whole article and then replace when ready, or rewrite and replace a section at a time. Blanking multiple sections before rewriting, isn't the way to go about it. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:35, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice, reverted my edits.Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 17:29, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
TMs
[1] [2] page 30-31 Sammy D III (talk) 17:14, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Sammy D III: What is this for?Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 17:29, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- I only thought that they might help you. Sammy D III (talk) 18:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- In that case, thanks.--Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 19:53, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- I only thought that they might help you. Sammy D III (talk) 18:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015
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Your GA nomination of USS West Virginia (BB-48)
The article USS West Virginia (BB-48) you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:USS West Virginia (BB-48) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 18:41, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
The Center Line: September 2015
Volume 8, Issue S1 • September 2015 • About the Newsletter
- Happy 10th Anniversary!
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July to September 2015 Reviewing Award
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On behalf of the WikiProject Military history coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons for an awesome 19 FA, A-Class, Peer and GA reviews during the period July to September 2015. Well done! Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:27, 5 October 2015 (UTC) |
Please could you return to the article and see the queries I've raised - the edit summaries will help. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 11:26, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- Pinging your alt account: Tomandjerry211 (alt) --Dweller (talk) 13:51, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015
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Tank Girl at FAC
Hello. I'm leaving this same message to everyone who commented at the first FAC nomination for Tank Girl (film). After having gone through improvements including a thorough copyedit courtesy of the guild of copyeditors, the article has been renominated – see here. All comments are welcome. Freikorp (talk) 09:44, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank You for Edits on Vernon Jones GA
Thank you very much for the edits. I thought that if I didn't have linkable source, I would have to confirm those quotes myself, and was putting off fixing until I could go to a RL library with AJC access. Carl Henderson (talk) 03:15, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
The article M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage 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:M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ErrantX -- ErrantX (talk) 16:21, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Christ Church, Newton
Hi, I noticed you commented on Christ Church, Newton's last FAC. I wanted to inform you that the nomination has been restarted here if you'd like to comment on it again. Thanks. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 23:28, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The judges from the 2nd Annual GA Cup would like to congratulate you on making it all the way to the final! Although you didn't get a podium finish, you were the top scoring participant in Rounds 2 and 3! We commend your awesome efforts for reviewing GA's by giving you this Good Article Barnstar. We hope to see you next year! MrWooHoo (talk) 00:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC) |
Congrats, I've tagged it as a good article. Great work! --Errant (chat!) 09:24, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Virginia Tech Project Invite
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Your GA nomination of M5 Half-track
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article M5 Half-track 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 Btphelps -- Btphelps (talk) 00:01, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M3 Half-track
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article M3 Half-track 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 Btphelps -- Btphelps (talk) 01:20, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015
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DYK for M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
![]() | On 21 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (pictured) saw service with U.S. forces in the Italian Campaign, Operation Overlord, the Battle of Arracourt, and the Ardennes Offensive? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
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The Center Line: November 2015
Volume 8, Issue 4 • November 2015 • About the Newsletter
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Oct 2015 Milhist backlog drive
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I hereby award you this as a token of the project’s appreciation for your contributions during the October 2015 Military history project backlog drive. AustralianRupert (talk) 11:49, 1 December 2015 (UTC) |
Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M3 Gun Motor Carriage
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article M3 Gun Motor Carriage 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 Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 04:40, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M3 Gun Motor Carriage
The article M3 Gun Motor Carriage 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:M3 Gun Motor Carriage for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 05:40, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
GAN for 400-series highways
Hey there. I'm back with some reliable internet access now, so I've renommed 400-series highways. I fixed the dead links and cite error, but I'm not sure where you saw American English and where in particular you'd like to see some more citations. - Floydian τ ¢ 00:11, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- I'll get back to that as soon as possible. I have a GA review of an article that I'm busy with. Please excuse the inconvenience, Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 00:33, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
M3 Gun Motor Carriage has been nominated for Did You Know
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The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015
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Military History Newcomer of the Year 2015
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For "contributions to one FL, one AL, and four A-Class articles on US WWII fighting vehicles, as well as having brought another half-a-dozen articles on ships and vehicles up to GA, and for being cluefully involved in general Milhist discussions and responds positively to constructive comments in reviews" over the last year, I have the honor of awarding you this Golden Wiki for coming first place in this year's Military History Newcomer of the Year vote. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject, TomStar81 (Talk) 02:27, 22 December 2015 (UTC) |
- Congrats, and a special thank you for taking the time for GA review of articles. Kierzek (talk) 02:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
- Congratulations, Tom. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the award, TomStar.--Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 22:24, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
- Congratulations. Well deserved. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:45, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M3 Half-track
The article M3 Half-track you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:M3 Half-track for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Btphelps -- Btphelps (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of M3 Gun Motor Carriage
The article M3 Gun Motor Carriage you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:M3 Gun Motor Carriage 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 Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 22:43, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
DYK for M3 Gun Motor Carriage
![]() | On 11 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article M3 Gun Motor Carriage, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it is claimed that 36 M3 Gun Motor Carriages destroyed 30 German tanks, including 2 Tiger tanks, at the Battle of El Guettar in March 1943? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M3 Gun Motor Carriage. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016
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Speedy deletion
Hello; just so you are aware, when tagging a page with a speedy deletion template, the rationale given must be one of the authorized criteria listed at the speedy deletion page. Even if you put a custom explanation, it must still cite one of the listed criteria. Wikipedia policies in general such as "Not a guidebook" are not one of the listed criteria(though they could be listed as a Proposed Deletion rationale) so I changed it to the Spam criteria. 331dot (talk) 18:27, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
2016 GA Cup
![]() Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 3rd GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been two GA Cups; both 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 500 nominations listed and about 450 articles waiting to be reviewed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 3rd GA Cup will begin on March 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on July 31, 2016), but this may change based on participant numbers. There will be slight changes to the scoring system, based upon feedback we've received in the months since GA Cup #2. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same. We're also looking to spice up the competition a bit by running parallel competitions. Finally, there's a possibility of assisting a WikiProject Good Articles backlog drive in the last three weeks of February, before our competition. Please stay tuned for more information as we get it. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on February 20, 2015. 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 and MrWooHoo. 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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The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016
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2016 GA Cup-Round 1
![]() Greetings, all. The 3rd Annual GA Cup has officially begun, and you can start reviewing your articles/reassessments now! However, sign-ups will not close til March 15th if anybody (who wishes to sign up) has not signed up yet. We currently have 1 group of 33 contestants in Round 1, and we will have 16 Wikipedians left in Round 2. Please be sure to review this information and the FAQ if you haven't already, If you have any questions, please ask us here where all of the judges (including our newest one, Zwerg Nase!) will be answering any questions you may have. You can also feel free to ask us on our talk pages/send an email to us (information is here). Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, 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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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
Non-breaking spaces
Please don't advise other editors to insert non-breaking spaces between digits and units unless the unit is an abbreviation. The relevant guidance is at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers #Unit names and symbols: "Except as shown in the "Specific units" table below, a space appears between a numeric value and a unit name or symbol. In the case of unit symbols,
The emphasis on symbols is in the guidance (and there's a hidden comment in the text further emphasising the point). You can check the usage within the text of the Manual of Style and also the output of the {{convert}} template to confirm that we do not employ a non-breaking space between numerical values and unit names (or any other normal word). We only use between a numerical value and an abbreviated unit or symbol. So use 6 metres and 6 m - but don't mix them up. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 21:25, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
, {{nbsp}}
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The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016
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2016 GA Cup-Round 2
![]() Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Sainsf took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 765. In second place, MPJ-DK earned an astounding 742 points, and in third place, FunkMonk received 610 points. In Round 1, 206 reviews were completed, more than any other year! At the beginning of March, there were 595 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 1, there were 490. 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 2 so we can lower the backlog as much as possible. To qualify for the second round, you needed to make it into the top 16 of participants. Users were placed in 4 random pools of 4. To qualify for Round 3, the top 2 in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 9th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 2 will start on April 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on April 28 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here Also, remember that a major rule change will go into effect starting on April 1, which marks the beginning of Round Two. Round 1 had an issue brought up in the rules, which we are correcting with this clarification. We believe that this change will make the competition more inherently fair. The new rule is: All reviews must give the nominator (or anyone else willing to improve the article) time to address the issues at hand, even if the article would qualify for what is usually called a "quick fail" in GA terms. To avoid further confusion, we have updated the scoring page, replacing the term "quick fail" with the term "fail without granting time for improvements". We expect all reviewers to put a review on hold for seven days in cases such as these as well, in order to apply the same standards to every competitor. The judges will strictly enforce this new rule. Good luck and have fun! 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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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Tomandjerry211, you opened this review over a month ago on March 5, and haven't been back to actually do the review since. This article was nominated last August, so to make it wait another month is most unfortunate, especially since you've been starting new GA reviews in the month since.
If you plan to get back to it in the next few days, that's fine. If it's going to take longer, then it's only fair that the nomination be put back into the reviewing pool, since it would be the oldest unreviewed nomination by two months and probably snatched up within a day or two.
Let me know your plans; if I don't hear back, I'll assume that you won't be returning to the review and will put it back into the reviewing pool. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:18, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Don't have time. Put in back in pool.--Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 21:46, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. I'll make arrangements. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Tomandjerry211, I hate to be bothering you again so soon, but I just noticed this review that has been sitting for a few weeks, though this time you did do an initial review.
Do you want to continue pursuing this? Royroydeb has not replied to the review or done any editing on the article since last year. I can either put the article on hold and give RRD a final week to respond (but that only makes sense if you're prepared to continue if there is a response), or put the nomination back into the reviewing pool, leaving the unfinished review available for a future reviewer to refer to when doing a new review on a separate page. Please let me know your pleasure. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:58, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think I'm ready for a potential response. I was gonna fail it until I saw this. I agree with you on giving him one more week.Tomandjerry211 (alt) (talk) 00:31, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
- Good to see you back. Royroydeb was notified by Sainsf on his talk page a week ago, and hasn't done anything with the article since then, so you may or may not think that said week has already been given—you might prefer to give a week from your impending response. Dharmadhyaksha made four edits yesterday, but I don't know whether they addressed anything you raised in the review. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:40, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
- The week's up, and the nomination is over ten months old. Time to end it. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:15, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016
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2016 GA Cup-Round 3
![]() Hello, GA Cup competitors! Thursday saw the end of Round 2. Sainsf once again took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 996 (a higher score then he received in Round 1!). In second place, MPJ-DK earned an astounding 541 points, and in third place, Carbrera received 419 points. In Round 2, 142 reviews were completed! At the beginning of April, there were 486 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 1, there were 384. 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 this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 9 months [3]; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months.[4] 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 lowering the backlog as much as possible. 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. We had an unusual occurrence happen in Round 2: because only one contestant submitted reviews in one pool, we selected the contestant with the next highest score to move forward to Round 3. (There will be a rule change for future competitions in case something like this happens again.) 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 will start on May 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on May 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! 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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GA Cup-Round 3 Clarification
![]() Hello, GA Cup competitors! It has been brought to our attention that we made a mistake in the last newsletter. In the last newsletter, we said that the "4th place" overall would make the Final along with the top user from each pool. However, the users who will advance will be the top user from each pool along with "4th and 5th place" overall. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion that we caused. 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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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
2016 GA Cup-Finals
![]() 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 [5]; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months [6]—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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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016
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Thank you
I am coming back one more time to thank you for reviewing the Pelvic inflammatory disease article and helping it get to good status. I don't take you or your time for granted. Best Regards,