DYK nomination of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

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  Hello! Your submission of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 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! Surtsicna (talk) 11:11, 28 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

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DYK for Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

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On 13 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Narendra Modi's experiences in dealing with the after-effects of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake led him to propose the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 13 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your signature

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Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors.

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Anomalocaris (talk) 18:50, 24 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for bringing this to my notice. Bharatiya29 23:21, 25 October 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for fixing your signature! —Anomalocaris (talk) 22:59, 8 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is   Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

  1.   Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
  2.   Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
  3.   Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
  4.   Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
  5.   SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
  6.   Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
  7.   Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
  8.   HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

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Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

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DYK nomination of Sanjay Gupta (business executive)

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  Hello! Your submission of Sanjay Gupta (business executive) 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! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:56, 29 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYK for List of Big Bash League captains

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On 6 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Big Bash League captains, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that there have been 49 captains in the Big Bash League? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Big Bash League captains. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Big Bash League captains), 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, 6 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

February 2020

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Your recent editing history at Saffron terror shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially, as the page in question is currently under restrictions from the Arbitration Committee, if you violate the one-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than one revert on a single page with active Arbitration Committee restrictions within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the one-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the one-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

Try to refrain yourself from WP:EDITWAR, when someone reverted or removed your content from the article, you should have opened a discussion rather reverting it. Further edit-war will lead you to get blocked. Dey subrata (talk) 22:46, 6 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

You are the one who reverted my edit without achieving a consensus on the talk page first. So instead of sending out notices to others, it will be better if you follow them yourself. Bharatiya29 12:23, 7 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Eric Bowen

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On 7 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eric Bowen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Eric Bowen's paintings were inspired by tantra? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Bowen. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Eric Bowen), 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, 7 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, it's not clear why you gave this nomination an approval tick if you were calling for a new hook. I replaced the icon with the correct one. Yoninah (talk) 21:59, 13 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

I gave it an approval tick because the proposed hook was interesting and thus passed the criterion. I just felt that even more interesting hook can be found. It was more of an informal tip. Bharatiya29 23:23, 13 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYK nomination of Sanjay Gupta (business executive)

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  Hello! Your submission of Sanjay Gupta (business executive) 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! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:50, 14 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Sanjay Gupta (business executive)

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On 17 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sanjay Gupta (business executive), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that prior to becoming Google India's manager, Sanjay Gupta was credited for expanding Star India's sports business by launching Pro Kabaddi League and Indian Super League? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sanjay Gupta (business executive). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sanjay Gupta (business executive)), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

DS-alert

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You have shown interest in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

DYK nomination of List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries

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  Hello! Your submission of List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries 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) 02:11, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  •   Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  •   Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  •   Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  •   CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included   L293D,   Kingsif,   Enwebb,   Lee Vilenski and   CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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DYK for List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries

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On 29 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that India's Shikhar Dhawan and England's Jack Burnham are the only players to have scored three centuries in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Under-19 Cricket World Cup centuries), 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.

Vanamonde (talk) 01:06, 29 February 2020 (UTC) (Belatedly posted by BlueMoonset (talk) 18:42, 1 March 2020 (UTC))Reply

WikiCup newsletter correction

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There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter;   L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead,   Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

THank U

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For ur excellent editing of India related articles. Please also fix the biased views on Modiji's role - how he has solved Delhi riots, improved Delhi Police, also the thousands of RSS volunteers who went from around India to save mob victims of all religions. Dhanyavad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.48.26.202 (talk) 04:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! I also share the concern about Wikipedia's deteriorating neutrality in India-specific articles. As for the Delhi riots page, it is a mess and that is why I have been reluctant to get involved in it. Bharatiya29 14:29, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Accusation

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Don't close your eyes just because we had differences before, just see who has done this. Such a shame !!! I will tolerate if you bring any such accusation without checking the user involved. Dey subrata (talk) 15:47, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Indeed, that was an IP who vandalized the page. El_C 15:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
My bad. @El_C Thanks for bringing this to my notice. @Dey subrata I hope that you did not take this personally. Bharatiya29 16:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
No problem. I've protected the talk page for a few days, so hopefully, that would be the end of that. El_C 16:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
Now that IPs like 182.1.17.200 is blocked from editing on 1 week. I hope that disruptive editing by IPs not happened again. 36.76.239.17 (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Blocked

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You have been indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee.
If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should review the guide to appealing blocks, then appeal by emailing the Arbitration Committee (direct address: arbcom-en wikimedia.org).


Administrators: This block may not be modified or lifted without the express prior written consent of the Arbitration Committee. Questions about this block should be directed to the Committee's mailing list.

bradv🍁 05:18, 7 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Bradv At least have the decency to put forward a valid reason behind the Arbcom's decision. Bharatiya29 12:28, 7 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

I looked at the template, says it is used if it was from a “private, off-wiki decision by the committee.” And to email them for questions. LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 18:39, 7 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Emailed them, and they have told me the reason. I have responded to their wild allegations, and I must say that my opinion about the arbcom was never been lower. Bharatiya29 19:43, 7 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
Bharatiya29, well, I wish you the best of luck. LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 12:03, 9 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
And welcome back! Gog the Mild (talk) 16:14, 10 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
 ?! ——SN54129 12:40, 13 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

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The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  •   Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  •   Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  •   The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  •   Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  •   Lee Vilenski with 869 points,   Hog Farm with 801,   Kingsif with 719,   SounderBruce with 710,   Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and   MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

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The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  •   Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  •   The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  •   Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally,   MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)Reply