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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

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The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far   Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was   Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1.   Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2.   Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4.   Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5.   West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6.   Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7.   Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8.   Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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I'm seeking your input regarding the starter class article on Parwez, within the wiki-Pakistan project domain. It is a controversial topic so I've collected twenty 3rd party mainstream sources, on which the discussion is on-going currently at: [1]. I would like to build a consensus on the sources/content before edit the main page to avoid future disruptions, and your contribution of an opinion, as a very experienced editor within the project-scope, will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Code16 ... Logic Bomb ! 14:31, 2 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Edit notices

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Hi! Please place Edit notices in their "Page notice" subpage and not directly in the text when creating redirects. For example use Template:Editnotices/Page/Captain Marvel (film). Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 08:05, 5 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

@Magioladitis: I don't think if that's a better idea, because that way there will be so much templates like Template:Editnotices/Page/Bourne 5, Template:Editnotices/Page/The Smurfs (2017 film), etc. The thing is, we put edit notice for a short period of time, or just say sometimes for 2 days, and sometimes for over 6 months. The edit notice is to warn editors about something like if that article is already under working somewhere or anything. So, no offence but I'm completely disagree on this one. I would like to invite Mr. Frietjes (creator of Template:Film draft edit notice), Mr. Bgwhite (requester of the template after seeing me putting manual templates), and Mr. Favre1fan93 (I saw him first putting manual edit notices) to discuss on this one, if three of them vote in your opinion, I would agree then. Thanks for noticing and bringing this to me. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 11:10, 5 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
I only requested a template as it would be easier to do than what you were currently doing. Your notices are not for a short time, for example you have Green Lantern (2020 film), Cyborg (2020 film) and Star Wars: Episode VIII. If the movie will start filming in a few months, that is one thing, but having one 4 years away is another. There are currently ~35 of these notices and a majority are films longer than 6 months. You should remove any long term notices.
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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Please start creating the redirects first

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Seriously, I'm seeing more and more these days that I'm just wasting my time filling in the redirect with content then reverting back only for it to be moved/deleted because there was a draft created. Rusted AutoParts 12:22, 10 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

@Rusted AutoParts: Yeah sure, I get your point. I'll make sure of creating a redirect before starting a draft. Thanks for that, and sorry if you are offended by me on moving draft to Untitled Bourne fifth film. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 16:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
I'm not offended, I'd just like to know if something's already been created before I go about creating an unneeded second redirect/article. Rusted AutoParts 16:52, 10 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
@Rusted AutoParts: Hmm, I got it, man. Thanks again. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 16:57, 10 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

@Rusted AutoParts: Assassin, I'm also getting upset with all the edit notices added to redirects. Edits notices should not go on films that are 5 years out, such as Cyborg (2020 film) or Green Lantern (2020 film). These films may not even be produced. Now I'm getting reverted by people when I remove the notices on films that won't begin filming for atleast 6 months. You said these notices will only go on films that begin shooting within 6 months. Bgwhite (talk) 07:16, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

No Bgwhite, I didn't say that the edit notice are only for films that begin shooting within six months, I meant "mostly." Most of the edit notices are in the films which are going into production very soon, but yes some are like 4-5 years away from it's release date, not production start. Maybe the studio start filming Cyborg (2020 film) or Green Lantern (2020 film) in 2017/18, and the other thing is that these much far films are only big studios and most anticipated films. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 07:51, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
The thing is, we put edit notice for a short period of time, or just say sometimes for 2 days, and sometimes for over 6 months. You never said mostly. The first time I brought this up, you said a few weeks to a few months. 4-5 years is not a short period of time. The vast majority of your edit notices are for films starting later than 6 months. There is no reason to have a draft article for a film that is 1 to 5 years away of being filmed, if it even gets filmed. It appears you are only doing this to have credit for creating the article. Filming is usually 12-15 months before release, not two years. Ant Man took over 10 years from when it was announced to when it came out. Guardians of the Galaxy (film) was 6 years. You now have 50 of these links. You are also covering all your bases with links like Black Panther (film) and Black Panther (2017 film). You have links that are bad like Independence Day Forever. This has to stop. I'm the second person to ask you this. Bgwhite (talk) 08:24, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Okay, just let me understand this clearly. You are now asking me to stop putting edit notices on every redirect, or to stop putting notices which are like years away? --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 08:41, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
I understand the reason for the edit notice. I understand that when filming approaches, people who don't know the rules will want to create an article. Doing a draft article with an edit notice is a great way for people to contribute. It's a win-win scenario for everybody. I have no problem with the edit notice/draft creation when filming is ~six months or less.
The problem is when films are still years away from being filmed, if they do get filmed at all. Any draft created will be constantly changed. It will become a gossip article of who's attached to the movie now. There is no reason for this.
I think, if filming is less than six months away, then the edit notice and draft is ok. If filming is more than eight months away, don't do one. The six-eight month period is a grey area. Maybe do an edit notice if the article has been created, with the article becoming the draft????
@Bgwhite: What you are saying is a little bit impossible for now, if you want me to stop working on drafts which are not around six months of its filming then you need to discuss this somewhere. Because there are a lot of users doing this right now, examples are Draft:Thor: Ragnarok, Draft:Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1, Draft:Black Panther (film), Draft:Captain Marvel (film), Draft:Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2, and Draft:Inhumans (film), and there might me more like these which 4-5 years away. I don't think that a draft is a bad idea, it helps everyone to contribute while studios announce something or news spread some rumors about it. Drafts help cover everything along with the announcements, it becomes easy to cover every news and taking the article to GA status right after the film releases. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 01:50, 12 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Production is said to begin on the movie come Monday. You'll be able to move it to the main space then, which will certainly be exciting for us all! DARTHBOTTO talkcont 07:31, 12 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

@DarthBotto: Yeah sure, it'll be really exciting for us. And thanks for letting me that there is someone who is also exciting on this news. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 14:22, 12 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
It would seem as though the filming has been delayed a little. DARTHBOTTO talkcont 05:02, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
@DarthBotto: Yeah, perhaps they rescheduling it to next week. I was about to move the draft 10 hours ago, but I stopped after reading the news. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 10:46, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Filming kicked off today. Feel free to move it to the main space- I will support you. DARTHBOTTO talkcont 21:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
@DarthBotto: Yeah but we need to wait until it confirmed. You can discuss it at the draft's talk page. And thank you for your support. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 02:04, 16 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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I've noticed a lot of your production sections prominently feature news relating to casting. I'm not opposed to these per say, but in some articles it seems like overkill. A good casting section I would say would be something like Toy Story or Monsters Inc. where the main characters in the cast are described but not every part is listed. It seems like I often have to come into a lot of articles and trim it down. --Deathawk (talk) 03:10, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Seems that the user had done this before with User:Mar4d. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 05:59, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
No Dharmadhyaksha, I do not want to be admin, I mean not yet (perhaps, I might not be able yet). Thanks for asking me and please request a speedy yourself. Thanks. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 17:05, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
I can't request SD for a page that has nothing to do with me. I can go through Misc del. You can do it easily. I just happened to see it and hence noted it here. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 17:24, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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A Pure LIfe (film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2015)

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Costumed performers from the 2006 Bristol Renaissance Faire
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DYK for Hacksaw Ridge

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DYK for Untitled fifth Bourne film

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DYK nomination of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2015)

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Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.
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October 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2015)

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Models promoting Zombieland at San Diego Comic-con. A zombie comedy is a horror comedy subgenre that involves zombies.
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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter
 

 

September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar!

The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there!

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Untitled Blue Beetle/Booster Gold film listed at Redirects for discussion

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Untitled Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedy listed at Redirects for discussion

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DYK nomination of Underworld: Next Generation

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  Hello! Your submission of Underworld: Next Generation 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! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:45, 29 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:WarcraftFilmPoster.jpg

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VisualEditor News #5—2015

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Read this in another languageSubscription list for this multilingual newsletter

 
Did you know?
You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

 

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Switch to visual editing".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

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Educational features: The first time you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links:  It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558)  These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads:  Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Insert Images and media" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile:  Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use the visual editor on any size of device. (T85630)  Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Delete" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools:  You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925)  There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227 and T113354)  When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

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You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

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DYK for Underworld: Next Generation

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Wikipedia Asian Month is COMING!

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Hi Captain Assassin! ,

The Wikipedia Asian Month will begin in less than an hours, and once again, thank you for signing up! Let's help the world know more about Asia! Below are a few reminders for you:

  1. Please check out the rules here. Some rules have been adjusted—the most important being that on the English Wikipedia, stubs may be expanded with some limitations.
  2. Do take the time to read the Q&A if you have any questions, or ask on the talk page.
  3. The list of participants has been alphabetized so you can more easily find your name and report your contributions.
  4. There is a template that you can use on your user page. {{Template:User Asian Month‎}}

Enjoy the Wikipedia Asian Month :) --AddisWang (talk)

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DYK for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2015)

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DYK for American Pastoral (film)

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MfD nomination of Draft:Aunt May (film)

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DYK for Frozen Fever

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Proposed deletion of The Tracking Board

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The article The Tracking Board has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Has no visible verifiable references from reliable sources that substantiate the content, other than a self-published source.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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WikiCup 2015: The results

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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is   Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science.   Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to   Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

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 2016 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.

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DYK for War Machine (film)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)

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Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.
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TAFI talk

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MfD nomination of Draft:Ice Age: Collision Course

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Hotel Transylvania (franchise)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Hotel Transylvania (franchise) - maybe you can clear this up? — Maile (talk) 16:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Blazing Samurai poster.jpg

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Nomination of Oye! Times for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Oye! Times is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oye! Times until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2015)

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A continuum of goods and services
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DYK nomination of Birth of the Dragon

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Bot automation at Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement

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  Greetings WikiProject TAFI members!

Over the past two weeks, there has been extensive discussion on introducing bot automation to assist with maintenance of the Today's Articles for Improvement project. A bot has now been approved for trial and will carry out the weekly duties. The bots first run will occur around 00:00, 22 November 2015 (UTC) (midnight on Sunday).

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2015)

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DYK for Hotel Transylvania (franchise)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Ice Age: Collision Course

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Ice Age: Collision Course requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kailash29792 (talk) 08:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

The main reason is WP:CNR. Kailash29792 (talk) 08:35, 24 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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MfD nomination of Draft:The Sinister Six (film)

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  Draft:The Sinister Six (film), a page which created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:The Sinister Six (film) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:The Sinister Six (film) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Richiekim (talk) 14:51, 24 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Sand Castle (film)

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DYK for The Girl on the Train (2016 film)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 26 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

DYK for The Space Between Us (film)

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2015)

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The First Geneva Convention (1864) is one of the earliest formulations of international law.
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Orphaned non-free image File:Oye! Times logo.png

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2015)

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Princess Leia with characteristic hairstyle cosplayed.
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DYK nomination of The Shallows (film)

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Invitation on a proposal

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You are invited to the MOS/Film discussion here, regarding about release dates in year in film articles. BattleshipMan (talk) 02:33, 10 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

DYK nomination of Birth of the Dragon

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  Hello! Your submission of Birth of the Dragon 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 18:19, 12 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2015)

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The word scandal is used a few times in several bibles like Douay–Rheims Bible.
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DYK for The Shallows (film)

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Invitation

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Wikipedia 15 event in Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan.

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Hi Rafhan,Aoa,I have created a Wikipedia meetup event to celebrate Wikipedia 15, and discuss about Wikipedia and Wikimedia foundation at Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan.You are requested to coordinate me in organizing this event, all possible help and guidance is requested, Expecting positive and dignified role from you.You are invited to join physically for this event. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/Hyderabad,_Sindh_Pakistan Jogi 007 (talk) 07:21, 17 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Birth of the Dragon

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2015)

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Hors d'oeuvre, also known as an appetizer or starter, is a food item served before the main courses of a meal.
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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

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Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

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Fairytale of New York (film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Fairytale of New York (film). Since you had some involvement with the Fairytale of New York (film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 08:13, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

VisualEditor News #6—2015

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Did you know?

A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

 
If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:
 

The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

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You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing.

The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

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The single edit tab project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398) Initially, the "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Editing tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Editing mode:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

Testing opportunities

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  • Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
    • Remember my last editor,
    • Always give me the visual editor if possible, 
    • Always give me the source editor, and 
    • Show me both editor tabs.  (This is the current state for people using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
  • Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

Whatamidoing (WMF), 00:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

DYK for The Coldest City (film)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 27 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 53, 2015)

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Hello, Captain Assassin!.

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