User talk:Eviolite/Archive 2

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Hi Ev,

Thank you for your comments. I'm not sure if you're able to see all the comments made on my talk page, but attached is a thread I have with a prior editor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:HighKing

I wanted to re-iterate that I believe our sources are adequate and satisfy Wikipedia's requirements - meanwhile I will be finding more, complimentary sources.

Best, Leon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lgrinis (talk • contribs) 20:35, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi Lgrinis. I have read the discussions on your talk page and at HighKing's and have to agree with their comments. Let me spell it out for you: in order for a source to be usable for demonstrating notability, it must be reliable and have independent non-trivial coverage.

• Apollo describes itself as a "sales intelligence and engagement platform", i.e. marketing.
• GeekWire says nothing about the company, just quotes someone who works there.
• Caldwell's own website and press releases are obviously not independent.
• The MIT pages do not give any info on the company (and are not independent due to the partnership).
• The Nasdaq site only gives one sentence's worth of information about Caldwell, and only in context of why Yohannes is there. Also, it is cited to a press release itself.
• Above the Law is an interview. Even if you disreagrd that, the page still has little to say about the company; that part is clearly just an introduction to the actual content about Katie's experience.
• Inc.com says "Sponsored Business Content" right at the bottom of the page.
• Lifestarr is an interview (and clearly there's some financial connection too given the prominent text talking about a 20% discount.)

That's at most one independent source, so no notability is demonstrated. From WP:CORPDEPTH: Such coverage [...] makes it possible to write more than a very brief, incomplete stub about the organization. The most you can write from the non-interview parts of Nasdaq and Above the Law is "Caldwell Intellectual Property Firm is a law firm in Boston. It was, according to Inc., one of the fastest-growing businesses in the US for two years and the fastest-growing law firm in America in 2021. It grew during the pandemic and has been noted for recruiting female attorneys." This is, indeed, a very brief, incomplete stub; certainly nothing compared to the mostly-unsourced and at-times promotional draft you have written.

BTW, in case you haven't already, you should read the conflict-of-interest guideline (I see you have already disclosed your relationship but the page still has other helpful information.) eviolite (talk) 22:11, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

have updated article

hello, i have updated the [wiki] as per your feedback. please check and review it - i have resubmitted it for approval / publication Walrus38 (talk) 09:18, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Apologies Walrus38, but I generally avoid reviewing the same draft multiple times except when it's obvious and certainly don't review re-submissions on request, in order to be fair to everyone. eviolite (talk) 14:50, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

thank you for letting me know. how do i get the re-submitted article reviewed then? do i just wait for someone from Wikipedia to review it or can I do something to get someone to review? please let me know, thank you! Walrus38 (talk) 05:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah Walrus38, you'll just have to wait. Apologies. eviolite (talk) 13:41, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Yellowtail flounder

The article Yellowtail flounder you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Yellowtail flounder for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of RecycledPixels -- RecycledPixels (talk) 21:41, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Van Helsing: The London Assignment

Dear Eviolite user. I would like to ask you to correct the mistakes in the film Van Helsing: The London Assignment. Since there the role of Queen Victoria is played by Kate Beckinsale not Tress MacNeille!!!!! This is indicated on Rotten Tomatoes. But there, too, they constantly mistakenly change to Tress MacNeille. So please corrected it to Kate Beckinsale. Sincerely!!!!!! 88.71.163.138 (talk) 23:47, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

This is the Kate Beckinsale LTA. See User:Meters/Kate Beckinsale LTA. Meters (talk) 05:21, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	For your determined efforts to keep vandals away... Keep it up! Volten001 ☎ 15:28, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

@Volten001: Thank you! eviolite (talk) 15:32, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Most welcome and happy editing Volten001 ^☎ 15:35, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded 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.

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Eviolite

Thank you for creating City Circle (disambiguation).

User:North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Nice work

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|North8000}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

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North8000 (talk) 23:16, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Do Kwan edit

Hi, I love what you are doing and thank you so much for editing :) I posted of course as a joke (although he's probably a crook), but I respect your decision. History will define your work as good. Regards, Andy Curseofbeers (talk) 00:04, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		For reviewing at least 20 points worth of articles during the January 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby present you with this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:59, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! eviolite (talk) 04:39, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. 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.

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Talk:Kimball Island/GA2

Eviolite, just a reminder that you opened this review over five weeks ago, and haven't posted any review suggestions in the month since you said you'd be back shortly. Do you still plan on reviewing this nomination, or should it be put back into the pool of unreviewed nominations? Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:51, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Thanks for inquiring. I haven't forgotten about the reviews but real world issues have led to a vast decline in time I have to edit, and I was unable to get to it. I initially took the review as I had done the first one in January, so theoretically it would be just a (delayed) second look, but I ended up not having time. I could try to revisit it in the coming week, but it would probably not be very comprehensive (just reviewing the edits since January); if JPxG would rather have a second set of eyes on the article instead, I'd be happy to release it. eviolite (talk) 03:57, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Cursed to Golf cover.jpg

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DYK for Cursed to Golf

On 31 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cursed to Golf, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cursed to Golf has been referred to as the "Dark Souls of golf" due to its difficulty? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cursed to Golf. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cursed to Golf), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 7,048 views (587.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 06:11, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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"Material Gworrllllllll!"

Hi! I'm sorry for this. I was and I am still working on the draft. Israell (talk) 11:51, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

@Israell: thanks for the note. Since you are an experienced user, once you feel like an article is ready for mainspace/publishing, you can simply move it rather than going through the AfC process, which has a very large backlog. eviolite (talk) 01:37, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

The issues in "Draft:Expansion of the Grand Mosque".

What are the issues in Draft:Expansion of the Grand Mosque? And I also worked 20-30 minutes on it, just because you declined my hard work? OsinAharasani12 (talk) 06:14, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@OsinAharasani12: I declined it because it did not cite any sources, as I mentioned in my declining comment. Check out Referencing for beginners if you are confused about that. You can always edit and resubmit the draft later if you'd like. eviolite (talk) 13:05, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the reason. And by the way, I added sources, you can check out the Draft again. OsinAharasani12 (talk) 16:23, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@OsinAharasani12: Sorry, I tend not to review the same draft more than once due to possible biases. You can click the resubmit button on your draft so that another reviewer looks at it. eviolite (talk) 23:06, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Clean Up AfD

Hey @Eviolite I just wanted to give you a heads up that I nominated Clean Up for deletion. I saw that you had edited it recently so I just wanted to keep you in the loop. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 06:07, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Re:Draft:School District of Jefferson (Wisconsin)

I'd appreciate it if you'd revisit your review of the above. School districts in the United States and Canada are considered independent units of government. Their notability isn't assessed based on NSCHOOL, but rather on NGEO. NGEO only requires proof of existence from an official source. The district's own website would probably suffice, but NCES definitely does. Thanks. It's an obscure and counterintuitive point, but true nonetheless. 174.212.229.15 (talk) 22:20, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for pointing that out. I've looked at some recent AfDs and they do seem to agree, so I've cleaned up the draft a bit (turned out it had copyvio anyway). The draft was resubmitted, so I've left it with a link to this discussion so another reviewer can provide a second opinion. eviolite (talk) 00:11, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Why I reverted the attempted AfD deletion

Because it may have been confusing. Once you create an AfD it should stay there forever, not be deleted. This is because assuming the speedy is declined there's still an avenue for potential deletion rather than having to open a 2nd AfD. If the page is then speedy deleted, the same person who does it will close the ongoing AfD. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:11, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. eviolite (talk) 11:21, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Parade House

I hereby affirm that I, Simon Tesler, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/254552581777951/posts/1206761026557097

as used here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade_House

and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

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I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

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Parade House Trowbridge https://paradehousetrowbridge.co.uk Macleansimon (talk) 15:31, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Macleansimon, thanks for the message. I would appreciate it if you could email that to permissions-en (at) wikimedia.org so that the Volunteer Response Team can see and verify your email. In addition, please review our conflict-of-interest policies or this simple guide since you appear to have a personal or financial connection to Parade House; in particular, you are strongly discouraged from directly editing about it due to neutrality issues and should disclose your COI when making edits related to it. eviolite (talk) 16:45, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Eviolite. Yes I know there's a potential conflict of interest issue, but as the owner I have all this amazing history about the house, and it's a shame not to have it published! I note that all the history material I originally included in the page has not been restored. Macleansimon (talk) 09:10, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

BTW I sent that copyright notice to the VRT before I sent it to you Macleansimon (talk) 09:11, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

@Macleansimon: Thank you but keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a place to publicize or promote things; our main goal is to summarize and condense information available from reliable, independent sources, so it is likely that your info will be reworked into what is verifiable from independent sources anyway. The info will be restored when an administrator undeletes it from the history; I am not an administrator or VRT member so cannot do it myself. eviolite (talk) 13:58, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Macleansimon (talk) 16:12, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

n-Lorem likely created by undisclosed paid editor

Hi Eviolite. You approved n-Lorem via AFC. The article seems to have been created by an employee of the company who has yet to declare their connection per WP:PAID. FWIW, there was probably no way anyone would have noticed this until the creator posted on Commons asking for help with the company's logo. In addition, the creator probably wasn't aware of WP:COI and WP:PAID. Anyway, since there is so little content and it was submitted via AFC, perhaps there's not much that needs to be done except to get the creator to follow PAID. I've seen articles created directly in the mainspace by such editors either speedily deleted or tagged with {{UPE}}; however, I'm not an AFC reviewer and I don't know how articles created via AFC by undeclared paid editors are typically handled. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:30, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thank you catching that and relaying it on! I have tagged the article with UPE. I don't think that a submission via AfC means anything much; an accept basically means that the reviewer believes that the draft is more likely to survive AfD than not (and won't be CSDed or anything). The page will still go through NPP, in particular (it has not been reviewed yet), so I think this is fine for now (if the new page reviewer finds there to be no issues, they can remove the tag, and I still don't think it qualifies for any of the CSD criteria). I agree with you that the article having little content means the content is likely fine but that the author needs to be aware of PAID; thanks for doing that on their talk page. eviolite (talk) 15:27, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for looking at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:20, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:34, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. eviolite (talk) 14:49, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Troy Guard

Hi there, I have been struggling to get this page approved, can you guide me as to what needs to be changed? I am basing this off of another clients' published page (Lon Symensma) and cannot understand why Lon's is approved and Troy's is not. They seem so similar, facts are supported by reputable sources in both. Can you help? SJSchiffer (talk) 00:41, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

All of my sources are from "magazines, journals, and news coverage (not opinions) from mainstream newspapers." per the Wikipedia guidelines. Help:Referencing for beginners SJSchiffer (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi SJSchiffer. We take things on a case-by-case basis here. When you previously submitted the page, it had no references whatsoever. Please submit the draft again so that another reviewer can see it; I do not do re-reviews.

By the way, could you clarify what you mean when you say "another client"? eviolite (talk) 00:59, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I have disclosed COI for the Troy Guard page, as he is my client. I did not publish/edit the Lon Symensma page. SJSchiffer (talk) 02:23, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

@SJSchiffer: What is your relation or financial connection to user Mbodas/Lon Symensma?

Please note that Wikipedia has a very strict policy on paid editing and disclosure; I have left a message on your talk page about this. eviolite (talk) 02:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I have responded on my talk page. SJSchiffer (talk) 02:55, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date 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 Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Content deletion in Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

Hello! Could you provide clarification on why you deleted some text from Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen some time ago. (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laurence_Llewelyn-Bowen&diff=next&oldid=1090400166) Saltq (talk) 12:10, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi Saltq. I removed the content because it was not backed up by any secondary reliable sources, so it was not noteworthy of inclusion in the article. If we included everything that anyone has ever done, pages would be unusably long and full of gossip, so we use what reliable sources deem as important to cover. WP:PROPORTION explains a similar concept. I apologize for the unclear edit summary. eviolite (talk) 12:50, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 July newsletter

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Eviolite:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 900 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Eviolite :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:54, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll probably add my answers soon but I'm pretty swamped right now so remind me if I don't get to it within the next week or so. eviolite (talk) 06:37, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia almost 2 (!) years ago. blueskiesdry… (cloudy contribs…) 17:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@Blueskiesdry: Thanks for the barnstar! Hope you've been doing well, and happy new year. eviolite (talk) 18:34, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year blueskiesdry… (cloudy contribs…) 18:35, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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