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Re: mentorship

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Lets start :) 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 08:17, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@TheNuggeteer: Great! The process starts with you picking out a DYK nom or hook (as described on your talk page) and telling me what you think. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 10:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
By way of example:
  • Here's my review of Example2, an unapproved nomination:
General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:   - Mm, I'm not sure why I'd click on this article.
QPQ: None required.

Overall:   theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I will start a bit later since I'm editing Tropical Storm Pakhar (2017) and fixing it. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Done! I'll instantly start (I'm really excited lol) 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:41, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reviews

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  • Here's my review of Mały Brzostek, a nomination created by a new nominator:
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:   - All of the hooks don't seem interesting, all of them are normal for old towns due to a lack of documentation.
QPQ: None required.

Overall:   The main problem is about the interest, please fix that. I can't access the source so I'm Accepting the source in good faith. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Not too shabby! Gonna need a while to get back on this, as I have a few other things on my plate, but looking forward to kicking this off in earnest. :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 12:16, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Uh oh, just noticed another person already reviewed the article. It's okay though. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC) Reply

Main page images

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Uh oh, I saw that message on Errors. That's an absolute no-no; don't ever have anything up when it's not protected. I make a point of opening an image on Commons and then trying to edit it to make double-sure that it's protected before I post anything. Maybe you haven't been around for long enough, but I've certainly seen hardcore porn being substituted when images are unprotected, and that is not a good look, as it were. Schwede66 00:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Schwede66 and Amakuru: you're totally right, my bad! thanks for the catch :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

GalliumBot down?

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Apologies if you already know about this - I couldn't find anything mentioning it, but I probably didn't look hard enough :P GalliumBot seems to be down, since it hasn't edited anything since the 24th. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 05:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Suntooooth: thanks for letting me know! investigating :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 05:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I literally thought no one promoted anything for three full days straight!! I also remembered when your bot used to record changes to hooks post-promotions. JuniperChill (talk) 17:00, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Fedorenko v. United States

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The article Fedorenko v. United States you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Fedorenko v. United States for comments about the article, and Talk:Fedorenko v. United States/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SilverLocust -- SilverLocust (talk) 08:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

thank you so much, SilverLocust! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 16:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is   AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion,   BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place,   Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are:   Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points,   Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points,   BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points,   Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and   AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. 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 in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

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 2025 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. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 

  CheckUser changes

  Maxim

  Oversighter changes

  Maxim

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous