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Wikitable deleted
editWho deleted my Wikitable in my SR 623 section at List of secondary state highways in Virginia? Thanks! Philroc (talk) 18:43, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- In this edit, PrimeHunter moved the table to the list article's talk page. It's easy to see who has made what edits on an article. In most cases, every revision of an article is contained in the article's history. Just click the "View history" tab at the top of the article, and all of the changes with their edit summaries are shown.
- As a side note, administrators have the ability to "revdel" or "revision delete" parts of an article History. In that case, past changes will appear in the history, but normal editors can't see the changes made, and they may not be able to see the edit summaries. Additionally, oversighters can remove revisions that even administrators then can't see. These are rare exceptions to my statement above on being able to see past changes, and about the only time you'd run into this is in cases involving issues related to policies, editor privacy or legal stuff. Imzadi 1979 → 21:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Welcome, roadfan!
editHello, Philroc, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Again, welcome! Rschen7754 00:23, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Junction table tutorial
editI'm going to offer you some advice about making junction list tables. USRD has pretty much determined that we aren't going to use manually coded junction or exit list tables in the future. In fact, we're tracking what articles are not using the jctint family of templates to create the tables using the talk page banner so we know which articles need to be converted. There are a number of reasons for this change, but consistency is the biggest one. The templates also simplify the coding needed in the edit window.
- To start a table, use {{jcttop}} or a state-specific template like {{MIinttop}} to create the top row of the table. There are some options in the template to customize the table for a single-county highway or an exit list, but for this tutorial we'll assume we're dealing with a standard highway in multiple counties.
- For Virginia, use {{VAint}} to create each row of the table.
- On the very first row of the table, you'll need to define
|county=and then set|cspan=to the number of rows that are in that county. - Next you'll need to define
|location=and set|lspan=to the number of rows for that location. If the junction is in an unincorporated or unnamed place, set|location=none; this has to be done for each row in an unincorporated or unnamed location. - If the first row, or any other row, needs to be in an independent city, there's
|indep_city=to set up the coding so that "City of Fairfax" spans both columns (since the city is its own county) and the needed number of rows. Use|cspan=for the rows it needs to span. - Then fill in
|mile=|road=and|notes=with the details of the intersection for that row.
- On the very first row of the table, you'll need to define
- Repeat step two for each additional row of the table, omitting the county, location or indep_city if they were defined in a previous row of the table and span multiple rows. Each time you change from kind of geographic area to another, add the appropriate coding for the first row in that county or location.
- At the bottom, use {{jctbtm}} to close the table.
There are some other templates to create rows of the table. Each has a slightly different set of options compared to {{jctint}} or the state-specifc variants of jctint, but they all work the same with regards to counties, locations and miles as applicable.
- If you need to list a bridge, there {{jctbridge}}. This template can also be called {{jctplace}}, {{jctrestarea}} or {{jcttunnel}} and can be used to create rows for a place (like a toll plaza or a state line), a restarea or a tunnel.
- If a highway passes through a county without any junctions to list, there {{jctco}}.
- If there's a gap in the route of the highway, you can use {{jctgap}}.
Note: all tables should eventually have some sort of mileage listed at some point to be considered complete. Even if you don't know of a source for mileposts at this time, someone else may for your state, or we can always fall back to measuring the distances with Google Maps or some other tool. If the table is missing mileposts, you may want to tag it with {{mileposts}} at the top of the section. The templates will display mile and km columns even if blank, and that's the way it should be.
There are a few additional steps in some cases, but if you did this, you'd have a basic table ready to use. If the table starts looking wonky, double check the cspan and lspan values. If you defined the first 5 rows to be in Foo County, but only 4 are supposed to be in Foo County, the cell for Foo County will extend too far down and start pushing stuff over in the fifth row of the table. Imzadi 1979 → 22:17, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "manually coded"? Philroc (talk) 23:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
- Manually coded, as in using the
{| class="wikitable |- ! Column 1 ! Column 2 ... |}type formatting. Instead, we're switching to the templates so that updates (for accessibility and other reasons) are applied automatically. Articles in Connecticut used a very odd formatting before they were converted, and some articles in Massachusetts use the wrong color background for concurrencies because we still have to manually change all of them to use the proper colors. (Michigan changed automatically from one color to the other with a simple template change several years ago.) Imzadi 1979 → 23:29, 19 September 2013 (UTC)- Based on your comments here, I think you misunderstand. We aren't removing the tables from articles; we're converting them as needed.
- Also, you need to sign your comments on talk pages. Please add the four tildes code at the end of your comments so that others know who made them. Imzadi 1979 → 11:07, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- No, I understand. I'm just removing the manually coded tables and replacing them with converted tables. Get it? Philroc (talk) 11:12, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, just make sure you make the conversion in either a single edit, or a brief sequence of consecutive edits so that others know that's what you're doing. One option is to copy the table to the article's talk page or a sandbox in your user space, convert it there over a period of time, and then copy the finished result back into the article if you have to do it in multiple steps. Leaving things in a half-finished state of change without some clue that the change will be completed doesn't help; neither does commenting out decent article content that isn't formatted right. Imzadi 1979 → 11:17, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks. Philroc (talk) 18:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- No, I understand. I'm just removing the manually coded tables and replacing them with converted tables. Get it? Philroc (talk) 11:12, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
- Manually coded, as in using the
The article Virginia State Route 623 (Goochland and Hanover counties) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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- I redirected it to the section in List of secondary state highways in Virginia instead. A tip though: references go at the end of the sentence(s) they cite. If you're writing three sentences that all pertain to the same source, you can place the footnote after the period at the end of the third sentence. If you need to put a footnote in the middle of a sentence, it normally goes after a comma or semicolon, although rarely when citing a single word quote even that guideline isn't followed. Imzadi 1979 → 04:47, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
- OK, guys, you can delete my article if you want to... Philroc (talk) 12:42, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
GA reviews
editCan you please gain some more experience with Wikipedia before you review any more GANs, such as writing a GA? To be honest, the reviews that you have done so far are not very helpful to the nominators, and are causing some problems. --Rschen7754 19:00, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- What problems? Philroc (talk) 19:17, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- To be honest, I don't think you understand the criteria, or how the review process works, or how to write a Good Article. A bad review gives the nominator no useful feedback, and compromises the Good Article standard, and means that someone else now has to come and fix the bad reviews that you have done. --Rschen7754 19:25, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- Well, what's bad about my reviews? Philroc (talk) 19:29, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- They show no understanding of the criteria, or that you have even read the article. I fear that if you continue reviewing, you may be banned from reviewing GANs for a long time. --Rschen7754 19:33, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- I was reading the criteria while I was doing my reviews. Philroc (talk) 19:35, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- That's great, but I don't think that you really understand what they mean. It's difficult to understand that until you have actually written a Good Article. And by that, I mean written a Good Article, not just making this change to an article and nominating it. --Rschen7754 19:39, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- That was incorrect grammar. Philroc (talk) 19:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, and there is nothing wrong with fixing that... but then nominating that at GAN and taking the credit for "writing a Good Article" is ... problematic. Anyway, can you agree to not review any more GANs until you have more experience? --Rschen7754 19:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- Well, how CAN I gain some experience in Wikipedia? Are there any ways anybody can help me out? Give me some stuff! Philroc (talk) 20:06, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, and there is nothing wrong with fixing that... but then nominating that at GAN and taking the credit for "writing a Good Article" is ... problematic. Anyway, can you agree to not review any more GANs until you have more experience? --Rschen7754 19:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- That was incorrect grammar. Philroc (talk) 19:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- That's great, but I don't think that you really understand what they mean. It's difficult to understand that until you have actually written a Good Article. And by that, I mean written a Good Article, not just making this change to an article and nominating it. --Rschen7754 19:39, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- I was reading the criteria while I was doing my reviews. Philroc (talk) 19:35, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- They show no understanding of the criteria, or that you have even read the article. I fear that if you continue reviewing, you may be banned from reviewing GANs for a long time. --Rschen7754 19:33, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- Well, what's bad about my reviews? Philroc (talk) 19:29, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- To be honest, I don't think you understand the criteria, or how the review process works, or how to write a Good Article. A bad review gives the nominator no useful feedback, and compromises the Good Article standard, and means that someone else now has to come and fix the bad reviews that you have done. --Rschen7754 19:25, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
The best way to gain experience on Wikipedia is to try writing an article! I know the first time you tried didn't turn out so well, but that was only because you tried to write about a road that wasn't notable enough for its own article. Try expanding the article for a more notable road. Virginia needs a lot of help for primary state routes! TCN7JM 20:08, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- But it looks like all the primary routes have been taken! Philroc (talk) 20:13, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
- There are plenty of articles on primary state routes in Category:Start-Class Virginia road transport articles that can be expanded. USRD assesses an article on a roadway as a Start if it only has two of the "Big Three" (route description, history, junction/exit list). Once it has all three, it can be bumped to C-Class, and if each section is pretty much complete and decently cited, it can be bumped to B-Class. There are over 200 Start-Class articles, meaning each needs one of the Big Three added. Imzadi 1979 → 00:13, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- There are many Virginia articles whose Major intersections lists should be converted to templates (jctint or VAint) from hard-coded tables. I saw you did that for U.S. Route 250 in Virginia, but then you reverted your own work. I am not sure why you did that because you seemed to do a good job. If you are looking for something to do, we could use your help converting hard-coded tables to templates in Virginia and other states. VC 03:35, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- There are plenty of articles on primary state routes in Category:Start-Class Virginia road transport articles that can be expanded. USRD assesses an article on a roadway as a Start if it only has two of the "Big Three" (route description, history, junction/exit list). Once it has all three, it can be bumped to C-Class, and if each section is pretty much complete and decently cited, it can be bumped to B-Class. There are over 200 Start-Class articles, meaning each needs one of the Big Three added. Imzadi 1979 → 00:13, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Changing links
editI saw this edit you made to Maryland Route 14. You piped a link to change the capitalization of "Suicide bridge" to display as "suicide bridge". There's a much simpler way to do that: just link to [[suicide bridge]]. The initial letter in a wikilink can be in upper or lower case, and the link will work either way. Imzadi 1979 → 00:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Quasi-talkback
editJust in case you missed it, I replied to you at my talk page. TCN7JM 02:34, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Regarding Virginia State Route 9
editThis is not a bad start, but I have a couple comments for you.
- You need a source for the information you've added to the history section. Make sure it is a reliable one and try to avoid self-published sources.
- The category you added here, Category:C-Class Virginia road transport articles, is automatically added to the talk page of any article that uses the parameters |state=VA and |class=C in {{WikiProject U.S. Roads}}. There is no need to add it to the article itself.
Remember to just ask if you have any questions. TCN7JM 02:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- About number 1, I couldn't find traffic data below 1975 on VDOT's website. Philroc (talk) 03:10, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- That's kind of irrelevant to my point. I was referring to the info you added about its previous designations in the history. TCN7JM 03:15, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- I know that, and my references are the articles for each of the renumberings, but you can't put in references for articles, right? Philroc (talk) 03:30, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- So use the citations from the articles you wanted to cite. TCN7JM 03:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- I cited the URLs the articles were on. Philroc (talk) 13:14, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- So use the citations from the articles you wanted to cite. TCN7JM 03:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- I know that, and my references are the articles for each of the renumberings, but you can't put in references for articles, right? Philroc (talk) 03:30, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- That's kind of irrelevant to my point. I was referring to the info you added about its previous designations in the history. TCN7JM 03:15, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Maryland Route 14 Good Article nomination
editI noticed you nominated Maryland Route 14 at Good Article Nominations. Your contributions to this article are a single, unsubstantial edit that has since been reverted. The community considers it a breach of etiquette for an editor who has not provided significant contributions to an article to nominate and potentially take credit for improving that article to Good Article status. Please withdraw this nomination as soon as possible. Part of understanding the Good Article criteria is understanding what significant contributions are. You are welcome to nominate articles to which you have provided significant contributions. VC 03:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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I had to remove the citations you added to that article. We can't cite other wikis, especially our own. All footnotes here need to be to reputable sources outside of Wikipedia itself, unless you're writing about Wikipedia. Also, you should endeavor to provide more complete citations. A bare URL in a footnote isn't good; see WP:Linkrot for details on why. Imzadi 1979 → 17:08, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- Look, how can I connect VA 9's designations through history with reliable sources if there aren't any, not even on VDOT's website? Philroc (talk) 17:23, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- There are these buildings called libraries, and in them are paper-based objects called books, newspapers, and maps. Seriously though, there are plenty of avenues for research outside of VDOT's website.
- Believe it or not, but other than some data like milepost measurements and traffic counts, we've written 18 Featured Articles and 186* current Good Articles on highway-related topics in Michigan without using MDOT's website. (All of the FAs were GAs at one time, as well.) Ok, we've used a few press releases here and there, but MDOT didn't provide our sources directly. Even the old maps used, published by MDOT or its predecessor, came from the Library of Michigan.
- Google News has been a good resource for online searches of old newspaper articles. I've also used http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ for other articles. Add to that trips to other libraries to get access to some sources that aren't accessible other ways. No one will ever tell you that research is easy, but the payoff is worth it the first time you see the green GA + sign or the bronze FA star appear on an article you wrote. Imzadi 1979 → 17:36, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- VDOT has archives of their Commonwealth Transportation Board meetings from 1920 to the present on their website. If you have the patience to read through them—and you need a lot of patience because most of them are not text searchable—you can find a lot of helpful stuff in there. I have yet to find online copies of historical Virginia state highways maps, but those would be great, too, if you could find them. Talk to a librarian at your local library. They may not be able to help you, but they can direct you to someone who can. VC 19:03, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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Iowa 173
editYes, you're nominating the article at GAN, but you did none of the work. It's really bad form to take an article to GAN if you're not a significant contributor. This, no matter how much you want it to be, is not a significant contribution. I hope the reviewer takes this into account. –Fredddie™ 21:38, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hey, there! Thank you for adding so much content to this article. North Dakota, even though it's one of my former home states, has been a state I've kind of avoided because there aren't really enough sources to expand the articles. While your contributions are nice, please take heed of my recent changes to that article. Your history section was copied almost word for word from the source, which I've fixed. Aside from that, it was a WP:SPS, which we don't cite; we just add those to the external links section. Another main issue was that you abbreviated highways as "ND-1" and "US-52". Please note that only a select few states use the hyphen in abbreviations, and North Dakota is not one of them. In North Dakota, highways are abbreviated with as "ND 1" (note the non-breaking space). Again, thanks for your contributions, and please take this advice into mind when working on North Dakota highways in the future. TCN7JM 22:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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editAs the founder of WP:USRD, I am certainly aware of how we assess articles, and the big three convention (in fact, I was part of the discussion that set that up in the first place). Quite frankly, the insinuation that I don't know what I am doing is very insulting.
We do not count sections that are horribly misformatted, or are incredibly short considering how long the section should be. For example, U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico should have entire subsections in the History section; a History section of four sentences should not even be counted towards the Big Three for that article. --Rschen7754 11:49, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
- Did you even read what I wrote above before [1]? There is a difference between "incomplete" and "incredibly short". --Rschen7754 12:13, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
editAnd so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).
Other competitors of note include:
Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.
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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
editA quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer 
Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. 
Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.
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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
editRound 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's 
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and 
Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from 
Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from 
Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to 
Czar (submissions) and 
Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help 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. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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UTC time
editThere is a gadget you can activate which will give you the current time in UTC, that way you won't make the mistake you made yesterday.
Go to the Gadgets tab on Special:Preferences, scroll down to Appearance, and select "Add a clock in the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC (which also provides a link to purge the current page)." Once you save, you will have a clock in the top right corner of the page telling you the UTC time. You may have to refresh your cache to see it. –Fredddie™ 19:13, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
- @Rschen7754:But I don't use UTC, I use my time zone! PhilrocMy contribs 21:27, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
- So? The Cup rules clearly say we're going off of UTC, which is fair to everyone. –Fredddie™ 21:44, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
- @Fredddie:UTC is just another time zone to me, and it looks like everyone on Wikipedia's using it. I'm the odd one out! PhilrocMy contribs 21:53, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
- So? The Cup rules clearly say we're going off of UTC, which is fair to everyone. –Fredddie™ 21:44, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
editAfter an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, 
Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The round saw this year's first featured portal, with 
Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 
12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from 
Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from 
Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard (submissions).
The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help 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. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)