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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 3 October 2011

• News and notes: Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy

• In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts

• WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand

• Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan

• Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Hurricane Waldo

Hello YE, I have reviewed Hurricane Waldo (1985) for GA. The comments I left can be viewed here. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 17:54, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Reminder

I just need to remind you that the quality of the article does not play a role in tagging it. Make sure you (and many people) don't get hyped up just because of a simple rating, as ratings can change. And, what are tags for? Darren23^Edits|Mail 00:21, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians

• News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

• In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist

• WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People

• Featured content: The weird and the disgusting

• Arbitration report: Senkaku Islands closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions

• Technology report: 1.18 deployment and HTTPS switchover completed, but developer help now needed with new projects

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TD 12

No, just 13 according to AP. HurricaneFan25 13:40, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

1975 Pacific hurricane season GA review

FYI, I'm working on the review; please don't edit it yet as I'm working on it, but you can start fixing the issues. Sorry if it's so critical, but the issues are just jumping out at me. HurricaneFan25 19:02, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

GA on hold; you can post there now. HurricaneFan25 20:40, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Article still looks a bit on the low-end side of a GA, though it's good enough. Passing! :) HurricaneFan25 21:00, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 October 2011

• News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized

• In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out

• WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP

• Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic

• Arbitration report: Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment

• Technology report: WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun

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Re: article

I'd rather not do Javier, I would rather start new articles from scratch. I'm not as good with picking up where someone else left off and trying to improve upon, as it's usually already further along than I would have gotten. atomic7732 18:30, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

FYI

I've passed Newton :). Also, I've addressed or replied to all of your concerns at the GAN for the Keys hurricane. HurricaneFan25 22:12, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

{{pp-dispute}}

You forgot to tl the {{pp-dispute}} template when you posted a request on WP:RFPP. Fortunetely, I found it, and fixed it to use tl, as shown here. It was making a lot of admin dashboard userpages appear at Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates, so I had to fix it. Hope you understand, though. I know it was an honest accident. LikeLakers2 (talk | Sign my guestbook!) 17:39, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 October 2011

• From the editors: A call for contributors

• Opinion essay: There is a deadline

• Interview: Contracting for the Foundation

• In the news: Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical

• WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case

• Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project

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Hurricane Huko

Just an FYI, I've reviewed Huko. HurricaneFan25 21:59, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for List of off-season Pacific hurricanes

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Note...

...that I passed your 1949 PHS article under the assumption that you would fix the issues you replied to. It's all fine now. HurricaneFan25 20:19, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Both GAs passed, but just a question — any satellite images for Hazel '65? HurricaneFan25 20:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

Sp33dyphil has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween! If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

--Sp33dyphil © • © 05:50, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks for participating in the 2011 WikiCup. Out of the 131 or so participants, you came third, which is quite remarkable. I hope you don't feel deflated . Here, have a cheeseburger! --Sp33dyphil © • © 00:19, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:53, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The monster under the rug

• Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified

• News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest

• In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism

• Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful

• WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined

• Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked

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WikiCup 2011 Good Article Award

The WikiCup 2011 Good Article Award

Awarded to Yellow Evan for the high number of good articles written in the 2011 WikiCup. Congratulations! J Milburn and The ed17. 21:16, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 third place

Awarded to Yellow Evan, who finished in third place in the 2011 WikiCup. Congratulations! J Milburn and The ed17 22:06, 5 November 2011 (UTC)