User talk:Zwerg Nase/Archive

File:Honda 006.jpg

Hi Zwerg Nase. Thanks for adding all those photos to Formula One car articles. I have a question though: Is File:Honda 006.jpg a BAR 005 (from 2003) or a BAR 006 (from 2004)? The number '9' would suggest that it's a 006 from 2004 (when BAR carried numbers 9 and 10), although the coloured stripes near the front wheel look more like the 2003 livery than the 2004 livery. If it's a 006, then the image should be removed from the BAR 005 article. On the other hand, if it is a 005, then the filename should probably be changed, to avoid possible confusion. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 12:11, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for your comment. There are more great photos to come! You are absolutely right, it's confusing. When I found the pictures of the July 2004 presentation I figured they would be the 2004 cars. So I named the files here accordingly. But when I put them into the articles I found that some teams had run their 2003 cars, such as Honda. So I changed the description and put the photo into the right article. You are right, the filename should be changed, but I don't know how to do that. Do you? Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:10, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes. I'll take care of it. Thanks for the reply. DH85868993 (talk) 21:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!! Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:57, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi

Hello Zwerg Nase, thanks for your message. We do seem to have some overlapping interests & it would be a good thing if there was a bit more friendly interaction to help improve Wiki pages. I feel this would be more productive. I've worked up some obscure drivers' pages as well as some more well known ones. Some people have been complimentary!!:P.

BTW I noted an entry on the BT7 page (Repco) by another editor, which I am not certain is correct so have brought it up on his page for clarification. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 16:58, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

I also read nowhere about the Repco naming. Let's see what he says.
I will be working on improving all the Lotus and Brabham car articles over the next few days, trying to add photos where they are missing (found some great ones for the Lotus 43 and got permission to use them, I will add them later tonight. Also I want to bring the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix article up to Good Article standards. Maybe you could help me with that by copyreading it? Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:45, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Oh and I also found pictures for the 2012 Brazil race and got permission to use them. The author still needs to update the licences on Flickr though... Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

OK good stuff!! Good photos really help an article along I think. I might have to trawl through my photos to see if any are any use (after scanning!). I would be honoured to look at anything you'd like me to. So drop me a message if/when you need anything. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 18:41, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

PS, I've taken the liberty of tweaking up the bibliography on the Lotus 49 page and also added one item which I knew existed as I saw it in a bookshop towards the end of last year... Best Eagleash (talk) 23:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Perfect! Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:30, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

There you are you see. People make edits & chat about it & (I believe) the end product is improved. Whereas →→ the editor re BT7 has responded on my talk page... Eagleash (talk) 01:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Agreed, I think it was worth querying though, just to make sure...

All the time though I had in the back of my mind these pictures I took at Crystal Palace circuit in 2010. (Bit disingenuous of me really :P) I can't identify the model...

I'll have a look at Brazilian GP 2012 article later today hopefully. Best, Eagleash (talk) 13:18, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Tricky one.. maybe it's a F2 or F3 car? I'll try to put in the Brazilian GP pics asap! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:27, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Almost certainly F3. Eagleash (talk) 13:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

ITN

I said it on the nomination but I will also address you personally and thank you for your work; please don't let other users who feel few if any others meet their standards and knowledge get you down. I hope you continue to have a presence on ITN. 331dot (talk) 22:05, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! Best regards from Berlin :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:47, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Muss fragen, hast du wirklich eine kleine Nase? Sca (talk) 00:30, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Es ist ironisch gemeint, ich habe eigentlich eine recht große ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 01:40, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Also vielleicht, 'a nose for news.' Sca (talk) 02:38, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Haha Sehr gut! Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:11, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Music of Germany

Hi Zwerg Nase :) taking a closer look at ITN today, I've seen you commenting underneath my Berlinale proposal. Your user page suggests that you're very interested in Germany and its history and that you're an expert in the field of music. That I think makes you perfectly fit to have a look at Music of Germany, a Sorgenkind since ages. What's your suggestions to improve the structure there? I think it's very cluttered and a sheer mess. I think something like Music of the United Kingdom could be an inspiration, to trim the German article down to the core topics and then have sub articles for more thorough details. What's your stance? (we could switch to Deutsch probably, but it's also fun exercising constantly, to me at least :) -- Danke und prost Mahlzeit, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 13:13, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Horst! Hmm, der Artikel ist sicher ein Sorgenkind, aber das lässt sich ja über die ganze deutsche Musik sagen. Ich sehe das Problem weniger bei der Struktur als dabei, dass der Artikel ausgemistet und neu geschrieben werden müsste. Sätze wie "he is seldom played on the radio." oder "Most Liedermacher artists also record special albums for children." gehen ja gar nicht. Leider habe ich dazu aktuell keine Zeit, schreibe mir aber mal auf die ToDo-Liste, drüber zu schauen. Alles in allem muss ich aber sagen, dass mein Augenmerk was Musik angeht nicht wirklich auf deutscher Musik liegt, sondern eher auf guter Musik ;) Beste Grüße! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:30, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Stuckism

Thanks for the review. I'll do my best in these few remaining days to make the changes.lapsking (talk) 14:00, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I've responded to all the comments; I'm checking the references to Stuckism.com to see if any further refs are needed, but we're basically there now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Alright, I'll see that I get through it until tomorrow! Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:40, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

2015 Football League Cup Final review

Danke schön Lukas! :) '''tAD''' (talk) 18:53, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Beneath a Steel Sky

Hello, are you still reviewing this article? The original nominator seems to have abandoned it, but if you don't mind I can take over fixing the issues. Cheers, Reyk _YO! 16:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hey! Yes, I will do it, probably over the weekend. It's good that you can take over :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:37, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Hi again,

I've had a go at the Brazil '12 GP page. Please take a look and see if you agree (or not!). Cheers, Eagleash (talk) 14:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Good stuff! Also added the photos now. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Good work, I'm afraid I've tweaked one of the captions.....please say if you disagree. Best Eagleash (talk) 17:43, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I've been tweaking again I'm afraid...one thing missing is the lap di Resta crashed out on. He completed 68 according to the results table, but did he actually crash on lap 68 or 69? It's these little things.... :P Eagleash (talk) 22:00, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I just watched that part of the race again and I believe lap 68 is correct. Button was about to enter the final lap (71) when Di Resta, about 1 minute behind him crashed before the start/finish-straight. So Button had completed 69 laps and Di Resta behind him 68. Do I make sense? Good thing you double-checked though! Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Um not quite; Button entering 71 but completed 69? And if I read you correctly di Resta had completed 68 & was on his 69th but did not quite complete it? So he binned it on his 69th lap. If you agree I'll put it in [or you can :)]. Eagleash (talk) 22:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Button had not yet entered lap 71, so he was ON lap 70, having completed 69. Di Resta, almost one lap down, had completed 68. Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:35, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

OK with you now.... :P

Update I've gone with "after 68 laps" and have added it. Hope OK with you... Eagleash (talk) 22:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

OK! Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:48, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I thought about this again and figured that the wording now might be confusing as well. The race itself was not on lap 68 at the time of the crash. Maybe we can change it to "little over one lap to go". It should be clear that that means one lap for the race leader. What do you think? Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:33, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Well my feeling is that di Resta, is classified at 68 laps, so it may also confuse the issue if the sentence deviates very far from that. How it reads now would be my preferred wording if I were to be editing a page in similar circumstances. But it's just a personal opinion, others may differ! I'll leave it up to you as you are doing the most work on this page. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 12:52, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

I'll think it over and try to find a wording that makes both things clear. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:57, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

What about "on his 69th lap"...? Or.."towards/at the end of his 69th lap" leaving in "out of 71" or not according to how you feel. Think that would cover all. Eagleash (talk) 13:38, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Switched it to "shortly before the end of the race". It's vage, but at least it is not wrong ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:22, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Hey Zwerg. I know the review has closed, but my suggestion would be to cut down on the overlinks. Typically, a specific link should only appear once per article, and at their first mention (regardless if it's written as Jenson Button or Button). Although, this usually just applies to the written text and repeated links may be used in image captions and tables. At a quick glance, I counted Button and McLaren linked 4 times, and Alonso and Vettel linked 11 times. Twirlypen (talk) 08:11, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

My personal taste is that I like more links better (at least once every paragraph), since it annoys me if I have to search for the link in the article when I want to follow up on something. Let's see what the GA review says about the matter. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

While I personally tend to agree with you, it'll help your chances on a review to cut them down. More info is here. Good luck!! Twirlypen (talk) 18:54, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Talk:2015 Tour of Qatar/GA1

Hi. Just wondering if you're going to be able to get a chance to review this sometime soon. I'm quite keen to write quite a few more similar articles and it would be good to get some feedback on one I've finished. Many thanks! Relentlessly (talk) 21:26, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Very sorry about the delay. A university paper is taking me longer than expected. I hope to get it done by wednesday. Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:25, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Really no need to apologise! Thanks for doing it. Relentlessly (talk) 07:43, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

F1 car articles; complete results heading...

Hi Lukas, Good result on the Brazil 2012 article... I just wanted to let you know that on the car articles, where the heading (Complete results ... etc.) appears at the end of the text but then there's a bit of a gap before the table appears after the infobox... if you put {{-}} at the end of the text it will create a clear space and the heading appears immediately above the results table. You can see what I mean at the de Tomaso and Brabham BT7 articles, (where I've already done it). Best, Eagleash (talk) 20:21, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know that.. thank you!! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 05:22, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Danke sehr

Thanks for your comment re Günter Grass. Sca (talk) 17:06, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

German help

Hi, I've been working on the article on Hakan Çalhanoğlu. I noticed at the bottom of the page that he was player of the year in the 3. Liga in 2013. Can you find a source for this? (I doubt there is sufficient coverage of this league in English sources) '''tAD''' (talk) 15:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Here you go: [1], [2], [3]. Glad to help :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:19, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Roberto Firmino, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. GiantSnowman 12:51, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Excuse me, but if you take a look into the source, one of the sources did not reference anything said in the sentence and the other one contained a quote that was misused. I am currently reviewing the article for GA status, so it would be very much appreciated if you would not interfere. Thank you. I will take both sources away again, because they are not useful in the context. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:59, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I invite you to try and have me blocked - and I also invite you to read WP:BOOMERANG in the meantime. There is no way this article could possibly pass GA with the poor quality of content. GiantSnowman 13:35, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Agreed. Nevertheless, I as a reviewer am supposed to give the nominator seven days time. I highly doubt he will have it done by then, but I give him that time. Feel free to contribute to the discussion at the right place. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:36, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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I do prefer to keep the article free from too many unnecessary headings, especially when the paragraphs are that short. Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:54, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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Yeah, but George was a boy! Sca (talk) 14:16, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

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Since you seem to have a knowledge of motorsports, I was wondering if you'd review the three NASCAR race articles I have nominated for GA status?--Nascar king 17:06, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

I was already thinking about that, even though I have no knowledge whatoever of NASCAR... So I might not be the right person after all. I will do the four reviews I started today and then take a look at one, if no-one else has done it then. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:44, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA Review of The Eraser

Hi there. I see you've completed a Good Article review of The Eraser. That's great, we always need good editors to help out with the backlog, so thanks for doing that :)

One thing to note is that the article contained a reference (#9) that was a dead link - the GA shouldn't really have been passed until that was fixed. (For info, an easy way to spot these is to click the "external links" thing in the 'GA toolbox' that appears on the right hand side of the GA review page.) Don't worry about it now, since I've left the nominator a note on their talk page and they will resolve the issue. You'll see that I also made a couple of other suggestions about the article there too.

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Keep up the great work - cheers! — sparklism ^hey! 08:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

You are right, I was a bit sloppy there. Thanks for keeping an eye out! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:51, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem :) — sparklism ^hey! 09:38, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Flowers and kisses to you both. Popcornduff (talk) 11:22, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your passing of GA for Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup), I worked a lot on that article over the last nine months, even though I didn't nominate it. Something tells me that you enjoyed that game more than the nominator! ;)

Here's a funny anecdote. My mother got Germany in the sweepstakes at her place of work, and even though it was the World Cup she only had a small interest and hadn't seen a match up to that point. She decided to watch the first half of said game to get a taste of the tournament – and it was enough for her to watch until the end! '''tAD''' (talk) 02:02, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

I can believe that :) It was really a weird game. When Kroos scored his second goal, I thought it was a replay of his first, I just couldn't believe what was happening. And the sight of that little boy crying still haunts me sometimes :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:51, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

I tried to providce some solace... Serten Talk 12:36, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Gagne

I was a bit shocked that German WP listed Verne Gagne in its RD section. Sca (talk) 00:01, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Didn't realize that, I am never on that page. Helpless cause... Zwerg Nase (talk) 00:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Just wondering: Are you active on German WP? Sca (talk) 13:14, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

No, I gave that up quite a long time ago. It's a vicious circle really: The quality of the German WP is low, so people turn away from it, which naturally does not make it better... Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Surprising, since it's one of the largest WPs. (I have noticed they have a lot of unreferenced articles.) Schade. Sca (talk) 15:18, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Its a combination of the Hasselhoff effect (hairs on the chest and a strong and competent Wrestling portal on the de:WP. Serten Talk 13:30, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Lotus 49

Hello Lukas,

I was looking at the 49 article yesterday after it was sent to me via suggest bot. I noticed that it refers to the earlier BRMs as being the first to use the engine as a stressed member, when in fact it was the Lancia D50 of 1954. (F1 trivia quizzes do have their uses!) I haven't got a ref or I'd change it myself... do you have anything? Thanks. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 12:53, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Never mind; found one. Eagleash (talk) 21:31, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

OK :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

2015 Monaco Grand Prix

I'm not really sure that the information about changes coming to Formula 1 belongs in the race article since none of the changes affect the race itself. It seems to detract from the race report itself.--Nascar king 11:23, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

I guess there will be more discussion about it once they arrive there and I'd say that is of interest to an article about the race. Let's see what's gonna happen :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:54, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

The Inbetweeners 2

Thanks for another GA pass. May I ask if you have seen this film? As the franchise itself has been cited as evidence that comedy doesn't travel well. '''tAD''' (talk) 08:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Ah well... He is right in a way, British English is often harder to understand also for us non-native speakers. But then again, I guess the main reason is that Americans (generally speaking) couldn't care less about what is produced anywhere else in the world. Also: I don't believe that TV show was ever popular outside the Commonwealth. And I don't believe a movie such as this would be that successful without the success of the TV show before it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:29, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

I know an Italian exchange student who was told by her host mother that all British teenage boys act like those seen in this series. I can confirm as a 19-year-old Englishman that this is 100% true. Also, the range of dialects in England alone is ridiculous compared to what would be found in a similar area in America or Australia. For example, where my grandparents came from, "how are you" would be "how bist". I wonder from which language that originates! ;)

Thank you and keep up your good work '''tAD''' (talk) 08:39, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

"Bist" is actually German for "you are". Glad to solve that riddle ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:05, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

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Horst Wessel

Thank you so much for starting the review so fast! I would, however, highly appreciate you would wait a few hours before starting the review. You see, a good friend of mine intend to do some copyedits and I strongly believe it would make the article much better. Best, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 13:29, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem, I'll probably do the review on Saturday :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:07, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Okay, two of my friends have now finished their copyediting, you may review the article now. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 21:17, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you!! It's very motivating to see that the work is appreciated :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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I've responded and made edits according your points made in the GA-review. Vielen Dank, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 21:12, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I'll have a closer look tomorrow, I gotta go to bed now :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:48, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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2015 Tour de Suisse

Hi Zwerg, thanks for your comment on the ITN nomination. It's true there are some busy beavers writing cycling articles lately I just nominated the article on GA, but will take a few days easy Wikipedia-wise since the article took a lot of time and effort, I'm a bit wiki-exhausted :P So if you want to review it, which would be awesome, could you wait a couple of days? :) Looking forward to your answer. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 13:19, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

On 1 July, the GA Cup starts, in which I participate. Should the nomination not be taken over by someone else until then, I will gladly review it in the context of the cup :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Awesome timing! That will give me ample time to do the final classifications top 10s tables (mountains, sprints, etc.) Mattsnow81 (Talk) 15:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

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2015 GA Cup

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Schnelllöschung der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität

Hallo Zwerg Nase, ich weiß, dass die HU Berlin sich gerne auf ihre gloreiche Geschichte bezieht (Hegel, Marx, Heine!) und auch heute wieder Eliteuni ist, aber das ist nur eine Sichtweise auf die Geschichte, sprich POV. Daher ist ein eigenständiger Artikel zur Frederick William University mit Hinweis auf die Neugründungen nach 1945 (FU Berlin und HU Berlin) imho durchaus hilfreich. --Kolja21 (talk) 21:18, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Ich kann dem nicht folgen. Es ist die selbe Universität. Noch nichtmal eine Neugründung. Wenn Du mir einen Präzedenzfall in Wikipedia zeigen kannst, wo solche Fälle anders behandelt werden, wäre ich überrascht. Außerdem: Warum denn dann ein Artikel mit dem Titel Frederick William University und nicht Berlin University? Außerdem kommt der Artikel in die Quere mit der disambiguation page. Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:25, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Die Uni erhielt 1828 den Namen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität und ist bis heute unter dieser Bezeichnung bekannt. Es ist nichts ungewöhnliches in Wikipedia, dass bei bedeutenden Einschnitten zwei Artikel angelegt werden. Die BKL "Frederick William University (disambiguation)" ist korrekt. Die Vermischung der beiden Unis bringt lexikalisch keinen Vorteil und führt zu der Absurdität, dass Personen des 19. Jhs. angeblich an der HU studiert und gelehrt haben. Gruß --Kolja21 (talk) 21:37, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Tut mir leid, aber alles davon ist nicht korrekt. Weder ist die Uni heute noch unter diesem Namen bekannt, noch zieht irgendjemand in Zweifel, dass Personen wie Bismarck oder Marx als Alumni der HU zu zählen sind. Welcher Vorteil soll denn lexikalisch aus dem zwanghaften auseinander friemeln der Universitäten entstehen? Mal davon abgesehen müsstest Du ja Deiner Logik folgend sofort einen getrennten Artikel für die Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Breslau erstellen, damit er sich nicht mit der Universität Breslau überschneidet... Gruß, Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:42, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Zudem ist, bei allem Respekt, Frederick William University kein Artikel, der den Anforderungen von Wikipedia gerecht wird. Ich finde es bemerkenswert, dass Du eine Seite aufrecht erhalten willst, die für den Zeitraum, den sie abdecken soll, nicht einmal detaillierter ist als der eigentliche Artikel. Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:34, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

O.k. ich sehe, du hast an der HU studiert. Das erklärt den Fanatismus (3 LAs in 24 Stunden). --Kolja21 (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Es erklärt lediglich, wie ich dazu komme, dass es mir auffällt und warum mir die Geschichte bewusst ist. Ich möchte doch für mich in Anspruch nehmen, hier einen ausreichend objektiven Standpunkt einnehmen zu können. Deutsche Studierende sind für eine Loyalität zu Ihren Hochschulen ohnehin nicht bekannt. Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:54, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Und von allem bereits erwähnten abgesehen, sorgt ein einzelnen Artikel Frederick William University nur für Verwirrung, weil er so tut als sei die Berliner die einzige und wahre Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität gewesen. Der Artikelname sollte zur disambiguation page führen. Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2015 Monaco Grand Prix

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Talk:2015 Tour de Suisse/GA1

Hi! Will you come and see what has been done once in a while? I commented over there. Sorry I don't know the GA conventions, I'm slightly nervous. When I have completed something you ask, do I put the 'done' template myself? Thanks for your attention. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 19:09, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Dear Matt, you can put a "done" on something when you have made changes, and then I will decide wether or not it solves the issues I raised. I will look at the article regularly and see what you are doing. Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Who is reviewing it? That drill sergeant or you? He removed referenced and pertinent info. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 14:20, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Dear Matt, first of all, there is no reason to get abusive. I am the reviewer. I did not ask DiscWheel to participate in the review, but no one can stop him from doing so and I do agree with what he is writing. When it comes to him removing stuff from the article: Well, on the one hand it is the nature of Wikipedia that everyone can edit and every time. Then again, I would have preferred him to change as little as possible too during the review process, since the more un-arranged changes are made to the article, the harder it is for me to see through it. I will write him asking to refrain from making significant changes without debating them first while the review is in progress, but that is about as much as I can do. Right now, I am reading through the article again and will leave notes on it on the review page as soon as I'm done. Cheers, Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:27, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello! About your first point on the talk page of the article, does that mean that you deem steephill.tv unacceptable? Thanks. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 16:18, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Forget this, I wrote something on the GA talk section :) Mattsnow81 (Talk) 19:52, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

GR referendum

Is it all over but the shouting? Sca (talk) 21:08, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

No clue... Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

ITN post

I only removed your post because the discussion had been closed; feel free to start a talk page section for it. I wanted to tell you that (while I personally believe Ongoing not appropriate for sports events in progress) the World Cup is a tournament composed of different matches, while the Tour is a single event held over three weeks. It also does not get the level of attention of the World Cup. 331dot (talk) 10:51, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

I would disagree in two points: 1) I believe that the Tour gets a bigger coverage, at least if you take a world-wide average. And 2) the Tour is also composed of different stages, I fail to see a difference there... Just as in a World Cup, where you might lose one match and still win the tournament, you might lose time at a Tour stage but still win the overall classification. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:56, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

CyclingQuotes

WOW!

Hello :) Did you get any feedback if it is a RS or not? It would be a shame if it isn't because it is quite comprehensive, but I don't want to reference anything further to it if it is not considered RS, be it races or info on cyclists' articles. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 22:19, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

You can follow the discussion here. It seems to be tricky... I would tend to accepting it, but I cannot make that decision myself. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, I added my grain of salt. An IP writes the Tour de France stages, he is a very good writer, but lacks the reference fiber. I try to help him, but he is not talkative. Oh well. Are you watching the Tour a bit? Mattsnow81 (Talk) 17:36, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

I do, four spectecular stages so far, weren't they? And so deserved for Martin today! Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:41, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Oh yes! Although I like Sagan a lot, I was happy for Martin, what power to resist to the bunch like that! I hope Sagan wins a stage this year, but don't worry, if he does and I write it on his article, I'll be very encyclopedic. Have a great Tour and don't forget to ring my bell if there's anything, I edit everyday. I'm sorry I dropped out a bit of the TDS work, as I said I put too much pressure on myself. I put 3 edits on it this morning lol Mattsnow81 (Talk) 17:48, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

I was glad to see that :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:11, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Just put a few small ones in. Is there any chances the article will be a GA? If too much reconstruction is still needed, I'll go to something else. Besides, I think the seventh day is today right? Mattsnow81 (Talk) 18:29, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

I still need to take a closer look at all the changes, but I believe it is not far from GA. With all the work being done, don't mind the seven days. Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:35, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, I'll hunt some time gaps at the end of the stages, those we'll never find a ref for and stamp them out. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 18:37, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

New batch of pics taken today just came in from a French wikifriend, they are just awesome as you can see! Now onto categorizing all that stuff :P Mattsnow81 (Talk) 21:37, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

That's a whole lotta photos! And a well deserved red number for Nibali, he really made the stage with his attacks. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:24, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Cyclingquotes-wise, my remarks to them on Twitter seem to have touched the mark, as they now say: POSTED by Emil Axelgaard or identify some new writers. This Axelgaard is a great connoisseur I've been told in private messages, but also a pricky boss. Anyway, it would be useful to use them for the 2015 Tour. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 05:00, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

That is good news, the more sources the better :) So, Froome seems unbeatable this year doesn't he? Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:07, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

We'll see tomorrow, first mountaintop finish! Bummer for Basso though, he announced he has testicular cancer :( Mattsnow81 (Talk) 16:17, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I am sure that is not the Armstrong succession he had in mind in 2006... Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:21, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

No :( This Tour has been pretty exciting so far, can't wait for the mountains. Look at Sagan's results! Pity he didn't take a victory. Maybe on one of those lumpy stages looming... Mattsnow81 (Talk) 17:29, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm too much of a Degenkolb supporter to hope for Sagan victories ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:17, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

LOL This is a declaration of war! Mattsnow81 (Talk) 18:45, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Speaking as a historian, you sure that declaring war is the best idea when it's Slovakia against Germany ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:49, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm in the French part of Canada, Quebec hahaha. Well that is not much better lol Mattsnow81 (Talk) 20:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Quebec? That's cute ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:04, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

If you get our only tank, we'll defend with war beavers and moose! Mattsnow81 (Talk) 20:19, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Your comments

"What you are doing is searching for a good table for one article that technically suits not everyone but your preferred way of display, which is obviously mobile devices."

While it's true that I work to accommodate mobile users, when have any of my edits ever prioritised mobile users over desktop users to the point where the desktop version is rendered unusable or broken?

Never. There is a long-standing consensus that, where possible, mobile, desktop and tablet users should be equally accommodated. If this is not possible, desktop users get priority, but for the most part, it is usually pretty easy to make both work. Given that I always check the functionality of my edits on the desktop site after making them and have never had a problem, I fail to understand how my edits prioritise mobiles over desktops.

I understand that you have troubles when using Firefox. I would suggest that you go to VPT; when I can use a desktop, Firefox is my browser of choice, and I have never had a problem with it. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 12:36, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

As I understand it, you were the driving force behind the change in tables for this season, is that correct? The fact is: They do not accommodate mobile and desktop equally. The new ones don't work with Firefox while the old ones did work in mobile browsers, with the slight problem that the borders are quite light. I did go to VPT and they told me that the decision to move away from wikitables in the first place was not smart. I agree with that. If anything, we should switch back to the old wikitables and have them fixed at VPT for mobile view. That way, everyone would be happy. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:41, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Agreekment

Die immerwährende Krise? Sca (talk) 17:26, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Abwarten und Tee trinken. ich bin da recht entspannt... Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:31, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Well, you Germans with your €23 billion (milliarden) trade surplus shouldn't mind paying Greek pensioners to sit in the Aegean sun and play dominoes. Someone has to do it. Sca (talk) 21:34, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Better use to money to have me sit in the sun! (Only there's no sun to be seen in Berlin...) Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:42, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

I see what you mean. Vielleicht scheint Morgen die Sonne wieder. ( – Werner Stelly). Sca (talk) 14:33, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Funny, you were practically looking at me through that webcam Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:53, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm, you work at ... GHI? Sca (talk) 15:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

What's that? :D No, I work at Humboldt University of Berlin. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:56, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

As a ... Dozent? Sca (talk) 16:05, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Jeez, I wish. I am a student assistant in the administration ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:06, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Trotzdem bin ich neidisch. Give my regards to Unter den Linden – or whatever Lokal you frequent. Sca (talk) 16:22, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

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2015 Tour de France GAN

Just letting you know that I've just nominated 2015 Tour de France for GA. Me and Matt, along with others, have been working on it over the duration of the race. Of course I don't expect you to take it on, but since you have done the last few cycling GANs I thought I'd give you the heads up. BaldBoris 01:48, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! I will try to include it in my second GA Cup round :) Will you also nominate the two stage articles? Those were quite good as well as far as I could see. Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:21, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

OK good. It was featured ITN yesterday and is second at the moment. No they won't be nominated by me, the first is nearly there though. The second only has preview text, which is still helpful. BaldBoris 20:32, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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2015 GA Cup - Round 2

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Birds of a feather?

Hey, Nase, maybe you could work something out with this FP nominee. Hübsch, nicht? Sca (talk) 20:19, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

That's what I imagine Cleopatra's nose to have looked like ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:27, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

What would Elizabeth Taylor say? Sca (talk) 23:26, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

"Jūs turite gana nosį!" Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Ar jūs kalbate Lietuviškai? Sca (talk) 14:25, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

No, unfortunately not :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:41, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Ich auch wirklich nicht – nur einige Wörter und Sätze. Sca (talk) 15:59, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hi ZN. Just to let you know that I have responded to your edits on the review page and we're very nearly there! Relentlessly (talk) 19:01, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

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Zeitgeist

The day time stood still – in Pyongyang. Sca (talk) 13:44, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

I was really surprised they didn't do that sooner! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:11, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Ted Kennedy GA update

Hey! Thanks for taking on the Ted Kennedy GA I put forward. I've been terribly busy lately and haven't gotten around to improving it with your recommendations. I may miss the deadline, so though unlikely, I may need an extension. Thanks. I'll try getting it done on the 26th though! Spilia4 (talk) 03:14, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

@Spilia4: No problem, take your time! Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:41, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

John Clarke GA Review

Hello, and thanks once again for reviewing the John Clarke article. I believe I have answered your concerns, so please take a look at Talk:John Clarke (Baptist minister)/GA1, and let me know if you have any additional comments. Cheers.Sarnold17 (talk) 21:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Klose

Sorry if you were confused by me pinging you. We were looking for references of each individual goal that Klose had scored. I imagined that because his career went back to 2001 and some were in obscure friendlies on the other side of the world, not all of them would have written reports in English. However, I was wrong, and they are now all sourced. Sorry for the hassle. '''tAD''' (talk) 14:36, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Alright, good to know :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:06, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Again, sorry if you find this hassling, but your suggestions on the Kane GA reminded me that I have Hakan Çalhanoğlu in the queue, with no personal life section at all. The English-language sources on such trivia would likely be from blogs on German/Turkish football, and thus be unreliable. I have no fluency in German (nor Turkish!), so if you have time, could you do as simple a search as you did for Kane, and send the links to me with a basic summary of what is being said in each one? '''tAD''' (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Sure thing, I'll send you some tomorrow and also finish the Kane review :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Is withdrawing a nomination as simple as taking the tag off the talk page? I made a big mistake putting it up, I clearly know better. See Saido Berahino and Martin Ødegaard for occasions when I painted a fuller picture of a footballer. '''tAD''' (talk) 14:04, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

I have no clue if that is possible. Of course I could open the review and quick fail it? Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:10, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

That unfortunately looks the only possibility. You don't even need any comment on why you're quick failing it, that is documented here if any admin wants to know. Well, I will certainly not rush to such nominations again! '''tAD''' (talk) 14:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Lotus 49

Lukas, you might like to keep an eye on the 49 article, there's a 'new' IP editor adding stuff to many F1 articles. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 13:47, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

JESUS CHRIST! I have already been fighting with this sh*t in the Matra articles yesterday... Thanks for the note! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:49, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Is it the same editor? The IP contribs show only edits today (I think). They have also drafted an article by creating a/the talk page Talk:Hill GH2. Must be a relative of Therius!! Eagleash (talk) 13:52, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Well, it is the same thing both IPs do... but of course I cannot be sure. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:55, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

I seem to have been chasing this guy all afternoon! He's run through a couple of dozen F1 articles and started another by creating a draft in the talk page again. I'm loathe to actually report him...it's not vandalism as such...but if we hadn't picked up on it, it would have been quite disruptive. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 18:57, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	I Z105space, hereby award Zwerg Nase this Barnstar to award him for his efforts on getting the first nine 2015 Formula One race articles to Good Article status. Keep up the great work and all the best for the remaining eight race articles! Z105space (talk) 16:37, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much! It is nice to be appreciated :) The last two are not GA yet, but I have a good feeling ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:24, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Oops, My mistake. I've corrected the barnstar to say nine. Z105space (talk) 19:00, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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Maik Łukowicz

Please may you correct the translations I put for the references on this article? (yes, 3. Liga players pass notability, if you think that's stretching the purpose of an encyclopedia, you get the FOURTH tier of English football here too!)

On a secondary note, this player was, as you see, accused very tenuously of a very serious charge which should be taken more seriously and not reported at the drop of a hat. I can remember the same ridiculous accusations being made against Laurent Koscielny, you're a smart man, I don't need to tell you why such accusations are offensive towards both Łukowicz and Koscielny. '''tAD''' (talk) 00:45, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Hey Sorry, I didn't have much time today. i'll look into it tomorrow! Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:26, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

For the title of the Bild reference, I used a lower headline because I couldn't make sense of the big headline (my wonderful translation machine doesn't like the German verb order). Would it be better to have the big headline rather than the lower one? As well, I do not know German media very well, but the little I have read equates Bild to The Sun, should a better reference be found for a legal incident involving a living person? Danke '''tAD''' (talk) 19:25, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

@The Almightey Drill: I changed the header. As for Bild as a source: Yes, it is the most notorious yellow press paper in Germany. But then again, they are quite reliable when it comes to football news. But if you want to be on the safe side, you can use this source instead. The header reads: Alleged Hitler salute: Charges against Lukowicz dismissed. Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Gun Show Loophole

In regard to the GA review, please let me know how I can help with the process. Thanks for your help! Darknipples (talk) 01:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

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Ideology of the SS

Hey there mate. Hope you didn't forget you started the review? :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 00:28, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

I didn't, my real has just caught me out a little this week. I'll be in the library over the weekend and do the review then. Cheers, Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:39, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Sounds good. :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 13:18, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Our photo obsessed chum

Hello Lukas, admin are aware of the probs we've been having with the IP editor. Overall, the admin I spoke to, Bretonbanquet & I feel that as he's shown more willingness to co-operate recently, it would be most beneficial if we trod fairly gently when trying to keep things under control. 'Softly softly' and all that... Goodness knows how much damage he might do if he was provoked. Anyways, up to you how you proceed if you come across anything further. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 23:21, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

I agree that that seems like the smart way. Zwerg Nase (talk) 06:19, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi, the admin I spoke to a couple of weeks ago said to list the IPs and diffs. I've got a list of IPs but diffs would be impossible... I really don't know how to approach an ANI. Eagleash (talk) 20:35, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, I also have no experience with this... Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:23, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

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SS ideology

Was hoping to get back to you before you went on holiday, but are you satisfied with the article now in terms of passing for GA? Let me know. Happy holidays! :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 17:24, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Serdar Tasci

Hi, I am on a wikibreak till 14. We have the Durga Puja now, which for us the Bengali Hindus, the equivalent of the Christmas of Christians. Hope you will wait. RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 06:49, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Sure thing, take your time! Happy holidays :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

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GA-review of SS ideology

Me and Obenritter made some comments. Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 14:30, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear Jonas Vinther, I've seen them. I have been pretty busy over the weekend and spent the past days working through my backlog, starting with the easiest things. Since the ideology review is the toughest spot, it was last on my list, but you can expect a reply tomorrow! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:48, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Sounds perfect, vielen dank mein freund. :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 21:40, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your time, input and GA review as to this article. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 13:28, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

A final thanks for your work on Ideology of the SS and for your final edits in correcting my citation dates...I wrote that at 0300 AM local time so I was getting sleepy. :-) Your superlative attention to detail is most appreciated. Hochachtungsvoll...--Obenritter (talk) 18:21, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

@Obenritter: Thanks for your message, it was a lot of fun to work on the article :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:23, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for DakshinaChitra

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German empire

you undone what i done ,basically you took names of states of the map what yhy were apose to be on ,i know it wasnt perfect ,im new to this ,so pease if you want to make that place better just use edit source , if you read it ,tankk you and i hope you have a nice day/night — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parshdarsh57 (talk • contribs) 12:08, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

@Parshdarsh57: No, that is not what I did. I removed your butchering of the other map, no names of states were reverted. Will revert again now. Also, please learn to sign your edits with ~~~~. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

reply to Zwerg Nase i kow hat you mean ,i dint butcher it ,i want to put he names back n the top by trying to put it on top bu the map didnt show up so i keept trying to fix that but i counld but i did put something asking someone to fix it on the german empire talk .and you did o it not entencial but by undoing my thing can you please try and put both things correctly and dont use that aggresion ,im done here with it its upto other people to try and put things right </nowiki>.12:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)~

I still don't understand what you were trying to do so I cannot try to do it myself. What names were supposed to be on top where? Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:28, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Meteora

I am really sorry for the mess in the article. I really appreciate your approach for the article. This actually was one of my initial efforts for a Good Article. The problem is, being a student, I can't give it the time it requires. But still I would try my best to make it reach the criteria. I also appreciate your corrections in the article. Once again thanks and sorry. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 04:44, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

@Golu7276: Thanks for your message, your work is appreciated! Let me know if you should nominate it again, then I'll take another look at it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:24, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Translations

If you ever get bored with your own "wiki-todo list", you might be so kind as to take a look at this.

Of course, you're more than welcome to sign up as a project member, and add your own suggested "article for translation" candidates. But don't feel you have to do that in order to jump in on one of the ones suggested by ... well, me for instance.

Long shot? Yup. Do long shots sometimes come good. Yes. And thanks for thinking about it. Regards Charles01 (talk) 12:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@Charles01: Thanks for your message! I gotta say though that I usually prefer writing my own articles, since I enjoy all the research that goes into it :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:11, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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@3family6: @Jaguar: @Figureskatingfan: @MrWooHoo: Thank you to all the judges for their good work! Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:35, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

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Archiving refs

I noticed you added some refs to 2014 Russian Grand Prix. May I kindly request you to archive those links? This will prevent link rot in the future. Regards, Tvx1 13:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Sure thing! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:08, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

@Tvx1: I just realized that by archiving the links, you can circumvent the access restrictions on autosport.com articles... Nice! Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:19, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Indeed. I guess the web archive has a basic registration with them. You still can't access the paid content though. Tvx1 23:50, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Newspaperarchive.com

You should have received an email containing a link to a Google form for Newspaperarchive.com access - could you please either complete that form or email me if you did not receive it? Nikkimaria (talk) 19:09, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Ping. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:01, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

@Nikkimaria: I sent you an email that I did not get the email from you. Seems like both ways don't work... Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:08, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Hmm. I've re-sent, can you check both inbox and spam folder again? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

@Nikkimaria: Yup, spam folder it was. I filled out the form now! Thank you :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Helmut Schmidt

Schmidt, 1977

What do you think about a blurb for Schmidt? Sca (talk) 14:55, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Tricky. At the moment, I am so worried about the state of the article that I cannot really think about that option. Considering that he was 96 and died naturally, it might not be warrented. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:01, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

He was very old, but he kept on making political comments and popped up in the news hin und wieder. (Kept on smoking, too. Amazing he lived so long being a heavy smoker all his adult life.) Sca (talk) 15:14, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Added a few refs to the Personal Life section Sca (talk) 16:50, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

I think we're good to go on refs. Sca (talk) 18:50, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Endlich geblurbt! Sca (talk) 22:11, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Schmidt article got 48,000 views on Tuesday. Wow.

Kohl will be next, I suppose. His article seems very well referenced. Sca (talk) 15:10, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I have already done quite a lot of work on Kohl since I expected him to die first. Tough luck I guess. His time as chancellor needs expanding, but it should be easy to bring his article to ITN Main Page level. Maybe I'll get him to GA even beforehand, but it's probably not gonna be too long. Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:30, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Good work. As you may know, news org's routinely pre-write detailed stories about big-name figures, especially those getting on in years, so when one dies they don't have to scramble.

I have to admit the "Nazi Gold Train" story does seem fascinating, if dubious. Alas, hardly any of the news stories explain that when it purportedly happened, Wałbrzych was German and was called Waldenburg. I've tried to make that clear at Wałbrzych. – Sca (talk) 18:29, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Op. cit. – Added plans for Schmidt's state funeral. Since Spiegel today said in zwei Wochen, I said planned for Nov. 25. Sca (talk) 22:31, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Other sources say 2-3 weeks. So I changed it slightly. Will try to add some reactions to his passing tomorrow. Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:19, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Oh, is it nighttime in Berlin? Sca (talk) 01:38, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Indeed it was ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:25, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps we should refer to the VW Abgasskandal as a "wirtschaftsblunder" – Ha. Sca (talk) 14:49, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Haha :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:20, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

"overbearing consensus" – overwhelming. Overbearing connotes coercion. Sca (talk) 01:27, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Sorry about that. In the end, I am simply not a native speaker... Zwerg Nase (talk) 01:29, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Your English is much better than my German. Just thought you'd like to know. Sca (talk) 02:34, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Dear Sca, thank you for your kind words! No blame to you though, German is so much harder than English! Damn, it's almost 4 in the morning, and I am still awake, still pondering about what happened today... It is troubleling me to the greatest extent.... I am a person who is politically active. What do we do? How do we react? What might have we done wrong? It seems like there is no answer.... Zwerg Nase (talk) 02:45, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Zwerg, sent you an email reply. Let me know if you received it. Danke. Sca (talk) 14:43, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

I thought Merkel's statement was a good one. Sca (talk) 15:44, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

ITN

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Zwerg, good work on Günter Schabowski.

I think of Schabowski as the Little Dutch Boy in reverse, except that he was an accidental hero. Sca (talk) 21:24, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: A nice thought :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I thought Bornholmer Straße was a pretty good flick about those events. Sca (talk) 22:07, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I actually watched that movie a couple of weeks back as well, quite entertaining! Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:09, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I actually have some personal experience of die Mauer. Sca (talk) 22:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Wow, exciting! Unfortunately, I'm too young to have experienced any of that. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:28, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I've seen Berlin both ways, with and without the Wall. Apparently it was part of the training of the DDR Grenztruppen never to smile or engage in smalltalk.

Speaking of Berlin, what do you think of the Stadtschloss reconstruction? Seems like a waste of money. The Hohenzollerns weren't exactly role models for human development. Even the 'great' one, Friedrich II, was an ambivalent figure – known mainly for his wars, not his philosophical bent (much less his Francophilia). Anyway, he preferred Potsdam. Sca (talk) 14:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: I might be one of the few people actually supporting the reconstruction. The Palast der Republik was a disgrace and I just feel that the center of Berlin was so much nicer before the war. Speaking of the war, I just found this awesome footage a couple of days ago: Youtube. Made me notice once again what a barrier is created between us and the past when we only have low-res b/w pictures of something. There was an amazing exhibition last year in Berlin about color photography before 1914. Breathtaking! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I've seen that footage before – those are great images, both in terms of human interest and history. The death of a great empire. The first time I visited Berlin, in '71, you could still see traces of that in East Berlin. There's a lot of interesting WWII imagery on YouTube.

Once in the '90s I was briefly inside the Palast der (sogenannte) Republik. A weird structure. The Commies were stupid to tear down the Stadtschloss – just as they were stupid to tear down many other historic buildings – and I can see why Germans wanted to replace the Palast with a replica of the Schloss. Better that than another modernist monstrosity.

Perhaps the worst example of Communist architectural obtuseness was their decision to tear down the Königsberg Castle and replace it with the hideous (and never used) House of Soviets. I've seen it – it's depressing just to look at.

Probably the most impressive postwar reconstruction is Warsaw's painstakingly recreated Old Town (Stare Miasto). And they did it during the Communist era, too. The Poles also did a nice job on Danzig/Gdańsk – after the Soviets idiotically burned it down, after they conquered it.

Well, as you can see, this is a topic that fascinates me. Sca (talk) 15:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Rightly so :) I've not been to Königsberg yet, but it sure interests me to see it. Have you ever been to Dresden? It's a good job at reconstruction, though one might argue that it turned to look like kind of a baroque puppet house... Anyway, all those examples are harsh reminders of what toll war takes not just on humans in terms of loss of lives, but on loss of culture as well. Just look at Syria right now. It's depressing! Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:54, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I was in Dresden briefly in 1971. It was still a wreck then.

WWII was tragic for all Europe.

PS: I see the Poles have finally restored the Johanneskirche in Gdańsk/Danzig. It was still a massive ruin when I was there in '96. Sca (talk) 16:45, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Wish the Russians would do the same with Kant's house in Königsberg. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

It's odd that they don't. They make a big point of honoring his Grabstätte. And from what I've seen online, they've cleaned up and refurbished quite a few other monuments from German times. Sca (talk) 18:04, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Here's an interesting war film, which I just watched. Sca (talk) 18:13, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

And here's a gallery of pre-WWI 'color' photos. Sca (talk) 14:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Nice :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:26, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation on your impersonator.

FYI, I have opened a sockpuppet investigation on the impersonators that have haunted me, you and a few other WP:F1 members lately. You can find it here. I've done that because I'd like the actual sock master to be identified and stopped. Regards, Tvx1 23:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

@Tvx1: Thank you! I'm interested to see what comes out of that. Cheers, Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:24, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Was für eine...

Auseinandersetzung. Leider typisch bei ITN. Sca (talk) 18:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Komisch, oder? Ich glaube, mir wurde eine alte Version des Artikels angezeigt, die sehr kurz war, aber ich finde ihn immer noch nicht ausreichend. Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:43, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Habe den Artikel nicht gelesen, und habe keine Lust ihm eben durchzuschauen. Müll. Sca (talk) 18:51, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Bob

Emailed you a review (deutsch) of Dylan's Basel performance. Hey, nun habe ich deinen Geburtstagsdatum bemerkt – ein Tag (und 41 Jahre) nach meinen! Sca (talk) 17:59, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, mine is fairly easy to remember ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:20, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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2015 Dauphiné GAN

Just letting you know I've finished the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné if you want to review it. Took a bit longer than I had expect, but got there in the end. BaldBoris 20:04, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Great news! Will review it as soon as possible! Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:04, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Verwandter ...

... von [4] dir? Sca (talk) 15:24, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Not that I know of. The name is surprisingly common. I would have liked the von though... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:31, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

You could change your username to Zwerg von Nase, or maybe von und zu der Nase. (But perhaps you have der Nase voll of my lame jokes.) Sca (talk) 15:54, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Oh well, immer der Nase nach! Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:59, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Was bedeutet das? Sca (talk) 00:46, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, something along the lines of "Follow your instincts" Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

I figured it had to mean more than gerade aus! It's a bit like the English phrase, Follow your bliss. (Which is what I'm trying to do on Wiki.) Sca (talk) 15:42, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Staatsakt

Added description of state funeral for Schmidt, based on this. Sca (talk) 15:28, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Zwerg, now I see there's an AP story that quotes Kissinger more extensively (who it says spoke in German!). Could you take a look and see if my addition needs modifying? Danke. Sca (talk) 15:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Already pretty good. Will look into what more I can add. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:16, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm re-reading, after many years, A.J.P. Taylor's biography of Bismarck, and found this interesting:

At Friedrichsruh and Varzin he wore glasses so as to observe nature. When asked why he did not wear them in Berlin, he answered that he found nothing to interest him there.

Ha. Sca (talk) 23:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: Ahh, Bismarck quotations. Have I already told you my favorite one? Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:04, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Die einfachen Leute sollten besser nicht wissen, wie Leberwurst oder große Politik gemacht wird. Thats my favorite. Long no see! Polentarion (Serten renamed) Talk 23:46, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Famous in English, too. Sca (talk) 01:00, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, the quote is Gesetze sind wie Würste, man sollte besser nicht dabei sein, wenn sie gemacht werden. But it is a misquote. My favorite one is Ich konnte nicht schlafen, ich habe die ganze Nacht gehasst. Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:58, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

I just read that one in A.J.P. Taylor, too. Probably quite genuine. Poor Otto. Sca (talk) 00:55, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Stille Post at its best. If you need a little bit more occult night cap, go for User:Polentarion/Anton, Parapsychological topics in the GDR has not yet been translated completely. Polentarion Talk 00:13, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Here's an interesting, though rather slow-paced, interview with Schmidt talking about Kissinger. Sca (talk) 13:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

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2015 GA Cup Wrap-Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Finals/Wrap-Up The second-ever GA Cup is now over! The competition officially ended Thursday. Congrats to everyone who participated, and especially to our finalists. The winner of the 2nd GA Cup is Zwerg Nase! He earned 408 points, over 100 points more than he earned in all previous rounds. He tied with our second-place winner, Sturmvogel 66 with 367 points, in number of articles reviewed (24), and they earned almost the same points for reviewing articles that were in the queue the longest (Zwerg with 322, Sturmvogel with 326). Basically, they tied in points, but what made the different for Zwerg was the advantage he had in reviewing longer articles. It seems that the rule change of earning more realistic points for longer articles made a difference. All of our contestants should be proud of the work they were able to accomplish through the GA Cup. Congrats to these worthy opponents! Our third and fourth place winners, Johanna and Tomandjerry211, also ran a close race, with 167 points and 147 points respectfully. We had one withdrawal; we found it interesting that competitors dropped out in Round 2 and 3 as well. One of the original judges and co-creator of this competition, User:Dom497 stepped down as judge during Round 3; as stated previously, we will miss his input and wish him the best. The judges were pleased with our results, even though fewer users competed this time compared to our inaugural competition. We recognize that this might be due to holding the competition during the summer months. We intend on looking more closely when we should conduct this contest, as well as other aspects of the GA Cup. We've set up a feedback page for everyone's input about how we should conduct the contest and what rule changes should be made. If you have any ideas about how we can improve things, please visit it and give us your input. Again, thanks to all and congratulations to our winners! Please stay tuned for the start of GA Cup #3. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar and MrWooHoo.

Need your assistance

Grüß Gott Zwerg - Schau mal an bitte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Obenritter. Wir versuchen, die endgültigen Mitgliedschaft-Zahlen der SS zu finden. Wir haben dem Thema gründlich recherchiert, aber kein Glück gehabt. Kannst Du offizielle Information irgendwo finden? Wir wären Dir sehr verbunden, falls es möglich ist.--Obenritter (talk) 17:35, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

@Obenritter: Also die Zahlen im April/Mai 1945? Oder die höchste Mitgliedszahl? Ich vermute mal, beides ist sehr schwer zu sagen, da es sich natürlich, v.a. im Krieg, ständig ändert. Vermutlich ist es am besten, im Artikel tatsächlich die Zahlen von verschiedenen Zeitpunkten in einer Tabelle zu zeigen. Meine Bücher habe ich inzwischen in die Bibliothek zurückgebracht, aber wenn ich das nächste Mal da bin, kann ich nochmal reinschauen. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:39, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Ausgezeichnet. Ja, wir hatten die Absicht, jahrliche Zahlen in dem Wiki-artikel (Schutzstaffeln) in einer Tabelle zeigen, aber begegneten wir widersprüchliche Zahlen. Ich hoffte zumindest, dass es gab offizielle Ergebnisse aus einer deutschen Quelle...deine Hilfe darüber wird unverzichtbar sein.--Obenritter (talk) 17:56, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

@Obenritter: Ich habe es leider bisher nicht in die Bibliothek geschafft, denke aber beim nächsten Mal dort daran! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:35, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: Kein Prob. Wir haben zur Zeit Information mit Quellen gepostet. Bis dann....--Obenritter (talk) 21:48, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK...

... that there's an obersorbische Wikipedia? Sca (talk) 15:01, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Things people spend their time with ... :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:52, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Is it just an intellectual effort to preserve the language, of which German WP says, Nach Hochrechnungen sprechen ... etwa 13.000 Obersorbisch? Perhaps it's similar to such efforts on behalf of Gaelic? Well, the Irish have their own country, but the Sorbs never will. What's the point? I can't see a political objective. Sca (talk) 17:15, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

If they want to preserve their language, they could just teach it to their children ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:50, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2015 Italian Grand Prix

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Vikander

Alicia Vinkander is an actress and I just thought that format was better! I put an hour into that! A lot of actors have that format, Michael Fassbender, Octavia Spencer, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesse urbancsik777 (talk • contribs) 23:37, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

@Jesse urbancsik777: several things here. First and foremost, do not think that your work is not appreciated. It appears that the WikiProject Film does not have a clear consensus on how to do this but looking at the best (featured) articles, it appears to me that the way it is dealt with now is the preferred one. Secondly, once more, please stop edit-warring over this. Behaviour like that can get you blocked from editing and it would be a shame if that would happen so early in your Wikipedia career. Third, if you post on my talk page, please do not do so in the middle of any section, but start a new one with the "New Section" button. And lastly, do not forgot to sign every post you make on a discussion page with four tildes (~~~~). Regards, Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:01, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Masur

Polish article (in English). Sca (talk) 15:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Techie stuff

Are you following this? Sca (talk) 16:53, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: No, I do not usually follow these things. It seems to be over anyway? Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:56, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Jedenfalls hab ich der Sache nicht wirklich verstanden. Sca (talk) 21:38, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you and your loved ones, you really seem like a good person :) As for me, I'm coming back as soon as they hit the road. Probably I'll be rusty lol. :) Mattsnow81 (Talk) 22:41, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

@Mattsnow81: Thank you so much for this, it is really appreciated! :) I hope you have a great year as well! Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Rindt

Sorry, I've been a little out of editing mode recently. Which bits of the article do you require looking at? Otherwise I'm kind of searching for things and probably not finding them! On another note, do you mind terribly if I fiddle with the MSport archive links a bit? Eagleash (talk) 13:31, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: If there is anything wrong with the Motor Sport links, feel free to fix it :) I am concerned about the fact that both films have more than 20 citations to them. So I believe it would be good if some of them could be replaced with one from the book? Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

OK, I'll see what I can do... :) Eagleash (talk) 13:54, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Thank you! :) You can use the sfn-template for the Henry references. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:15, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

No; I can't cos I've no idea what that's all about!! Eagleash (talk) 14:18, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: OK, just do it as you are right now, and I'll go over them afterwards! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:19, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I've done a few; it's harder than I thought... finding the ref'd bits and then searching the book: and the book and films are probably looking at it from different perspectives, so although neither are wrong or inaccurate, they don't precisely coincide very often. Bit pushed for time now. Try to have another look tomorrow if I can. Sorry. Eagleash (talk) 15:54, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Thank you for your work! I saw that you changed some of the Motor Sport Magazine references but not all. Is there a specific reason? Does a certain convention on how they have to look like exist? Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:39, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I just ran out of time. I don't think there's any convention; the way I do them developed over a period of time & it's really just the way I found best/my preference. & in this case we are citing the website, not the hard copy (where the page Nos. are very different). As an aside, there seems to be a bot going around changing 'journal' (which is used for academic publications) to 'magazine' which seems to be quite a new thing, and also displays the small 'p' in front of the page Nos. The MS refs can can be changed back if you wish :) Eagleash (talk) 00:47, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes it's Winkelmann, without the 'C'. That's what I meant to remove... the 'l..e..' was a typo... Eagleash (talk) 14:19, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: You're right! Thanks :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Jochen Rindt

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Lukas, I have added source rows to F1, Le Mans & Indy per post at DYK. Non champ has thrown up some anomalies per the Henry book. There is no mention in the book of '65 Med GP. Also has him down as 7th not 6th at Oulton Park GC in '67. Eagleash (talk) 06:19, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Re: the points at DYK; I read somewhere recently that tables are supposed to have source rows now. Don't ask me where...it might have been something DH wrote...somewhere... Some tables had them previously and when I uprated the '58 Morocco GP article I added rows & have done so since. Eagleash (talk) 08:34, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Alright, I am fine with that. I always found that a little strange in the F1 articles. I guess we should look at our featured and good content first and add sources where needed. I should really get one of those F1 stats books somewhere as well... Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:55, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

The Steve Small book is generally regarded as pretty good I think. I have only the 1994 edition, there's a later one which my local library holds but doesn't lend out. You can get either on Amazon here and I imagine there wouldn't be too many problems posting to your location. I only paid UK postage for a hardback book from US in December.Eagleash (talk) 09:05, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: That is actually not too bad, about 5€ for EU shipping. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:27, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

FPC

If you could find a really sharp F1 pic, I think it would fly. Sca (talk) 22:37, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: It looks bleak at least for the 2015 pictures I gathered. Most of them are even more out of focus, unfortunately. For amateur or semi-pro photopraphers, taking a picture of a car at up to 200 mph is obviously not an easy task... Zwerg Nase (talk) 23:38, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, the photo wonks at FPC should cut you some slack on that. But maybe you could find one taken at a slower (car) speed? Sca (talk) 01:05, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

PS: Your next car? Sca (talk) 14:17, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: I just realized that I have 54€ left for the rest of the month. So maybe better next month ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:26, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

You should stop squandering it all on women and, uh, entertainment. Sca (talk)

As far as that Lambo is concerned, such cars are just silly toys. Sca (talk) 17:13, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Adriano Malori

Hi! No idea who to trust about his crash: Movistar Team discredit reports that brain defect caused Italian to crash Mattsnow81 (Talk) 09:24, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi! Based on the article I sent you above, do you agree with my edit? Mattsnow81 (Talk) 19:07, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

@Mattsnow81: Yeah, looks good, thank you :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:49, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

2016 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 3rd GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been two GA Cups; both were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 500 nominations listed and about 450 articles waiting to be reviewed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 3rd GA Cup will begin on March 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on July 31, 2016), but this may change based on participant numbers. There will be slight changes to the scoring system, based upon feedback we've received in the months since GA Cup #2. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same. We're also looking to spice up the competition a bit by running parallel competitions. Finally, there's a possibility of assisting a WikiProject Good Articles backlog drive in the last three weeks of February, before our competition. Please stay tuned for more information as we get it. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on February 20, 2015. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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06 Hybrid

Hi; I thought the 'new' infobox image wasn't too bad (though not as good as the previous one) so I didn't change it. The cropped version of the pic in the body was pretty bad though. Eagleash (talk) 14:54, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I switched the infobox image because there was the same photo in the article twice. But I'm open to another infobox photo. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:57, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

OK no probs.: I hadn't actually registered that they were in fact completely identical. Regards. Eagleash (talk) 15:03, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for 2015 United States Grand Prix

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:02, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2015 Russian Grand Prix

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Berlin

Cya thursday! Polentarion Talk 18:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Jochen Rindt

Hi, I have had a look on wich cars Jochen Rindt drove during the 1970 season. According to these sources Rindt only drove the 72 at the Spanish Grand Prix and the 72C from the Dutch Grand Prix onwards. chicanef1.com silhouet.com statsf1.com So I guess he only drove the 72 at the Spanish GP. But then again I'm only relying on these sources. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

@Jahn1234567890: I looked into the source given below the table, the Grand Prix Who's Who, which is usually considered very reliable. Once home I'll take a look at the archive of Motor Sport Magazine, who usually offer the official starting list, that should clear up the matter. Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

@Jahn1234567890: Looking at the starting list in Motor Sport Magazine, it appears that he indeed raced the 72C. Thanks for being so observant! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:55, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

no problem mate, I accidentally caught my eye on it. Cheers, Jahn1234567890 (talk) 19:08, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for 2015 Singapore Grand Prix

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

nice to meet you :)

here the link we talked about: WP:PAQ und auf Deutsch de:WP:PB. :) --.js^{WP: [democracy needed]} 20:32, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

@.js: Vielen Dank! :) Dann peile ich das doch mal nach meinem nächsten Besuch an! Sehr cool, dass Ihr diese Treffs auf die Beine stellt! Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:52, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Sagichdoch. Polentarion Talk 13:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

2016 GA Cup-Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 1 Greetings, all. The 3rd Annual GA Cup has officially begun, and you can start reviewing your articles/reassessments now! However, sign-ups will not close til March 15th if anybody (who wishes to sign up) has not signed up yet. We currently have 1 group of 33 contestants in Round 1, and we will have 16 Wikipedians left in Round 2. Please be sure to review this information and the FAQ if you haven't already, If you have any questions, please ask us here where all of the judges (including our newest one, Zwerg Nase!) will be answering any questions you may have. You can also feel free to ask us on our talk pages/send an email to us (information is here). Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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My block

Hi Zwerg,

I noticed a couple of months ago, you were discussing my most recent block with someone. I just want to clear something up: although I was blocked for edit-warring, I was also blocked because I disagreed with an admin. He offered me the opportunity to retain full editing privileges on the condition that I left the 2016 season article alone. I disagreed with this because I did not think that it would fix the problems that I wanted to address, and while I wanted to have that discussion, I didn't get the chance.

I get the feeling that you share similar sentiments as I do with regards to the current state of the WikiProject - that it's generally pretty good, but weighed down by endless bureaucracy. I think that there is a subset of editors who are far too concerned with what the season articles in particular will look like when the edits gradually taper off (ie a year from now), and are especially concerned with apparently contradicting the FIA.

Look at the Renault situation: we had multiple reliable sources where Carlos Ghosn stated Renault's intention to take over Lotus. We had multiple sources from within Lotus stating their intention to sell. And we had a High Court judgement which recognised that Renault were the legal owners of the team (and following the Flavio Briatore ban being overturned, we know civilian courts can supersede the FIA). But because the FIA hadn't made any comment on it, this subset of editors refused to include it in the article.

I have also noticed that there is a growing trend for editors to show up five minutes after Autosport run a headline and make decisions about the state of the article without any consideration to the state of the article or the direction other editors have been going. We saw that in the MP4-30 article; I worked on that for months, addressing the technical development of the car and choosing images to compliment it. But then someone showed up and decided that the images should focus on the livery change and formed a consensus off it. I don't OWN the article, but it would be nice if the people who put in the most work on them are consulted on the future direction rather than overruled because of an Autosport headline.

It's these attitudes that I want to try and change, because I think that the project has suffered because of them. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 06:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Seriously? It's been three months and you're still not over it? It's disappointing that you still haven't realized what the discussion was all about. Nobody ever disputed that Renault had become the new owners of the Lotus team. In fact that information was included in the article through a footnote. The discussion was over the fact that at the point of your edit-warring we actually had no idea whether they would rebrand the team and constructor with their own name and nationality. After-all they kept the Benetton name and nationality for a full two seasons when they became owners of the team back in 2000. We had no way to know whether they were no intending to so again. Additionally, they could have renamed the team to any other of their brands as well. Remember that the American Ford Motor Company owned and ran a British Jaguar Racing Team with Cosworth engines for five years. It strikes me that an editor that is so seasoned with this subject remains so oblivious to the workings of an ownership change of a F1 constructor. Your edits were premature and ultimately partially wrong. The team did not get the name you were edit warring into the article. We should always remember that we are never in a rush to publish information. Tvx1 21:57, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

"European migrant crisis" under discussion at WP:ITNC

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GA Cup reviews

Hey Zwerg, I didn't know if you saw the email/the judges talk page but I guess I'll say it again just in case. Do you mind just using three tildes instead of 4 when checking reviews? Some contestants review a lot of articles, and the "date stamp" can clutter up. Thanks! 02:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

@MrWooHoo: Oh, sorry, I wasn't aware of that. I'll do so in the future! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:39, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Who's my supervisor now?

And what personal attacks?

@84.161.247.158: The community supervises the community and you have been notified of disruptive behavior by as many as four of your fellow Wikipedians. Your talk page speaks for itself. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:04, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

GA Cup

Greetings. Since the GA cup scoring is manual and I just saw you update my scores I want to make sure that I have 3 more GAs listed as completed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup/Submissions/MPJ-DK. For Mary Isenhour, 2015 Tour of Flanders and Ernest Deane. I know there is a lot going on and stuff gets overlooked so I figured I would just call your attention to it. Thank you for all the work you and others have done on the GA Cup pages.  MPJ-US  12:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

@MPJ-DK: I'll look at the others shortly! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

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No worries about the points, I even offered that option to negate the conversation of different rulings, we're all good.  MPJ-US  19:07, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Westerwelle

Schuldigung, Zwerg, but do you think the Westerwelle article should include his official coming-out? I leave it to you....

Sein öffentliches Coming-out hatte Westerwelle jedoch erst im Sommer 2004 durch eine Schlagzeile am 21 July in der Bild, nachdem er gemeinsam mit seinem Partner erstmals öffentlich bei einer Feier zum 50. Geburtstag von Kanzlerin Merkel auftrat.

Sca (talk) 13:52, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: I'll include it. Thanks! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:58, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Minor CX made.

Hey, while I'm here, what's the diff between meiden and vermeiden? Sca (talk) 17:54, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Meiden is used when you stay clear of someone or something. Vermeiden is when you avoid doing something. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:57, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

So. Danke. Sca (talk) 18:02, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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2015 Tour of California

Hi! How are you? I really won't have time to work on it, I think it is better we forget that project. Sorry. Mattsnow81 (Talk) 23:43, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

@Mattsnow81: Alright, I'll close the review. I believe though that with some re-writing this article can become GA, so if you get some time, it can be worth it! Also, if you have the time, maybe you can chip in in my ITN nomination of Milan-San Remo? Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:06, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, since the GA Cup Round 1 ended on 29 March and the next round starts on 1 April, so if I start a review between these days, will it be counted? RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 02:46, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

@Royroydeb: Sure, that works. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:01, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for 2016 Milan–San Remo

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Michael Schumacher

What image is "more interesting" is a matter of opinion. What is not, is that the current picture, that you re-instated, is completely blurry. That is why I replaced it. I would like to go ahead and do that again, but I do not want to start an edit war about it. So I am open to hear your argument why the current picture is "more interesting"... Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:52, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello Zwerg Nase, thanks for the non-war opportunity, I agree that this is a matter of opinion. Over 5,000 people read the page every day including many very experienced editors, half a million already this year. The motion blur is redolent of speed and drama, and Iwao appears to be a skilled photographer - the air box is focussed. There are 25 pictures on the page, just one that represents drama and speed is surely not overkill. The picture that you used appears to include circa 80 square metres of tarmac, so, in my opinion, needs cropping. But, I won't revert whatever you do. Regards Chienlit (talk) 07:07, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

@Chienlit: I agree that motion blur can be a sign of speed and drama. In this case however, the blurring is more vertical than horizontal, leading me to believe it is more caused by a shaky camera than speed. I believe that a photo of a race car can capture the feeling of speed, but the car itself should be kept in focus, like here. But I also agree that the other photo is not cropped enough. I will do so when I am back home and then replace again. I also want to expand the article a little bit, since I feel that some parts are not really comprehensive enough to warrant the GA status it holds now. That would also allow me to position all the photos in the article better. Right now, it looks pretty dull with everything lined up on the right side... Maybe then we also have enough space for both photos. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:23, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Good luck. Chienlit (talk) 19:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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Are we supposed to individually 'document' all 15 entries in Other activities and 21 entries in Recognition? Seems pretty silly for such a well-known figure. (Could they all be attributed to some official German biographical source?) Sca (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: I'm on it. Whatever I cannot find, will simply be cut from the article. Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:23, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Good work. I'd mark it ready myself but certain people seem reluctant to accept my readies. Sca (talk) 20:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Are you an admin there? Zwerg Nase (talk) 21:08, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Nope. Sca (talk) 00:12, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

I wonder why it took 7 1/2 hours after you finished adding cites & asked for 're-evaluation' for it to be posted? Sca (talk) 17:26, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Hmm, I guess there aren't too many ITN admins, and the time it was posted might have been the time at which people in the US came back from work and had time for Wikipedia? I don't know. It didn't really bother me, since the time it took was the time I was in bed sleeping anyway ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

F1 Attendance

See: [5] thank you. User:Willy2000 (talk 11:42, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

@Willy2000: Thanks, I'll add the sources later. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:11, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Hans-Dietrich Genscher

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Böhmermann

I wonder why Bing Translator translates the name Böhmermann as bacon man – ? (Would that be Bohemian bacon?) Komisch. Sca (talk) 13:06, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Strange indeed. I would also guess that the name derives from Böhmen. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:22, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Personal history: My first high school German class featured "team teachers" – one of whom was Mr. Boehme. Learning to pronounce his name correctly was one of our first lessons. Most people outside of German class called him "Mr. Bay-mee." Ha. Sca (talk) 13:36, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: That is a tough one indeed. I would give every American a free beer who can pronounce my name correctly in three attempts :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:17, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

You mean Dwarf-nose, or your real name?

I once knew a German guy whose first name was Udo. Too bad your parents didn't name you that. Wudda made a great newspaper byline. Or you could've put on blackface and masqueraded as the ambassador from Kwaziland. Sca (talk) 16:03, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Oh jeez, that would have been horrible... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

But think of the euphony! (Wohlklang?) Sca (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: It would sound like I'm coming straight outta Duckburg... (movie idea!) Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:59, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Or Ouagadougou. Sca (talk) 15:16, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Do you think I should point out that the German for impeachment is das Amtsenthebungsverfahren? (23 letters!) Sca (talk) 14:35, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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Never mind. Just a lame joke attempt. Sca (talk) 16:13, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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2015 Formula One season

Hi, Zwerg Nase. During the |GA review of 2015 Formula One season, some major issues have come up. As you have more experience with GA's than me, I was wondering what your take on this is? Also, any help is greatly appreciated. Tvx1 20:16, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

I didn't really intend to solicit your comments, but I was hoping you would to fix the issues because you have more experience with GA's. Any chance you could help? Tvx1 17:39, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

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Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid GA nomination

I don't know whether you still remember the bizarre GA nomination of Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid article a while ago. I'm actually very suspicious that the IP who nominated it and the user who wrote the review (F1foreverF1) are one and the same person. The IP stems from Singapore and if you look at F1foreverF1's contributions, you'll see that they edited a Singapore related article with the rest of their edits being Mercedes F1 related. They clearly have little experience with writing wikipedia articles and obviously the contested GA review was their first ever and it appeared within 24 hours of its nomination. And I found another user of whom I'm convinced that they are related to the other two. The exact same set of articles has been edited by them. The IP has also been overloading F1 car infoboxes (mainly Mercedes ones) with technical details. Tvx1 21:58, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

@Tvx1: I thought about that possibility as well... Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:55, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

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Why do you think this picture is a copyright violation? It has been reviewed at commons and has been confirmed to have suitable licensing. Tvx1 22:52, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

@Tvx1: I removed another image that was clearly a copyright violation. The one you linked here was actually uploaded by me, so everything is all right there :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:39, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Fritz Stern

How about a blurb? Especially in light of the 'trial.' Maybe something like: "German-Jewish-American historian Fritz Stern, author of books and articles on recent German history, dies at 90." Sca (talk) 14:24, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Added some personal history from German WP. Sca (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Thanks for your work! As for a blurb, I am critical of the inflation of RDs turned blurb. I also do not consider Stern important enough... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:14, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, maybe my view is colored by having read a number of his books. Recommended: Einstein's German World and Dreams and Delusions. (But I found the Bleichröder book pretty dry.) Sca (talk) 15:27, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

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^Guy beat me to it. Disc Wheel (T + C) 05:39, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lewis Hamilton - Monaco GP 2016

Don't forget to transclude the nom onto WP:FPC, or no-one can see it to vote on it. I've done it for you. Note it probably won't qualify for Wikicup points, as it doesn't appear you've worked on the image. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:15, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: That's weird, as the revision history shows, we both transcluded it, but it only appears once... Anyway, thanks for your message! WikiCup is not a problem, I was just so happy to find those amazing photos from the Grand Prix. I hope it makes the cut to FP :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:21, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Oh, I see what happened: You put it at the bottom of the list instead of at the top where it's meant to be, so it was buried around the middle of the page. It's a pretty strong image, though there's a fix that can be done to it that needs filters I don't have, so I've requested it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:25, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: Oh, I see. I am pretty new to this Featured Picture thing, so any help is much appreciated! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:31, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

No worries! Always glad to help out! If you can find good pictures, it's a great way to promote your interests on the main page. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:33, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

My one suggestion: Participate, get an idea of what kind of pictures are out there and what people are looking for, vote a bit, and so on. The criteria are basically encyclopedic value and image quality (relative to age of image, mind). Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:02, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: I'll try my best. I am not sure about my ability to rate image quality though. As for the noise reduction you mentioned, I do not even have a clue on what you mean at what to look for there... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

At full resolution, do you see the little purple and green speckles? That's chromatic noise. I believe there's some simple tricks for removing it in Photoshop, but I use GIMP, so... Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:17, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: Ah, I see! I use GIMP at home as well. I might have Photoshop at work, I am not quite sure, but even with it, I wouldn't be sure what to do, but maybe there might be a tutorial about how to do it somewhere... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:19, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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Neudeck

Zwerg, it's not F1, but you might be interested in the Israel, etc. section here. Sca (talk) 13:38, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Review request

Can you help review this film article for GA. It is an Indian film.--Charles Turing (talk) 18:40, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

@Charles Turing: Hey! Unfortunately, I really do not have much time at the moment for Wikipedia at all... :( Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:03, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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Lotus 49

Hi Lukas,

I know you keep an eye on the '49' page. There is a long-standing inaccuracy there which I had been aware of for some time (after copy-editing a Motor Sport article). Lotus were not the first F1 team to use wings (it's a common misconception), Ferrari were. See Nigel Roebuck's 'Legends' MS column. Regards. Eagleash (talk) 22:12, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Interesting, I did not know that. Would you like to rewrite the article accordingly? I have added the article as a source into 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:25, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

I'll get around to it eventually...Wiki burnout willing! BTW Amon holds the lap record for the old Spa 8 mile circuit see here. Maybe a DYK? Eagleash (talk) 23:02, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

@Eagleash: It would be, however, Amon's article is in a really bad shape and his death did not change that unfortunately, preventing it from appearing at ITN. So, it would need a lot of work to apply for DYK. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:14, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

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Scheel

FYI:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#RD:_Walter_Scheel

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@Sca: Thanks for the notification, I didn't even know this until I saw your post since I was travelling back home today. Sad news. I do not know if I can find time to work on the article though... Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Sad? He was 97. I must admit the article was (is?) pretty thin.

Aber auf jeden Fall willkommen zu Hause. Sca (talk) 00:18, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Well, a person dying is always a sad thing. Also, he's the third (!) liberal German former foreign minister to die this year. Klaus Kinkel should be worried... Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:12, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

My Mom died three years ago at 97. Although she was still 'alert,' as they say, she couldn't do much of anything for herself anymore and led an extremely circumscribed life in the inevitable care center. So, while her passing affected us deeply on an emotional level, my sisters and I didn't feel it was exactly a sad event. It was time. Sca (talk)

So, tell me about Budapest. Never been there. When I lived in Warsaw in the mid-'90s, a couple co-workers went to Budapest on a holiday, and got beat up & robbed. Sca (talk) 11:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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Hey. Saw you tagged Relentlessly's GANs for a review a month ago but haven't touched them; were you getting to them soon? If it's an issue of someone fixing I could step in, his usually only has minor fixes so I'd be able to handle it. Wizardman 00:53, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

@Wizardman: Hey, thanks for keeping an eye out. I have reviewed those on printouts weeks ago and so far struggled to find time to make the necessary changes myself (he is not on WP anymore unfortunately). I will get to it today or tomorrow though, finally. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Schon gewusst?

Für ihren Film Zwerg Nase fertigte Edeltraud Engelhardt 32.000 Scherenschnitte an.

I really think you owe it to English Wiki to translate this one. Sca (talk) 14:19, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Maybe someday :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:51, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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Have you read anything by Bodo Kirchhoff? Opinion? Sca (talk) 15:28, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

@Sca: Nope, sorry, don't know him. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:44, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

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POTD notification

POTD

Hi Zwerg,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Hamilton - 2016 Monaco GP 02.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on November 27, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-11-27. Thank you for all of your contributions!Crisco 1492 mobile (talk) 05:37, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Heinrich Class/Claß

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Heinrich Class a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Heinrich Claß. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. I have reverted that cut/paste. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

@Michael Bednarek: God, I'm a dumbass... two years of Wikipedia and still I screw up page moves. Sorry about that. I'll follow it up with the right steps. Thanks for the notification! Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:40, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break. There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll. If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA). If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December. We apologize for sending out this newsletter late. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at America's nuclear capability at the start of the Cold War Review essay: Hawkeye7 on the Manhatten Project suite of articles Op-ed: TomStar81 discusses leadership changes in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

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Newsletter draft

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4th GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December. This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points. We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules. In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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IP vandalism

Hi Zwerg. Just a quick FYI concerning a recent vandalism warning you left (here). This is part of a pattern of very similar edits that are all being made from IP addresses in and around Kuala Lumpur. I see that you have reverted another couple of times (here and here) as well. I'm pretty sure this is all one person, but stopping them might be tricky as they IP hop all the time so as soon as you warn and block one address another pops up. I'm sure that half the time what they are after is the reaction from us, so I've decided on a policy of silent reversion (one click rollback isn't exactly a chore) and then logging the new occurrence so that action can be taken later if it doesn't peter out. I have a list in my user space, here, so if you do see any more instances like this and the other two you've foiled can you add the IP to the roll? Thanks. Pyrope 22:42, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

@Pyrope: Will do! Thanks for your efforts :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:10, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Codename: Gordon/1

Zwerg Nase, just a friendly reminder that when you open a GAR, whether an individual or community reassessment, you are supposed to notify the related WikiProjects. It's part of the instructions on the WP:GAR page, which also gives a template to use on the WikiProject talk pages. If there are any recent active editors on the article (there may not be), then notifying them as well might be helpful. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:35, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Thank you for the reminder, that completely slipped through. Have added the template to the WikiProject talk page now. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on a curious episode of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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Re: Cycling team template

I had requested TNE to be moved into BOH, so although your fix is correct in essence, it will be deleted if/when the RM is undertaken. The technical move was contested and hence, in limbo at present. Hence why the bots took it to Portugal. Craig(talk) 19:40, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

@Cs-wolves: Jeez, that sounds more complicated than it needs to be. But well, as long as all works out in the end. It is however not a good situation to go through a period in which wrong links appear in articles, GAs and FAs no less... Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:14, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

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Jochen Rindt scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Jochen Rindt article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 23 January 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 23, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:42, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Precious

Grand Prix

Thank you for quality articles such as Jochen Rindt and 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, for prolific GA reviewing, for serving at ease in Deutsch and English, for the detailed infobox about yourself and the deutsche Musik vs. gute Musik comment ;) - Lukas, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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@Gerda Arendt: Thank you so much for those kind words. They mean a lot, especially coming from someone who writes fantastic content like you do :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:40, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2016 European Grand Prix

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2016 European Grand Prix you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tisquesusa -- Tisquesusa (talk) 06:21, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - Round 3

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3 Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday saw the end of Round 2. Shearonink took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 499. In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an astounding 236 points, and in third place, Cartoon network freak received 136 points. Originally, we had plans for one wild card for 9th place, however it appears that both Chris troutman and J Milburn were tied for 9th place. Therefore, we have decided to have both advance to Round 3. In Round 2, 91 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased to a little over 6 months. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep decreasing the backlog. To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 has already started and will end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Also, we'd like to announce the departure of judge Zwerg Nase. We thank him for all his hardwork and hope to see him back in the future. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for serving on GA Cup judging team. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Shearonink submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate the entire Judging Team of the present GA Cup. In the course of a competition - from the First Round through the Finals, they had to score and judge an untold number of GA Reviews - and MrWooHoo has less than 4000 edits! What these editors do is pretty darn amazing. All 5 editors take the time for a friendly competition that gets folks to plow through the GA backlog and make a difference around here! I don't really know if this Gang of Five - MrWooHoo, Jaguar, ZwergNase, 3family6, Figureskatingfan - are all well-known or not. Some of them have toiled on the GA Cup since its inception. All I know is that whenever I have a question or a concern, they answer it quickly and that the Judging/Points-scoring seems very fair. I don't know how they can keep up with the blizzard of Reviews and the points and the judging and answering posts and so on and so on. Editor Figureskatingfan has won Editor of the Week before but I hope is eligible to receive a second. I sure as heck think they all deserve it as a group.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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Thanks again for your efforts! Lepricavark (talk) 19:09, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

@Shearonink and Lepricavark: Wow, this is unexpected, especially considering I just had to retire from the GA Cup team due to personal time limitations. I hope that I can live up to this honor with my future work on Wikipedia. Thank you! Zwerg Nase (talk) 22:24, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Buster Seven Talk 13:32, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

@Buster7: Thank you! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:38, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2016 European Grand Prix

The article 2016 European Grand Prix you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2016 European Grand Prix for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tisquesusa -- Tisquesusa (talk) 15:02, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - The Final

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion. In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog. In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on two facets of US military power Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Russian Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at air power and nuclear weaponry Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on Australia's part in the advance on the Hindenburg Line Timeline: This month in World War I

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Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

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Tour GARs

Hi there, hope all is good. Not sure if you are aware, but the 2011 Tour de France has been up for GAN for nearly four months now. I've also just nominated 2014 Tour de France. I think people are daunted by them and I think you're possibly the only one that will (has) take one on. I would greatly appreciate if you could consider reviewing them. They are both in tip-top shape as I've followed the 2012 Tour de France FA. I can honestly say I can't see the causing you much trouble. Thanks, BaldBoris 00:24, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Sure, will do! Hopefully, I can get them done over the Easter weekend. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:01, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" 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 equally.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at planning for the unthinkable Op-ed: TomStar81 on Russia's Provisional Government in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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1977 article

Honestly, I don't think your example of the 1977 article is a good example of presenting clear, easily understandable information to our readers. Forgive me, but I think it's a sorrow mess. Don't forget we write these articles for a general audience an not only for die-hard F1 fans. In the article you mention the constructors' standings has an explanation that only a select number of results counted towards the championship. Yet that table lists every sort of result that followed an entry even the many of them that had no importance whatsoever to the constructors' championship. This leaves our lay reader without any way to see which results counted and which ones didn't. I think that the 1958 article gives a much much better example on how to deal with those championships in that era. That table simply lists the outcome the championship with the results that actually counted towards is. That way our reader can very easily understand who won the championship and how they did it. Individual drivers' results belong in the drivers' table and not in the constructors' table. Note that even in the 1977 article's constructors' standings the split isn't done based on the drivers but solely on the numbers. For instance #10 March car was driven by three different drivers that season but it still only gets one row in the constructors' standings.Tvx1 10:59, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
• Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
• Featured List – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
• Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
• Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
• In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

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F1 2017 Toro Rosso Drivers

You were involved in the discussion about the order of the Toro Rosso drivers on the page: 2017_FIA_Formula_One_World_Championship. Unfortunately we have been unable to resolve this issue and I have decided to take this to DRN. Given your involvement in this discussion, I have included yourself on the list of involved users. You can find the information of the dispute below. Thanks.

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@Wikipediaeditperson: Thanks for the notification. I'll try to look into it this weekend. However, the discussion on the talk page did quite a lot to demotivate me to get further into it. It's sad how that often happens on Wikipedia... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:24, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:1996 Giro d'Italia/GA2

Zwerg Nase, you posted apologies on November 8 for forgetting about opening this review and promising to get to it right away; it's now December 5 and you still haven't started the actual review. Please give this your priority when you return to editing this month. If you feel you can't, I can arrange to have the nomination put back into the pool of ones awaiting a reviewer. Thank you for your attention to this. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:53, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Thanks for your message. The review is on my table, done on paper, I only need to find the time to transcribe it here. Will do tonight or tomorrow. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:08, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Review is posted now. However, I get the feeling that I might get into the same problem as before, meaning that the main contributor has been inactive on Wikipedia since October... Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:40, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for getting it done. If Disc Wheel doesn't return to address the issues you've raised, you'll have to close it—though I'd allow more than the usual time because of the delay. One thing you could do is to post a note on Disc Wheel's talk page, saying that you've finally done the review, and hope that they return to work on it in the next couple of weeks or so. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:05, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I've pinged them in the review, so a notification should come up. If they don't reply within a week, I'll try to find someone to step in with the Cycling WikiProject. Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:08, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

Grand Prix
... you were recipient no. 1559 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

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@Gerda Arendt: Thank you once again :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:09, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Guten Abend Zwerg Nase

Guten Abend Zwerg Nase,mein Ziel ist es, jeden Artikel, den ich schreibe, auch für die englische Wikipedia zu übersetzen bzw. in diese zu übertragen. Meinen Artikel über Otto Kelmer, der am 7. November 2016 in der deutschen Wikipedia erschienen ist, habe ich nun endlich, mit Unterstützung einer englischen Bekannten (native speaker und ehemalige Englisch-Lehrerin), etwas gekürzt, ins Englische übertragen. Mein deutscher Mentor Artregor hat mir diesbezüglich empfohlen,mir in der englischen Wikipedia einen Adopter zu suchen. Da bin ich nun und würde mich freuen, wenn Du mich als Adoptee übernimmst und mich unterstützt. Deine Artikel lesen sich wirklich richtig gut und SEHR englisch! Viele Grüße,--Sonfi (talk) 20:37, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

@Sonfi: Hey! Gerne helfe ich aus, kenne aber das Adoptee-Prinzip nicht. Was wäre denn meine Aufgabe? PS: Vielen Dank für die Blumen :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:38, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

@Sonfi: Oder meinst Du direkt meine Tätigkeit bei Adopt-a-user? Oder meinst Du ein spezielles Programm für Übersetzungen? Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:40, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Hallo, freue mich riesig über Deine freundliche Antwort! Sehr gern geschehen! Ja, genau die Tätigkeit bei Adopt-a-user meine ich, denn auf dieser Seite habe ich Dich gefunden! Habe über die Sandbox einen Anfang gemacht und begonnen den Text einzupflegen, aber noch nichts gespeichert, da ich erstmal Deine Antwort abwarten wollte und mir auch nicht sicher war, ob die Einrichtung der Sandbox in dieser Form richtig ist! Außerdem klappt es mit der Formatierung an einigen Stellen noch nicht so richtig! Aber bevor ich hier anfange weiter auszuschweifen, sollte ich Dir vielleicht erstmal Luft lassen, Dir das anzusehen ;)! Klasse, der Anfang ist gemacht, darüber freue ich mich , bis bald, viele Grüße,--Sonfi (talk) 12:36, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

@Sonfi: Wie ist denn der Link zu der Sandbox? In Deiner Sandbox finde ich bisher nichts? Aber klar, gerne kann ich Dich "adoptieren". Wir können etwaige Fragen, die Du hast entweder hier auf meiner Talkseite besprechen oder auf Deiner, dann würde ich die auf meine Watchlist setzen, ganz wie Du magst. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:03, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Hallo, jetzt habe ich wieder etwas mehr Ruhe! Danke Dir, das sind gute Nachrichten! Ich befinde mich auf User:Sonfi/sandbox. Ferner steht hier Preview This is only a preview; your changes have not been saved! -> Go to editing area dann noch Template:User/Sonfi/sandbox in rot und https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sonfi/sandbox&action=submit kann ich Dir noch anbieten.

Muss ich jetzt "go to editing area" anklicken, damit Du mich sehen kannst? Im Augenblick kann ich noch nicht nachvollziehen, welchen Anwendungsfehler ich gemacht habe! Es wäre klasse, wenn Du mich auf meiner Talkseite betreuen würdest und Du mich auf Deine Watchlist setzt, glaube, dass ist für mich als Anfängerin etwas übersichtlicher! Viele Grüße,--Sonfi (talk) 21:06, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh, nein,tut mir leid, habe das Creating vor User:Sonfi/sandbox übersehen! Also komplett: Creating User:Sonfi/sandbox, da findest Du mich!--Sonfi (talk) 21:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user - your availability

Hello. Could I ask you to check and, if necessary, update your availability details at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters, please?

I've been updating that page, plus the list of over 100 people seeking adoption (which I've now stripped down to around 20 active editors genuinely seeking help.

I've been working to identify those Adopters who are currently available, and those who haven't been active on Wikipedia for a while. But I don't think the bot has been updating correctly, so a manual check from you would be really helpful. I've also made some suggestions and a few edits to make life easier for newcomers. I've put some of my observations down in answer to a recent post about inactivity of some Adopt-a-User Project contributors. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:45, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: All still accurate. I've never had someone interested though... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:15, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you - that's interesting. I wonder: did you prepare any 'plan' in advance of anyone approaching you, or would you have done it all 'on the fly', so to speak? And what prompted you to sign up in the first place? Do you think it would help newcomers if each person's entry said something like this at the bottom, and, if so, could I add it to your entry?:

• Offer to adopt reaffirmed: January 2018
• No. of previous adoptees: nil

Many thanks, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:46, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: I don't really mind putting that on the page, I don't think it will help though as long as new users are not guided towards this programme more. I have not set up a plan, since I think newcomers will have many different problems and questions when starting to edit. Some might be good with template but understand little about sources and vice versa. So I would try to help with the needs of the person in question in mind. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:23, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll do that for you. Yes, working rather freely is my view too. (I'm currently helping a young US editor on geography topics and realise he needs detailed support, not general stuff about how to create a references, or the five pillars.) I think if the project is to move forward and not be just a moribund help desk, then it needs to require adoptees to show their genuine interests by making a clear statement of their vision of why they want adopting/long-term support, and then it needs adopters to check these adoptees out from time to time to find a good match for them. But I'm not sure how pro-active anyone wants to be in this area. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:29, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Delighted to read your post below. Ausgezeichnet! (and that's almost as far as my German goes). Once you've confirmed you're going ahead, would you modify the adoption templates, as per the guidance at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adopter's Area? It's so darn complicated! I've spent 2 days just clearing out old adoption templates from inactive editors - the scheme seems to have got itself into quite a mess. Really chuffed you've been approached, though. Must have been total fluke, I guess. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:57, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

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West Germany

Hi Can you get West Germany page protected? Our IP friend keeps changing the infobox from "the FRG in 1990" to "the FRG in 1989". This is a common error that the Fall of the Berlin Wall was the legal end of East/West Berlin/Germany. It wasn't. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 17:13, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

@Paul Benjamin Austin: Have given warnings to both IPs for now. Let's see if they continue. If so, we can request a protection. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:29, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Senatus consultum ultimum

Hi there. Let me know when you are ready to amend this article as you suggest. It should be pretty easy - basically Livy says these two events were examples of the SCU. Modern literature queries whether that was so, given the gap in time between those two events and the later (and more common) usage from the time of the Gracchi into the first century BC.--Urg writer (talk) 23:35, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Urg writer: Will do. If you can point me to the modern literature that you mention, that would be very helpful. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:11, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

You can access this one on Google Books: "Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire", by Fred K. Drogula, p124 fn258. Some sources can't be accessed freely online. There are some other sources which go too far in attacking Livy's account. --Urg writer (talk) 22:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@Urg writer: I will have a look at it next week, thank you! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:19, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
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• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For your many fine articles & other contributions. Iselilja (talk) 17:12, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

I saw you were a bit unlucky with a user not finishing the GA review of one of your articles during Wikicup. I would guess the article meets the GA criteria, so you were simply unfortunate. It's a bit regrettable there aren't a good procedure for getting the articles timely reviewed during a contest, but I guess not so easy to do something about it. Iselilja (talk) 17:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Oh, thank you very much, this comes quite unexpected :) Yes, it was a shame that my reviews did not go through in time, since I felt I had good chances to proceed far this year... Oh well, there is always next year and and abundance of things to do on Wikipedia. Good luck to you in the rest of the competition! Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:19, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Ah, it was max unfortunate for you that someone started a review and did not finish. (I saw someone had started it, so I thought you were on the way to get it passed and qualify). If you participate next year, and I am around at Wikipedia, feel free to ask for a review if there is a similar situation then. But, of course, what matters is the content we produce, not really these "competitions". Iselilja (talk) 17:52, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Marcel Wüst

On 3 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marcel Wüst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that professional cyclist Marcel Wüst had to end his road bicycle racing career after an accident left him blind in one eye? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marcel Wüst. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Marcel Wüst), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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Your GA nomination of 1982 Formula One World Championship

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1982 Formula One World Championship you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of [[User:{{subst:Kpgjhpjm}}|{{subst:Kpgjhpjm}}]] -- [[User:{{subst:Kpgjhpjm}}|{{subst:Kpgjhpjm}}]] ([[User talk:{{subst:Kpgjhpjm}}|talk]]) 08:20, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

I am very sorry , my son accidentaly started it, I cannot review it. Kpgjhpjm (talk) 13:30, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

@Kpgjhpjm: Alright, I'll see how I can get that fixed. Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:48, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: - have you found a way how to fix that. Kpgjhpjm (talk) 02:36, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

@Kpgjhpjm: Well, according to the GA talk page, you might have to fail the review. But there might be another way. See here. Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:46, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) Hey Zwerg; there's a GA help page at WP:GAHELP, might get more responses there. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 08:53, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: - Should I fail it? I would do as you like , if your answer is yes ,then please renominate. I promise this will not happen again. Kpgjhpjm (talk) 12:48, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Kpgjhpjm, please don't do anything. The review page has been put up for speedy deletion, which will solve the problem. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:41, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

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The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
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Vuelta a España

Hello. I've been pragmatic, and setup the Grand Tour sections for all riders in the Vuelta, now the "final" startlist has been released. I do this for each and every Grand Tour race, and have done for a number of years now. I know it's a couple of days before it actually starts, but usually this work doesn't get done, and becomes a pain to check the biographies where it has been updated, against those which it hasn't. If anyone drops out between now and the start, then feel free to change those (I'll be checking them myself, of course). Hope that's OK. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 15:02, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Sure, it just felt a little too early for me. But I only keep an eye on a couple of articles, so I could update Buchmann's article myself. I am very excited to see how he will do by the way. The limited amount of time trial kilometres could actually see him challenge for a top ten position... Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:34, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Buchmann is looking really strong indeed. I am quite excited to see what he can pull off! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:54, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Ahh, didn't see that first ping - sorry! I've enjoyed the last few days of this years' race. Pretty tough course all the way to the end, esp. for the sprinters. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:57, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Indeed, though a little better for sprinters than last year (where there were pretty much none at the start line anyway...). I can still not make out a real favourite for overall victory. Yates looked good, but I am not convinced he can hold his own for a full three weeks. Same goes for Kwiatkowski (and Sky is certainly not up to dominating the race, as we saw yesterday). Quintana still seems passive and not on his best form... pretty much the hardest Grand Tour to predict for years, kind of like the awesome 2015 edition. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:01, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

• Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
• Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
• Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
• Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to 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. 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. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

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@RhinosF1: ?? Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:10, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Lukas, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#WP: Battleground Accusation by IP. Relates to the 2019 Red Bull Honda issue. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 10:55, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

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Hi, Thanks for reverting the unsourced edit to the 2019 F1 page today. Can I ask why you didn't leave the user a warning on his talk page? RhinosF1 (talk) 17:58, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@RhinosF1: I didn't feel that the edit was made in bad faith, so I decided against it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:27, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I left a note at the last user to do commit that offences page. Would even be best to leave a polite reminder to them. After a previous incident, I left a warning in the source code and put a message on the talk page, could anything else be done to advise users? RhinosF1 (talk) 20:32, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@RhinosF1: Hopefully, the note in the source code is enough... Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:17, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the help RhinosF1 (talk) 14:10, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

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Du bearbeitest noch? Schon lange nicht von dir gehört.
I have to ask whether Böckenförde is known, or considered a significant person, outside the German Sprachbereich. – Sca (talk) 15:12, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

@Sca: I wasn't active for a while on ITN, since it became too much work. But Böckernförde caught my eye so I thought I'd nominate him. I am not sure if others will consider him significant enough... Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Neither am I, so I'll wait & see if others comment. (I see he does have a fairly detailed article on German Wiki.) Mach's gut. Sca (talk) 15:24, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

PS: Re "This user is capable of reading and writing Kurrent" — But can he read and write like Kant – or kan't he? Sca (talk)

He kan't! ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

We can ;) - I received ITN recognition, but did almost nothing, an ill-link here, an infobox there, - thanks to you two for the real work! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:21, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

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OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017

Hey there Zwerg Nase! I noticed that you GA reviewed Radiohead's most recent album, A Moon Shaped Pool, a couple of years back. I've nominated OK Computer reissue album OKNOTOK 1997 2017, would you like to review it? Musicfan122 (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

@Musicfan122: Hey! I am quite busy at the moment, but I'll try to squeeze it in. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:59, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Musicfan122 (talk) 09:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

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Christa Wolf

Leading German author Christa Wolf would have been 90 [12] – Sca (talk) 23:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Tours

Thanks for taking on the 2018 GA. Are you aware that there are unanswered comments on the 1989 FAC? I would take care of them ASAP if I was you as it's right at the bottom of the list of FAC candidates and it might get closed without them contacting you. I can help out if you need it. If it passes I won't take any credit by the way, as you've done the bulk of the prose. Also, I'll work do the 1998 Tour with you. I've started to get it shipshape already. Where would the best place be to talk about it, here or on the article's talk? BaldBoris 16:55, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Hey! Thanks for your message. I'll address the comments for the 1989 FAC today, was on holiday last week, so I couldn't do anything. For 1998, I'd say the talk page there for transparency. I will also tackle Jacques Anquetil in the very near future, which I think is an article that is all over the place... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:01, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Thank you for the work on the 1989 article, very good job in finding appropriate sources! Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:43, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I noticed that for the 1998 article, you have the footnotes and references in one big section, split up into subsections, while for 1989 I did two bigger headers. We should probably bring consistency into this and do it the same way in every Tour article. I don't have a particular preference for one or the other, I guess both ways of doing it is fine. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:48, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

No worries about 89, I would've broken my heart for it to get closed as I read "I would hate to have to do a second round with this article" from you. I do enjoy researching. At the time I looked at all recent FAs and that seemed to be the most used system to use for the notes and refs, but have since thought it looks a little odd. I prefer your way to be honest, so I'll change them all to match. Also, what do you thin about the use of {{Refbegin}}, alot of FAs use it? All the headings should match as well, so do you think "Classification leadership" is actually "Classification leadership, awards and prizes" to be correct? Oh yea, Anquetil needs to an FA for sure, Coppi also. I've already got all the books on them. BaldBoris 13:57, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris:

• Concerning the template: I am actually not overly familiar with how these work. What are the differences between using "Refbegin" and "Reflist"?

It matches the font size with the text in {{Reflist}}. BaldBoris 15:20, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

• Anquetil: I have "Anquetil, Alone" and "Sex, Lies and Handlebartape" (I think the latter is more helpful), which is my current evening lecture.
• Coppi: Have bought only one biography on him, my library is still growing, so if you'd like to do that article, that would be fantastic!
• My current projects for the future would be Anquetil, the Tours of 1976, 85, 86, and 98. Also Greg LeMond to FA quality, which should not be too hard. Will get the new biography on him as soon as it's released on paperback this summer. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:24, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

  100% on Anquetil, as I've want to do that for years. So many Tours to be done... I think getting those to at least GA is definitely a realistic goal. I've got the book Tour de France: The 75th Anniversary Cycle Race about 78, so will be doing that also. I recently found an archive of Sporting Cyclist, which was a "posh" monthly magazine. They only have 1955–60, but could upload up to 1968. All the current ones have been Waybacked. Did you buy the physical version or an ebook of Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903-2018? The author Pieter van den Akker is amazing, he's researched like mad. I only just found his website tourdefrancestatistieken.nl, which allowed me to complete (not entirely) all the classification tables. Need to try and complete the top tens of all classification results. The Tour work is endless! BaldBoris 15:20, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

  I actually opposed in the LeMond FAC, lol, although I did help out with it. I have apologised to Joep01 since, as my comment was a bit rude (but honest). I'm sure he and Gunbirddriver would love you want to get it to FA. BaldBoris 15:20, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Yup, I bought van den Akker's book, great source and amazing research. I guess he will keep updating the book as well, bringing out new editions every year. That magazine looks really good too, though I think we should probably not link to that source, for copyright reasons? Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:09, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

I did think that too, but the Veteran-Cycle Club is scanning and uploading them in partnership with the British National Cycle Archive. BaldBoris 22:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Oh wow, even better! Couple of books just arrived at my house, got "Corsa Rosa" about the history of the Giro, the "Fallen Angel" biography of Coppi and Friebe's biography on Merckx. So much sill to do, looking forward to it :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:41, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hey, so I'm going to re-submit the article for another GA review later, but if you could tell me how it looks, that'd be fine. -NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 14:00, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

@NowIsntItTime: Hey! Sorry for the delay, I've been incredibly busy. Will try to have another look at it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:08, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: No problem bro. -NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 14:48, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

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@SSSB: Sorry, that seems to have slipped by me. Feel free to revert. I would however, add that if you choose to change the format of the GP articles, it should be done so consistently in all articles. I do not have the time to do so. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:59, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

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Do you want to nominate "1989 Tour de France" for a July TFA?

Hello Zwerg! I was just messaging you since you were one of the primary editors and FA nominators of "Henry W. Sawyer". I was wondering if you'd want to nominate this page of yours for TFA for a day July 2019, as you suggested at WP:TFARP. 1989 Tour de France is a great featured article, and it would be a cool TFA on any day in July (the 20th anniversary of the event, and coinciding with the upcoming 2019 race) - would you want formally nominate that page at WP:TFA/R? Paintspot Infez (talk) 20:37, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

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Adoption Comment

Hello! Would you be willing to adopt me? Regards, Will — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willbb234 (talk • contribs) 06:25, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: Sure, I can do that! First suggestion: Don't forget to sign all your posts on talk pages with ~~~~. Let me know what you want to know :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:26, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

That's great. Would you mind watching Arnold Thackray, I have had some troubles with this page in the past with another user, so if I were to have an experienced user watching this, any issues can be resolved quickly and easily. Apart from that, there isn't currently anything I need help with, but I will be sure to ask if you there is. Thanks for being my mentor, Willbb234 (talk) 12:09, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: No problem! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:14, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

When are you normally helping out on Wikipedia (in UTC) just so I know when I cannot expect a reply as you are sleeping/working etc? Just so you know, I am one hour ahead of UTC. Willbb234 (talk) 13:35, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: I am also in Central Europe. When I edit really depends, I might be online briefly during work hours, often during evenings hours, but not every day. Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:40, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Greg LeMond status discussion late reply

@BaldBoris: Re. this archived discussion, seeing Greg Lemond worked-up to FA-status would be cool! Cheers! joepa^T 16:29, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@Joep01: We'll get it done, in time. Funnily enough, I have been working on 1998 Tour de France recently, and I just finished reading the VeloPress book about it. It has Frankie Andreu's interesting daily diary included, who I just read you know quite well. Am I correct? Don't worry, I'm not after a scoop. BaldBoris 23:47, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Disruptive editing Comment

Hello, I hope your are well. The User:Mermaid Rebel has been editing disruptively and I’m not sure what to think if their user page. Please could you review and make a decision about how to act. Best wishes, Willbb234 (talk) 09:03, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: From first glance, that seems to be a troll. The first course of action would be to leave a warning about their behaviour on their talk page. When you are on the talk page, in the right hand upper corner, there is "TW", under which you can choose "Warn". It will open a form, where you can enter what they did, on which article and leave a message. Since this will be their second warning, if they engage in disruptive behaviour again after that, the case can be brought to the admins and they can block the account (and the IP if necessary). Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:57, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Abe Bluestein

Hello, I came across the page specified above and I have found a source that was written well before the article was published that matches most of the article word for word. The source is here, archived in 2002 when the page was written in 2005. I am not sure what to do. Willbb234 (talk) 20:16, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) (Sorry Lukas!) @Willbb234: Instructions on handling a copy-vio can be found at WP:CV101 and template doc at Template:Copyvio-revdel. 'Earwig' can be used to establish extent of copy-vio. The copy-vio 'guru' is Diannaa, if you get into difficulty. Eagleash (talk) Eagleash (talk) 02:30, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Thanks for swooping in so quickly! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:37, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

1998 Tour

I'm done with the race overview, apart from the doping. Do you think an aftermath section is needed? It'll most likely need a going copy-editing, but all that facts are straight and it's all correctly cited as it stands. I won't be reading Fotheringham's book in full. The Conquests and Crisis book was a really perfect for this, it was like they took all the reports and polished them up. There can't be many more concise book on a single cycling race out there. It's a shame VeloPress didn't make any more. I doubt these types sell well then. The award-winning books are beautifully written and enjoyable to read, but they can be difficult to translate to Wikipedia, which I found with William Fotheringham's Put Me Back on My Bike when doing Tom Simpson. BaldBoris 00:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I agree, the "well written" books are sadly often not the most useful in Wikipedia terms. I think the race overview is now pretty good, thank you for all your hard work! I might be able to start working on the Doping section tomorrow, or maybe even later today. But it is going to take a while. I will also try to do the separate article about Doping at the 1998 Tour de France at the same time, since this seems reasonable. Maybe we can get the race to Featured Topic, if we also work on the List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Tour de France? Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, there's enough doping to keep us busy. I'll let you do your thing, and then add whatever I can. I was actually going to start to sort out the teams list yesterday (I'll do it soon). At the same time, I also saw that you'd started the stages articles, with a summary for each, which I believe I remember noticing back when you did it in 2013. There's more than enough sources to expand those (the book I used, CN, and archived LeTour.com), so it's definitely possible to do a FT. What's the reason for your interest in this edition? BaldBoris 13:35, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Oh right, the stages articles. Yeah, I started the first of the two back in 2013, when I was a complete Wikipedia newbie, so the quality is pretty crap... In terms of my interest, well, the 1998 Tour was the first one I watched. But mainly, I focus on this article now since I have a lot of sources for it and it is so pivotal with the Festina Affair. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:38, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

I saw 1994 Tour in Portsmouth for real when I was teeny, but I only started getting into cycling properly in my early 20s as I was footy mad growing up. The first Tour I watched in full must have been 2008, when Cav burst through. Were you a fan of Ullrich? For the 1998 teams list, we ideally need a source that has all the info together, which are: name, birth date, nationality, team, starting number, dropout stage, final GC. The latter two will probably need to come from a separate source. Conquests and Crisis has it, but online source is preferable. We're lucky 1998 was around the time the news websites began. CN and LeTour.com started in 1995, but not much reporting though. BaldBoris 16:38, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I was kind of an Ullrich fan, but frequently disappointed. 2003 was really the Tour I enjoyed the most (at least in the Ullrich years), but then again, that is the best of the Armstrong era by a long shot. As for the sources: Does Procyclingstats have most of the infos on that? But then we would also need to give multiple pages as sources. But maybe this can be done at the bottom of the table for all riders instead of a source for every individual rider? Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:37, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

When I say in full, I mean pretty much every stage live, within reason. I did watch the now-dark ages to a degree, but my memory seems to have blanked it out. It's only natural. PCS has a startlist with dropouts, but that doesn't have their DOB. The recent Tour lists have the DOB in the official team pages, the ones I've edited anyway. The two most recent use the PCS profile of each rider, which I think is ridiculous, and I would only do that at the very last resort. If I were to make them a featured lists, I'd replace them all for the team pages. They also use data-sort-value="Froome, Chris", when we have {{sortname|Chris|Froome}}. BaldBoris 21:58, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: On a trivial note: What's your football club of choice? Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:38, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Liverpool! BaldBoris 21:58, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Sweet! That fits my favourite club quite well! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:23, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

1989 Tour de France scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the 1989 Tour de France article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 28, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 28, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors up to the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:45, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

I thought you went for 23 July, the 30th anniversary? BaldBoris 16:59, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I did 28 July, because it's the last day of this year's Tour, where I thought it would fit quite well. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:11, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Beamhurst

Hello! I came across this article and I wasn't sure of whether to propose a merge, a delete under WP:N or just leave the article alone. I am looking for your opinion on the matter. Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 15:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: What would you merge it with? Generally, I'd say a village can have its own article, there's just not a lot there at the moment... Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:52, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Croxden? The article even directs to Croxden for information in regards to the population. I did a search on Beamhurst and nothing apart from the small and private museum came up. Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 10:41, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: But is Beamhurst a part of Croxden? Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:31, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't know because there are no sources on Beamhurst. I'm presuming it is due to the content of the Wikipedia page, which is why I believe there should be a merge. If it doesn't meet the criteria for a merge then maybe it should be deleted? Willbb234 (talk) 12:13, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Tricky case... if they are not the same village, then a merger makes no sense. Then again, both articles are dismal in terms of information... it's hard to argue to delete one and leave the other. I'd post the issue to WT:N and see what happens. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:27, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Populated places, however small, are generally considered notable. The problem seems to be that it falls within another area for census purposes so establishing the pop. level is quite difficult. There is some limited history and some links here. Eagleash (talk) 12:38, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for 1989 Tour de France, about the 76th edition of the Tour de France, a three-week stage cycle race through France. The 1989 edition is known as one of the closest fought and more memorable in the history of the event."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:59, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

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I am looking to be Adopted on Wikipedia

Zwerg Nase I left a bio about why I am asking on my user pageJack90s15 (talk) 21:00, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jack90s15: Sorry for the late reply! If you are still interested, I can adopt you. However, I do not see the bio you speak of? Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:26, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

@Zwerg: I was Adopted already but thanks though!

Enivak

Dear user, I would like to be adopted (on-wiki) by you (see the bottom of my user page) I would be very pleased if you accept me! I will add this page to my watchlist, but I would prefer you to talk to me in my talk page. I await your reply, Eni vak (speak) 19:09, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: Sure, that is possible :) What specific questions do you have? Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I am here a month and a half here, I know the very basics, but I would like to learn further. Eni vak (speak) 10:36, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: What are your next projects? Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:46, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

1) Finish my second draft, 2) create pages from the wikiproject classical music's to-do list OR for formula Renault (or something like that) championships (some are missing) 3) expand articles about Chinese and Greek automotive companies. Eni vak (speak) 10:59, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Also I would like to do some maintenance tasks. Eni vak (speak) 11:00, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: What are the things that you have found the most challenging so far? What has given you trouble? Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:35, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Mostly finding good sources in google and wikicode. I am mostly editing in visual editor, so the later is not something challenging. I also get stuck when I see a promotional article. Eni vak (speak) 10:21, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: Do you have any specific question for me at this point? Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:17, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

For now, nothing. I just want to learn further. Surely I will have something later. Eni vak (speak) 13:43, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: Ok! Feel free to ping me anytime! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:49, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok! So, am I adopted now? Eni vak (speak) 13:54, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: Sure, as I said, I am open to that! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:57, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

In m user page, the icon is not <<user offered adoption>>, it is still <<user seeking adoption>> (and sorry if I am a little bothering) Eni vak (speak) 14:00, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: You can just delete that section. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for adopting me! :-) Eni vak (speak) 14:02, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

1903 Tour

You asked how did this (1903 TdF article) even pass GA?: Well, the GA nomination of the 1903 TdF article was in 2010, and the curly braces were introduced in April 2019. Don't blame the GA reviewer for tiny mistakes that were introduced nine years after the review! ;) Thanks for correcting it. --EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 19:47, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

@EdgeNavidad: Yeah, I didn't check when what happened, I was basically just mumbling into my imaginary beard ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:05, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Asking for help

Dear user, as I am adopted by you, I would like to request you help me a little on these two drafts: Draft:Huasong (brand) and Draft:Jinbei (marque). I have a third also, but I mast finish these two soon because the first was from a split from the second and the second was draftified, so I imagineer that I am expected to finish them as soon as possible. I happily await your help if you agree! (footnote: sort for asking the same trivia, but on Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters, on your section, it mentions only Sonfi as adopted by you, why it doesn't mention me or others?) Again, I happily await your help, Eni vak (speak) 21:49, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: Some thoughts: What is the difference here between brand and marque? There should probably be an article on "Renault Brilliance Jinbei Automotive", and maybe the information on the Jinbei brand can be part of that arcticle? The Huasong article obviously needs a lot of work, you'll need an infobox, sources etc. Concerning the Jinbei article: Try to replace all sources with ones using the Cite Template help tool, that way, they all have the same format. Also, I prefer the date format of "12 August 2019", since it looks more professional. It would also be good if you found more sources that are from a third-party and not from the companies themselves. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask. Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Good thoughts! About the difference, I thought that they meant the same thing (the brand of the automobiles). I think the article you say was deleted, I will create it with some others when I finish this. The Jinbei article was draftified, It is nearly exactly how it as when on mainspace. I have noted these issues, I will try to do something for them. Best regards, Eni vak (speak) 07:12, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: I would use the same term, either brand or marque. Not sure which of the two is the convention in this case. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I don't know, is there any impact on the difference? Eni vak (speak) 12:38, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Enivak: It should at least be consistent. Maybe you can find other examples of similar cases? Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I am mainly browsing automobile articles, so I have saw enough articles with Brand or Marque, but I cannot name them because I do not remember which they were. Eni vak (speak) 16:57, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to project revival

Hi again! In my draft i had told you before, can you help me a little by helping me editing them? I am still busy with learning the Pending changes reviewer tool, so i whould like a little asistanse (especially in jinbei). Best regards, Eni vak (speak) 18:17, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

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The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

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happy birthday

Wishing Zwerg Nase a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 00:39, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

@Chris troutman: Thank you, that is very kind :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:44, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Luigi Colani

RD nom? – Sca (talk) 17:34, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@Sca: I am sure he is worthy of a RD, but today was the first time I've heard about him, so I am probably not the right person for the job :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:36, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

PS: Besten Glückwünsche zum deiner letzten Geburtstag. (So happens my birthday was Sept. 8.) – Sca (talk)

@Sca: Oh, happy birthday to you too then! Hope you had a good one :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:36, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Content needing help with

Hi there, I hope you are well. I have been expanding Mark Cavendish and I tried to write a sentence but wasn't quite sure how to word it. Please could you just check it sounds good, if you think it should be changed, please reply with your version. Preferably, I don't think the sentence should be split in to two, but if you feel like it should, please do so. Here it is:

Cavendish crashed out on stage 1 of the Tour de Pologne - a video shows a Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider losing control round a corner before making contact with Cavendish - but was able to finish sixth on stage 3.

Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:15, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

References

@Willbb234: Hey! I think it needs to be rephrased a bit, since "crashed out" means that he was unable to continue, but he did. Also, YouTube should not be used as a source, maybe try this one? Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:45, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

From what I’ve seen Youtube is an RS? I will get around to changing it when I get home. Oh and happy birthday! Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:40, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: I am afraid, with the video at hand not being any sort of edited content, using it to cite a claim constitutes WP:OR. And thank you! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help. Do you think the article is ready to nominate for GA? Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 18:49, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: I've done some minor copyediting, but couldn't get through the entire article yet. Some sentences I felt needed clarification, some also still need sources, but overall, it looks pretty good. Some that should be kept in mind though, is that with articles that feature somebody who still has an active career, quite a bit of maintenance is needed to keep it at GA level. That's why I usually only cover retired riders and past events, but I think it's great that you tackled Cavendish's article, thank you! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:57, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! To be perfectly honest, I can’t see Cav riding another Grand Tour, never mind the Tour de France. But I do see your concern, and I will definitely bare that in mind. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, hope you are well. A quick question - should stages be written in word or number eg. stage 4 or stage four? From what I have seen, numbers less than ten are written in word but above ten are written in numbers. This is what I have been going with, but I would like to ask for confirmation. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:28, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: Most article reviewers seem to prefer to keep it one or the other consistently throughout the article. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:22, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. That's a bit annoying as Mark Cavendish seems to have a mix. I'll have to go through, or maybe include as part of a copyedit. Regards, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 09:34, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Sigmund Jähn

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

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This is to let you know that Bernard Hinault has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 14 November 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 14, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 14:16, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

WP:Today's featured article/November 14, 2019

The upper limit on character count (including "Full article...") is 1025. This tool can count characters. Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 14:58, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

I didn't mean to discourage you ... give it another shot, just keep it under 1025. - Dank (push to talk) 02:48, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

@Dank: Thanks for the info! I have changed the text, it now fits into the limit. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:51, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Okay, the Main Page folks (among others) won't allow "greatest results", "impressive racing style" and "notable results". (The fact that we're listing a race on the Main Page means we think it's notable.) Give it another shot. - Dank (push to talk) 10:33, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

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Regarding Hinault: Why would you source an easily verifiable statement

The reason I made that edit atop Hinault's page is as follows.

1. 1 He wore the leaders jersey in every Grand Tour he ever entered

1. 2 I was unable to find any other time trial/prologue specialist or Grand Tour winning rider, including Bartali, Coppi, Anquetil, Binda, Merckx, Bobet, Thevenet, Gimondi, Visentini, Fignon, Indurain, Delgado, (armstrong), Zoetemelk, Heras, Contador, Nibali, Froome etc.... Who did wear the Leaders Jersey in every grand tour they ever entered

1. 3 if Bernard Hinault is the only rider in the entire history of the sport to do this, it is significant in the sense that it never happened before and will probably never happen again because nobody comes in and dominates the Tour/Vuelta/Giro on their first entry like Merckx, Hinault or Fignon did, not even Egan Bernal.... Of course it could happen that someone will come along and dominate every grand tour they enter, but it hasn't in 40 years.

1. 4 how did nobody else notice this (or) is this not a big deal because who cares if Bernard Hinault had the lead after the prologue in 1984 and then got destroyed by Fignon

1. 5 I'm just saying if only one rider in the entire history of the sport has accomplished something that nobody else.... In the entire history of the sport has ever accomplished.... It becomes significant.... He wore the leaders jersey in 13 grand tours.... More so, considering it's unlikely to happen again in the foreseeable future as the only other riders who could potentially make this claim have yet to ride a Grand Tour.

1. 6 why/how would you source something that is very easy to look up as there are very few other riders to investigate aside from time trial specialists who could have wore yellow early in every Tour, (which Boardman, Dennis, Marie, Knetemann and Tony Martin did not) and dominant GC riders who were good enough to win every Tour, of which Hinault.... Is the only rider in the history of cycling to wear the leaders Jersey in every Grand tour he ever entered Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 14:16, 4 November 2019 (UTC)Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 14:15, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69: I am not saying it is not significant. But it needs a source. This is scheduled to be Featured Article of the Day in nine days(!), meaning there cannot be any unsourced statements on that article when it goes up on the Main Page. If you find a source, feel free to add the information again, but not just in the lead, the statement needs to be included in the article body as well, sourced there, then it can go into the lead without a source. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:26, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Nine days eh.... Hmmm I'll do some hunting but I have a feeling this is going to be tough to cite because.... Well who the hell would care which rider wore the leaders jersey for a day or two in a Grand Tour the most times.... It just so happens Hinault wore it in every Tour he entered and none of the other greats did because they either rode past their prime or started their career before they were dominant whereas Hinault came in on top and went out damn close to the top.... Plus this isn't the sort of thing that would really be noticed by anyone, even if it is so rare it becomes significant.... Lol I think someone from velo news or cycling weekly or bikeraceinfo or some reputable news source would have to be talked into mentioning it in a future article in order to have a valid source for it, but will do, I'll look around and see if I can find any source that may have mentioned it Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 15:24, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69: Would be great if you can find one. I tried but couldn't... But in the end, I think the information is not really vital. Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:30, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

True.... I stumbled across it by accident when I noticed he won the prologue in 84... I was like wait a minute he wore yellow in 80 & 86 did he wear yellow in every tour??? Which then lead to every grand tour... Which then lead to has anyone else ever done this?? I looked briefly for a citation but not in depth... It's just one of those intriguing statistical quirks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

other riders who did this:

• Alfred Hamerlinck
• Giulio Rossi
• Alex Stieda
• Omer Braekevelt
• Marnix Lameire

And that is why you source such statements, and don't just assume that it is a unique achievement because you could not find a counterexample. --EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 18:37, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I mentioned this over on my talk page... That there might have been some ppl very early in cycling history who did this back in the 1910s or 1920s... Or only rode in one Tour and either won the Tour outright or lead it for a day or two.... That's awesome you investigated it, though I couldn't check that Rossi guy cuz the link goes to pages for 2 catholic Bishop's and a painter.... Those examples are kind of like the punter in the NFL who threw 4 fake punt passes and completed them all for touchdowns.... Sure he has a perfect rating of 158.3 but he's definitely not counted in the highest rating of all time category..... Pretty cool though... Hinault really is the only elite rider to pull this off Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 19:32, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Oh.... While looking around I did not find any cite for this... But I did find some nutcase website that as of 2016 has Lance Armstrong as 3rd on their list of yellow jerseys with 83, which obviously I ignored everything else in that article.... And then found a really cool article from Forbes about how the Tour de France can make your workplace better every July.... In any case it was worth at least taking a look into... But as you say, it's not all that vital.... Plus if it was actually significant it would've been mentioned/noticed years ago Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 19:43, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Anyway, you added a false statement to the article. You should fix your mistake, and learn to give sources for additions. It is good that you want to add things to articles, but you (unintentially) add false things. This can be improved by giving sources, and if you can't find sources: don't add it! EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 19:56, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

And to fix my own mistake: I meant Giovanni Rossi. --EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 20:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

In fairness to me I've only added false things while editing Tour de France/cycling articles... In fairness to you I've done it multiple times if you count George Hincapie, Desire Letort, the 1979 tour de France and multiple others ... Of course it's unintentional and I think it's accurate at the time but it's like wtf... How can the Race Overview for the 1976 Giro only include that someone got killed on the first stage.... Someone has to write something, so I interpret the numbers from each stage from bikeraceinfo and type what most likely happened....

But will do... It does suck when you post something like it's Jan Raas with Zoetemelk at the finish line of the 1980 Tour and then 2 months later you realize Raas actually abandoned on Stage 11 Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 20:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69 and EdgeNavidad: I think we don't need so much harshness on my talk page. I take Raleigh80Z90Faema69's edit as good faith, but reverted them because of a lacking source. It led to some interesting insights for me. I am sure Raleigh80Z90Faema69 is going to be more careful with adding information on pages in the future! Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:38, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

For the record: for me, Raleigh80Z90Faema69's comments here were not harsh. If my comments were harsh, I apologize, and blame it on the fact that I edited on my phone. --EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 07:12, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

I have the same problem... I think every edit I've ever made has been on my phone.... But I'm curious about this upcoming Hinault article.... I scrolled ahead and read his preview and while it's not really a big deal there was something I noticed that I think should be changed, even if again it's not really a big deal because it is pretty much true.....

But regarding Hinault's primary rivals.... In reality he only went head to head with Fignon one time which was in 1984... And he only went head to head with LeMond one time in 1986 (although the argument can be made that they went head to head both zero times and two times) but in reality he went head to head with Zoetemelk 3 years in a row as though they were the only 2 riders in the entire race and everybody else fought for 3rd place.... In 1978 it came down to Hinault winning on the final ITT, in 1979 the two of them fought on the Champs Elysees and finished 26+ minutes ahead of everybody else excluding the nonsense 10 minute penalty most likely assessed for attacking in Paris..... Then again in 1980 it was really a battle between just the 2 of them and i'd be willing to bet that had Zoetemelk crashed out on stage 7-8 or 9 that Hinault would have pushed through the injury and handily beaten Kuiper and Martin..... Then yet again completely by accident in 1982 Zoetemelk ended up being his only competition even though he admitted that he had no intention of challenging Hinault it was technically the 4th time the Tour came down to Zoetemelk or Hinault with Hinault obviously winning three of the four.... In any case nbd, but the argument could be made that Zoetemelk challenged Hinault more than LeMond and Fignon combined Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 11:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69: I actually thought about that yesterday as well. Will try to find another way to phrase it later. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:24, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase:

Will do! Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 12:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69: I've made an edit to that effect. Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:28, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

It's a good intro! I learned about a LBL being raced in a snowstorm because of it.... Lolol with only 21 guys finishing the race!!! Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 14:45, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Bernard Hinault, "five-time winner of the Tour de France and one of the most prolific athletes in the history of his discipline"! - Sorry about not reviewing, I meant to but ... - I have a FAC open (but admittedly am still writing). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:20, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you for your kind words :) I'll try to have a look at the FAC later! Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:16, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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Lukas, you might be interested in this story about the Reimann heirs, headlined "Wealthy German family gives millions to Holocaust survivors." – Sca (talk) 17:09, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

@Sca: Oh wow, I wasn't even aware that those chains belonged to a German family. Pret A Manger does not even exist here... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:28, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

I don't even know what Pret A Manger is. But the world belongs to Krispy Kreme, unfortunately. Yucchh.

Oddly enough, I haven't seen this story anywhere else. You'd think the German media would have jumped on it. Vielleicht zu kompliziert? Ha. – Sca (talk) 15:29, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

@Sca: My guess would be that it is not that interesting in Germany, considering that those chains do not operate over here. I only know Pret a Manger from my latest trip to London... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:22, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

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@Sca: Thank you very much, I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:14, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

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You might be interested in this Guardian piece. – Sca (talk) 14:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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Happy Schmotzige Dunnschdig or Schmutzige Donnerstag or whatever it is. – Sca (talk) 16:01, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

@Sca: I don't follow...? Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:01, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Apparently there are different ways to spell it in various dialects, depending on where you live. – Sca (talk) 15:06, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

@Sca: To be honest, I had never heard of that day before in my life before you left this message :D Zwerg Nase (talk) 15:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Unvorstrellbar. Wohnst du in einer Höhle? – Sca (talk) 15:58, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

@Sca: In terms of carneval, yes. I come from Nordhessen and then moved to Berlin, both areas where carneval is not a thing. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:05, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Aha, norddeutsche Nüchternheit. Years ago we hosted an exchange student from Marburg (an der Lahn) – a delightful town, BTW.

We're still in touch with him, tho he's in his early 50s and his parents, who still live in the same house in Marburg, are in their 80s. Delightful people. – Sca (talk) 17:35, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

@Sca: I love Marburg, one of the most beautiful cities in Germany! Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:00, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes, and one of the larger German cities that wasn't incinerated by often disproportionate Allied bombing in WWII. – Sca (talk) 18:09, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

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Hi Zwerg, hope all is well. Great stuff with the GAR. What's next with the article? I reckon it's more than ready for FAC, especially with that amazing review. BaldBoris 20:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC) Oh yeah, I take it I'm okay to add it to my "recognised work"? Haven't forgotten those long summer nights... BaldBoris 20:16, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Absolutely, please do! Your work in finding those newspaper sources in particular is invaluable! I think I will nominate it for FA shortly. Do you think there is more left to do than adding alt descriptions to the images? Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response. I've just been reading Talk:Remco Evenepoel#Merckx comparison ;)... I think I'll nom 2019 as it's a good example to follow and has already had a thorough GA. It's funny because the 1962 and 1989 GARs were both also done by the same person this time last year. What do think about putting them up as FACs together again? BaldBoris 17:22, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

To be clear, I meant nominated them together but separately. I think that's fine isn't it? BaldBoris 14:22, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Yes, why not :) I'd nominate later today? Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:48, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm ready when you are! BaldBoris 17:35, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Who would you say is the publisher of Sportschau, ARD or WDR? BaldBoris 18:09, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I've nominated for FA :) Feel free to follow suit! As for Sportschau, WDR would be my choice, they are definitely the ones responsible for the website. Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:36, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Also, I am currently working on the 1990 article. I have trouble finding sources for the pre-race favourites though. Obviously there are plenty of sources discussing LeMond and Fignon before the race started, but I have so far failed to find an article which just lists a couple of names. The books by Abt and Nicholson also never clearly state favourites, they only discuss some riders in detail, but never actually use the term or explicitly state that they are expected to feature high on GC. Maybe you have more luck than I do? I am hoping to find a little more time to edit than I did in the last couple of months, where I have been pretty inactive apart from some minor edits and some ITN stuff (like Nicolas Portal, may he rest in peace). Zwerg Nase (talk) 20:52, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Unlike other Tours from that era I haven't got any CW mags on 1990. I've dug out the UK Winning guide, which should suffice for the favourites, and for the rest I have Tour 90, The Cycling Year 90 and the The Incredible Comeback by Abt. So I'll be able to help out if you want? Good job on Portal. I feel his death has gone under the radar for some reason, well, apart from the obvious. BaldBoris 17:22, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: It would be great if you could chip in a bit :) Home office allows me to get ahead a little bit at the moment ;) Stay healthy! Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

I will if needs be, but you're the main guy and I should let you led, especially as I'm doing 2019. You've got your 'baby', and I've got mine... I just converted the points scale table to prose in 2019, as I've now realised it's not really of importance, not enough over a nice photo. I also explained the mountains further and saw that 1998 goes against "Avoid beginning a sentence with a figure" at MOS:NUMNOTES. I'll let you sort it before it comes up in the FAC. BaldBoris 11:48, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Oh, thanks for the info! Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:59, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Any reason you couldn't wait, and nominated '90? I take by you removing the sources you don't want them used... BaldBoris 17:53, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I nominated because I thought it was ready. But there is no reason why you cannot still add information with the sources you have added. I only wanted to tidy it up until these sources are used. Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:02, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Right. I wasn't aware of the nom when I began and then added them (it took a while...), which is exactly what you seem to do. I don't intend to do as much work as I did with 98', just use what I've got to help improve it. BTW, {{refbegin}} is used with long lists as an alternative to the much worse column styling. BaldBoris 18:14, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Is there any way to use {{refbegin}} without it changing the font? Or does that just happen on my computer? It looks really weird... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Well it should look the same as the text within {{reflist}}, 90% smaller than the default. So does that look "weird" too? Assuming your operating system is common and up-to-date it shouldn't be. The list currently may not be long enough to require it so lets leave it. I just use to stop someone putting them in to columns, although matching the other reference text is easier on the eye. There doesn't seem to be a consensus on when it should be used. It's recommended at Help:Shortened footnotes, Help:Explanatory notes and Help:References and page numbers. BaldBoris 11:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Well then, we should use it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:38, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hope all is good. Just catching up to ask if you've seen the awaiting comments in the 1998 FAC. I know you included me in the nom, but I'd feel uncomfortable do it at the same time as 2019. I would get them sorted ASAP as you might be stopping others from adding theirs, possibly contributing to it not passing. If there's anything that you can't do because I added it then let just me let know here and I'll step in, or whatever is best. BaldBoris 17:20, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: Yeah, I have not gotten around to them yet, but I'll do so tomorrow! Thanks for keeping an eye on things :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:21, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Apologies for not responding to your GAN review. For some reason I took it off my watchlist and I lost track. I will tackle your comments - but obviously no obligation on you to do anything with that. Thanks again for spending the time on it. DeCausa (talk) 08:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

@DeCausa: No problem! Feel free to enter it as GA candidate again. I'll see if I find the time to pick up the nomination again. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:55, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

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The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
• The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
• Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

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German empire

Greetings, I just wanted to inform you the territories I displayed were actually conquered by Germany after the Russian empire collapsed, thus it makes it appropriate for the page. Thank you for reading WilhelmsCamel (talk) 10:40, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

@WilhelmsCamel: Which can easily be added further down the article when WW1 is dealt with. The infobox should show the borders of the actual state. The territories were never officially annexed and therefore do not constitute a part of the German Empire at any given time. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

There’s a similar map of the French empire showing its client states as well. The German empire sent military forces into these territories and secured them. Since historical nations are often displayed in their height, it seems appropriate to use my map for the German Empire WilhelmsCamel (talk) 12:50, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy...

Hey, Zwerg Nase. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CommanderWaterford (talk) 06:52, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

@CommanderWaterford: Thank you very much! Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:55, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you!! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:35, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

I'm being attacked by editor Kevin mce is there anything i can do???

The editor KevinMce is going through all of my contributions and deleting all of them is there anything I can do about this? Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 15:25, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

@Raleigh80Z90Faema69: The best course of action is to discuss the matter directly with Kevin McE first. He seems to make some fair points, which I have pointed out to you in the past as well, concerning your writing style. It also does not appear like he is erasing everything, but taking out bits that are not written in an encyclopedic way. Zwerg Nase (talk) 17:30, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

He went through my page and erased pretty much every edit I made in the past two months.... Edits that are valid contributions, that are relevant and either are cited directly, or are cited in the links to other articles I'm mentioning and it seems to be a very petty thing to do to go seek vengeance because he's mad about something. Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 17:34, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

And I understand what you're saying Zwerg.... If there's something that is questionable or is not relevant to the topic being discussed in the article then ok.... Sometimes mistakes get made but to just go delete the biography of Georg Totschnig when there was nothing there before or to mention how Davis Phinney was the only American to ever come close to the Green Jersey or to erase all of the career placing's of Henry Anglade these are all relevant things that I had to research and work hard on and he's just going through every contribution and deleting them.... All because he's mad about something and wants revenge it's like the mindset of an irresponsible twelve year old Raleigh80Z90Faema69 (talk) 17:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

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dear Zwerg Nase, i was visiting the project germany talk page and was lead to "Commons:Deletion requests/File:NSDAP Barnstar.png". I came to the battleground post festum, and i was glad so read your contribution and the final delete decision. I think few Americans know about the western European laws against nazi propaganda. Is it known in the U.S. that Gary Lauck (better see german wikipedia) was sentenced to 4 years in germany, and do the people who know it also know about the philosophy of these laws? I suppose You have a hard piece of work to explain it. Thank You.--Himbeerbläuling (talk) 21:05, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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.

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Happy Birthday!

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@Chris troutman: Thank you! :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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@SSSB: Thank you kindly! It was a long road, but it the end it was worth it :) Might be done with F1 articles for a while though... Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN 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.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
• Rhododendrites (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

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Hi Zwerg. I use this page to keep track of character count; it has to be between 925 and 1025, including the "Full article" bit. Edits and comments are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 18:51, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

@Dank: Hey! Thanks, and sorry. But I still need to rephrase it, this blurb makes absolutely no sense... Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for 1982 Formula One World Championship, "about the 36th running of the Formula One World Championship during the 1982 season!" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:43, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you for always acknowledging the work of Wikipedians. You are awesome! <3 It's my fourth TFA, let's hope there are many more to come! Zwerg Nase (talk) 19:03, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1986 Tour de France

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1986 Tour de France you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Stedil -- Stedil (talk) 16:20, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

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Catch-up

Hi Zwerg, hope things are going okay for you! Just letting know that I'm super busy at the moment, but I promise to get on the '71 GA. I'll get out books ready for the overview :) BaldBoris 23:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: No worries, as you see I am far too slow as well. I guess you saw my ping on the 1986 GA review? Just wanted to let you know that something funky seems to be going on with ProCyclingStats... Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:38, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

How do you mean? I've never felt 100% trustful with them but it's seen as the best on here for current stats... BaldBoris 16:40, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1986 Tour de France

The article 1986 Tour de France you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1986 Tour de France for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Stedil -- Stedil (talk) 01:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
• Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
• Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
• Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
• The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
• Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
• Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
• Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
• Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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Promotion of 1985 Tour de France

Congratulations, Zwerg Nase! The article you nominated, 1985 Tour de France, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

• The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
• Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
• Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
• Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
• Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
• Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Your GA nomination of 1986 Tour de France

The article 1986 Tour de France you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1986 Tour de France 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 Stedil -- Stedil (talk) 08:19, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021

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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

• The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
• Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
• Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
• Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
• BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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Mentoring

Hello, I'm hoping to publish an article and am interested in being taken on as a mentee or adoptee. Are you adopting this year? Thanks! Nellas Galadhon (talk) 22:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

@Nellas Galadhon: Sorry for getting back to you so late. I am currently quite busy with the election campaign over here in Germany, so I am afraid I won't really be free until October... Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:52, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: Ok thanks and good luck with the election. I found someone in the meantime.

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; 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 other contestants, 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. 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) 13:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Wishing Zwerg Nase a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:11, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you!! Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:07, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

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.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

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 WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. 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 2022 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of 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: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of 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: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

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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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Ninth anniversary on Wikipedia

Hey, Zwerg Nase. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 19:04, 14 July 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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Happy Birthday!

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Adopt

Hi! I am Wikiwow1102 and i joined less than a month ago and i am wondering if you are interested in adopting me. Wikiwow:) Wikiwow:) (talk) 09:33, 18 September 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) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Pantani

I think the question we need answers to is; did he leave of his own accord or did the race organisers ‘kick’ him out. This article shows he was kicked. [13] Therefore saying he was disqualified is more correct then he did not finish. Yes you are correct it wasn’t against the rules but the race organisers still disqualified him from competing. 16:50, 14 December 2022 (UTC) Paulpat99 (talk) 16:50, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@Paulpat99: Maybe "excluded" is the right term to use. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 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 at the end of 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: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:17, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

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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.

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1985 Tour de France

1985 Tour de France This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 28 June 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 14:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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TFA

June songs

my story today

Thank you today for 1985 Tour de France, "about the 72nd running of the Tour de France, the most prestigious cycle race in the world"! - I summarised my latest vacation in images (click on songs), and my recent musical adventures can be found here. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:01, 28 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.

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The August 2023 Good Article Nominations Backlog Drive is at the halfway mark, and has seen incredible progress, dropping the backlog from 638 to 359 unreviewed articles -- a 43.7% reduction in only fifteen days! But we still have over two weeks to go, and there are plenty of articles left to review:

• We've gone from 14 nominations 270+ days old and 65 nominations 180+ days old to 2 and 0 respectively. No more articles will reach 270+ status during the drive, and only three more will reach 180+ if unreviewed, so this is your last chance to get the higher age bonuses!
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• While there are starting to be clear favourites for the Content Review Medal of Merit, the field is still very open. A late entrant can still pull an upset to get the most reviews in the drive!

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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) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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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)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

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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) 00:41, 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) 15:06, 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) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything 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) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September 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. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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) 03:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC)