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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. 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 make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC) Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Hello Enwebb: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 13:56, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Little brown bat On 15 January 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Little brown bat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the offspring of the little brown bat weighs nearly a third of its mother's weight at birth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Little brown bat. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Little brown bat), 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. Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 15 January 2019 (UTC)  Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for the calculation of the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot (talk) 18:14, 19 January 2019 (UTC) WikiCup 2019 ReminderHi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you have signed up to compete in this year's WikiCup! There are about 2 weeks left before the first round ends – if you haven't yet made your first submission, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 07:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of StellalunaHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Stellaluna you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. DYK for Oscar de BeauxOn 18 February 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar de Beaux, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar de Beaux, in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics", was one of the first people to argue that conserving nature is ethical? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar de Beaux. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar de Beaux), 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. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 18 February 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of StellalunaThe article Stellaluna you nominated as a good article has passed WikiCup 2019 March newsletterAnd so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all! 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 at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). DYK nomination of Jane Collective
Thank YouThanks for reverting that, got a little too casual and didn't realize I was messing those up. Thanks for all your contributions on here! Grillo7 (talk) 00:42, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Jane CollectiveOn 8 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jane Collective, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when arrested for performing illegal abortions, members of the Jane Collective protected their clients' identities by swallowing their names and contact information? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Collective. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jane Collective), 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. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:01, 8 March 2019 (UTC) DYK for Jane CollectiveOn 8 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jane Collective, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when arrested for performing illegal abortions, members of the Jane Collective protected their clients' identities by swallowing their names and contact information? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Collective. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jane Collective), 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. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:02, 8 March 2019 (UTC) DYK for StellalunaOn 8 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stellaluna, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Janell Cannon's children's book Stellaluna won a Grammy Award for best spoken word album? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stellaluna. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Stellaluna), 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. — Maile (talk) 12:01, 8 March 2019 (UTC) goodbye for nowEnwebb, just thought I'd let you know I finished auto taxoboxes and speciesboxes, so I'll be moving on to something else....It certainly was interesting to deal with personalities.....I hope I helped you and others to make bats a better place....Holler at me if I help you further in any way.....Pvmoutside (talk) 13:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Mags PortmanOn 10 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mags Portman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mags Portman), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC) DYK for Greg Owen (activist)On 10 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Greg Owen (activist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Greg Owen (activist)), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC) Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan hookHi, nice job on the articles. Just wanted to note that a bot might come along and shorten those long strings of authors in the science papers. Next time you might want to just write the first author followed by "et al." Here is the script:
DYK for Eileen ShoreOn 15 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eileen Shore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that researchers Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan discovered the mutation responsible for a disease that turns muscle into bone? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Eileen Shore), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2019 (UTC) DYK for Frederick KaplanOn 15 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frederick Kaplan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that researchers Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan discovered the mutation responsible for a disease that turns muscle into bone? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Frederick Kaplan), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2019 (UTC) NPR Newsletter No.17 Hello Enwebb,
Six Month Queue Data: Today – Low – 2393 High – 4828 Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:18, 15 March 2019 (UTC) DYK for Tom CadeOn 3 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tom Cade, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that conservationist Tom Cade was so successful in his efforts to save the peregrine falcon that it was removed from the US Endangered Species List in 1999? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Cade. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tom Cade), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 3 April 2019 (UTC) DYK for Nydia BlasOn 9 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nydia Blas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that photographer Nydia Blas has said she is intrigued by the use of photography to influence public opinion, for example the use of photographs by anti-lynching activists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nydia Blas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nydia Blas), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2019 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary
A tag has been placed on Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Jeb3Talk at me here 17:50, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Oriana Wilson
WikiCup 2019 ReminderHi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you are a current participant in round 2 of this year's WikiCup! There are only a few days until the second round ends – if you haven't made you first submission for this round yet, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 05:00, 25 April 2019 (UTC) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk) DYK for Andrew TallonOn 27 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Tallon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that art historian Andrew Tallon used lasers to collect one billion data points of the interior and exterior of Notre-Dame de Paris, which could be used for its reconstruction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Tallon. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew Tallon), 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. Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 27 April 2019 (UTC) Preciousbats  Thank you for quality articles such as Andrew Tallon, Little brown bat, Stellaluna and Jane Collective, for welcoming new users, for project work expanding and tagging, for disambiguating, for "cruising along all kinds of pages", - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Kathleen HiteOn 28 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kathleen Hite, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kathleen Hite, scriptwriter for Gunsmoke, accepted a job as a secretary at CBS so she could badger them into letting her write? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kathleen Hite. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kathleen Hite), 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. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 28 April 2019 (UTC) DYK nomination of Mambo (Vodou)
WikiCup 2019 May newsletterThe second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs 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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC) Speaking of bats...I just got Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Bats Task Force/Article alerts set up. No notices yet, but still good to have. --Nessie (talk) 14:20, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter
Tree of Life editors are making a respectable showing in this year's WikiCup, with three regular editors advancing to the third round. Overall winner from 2016, Casliber, topped the scoreboard in points for round 2, getting a nice bonus for bringing Black mamba to FA. Enwebb continues to favor things remotely related to bats, bringing Stellaluna to GA. Plants editor Guettarda also advanced to round 3 with several plant-related DYKs.
A March 2019 paper in PLOS Biology found that Wikipedia page views vary seasonally for species. With a dataset of 31,751 articles about species, the authors found that roughly a quarter of all articles had significant seasonal variations in page views on at least one language version of Wikipedia. They examined 245 language versions. Page views also peaked with cultural events, such as views of the Great white shark article during Shark Week or Turkey during Thanksgiving. 
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DYK for Oriana WilsonOn 12 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oriana Wilson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oriana Wilson discovered a new species of bat, which was then named after her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oriana Wilson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Oriana Wilson), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 12 May 2019 (UTC) A cookie of appreciation for you!
NPR Newsletter No.18Hello Enwebb,
Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:
Rosguill has been compiling a list of reliable sources across countries and industries that can be used by new page patrollers to help judge whether an article topic is notable or not. At this point further discussion is needed about if and how this list should be used. Please consider joining the discussion about how this potentially valuable resource should be developed and used.
Look for information on the an upcoming backlog drive in our next newsletter. If you'd like to help plan this drive, join in the discussion on the New Page Patrol talk page.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7242 Low – 2393 High – 7250 Stay up to date with even more news – subscribe to The Signpost. Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Megabat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. DYK for Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks)On 25 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tiddlywinks rivalry of Larry Kahn and Dave Lockwood is so intense, it has been compared to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks)), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC) DYK for Dave Lockwood (tiddlywinks)On 25 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dave Lockwood (tiddlywinks), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tiddlywinks rivalry of Larry Kahn and Dave Lockwood is so intense, it has been compared to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dave Lockwood (tiddlywinks)), 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. — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC) Nomination of Aglamesis Bro's for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Aglamesis Bro's is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aglamesis Bro's until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. DGG ( talk ) 09:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC) The article Megabat you nominated as a good article has passed May 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter
On 23 May, user Prometheus720 created a talk page post, "Revamp of Wikiproject Biology--Who is In?". In the days since, WP:BIOL has been bustling with activity, with over a dozen editors weighing in on this discussion, as well as several others that have subsequently spawned. An undercurrent of thought is that WP:BIOL has too many subprojects, preventing editors from easily interacting and stopping a "critical mass" of collaboration and engagement. Many mergers and consolidations of subprojects have been tentatively listed, with a consolidation of WikiProjects Genetics + Molecular and Cell Biology + Computational Biology + Biophysics currently in discussion. Other ideas being aired include updating old participants lists, redesigning project pages to make them more user-friendly, and clearly identifying long- and short-term goals.
Editors FunkMonk and Jens Lallensack had a very fruitful month, collaborating to bring two dinosaur articles to GA and then nominating them both for FA. They graciously decided to answer some questions for the first ToL Editor Spotlight, giving insight to their successful collaborations, explaining why you should collaborate with them, and also sharing some tidbits about their lives off-Wikipedia. 1) Enwebb: How long have you two been collaborating on articles?
2) Enwebb: Why dinosaurs?
3) Enwebb: Why should other editors join you in writing articles related to paleontology? Are you looking to attract new editors, or draw in experienced editors from other areas of Wikipedia?
4) Enwebb: Between the two of you, you have over 300 GA reviews. FunkMonk, you have over 250 of those. What keeps you coming back to review more articles?
5) Enwebb: What are your editing preferences? Any scripts or gadgets you find invaluable?
6) Enwebb: What would surprise the ToL community to learn about your life off-wiki?
Get in touch with these editors regarding collaboration at WikiProject Dinosaurs!
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WikiCup 2019 ReminderHi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you are a current participant in round 3 of this year's WikiCup! There are just over 2 weeks until the third round ends – if you haven't made you first submission for this round yet, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 19:11, 12 June 2019 (UTC) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk) New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019Hello Enwebb,
More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.
Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.
The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.
NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.
Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.
Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.
School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages. Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication. Stay up to date with even more news – subscribe to The Signpost. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC) WikiCup 2019 July newsletterThe third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 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, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC) DYK nomination of Josephine Groves Holloway
June 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter
Within the Tree of Life and its many subprojects, there is an abundance of stubs. Welcome to Wikipedia, what's new, right? However, based on all wikiprojects listed (just over two thousand), the Tree of Life project is worse off in average article quality than most. Based on the concept of relative WikiWork (the average number of "steps" needed to have a project consisting of all featured articles (FAs), where stub status → FA consists of six steps), only seven projects within the ToL have an average rating of "start class" or better. Many projects, particularly those involving invertebrates, hover at an average article quality slightly better than a stub. With relative WikiWorks of 5.98 each, WikiProject Lepidoptera and WikiProject Beetles have the highest relative WikiWork of any project. Given that invertebrates are incredibly speciose, it may not surprise you that many articles about them are lower quality. WikiProject Beetles, for example, has over 20 times more articles than WikiProject Cats. Wikipedia will always be incomplete, so we should take our relatively low WikiWork as motivation to write more articles that are also better in quality.
We're joined for this month's Editor Spotlight by NessieVL, a long-time contributor who lists themselves as a member of WikiProject Fungus, WikiProject Algae, and WikiProject Cephalopods. 1) Enwebb: How did you come to edit articles about organisms and taxonomic groups?
2) Enwebb: Many editors in the ToL are highly specialized on a group of taxa. A look at your recently created articles includes much diversity, though, with viruses, bacteria, algae, and cnidarians all represented—are there any commonalities for the articles you work on? Would you say you're particularly interested in certain groups?
3) Enwebb: I noticed that many of your recent edits utilize the script Rater, which aids in quickly reassessing the quality and importance of an article. Why is it important to update talk page assessments of articles? I also noticed that the quality rating you assign often aligns with ORES, a script that uses machine-learning to predict article quality. Coincidence?
4) Enwebb: What, if anything, can ToL and its subprojects do to better support collaboration and coordination among editors? How can we improve?
5) Enwebb: What would surprise the ToL community to learn about your life off-Wikipedia?
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NewsletterNice work on the ToL newsletter! Guettarda (talk) 00:01, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for July 5Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Giant golden-crowned flying fox, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Ficus variegata (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.) It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 15:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC) MegaloglossusI threw together a stub for Megaloglossus, as the genus is no longer monotypic, but it's pretty minimal. You might want to expand it (especially since you wrote the article on Azagnyi fruit bat that made the genus no longer monotypic). Plantdrew (talk) 21:54, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Isabelle StoryOn 9 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Isabelle Story, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Isabelle Story, a member of Eleanor Roosevelt's press corps, published a weekly column called "Chatting With The First Lady"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Isabelle Story. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Isabelle Story), 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. Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 9 July 2019 (UTC) DYK for MegabatOn 12 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Megabat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in two species of megabat, males have been observed to produce milk? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Megabat. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Megabat), 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. valereee (talk) 00:04, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
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