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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) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup & the Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive

Hi there, you're receiving this note because you're currently signed up for the 2022 WikiCup and don't yet have any points in the competition. As you may know, scoring any points in the first round is traditionally sufficient to advance to the second, and a fast way to get 5 points is to complete a good article review. Given that the January 2022 Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive is active for another 10 days, you might be interested in pitching in. Complete one review, and you'll be on to the next round in WikiCup; complete two or three, and you'll also be eligible to win some barnstars. As always, quality reviews with attention to detail are expected. Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 19:43, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

List of Italy national football team hat-tricks

Hi, there. Can you review the article's FL nomination and send there comments (or promote if necessary), please? Your feedback would be appreciated! Dr Salvus 00:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

List of plant family names with etymologies

Thanks, looking forward to this TFL on Feb 25. One thing: Plants of the World includes both seed-bearing and spore-bearing families. There are about 100 times more seed-bearing than spore-bearing genera ... but the spore-bearing genera have a more complicated taxonomy and completely different nomenclature, so in an attempt to avoiding overwhelming the non-botanists, all my genus lists cover seed-bearing plants only. You might or might not want to change "Seed-bearing families are listed in Plants of the World" to something like "Plant families, most of them seed-bearing, are listed in Plants of the World". But I admit I don't know the TFL blurb conventions, or how you like to signal what the reader should expect. - Dank (push to talk) 23:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

"These seed-bearing families are listed ..." is another option. - Dank (push to talk) 13:15, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)

On 18 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal between the Canadian and the American national soccer teams was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Olympedia and CJ Ujah

Hi there,

RunningTiger123 is not sure that Olympedia is a reliable. I know that Olympedia was created as a spinoff of Sports Reference and maintained by OlyMADMen, the same folks who maintained the Olympic stats when the data was posted on Sports Reference. Also, Olympedia has been mentioned in Washington Post, Slate, and Swimming World magazine. So I was wondering if you could help assure RunningTiger123 that Olympedia is credible since you have worked on a few sports-relate articles.

Also, I have some questions related to CJ Ujah's stripped silver medal and how it should be reported in regards to the 2020 Summer Olympics medal table. You can read my question on my featured list nomination for said list.

--Birdienest81talk 02:19, 24 February 2022 (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.

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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)

Today's featured list submissions overflow

Hi there,

I noticed that the Today's featured list/Submissions page is nearly full with 13 submissions listed. One of those lists {74th Academy Awards) has already appeared on the Main Page the day after this year's ceremony (March 28, 2022) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the event. Two other lists (Judy Ann Santos filmography and List of Hulk video games) have been selected to appear on the Main Page this month. I was wondering if you will remove the three lists from the submissions page since they have been already selected to appear on the page (The 74th Oscars already appeared over a month ago!) and in order to free up space for new submissions?

--Birdienest81talk 08:17, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

List of The Book of Boba Fett characters

Sorry, but why did you archive the FLC for the List of The Book of Boba Fett characters? I got a pass from the source reviewer and from the other person who reviewed the actual article. So how is it a fail. It also probably needed more votes though. ― Kaleeb18^Talk_Caleb 13:51, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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)

TFL on August 22

Hi Giants. Would it be possible to schedule mewithoutYou discography on August 22nd. The band plays their last show on the 20th. I would be requesting the 19th, but it appears that it is already taken. -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 14:54, 29 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!

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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

TFL List of accolades received by Marvel's Spider-Man

Hi there, thanks for the notification about the upcoming TFL, I just added a couple of suggestions. 1) I think it is worth mentioning the developer and publisher (Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment). 2) There are multiple options for an image including: File:Spider-Man-PS4-2018.png (logo for the game), File:Insomniac Games logo.svg (logo for the developer), or File:Yuri Lowenthal 2018 cropped.jpg (voice actor of the main character who was nominated for awards.  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 19:46, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game

On 27 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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 00:02, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

October 17 TFL selection

Hi Giants2008, thanks for selecting my FLC nomination, List of female chess grandmasters, for TFL. I was planning to nominate it at some point; however, I was planning to wait for a major women's chess tournament to occur to coincide with the TFL date. I also don't have time to maintain the article on the particular day it is scheduled for TFL. For those reasons, I would prefer to delay it appearing as TFL. Ideally, I would re-nominate on my own for some future date TBD. Thanks! Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:10, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

FL director

Hi. How did you become a FL director? I ask because I'd like to contribute to TFL. Dr Salvus 16:34, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 1 November 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) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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List of alismatid monocot families

Hey, glad to hear that. If you have no objection, the name will be changing shortly to List of alismatid family names with etymologies. Clunky, I know, but it happened because of points raised by Umimmak here, and you'll find an explanation at the top of the page. I pinged all the supporters of List of alismatid monocot families for their thoughts ... no replies. - Dank (push to talk) 18:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC) (Note: I subtracted "monocot" after feedback.) - Dank (push to talk) 18:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Giants2008!

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Happy New Year, Giants2008!

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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) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

TFL March 6th scheduling for List of Symphyotrichum species

Hi! Thank you for notifying me about the TFL scheduled for March 6th for List of Symphyotrichum species. Is it too late to requested for it to be rescheduled for late August or early September? I ask because nearly all species in this genus bloom in North American late summer and autumn (August through November, depending on location and weather). – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 07:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

For your hard work on Michael Jordan's wiki page

Thanks for helping me edit the Michael Jordan page since I'm not a confirmed user! SuspiciousPenguin2 (talk) 06:59, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for 1857 baseball convention

On 25 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1857 baseball convention, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that under a rules draft presented at the 1857 baseball convention, baseball bats would have been allowed to be shaved flat on one side? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1857 baseball convention. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1857 baseball convention), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

TFL March 10 NHL teams

Hi Giants2008,

Glad to see you're still volunteering your time with Wikipedia. It's been so long since I've regularly edited the site, but I still remember you being a prominent member of FLC 😄

There is a minor error in the TFL blurb. The Senators weren't mentioned in the blurb except in the last sentence where it's assumed the Senators were already mentioned. Instead of "Senators", I would replace it with "the defunct Ottawa Senators".

Best wishes,

--K.Annoyomous (talk) 09:25, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@K. Annoyomous: Long time no see! Great to hear from you again. I've made the change in the blurb. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's very easy to lose mentions of linked items when condensing a lead's content, and this kind of feedback helps make our blurbs the best they can be. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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.

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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

FAR for New Zealand national rugby union team

I have nominated New Zealand national rugby union team for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 02:16, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

TFL April 14

Hi Giants2008, thanks for using List of cities founded by Alexander the Great as a TFL. I've made some changes to the blurb, as I think some focus should be placed on the cities themselves—what do you think>? I've removed a sentence to accomodate the changes, but if I've gone over a character limit please let me know. Thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:45, 27 March 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.

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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

List of nitrogen-fixing-clade families

I'm guessing that this edit has more to do with reservations about my Kubitzki citations and references than anything else. I'll get to work on that. If there's anything else I need to be doing, please let me know. - Dank (push to talk) 17:48, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

All done. Kubitzki summarizes each book in an initial section, and that section provided me with the essential information in each case, so Kubitzki is now the only author for cites from those 3 books. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

FWIW: I have no preference on when to run these plant family lists at TFL ... do whatever works for you. - Dank (push to talk) 14:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured list/Statistics

Hello. First off, thank you for all the work you put in as the featured list director. Secondly, I noticed that Wikipedia:Today's featured list/Statistics was out of date, only going up to the end of February. Is there a reason for this? If it's related to you and your delegates having limited time I'd be more than happy to help out and get the table up to date. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Giants2008, I don't mean to be a bother, but I wanted to follow up on this question. As mentioned, I'm happy to help keep the table updated if you don't mind the help, but I don't want to overstep. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:07, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

@Hey man im josh: Sorry about that. Responding to this was on my mind but I let it slip. I've been the one, for the most part, who has been updating TFL stats when I have free time. Real life work prevents me from doing that in the spring, so I wind up having to catch up over the rest of the year. Any help you could provide would be a huge weight off my back. Giants2008 (Talk) 13:34, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

No worries @Giants2008, we all have things that slip our minds. I'll start chipping away at it later on today after I get through a few of my daily tasks. You just let me know if I'm doing anything you yourself wouldn't and I'll adjust accordingly. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

@Hey man im josh: That sounds amazing. Thank you so much. The one thing I should note is that I try to round the views to the nearest hundred, barring some cases where the number ends near 50, for which I round it to 50. Rounding had been done on the stat lists before I started doing them, so I attempted to keep things consistent. I won't object if you want to use exact numbers, but bear in mind that changing all of the old figures would be a lot of work. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:11, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

List of Sega CD games TFL

Hi there, I hate to ask but do you think we could slide this TFL a little later than July 14? I’d still love to see it as a TFL, but I really haven’t looked over this list in 10 years since its 2013 FLC, and I know that in that time, more reliable sources have come to light that can give more precise release dates in several cases. That’s not to say it’s not still FL-quality, but I do take to heart that a piece of featured content should exempt Wikipedia’s best work and because more sources are available than there were in 2013, I think I can do even better. Unfortunately I only have so many hours a week I can work on Wikipedia and I have a FAC that is currently garnering most of my attention, so I’d really appreciate a bit more time to absolutely make this list the best it can be. Red Phoenix ^talk 18:15, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Do we need another FLC delegate?

Hey, just checking in on your opinion. FLC has historically had three people running it, though the activity levels of all three have varied a lot. FLC is currently running just fine - we've actually had a good year so far in 2023 for promotions, and overall article/list percentage of FLs is rising - but we do essentially have only two people active, and have had for some time. TRM has had 73 edits so far this year (for comparison, you've had ~600 and I've had ~2000), which is whatever, but he also hasn't commented on an FLC at all since August; his last FLC closure was a procedural one in May 2022. He actually only closed things 4 times in 2022; before that his last close was in April 2021, which was his only one since summer 2020. On one hand, this maybe indicates that we don't need a 3rd person if it took 3 years to even comment on it, but on the other hand if the idea was to have a director and two delegates, we essentially don't. Do you think it's an issue? --PresN 01:48, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

• @PresN: It appears as if TRM hasn't been very active since being topic-banned from ITN earlier this year. If we assume that he will remain relatively inactive going forward, I do think it would be beneficial for FLC to have a third delegate at a minimum. One of the things I see throughout the site is that many processes are heavily dependent on one or two people. If those editors take a break or retire, the processes they are involved in can have issues if nobody is willing to take on the duties. I've been FL director for over a decade (can't believe I just typed that), and seeing this does make me stop and think about the future. If I was ever to take a step back from FL (not that I'm planning on it), I'd hate to think that it could cause problems for you and the rest of the fine editors working at FLC, or that a process I really care about could end up having difficulties. Even someone like you doing all of the tasks isn't great, as the person left "in charge" is likely to get burned out at some point themselves. I think the time is right to get some new blood in, if the right editor(s) can be found. Any ideas on who it should be? Giants2008 (Talk) 00:41, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

• I agree that its safer to have a bigger net of editors for FLC. I didn't have anyone in mind, though, unfortunately. I suppose we could do an election again. --PresN 13:55, 5 July 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.

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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)