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Deleted content. See Talk Page history. --Mark Miller (talk)11:13, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It’s good to see you working on the Lahaina article. I hope you stick with it.Viriditas (talk)01:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion atWikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii § Campaign to upload Lāhainā photographs.

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	have an award! you've edited a lot, cool.Babysharkboss2 (talk)19:53, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mahalo!--Mark Miller (talk)07:34, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Industrial cooking ofmashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Mashed potato Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Physiology •Miss Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 28 August 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is availablehere. If you are interested in running, please sign uphere by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of thecurrent coord team.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Fishing industry Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Mashed potato •Physiology Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 4 September 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Hey there! I saw your name under the film section at the PR volunteers page, so here I am. Currently I havea PR open for an article I've contributed a lot on and am eyeing for possible FAC, so I am wondering if you're interested in giving some of your thoughts on it! It's definitely a few steps from being a solid nom, so I'm interested in input before getting to the actual FAC. If you're interested I'd really appreciate hearing from you! Thanks :)GeraldWL04:18, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup.Sturmvogel 66 (talk), andCwmhiraeth (talk)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue ofThe Signpost. Tributes can be left on David'stalk page. Election news: In ourmid-year Election of Coordinators,Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator,Miniapolis andZippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, andBaffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it'syour WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded arehere. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in ourJuly Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded arehere. August Blitz: In ourAugust Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are availablehere. September Drive:Sign up here for our month-longSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,Dhtwiki,Miniapolis andZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Juice for public consumption Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Juice Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Antebellum South •Fishing industry Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 18 September 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

${\displaystyle v}$ vs${\displaystyle t}$ graph for a moving particle under a non-uniform acceleration${\displaystyle a}$. Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Motion Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Juice •Antebellum South Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 25 September 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Chinese blue and white porcelain jar,Ming dynasty, 15th century Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: The arts Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Motion •Juice Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 2 October 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with thecategorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments atWikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on thecategories for discussion page. Thank you.Qwerfjkltalk09:37, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religioussuperstition. Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Superstition Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:The arts •Motion Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	It's my BIRTHDAY!! so im giving barnstars out to people who've been kind/and/or encouraged me to continue editing and being kind myself. Thanks for people the first and (currently) only person to give me a barnstar, it means alot. Hope your life flourishes.Babysharkboss2 was here!!15:19, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

An IT8.7 Target by LaserSoft Imaging Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Color calibration Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Superstition •The arts Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 16 October 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

TheWikiCup 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 theWikiCup 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 tosign 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.)Sturmvogel 66 andCwmhiraeth.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Logo for 3dfx Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: 3dfx Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Play (theatre) •Severe weather Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 13 November 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Institute for sports science in Japan Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Sports science Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Human-centered design •3dfx Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 27 November 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Hello! Voting in the2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. Alleligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

TheArbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting theWikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to imposesite bans,topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. Thearbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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AMountfield church in East Sussex Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: East Sussex Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Sports science •Human-centered design Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. I hope you are still active after all these years. As you well know, theeditor retention project was also created years ago and, like you, is considered active. The lights are on and the rent is paid for the foreseeable future. Stop by for a chat. It will be nice to touch base with one of the originals. Start a thread. Nominate a fellow editor to be Editor of the Week. It's still a good idea. ―Buster7 ☎

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for theElection of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for theSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listedhere. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for theOctober Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listedhere. Drive: During theNovember Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listedhere. Blitz: OurDecember Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis andZippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

Message sent byBaffle gab1978 usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk)20:54, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Online encyclopedias, also called Internet encyclopedias, are digital encyclopedias accessible through the Internet. Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Online encyclopedia Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:International trade law •East Sussex Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 18 December 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki . Cast your votesvote here andhere respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2023. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year.Hawkeye7 (talk ·contribs) viaMediaWiki message delivery (talk)23:56, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs: autotrophs use light, carbon dioxide, and water to form oxygen and organic compounds, mainly through the process of photosynthesis (green arrow). Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Carbon source (biology) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Online encyclopedia •International trade law Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 25 December 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 foundhere. If you have not yet signed up, you canadd 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 theWikiCup 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), andFrostly (talk ·contribs ·email). Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach. Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Antacid Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Fish slice •Carbon source (biology) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Visualization of one newton of force Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Newton (unit) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Shovel •Antacid Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 22 January 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Mahatma Gandhi with a young Indira Ghandi, during his fast in 1924 Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Hunger strike Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Newton (unit) •Shovel Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Various pâtés Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Pâté Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Hunger strike •Newton (unit) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 5 February 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 newcomerGeneralissima (submissions), who has one FA onJohn 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 onHö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA onDoom (2016 video game), one GA onBoundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA onHolidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA onOneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) andElli (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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uncooked rigatoni Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Rigatoni Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Pâté •Hunger strike Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 12 February 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 onJohn 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 onFelix M. Warburg House andDoom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA onHö'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 onHolidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA onOneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute toVami_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, fiveA-class articles, eight other good articles, and twoFour Awards. Vami also wrote an essay oncompletionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on histo-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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report Our2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Introduction Membership news, obituary and election results Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page Closing words – Your Guild coordinators:Dhtwiki,Miniapolis andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

Gabin in The Little Rebels (1955) Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Jean Gabin Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Abdalá Bucaram •Natural resource Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities sinceDecember. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-yearElection of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for ourJanuary Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for ourFebruary Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive: 53 editors signed up for ourMarch Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: Sign up for ourApril Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awardedhere. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers fromBaffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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 11GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? andCora 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 aFA about the2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drinkCapri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanistAnna 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 onWikipedia: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 fromgaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please readWikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Full rack of fifteen balls, ready for the break shot Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Pool (cue sports) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Antarctic •Fire safety Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 22 April 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

A crewed submersible used for underwater exploration Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Exploration Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Pool (cue sports) •Antarctic Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 29 April 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 45good article nomination reviews and 12good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from afeatured article about the2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, threefeatured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker playerJohn Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? andCora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76in the news credits and at least 200did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please seethis page. Further questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Papyriform columns in the Luxor Temple Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Ancient Egyptian architecture Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Exploration •Pool (cue sports) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 6 May 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Sun Management Center Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:News program •Tax return Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for ourmid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for theApril 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are availablehere. Drive: 58 editors signed up for ourMay 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: OurJune 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers fromBaffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

Turkish lira banknote Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: National economy (Turkey) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:State of emergency •Sun Management Center Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 10 June 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Field hockey stick and ball Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Sports equipment Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:National economy (Turkey) •State of emergency Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 17 June 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Breaking wave Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Breaking wave Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Sports equipment •National economy (Turkey) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 1featured article onDeLancey W. Gill, 11good articles, 18did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles onWorlds (Porter Robinson album) andI'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article onKNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article onGreat cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92in the news credits, and at least 285did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please seethis page. Further questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Mechanism (engineering) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Breaking wave •Sports equipment Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 1 July 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863 Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Ambush Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Applied science •Mechanism (engineering) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Cape of Good Hope (left) andCape Hangklip (right) in South Africa Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Cape (geography) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Ambush •Applied science Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 22 July 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Calder's Flamingo in Chicago Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: List of public art in Chicago Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Cape (geography) •Ambush Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 29 July 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Smiling woman Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Happiness Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:List of public art in Chicago •Cape (geography) Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 5 August 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

A fictional social network diagram Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Social experiment Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Happiness •List of public art in Chicago Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 12 August 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Director Sergio Leone (right) and actor Enzo Santaniello on the set of the film Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Once Upon a Time in the West Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Keygen •Social experiment Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 26 August 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

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 3featured articles, 2featured lists, 7good articles, and 13did 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 onGenghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article onSusanna 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 seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93in the news credits, and at least 333did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia: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 seethis page. Further questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is availablehere. If you are interested in running, please sign uphere by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of thecurrent coord team.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)06:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Caroline Islands Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Cancel culture •Once Upon a Time in the West Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 9 September 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following themid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomedMox Eden to the coordinator team.Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, andMiniapolis andWracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist ourombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be foundhere. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for theJune 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for theJuly 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for theAugust 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive:Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers fromBaffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinatorsDhtwiki,Miniapolis,Mox Eden andWracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Register your votehere by 23:59 UTC on 29 September!MediaWiki message delivery (talk)18:34, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eight gold Spanish escudo (1687), issued during the reign of Carlos II of Spain Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Currency of Spain Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Human geography •Polling station Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 30 September 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion isAirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion,BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place,Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are:Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points,Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points,BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points,Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, andAryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer 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.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited tosign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (talk ·contribs).MediaWiki message delivery (talk)13:48, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations now open for theWikiProject Military Historynewcomer of the year andmilitary historian of the year awards for 2024! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Nominations are openhere andhere respectively. The nomination period closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2024 when voting begins. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery viaMediaWiki message delivery (talk)04:21, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting is now open for theWikiProject Military Historynewcomer of the year andmilitary historian of the year awards for 2024! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your voteshere andhere respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2024. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery viaMediaWiki message delivery (talk)23:59, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Josephson voltage standard chip developed by theNational Bureau of Standards as a standard volt Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Volt Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Diurnality •Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/47/1 Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 2 December 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add ourannouncements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making surenearly everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited tonominate themselves or another editor to be a Guild coordinator (with their permission, of course) until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June. Drive: In ourSeptember Backlog Elimination Drive, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Blitz: TheOctober Copy Editing Blitz saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded arehere. Drive: In ourNovember Backlog Elimination Drive, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are postedhere. Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59.Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be postedhere. Progress report: As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,Dhtwiki,Miniapolis,Mox Eden andWracking. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

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Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Hello, Mark Miller. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Entomology Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Architect •Jetty Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 30 December 2024 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be foundhere. If you have not yet signed up, you canadd 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 theWikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implementedseveral changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receivetournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are:Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs ·email),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs ·email),Frostly (talk ·contribs ·email),Guerillero (talk ·contribs ·email) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs ·email). Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]