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Might come back when "they" stop EATING THE DOGS, EATING THE CATS, EATING THE PETS... Poor old Springfield.The Rambling Man(Been a while, I know......)15:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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check my talk today for two pics ofMargot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:28, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi The Rambling Man! On behalf of theBirthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you madeyour first edit and became a Wikipedian!Worgisbor(congregate)00:04, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] |  |
 | Hey,The Rambling Man. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of theWikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk)02:12, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply] |  |
The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20good articles and 48did you know articles
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9featured topic articles, twofeatured articles, and four good articles
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9good topic articlesEveryone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16featured lists, 1featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. 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)14:50, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see you like soccer… Could you help me to improve the article?ArionStar (talk)06:23, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled astoday's featured article for 21 October 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found atWikipedia:Today's featured article/October 21, 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article atWikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 2025. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlistWikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work!SchroCat (talk)15:44, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9in the news articles
Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including afeatured article onPhilippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9good articles, 28did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leaderRani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviewsEveryone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12featured lists, 98 good articles, 9good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.
In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).
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 –Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs),Frostly (talk ·contribs),Guerillero (talk ·contribs) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!
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Hi, TRM. I'm just posting to let you know thatBAFTA Fellowship – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page asToday's featured list for October 10. The TFL blurb can be seenhere. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or atTFL talk. Regards,Giants2008 (Talk)01:26, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I never thought I’d see you making less than fifty edits in a year. Hope all is well out there.Stephen08:52, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you today forManchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C., introduced (in 2020): "A dark moment in my soul. Everything Manchester United touched seemed to fly into the net. A record-breaking match which stood the test of time, only having been equalled earlier this season."! - My story today is about a song a friend gave me, very literally: inventing a melody, singing and playing guitar.Yesterday's was about a great singer, - dark moment that she died, but we can still listen to her voice. In case you like Barber better than Mozart, trythis. --Gerda Arendt (talk)09:58, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seenhere), are:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.Gog the Mild (submissions) with1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.Arconning (submissions) with860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
History6042 (submissions) with804 tournament pointsSammi Brie (submissions) with635 tournament points
TheDoctorWho (submissions) with386 tournament pointsAirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with373 tournament points
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with362 tournament pointsOur high scorers in the final round were:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviewsThe final round was very productive, and contestants had 2featured articles, 4featured lists, 106good articles, 5good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76did you know articles, and 9in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.
Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in totalHey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists totalAirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in totalArconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in totalA special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3Next 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 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!
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Look,today's image, -she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tatsu has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to thereassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.Z1720 (talk)01:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to get this to FA, and I'm doing a PR before a FAC nomination, but I'm not confident.
So I'm asking you if you could help me out with writing flaws or MOS violations that I might've done.
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Hello darkness my old friend, I have come to talk to you again...
I don't know if you remember me, or the Simple English Wikipedia. You haven't edited there in like 10-15 years. I just wanted to point out that you helped create and promote the articleIpswich Town F.C. at Simple English Wikipedia, where your edits make up almost 60% of all edits. It turns out that the article, which is currently a Very Good Article, is listed for demotion (seehere). Feel free to leave a comment, if you feel like it, you have edited there long enough to know how the process works.Kind regardsEptalon (talk)11:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
_transparent.png) | Hello The Rambling Man, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on thisseasonal occasion. Spread theWikiLove by wishing another user aMerry Christmas and aHappy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Wishes fromVestrian24Bio |  |
Clickhere to see the Christmas message I wrote...💞!Vestrian24Bio09:53, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Anky van Grunsven has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to thereassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.Z1720 (talk)15:55, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm looking to getGenshin Impact to FAC and saw your name on the list of people willing to be FA mentors. I got it to GA last month, but I'd like a mentor to get it to FAC since it'd be my first one. Let me know if you're interested.Gommeh (talk! sign!)20:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
