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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I opened FAC for this article. Thank you so much for your peer review and kind words :). Camilasdandelions (✉️) 23:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of American Furniture Warehouse at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 23:10, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you today for The Voices of Morebath, introduced: "In 2001, the Irish Catholic historian Eamon Duffy was at the height of his popularity, still riding high on the success of his seminal work on medieval English ritual, The Stripping of the Altars. A minor character from that book is the main character of this micro-history of the English Reformation, with Duffy using the records from "a somewhat unamiable busybody" to contradict popular narratives of English Christianity. Despite its dryness, the book has had an outsized impact on both later academic works and cultural memory of faith and rebellion."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

And a "thank you" from me too for this fascinating article on a book which is firmly within my areas of interest. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:36, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both, Gerda Arendt and Hassocks5489! I'm currently on a Virginia history kick (for more than a couple reasons), but I hope that I'll spend some time in that general subject area again very soon! All the best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;
• MCE89 (submissions) with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and
• Rollinginhisgrave (submissions) with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 28 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article American Furniture Warehouse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it's "none of your damned business" how much American Furniture Warehouse paid Billy Carter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/American Furniture Warehouse. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, American Furniture Warehouse), 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 nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:04, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 1 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alphasida zapaterii, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an Iberian beetle (specimen pictured) is undergoing substantial evolution that makes it hard to distinguish from its nearby relatives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alphasida zapaterii. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alphasida zapaterii), 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 nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Charter of the College of William & Mary is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ruby2010 -- Ruby2010 (talk) 14:31, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).

Administrator changes

• Brendanconway
• Calmer Waters
• Hut 8.5
• Joe Roe
• VersedFenrir

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
• A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
• Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
• The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
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Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]