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On 4 December 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Stanley Pottinger, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 04:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Ingle, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Bkissin (talk) 23:22, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of John A. Tibbits 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! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:37, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - ignore this. My mistake, your nomination is good to go! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:39, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 04:06, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[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 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.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament 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) and Lee 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 from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John A. Tibbits, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John A. Tibbits and his law firm partner served as consecutive U.S. consuls to Bradford, England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John A. Tibbits. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John A. Tibbits), 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.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Staraction. I'm just posting to let you know that United States congressional delegations from Arizona – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 14. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:23, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John A. Tibbits you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 04:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article John A. Tibbits you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:John A. Tibbits and Talk:John A. Tibbits/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 21:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article John A. Tibbits you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:John A. Tibbits for comments about the article, and Talk:John A. Tibbits/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of An anonymous username, not my real name -- An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 16:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Violet Wong, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ten-year-old Violet Wong (pictured) received a gold watch after performing for General Chiang Kai-shek? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Violet Wong. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Violet Wong), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 28 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article M23 offensive (2022–present), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:29, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noticed ChiefPigger might possibly be a sockpuppet of the now blocked user ThePigBandit since their edits are quite similar to one another, both insert unacceptable images into articles such as the White House Press Secretary and both write unacceptable comments on their talk page violating Wikipedia's neutral policy. Suggest immediate actions if possible. Galaxybeing (talk) 06:06, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Galaxybeing That's what I suspected; it's in my report to WP:AIV. Looks like @Weirdguyz also opened Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ThePigBandit at a similar time. At this point our best bet is probably just to WP:DENY, but thanks for the work y'all have been doing; keep it up! Staraction (talk | contribs) 06:11, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great minds think alike :) Weirdguyz (talk) 06:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seems that we may be stuck dealing with this person for a while... [1] Weirdguyz (talk) 08:08, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
• Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
• MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. 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) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]