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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)
Moving from a closed template.
- @Gog the Mild: could I get a leave to renominate the article? I don't see the hiatus as necessary, as the FAC was attracting supports; it just didn't attract many participants. NegativeMP1 was about to provide his spotcheck and was positive of the prose. Skyshiftertalk 22:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- I am afraid not. The instructions state "A coordinator may exempt from this restriction an archived nomination that attracted no (or minimal) feedback." So the nom having attracted a lot of attention works against me being able to waive the restriction. I know how rough it can feel to have a nomination timed out, but this one wasn't moving towards a clearly stated consensus to support in the sort of timescale it needed to. Can I suggest pinging all the reviewers and asking them to continue working with you on the article while you wait to renominate. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:10, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jailson Mendes
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jailson Mendes 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 Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 01:03, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Delayed Virtual Self spotcheck
Hi, I just want to say that I apologize for not getting to the spotcheck for Virtual Self (EP) earlier. I was literally planning on trying to get around to it today had it not been archived, as I actually felt like reviewing today. If you try to take the article to FAC once more in the future, let me know and I'll try to make up for it. λ NegativeMP1 04:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jailson Mendes
The article Jailson Mendes 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:Jailson Mendes and Talk:Jailson Mendes/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 07:03, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jailson Mendes
The article Jailson Mendes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jailson Mendes for comments about the article, and Talk:Jailson Mendes/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 Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 21:42, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
The Lavender Heart
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The Lavender Heart is awarded to Wikipedians who endure anti-LGBTQ+ harassment in the course of their efforts improving the encyclopedia. While we may all do our best to laugh it off and not feed the trolls, it's important to recognize that words can cut deep, and to make sure that no one feels they're alone when they deal with bigotry and harassment. 💜 — Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 22:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC) |
What was done to you on ptwiki was a fucking travesty - you have my deep condolences and any support you ask for (including helping translate trans-related ptwiki articles). You do a lot of good work and rest assured it's seen and appreciated. Please feel free to add Minha Criança Trans to Transgender history in Brazil, specifically a note on it's creation, Mutirão do Amor, and Nikolas Ferreira's actions. All the best, Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 22:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist. I really appreciate it. Skyshiftertalk 23:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Every Night (Hannah Diamond song) 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 OlifanofmrTennant -- OlifanofmrTennant (talk) 03:45, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)
The article Every Night (Hannah Diamond song) 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:Every Night (Hannah Diamond song) and Talk:Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of OlifanofmrTennant -- OlifanofmrTennant (talk) 04:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)
The article Every Night (Hannah Diamond song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Every Night (Hannah Diamond song) for comments about the article, and Talk:Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)/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 OlifanofmrTennant -- OlifanofmrTennant (talk) 03:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
A barnstar for you
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for you Good work on trans issues and for standing up to TransPhobia... Davidindia (talk) 13:06, 13 January 2025 (UTC) |
- Thank you, @Davidindia:! Skyshiftertalk 13:09, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Women in Red
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DYK for Thamirys Nunes
On 17 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thamirys Nunes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes (pictured) created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thamirys Nunes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thamirys Nunes), 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.
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Your hook reached 25,892 views (1,078.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2025 – nice work! |
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DYK for Minha Criança Trans
On 17 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Minha Criança Trans, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes (pictured) created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thamirys Nunes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Minha Criança Trans), 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.
1=Launchballer 00:02, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy
On 18 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brazil's Ministry of Education threatened legal action against the Portuguese Wikipedia over the article for its minister? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy), 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.
~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Russian Roulette (Porter Robinson song)

Hello, Skyshifter. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Russian Roulette".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:26, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Sher Machado
On 20 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sher Machado, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sher Machado created a League of Legends tournament exclusively for transgender people? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sher Machado. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sher Machado), 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.
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Your GA nomination of Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy
The article Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy 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:Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy and Talk:Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 23:01, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy
The article Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy for comments about the article, and Talk:Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy/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 Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 13:42, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
January 2025 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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This award is given in recognition to Skyshifter for accumulating at least 10 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2025 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of Vanished (Crystal Castles song)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vanished (Crystal Castles song) 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 IntentionallyDense -- IntentionallyDense (talk) 18:24, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Vanished (Crystal Castles song)
The article Vanished (Crystal Castles song) 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:Vanished (Crystal Castles song) and Talk:Vanished (Crystal Castles song)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of IntentionallyDense -- IntentionallyDense (talk) 19:25, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Vanished (Crystal Castles song)
The article Vanished (Crystal Castles song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vanished (Crystal Castles song) for comments about the article, and Talk:Vanished (Crystal Castles song)/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 IntentionallyDense -- IntentionallyDense (talk) 04:02, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Not in Love (Crystal Castles song)
Upcoming expiry of your patroller right
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DYK for Jailson Mendes
On 17 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jailson Mendes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first pornographic film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jailson Mendes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jailson Mendes), 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.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:04, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
I'm God scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2025, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 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 user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! SchroCat (talk) 11:51, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2025 March newsletter
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)
New page reviewer granted

Hi Skyshifter, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.
This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:
- Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
- If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
- If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies
You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Hey man im josh (talk) 16:04, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Fourth time's the charm!
Congrats! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 18:30, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
- Indeed it is; a well-deserved congratulations from me as well! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:38, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you both Dylan620 and TechnoSquirrel69! Skyshiftertalk 20:43, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
Promotion of Virtual Self (EP)
Reverting edit to Bolsonarism
To start, I gave more than enough reason to remove the label "neo-fascist" and the WP:NPOV sources this fringe opinion has. To give an example, labeling Bolsonarism as neo-fascist is the equivalent of labeling Lulism as Marxist-Leninist (also unfounded in truth and unfounded from truly scholarly sources. I removed this label because it gives undue weight to a fringe opinion held exclusively by left-wing sources, and I am posting this here because your template on my talk page invited me to do so. I am simply trying to improve the page by removing NPOV sources. User:Hamjamguy — Preceding undated comment added 00:52, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in research
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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.
We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this survey, which shouldn’t take more than 2-3 minutes. You may view its privacy statement here. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, Sam Walton (talk) 16:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Doe Deer 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 Locust member -- Locust member (talk) 17:46, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
The article Doe Deer you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Doe Deer and Talk:Doe Deer/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Locust member -- Locust member (talk) 23:02, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
The article Doe Deer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Doe Deer for comments about the article, and Talk:Doe Deer/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 Locust member -- Locust member (talk) 14:43, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
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An invitation for you
Hi, @Skyshifter.
As you could see, I pinged you in my current FAC for some help because it's about to be closed the next three days. I pinged you because I assumed that FA matters are familiar to you due to your review in my PR. Just if my assumptions are true, your comments are more than welcome and I will appreciate it. I'll try to make it up to you with something you tell me that you need help if you get encouraged. Thanks for reading. Santi (talk) 01:59, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
"Where is Kate?" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect Where is Kate? has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 3 § Where is Kate? until a consensus is reached. Thryduulf (talk) 09:21, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
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