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Welcome, welcome, welcome Engineerchange! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

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Hello, I have reverted your PRODding of University of Michigan School Of Law, because PRODs do not apply to redirects. If you want to take any other action, take this to WP:RFD. Thank you, mwwv ^converse∫_edits 17:43, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I noticed that you added a PROD tag to University of Michigan School Of Law. I wanted to let you know that @Mwwv was correct. Per Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, Proposed deletion cannot be used with redirects, user pages, drafts, templates, categories, or pages in any other namespace. I also wanted to note that tagging redirects for speedy deletion, as you did here, with a rationale of them being redundant is also not a valid speedy deletion rationale. You are welcome to nominate this for deletion at WP:RFD if you so wish, but in my experience, I wouldn't expect it to be deleted based on that capitalization/redundancy alone. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:48, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info @Mwwv: and @Hey man im josh:, I generally stay away from this kind of maintenance, so this was new for me. I'll submit a RFD. --Engineerchange (talk) 18:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for referring the NPOV/BLP issue to the noticeboard. I usually just do copy editing and look for straight-up vandalism. This kind of engagement with another editor is new to me. I appreciate your participation. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 21:46, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Engineerchange for collecting more than 28.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's NOV24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 8,000 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt (talk) 17:50, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 23 December 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James E. Malone Jr., 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. Schwede66 23:48, 23 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.

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For you. Have a great day! (Acer's Communication Receptacle | what did I do now) | (PS: Have a good day) (acer was here) 00:09, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Engineerchange. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:48, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I am so so sorry for the lateness! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:48, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]