User talk:Nomader/Archive 8

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I see that you are editing again. How's it going? GamerPro64 16:37, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

It's been going well, I'm glad to see that you're still around, Gamer! I've had a few hours to slack off at work recently and I decided to put it to good use. Hopefully I'm able to stick around a bit longer this time but my job's about to ramp up pretty hard. Are there any tasks you need help with for the project or articles you'd like me to help work on while I'm here? Nomader (talk) 19:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

I can't think of anything that is need of help in the project for the time being. I've mostly been maintaining Featured Topics lately. But in terms of article work, while I'm taking a break on working on it, I and some other editors have been trying to get Ion Storm-related articles to GA/FA statuses to form a topic. There's also Unturned that interests me. GamerPro64 21:38, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to pitch in! I'll also try and do some reviews for FC because I know how backlogged we are on that kind of stuff. Just send me a ping if you ever need help with anything. Even if I become inactive again, it goes to my e-mail now so I'll respond as soon as I can. Nomader (talk) 00:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Whatever you can do will be helpful. Thank you. GamerPro64 02:44, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Kudpung. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:19, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I clicked the wrong button. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:22, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for the note! Nomader (talk) 15:15, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Nomader. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

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Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

On 6 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from Lindsay Lohan would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game Herbie: Fully Loaded? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello Nomader, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 14304 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
• Currently there are 532 pages in the backlog that were created by non-autoconfirmed users before WP:ACTRIAL. The NPP project is undertaking a drive to clear these pages from the backlog before they hit the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing a few today!

Technology update:

• The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: T175225

General project update:

• On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
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Hello Nomader, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 12,878 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
• We have successfully cleared the backlog of pages created by non-confirmed accounts before ACTRIAL. Thank you to everyone who participated in that drive.

Technology update:

• Primefac has created a script that will assist in requesting revision deletion for copyright violations that are often found in new pages. For more information see User:Primefac/revdel.

General project update:

• The Article Wizard has been updated and simplified to match the layout style of the new user landing page. If you have not yet seen it, take a look.
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The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
• Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
• Featured List – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
• Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
• Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
• In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Hello, Nomader. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello Nomader, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 12713 pages. Please consider reviewing even just a few pages each day! If everyone helps out, it will really put a dent in the backlog.
• Currently the backlog stretches back to March and some pages in the backlog have passed the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing some of them!

Outreach and Invitations:

• If you know other editors with a good understanding of Wikipedia policy, invite them to join NPP by dropping the invitation template on their talk page with: {{subst:NPR invite}}. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.

New Year New Page Review Drive

• A backlog drive is planned for the start of the year, beginning on January 1st and running until the end of the month. Unique prizes will be given in tiers for both the total number of reviews made, as well as the longest 'streak' maintained.
• Note: quality reviewing is extremely important, please do not sacrifice quality for quantity.

General project update:

• ACTRIAL has resulted in a significant increase in the quality of new submissions, with noticeably fewer CSD, PROD, and BLPPROD candidates in the new page feed. However, the majority of the backlog still dates back to before ACTRIAL started, so consider reviewing articles from the middle or back of the backlog.
• The NPP Browser can help you quickly find articles with topics that you prefer to review from within the backlog.
• To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

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Hello Nomader, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!

The backlog drive will begin on January 1^st and run until January 29^th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.

Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:

• The total number of reviews completed for the month.
• The minimum weekly total maintained for all four weeks of the backlog drive.

NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

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Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Elite Forces: Unit 77 at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 01:06, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

On 29 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elite Forces: Unit 77, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in his review, IGN's Craig Harris called Elite Forces: Unit 77 the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elite Forces: Unit 77. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elite Forces: Unit 77), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:12, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Comet Ping Pong 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 Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 17:21, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

The article Comet Ping Pong 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:Comet Ping Pong for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 21:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

The article Comet Ping Pong you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Comet Ping Pong for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 14:21, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello Nomader, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
• We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

• We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

• ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
• Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

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Hi Nomader, I was doing research on which adventure video games are awaiting an article and I happened upon your incredible work on Lighthouse Interactive games.

I just wanted to send a message that if you're looking for a random project to work on, I've listed a bunch of articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests#February which could be of interest to you.

Cheers, Coin945--Coin945 (talk) 14:21, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

@Coin945: Thanks for the note! The only one that I know that I worked on was Undercover: Operation Wintersun-- I always wanted to write the article for the sequel but I've never gotten around to it. Do you find any of the games particularly interesting or weird that would be fun to write about? Nomader (talk) 15:11, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Hmmm, well excluding Undercover: Dual Motives, I'm a sucker for edutainment or murder-themed games, so The Adventures of Valdo & Marie and the four-game Virtual Murder (video game series) stand out to me. I'm also quite interested in foreign games, as they are generally undercovered on Wikipedia. (I wrote Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon and Tajemnica Statuetki). An example is The Ugly Prince Duckling. I like researching poorly received games as they often tell the stories of people who worked really really hard only for their aspirations to not be met; I feel like they can tell us as much, if not more, about video gaming and humanity than the successful ones (like Aurora: The Secret Within). Lastly, I enjoy working on rarer games (such as my article Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?), as they often had a fair amount of coverage despite not being successful at the time; often they are not fondly remembered by the public but they have a cult following - one which I'm currently trying to source and improve is Biosys. Hope that gives you an overview of a few fascinating types of games, and some specific ones you might wish to dive into. --Coin945 (talk) 15:59, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Hey, Nomader. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 12:27, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

On 2 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Command and Destroy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Command and Destroy's password save system was kept when it was ported from the Game Boy Advance to the Nintendo DS, to the annoyance of critics at its 2008 release? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Command and Destroy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Command and Destroy), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 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.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

On 5 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Comet Ping Pong, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the co-founders discovered at a liquor shop? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Comet Ping Pong. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Comet Ping Pong), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Nomader. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, and move subpages when moving the parent page(s).

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

• Wikipedia:Requested moves
• Category:Articles to be moved, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! —Tom Morris (talk) 19:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks very much for peer reviewing Mario's Picross. ~ P*h3i (📨) 01:46, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@P*h3i: Thanks! And you're welcome, happy to have helped. Nomader (talk) 02:12, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I put the article up for GA just an hour or so ago. ~ P*h3i (📨) 02:47, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Congrats! I think it's ready, I'm sure there'll be some comments for it. It's usually best if someone that wasn't involved in the peer review does the GAN review, but ping me if it hasn't happened yet within the next few weeks and I'll be happy to take a crack at it. :) Nomader (talk) 03:50, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Florence (video game) 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 Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 14:02, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

The article Florence (video game) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Florence (video game) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 16:41, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

On 16 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Florence (video game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Florence shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle minigame, which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Florence (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Florence (video game)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	For taking time to review my first GA-attempt ever and providing so many helpful tips, I hereby award you this token of my appreciation. You are really good at GA reviewing so I hope you keep it up. Regards SoWhy 07:17, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Ha, thanks so much SoWhy! I really appreciate it, you did all the work though. Amazing job on the article! Nomader (talk) 14:24, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

On 21 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jeb Bush was the campaign manager for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's first Congressional campaign? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

On 1 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the video game Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour does not feature the Washington Generals, even though they have been the Globetrotters' traditional rival for over 50 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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On 12 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Army Men: Operation Green, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Courcelles (talk) 12:56, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

• @Courcelles: Hey! Just a heads up here, I think the DYK update thingy here is broken. Should be Army Men: Operation Green. Nomader (talk) 13:09, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

• Fixed! Courcelles (talk) 13:41, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

On 13 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that users of Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner can send "G-mail" through the Game Boy Color's infrared port? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:31, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981 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 Legobot, on behalf of Spirit of Eagle -- Spirit of Eagle (talk) 00:21, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

The article Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Spirit of Eagle -- Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:01, 10 June 2018 (UTC)