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Wikipedia Day 2024 - January 19

Hello! Luiysia again :) Let's get together to celebrate Wikipedia Day 2025.

The meetup will be at the Wicker Park-Bucktown Library meeting room, and starts at 1:30 pm.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can find more details and add yourself as an attendee.

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Hope to see you all soon!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

kittens for you!! ^^

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thank you for all your hard work!! it is greatly appreciated ^_^ Ame ★ (talk) 22:44, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Congratulations on creating and bringing Misinformation about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season to GA! IAWW (talk) 11:29, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Misinformation about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

The article Misinformation about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Misinformation about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:Misinformation about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season/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 It is a wonderful world -- It is a wonderful world (talk) 11:43, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On translation of Draft:Ballad of Osman the Young

I did all the translations myself; the American Studies graduates here can legally be translators from Turkish to English and English to Turkish especially in academic matters.

Therefore, I own the copyright of the translations, and I grant you use them however you like. 𝙲𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚁𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗 (talk) 01:27, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cactus Ronin: since the original document you translated is from the Turkish Wikisource, can you first add your translation to the English Wikisource using this link: https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cactus_Ronin/Translation:Ballad_of_Osman_the_Young&action=edit&preload=Template:Translation_header/preload Once you've contributed your translation there, I can use Wikidata to link the translations together and to the Wikipedia article. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 01:58, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Meetup for March 15

Hello! This is Luiysia again. Welcome to everyone who joined the mailing list from our Wikipedia Day meetup! Here are the details for our March bimonthly meetup.

The meetup will start at Sipping Turtle Cafe, in the Logan Sqaure neighborhood, at 11 AM.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Transgender health care misinformation

Transgender health care misinformation has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Laun chba ller 11:57, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to participate in research

Hello,

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) 16:34, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 2025 US federal deferred resignation program

On 11 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2025 US federal deferred resignation program, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first-ever mass message to the U.S. government's two million employees was an enticement for them to resign? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fork in the Road (Office of Personnel Management memo). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2025 US federal deferred resignation program), 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.

— Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 8,761 views (730.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:29, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Sheetz–Wawa rivalry

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sheetz–Wawa rivalry 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 Pbritti -- Pbritti (talk) 20:42, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I noticed that you've been inactive for quite a while. I plan to add some additional comments and then place the review on hold. Pending your comment, I was planning to do a procedural close a week from today. Hope you are doing well! ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:32, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder, I missed the original notification of the review starting. Been a bit busy but catching up on things now. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 21:58, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back. Hope you're doing well! ~ Pbritti (talk) 13:03, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Sheetz–Wawa rivalry

The article Sheetz–Wawa rivalry you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sheetz–Wawa rivalry for comments about the article, and Talk:Sheetz–Wawa rivalry/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 Pbritti -- Pbritti (talk) 01:41, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

May 2025 Backlog Drive \| New pages patrol
On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:25, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]