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Bolding of "eleventh season"
[edit]Hi Happily888, I see that you reverted my edit to Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels: [1]. My edit removed the bold from the phrase "eleventh season" in the spirit of MOS:TITLEABSENTBOLD, which says, "In general, if the article's title (or a significant alternative title) is absent from the first sentence, do not apply the bold style to related text that does appear." Of course, the title of the article ("Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels") does appear in the first sentence here, and it is appropriately bolded. But "eleventh season" is not the article's title or a significant alternative title; it is merely related text. By the spirit of MOS:TITLEABSENTBOLD, this text should not be bolded. This is very similar to the example there: the phrase "general elections" should not be bolded in the article 1999 Nepalese general election.
In the edit summary for your revert, you pointed to MOS:BOLDSYN, which says that "significant alternative names (which should usually also redirect to the article)" should be bolded. But that does not apply here. The phrase "eleventh season" is certainly not an alternative name for "Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels", because many shows (and sports leagues and theater companies) have eleventh seasons. And, appropriately, eleventh season is not a redirect to Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels. There is no reason that the phrase "eleventh season" should be bolded here.
See also WP:SBE. —Bkell (talk) 02:27, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Having heard nothing from you, I have removed the bolding from "eleventh season" again: [2]. —Bkell (talk) 16:06, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2025 March newsletter
[edit]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disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia.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)
Official notice
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Yaksgawky (talk) 09:33, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Please stop undoing my edits.' Reverting my moves without clear consensus or valid policy grounds is disruptive. You are citing WP:RM incorrectly, and your actions are not in accordance with Wikipedia’s collaborative editing principles. I believe your reversions are driven by personal reasons rather than Wikipedia policy, and this behavior violates multiple guidelines, including WP:DISRUPT, WP:EW, WP:VAND, and WP:PMW.
For the case of Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney, WP:NOTRM and WP:SPNC clearly apply here. I cited her own team and her own Instagram which now use "Niewiadoma-Phinney". These sources are more than reliable, as they represent primary, verifiable, and authoritative information about her name. I could have also cited the major cycling database FirstCycling which also has her listed under the new married name.
Additionally, your reversions of my moves for De Brabantse Pijl (men's race) and Amstel Gold Race (men's race) should not have been undone. These changes were made in line with Wikipedia’s naming conventions, following the precedent set by similar pages like Tour of Flanders (men's race). This structure is consistent with existing Wikipedia guidelines, such as those used in naming pages for the likes of Visma-Lease a Bike, Columbia Lions and Breiðablik (sports club). Referring to your move review here is not relevant as those pages were not directly involved. That move review is clearly an attempt at relitigation and based on a technicality. Tour of Flanders should and could (by you) have been moved to a disambiguation page, which would have been a much more apt solution than opening a WP:MR.
- I already explained my moves as WP:RMUM reversions which are within policy. Any move which is undiscussed and potentially controversial may be reverted, a RMUM reversion does not violate any of the guidelines you listed. Rather, your moves while a MR is in discussion, probably does violate guideline. Happily888 (talk) 10:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- You are targeting me, which is one breach of policy. You may be entitled to revert moves as per WP:RMUM, as anyone is on Wikipedia, but that doesn't mean it is correct as per other policies. The active discussion is about one page, not the others, so no breach there on my part. Yaksgawky (talk) 10:43, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
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ITN recognition for Simon Fisher-Becker
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On 17 March 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Simon Fisher-Becker, 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. PFHLai (talk) 07:20, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Lazarus Drug
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WikiCup 2025 May newsletter
[edit]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)
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Edit summaries on edits
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Hi! I'm Servite et contribuere. I noticed that you recently reverted on of my Wikipedia edits on Division of Bradfield. Unfortunately, there wasn't an edit summary so I reverted it. The parliament has been officially dissolved since Albanese called the election. Just letting you know, it's probably best to provide an edit summary when making edits. Thank you Servite et contribuere (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
ITN recognition for 2025 Australian federal election
[edit]On 3 May 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Australian federal election, 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 23:33, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Reinaldo Herrera
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On 6 May 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Reinaldo Herrera, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Venezuelan-American socialite Reinaldo Herrera's extensive connections led to Vanity Fair employing him to work as a fixer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reinaldo Herrera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Reinaldo Herrera), 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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Concern regarding Draft:Heath Davis (director)
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Articles for Creation backlog drive
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Hello Happily888:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in June!
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