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The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Norfolk Island Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
  • South Carolina Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
  • United States Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

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Call for clue

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Oshwah, according to a box on User:Oshawott 12, you've adopted this user. Could you please take a moment to give him or her an emergency clue injection? See WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 June 29#Wikipedia:SANFRANJANBANSFRAM and WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 July 1#Wikipedia:CANSANFRANBANFRAM? and now WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 July 7#Wikipedia:CANSANFRANBANFRAM. Thanks. EEng 12:55, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

EEng - Thanks for the ping and for letting me know. It looks like Oshawott 12 just needs to understand that he can just tag redirect creations like these for deletion under G10 if done by sock puppet accounts. I don't see his creation of the redirect discussions that were closed as 'speedy keep' as completely out of line. He just needs to read and understand this part of the redirect guidelines and make sure that he cites a guideline directly when listing redirects for deletion discussion.
Oshawott 12 - make sure that you take some time and follow the recommendations I stated in this response. Read through the redirect guidelines and make sure that you understand them before listing any more redirect for discussion. This recommendation applies to anything on Wikipedia (obviously), but make sure that you ask someone for input or help if you're not 100% sure how to proceed or if you should proceed with something... this will save time and frustration for everyone. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:36, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I sure will. Thanks for the suggestions and tips. Oshawott 12 ==()== Talk to me! 11:05, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The King of Random

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Hey Oshawatt, in my opinion, all of the information you removed (with the likely exception of the merchandise), was encyclopedic and belonged in the article. And per some policy which I'm forgetting right now and don't want to look up because it's nearly 2AM for me, primary sources can be used in specific ways. I feel like the second paragraph of the controversies article, especially, belonged there. Thanks, WizardKing 07:41, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think that a Reddit post could apply as a source on a BLP page. As the WP:BLP page states:

Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.

I would assume from this that primary sources, such as a Reddit post, is a poor source then. Please correct me if i’m wrong. Thanks! ;) Oshawott 12 ==()== Talk to me! 08:04, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I believe WP:REDDIT would qualify. WizardKing 14:15, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If we used the Reddit post, 2 of the 5 sources would be from the same citation. In fact, the literal page you directed me, which I quote, says:

Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, usually in articles about themselves or their activities, without the self-published source requirement that they be published experts in the field.....

Your source is not an extremist view, nor is it self-published. I don’t think it would apply here. Oshawott 12 ==()== Talk to me! 14:58, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Read the section "Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves " WizardKing 17:25, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it may be wish to continue this discussion after the emotions have passed regarding Thompson's death. WizardKing 21:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

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The Signpost: 27 December 2019

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You can buy "cleaners" but you might not come away clean.
Active administrators and articles achieved are marking milestone metrics, but in diverging directions. Plus, the first time any court has found there exists a constitutional right to read Wikipedia.
Son of Wiki-PR.
Praise for possibly pansophic Wikipedia from a Nobel laureate collides head-on with real-world events in December.
Regarding integrity of information presented by Wikipedia, as well as the processes and people who ensure it remains trustworthy.
ArbCom election results and status of open and requested cases.
We may have scrambled the headlines a bit.
Customise your Wikipedia experience
Messages of holiday cheer from us to you.
16 recent papers, and other research news
A look at different approaches taken by Wikipedia's founders in 2002, as seen from the perspective of nine years when it was written; nearly twenty years ago now.
A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.
There's still a long way to go.
Eight years after our last interview, WikiProject Tree of Life continues to thrive.
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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. 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. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

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The Signpost: 27 January 2020

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How long can we ignore Wiki-PR?
You ain't seen nothing yet.
How to survive the asshole consensus.
Plus politics and other oddities.
The new arbs have a big load.
As only The Signpost can describe them.
The top 15 international photos.
Growing our community and our abilities.
Well, it's a bit subjective.
Everybody needs to make a buck somehow — just not here, thanks.
And other new research publications.
The first 10 years are the hardest.
A selection of good news and encouraging stories from the Wikiverse.
An interview with four members of the WikiProject Japan.
I may fall in love all over again!
A mentor to us all
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