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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

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Hi, I am writing an article on a living person, but it got deleted twice. This time, I correct my all mistakes but I still want someone to read that before I submit it. Please tell me in that case: should I publish the article first, then ask you or send it to you here on the talk page??? Humaira28 (talk) 20:57, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Humaira28 You can create it in draft space or your sandbox, and then it will go through the regular process as before. If you have some targeted questions, feel free to ask, but I can't be too helpful without some more idea of what it is you're trying to do. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 06:43, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Last time when I submitt my article they say its looks like advertisement so this time I wrote with neutral words please see here that is this neutral: "Rachele Focardi (born July 21, 1979) is a global figure in the field of multigenerational workforce dynamics and the future of work. She is one of the six prominent women in HR. She is the founder and CEO of XYZ at work." Humaira28 (talk) 11:31, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I tried to paste it here but it did not paste. Humaira28 (talk) 11:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Humaira28 Having looked at your deleted draft, and seeing your text here, that is not neutral. I know that may seem odd, but Wikipedia has a rather particular style of writing which is much more straightforward and factual than most writing. I wouldn't necessarily say it should be bland, but it certainly shouldn't have buzzwords. Take "global figure." What does that even mean? Its advertising speak. Same thing with "multigenerational workforce dynamics." That could actually be her field, but gosh that sounds like a string of buzzwords, not an actual description of her. Like, is she an author? We need a factual description. Same for "She is one of the six prominent women in HR." According to who? I bet there are way more than six prominent women in the entire field of HR. The body had similar problems. This needs to be written like an encyclopedia, not advertising copy. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 17:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Is this one neutral: Rachele Focardi  (born July 21, 1979) is an Italian author, independent researcher, and public speaker renowned in the field of multigenerational workforce dynamics and the future of work. She is one of the prominent women in HR. (according to ICS Learn Human Resources) She is the founder and CEO of XYZ at work. Humaira28 (talk) 20:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Humaira28 "renowned", "future of work", "prominent" are all still buzzwords/promo. Also, the fact that she is a prominent woman in HR according to some industry publication is not noteworthy, or at least not noteworthy in the lead of an article. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 03:18, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Will you please review it and see ciations ? Draft:Rachele Focardi Humaira28 (talk) 18:25, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Humaira28 You have been told, on your draft, what is incorrect about it. If you have questions, you should probably ask at User_talk:Theroadislong, as they reviewed your draft. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 19:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do you make pages? --Mysterious cookie (talk) 18:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mysterious cookie What sort of article are you looking to make? The WP:YFA guide has some good starter info. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:19, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The last time that you wrote to me on the talk page of American Civil War, I was not alerted by email. I checked it, however, and replied. I'm writing you now just to let you know that I replied, in case you didn't receive an email. Maurice Magnus (talk) 14:57, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm honored to be assigned to you. Can you please explain to me how I create a page. Thank you so very much. --Jhgertz (talk) 23:31, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jhgertz What are you looking to write about? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 05:06, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to create a page for my cousin's rock band Violet Daybed. You can find them on spotify and youtube music. They're actually very good.

Thank you for the reply. Jhgertz (talk) 12:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen I will need some serious help in creating the article if I'll even be allowed to. I hope so because this band deserves a page. They aren't famous now, but they will be. Jhgertz (talk) 18:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jhgertz Unfortunately Wikipedia does not exist to make people famous. We only cover subjects which are notable, i.e. already known. That is usually demonstrated by significant media coverage in books, newspapers, news sites, and so on. If you'd like to help out editing in general, you're more than welcome to, and I'd love to answer questions you might have. But trying to create a page for someone you know is almost always doomed to failure. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:51, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So are you saying that wikepedia will not allow me to create the page? They already have a small measure of fame. 2600:6C48:427F:F192:D122:A1CE:1EDC:1E76 (talk) 22:46, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jhgertz Can you link me three news articles that talk about them? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 00:27, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I cannot, so I guess I have my answer. Thank you for your time and veracity. 2600:6C48:427F:F192:1424:899B:BFFA:E2C7 (talk) 05:40, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

please define relevant article. They have an album and an ep on all of the music apps. Doesn't that make them relevant enough for a page? Jhgertz (talk) 01:29, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jhgertz Having music is not enough. We're not gonna write about every SoundCloud rapper. We judge notability by whether they have media coverage. So, if there aren't books, newspapers, magazines, or some web articles about them, they aren't notable. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:24, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

don't be so condescending and arrogant please. I assure you that you are not that important. They'll be famous one day(not rappers btw...musicians and songwriters), and I promise you that you will be editing their page. Jhgertz (talk) 09:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello how do I create an article --ThawyjsymwynAtbntahjqwjjta (talk) 15:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ThawyjsymwynAtbntahjqwjjta What are you looking to write about? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CaptainEek!

New editor here, and I'm hoping you can help me with an issue I'm having. I've been editing the Wikipedia page for Tonj, an area in South Sudan. The first source cited links to a dead website, but I can't figure out how to remove the source itself. Is this something I can do manually, or do I need to post on the talk page and reach a consensus? I haven't found any particularly helpful resources on this.

Thanks a bunch! Ronnie --Ronniepfeffer (talk) 22:51, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ronniepfeffer So you can just delete wherever it is cited to in the article. Usually, you don't need consensus if you're genuinely improving the page. Though if someone undoes your edit, then you'll need to talk to them about it :) When removing citations, be careful about leaving uncited material. I'd try to find either a better source, or an archive of the original source. Just because a link is dead doesn't mean it should get removed; some work should usually be done to try to track down an archived version. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:22, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'm glad to be a part of Wikipedia and hope to be able to contribute useful information as I have been helped much and now want to give back with what I can.

I see some popular things that should have their own Wikipedia page including one of my favorite bands, Hotel Ugly. I see they have a page for their popular song but not for their band. Is this something I can recommend to add or could I help write something that can be reviewed on Hotel Ugly? They are in the top 350 artists worldwide since the last time I checked. I can site sources too. I look forward to contributing in all three languages as I see fit!

Thank you! --BenedictSaumann (talk) 21:06, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BenedictSaumann can you link to the page about the song of theirs? As for writing your first article check out WP:YFA before doing any writing, it's kinda complicated. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:48, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! @CaptainEek I'm checking out the WP:YFA and I have started contributing with small edits. I'm liking this!

Here is their top song: Shut Up My Moms Calling. I made a small edit on that article, I updated their current streams located at the bottom of this Wikipedia page as shown on Spotify.

Appreciate your help! BenedictSaumann (talk) 21:58, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i cant find any articles with actual mistakes all i find is Wikipedia giving me articles where it considers names as mistakes --Tucker fox (talk) 10:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tucker fox Can you elaborate a bit on what you're doing/using, and what your goal is? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day! Hi CaptainEek! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear CaptainEek,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. ​

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(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good afternoon, I'm from Kazakhstan. You checked the article Egov.Press which now needs checking again. Askarkos (talk) 15:34, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Askarkos It was unreviewed because there appear to be some serious issues with it. Please engage on the articles talk page. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:14, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--Lajmmoore (talk 20:21, 25 February 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Hey there! I found a citation that appears to be wrong in an article, and created this account to address it. Is there any sort of process as to remediating the wrong information? I created a topic in the article's talk section, but am unsure if there is more to do. Thanks!

(Absolute first time editing wikipedia, so forgive me if any of this is commonsense/trivial) --GrexJr (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 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) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes Sdkb The Night Watch East718 Isabelle Belato Mzajac Staecker Stan Shebs Sugarfish Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

Why RBCs do not have mitochondria? --Alis3653w (talk) 21:02, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alis3653w Howdy hello. This is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, not Google. If you have general interest questions, you may wish to ask them at the reference desk. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 05:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello CaptainEek, Could you help me expand a Wiki Article I am working on? Its name is "UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold". I made a rough idea of what the article would be and I would like to expand it (though would be at a later date). If you could expand it a bit and read over it to make sure its grammatically correct and the Infoboxes are all correct (as I am new to them).

Regards, Duck_Dur --Duck Dur (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Duck Dur I have moved the page into draftspace for the moment, as it has no sources and no real content yet. You may need to wait until the film comes out and there are actually some reviews for it. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello mentor, iam new here. I don't know how to put any picture on article.teach me that. Thanking KEmel49 --KEmel49 (talk) 21:22, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KEmel49 Please read WP:Image use policy, which covers the licensing requirements of photos (i.e., you can't just use any photo) and the how to aspects. If you still have questions after reading that page, let me know. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]