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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, GA Cup competitors! December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December. This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points. We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules. In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Some of the Aeolian Islands Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Aeolian Islands Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Tectonics • Helena Bergström Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 2 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Hallo i would like talk about this theme. Ottoman Empire won this war. The warplace was Chyrhyn and Ottoman captured it for 8 years. Petro took it again in second Russo Türkish War 1686 1700. Historiker123454 (talk) 02:40, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

What was "inappropriate" about the external review I posted for 12 Years a Slave? Please explain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theresa sf (talk • contribs) 03:42, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

@Theresa sf: please refer to WP:ELNO. And also, it seems like your account has entirely been used for adding external links to articles by the same author; you could benefit from reading WP:COI and WP:NOTADVERTISING too. -- ChamithN (talk) 04:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

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Professional audio – pictured is a portable setup of various live audio production and recording equipment Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Professional audio Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Aeolian Islands • Tectonics Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 9 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Some of the human organs Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organ (anatomy) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Professional audio • Aeolian Islands Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 16 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Ghanaian nationalists celebrating the 50th anniversary of national independence in 2007 Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: African nationalism Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Professional audio Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 23 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3 Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday saw the end of Round 2. Shearonink took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 499. In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an astounding 236 points, and in third place, Cartoon network freak received 136 points. Originally, we had plans for one wild card for 9th place, however it appears that both Chris troutman and J Milburn were tied for 9th place. Therefore, we have decided to have both advance to Round 3. In Round 2, 91 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased to a little over 6 months. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep decreasing the backlog. To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 has already started and will end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Also, we'd like to announce the departure of judge Zwerg Nase. We thank him for all his hardwork and hope to see him back in the future. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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A high school in Malaysia Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Secondary school Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Nvidia Shadowplay • African nationalism Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 6 February 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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The Sun and planets of the Solar System (distances not to scale) are examples of astronomical objects. Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Astronomical object Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Secondary school • Nvidia Shadowplay Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 13 February 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Växjö surrounded by lakes, as seen from an airplane Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Växjö Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Astronomical object • Secondary school Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Parallel goods traders queuing outside Sheung Shui Station in Hong Kong Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Grey market Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Växjö • Astronomical object Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final Hello, GA Cup competitors! Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion. In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog. In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Tandoori chicken Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Tandoori chicken Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Plastic explosive • Grey market Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you very much for supporting new editors. Campus124 (talk) 13:37, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

The long-legged buzzard is an example of a bird of prey. Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bird of prey Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Tandoori chicken • Plastic explosive Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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The Czech philosopher Radovan Richta (1924–1983) originated the theory of technological evolution. Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Technological evolution Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bird of prey • Tandoori chicken Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 27 March 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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I think you (and another user) have mistaken me for someone else who was vandalizing other pages.

"Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Nickelodeon, you may be blocked from editing. ChamithN (talk) 19:12, 24 March 2017 (UTC)"

I have not vandalized any pages here, ever, and I certainly did not go to the Nickelodeon wiki page, so I believe that you may have me confused with the wrong person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.9.213.21 (talk) 15:34, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, if you look closely, you'll see a little notice in italics about "Shared IP addresses" under the warning(s). Basically, what it means is that the public IP address assigned to your device is also shared among other Internet users. This is because ISPs usually assign dynamic IP addresses to their customers. So, in the long run, you might get notifications/warnings that are not intended for you. The best possible way to avoid this is to create an account for yourself. FYI: the warning was issued because someone made these edits from your IP address. Cheers! -- ChamithN (talk) 19:04, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Some Azerbaijani pakhlava for you! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_pakhlava :)) Campus124 (talk) 12:27, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

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The Remorse of Orestes, where he is surrounded by the Erinyes, who were identified as chthonic beings, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862 Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Chthonic Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gerald and Charlene Gallego • Page footer Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 May 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to 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 10 days of "earning" them. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, 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, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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People enjoying some leisure time swimming at an oasis Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Leisure Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Yolanda Saldívar • Lars von Trier Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 22 May 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Chamith,Hi

     First of all it's interesting to find another Sri Lankan Wikipedian, but my edits in the pageBlack July was correct as my father is a Major general in the army,so please correct it,No offence intended,I look forward to be working with you.
                              Thank You!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daham jayarathna (talk • contribs) 11:59, 28 May 2017 (UTC) 

Please take some time to familiarize yourself with WP:OR first. And also, WP:V and WP:RS. I'd specifically like to point you to the part where the policy says Its content is determined by published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors. Cheers! -- ChamithN (talk) 18:33, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Karl Pearson (27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was a statistician who has been credited for establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. Hello, ChamithN. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Statistician Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Leisure • Yolanda Saldívar Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 May 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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host with popcorn

Thank you for quality articles such as Maroon 5, United States and Kayla Mueller, performed in collaboration, for being a host at the Teahouse, for "has popcorn, and will eat it ...", - human from Planet Earth, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC)