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Hello Cwmhiraeth, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition began on 1 January. There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. 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 make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 15:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Crocodilia has been promoted! Thanks for your help. I couldn't have gotten it through this quick without you guy's help. LittleJerry (talk) 18:02, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's good news. I am afraid I was not as much help as I should have been. During December I did almost nothing except expand stubs to start class articles!

Do you have anything else in mind for the future? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:09, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. I'm semi-retiring from Wiki, at least for a while. I'm burnt out on major projects and have personal things focus on. Thanks for your participation in Manta, Starfish and Croc and good luck on any future FACs. (I'm assuming you'll work on salamander) I may attempt another FAC (likely a single species) if I have the time and energy. But that won't be for quite a while. LittleJerry (talk) 18:39, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, all the best for your personal things. Meanwhile, Cwmhiraeth, shall we attempt to put Crocodilia on the front page? It won't take much to condense the lead into a summary. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:34, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, Wikipedia has benefited from your FAC efforts over a range of important animal groups LittleJerry, and you will be missed. Meanwhile, we might as well go for Crocodilia at TFA. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:08, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He's just been awarded a well-deserved Natural History Shield.

Here's a first draft of the TFA blurb (maybe it needs pruning a little further): Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:40, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Crocodilia is an order of large, predatory, semi-aquatic reptiles. They appeared 83.5 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period. The order includes the true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae). Large, solidly built, lizard-like reptiles, crocodilians have long flattened snouts, eyes, ears, and nostrils at the top of the head and laterally compressed tails. Their skin is thick and covered in non-overlapping scales; they have conical teeth and a powerful bite. They swim well and can move quite rapidly on land. Crocodilians are found mainly in lowlands in the tropics, but alligators are also found in the USA and China. They are largely carnivorous, some specialising on fish while others have generalised diets. Crocodilians are typically solitary and territorial. During breeding, dominant males try to monopolise available females. The eggs are laid in holes or on mounds and in some species, females care for their young. Eight species of crocodilians have attacked humans, the largest number of attacks being by the Nile crocodile. Humans are the greatest threat to crocodilian populations through hunting and habitat destruction, but farming has greatly reduced unlawful trading in wild skins. Crocodilians have appeared in art and literature since at least Ancient Egypt. The story that crocodiles weep for their victims dates back to the 9th century; it was put forward by Sir John Mandeville in 1400 and mentioned again by William Shakespeare.

I have edited the blurb a little. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:55, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Shall we go for it at once or is there any particular day to consider (Steve Irwin day, Nov. 15 is a vague possibility, I guess)? Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:03, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I should have thought at once, before it weathers too much! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:14, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've put it there. So far only ColonelHenry has visited. I see that Salamander is making progress - would you like me to have a go at the myths and legends? It mentions fire already, but there should be some good quotes available, I think. Another article which could do with the treatment is Whale, though it might be a bit of a 'large' topic! Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good. I started on Salamander last year but didn't complete work on it. Your help with the myths and legends, or any other section, would be welcome. I have decided that I will try to bring some large article on an order, or similar taxon, to GA each month in 2014. I was thinking more about invertebrates such as Mysida (which I see has a splendid section called "mysid culture") but Whale would be quite possible. The trouble is, I view everything from a Wikicup point of view, and Whale is a high-scoring article while Mysida is a fairly low scoring one. This means doing Mysida early in the competition and Whale later when points are more urgently needed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Salamander it is. I think the Mysid culture is in an aquarium! Happy to go alone with Wikicupping, it seemed to work well last year, and it sounds as if Whale might happen later. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:00, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think whale might be difficult since "whale" is not monotypic but refer to several species that are not all closely related (sperm whales, killer whales and pilot whales are more related to dolphins than other "whales"). Cetacea may be better. LittleJerry (talk) 01:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right. We will have to think about that. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If and when I do return for one more FA project, it will probably be narwhal. Throwing that out there. LittleJerry (talk) 04:36, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be happy to cooperate with narwhal if you would like some help. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:54, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IUCN3.1 refers to version 3.1, which has not changed since 2001. It says what Least Concern, Vulnerable, Critical and so on mean. Some of these have a suffix of letters and numbers, which are also defined in the criteria version 3.1. For example for the Hyacinth Macaw, the criteria are Endangered A2cd, see IUCN website species page. Snowman (talk) 20:24, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth,

Pocillopora inflata is written in Pocillopora damicornis taxobox. I'm not sure to change that. Cheers/ --Hanberke (talk) 07:22, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noticing that. When writing an article it is much easier to copy another article's taxobox and then make the necessary alterations than it is to start from scratch. In this instance, I missed one change I should have made. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:00, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations. With a final score of 3,055 points, you earned 2nd place in the Stub Contest and by expanding Mouth, you earned the award for >1200 on the Wikipedia Release Tool. You were declared the winner at at the contest talk page. There you can find the info to receiver your €50 and €25 vouchers for Amazon.com. You did an excellent job, expanding 300 stubs is hard hard work and earned it. Mitch32^{(The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.)} 05:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I got more efficient at de-stubbing as I went along, but the contest about took over my December! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Cwmhiraeth, and thanks for your review of an article I've been working on at DYK. The original hook fact has now been removed from the article so I've added a new ALT hook, so I'd be very grateful if you could have another look at it. Thanks, Acather96 (click here to contact me) 14:13, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see that Sasata is expanding the article. I will leave it for a couple of days for things to settle in case there is more expansion. I think your ALT1 hook has too many uses of the word "potentially", and the proposed hook fact is a bit complex for DYK. You could instead have a hook referring to the smell of the fungus. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:27, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The DYK project (nominate) 01:22, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

I've done a little on the culture, but since there are 2 existing articles am not sure any more is advisable. What do you think? And do you need any help on any other section? Otherwise all I've done is a few minor tweaks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:57, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The culture looks fine to me. I'm polishing the article a bit before nominating it and need to read it through carefully - it is some time since I did the main work on it. Are you good at American spelling? I would prefer to change it all into British English but think it is inadvisable, especially as we only have a few species of newt in this country while they have hundreds of species of salamander over there. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:23, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. We shouldn't change the ENGVAR without good reason, and I don't think there is one here. I can look for the obvious defence/defense and colour/color type spellings. We could perhaps include a Salamander etymology but it's pretty dull stuff (unknown prob. Eastern origin). Oh, and we should probably move the refs out of the lead. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I plan to concentrate on it tomorrow morning. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've checked the whole text, changed a few spellings, and added some commas. I notice that autotomy and tail regeneration are mentioned in 2 places, haven't fixed it. G'night. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have now nominated it for GA, but I daresay nobody will take up the review for a while. It since strikes me that it should have an evolution section, which I will work on, and it would be nice to hide the cladograms as in Frog. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Crocodilia is an order of large, predatory, semi-aquatic reptiles. They appeared in the Late Cretaceous, and include true crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials. Solidly built animals, they have long flattened snouts, eyes, ears, and nostrils at the top of the head and laterally compressed tails. Their skin is thick and covered in scales; they have conical teeth and a powerful bite. They swim well and can move quite rapidly on land. They are found mainly in lowlands in the tropics, but alligators are also found in the United States (American alligator pictured) and China. They are largely carnivorous; some specialise on fish while others have generalised diets. They are typically solitary and territorial. In some species, females care for their young. Eight species have attacked humans, the largest number of attacks being by the Nile crocodile. Humans threaten crocodilian populations through hunting and habitat destruction, but farming has reduced unlawful trading in wild skins. They have appeared in art since at least Ancient Egypt. Tales of crocodile tears date to the 9th century, repeated by Sir John Mandeville in 1400 and William Shakespeare. (Full article...)

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Orlady (talk) 16:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth, could you please check to see whether Chris the Dude addressed the issues you raised, and continue with the review? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:24, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
• WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
• TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
• Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup 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. 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. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for unbelievable quantity and quality of content creation and development. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Worm That Turned submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I'd like to nominate Cwmhiraeth for this prestigious award. I nominated Chiswick Chap for his hard work on the Sea article, but there were two hard working editors on that article, and they both deserve credit. I've been holding off as long as I could so that it'd come as a surprise. Cwmhiraeth is a fantastic editor who's talents go far beyond that one article. He's written over 500 DYK articles, and many articles besides. His writing talent is sufficient to bring many articles to featured and good quality. If you think you've heard his name before, it's because he won last year's Wikicup! I'm proud to nominate him as Editor of the Week.

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Thanks again for your efforts!
I would like to apologize to both you and Worm That Turned that I did not get this out yesterday; I was busy, and then I forgot, however my delay was in no way meant to delay recognizing you for your fantastic work writing an encyclopedia. Congratulations! Go Phightins! 15:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]