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Again, welcome! jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk • contribs) 02:51, 13 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Paint Drying has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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An article you recently created, Beijing 2003, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. — Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 14:49, 15 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An article you recently created, MicroWiki, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. ... discospinster _talk 03:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by K.e.coffman was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Does not meet WP:NORG.

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Hi Anonymous 7481, it looks like you don't have Wikipedia email enabled. If you're still interested in today's meetup, drop me a line at thewub.wiki@googlemail.com and I can send you the Zoom link. the wub "?!" 11:24, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very unfortunate to say, but I got preoccupied with school work and I cannot make it. Thanks for the message though and I hope the meet-up goes swimmingly! Anonymous 7481 (talk) 15:30, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 14:16, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Anonymous 7481. An AFD discussion has started for The Love Club (song). Please comment if you are interested. Thank you very much, HĐ (talk) 07:00, 28 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An article you recently created, Waag (river), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:01, 22 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Anonymous 7481, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 02:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! Anonymous 7481 (talk) 16:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 17 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maritime Republic of Eastport, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the neighborhood of Eastport in Annapolis, Maryland, declared independence in mock secession after the state highway administration temporarily shut down the drawbridge connecting it with the rest of Annapolis? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maritime Republic of Eastport. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maritime Republic of Eastport), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. A number of articles you have recently created link to the disambiguation page Ndebele language (you can see which here). I would assume, based on the language statistics of Mpumalanga at large, that these should all link to Southern Ndebele language, but I can't be certain. Can you confirm this? Lennart97 (talk) 13:31, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Lennart97: Thank you for letting me know! This is the second disambig I erroneously mass linked too. I presume it is Southern Ndebele language, an official language of South Africa, as the other languages listed on the 2011 South African census (where I got the data) are also the official languages. Would you mind correcting these links? I only have access to my phone right now and editing with it is incredibly difficult for me. Thanks, Anonymous 7481 (talk) 14:41, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done! DisamAssist works wonders for mass-linked disambigs. Thanks for the quick response! Lennart97 (talk) 14:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Lennart97: No worries! I always make sure to respond within one to a maximum of two days. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 01:41, 4 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Anonymous 7481! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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On 11 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Time in Kiribati, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that between 1979 and 1994 the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati were a full day ahead of the country's eastern Phoenix and Line Islands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Time in Kiribati. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Time in Kiribati), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 11 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cool! Anonymous 7481 (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Yo Yo Alok King (Yo Yo Alok King (requested 2021.07.11) is a Rapper& Actor from Mumbai, India. He started his musical journey in 2012. when he was in School and formed a Band and made many tracks. He grew up listening to Indian music as he is born in India so he had his first musical exposure to Indian music only. He got inspired from rappers like Yo Yo Honey Singh, Badshah, Raftaar and many more. But after few years he started listening to English music and explored many genres of music like Pop, Hip-hop, Rock, Latin music and Chinese music etc. It was tough with no financial support as he belongs to a middle class family and had no one with any connection to music. He struggled a lot for almost a decade but kept moving forward.“Yo Yo Alok King” is a gifted rapper with a soulful voice and truthful music. Notable music include Apna Time Ayga, Rapper Ban Gaya, and [1]. He is also the founder of the Alexander Balvis Productions a film production company .

I may not be able to help to create it unfortunately as neither music nor biographies are my expertise. But if this is about yourself, I strongly recommend reading Wikipedia's guidelines on autobiographies and notability policies for musical artists. Wikipedia is somewhat strict on what articles may remain, as every article on must meet its verifiability and notability criteria. I see you already added the article to requested articles, which is a good start to getting it created! Anonymous 7481 (talk) 14:58, 11 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Noticed you made the redirect a few weeks ago but it redirects to the page for time in the UK -> British territories, which doesn't seem right because despite Abidjan being in GMT+0 it's not a British territory. Not sure what it SHOULD be changed to, so just letting you know so you can change it. --50.72.215.179 (talk) 04:51, 31 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for kindly notifing me! I have no idea how I managed to do that as Abidjan is a city in Côte d'Ivoire and it should (per the zone.tab database) redirect to Time in Ivory Coast which I have yet to create. LunaEatsTuna (talk) 15:42, 31 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Short Description Barnstar
		Thanks for joining the collaboration to add short descriptions to all good articles; you've helped them live up to their moniker! Cheers, ((u|Sdkb)) talk 19:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you <3 LunaEatsTuna (talk) 22:58, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Australia/Lord Howe. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 23#Australia/Lord Howe until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Note I have nominated several similar "Australia/" redirects at once. A7V2 (talk) 04:20, 23 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Judge for Yourself. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 5#Judge for Yourself until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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hello, please add to the 50th place of the ranking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_TikTok_accounts account @ondymikula with more than 30m, social media personality, czech republic Ondrazek1 (talk) 06:44, 29 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Time in Finland you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 10:41, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Time in Finland you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Time in Finland for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 14:01, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, I will check it out right now! LunaEatsTuna (talk) 14:03, 3 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice one it was fun working with you! Mujinga (talk) 23:56, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Likewise! Happy editing, LunaEatsTuna (talk) 13:37, 6 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay I get it MediaWiki LunaEatsTuna (talk) 15:16, 5 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Time in Finland you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Time in Finland for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 00:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The WikiProject Film Award
		I, FormalDude, hereby award LunaEatsTuna the WikiProject Film Award for his valued contributions to WikiProject Film. Awarded 12:05, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

––FormalDude talk 12:05, 21 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much! ILY <3 LunaEatsTuna (talk) 17:31, 21 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your contributions to Wikipedia. I am looking forward to welcoming you back to MicroWiki! Mattplaysthedrums (talk) 03:21, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Aww – Thank you so much!! LunaEatsTuna (talk) 22:24, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 2 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Time in Svalbard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite experiencing midnight sun and polar night, Svalbard observes daylight saving time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Time in Svalbard. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Time in Svalbard), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Time in Iceland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ciridae (talk) 11:53, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 18 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Svalbard Minute by Minute, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Svalbard Minute by Minute, a 221-hour-long television broadcast, is credited with increasing tourism in Svalbard by 25 percent? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Svalbard Minute by Minute. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Svalbard Minute by Minute), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 23 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Time in Iceland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Iceland's time zone might have a negative health effect on citizens? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Time in Iceland. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Time in Iceland), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Walk of Health at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Fritzmann (message me) 21:51, 26 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On it. LunaEatsTuna (talk) 00:15, 27 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 9 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Walk of Health, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that dictator Saparmurat Niyazov made his officials walk a mountain path every year while he flew the route in a helicopter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Walk of Health. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Walk of Health), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

— Maile (talk) 12:03, 9 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Congratulations, LunaEatsTuna! The article you nominated, Time in Finland, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

<3 LunaEatsTuna (talk) 00:18, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 16:24, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Blood definitely. Thank you so much Gog the Mild!

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dang I have never seen a talk page message authored by two users at the same time before 0.o 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 01:38, 4 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kevin Baugh is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Baugh (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

BusterD (talk) 18:10, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@BusterD: You appear to have mistakenly marked Republic of Molossia for deletion after an editor boldly redirected Baugh. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:12, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are correct. My browser stalled while another admin took bold action. If you can live with it, I'd prefer we keep all the Baugh stuff with the only reason he's notable, his micronation. If push comes to shove, I'll renominate Baugh. It's a BLP bio magnet. I do appreciate your work with micronations but when it spills into BLPs I am required to take such things seriously. BusterD (talk) 18:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

those admins am I right My main logic to justify the article's existence was him also being known for creating MicroCon (which has its own article), but I agree it is closely-related to Molossia, and also re-looking at the sources cited none of them mention Baugh explicitly (with some's reliability questionable at that). 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 19:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What caught my eye were the children's names and when an ip reverted my removal, I decided to escalate, perhaps rashly. I performed a BEFORE and saw what you've commented above. I don't know this field of study and I'll admit there's some reason NOT to consider such figures as merely comical. Apologies to you and I appreciate your collegiality. By boldly redirecting, User:Ohnoitsjamie has left no obstacle for you to return this subject to mainspace once more specific sources are applied. BusterD (talk) 19:31, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for your thoughtfulness :) 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 22:18, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Tuna for Luna!
	I came across your username, and it is honestly one of the greatest things I have seen on the internet. I hope Luna likes this Tuna! — The Most Comfortable Chair 20:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much; your kind message is making me blush! The tuna was very delicious, and the green beans and tomatoes were perfectly complementary :D Additionally, thanks for the Polish book source for MicroWiki (I had a draft for that three years ago when I was in my Wikipedia infancy) and great work on your other recent contributions to AfC! That backlog is quite large. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 00:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for the encouragement! I have been overly cautious with my AfC reviews — first day on the job. The list of articles you have created is so diverse and extensive; the effort and time you must have put in is very impressive! — The Most Comfortable Chair 07:58, 17 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

From stalking skimming through your recent contributions at AfC, they honestly look great thus far! Nice work for a first day. And I greatly appreciate your compliments – content creation (especially researching and writing) is immensely fun for me! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 20:33, 17 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reading your work is fun too! I haven't even heard about most of those films, and I love the sort of films you have written about — my to-watch list is substantially longer now. I also have a new favorite Wikipedia article. — The Most Comfortable Chair 13:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glad you like them! That jocular masterpiece was my first article not to be deleted, and even after all my other page creations I believe it is still somehow my most popular in terms of page views. The Walk of Health is also a strange one. Throwback to my username, may I ask where "The Most Comfortable Chair" comes from? It is certainly an intriguing one to say the least ^^ 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 15:33, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I really adore chairs :D For the phrase "the most comfortable chair" — it is something my granddad used to say when we had our evening tea together. We would watch the sunset and he would talk about his past adventures or complain about the government. He would insist that we sit on recliners, and would go out of his ways to ensure that we sit on "the most comfortable chair" that is available to us. He taught me to look for them wherever I go — pubs or fine dining — because according to him: the overall quality of things you experience in life is directly proportional to how comfortable your chair is. Cannot say that he is wrong though! He raised me and was my best friend for a long long time — this is in his memory :) — The Most Comfortable Chair 16:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That is such a sweet and sincere story! Definitely a cleverly meaningful choice for a username :D And I can certainly agree with that to a large extent; sitting on a less than ideal chair makes editing a strenuous task. I have lost track of the number of colons needed to reply – would you perhaps be interested in convening over a different social media? I enjoy our conversations :3 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:56, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sure thing! Emailing you. — The Most Comfortable Chair 19:30, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is to let you know that the Time in Finland article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 7, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 7, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:58, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks? Thank you! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 23:05, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

time in place

Thank you for quality articles about timekeeping around the world, such as Time in Finland and Time in Iceland, for articles about children's film, for your famous Paint Drying, all diligently listed, - for your taste for tuna and beans, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2748 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry for the late reply, I am lost for words! Thank you Arendt, this means a lot to me :D 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 20:26, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

nice to meet you, and very welcome! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello LunaEatsTuna,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000^[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.^[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

Backlog drive

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

There is a new template available, ((NPP backlog)), to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 9085 articles, as of 12:00, 14 February 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

Reminders

• Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
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Notes

1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
2. ^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New Page Patrol | July 2022 Backlog Drive
On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

BennyOnTheLoose got 746 points on snooker?! Lee Vilenski has some competition… 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 21:22, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This award is given to LunaEatsTuna for 15 reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:17, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, though I really wish I could have done more.. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 09:23, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello LunaEatsTuna,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination

MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF

The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

TIP - Reviewing by subject

Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers

The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.

Reminders

• Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
• If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing ((subst:NPR invite)) on their talk page.
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Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, 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 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Bro you sent ==WikiCup 2022 September newsletter== twice 💀 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 13:42, 3 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 03:52, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Let me watch their statement videos… 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 04:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

…finally done! It seems I was watching it on x0.2 speed by accident! Anyways, I have finally voted. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 14:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, do you think that you could add entries to disappeared lists. I have my hands full with editing and can only do so much at a time. I would be very thankful for any help that you could give me. Davidgoodheart (talk) 19:28, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glimpsing at your userpage, I presume you mean disappeared persons lists? I am not sure why you have asked me; as I unfortunately do not edit such articles—nor biographies nor lists for that matter—so I am afraid I may not be able to help you. Even with adding entries to disappeared lists; I am not all too familiar with tracking categories and locating articles for associated lists. Have you perhaps reached out to any WikiProjects for help with this task? 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 20:21, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

hello good to see another person who believes in the sovereign God im a calvinist as well orthodox presbyterian. Was wondering why you changed my edit and if there was a better place to put it. I am new to editing and just trying to add to some subjects I know about. Brycelpro89 (talk) 02:41, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Brycelpro89: Thanks for your interest in editing Wikipedia! The section § List of micronations states in text hidden from reader mode "Please do not insert your own micronation here or one that is not noteworthy." On Wikipedia, one of its main polices on whether or not articles can stay is notability; essentially, any topic one wishes to write an article on must be deemed notable enough, usually through coverage from sources independent of the topic. Almost all micronations listed on Wikipedia are mentioned in numerous news publications from reputable sources or in published works, for instance Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline is a helpful guide for new editors. Only citing an official website—a non-independent source—is not sufficient enough to establish this notability. Additionally, it is great to see a fellow Calvinist! Happy Sunday in my time zone :) 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 02:50, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thank you so much just thought it may be notable I also noticed that pikeland and the principality of the northern forests were on there though they may have not achieved mass news coverage they have bought alot of land and made interesting strides twords independence. Happy Sunday have a blessed day! Brycelpro89 (talk) 02:59, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 14 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Costume for Nicholas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the young protagonist of A Costume for Nicholas has Down syndrome, as does his portrayer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Costume for Nicholas. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, A Costume for Nicholas), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 14 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I saw that you changed the page micronations entirely. Fantastic, this looks much better! Delle89 (talk) 09:51, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks so much! I had been meaning to work on it for quite some time now; it is a very interesting topic so it was unfortunate to see the article in such poor shape. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 19:38, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hiya I came back to check on Talk:Squatting in Albania/GA3 and I see it's done and dusted. Cheers for the review, third time is the charm :) Hope to see you around, are you still busy with 'Time in X' articles? The 'Squatting in X' project is still ongoing but has slowed somewhat - I'll make a fresh push in 2023. All the best, Mujinga (talk) 22:01, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am! But like you, I have also slowed down a little bit. I finished creating Time in X articles for Africa and most of the Americas. Some are larger than others—I got lucky with the sourcing for Time in Nigeria for instance. With that, I plan on expanding them and nominating some for good article status during the 2023 WikiCup :0 I saw you had a few other Squatting in X GAs this year; nice work! I wish you all the best in continuing to improve the currently underrepresented coverage of this subject on Wikipedia. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 23:27, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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On 3 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Paint Drying, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a British filmmaker forced the British Board of Film Classification to watch paint drying for ten hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paint Drying. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Paint Drying), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 3 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Funniest DYK I have authored yet! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 00:25, 3 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 14,759 views (615.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of December 2022 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 10:49, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

YO 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 04:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

made me smile a lot! :) Double sharp (talk) 03:33, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Daww—thanks for noticing! Maybe I will complete the other years one day… 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 04:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Also, Turkmen? That's an interesting choice of language to learn! What source are you learning/did you learn from? :D Double sharp (talk) 04:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sources can be fairly scare, but there are a few YouTube videos and books on learning Turkmen—I found Turkmen: Turkmen-English, English-Turkmen Dictionary and Phrasebook particularly helpful, while Live Lingua has a decent (albeit short) audio course on the language and a basic pronunciation and phrase pdf that has been aiding me! I chose to learn Turkmen because I love their people's culture and it is a unique language that almost nobody else speaks :) 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 05:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the links! I wish you the best in learning Turkmen. :) Do you get many opportunities to practice? I don't imagine Turkmenistan is easy to visit. :( Double sharp (talk) 05:20, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! And yep, it is unfortunately quite difficult to get a visa to visit Turkmenistan, and I have not really found many online Turkmen communities outside of Facebook—which I do not use. Luckily we have Turkmen Wikipedia though, so I can desperately try to read their articles and see how I do! :P 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 05:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good luck! You've essentially inspired me to start looking into Uzbek (though I should probably learn more about Turkish that I've already started first, so as not to get hopelessly confused learning both together :D). Double sharp (talk) 16:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glad I could help! In addition, since Uzbek is also a Turkic language perhaps learning Turkish first might also prove helpful in learning Uzbek! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 23:12, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, Turkish and Persian were on my to-do-list first, and both would likely be useful. I just don't really want to confuse myself learning two closely related languages simultaneously, so I'll probably get to Uzbek later, but it's on my list now. :) Double sharp (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year!

LunaEatsTuna,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding ((subst:Happy New Year fireworks)) to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much, @Abishe: I wish you a Happy New Year as well, and may 2023 be very prosperous for you! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 17:29, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

January songs

happy new year

Thank you for good wishes for 2023 - good company! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

D'awwww—thank you for the ever so kind response! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:42, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Back from vacation - Melitta Muszely died, RIP - the other story is 10 years old OTD ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

RIP indeed, glad to see it appears she lead an eventful and joyous life. And woah, time flies, does it not? I really hope I will continue to be active on Wikipedia for at least a decade :0 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:44, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Paint Drying you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 22:21, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Paint Drying you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Paint Drying and Talk:Paint Drying/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Paint Drying you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Paint Drying for comments about the article, and Talk:Paint Drying/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 20:16, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just wanted to say one more thanks for your GA review of Guns into Plowshares! That was my first experience with that process, and you made it nice and easy. I've been reading some of your articles, too, and they set an excellent bar. It's nice to have editors to aspire to! Gratefully, — Brian (talk) 13:14, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why, thank you! I am flattered and glad that you found my review helpful and informative. Would love to see you nominate some more articles throughout the forthcoming year! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:40, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey Luna,

I will not dispute you on the merits of Garfield's reliability; it appears the consensus is that chicago-l.org is "good enough" for DYKs and minor details on FAs, but cannot be used as the major source for the latter, something I am content with and understand.

More importantly, I have over the past couple of months found better sources, including most notably Moffat. While I can't completely eradicate Garfield, especially on minor points, I can change the sourcing as I have here. Do you think it is possible to reopen the GAR pending these developments, rather than having to go through the trouble of nominating it yet again?

– John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:32, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Unfortunately I do not think so as the GA pages are updated by bots. Is it that difficult to nominate articles? If so, I do apologise; had I realised you would respond this quickly I would probably have kept it open. Anyways, your changes do indeed look much better! If other editors have deemed chicago-l.org useable for minor and geographical details then I will accept it. One small concern I have though is the paragraph starting "The stations on the main line originally consisted of two island platforms with" which is only cited to Garfield. Everything looks usable but the "was considered dangerous" line may need a citation IMO as that goes beyond solely geographic details. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 01:49, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fair enough, thank you. I'm confident enough in my writing skills that I'll skip GA for this and (eventually, in a blue moon or a year or so) take this to FAC, where I'll be sure to ping you. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 02:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, I wish you luck! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 02:22, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You know Wikipedia was founded in 2001, right? How come all the year of your userpage is before 2001? Just wondering MasterMatt12^{💬 ● 📝} 17:36, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am interested in early Internet history and thought it would be novel and interesting to make versions of my userpage had Wikipedia existed in those early years. 1990 parodies the first website and 1996 parodies GeoCities sites. I had originally considered including 2001–present, but thought most of them would be fairly similar to one another—Wikipedia's text itself has remained pretty similar; the actual UI of Wikipedia cannot be changed in userpages, so all I could really do was slightly change some colouring (like blue links which used to be purple-ish) and make them blurry/pixelated as they appeared in the wiki's older versions.

Unrelated, thanks for the User likes templates! It helps share the love and appreciation for fellow editors, and they are each well-thought out with personalisations and in-jokes to make them each unique. Keep up the work at GAN and GAR as well! Having a 1-1 ratio of reviewing to nominating would be greatly appreciated, although it is up to you. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 18:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, that makes sense, and thanks for the appreciation of my userboxes! I'll keep in mind maintaining a 1-1 review nomination ratio. MasterMatt12^{💬 ● 📝} 00:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	GA barnstar
	Thanks for your tireless work on reviewing GAs. Tireless–I mean it! 40 reviews already in the WikiCup-unbelievable! Tails Wx 01:18, 4 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Woah—thanks so much my new two-tailed friend! Gotta diminish that GA backlog and get some points in the process, all while helping my competitors get points for their own GANs hehe :) Have a great day, 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 02:01, 4 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yeah-there's quite a lot waiting for review. I'm glad you're in the process of clearing the backlog :) Tails Wx 02:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Micronation you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Fehufanga -- Fehufanga (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 13 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ashgabat Zoo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when Ashgabat Zoo opened in Turkmenistan, dictator Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's personal menagerie was moved to the zoo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ashgabat Zoo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ashgabat Zoo), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Luna! I"m thinking about possibly going for my first GA, however I'm honestly quite nervous to do so because I am completely unfamiliar with the process and have no clue what i should do to get the article ready for a GA. Got any tips? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:15, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What I do is look at GAs about similar topics for comparison as to what could be added to my article. I would also recommend going through the entire article again just to check for any minor spelling mistakes, formatting errors etc. Read it aloud and see if anything sounds 'off' or if better sounding (or more "formal"—akin to GA) word choices are available. As for the sourcing, make sure as many of them are RS as possible and that they entirely support the text they cite. Avoid OR. Have a consistent citation style and use the correct citation templates; there are some obscure yet helpful ones like cite thesis etc; this page lists the most used ones. Additionally, as a minor attention to detail, make sure to add any necessary 'cosmetic' stuff, like a short description, template:use X English, navboxes, portals, DEFAULTSORT etc—but only if they are necessary for your type of article. When you think your article meets the criteria and looks to be in compliance with what I have mentioned above, than I would just go for it and nom it; be bold, after all! Let me know if you have any other questions or want any kind of help, and goodluck on getting your first GA! ツLunaEatsTuna (💬)— 17:09, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmm... ok. I'm thinking of possibly nominating Splatoon 3 since 1. I really enjoy the game and 2. I technically created the article, however it doesn't list me as the creator due to a hist merge needing to be done (which bothers me but oh well, WP:OWN is a thing) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:15, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What are your thoughts on it at a quick glance? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:16, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

From a quick glance, the lead should be expanded; is it possible to expand upon Development at all?; the sentences of Marketing and release can be combined into two or three paragraphs; there is a cn tag that needs to be addressed; remember to add citations to efn notes; some of the publication names of the references can be improved (i.e. www.nintendo.com > Nintendo). Overall, the article looks pretty great; the citations are ideal :) I do think Splatoon 3 is close to being eligible for GA status. ツLunaEatsTuna (💬)— 18:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sweet! That CN tag I added because it talks about something specific that I don't believe the game mentions anywhere and in my edit summary I suggested that if a source can't be found for that specific statistic it should just be replaced with something more general, I'll probably give it until the end of the day (For me) before I replace it. THe dev section could really only be expanded if there are sources detailing the game's development (or possibly new things that have happened). I do agree the Marketing and release section could be condensed. Really the only efn that I can see that would need a citation would be the first one (the one for it's Japanese name usually doesn't get a citation from what I've seen, the 3rd and 4th one can be verified by checking out the articles for the previous games). I can fix the publication names easily. How would you suggest I expand the lead? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:53, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, I see. I agree, you can ignore said efn note, but for three and four I think a citation is still necessary as sometimes Wikipedia articles have been known to contain misinformation. You can just copy and paste the references used on said articles into the efn note anyways. As for the lead, compare it to the lead for articles like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Albeit said article is much longer, it may contain some ideas for stuff that can be added to the lead for Splatoon 3. Although the lead does not have to be quite that long! ツLunaEatsTuna (💬)— 19:10, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok so the 3rd one seems to just be using the game itself as the source which is one of the few situations in which no citation is required as well as part of the 1st one. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:49, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah—in that case it is acceptable. ツLunaEatsTuna (💬)— 20:29, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Micronation you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Micronation for comments about the article, and Talk:Micronation/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Fehufanga -- Fehufanga (talk) 13:06, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yay! ツLunaEatsTuna (💬)— 16:37, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, LunaEatsTuna. You have new messages at Talk:Driving in Madagascar/GA1.
Message added 23:35, 19 February 2023 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the ((Talkback)) or ((Tb)) template.

— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 23:35, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey! I recommend adding &nbsp; between the Japanese Katakana character and your username so that if there happens to be a line break there it won't look weird. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:03, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! BTW, I may be able to review the Splatoon 3 article on 24 February if nobody else gets to it. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 17:53, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem and that sounds good! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:58, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey! Do you think you'd be able to review the article today? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, not today today, but I will review it before I go to sleep. I reckon I will probably be free around midnight or one a.m. ideally :) ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 20:21, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alright. Just so I know when it might get reviewed for me, what timezone are you in? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

My bad – UTC+00:00. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 20:28, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah ok so you're in UTC. THen it'll be around 6 or 7 PM in my timezone (Central Time Zone) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. 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, 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. 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, LunaEatsTuna,

When you tag pages for deletion, please start using Twinkle, whether it is CSD, PROD, AFD/RFD/CFD/etc. Twinkle is a very useful editing tool and has some advantages for you and your fellow editors. Once you set up your Twinkle Preferences to "Notify pages creator", then when you tag a page for deletion, Twinkle will post a notification for the article creator to inform them that an article/redirect/category has been tagged for deletion which is an important step in the deletio process. It will also provide an informative edit summary which you don't always do. Twinkle has a lot of great features that will help you edit easier as it remembers all of the necessary templates so you don't have to go searching for them.

I encourage you to try it out. If you don't want to use Twinkle, then please, on your own, please notify page creators and also leave an edit summary when you are tagging pages for deletion. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:40, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Noted, thanks. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:52, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 14 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Micronation, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that micronations have claimed territory in Antarctica, in international waters, and in space? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Micronation. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Micronation), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 5,854 views (487.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2023 – nice work!

Bruxton (talk) 23:38, 22 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Bruxton: Forgot to say; thank you for nominating the DYK! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 15:09, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As a WikiCup judge, I am disallowing your submission of Micronation as a DYK. This is because the criterion for it appearing as a DYK was that it was a newly-promoted GA. Only DYKs from newly-created or 5x expanded articles are eligible for points in the WikiCup. Please look at the WikiCup scoring page.

You also submitted the following three articles for points during Round 1. They were not eligible for Round 1 because they were completed after the end of the round, but they are eligible for Round 2, so if you submit them now they can score points in Round 2.

• LunaEatsTuna (submissions) claimed Talk:Maldives at the 1992 Summer Olympics/GA1 as a Good Article or Peer Review
• LunaEatsTuna (submissions) claimed Talk:Splatoon 3/GA1 as a Good Article or Peer Review
• LunaEatsTuna (submissions) claimed Talk:Kat (Gravity Rush)/GA1 as a Good Article or Peer Review

I know it is a bit confusing for newcomers to the WikiCup. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:08, 16 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

NUTS! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 12:25, 16 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Congratulations, LunaEatsTuna! The article you nominated, Paint Drying, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 24 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@LunaEatsTuna Just noticed this got promoted to FA, well done! Unexpectedlydian^♯4talk^‽ 20:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you @Unexpectedlydian: that really means a lot! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 22:04, 28 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very interesting topic, so I decided to nominate it for TFA. You've done some very inspiring work on the article. Heythereimaguy (talk) 15:50, 26 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! That means a lot to me. Glad you found it interesting; it is a really unique and silly way to protest :) ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 21:28, 27 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How could I resist? Gog the Mild (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 29 May 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 29, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "An independent filmmaker forced the British Board of Film Classification to watch paint dry for ten hours. I have exhausted all available sources I could find"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was such a funny one I just had to! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 15:39, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice one for getting this from a PROD to FA!! Mujinga (talk) 12:31, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much! It is a rather special achievement :) ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 15:39, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty and Talk:Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 23:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty for comments about the article, and Talk:Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 05:43, 9 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 13 Lakes you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 15:40, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article 13 Lakes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:13 Lakes for comments about the article, and Talk:13 Lakes/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 11:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jack4576 -- Jack4576 (talk) 05:41, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations for comments about the article, and Talk:How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Jack4576 -- Jack4576 (talk) 06:20, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. JML1148 (Talk | Contribs) 22:43, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 24 Hour Psycho you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of TompaDompa -- TompaDompa (talk) 05:02, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Starship.paint -- Starship.paint (talk) 14:21, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article 24 Hour Psycho you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:24 Hour Psycho and Talk:24 Hour Psycho/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of TompaDompa -- TompaDompa (talk) 19:22, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 2 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 13 Lakes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the experimental film 13 Lakes, which consists of 13 ten-minute-long static shots of different lakes in the United States, was deemed to be significant by the Library of Congress? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/13 Lakes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 13 Lakes), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 6 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abgig obelisk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when first erected, the Abgig obelisk likely stood at 12.9 metres (42.3 ft) high, but was knocked down on the ground and broke into two pieces? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abgig obelisk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abgig obelisk), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 14,464 views (602.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That is amazing! Especially considering I did not write said article… ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:00, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article 24 Hour Psycho you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:24 Hour Psycho for comments about the article, and Talk:24 Hour Psycho/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of TompaDompa -- TompaDompa (talk) 23:21, 10 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 11 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations features the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, the Kingdom of Lovely, and the Grand Duchy of Westarctica? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 13 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Squatting in Peru, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Shining Path used squatting as a tactic to gain support during the internal conflict in Peru? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Peru. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Squatting in Peru), 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 13 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 06:03, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations and Talk:Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 06:42, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations for comments about the article, and Talk:Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 06:42, 22 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article How to Start Your Own Country (book) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 20:21, 7 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 7 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh no, I ghosted Gerda Arendt! I did not get a talk page notification for this for some reason… ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:15, 1 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 11 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 24 Hour Psycho, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 24 Hour Psycho slows down Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho to two frames per second, stretching its duration to a full 24 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/24 Hour Psycho. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 24 Hour Psycho), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 14,574 views (607.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article How to Start Your Own Country (book) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:How to Start Your Own Country (book) for comments about the article, and Talk:How to Start Your Own Country (book)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 18:02, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, LunaEatsTuna. The new pages patrol team is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles needing review. We could use a few extra hands to help. I believe that someone with your activity and experience is very likely to meet the guidelines for granting. Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time, but it requires a strong understanding of Wikipedia’s CSD policy and notability guidelines. Kindly read the tutorial before making your decision, and feel free to post on the project talk page with questions. If patrolling new pages is something you'd be willing to help out with, please consider applying here. Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around! Thanks, Hey man im josh (talk) 19:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reviewing GAs takes up a lot of my free time editing Wikipedia unfortunately. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 13:48, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem at all @LunaEatsTuna, I completely understand. It's actually your work there that caught my eye and had me wanting to invite you to the team. Every review helps so if you ever feel like giving it a shot, even if it's minimal activity, we'd love to have you! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:55, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Congratulations, LunaEatsTuna! The article you nominated, Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you!!! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:59, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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)

		The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar
		We really appreciate that you reviewed a large number of GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• It is very encouraging to see all of this GAN reviewing happening. How about bringing some of that experience and expertise to FAC? It would be much appreciated there. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:25, 4 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I actually began university after the drive, but I'll check out some FACs from time to time. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 01:44, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I didn't mean to push you, obviously real life comes first. But if you do find time to share some of that expertise around at FAC it would be welcomed. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:22, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 25 November 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 25, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I noticed that one of the things you do is proofread articles for Good Article status, particularly in the field of sport. I'm thinking of submitting articles related to sumo and am currently working on improving the one on yobidashi. I'd like to have your opinion on the level of this article so that I can submit it for GA status at a later date. Would this article be appropriate at this level? Thank you for your time and any response :) - OtharLuin (talk) 09:19, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@OtharLuin: Definitely a great article thus far—the length and depth of the article looks good for GA status, and the sources, images and the article formatting are wonderful. As for recommendations, the lead section can definitely be expanded a lot more to summarise key points from the article. I do also wonder if § History could perhaps be expanded and elaborated upon some more—maybe looking for sources in Japanese and translating them with a web extension or Google web page translator could give you some more information. Additionally, for some of the sentences like "Later came the terms" and "Since in earlier times" I wonder if there are any sources which have year-ranges for when these occurrences took place. Lastly, the first paragraph in § Responsibilities and the final paragraph of § Ring names need citing. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 23:42, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the feedback, I've updated the article following some comments. I'd also like to clarify a few things here: the History section is a bit complicated to expand on, the origins of yobidashi are not often discussed and Cuyler is rather evasive about the precise period when the successive terms appeared. I used the Japanese article for clarification but the Sumo Magazine cited as the source is not available.

The quotations have been clarified and I have taken the liberty of adding more where necessary. I've developed the lead section but I'm not 100% satisfied with it. You be the judge.

Thanks again for your comments, I think the article has evolved in the right direction thanks to you :) - OtharLuin (talk) 11:20, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@OtharLuin: Honestly, it looks great! I really like how you expanded it. I reckon it should be ready for a GAN. Any minor mistakes should be caught by the reviewer :3 Happy to have helped! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:07, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

November songs

my story today

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, "about a book about an academic analysis about micronations. Since I think most editors will need some context—basically, a book is a physical (or digital) artefact consisting of organised pages containing written content that provides a cohesive and often creative expression of ideas, information, narratives or concepts."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 25 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! I am really glad that so many editors found this line humorous. I think another editor also used this for their FAC afterwards aha. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 17:59, 25 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh, this is surprising – thank you so much! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 17:59, 25 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Oh my gosh what am I looking at. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:54, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello LunaEatsTuna, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 19:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply] Spread the love by adding ((subst:Seasonal Greetings)) to other user talk pages.

ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 19:36, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! I'll leave you one on your talk page as well. Merry Christmas! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 20:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you revert the area of Quebec from 1,542,056.14 km2 to simply 1,542,056 km2? I noticed that the area of Quebec used to be just 1,542,056 km2, until October 28, 2022, when an Argentinian Wikipedia user by the name of Locked Empire edited it with a .14 decimal.

You can see it from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quebec&action=history&offset=20221030164517%7C1119084035 (check the revisions that were made when Locked Empire made the edit and before their edit was made).

It's really unsourced and i see no evidence of Quebec being 1,542,056.14 km2, just 1,542,056 km2. Please revert the edit and go to Locked Empire's talk page and tell them that you've reverted their edit. Thanks for reading and have a good day :3 2601:280:5000:D2F0:97:422:AA69:E546 (talk) 02:16, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for letting me know! You are correct and I have made the change. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 22:08, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). 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) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year!

Hello LunaEatsTuna: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Send New Year cheer by adding ((subst:Happy New Year snowman)) to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 09:40, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Paint Drying. You may also be interested in claiming a Triple Crown, which is awarded for getting a DYK, GA, and FA. 3C doesn't require it to be the same article, but meeting the criteria for 4A means you also meet the 3C criteria :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 09:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 09:45, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[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.