Hi, Wizzito,

Nice to see you back editing! You've been missed! I hope you are having a pleasant summer that is not too hot. Right now in the Northwest, it's in the 100s! We could use some rain although not as much as they are getting in the Midwest. Take care, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. My block from RFPP in May really did make me angry, though (because it's an important tool in fighting vandals). I do realize that I probably shouldn't make so many requests to RFPP, but if I do, the vandalism/etc. on the page I'm requesting protection for should be recent. wizzito | say hello! 00:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Facing restrictions is always hard, especially for active editors. But these kinds of blocks are generally limited in time, not forever, and they occur as a way for some admins to address what they see as problematic behavior. I wasn't watching the discussion over your block so I don't know the particulars of it. But I have seen editors, especially page patrollers, who are so active that they can overwhelm noticeboards with reports. It's important to report vandals, revert vandalism and all of the other useful activity editors do but the regular admins who patrol those boards have to be able to keep up with the volume of activity, too. This might have also been a way to keep you from getting burned out...when editors spend too much time here, doing admitedly productive work, they can end up making mistakes that they wouldn't make if they hadn't taken on so much work or put in so many hours. I know at some point, I just need to log off for the day or I can get sloppy, this happens to all of us.

But the point is that you came back and it's a good thing to remember that you can always take a break from this place when things get too intense. Wikipedia will still be here when you are ready and refreshed. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:16, 1 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is your only warning. Filing this report at RFPP and requesting indefinite semi-protection is similar to the reports for which you were blocked. If you do this again, you risk being partially blocked again, and this time for longer than one month.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, I barely ever request that, if at all. The requests I filed previously that got me blocked were for pending changes protections. I feel as if you are being rude to me for trying my best to prevent vandals from vandalizing the encyclopedia. wizzito | say hello! 06:59, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Did you even look at the previous protection log? Or the history of the article? Before you went and blocked me all those months ago, I requested many protections without issue. Now all of a sudden you have an issue with it? wizzito | say hello! 07:04, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The safest thing for you to do is stay away from RFPP on your own. Your responses here only confirm that in this area your judgment is seriously flawed.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree. I would be oh so happy to tutor this editor on RfPP if they will stop making rash requests. Nobody wants you to stop helping, Wizzito, not even Bbb23. When you seem to make this personal ("before you went and blocked me", "now you have an issue"), you forget that an admin (any admin) desires the trust of the entire community and endeavors to act in accordance with what they believe other admins would do in the same situation. Bbb23 was acting on my behalf and heck, acting on yours. Don't make this between the two of you because then it's you vs. all admins. I'm gone this week but would be happy to tutor Wizzito on proper requesting starting next week. Make no requests until you and I complete such conferencing. Deal? BusterD (talk) 19:41, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry for my hostility. I was just very confused as to why I had only received warnings about this behavior recently, as I had been using RFPP somewhat regularly before. I would not mind the tutoring. wizzito | say hello! 08:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No apologies necessary. I find I need a thick skin in order to deal with all the assumptions which are forwarded my way every day on the pedia. It's rarely personal. Everyone I'm reading has an interest in helping you to be a better contributor because we see your potential and we really need competent help. If Bbb23 really didn't think highly of you, they might not have made as much effort to keep it ultra-civil and informative. Let's start next Monday, ok? At GenCon in Indy this week. D&D comes first today. BusterD (talk) 19:20, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Bbb23 I just want to ask if protection can be applied to the page Archie Battersbee case? Vandalism as recently as 23:26 UTC and 20:57 UTC today. wizzito | say hello! 02:10, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please don't put your blocking admin in an awkward situation by asking him to meatpuppet by fullfilling your informal requests for page protection. Let's talk on Tuesday. Page protection is not on your menu for the entire month. Push it and another admin would escalate your block. BusterD (talk) 05:53, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just felt like it was needed due to the recent news and vandalism... wizzito | say hello! 09:46, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The previous block and the admonishment above indicate you shouldn't consider it any of your business for now (in this particular case I agree that some protection might be applied, but since I'm on break. As your willing tutor, I encourage you to let me drill you on examples until your reports match the standard we expect. I doubt it will take longer than a day or two. Here's a suggestion: Please visit User:BusterD/sandbox. I'd like you to write RfPP entries formatted correctly to that page, using the tools already available at WP:RFPP. Tomorrow afternoon you and I will begin looking at each of them in hindsight. BusterD (talk) 12:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's good to see you back. However, I see that you still haven't quite gotten the hang of WP:RFPP just yet. I was going to offer to mentor you, but you left the project for a while. I see now that BusterD is willing to help you out. A user by the name of Firestar464 was in a similar situation, but I was able to help him out.

What do you think of continuing recent changes patrol as you always do, but when you want to request page protection, you instead link the article in my sandbox and ping me. I will then explain to you whether the request was pointless or constructive. However, you will not be able to use WP:RFPP under any circumstances. Bbb23, are you okay with this? Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That'd be fine, as well as BusterD's previous offer. I've been busy w/ school, though, so I'll get to things later. wizzito | say hello! 08:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I caught the fashionable bug this week. On one hand I'm stuck at home; on the other hand, I feel really crappy. I'm fully vaxed and boosted so I should be fine. BusterD (talk) 09:13, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Get better soon. wizzito | say hello! 09:21, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I was with 75,000 screaming D&D friends this last week at Indy. Time of my life, as always. Completely masked and observing social distancing the entire time. Bugs have no respect for my good behavior. (In a way, I'm happy to have finally crossed that bridge. I have good insurance so if things get acute I won't be shy about getting help. Feels like the flu after 24 hours. I've been exiled to the basement for the duration.) BusterD (talk) 09:37, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Scorpions13256 I've just put a request in your sandbox. Hoping you can take a look, thx. wizzito | say hello! 17:42, 11 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!

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Hello! You seem to have an interest in the recent death of Elizabeth II, so I wanted to invite to the WikiProject of Current Events new task force The London Bridge Task Force, which will be working on improving all the articles around the death of Elizabeth II. A task force is similar to a WikiProject, which is where you can communicate with other editors who all have the same goal, which is improving all the articles around a specific topic. I hope you consider joining! Elijahandskip (talk) 23:49, 8 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Elijahandskip I'm good; mainly just commenting on stuff on talk pages. wizzito | say hello! 03:03, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi, I see that you've reverted my edit on Taipei 101. Just checking, was there anything problematic with my edit? To me, I was just fixing the name of the landmark since it was incorrectly typed with O's instead of zeroes. Railtransportfan (talk) 05:13, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

One of the edits was by an LTA. Sorry. wizzito | say hello! 05:17, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's no problem at all, thanks for the explanation! I will try to look out for vandalism and revert any problematic edits as well. Railtransportfan (talk) 22:20, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

More specifically, the edit by the user Ceresday wizzito | say hello! 05:17, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, I replied to your message on this page, so let's talk there. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 17:01, 27 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) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Wizzito,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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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.

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There is a new requested move discussion in progress for the Charles III article. Since you participated in the previous discussion, I thought you might like to know about this one. Cheers. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:40, 24 July 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.

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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 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) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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