Soman

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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

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)

DYK for All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur"

On 26 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur", which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Union of Assyrians's mishandling of shoe polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s' Moscow? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur". You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur"), 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, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Qian Jin Bao

On 27 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Qian Jin Bao, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when French secret police raided Deng Xiaoping's hotel room in Billancourt, they encountered copies of the Moscow newspaper Qian Jin Bao? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Qian Jin Bao. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Qian Jin Bao), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election

On 5 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that out of 148 candidates in the 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election there was only one woman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1957 Manipur Territorial Council election. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union

The article Bengal Provincial Chatkal Mazdoor Union has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No sources have been added, nor can any source be added - all the sources I can find are unreliable

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Someone-123-321 (I contribute, Talk page so SineBot will shut up) 07:53, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Social Unity Uprising of September First

The article Social Unity Uprising of September First has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Lacking in-depth secondary source coverage to meet WP:ORGCRIT. Created in 2005.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. JoeNMLC (talk) 14:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:FB banner

Hello, Soman. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "FB banner".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 02:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)