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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. 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. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup 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. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

FACbot question

Hi, just noticed that this is not yet processed, though one archived the following day has been done. Is there an error in the closure that is stalling the bot? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:29, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

@FAC coordinators: Yes there is. The problem is with Fowler&fowler's comments on 19:35, 29 December 2019. The broken link needs to be repaired by adding a pair of close brackets after "Obscene Publications Branch (OPB)" just before the close of the nowiki tag. As it stands, the FACBot cannot see the {{FACClosed}} card because of this. The problem is that whoever fixes the page will then become the coordinator who added the FACClosed template. Also, the date of effect will be as of that change, so it will be archived as of this month and year rather than last. If the coordinators want it to be otherwise then it will have to be moved by hand, which I can do if they let me know. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:21, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Not sure if you meant to ping the coords, but doesn’t it have to be {{@FAC}}? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:21, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
That's the template I used. I have some options to head this off in the future. The main one is to report unclosed links. I can also tell the bot about the nowiki tag. In the past I used to user the date off the cordinator's signature, but ran into trouble when they didn't sign their posts properly. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:16, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
I see -- I haven't used that template in a while and I forgot that it expanded the text when used. I wouldn't worry about the bot too much -- at least for now, I will find them all the problems as I do the stats, so they'll all get done eventually. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:59, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
I've fixed the article, and adjusted the archive logs. For an archived entry like this one I had to correct the nomination page, then move the archived nomination to January 2020, let the bot run and process it, then reverted my change to the archive page. What I could do is have the bot check both this month and last. Originally I wanted to have the bot move the nomination to the archive page, but the coordinators wanted to move it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to the 2020 WikiCup

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The 2020 WikiCup began at the start of January and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you are interested in joining, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Creative editors like yourself seem to enjoy taking part, and many return year after year. 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 are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). --Hanberke (talk) 17:58, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

21:20, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Duke

On 9 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Duke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the age of 84, Charles Duke is the youngest man to have walked on the Moon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Duke. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles Duke), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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Congratulations from the Military History Project

Military history reviewers' award
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 2 reviews between October and December 2019. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:31, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Frank Borman, "the oldest living astronaut. He commanded Apollo 8, the first Moon mission, and he and his crewmates became the first people to watch the Earth rise over the horizon."! For a seasonal message, see my talk, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you today for your share of Buzz Aldrin, about "the second man to walk on the Moon, and the second-most famous astronaut"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

19:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)


Modus Vivendi

Hi Hawkeye, You may have missed my comment on the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement FAC, which was made just before the article was promoted. There is a minor question mark over "Modus Vivendi": the link points to the phrase (in which case it loses some sense and shouldn't be capitalised), but I think this refers to an agreement? In which case it shouldn't be linked (or at least linked to something other than the phrase). Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:06, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

We don't have an article in the 1948 Modus Vivendi. Details about it could be added to the linked article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:12, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Walter Krueger, a ommander in the South West Pacific Area during World War II, "the story of a German immigrant who became the first man to rise from private to four-star general in the United States Army"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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Marseille

Evening. Just to pre-empt some issues that you might be inclined to raise about the table; I will be focusing on providing citations for all the details in the next few days. Mainly from Tate, the Shores et al book about air combat in the Med and NA. Dapi89 (talk) 19:46, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Ping me when you've finished. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Think it is complete. Shores is the expert in day-to-day operations in WWII, at least in the west. His second volume has favourable reviews so its been used heavily in the table. Dapi89 (talk)
I have some academic sources that discuss Marseille's politics. I'll add this tomorrow. Dapi89 (talk) 18:17, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

18:52, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Would you be willing to mentor me through getting an article through featured status?

I've been editing here for a long time and have slowed down on my mainspace edits. I choose to step this up a bit. There's a subject which I've been studying for years so I have mountains of IRS. Would you be willing to help me go through the reviews processes? It's already a GA: Charles Pomeroy Stone. Not asking for your labor, just your experience. I'm glad to do all the footwork myself. BusterD (talk) 19:23, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

The American Civil War is not my period of expertise (I'm a 20th century military historian), but sure. Since it is a military history article though, my recommendation is to take it to an A-class review first. Before you do that though, there are a few things that need tidying up:
  • References are required for the last sentence of "Early life", "Mexican war" (should that be "Mexican War"? What is the official name?)
  • Expand out the abbreviations for ranks. They aren't universal, and bits are cheap.
  • FN 9: Move this book to the references and find the page number.
  • The footnotes take two forms: author, page and author title, page. Make this consistent.
  • The formatting of FN29 looks kind of weird. Do you have a copy of this work? I know someone who does and it looks really impressive on several shelves. But I think :it is available online today? Link if so. Consider moving this book and FN35 down to the references.
  • The caption to the first image requires a footnote, as it is not in the text.
  • Link Ezra J. Warner. Watervliet Arsenal, Fort Monroe, Statue of Liberty. You've overlinked Washingto, DC; and Europe should not be linked.
  • The bit about his conversion to Catholicism is interesting. I don't suppose there is anything more about it?
  • I would call the West Pointers "cadets" rather than "recruits"
  • "the only sitting U.S. Senator killed in combat" In the battle, the war, or ever?
What made you choose this subject? Just curious. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your worthy critiques. I will perform them. However, I'm planning a complete re-write and a new set of sources. I expect to take most of February to do the work. Of the current sources, I only expect to keep Lamb, Catton, Ehrlich, Eicher, Warner and the OR. The Aztec Club stuff is hard to source because the only book (Breithaupt) published on the subject is ridiculously expensive and hard to find in libraries. For some of that I'll be forced to use the website (also run by Breithaupt). Can you point me towards a biography or two you wrote and promoted which might serve as a template for structure? BusterD (talk) 02:56, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Sure. Have a look at James Whiteside McCay. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:18, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
25 years ago a professor required me to write a term paper and in one of our class required readings I came across the cryptic "scapegoat Stone". I made an assumption the Stone was an object/concept and without a google to help me I looked the subject up in an encylopedia. In my search I came across this. I stumbled into some unexpected sources (oh, the days of open stacks...). After I'd written the paper the professor queried me in his office: "But why is this important?" he inquired. "Why should I read this?" He was almost yelling. At the time I was confused, but now I know he had me perched on the edge of a great American story, a story nobody's ever told. He was trying to help me get the "why". Since then a modest biography has been written by an eminent archivist. But I still think the story has never been told properly. There are fascinating sidebars in the man's life and amazing irony/symmetry. It's FA material. BusterD (talk) 22:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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VLF stations for Trident/Polaris

Do you have any information of VLF transmitters for the UK's submarine-based nuclear deterrent? I cam across a book 'Nuclear Command and Control' but it is based on Cold War sources. Any recent information?

Thanks.

BlueD954 (talk) 07:52, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The only sources I have are :
  • Moore, Richard (2010). Nuclear Illusion, Nuclear Reality: Britain, the United States and Nuclear Weapons 1958–64. Nuclear Weapons and International Security since 1945. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-21775-1. OCLC 705646392. and
  • Stoddart, Kristan (2012). Losing an Empire and Finding a Role: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964–70. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-349-33656-2. OCLC 951512907.
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:29, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll check them out.BlueD954 (talk) 06:19, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

note re your group efforts and projects

Hi Hawkeye7 ! thanks so much for your recent post at Village Pump, regardiong current group efforts at WP:MILHIST. As you may know, I am trying to develop an idea for a new community forum and bulletin board, that would help editors from differet WikIProjects to share information and ideas about current group efforts that they are part of. .

I am writing to ask for your help with this new idea. could you please draft a notice for editors to help out at the group effort that you referred to there? I think your main focus was a drive for article improvement, specifically at WP:Milhist, as well as other types of group efforts there? Feel free to add any other items, if I left anything out. For example, you also mentioned WP:OLYMPICS; feel free to draft a notice for that effort, is that is also an interest of yours.

This is in order to post this info at the new user:Sm8900/community forum, if that's okay? and please feel free to add any comments, thoughts, or insights, to let us know more about the great efforts that you have been considering.

I am looking for editor events and group projects that I could post to post there, in order to get things rolling., my new approach to this is to approach editors individually, and request input and items from that we can post there, in order to get things rolling, and provide some content to show what we are trying to do. could you please let me know if that sounds okay to you? I really appreciate it. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:37, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

Hello Hawkeye7,

Source Guide Discussion

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1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement

Hi Hawkeye and Laser_brain, sorry I was not able to finish my FAC comments (yep), which, fwiw, would have been to add my support for promotion. Congrats. Best wshes, JennyOz (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020

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I intend to nominate this template eventually to be redirected much in the same way I did here. Is this technically possible? –MJLTalk 14:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

If it is done the same way as the others, with a redirect, then it should not require any change to the bot. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:47, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

20:59, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello
I notice that you edited one of my comments here a while ago to fix a broken link and template: Thank you for doing that, but I hadn’t intended them to be links, just indications of where the links would be in the proposed wording (apologies, I was just being lazy in not using the nowiki function). I’ve fixed it now, but thought I’d better tell you. Anyway, thanks, Moonraker12 (talk) 22:56, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Re this, I started this on the talk page. I think it should be cleared before doing anything else to the sentence.

The reverting IP was me, I forgot to login. Sorry for that. OneShot010 (talk) 15:07, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. OneShot010 (talk) 06:42, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  • England Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  • United States Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  • Somerset Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  • Pirate flag CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included United States L293D, Venezuela Kingsif, Antarctica Enwebb, England Lee Vilenski and Nepal CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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.

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00:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final

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Hans-Joachim Marseille

Ready when you are. Dapi89 (talk) 11:24, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

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FAC withdrawn but not processed

Does this need some bot attention? I think the @FAC coordinators: may not have noticed it -- it's not in the archives. The nominator withdrew it and deleted it from the WP:FAC page fairly quickly. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:07, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Tks Mike, yes this did come and go very quickly -- if spotted at the time I would probably have removed as OOP and organised its detonation but probably simpler now to just close as a withdrawal, assuming its belonging to last month doesn't trouble Hawkeye and the bot too much... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:54, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

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  • Armenia report: Wiki project on Museums with My Armenia
  • Brazil report: Moreira Salles Institute GLAM initiative in Brazil
  • Finland report: The Helsinki then and now exhibition
  • France report: GLAM related blogposts
  • Indonesia report: Proposing collaboration with museums in Bali; First Wikisource training in the region
  • Netherlands report: Students write articles about Media artists, Public Domain Day 2020, Wiki Goes Caribbean, WikiFridays at Ihlia - Wikimedia Nederland in January & February 2020
  • Norway report: Wikipedia editing workshop with the Norwegian Network for Museums
  • Serbia report: Great dedication of librarians
  • Sweden report: Historic photos; Support for international Wikimedia community; Library training tour; Many GLAMs improved on Wikidata
  • UK report: Kimonos and Khalili
  • Ukraine report: Winning photos Wiki Loves Monuments shown in different cities; Libraries Lead an All-Ukrainian Challenge
  • USA report: Black History Month and Open Access Anniversaries
  • Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Summary of pilot projects, and what's next
  • Wikidata report: Leap into Wikidata!
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Your GA nomination of 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final

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FACBot 6 approved

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FACBot 6 has been approved! Let me know if you have any questions. Happy editing! --TheSandDoctor Talk 20:52, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Alfred Worden

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Congratulations from the Military History Project

The Military history A-Class cross
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class cross for Frank Borman, INTERFET logistics, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Charles Duke, and Operation Black Buck. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 27 March 2020 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of William Hood Simpson

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17:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement, about "... the pic of Eisenhower laying the cornerstone for the AEC's headquarters in Germantown, Maryland. The AEC decided to relocate there so it would be safe when Washington, DC, was razed by an atomic blast. Somebody thought that it would be cool if Eisenhower laid the foundation stone with a trowel made from radioactive uranium that had been in the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. (With a wooden handle made from one of the benches at Stagg Field.) The Secret Service did not agree, so it is not the one he is using in the picture. Today the radioactive trowel is in the Smithsonian."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Four Award

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on INTERFET logistics. — Bilorv (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

This is also your tenth Four Award, making you one of only twelve users listed on the leaderboard. Congratulations!

Bilorv (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

FAC Request

Hello Hawkeye7,

I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at my FAC nominee, Marcian (FAC page). It has been going on for some time but is lacking in reviewers. Thank you very much! -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 6

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DYK for Robert McGowan Littlejohn

On 2 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert McGowan Littlejohn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was as head of the War Assets Administration, retired major general Robert McGowan Littlejohn had to dispose of $34 billion worth of surplus government property? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert McGowan Littlejohn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Robert McGowan Littlejohn), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

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19:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure thing

... but it's up at WP:FLC now, so the peer review has to be closed ... I couldn't figure out how to close it after renaming the article. I'll try again to close it. - Dank (push to talk) 01:53, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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William Sterling Parsons

Thank you, yes, I meant MOS:NICKNAME, which supports my edit (as I have quoted from). The article itself says it was traditional for midshipmen to have nicknames, that does not mean we list them in the lede. We do not have "George W. 'Dubya' Bush" or "Michael 'MJ' Jackson" etc. GiantSnowman 20:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

MOS:NICKNAME: If a person is known by a nickname used in lieu of or in addition to a given name, and it is not a common hypocorism In this case we are talking about Deak Parsons, who is universally called "Deak" in all the sources, including his own signature, and is only known as Deak. He is never referred to by any other name except some official documents. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:13, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
If he is known as 'Deak Parsons' (similar to Bunny Berigan or Whitey Bulger) then the article should be located there, should it not? If that was the case I would support the restoration of the nickname to the opening name. GiantSnowman 20:14, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Yes, it probably should be. The article was created in 2004 and therefore pre-dates WP:COMMONNAME which only appeared in 2006. I'm not an admin, so I could not rename the article then. Instead, I created a redirect when I expended it and took it to featured in 2011. Nowadays, although still not an admin, I could rename the article, but am not supposed to. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:26, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
You can use WP:RM to move the article. GiantSnowman 11:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article American logistics in the Normandy Campaign 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 Vami IV -- Vami IV (talk) 20:01, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Magazines published in Washington, DC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7

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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

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15:30, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

TFA

Hello, nice to meet you. I nominated British hydrogen bomb programme for TFA. Since you are the main editor for that page I just wanted to notify you about it. Also thanks for rewriting the blurb, I appreciate it. Thanks. The4lines (talk) 18:16, 13 April 2020 (UTC)The4lines

A reviewer has asked me to expand the list, so I'll be changing the name to ...(T–Z). I think I remember that there was a name change during an FLC recently and you had to make some edits to unconfuse the bot ... is that right? What should I do? - Dank (push to talk) 18:32, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

It was during the peer review. The page had changed but the review had not. You need to make sure at all the pages are moved. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
I was talking about this edit. I'll give it another day to see if any reviewers disagree with the first reviewer, then I'll move all the pages and cross my fingers. - Dank (push to talk) 20:37, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7

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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7

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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 6

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18:44, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Engineer Special Brigade

On 21 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Engineer Special Brigade, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, the 1st Engineer Special Brigade fought in Italy, in Normandy, and in Okinawa? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Engineer Special Brigade), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for William Hood Simpson

On 23 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Hood Simpson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite being ranked 101st of 103 graduates in his West Point class of 1909, William H. Simpson later became a four-star general? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Hood Simpson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William Hood Simpson), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

A fixable quibble on William Hood Simpson

Great work here Hawkeye7! A worthy subject. However, I can't help but notice this sentence: "On Christmas Eve, 1921, he married Ruth Krakauer, an English-born widow whom he had first met while at West Point, in El Paso, Texas.[18]". 1) the source (Assembly) given doesn't say that; it merely says he married Ruth Krakauer on the day in the place. I can't imagine you made the detail up. Is there another source which you've seen which gives background on her? 2) This wording is a bit clumsy and seems to indicate that West Point is in El Paso. I'll leave it to you to decide how best to solve this. Perhaps: "On Christmas Eve, 1921, in El Paso, Texas, Simpson married Ruth Krakauer, an English-born widow whom he had first met while at West Point." Not optimal I'll concede. An issue which is also a bit hazy is When did he meet her? While a student, while serving or while visiting? There's a tiny snippet of a story which wants telling here. Maybe when you advance this to A-class review. Best wishes. As always, your work is impeccable. BTW, I've recently rescued many of my CPStone sources from storage. Expect me to start on my rewrite soon. BusterD (talk) 00:11, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Re-worded as suggested. I haven't got any more information on her. Regretably, Thomas Stone never finished his biographical work on Simpson, and there are a few gaps. I felt that her English origin is important in Simpson's subsequent warm relationship with Montgomery and Dempsey, quite different from that of Bradley and the other army commanders. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:38, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for American logistics in the Normandy campaign

On 25 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article American logistics in the Normandy campaign, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that of the more than 1.5 million US Army servicemen in the UK in May 1944, nearly 460,000 were part of the Services of Supply, which was responsible for American logistics in the Normandy campaign? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, American logistics in the Normandy campaign), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Müncheberg

No problem, let me know and I will endeavour to fix any problems. Dapi89 (talk) 09:50, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

I have created a review. Resolve the issues listed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:07, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

This is to let you know that British hydrogen bomb programme has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 30 May 2020. Please check that 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/May 30, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 16:44, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim 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.

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Rendova and Wickham Anchorage base development

G'day, Hawkeye, I hope you are well. I have been doing some work recently on the New Georgia campaign and some of daughter articles on the various landings or battles of that campaign. This weekend I have done a bit of work on the Landings on Rendova and the Battle of Wickham Anchorage. They are by no means perfect, but I have probably done all I can with them at this stage. I think both of these could be expanded a bit more in relation to the base development aspect and was wondering if you might have a desire to add some information in this regard. No pressure, of course, but if you do have time, I'd greatly appreciate your additions. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:33, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Sure. I'll have a look. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

16:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for NASA Astronaut Group 7

On 7 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NASA Astronaut Group 7, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NASA Astronaut Group 7 consisted of seven pilots who transferred to NASA from the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory spy-satellite program? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NASA Astronaut Group 7. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, NASA Astronaut Group 7), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:04, 7 May 2020 (UTC)


Hello User:Hawkeye7. Thank you for the attention you gave to the DYK nomination (which I posted) for Tracy R. Norris which you may find HERE. You wrote the comment, I'm skeptical believe the licence on Commons. I am uncertain as to what you mean. Might you explain further? Additionally, how does this affect the nomination's viability for future consideration, and is there particular editing I should be doing to address the matter? Most kind regards,Hu Nhu (talk) 16:04, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

The uploader claims to have taken the picture. Looking at the metadata again, that is possible. So we will assume good faith. No action required on your part. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello User:Hawkeye7.Thank you for the information. And there is indeed error. I was the uploader, and I did not take the photograph. I did not mean to state that I did take the photo and apologize for the misinformation. It was an error committed in a good faith edit. I copied it off a United States Department of Defense website as it is public domain. The image on the article Michael E. Stencel is of the same nature, and I attempted (although incorrectly) to replicate that manner of upload. What is your advice in the matter at this time? Please know I would like to make this image one that is correctly uploaded so that it may be properly used. I look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your kind attention.Hu Nhu (talk) 01:42, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
That article has the appropriate source and licence. It points to the web site it was downloaded from, and uses an appropriate PD template to mark its copyright status. If you can remember where you got the image of MG Norris from, you can edit the description page on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
All right. I will attempt to rectify the matter and appreciate your direction.Hu Nhu (talk) 15:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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SAC bases in the UK

I'll leave you alone on the SAC Bases in the UK for a while despite losing a lot to an edit conflict, but can you explain your revert of Off Tackle to Offtackle? Not the name of the plan, as my change was. --Lineagegeek (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)--Lineagegeek (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

I've finished with it, so away you go. (Consider reviewing for B class or at GA class.) "Offtackle" is spelt that way in The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy 1947-1949 [57], American War Plans 1945-1950 [58] and The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950 [59], so I thought that was the correct spelling. What are your sources?
While you're here, do you have a copy of Location of United States Military Units in the United Kingdom, 16 July 1948-31 December 1967? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:48, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
I do (I just noticed that my copy is a 1988 reprint, not the 1968 original). Let me know if I can be helpful. I was going by the link for Offtackle. Perhaps the Wikipedia article needs to be moved. The two word version is the common usage for an American Football play (semi-obsolete). None of what I was doing was very substantive, much was reducing the huge amount of dead space in the infobox and I see Cattlemur beat me to rating it. FWIW, an uncle was the American base commander at Brize Norton for a while in the 1950s.--Lineagegeek (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
I was after the information on the SAC base groups. Just which SAC airbase group was assigned to which base. (Only two of these groups have articles.) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:57, 12 May 2020 th UTC)
I can make a list, if you'd like. Willard makes some mistakes on SAC units, probably because he was a unit historian for a USAFE unit and did not have access to some SAC materials. Lineagegeek (talk) 22:50, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
List is on my talk page with page numbers from Willard. In cases where I have c. a specific date, Willard has only a month and year, and I have inserted the day based on the date he says the base was returned to UK control. If you find Willard and Fletcher do not agree, I would use Fletcher's dates because he had resources available to him that Willard did not. There is one 16 Mar 51 start date that I suspect is a typo for 16 May 51, based on similar dates. I may well have missed some SAC base units, let me know if you have questions. I note two of the stations were not RAF Stations, but I don't know how UK ministries are aligned. --Lineagegeek (talk) 15:24, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for that! Much appreciated. RAF High Wycombe was an RAF station. 7th Air Division was located there from 1958 to 1965. Stansted Mountfitchet appears to have been planned as an air base, but never commissioned. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:15, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIX, May 2020

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Margaret Gowing

I do not understand your revert of the link I added to Nik Gowing. It is normal practice to link names etc. more than once in an article if they are well separated. Please explain your rationale and refer me to the relevant Wiki guideline. In the meantime, perhaps you will remove the duplicate links to Nicholas Kurti, University of Oxford and others. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) - and your style tip about quotes within quotes does not generally apply in the UK, where we put single quote marks outermost and double quote-marks inside.

These are not duplicate links, as they are not duplicated in the article body. The lead and body are considered separate. (MOS:DUPLINK) The tips are not not mine, but generated by a template (Template:Styletips); here it refers to MOS:QUOTEMARKS which specifies the use of double quotation marks for the outermost and single quote marks inside. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks and apologies. I was not aware of the restriction concerning the lead section. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for NASA Astronaut Group 6

On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NASA Astronaut Group 6, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when NASA Astronaut Group 6 were told that they were not required after reporting for duty, they started calling themselves the "Excess Eleven"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NASA Astronaut Group 6. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, NASA Astronaut Group 6), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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17:18, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander H. Flax

On 23 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexander H. Flax, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alexander H. Flax, the future chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, was part of a small team of engineers who developed the Piasecki HRP Rescuer, the first true twin-rotor helicopter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander H. Flax. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alexander H. Flax), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Vanamonde (Talk) 00:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

TFA (June 2020)

This is to let you know that the High Explosive Research article has been scheduled as today's featured article for June 21, 2020. 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/June 21, 2020.—Wehwalt (talk) 23:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

To me, High Explosive Research and British hydrogen bomb programme are in the wrong order. Oh well. I have tweaked the wording to add a bit about the people who designed the bomb. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

14:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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Kesselring

I added Corum's opinion to Kesselring on doctrine. They are his words. FYI Dapi89 (talk) 11:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Fine with me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Battle of Long Tan

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This Month in GLAM: May 2020





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DYK for William G. King Jr.

On 12 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William G. King Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William G. King Jr. explored and surveyed islands where downrange stations were subsequently established as part of the Eastern Test Range? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William G. King Jr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William G. King Jr.), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020

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I am not sure what is involved in sponsoring a featured article. It is certainly very different from the scrap that I created 15 years ago. However I am happy to help, if I can. JMcC (talk) 07:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Nothing is involved really. I will take care of everything. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:37, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Incidentally, the evidence that Melita Norwood was an important atomic spy is sketchy. She worked for the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, not Tube Alloys, and seems to have only passed on secrets about corrosion resistance in ships. Her boss, GI Bailey, was aware of her communist sympathies and said that she was not given anything sensitive. Even though he provided some advice to the Tube Allows project, nuclear materials were not included. Check on its article. JMcC (talk) 08:42, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Okay. I have dropped the mention of Norwood. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:19, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
The illustrations are mainly buildings. I wonder if a rogues' gallery of the main players would be an interesting addition. JMcC (talk) 14:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Agreed. This was the original idea, but there were copyright problems with too many of them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

You asked me to review the MAUD Committee article. I've never done that before. Could you elaborate on what type of review you have in mind? NPguy (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

No worries; the article has now been promoted, so no further review is required. But your offer is appreciated. There is a reviewer's FAQ with a link down the bottom to a reviewer's guide. Cheers. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:49, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

21:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

K-25 scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the K-25 article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 16, 2020. 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 16, 2020, 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? 10:32, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Apollo 11 scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Apollo 11 article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 20, 2020. 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 20, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020

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Happy

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Have a great day!
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Happy First Edit Day!

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Hawkeye7/Archive 2020,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 21:47, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your fifteen years of service to Wikipedia, Hawkeye! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:46, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Hi Hawkeye7, How are you? I was looking at your article and I noticed its on the GA nomination list. I was wondering if you mind me reviewing it. It would be my second review. it is an excellent bit of work with plenty of meat on the bone, size wise. I'm not fantastically gen'd up on the style guide as I tend rely on the Gnome community to do post-update work, but there is plenty of folk, including yourself who can keep me right. I plan to today. scope_creepTalk 14:56, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Go for it. Someone moved it from "Warfare" to "Physics and astronomy", which pretty much ensured that it wouldn't get reviewed for a long time. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:01, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Manned Orbiting Laboratory 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 Scope creep -- Scope creep (talk) 17:40, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

18:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Klaus Fuchs

This edit caught my eye. Offhand, I don't think the content you removed ought to be in the article but I don't see how your asserted reason for removal applies. The removed assertion says "this particular book says X", and provides enough info to identify the book in question. Some googling quickly turned up this, which seems to generally support the thrust of the assertion, though it does not mention Fuchs by name. I would tend to assume good faith that the assertion correctly characterizes the book, but I think that the thrust of the removed assertion. with its presumption of of Fuch's betrayal as fact, is too trivial for mention in the article. I don't think there's a guideline addressing that, though. I just thought I would mention that in passing, and thought that it was better mentioned here than on the article talk page. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. There is a guideline: WP:POPCULTURE, but it doesn't meet any of the conditions therein, and is therefore, as you say, WP:FANCRUFT. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:31, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John Kennedy Sr. (footballer)

On 26 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Kennedy Sr. (footballer), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Space Shuttle FAC help

Good afternoon Hawkeye! Just looking to get some guidance on my FAC for the Space Shuttle, as this is my first FAC. Since there hasn't been any movement on it for a week, I want to make sure that I'm not failing to do something that I should be doing to get a verdict for it. All I've done (which is all that I'm assuming I should do looking at previous FACs) is reach out to Nick-D and Nikkimaria to ask them to take a look at my edits in response to their comments. Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:42, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

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16:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  • England Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, Denmark MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Operation Chronicle

G'day, Hawkeye, I hope you are well. I have done a little bit of work this weekend on referencing and expanding (slightly) the Operation Chronicle article. Wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look and seeing if there is anything you can/want to add? Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

It looks okay. I made some minor changes. I was concerned about the OrBat - I thought that there was four LSTs taking part rather than two. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I have adjusted it now to match Miller (hopefully, I got that right -- my brain is not working well at the moment due to work). I have done a bit of work also on Battle of Hollandia, if you wouldn't mind taking a quick look I'd be most grateful. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:41, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for participating in 11 reviews between April and June 2020. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

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16:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome
Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Also, it is my 100,000 edit. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:46, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Good timing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for British hydrogen bomb programme, "about the British development of the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
... and today for High Explosive Research, "Jim, Bernard and Sir Humphrey decide build an atomic bomb."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
and today K-25, "about the gaseous diffusion project"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Book review

G'day Hawkeye, did High Command have anything to say about Richard Dannatt? My old boss in Bosnia. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 10:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, there are some bits; he appears on about a dozen pages. All about Iraq and Afghanistan, not Bosnia. It notes that he could not find the minutes of the discussion where it was decided to deploy to Afghanistan before finishing in Iraq. And his difficulty finding troops for the two. It talks about his going to the press to exert pressure on the government to meet the army's needs, thereby alienating himself from the other chiefs. He seems to think we know about it, and doesn't elaborate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:42, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, yes he was a mere brigadier in Bosnia. I'll hunt down a copy. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

How to GAN?

I see you have put up for GA Discovery of nuclear fission , Otto Hahn, and Lisa Meitner. Now I'm not familiar with GAN, but is the process like this: somebody else (like me) should advocate the GAN by starting the review? If so, I will spend time to read the guidelines etc. -DePiep (talk) 20:56, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Hi @Hawkeye7: That is it, its passed the GA. I think it is the most perfect article I've read. Now I wish I could duplicate you 8000 times and the problems on Wikipedia would disappear overnight. Well done for your stellar record of achievement. Its a real shame there is no money prizes available on Wikipedia. It could really do with one. scope_creepTalk 10:47, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your review! Much appreciated! Don't forget to formally close the review per Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions#Passing. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Manned Orbiting Laboratory

The article Manned Orbiting Laboratory you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Manned Orbiting Laboratory 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 Scope creep -- Scope creep (talk) 11:21, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Outstanding DYK nominations

Please follow-up on Template:Did you know nominations/Leslie Shepherd (physicist) and Template:Did you know nominations/Super-Duper Missile. Both nomination have had no comments in three weeks and could be rejected if they go stale. Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 12:26, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

I cited your use of Charles Duke's full name at the start of the main text at the current discussion at Talk:Alfred Worden. I don't know whether you have an opinion on the use of the person's full name at the start of the main portion of the article, but if so it would be welcome.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for Apollo 11, about "the first manned landing on the Moon"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Hope you are well.Stay safe! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

19:13, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Moon in the Moon Award

Moon in the Moon Award
Please accept this Man in the Moon Award for your efforts in getting Apollo 11 to TFA on its 50th anniversary. Onceinawhile (talk) 19:32, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Citing e-books

Hi Hawkeye7! I was wondering if I could get your advice on the proper way to cite e-books, specifically referencing a given location within them (since there aren't any page numbers). Per WP:PAGENUM, the guidance is just to use a chapter, but that seems much more vague than the print media standard of specific page numbers. Is giving the e-book locations with {{sfn}} or {{rp}} appropriate? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:26, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Leslie Shepherd (physicist)

On 26 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leslie Shepherd (physicist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1948 and 1952, nuclear physicist Leslie Shepherd published scientific papers on the use of nuclear technology for interplanetary and interstellar space travel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leslie Shepherd (physicist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leslie Shepherd (physicist)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:01, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

13:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Aurand

On 1 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry Aurand, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, Major General Henry Aurand had his own weekly radio show? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Aurand. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Henry Aurand), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:02, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Discovery of nuclear fission

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Discovery of nuclear fission 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 Ponor -- Ponor (talk) 16:21, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Discovery of nuclear fission

The article Discovery of nuclear fission you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Discovery of nuclear fission 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 Ponor -- Ponor (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020

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DYK

Thanks for the information. The quoted source in the DYK nomination says "Nov. 3, 1966" which threw me off a bit. SL93 (talk) 05:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

For DYK noms, I cite an online source whenever possible to make life as easy as possible for the reviewer. Backfired this time apparently Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Make Jim Lovell a featured article

Hi,

I've seen that you've made lots of NASA astronauts featured articles. Jim Lovell, a quite important NASA astronaut, isn't a featured article yet. Since the work is the same as for other astronauts, you can probably do it and would probably enjoy it.

Thanks,

Calvinsky (talk) 20:17, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Kees08 is currently working on Jim Lovell. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Adopt an astronaut. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Ok Thanks. -- Calvinsky (talk) 08:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for Harold Huglin

On 12 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harold Huglin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brigadier General Harold Huglin was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading a bombing raid on Magdeburg during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harold Huglin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Harold Huglin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:03, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article American logistics in the Northern France campaign 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 03:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

The article American logistics in the Northern France campaign 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:American logistics in the Northern France campaign for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 23:41, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

The article American logistics in the Northern France campaign you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:American logistics in the Northern France campaign 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Jesse A. Ladd

On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jesse A. Ladd, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Colonel Jesse A. Ladd was in command at an aviation factory when it was seized by federal troops during a strike in June 1941? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jesse A. Ladd. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jesse A. Ladd), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article United States war plans (1945–1950) 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:02, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Otto Hahn

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Otto Hahn 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 -- (talk) 07:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Manhattan Project

I see you grammar police! Seriously though, thank you for correcting my poor grammatical entry. 👍 Roland Of Yew (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for United States war plans (1945–1950)

On 26 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States war plans (1945–1950), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

—valereee (talk) 16:14, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gerald Carr (astronaut)

On 27 August 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerald Carr (astronaut), which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem (talk) 04:31, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Otto Hahn

The article Otto Hahn you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Otto Hahn 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 H? -- H? (talk) 04:41, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Pavel Agafonov vote

I am very perplexed by your "keep" vote for the Pavel Adafonov article considering the fact that he was certainly NOT an ace in the Spanish Civil War (or any other conflict). Not a single reliable source considers lists him as an ace (in fact, there are no reliable sources about how many shootdowns that he had, other than that he could not have had 5 or more to be required for inclusion in the official ace lists composed by historians like Bykov, Simonov, etc). I assume you will change your vote? I do not understand how he would meet requirements for a keep dependent on ace status considering that it is widely accepted by modern historians and reliable sources (not Soviet essays and over-dramatized memiors) that he wasn't an ace.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Revolt of the Admirals

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Revolt of the Admirals 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 Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Yuri Gagarin

I hope you are doing well in these strange times. I have started a PR for Yuri Gagarin. I hope to get him through FAC before the 60th anniversary of his flight, 12 April. Please comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/Yuri Gagarin/archive1. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 22:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

The article United States war plans (1945–1950) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United States war plans (1945–1950) 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 02:02, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Discovery of nuclear fission

On 30 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Discovery of nuclear fission, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Otto Hahn was the sole recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for the discovery of nuclear fission? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Discovery of nuclear fission. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Discovery of nuclear fission), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Otto Hahn

On 30 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Otto Hahn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Otto Hahn was the sole recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for the discovery of nuclear fission? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Otto Hahn), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2020

20:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Royal B. Lord

On 1 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal B. Lord, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Royal B. Lord collected money for the 1931 Army–Navy Game at Yankee Stadium in Evangeline Booth's tambourine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal B. Lord. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Royal B. Lord), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • Free Hong Kong Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
  • IndonesiaHaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
  • England Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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. 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

BBC Documentary on Oppenheimer

Re Manhattan Project; there's an interesting 2009 BBC documentary on 'The Trial of Robert Oppenheimer'; worth a look https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lpk70. Robinvp11 (talk) 16:30, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I will take a look. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:24, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

FYI on unprocessed FAC

Looks like Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/I Love You (Billie Eilish song)/archive1 never got processed by the bot? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:57, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

The FAC coordinator specifically ordered the FACBot not to process it by editing the article talk page. [127] Acting on the assumption that this was an error, I reverted Ian Rose's edit [128] and ordered the FACBot to process the article, which it has now done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Also Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ilomilo (song)/archive1. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Similar story, but here another editor removed the article from the FAC nomination list before the FACBot could process it. [129]. Will have to think about this one. Action was the same; revert the edit and allow the FACBot to process the article. Will have to think about this. I can have the Bot check for such anomalies rather than relying on the coordinators to report them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
The coords do report errors Hawkeye, what would've occurred here is that a FAC was initiated out-of-process and therefore removed rather than archived -- editing the talk page was the correct action, along with removing the nom from the FAC list and requesting the FAC page itself be deleted by an admin. I daresay the nominator has done something out-of-process again, this has happened before. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:22, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for American logistics in the Northern France campaign

On 9 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article American logistics in the Northern France campaign, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American logistics in the Northern France campaign was impacted by a critical shortage of jerrycans, more than 2 million of which had been discarded or abandoned in Normandy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/American logistics in the Northern France campaign. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, American logistics in the Northern France campaign), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Tube Alloys scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Tube Alloys article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 17, 2020. 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/October 17, 2020, 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? 15:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020

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Fac

Hey, I saw you usually comment on song articles that are up for FAC. I was wondering if you could make a few comments for Let's Fall in Love for the Night? Thanks a lot. :) The Ultimate Boss (talk) 20:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: August 2020





Headlines
  • Albania report: Wikivoyage edit-a-thon - Editing Albania and Kosovo’s travel destinations
  • Brazil report: Open innovation and dissemination activities: wrapping up great achievements on a major GLAM in Brazil
  • Czech Republic report: First Prague Wiki Editathon held in Prague
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  • Serbia report: Enriching Wiki projects in different ways
  • Sweden report: Free music and new recordings of songs in the public domain; Autumn in the libraries; Yes, you can hack the heritage this year – online!
  • Uganda report: Participating in the African Librarians Week (24-30 May 2020)
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DYK for John H. Dudley

On 12 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John H. Dudley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John H. Dudley and his wife both worked on the Manhattan Project, but did not tell each other because of security restrictions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John H. Dudley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John H. Dudley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

This is to let you know that the Battle of Goodenough Island article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 22, 2020. 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/October 22, 2020, 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? 13:30, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

G'day, Hawkeye, hope you are well. Ack this -- just so you know, I will be away on course around this time so may not be able to monitor the article on the day depending on the program. Sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Kathleen Byerly

On 13 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kathleen Byerly, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 20:23, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John Fahey (politician)

On 13 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Fahey (politician), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 20:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lisa Nowak 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 Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:20, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Prep 6 image caption

Hi, I notice someone trimmed your caption from

Launch of a Gemini B capsule and Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup
to:
Launch of a Gemini B capsule mockup
Is this correct? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
No, it is wrong. The Gemini B spacecraft was real and complete; the Manned Orbiting Laboratory stage was the mockup. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:19, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I am not allowed to fix it. But the ambiguity could be avoided if it read: "Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Fine. I'm happy to correct it. Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for that. The ambiguity clearly confused at least one person, but they are very hard to recognise. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:04, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Revolt of the Admirals

The article Revolt of the Admirals you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Revolt of the Admirals 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 Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Robert B. Landry

On 18 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert B. Landry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Robert B. Landry was the United States Air Force aide to President Harry S. Truman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert B. Landry. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Robert B. Landry), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM 14:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Manned Orbiting Laboratory

On 20 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Manned Orbiting Laboratory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manned Orbiting Laboratory. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Manned Orbiting Laboratory), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

21:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

The Military history A-Class cross
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class cross for Operation Totem, Operation Mosaic, Nassau Agreement, American logistics in the Normandy campaign, and Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Timothy S. Matthews

Hello! Your submission of Timothy S. Matthews 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! Andrew🐉(talk) 13:11, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello,

I was just checking the above with an eye towards reviewing it. One small glitch I spotted. The last para under Battle of Britain is closed by a footnote, but not a citation. You might want to fix that.Georgejdorner (talk) 22:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks George. I have corrected this. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:45, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 September 2020

Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak

The article Lisa Nowak 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:Lisa Nowak for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Revolt of the Admirals

On 29 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Revolt of the Admirals, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1949 the admirals were revolting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Revolt of the Admirals. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Revolt of the Admirals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations

The Coordinator stars
On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! Cheers Gog the Mild (talk) 16:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak

The article Lisa Nowak you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lisa Nowak 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 Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:42, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Half-Million Award

The Half Million Award
For your contributions to bring Lisa Nowak (estimated annual readership: 640,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:05, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

That's insane. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:54, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Albert Kesselring 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 Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 18:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

My comments at the peer review

Hi Hawkeye, I just wanted to drop you a quick message to apologise if my comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/United States war plans (1945–1950) came across as arrogant or condescending. It wasn't my intention – sometimes my enthusiasm to offer thoughts and suggestions can get ahead of my tactfulness.

I just wanted to reiterate that the article looks great and that I really appreciate the scale of your work. Jr8825Talk 19:17, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

No apology necessary. I am am grateful for your comments. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Kathleen Byerly

On 7 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kathleen Byerly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kathleen Byerly was one of six sailors who sued the U.S. Navy for the right to serve on ships? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kathleen Byerly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kathleen Byerly), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:01, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for participating in 8 reviews between July and September 2020. Harrias (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:25, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Danny Dietz delete AFD

Hi there Hawkeye, I really appreciate your comforting words on the AFD for the article I uploaded. I hope the article could be saved, anyway good day to you! Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 08:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

15:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lisa Nowak

Hello! Your submission of Lisa Nowak 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! Yoninah (talk) 00:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2020





Headlines
  • Brazil report: Wikidata birthday celebrations, Wiki Loves Monuments, new partnerships and more!
  • Colombia report: GLAM and virtual education
  • France report: AAF training course; Workshops in Strasbourg; European Heritage Days: Rennes; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Germany report: Ahoy! Wikipedians set sail to document the reality of modern seafaring
  • Indonesia report: New GLAM partnerships on data donation; Commons structured data edit-a-thon
  • Norway report: Students taking on GLAM Wiki women in red
  • Sweden report: Musikverket: more folk music and photos; Hack for Heritage 2020; Wiki Loves Monuments; Wikipedia in the libraries; Digital Book Fair on Wikipedia
  • UK report: National Lottery; Khalili Collections
  • USA report: Virtual events MetFashion, 19SuffrageStories, WikiCari Festival and more
  • Open Access report: New publication about access to digitised cultural heritage
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Your GA nomination of Lise Meitner

The article Lise Meitner 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:Lise Meitner for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 00:20, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lise Meitner

The article Lise Meitner you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lise Meitner 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 02:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020

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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8

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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8

The article NASA Astronaut Group 8 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:NASA Astronaut Group 8 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Footlessmouse -- Footlessmouse (talk) 02:41, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

I very much appreciate your cooperation throughout the Good Article review process for NASA Astronaut Group 8 and I apologize for asking you to fix non-errors related to regional differences in English. Excellent job on the article and on passing the review! Footlessmouse (talk) 19:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8

The article NASA Astronaut Group 8 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8 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 Footlessmouse -- Footlessmouse (talk) 19:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

The article Albert Kesselring 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:Albert Kesselring for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 04:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

16:29, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring

The article Albert Kesselring you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Albert Kesselring for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 17:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Tube Alloys, about "the British atomic bomb project during the Second World War"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

... and today for Battle of Goodenough Island, "about an Australian amphibious operation during the Second World War"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Lisa Nowak

On 23 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lisa Nowak, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2019 film Lucy in the Sky is loosely based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lisa Nowak. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lisa Nowak), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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 October 2020 (UTC)

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Feedback on the bot's B class assessments

Hi Hawkeye. The part of this exchange relating to the bot may, or there again may not, be of interest. Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:06, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

17:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shuttle-Centaur 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Timothy S. Matthews

On 30 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Timothy S. Matthews, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Timothy S. Matthews received an award from the Association of Old Crows? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Timothy S. Matthews. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Timothy S. Matthews), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur

The article Shuttle-Centaur 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:Shuttle-Centaur for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur

The article Shuttle-Centaur you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shuttle-Centaur 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 14:01, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Ivy Hooks

On 31 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ivy Hooks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ivy Hooks was one of only two women assigned to the original design team for the Space Shuttle orbiter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ivy Hooks. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ivy Hooks), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

What does
When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Manned Spaceflight Center, a friend's mother drew her attention to an article in the newspaper that said "NASA's looking for women scientists and engineers."[3]
say? Shenme (talk) 00:33, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

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MilHistBot on stubs?

Hi Hawkeye, hope all is well. I’m sure you’re incredibly busy, so please forgive my imposition on your time. Did you ever get anywhere with running MHB on the military history stubs to reassess? I thought that a really good idea. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 22:31, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

I've seen a couple of stubs assessed by the milhistbot. Adamdaley (talk) 22:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
The run has been prepared. It is at WP:BRFA awaiting. A test run updating 25 articles was carried out. See Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MilHistBot 8 for details. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:49, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Oh great, thanks! Eddie891 Talk Work 23:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is England Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by England Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Gondor Hog Farm (submissions), Indonesia HaEr48 (submissions), Somerset Harrias (submissions) and Free Hong Kong Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. 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 in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for John F. Yardley

On 7 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John F. Yardley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Yardley's Law states that "Pretty is what works"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John F. Yardley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John F. Yardley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

—valereee (talk) 12:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Andrew J. Stofan

Hello! Your submission of Andrew J. Stofan 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! Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for John F. McCarthy Jr.

On 9 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John F. McCarthy Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John F. McCarthy Jr. headed a group that suggested modifications to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy that tripled the structural life of the aircraft? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John F. McCarthy Jr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John F. McCarthy Jr.), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Bones Hillman

On 9 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bones Hillman, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

15:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

edit summary: "Interim checkin - lots more to come"

Hello- It might be a good idea to actually summarize your edits rather than simply pasting this same uninformative summary to many edits. Just a suggestion. Eric talk 02:03, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Is there something you want to know? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:34, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Did my post look like a question? I offered a suggestion, nothing more. Eric talk 02:09, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020

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This Month in GLAM: October 2020





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  • Brazil report: Abre-te Código hackathon, Wikidata related events and news from our partners
  • Finland report: Postponed Hack4FI GLAM hackathon turned into an online global Hack4OpenGLAM
  • France report: Partnership with BNU Strasbourg
  • Germany report: Coding da Vinci cultural data hackathon heads to Lower Saxony
  • India report: Mapping GLAM in Maharashtra, India
  • Indonesia report: Bulan Sejarah Indonesia 2.0; Structured data edit-a-thon; Proofreading mini contest
  • Netherlands report: National History Month: East to West, Dutch libraries and Wikipedia
  • New Zealand report: West Coast Wikipedian at Large
  • Norway report: The Sámi Languages on wiki
  • Serbia report: Many activities are in our way
  • Sweden report: Librarians learn about Wikidata; More Swedish literature on Wikidata; Online Edit-a-thon Dalarna; Applications to the Swedish Innovation Agency; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Librarians and Projekt HBTQI; GLAM Statistical Tool
  • UK report: Enamels of the World
  • USA report: American Archive of Public Broadcasting; Smithsonian Women in Finance Edit-a-thon; Black Lunch Table; San Diego/October 2020; WikiWednesday Salon
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DYK for Andrew J. Stofan

On 13 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew J. Stofan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andrew J. Stofan (pictured) was an expert on sloshing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew J. Stofan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew J. Stofan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:01, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Albert Kesselring

Hello User:Hawkeye7, there is currently a GA reassessment of Albert Kesselring going on. Some points have already been raised in the reassessment. I recommend going to the reassessment to look at those points and try to implement them in the article. If the article gets delisted, still try to implement the recommendations and re-nominate the article, though I won't be re-reviewing the article for GA status as I am still trying to get more experience before I make more reviews. Lazman321 (talk) 17:20, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

You did a fine job of reviewing. You are a good reviewer, and should not take this as a persona setback. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:54, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

BOT

Can the BOT be used today? Adamdaley (talk) 23:57, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes. Which run to you want? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:01, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
The military history bot. Can it be run again for tonight? Adamdaley (talk) 07:45, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Done. The maintenance categories should be clean. However, if you could clean up Category:Military history articles with no associated task force by hand, that would be great. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:18, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
I've done a few articles at the above link. Could you run the milhistbot again sometime today? Adamdaley (talk) 22:21, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Could you run the bot once for tonight? It would be appreciated. Adamdaley (talk) 09:18, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Bot has been run again. Still 126 articles in the category. Note that the Bot has difficulty with pages that are not articles. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:01, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

There is 352 unassessed articles that hasn't been assessed by the bot. Adamdaley (talk) 10:16, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Something's wrong. It was starting to assess articles that should not have been unclassified. Will investigate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:43, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Suspended bot run until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:06, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
It's finally updated. But it is slowly updating still after an hour or so after the others. Adamdaley (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
It shouldn't be updating these articles. They are not new. They were already assessed. Should not have to re-process articles. Problems with Ores causing a slow update. Bot run is no longer practical. Suspended until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:22, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Problems with ORES seem to have been resolved by WMF blocking a rogue bot in an infinite loop. Re-enabled the AutoCheck run. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:48, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

15:36, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 27, 2020. 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/December 27, 2020. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 14:50, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for John R. Casani

On 18 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John R. Casani, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John R. Casani used to carry the Pioneer 3 and Pioneer 4 spacecraft in a suitcase? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John R. Casani. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John R. Casani), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:05, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

17:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Good luck with the elections. I expect you will get a lot of support for the good work you do on Wikipedia, but there will be a balancing amount of opposes because of the desysopping. If you do join the Committee you will certainly bring a lot of experience and insight which could prove to be very useful. SilkTork (talk) 15:29, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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What a job!

The ISSstar
For bringing Manned Orbiting Laboratory to F.A. quality. Neopeius (talk) 04:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

What's next on your list?! :) --Neopeius (talk) 04:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

I have to finish off Galileo (spacecraft). This is proceeding slowly. Then I'll help you with Corona. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
I definitely would love company back here in the 1960s! When you start heading in that direction, let's collaborate via Discord. It's a pleasure working with you! :) --Neopeius (talk) 05:13, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

17:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Four Award

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on American logistics in the Normandy campaign. Eddie891 Talk Work 20:45, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! That was quick. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:59, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Shuttle-Centaur

Hello! Your submission of Shuttle-Centaur 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! Yoninah (talk) 00:08, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Anniversaries (from your user page)

Alan Shepard (60th anniversary of first space flight (May 2021), 50th of Moon walk (July 2021)) - The correct month is February. Taurus Littrow (talk) 10:01, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for William H. Robbins

On 3 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William H. Robbins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NASA engineer William H. Robbins worked on what was the world's largest windmill when it was dedicated in 1979? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William H. Robbins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William H. Robbins), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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ArbCom candidate questions

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16:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

FACbot jumped the gun?

Hi, looks like maybe FACbot jumped the gun here? Near as I can tell, the nominator took nearly an hour before saving the nomination and FACbot reverted the talk page addition during that time. Fairly harmless but maybe an hour is too quick to do this? Though it seems like a pretty rare situation. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

The FACBot only runs once a day and works in days rather than hours. The problem occurs only if the nomination and transclusion occur on opposite sides of midnight Zulu. I suppose I could have it wait a day. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
That would have fixed this issue, but this must happen so rarely I'm not sure it's a concern. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol December Newsletter

Hello Hawkeye7,

A chart of the 2020 New Page Patrol Queue

Year in review

It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.

Rank Username Num reviews Log
1 DannyS712 bot III (talk) 67,552 Patrol Page Curation
2 Rosguill (talk) 63,821 Patrol Page Curation
3 John B123 (talk) 21,697 Patrol Page Curation
4 Onel5969 (talk) 19,879 Patrol Page Curation
5 JTtheOG (talk) 12,901 Patrol Page Curation
6 Mcampany (talk) 9,103 Patrol Page Curation
7 DragonflySixtyseven (talk) 6,401 Patrol Page Curation
8 Mccapra (talk) 4,918 Patrol Page Curation
9 Hughesdarren (talk) 4,520 Patrol Page Curation
10 Utopes (talk) 3,958 Patrol Page Curation
Reviewer of the Year

John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.

NPP Technical Achievement Award

As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.

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This Month in GLAM: November 2020





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  • Brazil report: Accessibility through audio descriptions, GLAM tutorials, WikidataCon 2021 and more updates on Brazilian GLAMs
  • Canada report: Taking a tour of CAPACOA workshops and some recent example sets from commons
  • Germany report: German symphony orchestra releases audio samples under free license
  • India report: Re-licensing of content on water & rivers in India
  • Indonesia report: #WikiSejarah WPWP Campaign
  • Netherlands report: Wikipedia and Education, Funding granted for two projects in 2021, KB completes collection highlights project
  • Serbia report: GLAM in Serbia makes important steps in the digitization of cultural heritage
  • Spain report: Edit-a-thons on women scientists and painters
  • Sweden report: Music, UNESCO and Wikidata
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020

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In appreciation

The Feather Barnstar
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your unceasing work in creating new articles, in particular Ian Ross Campbell. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:49, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Gog! I saw your request for the article on the MilHist talk page. The final result is much better than I anticipated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Considering how little time you have had to work, it's quite classy. (Battle of Rethymno has just gone to GAN! ) Gog the Mild (talk) 21:11, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Shuttle-Centaur

On 10 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shuttle-Centaur, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Shuttle-Centaur booster (test article pictured) was once intended to send a space probe to Jupiter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shuttle-Centaur. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shuttle-Centaur), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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) 00:01, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations! With 6,611 views, your Shuttle-Centaur hook is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of December. Accordingly, it has been included at DYKSTATS December. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ian Ross Campbell

Hello! Your submission of Ian Ross Campbell 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! Yoninah (talk) 19:36, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Natalis soli invicto!

Natalis soli invicto!
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:52, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Four Award

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Discovery of nuclear fission. Morgan695 (talk) 00:29, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations!! That is quite the achievement. --TheSandDoctor Talk 05:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
November
Thank you also for being ready to serve on arbcom, - good luck! - I still have yesterday's good top story to offer, - and a little below is my vision for 2020. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Today's DYK: to be sung "happily" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
In case you want to look at a an article related to "my question": L'ange de Nisida, - mentioned under #Donizetti on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
That one aside, what do you think of Hippolyte et Aricie? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for INTERFET logistics (below), "about the Australian intervention in East Timor in 1999-2000. This is an unusual case of a multinational coalition not lead by a great power. The politics of the operation, the diplomacy involved in assembling the coalition, and of course the operations are all fascinating subjects, but my interest as always is in the logistics. The official history of the intervention in East Timor, although written, has yet to appear, and I'm not expecting a great deal on logistics, as the World War II and Vietnam volumes are very poor in this regard."! - See you in the new year, - I remember the feeling of having the TFA on the first day of a new year (2019). - For wishes keep looking here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
ps: the opera - last question before - was resolved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

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MilHistBot

Hello,Hawkeye!

MilHistBot rated Discoverer 13 a B, but I've just made it, and it shouldn't merit more than a C right now. Is there a reason it gave a B? I thought B class in MilHist required human review, too... --Neopeius (talk) 16:35, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

MilHist articles are rated according to the five criteria listed. It passes all five, so it is rated B class. It has been flagged for human review. The bot posts a list of articles assessed as B class in the previous month, so this would have occurred in January. It would have passed though. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:58, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
I appreciate the vote of confidence! I feel that none of the Discoverer articles (save, perhaps Discoverer 2 have really earned it yet. I've only used the usual sources supplemented by one book. That feels thin to me. --Neopeius (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Good Topic

Hello, Hawkeye!

I apparently need the assistance of an admin. Only admins can nominate good topics (I'd like to nominate Galactic Radiation and Background along with SOLRAD 1 through SOLRAD 4B (GA status imminent)) and the admin currently listed on that page (User:Bencherlite) has been AWOL since 2018.

Can you assist? --Neopeius (talk) 17:20, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Never mind. I figured it out. :) --Neopeius (talk) 17:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
Did you? It's not transcluded at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:50, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
I am waiting for the GA of SOLRAD 4B to be done. --Neopeius (talk) 01:01, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

2020 Military Historian of the Year

2020 Military Historian of the Year
As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Bronze Wiki for sharing third place in the 2020 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts throughout the year. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:49, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

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. New York (state) 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. Christmas Island AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3. Kingdom of Scotland 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. United States Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7. England 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)