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Appreciating your comments[edit]
Hello @TechoSquirrel69 Senior editors have an eagle's eye that can capture such details as mentioned. As a junior editor, myself, I always take them heartedly and rework to address the issues. I believe that the content of the article is of public interest (the well being of Swahili language), so I shall try to keep on pushing it. Thanks. Dee Soulza (talk) 20:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Dee Soulza: Thanks for your message. While I admire your desire to uphold what I assume is your linguistic heritage by writing about the Swahili language, please remember not to let that translate into a biased writing style. As I mentioned in my review, we need to try our best to remain neutral on the subjects we're writing about — our goal is not to convince the reader of anything or highlight any one perspective. The encyclopedia simply summarizes the information provided in reliable sources without adding any interpretations. I wish you luck with writing your draft article. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Dee Soulza (talk) 07:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 May newsletter[edit]
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Hello, may you reopen the discussion for Dark Deco, so I don't have to re-nominate it? Even with no comments, no quorum is not a "do nothing" close, and should have either been acted upon as I suggested (retargeted to a Batman related topic such as Batman: The Animated Series, one of the only relevant uses of this term on Wikipedia), or remained open to garner further comments, per WP:NOQUORUM (or Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Common outcomes#No quorum for RfD specific). I would prefer not to unilaterally retarget in the meantime as there are multiple options, but the status quo is not one and has no support. Utopes (talk / cont) 20:37, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Utopes! Thanks for reminding me about the silent consensus principle, which slipped my mind when I closed this discussion. I don't have time to do so at the moment, but I will overturn my closure and re-close the discussion later this evening or tomorrow. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Utopes: Thanks for your patience; done. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:12, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sea of Voices[edit]
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sea of Voices you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Skyshifter -- Skyshifter (talk) 17:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sea of Voices[edit]
The article Sea of Voices 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:Sea of Voices and Talk:Sea of Voices/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Skyshifter -- Skyshifter (talk) 18:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sea of Voices[edit]
The article Sea of Voices you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Sea of Voices for comments about the article, and Talk:Sea of Voices/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Skyshifter -- Skyshifter (talk) 10:52, 16 May 2024 (UTC)