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Aristid von Grosse
Hallo Stone, ich könnte diesen Artikel in der deutschen WP gut gebrauchen. Da Du der Ersteller des Artikels bist, ist es einfacher, wenn Du den Artikel ins Deutsche überträgst und dort anlegst. Es muss dann kein Importantrag gestellt werden. Ich bearbeite gerade de:Uran(VI)-fluorid. Der Artikel kandidiert auf "Lesenswert". Ich werde ihn aber noch ausbauen können, um ihn später auf "Exzellent" zu bringen. Dabei ist mir auch dieser Artikel aufgefallen, der dann im Abschnitt "Geschichte" eingebaut werden soll. Viele Grüße und vielen Dank im Voraus --JWBE (talk) 09:59, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Herzlichen Dank für Deine schnelle Mitarbeit. Viele Grüße --JWBE (talk) 17:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Kein Problem, ich mag es wenn jemand das brauchen kann was man hier so fabriziert.--Stone (talk) 18:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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Yeah I know. I am thinking about doing some work on some articles, but I don't plan to have too big of a time investment. Nergaal (talk) 22:17, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Hollemann Wiberg
Did I cite the correct book in alkali metal for ammonium? Double sharp (talk) 06:01, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but for the english version I can't provide a page number. --Stone (talk) 00:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Jezhotwells (talk) 04:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Periodic Table by Quality
Hello. There are new updates for the Periodic Table by Quality: Pm has improved from Start to C, while Mt and Rg have dropped from C to Start. Double sharp (talk) 09:08, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Group 10 has improved from Stub to Start. Double sharp (talk) 05:29, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Done! --Stone (talk) 07:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Double sharp (talk) 14:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Silicon C → B Double sharp (talk) 11:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Polonium B → C Double sharp (talk) 13:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Another iteration.--Stone (talk) 21:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Antimony
Glad to see you in my watchlist! I'm sure you had good reasons for this removal, just mention them somewhere that others understand. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 22:22, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved it to the production section were it belongs.--Stone (talk) 22:34, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Help me please
Hello there!

I need your help as a Chemistry Ph.D. Generally, I can't understand why BiF5 is polymeric rather than molecular. (I understand the rationale for BeF2...is it something similar (opposite)?) I am asking for fluorine. I'm thinking to move BiF5 to other nonvolatiles ('cause both BiF5 and BeF2 are neither "molecular" nor ionic). It could be neat to explain that in a few words. (if it's too compicated, but would you mind still doing this? Personally, I'm interested as well)

Also, about antimony. I gave it a read. Personally, I find the contents fine (for GA maybe). For ce, you can ask WP:GOCE. They're good. The only minus is the long waiting period (chemistry isn't something everyone wishes to "do," you know). At least, this is my GOCE experience (a fluorine copyedit before the last FAC). (I'm not the one to write long) Have a good luck with Sb, and cheers--R8R Gtrs (talk) 13:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

 * I will try to find something about it and if I understand it I will try to explain.--Stone (talk) 21:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Resource exchange
The whole point of that endeavour is that different people have different access. If you give an incomplete citation, someone else (in this case that's me) fills in more details so that the level of effort for the next helper is lower. If someone else can just click a link and get the source for you, it is more likely to happen than if they have to generate a query. Many universities and other large enterprises have very extensive access to online services. I happen to have decent access to indices, but not so much to full text. A busy wikipedian who has that full text access might only help you if the effort needed is small. LeadSongDog come howl!  21:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No apology necessary. LeadSongDog come howl!  07:16, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

resource request
Hi Stone,

I've uploaded the medical biography article that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the article at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 20:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Potassium antimonyl tartrate
Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:12, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Help with Hermann Staudinger
I got involved into a debate whether this image was taken in 1956 or 1964. I think it can not be 1964 because Eschen (the photographer) died in 1964 in Austria, and Staudinger was 83 then, but I have no proof. Do you have any quick idea on which year is right - maybe Staudinger was very ill in 1964 or looked much different, or Eschen was doing something else the whole year? Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 07:37, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I will try when I am back to my time zone on friday.--Stone (talk) 02:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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Jacob A. Marinsky, Lawrence E. Glendenin und Charles D. Coryell
Hallo Stone, da ich gerade den Artikel de:Promethium ausbaue, könnte ich Deine Hilfe gebrauchen. Die drei haben das Promethium entdeckt. Der Artikel de:Jacob A. Marinsky ist sehr dünn, de:Lawrence E. Glendenin und de:Charles D. Coryell existieren noch nicht. Jedoch gibt es zu allen drei recht gute englische Artikel (Jacob A. Marinsky, Lawrence E. Glendenin und Charles D. Coryell). Kannst Du durch gelegentliches Übersetzen/Ergänzen/Neuanlegen auf wp:de für Abhilfe schaffen? Vielen Dank und beste Grüße --JWBE (talk) 23:37, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Müßte hin zu bekommen sein. --Stone (talk) 07:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Noch nachträglich besten Dank für Glendenin. Wie sieht es zeitlich mit Coryell und einer Ergänzung von Marinsky aus? Meine Überarbeitung von Promethium musste ich Mitte März aus Zeitgründen erstmal unterbrechen, will aber die Sache nun langsam wieder anfangen. Viele Grüße --JWBE (talk) 14:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

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Solar eclipse of August 18, 1868
Hallo, ich arbeite gerade an dem deutschen Artkiel über diese Sonnenfinsternis und bin mit Freude auf die Quellen auf der Diskussionsseite gestoßen. Es gibt aber eine Sache, die ich nicht verstehe: war Félix Tisserand mit seinen Kollegen wirklich auf der Beobachtungsstation des thailändischen Königs? In seinem Artikel steht, er war in Malacca. Andererseits befindet sich dieser Ort nicht auf der Kernschattenbahn dieser Sonnenfinsternis, laut der deutschsprachigen Quellen hat er jedoch offensichtlich eine totale Verfinsterung gesehen. Was stimmt da nicht? --Plenz (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

GA
Could you look at the GA nom for Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 09:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I will try to help with the improvement, but I am not a good Ga reviewer.--Stone (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have fixed the issues you have currently highlighted. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 17:42, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you have access to all the references? I will be online for a little longer so I will watch the Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly page for any changes.--Stone (talk) 17:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. I removed the PPI bit, as I could not find the source. :/ --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 17:58, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you have access to all the references?--Stone (talk) 18:00, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

All of the current ones (now). I took a trip-to-the-libary to get on the old ones, for free. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:01, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Good job! --Stone (talk) 18:32, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Boron
Hi Sbharris, you added the rio tinto borax mine as nearly largest producer for borax in the world. The numbers for the US producers are withheld since 2005 but at that point the us was roughly producing one fifth of the world production. The two company pages are a little vague in their statement. Do you think that there is somewhere a better source to quote at this place? Thanks --Stone (talk) 22:12, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

 * Here's a Rio Tinto company page less vague: . It gives one million tons a year of refined borates from the Mojave site (Rio Tinto of course owns many other sites in South America). That doesn't mean it's correct. Usually total world boron production is quoted as about 2 million tons of B203 equivalent, so that would make the Mojave/Boron site as about 50% of the world production. It's certainly the entire US/North America production.

 * A somewhat biased Turkish site that claims to keep track of world boron claims the US (which would be entirely this mine in California) produces 1/3rd of total boron production. . That would still make this mine in Boron, CA the largest in the world, since Turkey's boron production sites are multiple. S  B Harris 22:40, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

NDB
Hallo Stone, habe mal auf meiner Seite geantwortet. Was genau klappt da nicht? De728631 (talk) 08:56, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Nucleophilic acyl substitution
I appreciated your input on the Zaitsev's rule edit, and was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at the new content I've posted to Talk:Nucleophilic_acyl_substitution. I mentioned the new edits on the Chemistry talk page, but unfortunately, I haven't received any feedback. I'd rather not go live with the changes until a few other editors have given them a thumbs-up. Thanks! Ckalnmals (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I will try to reactivate what I learned 14 years ago.--Stone (talk) 14:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Great - thanks for the time and effort. Ckalnmals (talk) 01:29, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Dale Cruikshank
The original text was largely copied from the NASA Ames website, but that's presumably public domain as a US goverment work, isn't it? Colonies Chris (talk) 10:46, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Shrike (talk) 15:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Radium's mp
Don't think you really need a paper describing the experiment. It would only give you a number, of the info you could use. Especially given the experiment was performed in 1910 and few people tried to redo it. You can assume the later experiment is the right one, but how are you sure it is? How could you then disprove Curie's value? Why then do they all use it? How could disprove the modern experiment. The latter one is sure more plausible to be the truth, my question work in both ways. Have in mind that you can't make 100% pure Ra in no way. Remember that 0.1% impurities in thorium make the mp fall in hundreds of degrees. Conclude whatever you feel right, but my point is: it could not be worth the effort.--R8R Gtrs (talk) 19:48, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

 * The experiment and the exact desciption are a value in it self. It would give me a number a name and a date, and even if it was performed in 1910 it would great to mention that the first try by Curie to synthesis radium yielded a pure radium with the same melting point still valid 100 years later. All people use it either because it is the only one or it is the right one, but this needs others describing an experiment redoing Curies experiment. The problem with purity of radium is mentioned nowhere so I think the value comes from a time when nobody thought about that. Do you know geocaching? It is fun to search even if you find at the end only a small token of minimal worth!--Stone (talk) 20:31, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

 * The other approach. Feel good about that you chose it, really, this is really great, no formalism. If you're doing a thing, do it well. Can't be done in any other wayl given it bring pleasure :-)
 * I think you're right none really thought about nines purity for radium a century ago. If this is still a problem for barium, it couldn't be easier for its radioactive twin. In 1910. You should probably note that as well. Would be informative, also (a secondary advantage) tells everyone how hard radium is to get.
 * Also, IMO the value of ~700 degrees makes sense. Cesium and francium melt at similar temperatures, the heavier element earlier. Just came up with the idea you could make a harder accent on the striking similarity between Ba and Ra. You could also point (not simply giving figures, mentioning in words) that Ra is slightly heavier to oxidize, like in francium, I'm sure not all radium readers will or already did read the former. Stopping with the advice. Am sure you will write a good article without it anyway!--R8R Gtrs (talk) 23:04, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It will take time. I only do it because it is fun to look behind the first layer and find out things like the Austrian radium monopole. For some points I have good refs for example the Kirby article from the Monsanto Company is a good guide for the chemistry section. I have to find a little more about the contemporary production but it will grow steadily.--Stone (talk) 05:54, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Strontium
Could you please do a B-class review for Sr? Double sharp (talk) 07:01, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Plumbago
Your article is ready, at WP:RX OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Melting point of radium
I agree that this is a major problem (the whole world is copying values from the early 1900s). I've asked and looked around, but nobody knows, even specialists. Russia was a major producer, but even there little has been done experimentally on the structure of Ra and its compounds. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia lists both values (700 and 960 C), some other handbooks use either 700 or 960. Maybe German literature is better. Trinkl published 5 articles on radium and its compounds titled CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF RADIUM. I. ... V. in Radiochimica Acta (1968)., and a thesis in German that possibly cover this whole topic. I have no access, maybe you'll have a better luck. Materialscientist (talk) 04:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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Curiosity rover
Hey bud, I missed you all these weeks at the pandemonium in the MSL and Curiosity articles. Keeping busy? Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 00:28, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I was on holiday but it was nice to see what happens. The two articles are in a constant flow, so I will wait before editing. Up to now nothing has happened in science terms. My friends in Pasadena are waiting for the real things to happen. Paul will have a hard time to wait for the first sample for SAM. I am waiting to hear from them, but this is hard to put into any article, because I will have no cite-able source. The real science is still a few days in the future and the real good stuff will not be done before they reach the mountain base. From the progress of Exomars I am still a little bit frustrated, but this will end when they approve the mission in November. --Stone (talk) 11:37, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

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SpaceX payload
I just noticed that SpaceX CRS-1 says they had an "engine out" condition where they used 8 of 9 rockets in the first stage to launch successfully. It occurs to me that maybe the lighter the payload, the more engines could go out and still leave a successful mission? I commented this speculation at in case you want to follow up on it, though admittedly, few will go back to that discussion now. Wnt (talk) 21:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

"Bavarium"
I found this interesting presentation. Double sharp (talk) 13:08, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Help needed
I begged 2-3 of the student groups to not upload their really awful articles, asking for the instructor to contact Chemicals project. Please help me by contacting some of the other groups. We know how this will go, we get a lot terrible articles and we are forced to clean up later. The students are in over their heads, but the instructor should at least interact. At times like this, I wished I had additional powers to force the instructor to pay attention or not inflict this stuff on our project. Oh well. I hope things are well for you over there. --Smokefoot (talk) 03:09, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Your opinion needed
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Thank you
Hi Harald! Regards from Miami. The article that I just created is about a chemist -like you- with a great notability in the University of Miami, helping kids with diabetes. I didn't put more references from another articles from the media, but the notability is there in our city. Thank you for you patience and regards from the Sunshine State. I wish you a Happy New Year 2013. --Misty2011 (talk) 15:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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Strontium
I made a lot of changes at strontium, but kept almost everything. I realize that I should have made smaller changes and given editors a chance to react. If you are unhappy, then revert it. With best wishes, --Smokefoot (talk) 17:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the work! I will read and try to give feedback soon!!--Stone (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This will take much longer. The reshuffle should have be done in a second step. The changes are very hard to follow. --Stone (talk) 22:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I looked again. The article is fine, so do not worry.--Smokefoot (talk) 09:10, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I also looked and I think its an improvement.--Stone (talk) 11:51, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for John Brian Christopherson
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Strontium
Why ? Materialscientist (talk) 10:33, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Dementia? --Stone (talk) 22:45, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Polonium thing solved
My compliments for solving this at Po:. -DePiep (talk) 22:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to take a short survey about communication and efficiency of WikiProjects for my research
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Molybdenum and potassium
Stone, In response to your comments:

 * You added to iodine that there is a treatment with non-radioactive potassium iodide. This is not 100% right. Natural potassium is quite active so it is radioactive!

 * Are you saying that natural potassium is slightly radioactive and therefore "non-radioactive" is inaccurate? How about: "... treatment with potassium iodide using non-radioactive iodide"?

 * The addition to the molybdenum page is OK, but the ref looks really weak, do you have a better?
 * I added the RS reference you requested. I left in the reference to Blaylock's newsletter, because he makes the connection to toxicity from sulfite in food.  Blaylock sometimes gives references, but not in this case, because it's obvious. Greensburger (talk) 15:31, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Make group 12 poor metals?
You are invited to comment on this suggestion (Zn, Cd, Hg → poor metal; Cn → only predicted; 113 → predicted transition metal) at WT:ELEM Double sharp (talk) 05:05, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I feel ya, babe
I get where you are coming from with the comment about N and doing versus planning. Actual connecting/working together/inspiring is the way to fly. I can't really commit to more unpaid work here though. It is a distraction from real life.71.127.131.41 (talk) 16:51, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Elements and the Hot articles bot
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Please help me
Hi Stone. I think we are brothers in arms. Could you please participate in the peer review of Fluorine? (see top box on talk page).98.117.75.177 (talk) 17:48, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Magnesium compounds in fire extinguishers?
Know anything about these? They're a new one on me, as fire retardants aren't of course the same thing. I was going to revert this again yesterday as I don't consider that ILO ref to be adequately detailed to be trusted to that extent, but was warned off (by one of my regular pet trolls) that it would be considered edit-warring. It's not even clear if they're storing the hydroxide or the chloride in this supposed extinguisher. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:56, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Magnesium chloride is a component of fire extinguishers. This is fact and mentioned in the Magnesium chloride, but it is not produced by the method described but simply made from ocean water. So this info is not worth mentioning and let it look like it is produced artificially. --Stone (talk) 12:59, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, magnesium chloride is not used in fire extinguishers (although it is used as a fire retardant in fabrics). It only says this in the magnesium chloride article because it was added yesterday by the same account whom we both reverted yesterday for adding the same information to magnesium and magnesium hydroxide, along with the claim on manufacture from the hydroxide. Now either this is credible and belongs (potentially) in all three, or else it's dubious and should be removed from all articles.
 * I can't find any credible source that covers this. I believe the ILO source used here is confusing extinguishing agents and retardants. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

 * Look : it was used.--Stone (talk) 17:50, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

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References corrected, thanks for instructions Hhemila (talk) 19:56, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Re: Comment Regarding E1cB elimination reactions
Hello Stone! Thank you so much for your interest in my page! This is my first time working on a Wikipedia page, so I want to make sure that I do a good job. I was just wondering if you could elaborate on your comment. Do you have any ideas on how I can improve the discussion about E1cB as an elimination reaction? Thanks! --Paracelsus22 (talk) 22:22, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Vote: Group 3 metals; group 12 as poor metals

 * Should our 18-column periodic table show lutetium and lawrencium under scandium and yttrium, instead of all the lanthanides and actinides?
 * Should scandium, yttrium and the lanthanides together be coloured as rare earth metals?
 * Should zinc, cadmium and mercury be taken out of the transition metals element category and placed as poor metals?

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periodic table
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Niobium
I agree, the flow is a little awkward, but the description of C-103 under Superalloys is vague and misplaced. Superalloys are Ni-, Co- and Fe-base alloys that often contain a little Nb. C-103 is a Nb-base alloy, a different animal. I should probably change the section title to simply Niobium-base alloys, and include a brief description of the handful of Nb-base alloys currently mfd. by ATI Wah Chang and its competitors. The detail may seem excessive, but it does explain how C-103 got its otherwise unintelligible name. Furthermore, it illustrates how new alloys were developed before the age of simulation software. Nowadays, most alloys are designed and simulated via Calphad and other softwares long before anything is actually melted, cast and rolled. And, the detail explains briefly the historical context of C-103, that is, why someone was motivated to invent something so obscure -- the ramifications were huge! --His Manliness (talk) 19:19, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I added the paragraphs about the Panda Hill Niobium deposit and the mineral pandaite. Could you let me know why you removed the entries. I believe they are appropriate and relevant. Is there something that I have missed? Regards, Tonnage (talk) 02:04, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

May 2014 disambig contest: let's do it again!
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Other metal talk page
I'm not sure what you mean - the talk page (Talk:Other metal) is located at the same location as the article (Other metal). Number  5  7  13:48, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * This looks very much like this is only the talk page for other metals, but where is the talk page of the page before it was moved to other metals in march?--Stone (talk) 13:53, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * This would appear to be at Talk:Poor metal. The whole thing is a massive mess because of cut and paste moves. Either we can move that talk page over the top of the existing one, and (a) lose the conversations since the original cut & paste move, or (b) also restore the more recent comments and then make a messy combination, or simply copy & paste the original discussion onto the current talk page (as it's not an article, there shouldn't be any GDFL issues, but it's probably worth noting somewhere what happened in case someone wants to look for diffs. Number   5  7  13:58, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but it looked very much like a total mess and if more than one person deals with it you end up in more catastrophe.--Stone (talk) 17:34, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It is a total mess. I've merged Talk:Poor metal to Talk:Other metal, so at least it's in the page history and all the discussion is now in one place. Number   5  7  17:45, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello, important ongoing discussion
Stone, sir, see my User page, hidden though it is—un-gray by clicking on Edit tab—to see who I am. Concerning the future direction of the Natural Products article, please see the "Class" section and beyond. Article is in a current sorry state, and it is apparently avoided for its current structure and constraints. See developing discussion at. Perhaps you have a view to express. (PS, it was I that put cobalamin as the lede natural product, an edit that was reverted, not to overtly promote an organomet perspective, but because it is historically and chemically valid.) Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 18:30, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Lanthanum applications typo
Greetings and felicitations. Many moons ago you added to the "Applications" section of the Lanthanum article. Unfortunately, I think you missed a close parenthesis in

 * One material used for anodic material of nickel-metal hydride batteries is La(Ni3.6Mn0.4Al0.3Co0.7.

but I am too unfamiliar with chemical notation to be certain, and I am unable to tell from the references to which I have access. Would you please be so kind as to fix this?—DocWatson42 (talk) 07:12, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

 * Done.--Stone (talk) 14:11, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

 * Thank you. ^_^ —DocWatson42 (talk) 19:34, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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GOLD
You asked: "Is gold only produced in this type of super nova?".., and the answer is "yes".

There is no energy to enough bombard with neutron the nucleus to cause fission in the regular supernovae. Gold is too heavy, a merger give us a better explanation.

Please see: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/wp/2013/07/17/blingnova-the-origin-of-gold/ Wikipedia will tell you (at least it did a minute ago) that gold comes from supernova nucleosynthesis. Not so, says a Harvard team today.] or Earth's gold came from colliding dead stars - Phys.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luizpuodzius (talk • contribs) 20:48, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Neodymium
Hi, I found in ''Krishnamurthy, N., & Gupta, C. K. (2004). Extractive Metallurgy of Rare Earths. CRC Press'' that the Nd was discovered in 1886, are you sure that your reference (v. Welsbach, Carl Auer (1885). "Die Zerlegung des Didyms in seine Elemente". Monatshefte für Chemie und verwandte Teile anderer Wissenschaften 6 (1): 477–491. ) doesn't say that the work of Carl Auer von Welsbach on didymium BEGAN in 1885? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpigneur (talk • contribs) 16:18, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * There are several references, for example states that the discovery took place in 1885. The point tocite is : . --Stone (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

 * The author emailed me and stated that it was from a book:

Chapter by science historian F. Szabadvary in the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths (Szabadvary 1988)

 * But later in the book the year 1885 as discovery date is mentioned.

--Stone (talk) 16:44, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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Lithium oxides containing glazes is for example for ovenware.
I don't want to revert this edit because I suspect you have an intelligent intent. Help me out, here. Grammar's Li'l Helper 18:51, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for your help on the article Ionic liquids in carbon capture. I was wondering how you do your references. Do you have an automated tool that you could recommend? I wrote them all out by hand and I'm aware of cite templates (it just happens that we had written up our citations in another format on my sandbox and I transferred them over). Did you look up all the articles again, or is there a way to enter the DOI number into and avoid that? --Brandon5485 23:51, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Leslie Z. Benet
Hi Stone,

in this edit you questioned the phrase 'an influential' in the lead section. How comes? Les Benet is a Web of Science 'Highly Cited Researcher' (actually the highest ranking one in Pharmacology). Overall his papers are cited more than 19,000 times. His works about clearance and the volume of distribution are a basic part of the Pharmacology curriculum. Ref.10 in the article achieved the status of 'Highly Cited Paper', which is defined by Thomson Reuters as having 'received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of its academic field'. Can you please explain when a person would deserve the word influential? Alfie ↑↓ © 15:28, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

 * Hi, show me a credible source where somebody calls him influencal. A person who is cited because he is the focal point of critisism is indistinguishable from a person with influence.--Stone (talk) 18:50, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Stone, read e.g., Ref. 2 in the article to check whether Les Benet is 'influencal' [sic]. BTW, influential is my wording, not original research. IMHO, demanding a reference for every single word in a lemma is a bizarre idea. I suggest to run a full-text search on WP for this word and explore whether it is literally (even in a small fraction of articles) supported by references. Alfie  ↑↓ © 12:21, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Stone! Excerpt from the introduction of awarding the Ph.D. h.c. yesterday at the University of Lisbon: Prof. Leslie Z. Benet is the personality who most markedly contributed to the progress in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the last few decades. He is one of the most recognized references in the area of pharmacokinetics, biopharmaceutics, drug delivery and pharmacodynamics. Alfie  ↑↓ © 16:32, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

four new elements
Could you update File:Periodic_Table_by_Quality.PNG with the four new element names? Thanks in advance! Double sharp (talk) 10:37, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I will try.-- Stone (talk) 21:52, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. --Stone (talk) 22:32, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Double sharp (talk) 01:22, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Oxygen
Thanks for comments on my talk page. I've been editing oxygen because I'm planning to rerun it as WP:TFA on September 5. It's clearly deteriorated since it was promoted, and standards have changed, so basically to get it in shape I removed references from the lead (style now, since facts are summary of the text), replaced a dead ref and removed a dead podcast. I also removed unsourced material, and a dubiously sourced dubious claim. If there is unsourced material, I won't be able to rerun it at TFA. If anyone is able to source and restore any of the deleted material, that would be great. FWIW, I also looked at Hydrogen and Helium, which also have issues, the former having multiple dead links. I'd appreciate any copy-editing or improvements that the group can do in the next week or so but basically I can't wait a year if I'm running it on the September date. I'm reluctant to pull it from my scheduled TFAs, although it needs a bit more polish, since we are short of articles in this category, but let me know if you think I should reconsider Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Alt or impersonator?
Hey! I found the account while I was patrolling the user creation log. The user page of the account is a copied version of yours and there's a slight similarity in the usernames too. Is this your alt or an impersonator? Jiten talkcontribs 09:01, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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Chromium
Thank you for keeping an eye on this article, as UP joined Wikipedia only recently and I have never done edits on an intention to raise an article to FA. David notMD (talk) 19:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Speaking of keeping an eye on the article, how far do you think this article is away from FAC? R8R stated he would look at and review the article, and wasn't sure if I should have made a Peer Review or a FAR. I ended up making a peer review, was that the right decision? UtopianPoyzin (talk) 13:20, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

 * The Peer review is the right thing to do. A speedy decline at FAC is making things very hard for all later tries.--Stone (talk) 15:15, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Germanium ref?
A question about the Germanium article. Ref 22, which is used seven times, is to a short, personal experience essay by Halford. The content of the essay does not support the Germanium and health uses in the article. Is this a referencing error? David notMD (talk) 21:41, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Tried to inform the editor.--Stone (talk) 10:31, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

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Niobium
Everybody today knows this element as niobium. Otherwise, the niobium article would simply begin with "Niobium or columbium is..." (without the statement that the latter term is former.) Georgia guy (talk) 13:52, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * 🇧🇼 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
 * Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg 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, 🇩🇰 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 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:34, 2 July 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 flag.svg Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
 * 🇮🇩HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
 * 🏴 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 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:53, 1 September 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, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. 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. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were, , and. 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.

 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
 * wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Juniperus virginiana
Hi Stone! I saw that in this edit, you added The fruits also yield an essential oil which contains mostly but didn't finish the sentence. I don't know much about Juniperus virginiana so I'm not sure how to fix it, and Google didn't help much. Would you mind finishing that when you get a chance? Or if you could point me towards a reliable source, I'd be happy to do that myself. Thank you, and cheers! Woodroar (talk) 03:08, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

 * Done --Stone (talk) 15:09, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

 * Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
 * Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * 🏴 ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
 * 🇷🇼 Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
 * 🇺🇸 Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
 * 🏴 Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Regarding PT of elements
Greetings! I see that you obviously are a very proficient editor in the periodic table of elements niche. I see that some elements (including ones you have contributed to significantly) have some citation needed tags, template tags in general, some factual errors, and undue content. For instance, there are 3 citation needed tags in the Zinc article. Could you perhaps take care of these? No pressure or obligation of course, Wikipedia is volunteer work. You (and other editors such as, etc.) are very much needed; I was surprised to see you active after the FA nomination of Zinc, as I haven't seen many FA-contributing editors from pre-2010 contribute up-to-and-during Covid times, and this is a significant reason why many FAs get demoted. Cheers. Wretchskull (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The first cn tag was not for anything important, so I simply removed the claim. Others should not be too hard to cite soon, although been recently more busy with rewriting periodic table (another FA that needs some help). Double sharp (talk) 14:06, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I looked and the CNs are not very likely to get a citation at all. I will try. But the first should be deleted. --Stone (talk) 15:01, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 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:

 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
 * Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
 * 🏴 Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). 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 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
 * Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). 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 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, 🏴 Lee Vilenski,  BennyOnTheLoose, 🇷🇼 Amakuru and  Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Jocelyn Field Stone
Hi, I merged the list of references that you stored on the talk page of this article into the article. Ianmc (talk) 19:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is, who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

 * 1) with 5072 points
 * 2) with 3276 points
 * 3) with 3197 points
 * 4) with 1611 points
 * 5) with 1571 points
 * 6) with 1420 points
 * 7) with 1043 points
 * 8) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

 * wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
 * wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
 * wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
 * wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
 * wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. 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 2022 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Group 4 element has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Bli231957 (talk) 21:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

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

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

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

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Sotiel-Migollas mine for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sotiel-Migollas mine is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Sotiel-Migollas mine until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Mazzua24 (talk) 14:44, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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

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

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter
The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
 * 🏴 Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
 * Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
 * Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
 * PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
 * Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

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

 * 🏴 Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
 * Pirate Flag of Jack Rackham.svg Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
 * Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
 * Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
 * 🏴 Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
 * Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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

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

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

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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

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

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

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

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

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

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

 * Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
 * Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
 * Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

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

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

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

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

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are:, , and. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer, who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

 * , with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
 * , with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
 * , with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
 * and, both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

 * , who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
 * , who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
 * , who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
 * , who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
 * , who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
 * , who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
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:
 * with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
 * with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
 * with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
 * 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 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 (,, and ) 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

 * with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
 * with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
 * with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
 * with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 (,, and ) 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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