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I Googled "Bristol Palin," Anchorage and brawl, and got 26,000 hits. These included the ADN, ABC, the BBC, People, TPM, the N.Y. Daily News in the first 10, and out at the hundredth cite, the Guardian. My adjective "well-publicized," would seem to be objective. Some of that coverage was accompanied by photos of bruises sustained by participants. If you agree, could you revert your edit? I'm not trying to be argumentative. Please feel comfortable with disagreeing. Thanks. Activist (talk) 14:07, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Dear Activist Hopefully, all items on Wikipedia are supported by a depth of reliable sources. Similarly, the article about the Hatfields-McCoys feud would not be a "well-publicized feud" but just a feud. Do these 26,000 reports of a brawl discuss the social and historical implications of the brawl or that it just happened?

Now, you raise an interesting point about the reporting of the brawl. Other than Palins being there, what significance was the event for it to be published in an encyclopedia? the social and historical implications of the brawl?

In the past, I edited the article about Ri Sol-ju. I bring this up to illustrate the point about reporting. Darcie Draudt, a critic, brought up the point on how reporters and, more importantly, the audience focuses on odd events.^[1]

Well, I slogged through the Wikipedia article about Kim's wife, through the Draudt article as well, and, for reference, articles about Robert Downey, Jr. and Mel Gibson, whose lives have been marked by similar escapades, to see how they were presented. The brawl would not have been noteworthy had it been between (I presume) you and I or anyone else who is not a well known cultural figure, and if their public persona were not of some significance: The comparison appears to be apples and oranges. Bristol is a person who has made an ironic and exceedingly* comfortable living being a role model, so the notoriety the brawl generated seems, well, notable. You might get a chuckle, by the way, at the text which some editor pasted to both the Downey and Gibson articles, but which has been heavily redacted and expurgated from Mel's, but not Jr.'s. P.S. Thanks for your perseverance in deleting the questionable birth date for the very mysterious Mrs. Un. By the way, I had not run across the Wikipedia (only?) "Peacock" reference before. *She complained that someone had stolen her "$300 sunglasses" during the fight. Activist (talk) 20:34, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

I did not mean for you to read the Ri article but understand the source of the pop cultural mirror we are holding up. A discussion (outside of Wikipedia) of peacocking and weaseling can be found at https://www.writeraccess.com/blog/avoiding-peacock-and-weasel-terms/ . I just removed the term "well-publicized" which I equate as "a well-known", which is third on the list in the discussion. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:43, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

So, think of this to put into an encyclopedia:

On September 6, 2014 , Bristol Pailin attended a party that degenerated into a brawl. Strangely, 26,000 reports of this can be found on the Internet.

On December 16, 1773, some guys dressed as Native Americans attended a tea party that degenerated into a revolutionary war. Strangely, King George thought that this was unimportant.

In the first sentence, the 26,000 reports that you mention are a pop culture mirror and that is the real story (and the point that Draudt was making about Western reports of Ri). After all, on September 6, 2014, did not something more important than a Palin brawl happen that day to generate a couple of thousand reports. Pop culture put the news of the weird before something else.

In the second sentence, the cultural and historic significance of the Boston Tea party is encyclopedic because it has a lasting effect (and still keeps being reported on) even though King George ignored it.

Just removing the word. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:10, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Works for me. I went back and read a couple of other original stories on the incident, by the way, plus the police reports. Sheesh! Thanks for all your input. Very thought provoking. Activist (talk) 22:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hey Gerald, I noticed you'd been active on the article for Bottega Veneta in the past. I've proposed some changes on the talk page over there, but it doesn't seem terribly active. If you've got a minute, would you mind taking a look?--FacultiesIntact (talk) 01:59, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

I edited your sandbox at your request. I changed some text that I believe I added earlier. I tagged some stuff that I should have added a citation to earlier but just never got around to. I am taking a wiki break but was intrigued at your request. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:27, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey Gerald, are you still on a wiki break? I've been working with BV trying to find the missing references. I made some small changes to the sandbox accordingly, but we haven't been able to find anything regarding when exactly the Moltedos became involved, just that Taddei and Zengiaro were in fact the founders. Everything else I believe is sourced. Would you mind taking another look and letting me know what else needs to be done before publishing? Also, I'm not sure if it's kosher or not, but would it be possible to publish it with the {citation needed} tags in the hopes that someone else might come along and be able to find the appropriate source? Thanks!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 02:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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Please, I looked, using the search function, in the archives of the village pump but could not find the answer.

I got a message of " Action throttled :As an anti-abuse measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit. Please try again in a few minutes." I was using the email user tag to email the wikipedians in residence. Please help. Thank you. Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

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@TonyTheTiger: I will help out when I can. Geraldshields11 (talk) 18:34, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Gerald, I saw your user page section about North Korean articles and am wondering if you are still active at all on this. I'm particularly interested to hear if you know of any research that needs to be done at the Gelman library or elsewhere in the DC area as I will be going up there soon. I also have an interest in DPRK issues and would like to expand the research on it. Tonystewart14 (talk) 08:48, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@Tonystewart14: Thank you for noticing my attempts to improve the DPRK articles. I am still involved in adding content and photographs. It is an uphill battle because of the lack of reliable third party sources. In the past, I got copies of the Pyongyang Times from a Washington, DC university library. Basically, all articles need to be improved. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:43, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@Geraldshields11: Thanks for the quick response. The Pyongyang times website is good for the past couple years, but the links to older articles on the right (like if you go back to pg. 359) don't seem to load. If there's anything specific you have in mind as far as scanning or looking up something, or even creating a NK dialect of Wikipedia (although I don't personally have the linguistic skills), feel free to let me know. Otherwise I'll also try to work on these articles as time permits. Tonystewart14 (talk) 16:45, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@Tonystewart14: What I did was create an article about anyone in the Times. The person must be notable due to the strict control of information in the DPRK. It was stubs but, at least, there is more information and data aggradation with the free parts of the North Korean Economic Watch.

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Done. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

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I am trying to send email using the email user tab but the action is throttled. I am the photo coordinator for the 2016 Wiki-conference North America and am sending important emails. Please increase my user privileges. Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

You should be able to send emails because you have an account. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 01:16, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

@MRD2014: I do understand I should be able to but I am getting the error message that I am throttled. I am trying to email. 97.34.206.93 (talk) 13:03, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

You cannot send emails if you are not logged in. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Gerald, I am trying to follow up on our discussion about map data donation you mentioned. You gave me a card which I put in my pocket. Now looking through business cards I collected (3 of them) one I do not recognize is Amanda's Bittaker, from Wikimedia Foundation. I take it she is the person to talk about it. Is that your recollection? --Jarekt (talk) 15:38, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Dear @Jarekt: Yes, Amanda is the person to contact about her side project to upload the huge amounts of data. Thank you for making this work out. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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You worked your tail off during WikiConNA. You have amazing stamina and I look forward to the fruits of your Herculean effort to capture still photos. Additionally, thank you for the bromance while I volunteered under you as a videographer at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, California for the long weekend! I enjoyed every minute of it and will cherish the memories forever. Thank you so much. You rock! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 16:20, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Dear @Checkingfax: Thank you so much. I appreciate all the work you did during the event. I am still curating. 19:11, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Gerald. Following up here on our conversation at Wikiconference North America and your willingness to consider an occasional COI request from the "Request edit" queue. If the offer still stands, I am currently seeking help with the article about Hilary Rosen. You can see past edit requests that have been implemented on the talk page. In this case, I am asking about the very last remaining request here. Another editor has already implemented the categories, but I’m still looking for someone to review and implement the proposed infobox, lead, and “see also” links as appropriate. It's been a couple weeks since posting, and I haven't found anyone to review the last bit. Would you be willing to take a look? WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:43, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey there, thanks for handling the infobox. Have you had a chance to review the rest of the suggestions, or do you have any concerns about them? No rush, let me know when you have a moment. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:27, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

@WWB Too: I have no concerns. I was just mulling over the issues. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:22, 22 October 2016 (UTC) I really like the photograph. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to look at this for me. As for the photograph—call it one of the benefits of working closely with the subject. :) Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:57, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

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Hey Gerald, hope you're doing well. I was hoping you had a minute to help me review the Bottega Veneta article. User:John_"Hannibal"_Smith flagged it with maintenance tags for WP:COI and WP:PROMO, and gave his rationale here. I'm open to revising the article, but I think the work that you and I did together did a good job at avoiding the problems proposed here. What are your thoughts?--FacultiesIntact (talk) 23:59, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Geraldshields11, I found some helpdocs at WP:Requested_pictures which led me to your name at WP:Wikipedians/Photographers. There are some photos which wikipedia is missing, and if you going to be in the DC area during January 2017, perhaps you can help out with being the photographer for some of them? Specifically, Cabinet of Donald Trump and Political appointments of Donald Trump are both missing some key high-quality portraits.

• Wilbur Ross, United States Secretary of Commerce, cabinet member
• Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative, cabinet-level
• Vincent Viola, United States Secretary of the Army
• Jay Clayton (attorney), Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission

• Peter Navarro, National Trade Council director (aka 'trade czar'), newly-created high-level role
• Carl Icahn, Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform (aka 'regulatory czar')
• Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor
• Steve Bannon, Senior Counselor to the President
• Don McGahn, White House Counsel
• Andrew Bremberg, Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council
• Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary and White House Director of Communications

• David Friedman (lawyer), United States Ambassador to Israel
• William F. Hagerty, United States Ambassador to Japan
• Hope Hicks, White House Director of Strategic Communications * Dan Scavino, White House Director of Social Media * Todd Ricketts, Deputy Secretary of Commerce * Monica Crowley, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting * Joe Hagin, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations * Jason Greenblatt, Special Representative for International Negotiations * Bill Stepien, White House Political Director These are just the known knowns, there will also be many other appointees to federal roles (several thousand), and most likely the contenders and hopefuls will be at the inauguration-related festivities. In addition to portrait-photos of specific personnel, there will also be opportunity to get some final pictures for use within Presidential transition of Donald Trump, some event-related pictures for Inauguration of Donald Trump, and the initial pictures for First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency and also Presidency of Donald Trump. Likely to be a lot of dignitaries in DC, ambassadors and the like, so there would be opportunity to upgrade/update plenty of other articles as well. If you have the time and inclination, to attend some of the events with your camera, that would be awesome. 47.222.203.135 (talk) 09:03, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Dear IP editor, Yes, I would love to volunteer to take the transition photographs. I am trying to reach out but I have not gotten word back from the Trump Transition website yet. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Well, my understanding is that most of the inauguration will be open to the public -- there are seats that are within visual sight of the actual inauguration platform by the capitol building which are VIP tickets only, but the jumbotrons are plentiful for people that don't have insider connections. And there will also be the hustle-and-bustle beforehand, and the celebrations-slash-protests afterwards. Inauguration of Donald Trump has a paragraph about the events, though not an actual map or schedule or similar. You might also be able to get in touch with User:Lfaraone, who was formerly located in DC but has now moved -- Lfaraone may be able to connect you with other wikipedians still in the DC area. With a little coordination, you and other wikipedians in DC might be able to work out a way to put high-quality cameras in a lot of key locations, and simply wait for the famous politicians to happen by, on their way to or from some VIP event. Depending on how outgoing you are, you might want to wear a hat with "wikipedia" on it, or even put up a sign saying "get your picture taken for wikipedia today" or something along those lines. There is some kind of procedure for requesting permission to use the wikipedia trademark, see wmf:Trademark if you plan to go that route. In any case, I wish you luck during the inauguration festivities, and appreciate you trying to get some wikipedian-work down simultaenously. 47.222.203.135 (talk) 06:46, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestions. Geraldshields11 (talk) 16:33, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Gerald, did you manage to have any luck? Rumour has it, there were overcast conditions, so I don't know if you wanted to risk your camera-gear 47.222.203.135 (talk) 01:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it rained. I wish I had luck. The reviewing stand is very far from the place were the ordinary citizen stand. I reached out to the transition team through their website and still no response. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:12, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Well, that is definitely how they run most political events. If you have donated a million bucks to the super-PAC, then you get the photo-op, but if you are just a spectator, then you tend to be off in the distance, such that even a telephoto lens type of camera-gear will not really help (especially if raining). But if you have any interest, there are definitely going to be opportunities to get photographs of various VIP types, given your city of residence. If you are willing to wear a t-shirt which says 'unofficial volunteer wikipedia-article portrait photographer' in big letters, and stand around under a portable banner-sign which says

'wanna look good in your wikipedia.org biography? free portrait pictures here, today only!'

My guess is that you would get a lot of drop-in business, just pick a central location of somewhere that VIPs are likely to show up, and then (despite the false 'today only' claims on your banner), just go hang out every weekend for a couple hours, if you wish  :-) 47.222.203.135 (talk) 13:33, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Generally, I am more targeted with my photographs, such as when w:en:Sandra Grimes, the person in the article, is schedule to discuss a book, and my time is limited. Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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I saw your username at Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese politics. Therefore, I shall tell you this:

The RFD discussion on the following redirects is relisted to Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 February 2#Politics of Taiwan: Politics of Taiwan, politics of taiwan, and politics in Taiwan. I invite you to discussion. --George Ho (talk) 08:03, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Dear @George Ho: I have not studied the issue so I have no opinion but I am grateful for the notice. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:50, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:

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Hello! You're listed as a member of the Wikipedia 1.0 team, so I thought you might be interested in this Hackathon on August 13-18 in my home town of Potsdam, New York, right after Wikimania. Let me know if you'd like to participate. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 04:40, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Dear @Walkerma: I am interested however, I can not attend. Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:03, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks! We'll post the results afterwards. Cheers, Walkerma (talk) 12:49, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Dear @Walkerma: I really appreciate that you are opening your home up to improve Wikipedia. People like you are what makes Wikipedia great. Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to 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 10 days of "earning" 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Gerald. I wanted to see if you'd consider assisting with an edit request for the LegalShield article. I see you are a WikiProject Companies participant with an interest in law, so this topic might be of interest. I proposed a new draft here, which invited some welcome discussion, but so far no editors have copied over any of the proposed text. Discussion so far suggests this article may be a bit challenging to update, but I understand you're a fair editor who could help update the article with neutrality in mind. Per User:Rhode Island Red's suggestion, I have started to split the single edit request into multiple, for easier review. There are currently 2 requests: one for the infobox and another for the "History" section. Might you be willing to help with one or both of these to get the ball rolling on updating the article? Full disclosure: I work with WWB Too at Beutler Ink, and have submitted a new draft on behalf of LegalShield. No problem if you're unavailable or otherwise uninterested. Thank you. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 17:21, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

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The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. 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 reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Geraldshields. I have disclosed a COI with this IT Security company, shared a draft that would bring it up to GA standards, and introduced myself here. I was wondering if you had a minute to contribute either by reviewing the proposed draft, or suggesting some other her process you feel is most appropriate. No one on has responded on the Talk page. Your help is much appreciated in advance if you take the time to chip-in. CorporateM (Talk) 12:34, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Geraldshields11. WP:NORUSH, but just wanted to check-in to see if this was still on your radar. CorporateM (Talk) 19:09, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for quality work on articles such as Smithsonian American Art Museum, for enriching our presentations by your photographs, for your mantra "fixing style/layout errors", for covering North Korea, also in project work, - Gerald, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello! Last year, you signed up to participate in Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) 2016 on the English Wikipedia. The event was an international success, with hundreds of editors creating thousands of articles on Asian topics across dozens of different language versions of Wikipedia.

I'd like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia Asian Month 2017, which once again lasts through the month of November. The goal is for users to create new articles on Asian-related content, each at least 3,000 bytes and 300 words in length. Editors who create at least four articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard!

Also be sure to check out the Wikipedia Asian Art Month affiliate event - creating articles on Asian art topics can get you a Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard!

If you're interested, please sign up here for the English Wikipedia. If you are interested in also working on other language editions of Wikipedia, please visit the meta page to see other participating projects. If you have any questions, please visit our talk page.

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This will be the last message you receive from the English Wikipedia WAM team for being a 2016 participant. If you sign up for WAM 2017, you will continue receiving periodic updates on the 2017 event.

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
• Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
• Featured List – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
• Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
• Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
• In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Hey Gerald, hope you're well. I had a question for you, if you've got the time. I'm doing some additional work for Bottega Veneta, trying to get the page translated into other languages. I found one user willing to translate it for Italian, but he felt uncomfortable adding the Atelier and Boutiques sections for being unencyclopedic. I was wondering what made them suitable for inclusion in your mind? Because I have an inherent conflict of interest, sometimes the line can be hard for me to see, and I have to rely on the community to help define it. Differences of opinion occur all the time, but I was hoping to enhance my understanding here so that I can better communicate with this particular editor, as well as navigate other discussions in the future. Thanks!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Dear @FacultiesIntact:, I liked the idea that it was a LEED building and associated with fashion because of the general practices of the fashion industry. The store numbers section I added because it was a way to show wiki noteworthiness and weight. I personally never heard of the fashion house except through Wikipedia. So, that is why I think we should keep both sections. Please forward or show to our fellow editors. Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:26, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

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Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, with plans to renew work with a followup grant proposal to support finalising the deployment of CollaborationKit!

-— Isarra ༆ 21:26, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

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 at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Day of the Donald 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Day of the Donald until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. — JFG ^talk 04:30, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Gerald, how might I get involved? I have significant experience with big data and programming on Wikipedia and Internet Archive. -- GreenC 16:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Dear @GreenC: You got mail. Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:07, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)