User talk:Casliber/Archive 69

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2022)

Christmas market in Red Square in 2017 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Christmas in Russia Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Home page • Diego Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2022)

Kyushu, literally "Nine Provinces", is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa). Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Kyushu Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Christmas in Russia • Home page Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 22 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2022)

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz drawing Charlie Brown in 1956 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Cartoonist Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Kyushu • Christmas in Russia Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 29 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Vampire

I have nominated Vampire for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:43, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Dang! I nominate you for adminship and this is how you repay m- heh is fine.....let's take a look then...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2022)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Gender studies Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Cartoonist • Kyushu Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 5 September 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Please vote in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election

Hello hello. I hope this message finds you well.

The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election ends soon, please vote. At least one of the candidates is worthy of support. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:56, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Request

Long time no talk man, hope all is well. Two things: can you delete my user page pls, and any interest in a collab on creating a page for Anetha. Her sets are some heavy old school techno. Ceoil (talk) 14:12, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Done first. Intriguing. Yeah will take a look...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:06, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

We have a plan. I'll add initial info, and then you polish. I note my user page still exits - there is nothing untwart, just dont want people to see how much I edit it; vanity is not a great look haha. Ceoil (talk) 00:12, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

ps, thanks for being so nice to me an mine when it mattered. If you ever in Cork or London again, a few beers would be great...We have a lot of gossip and music in common. Ceoil (talk) 00:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Oh shit, you redirected, and cannot edit. Can you unprotect, or will set these feckers ion you[1] Ceoil (talk) 00:21, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2022)

Quercus geminata, commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the coastal regions of the subtropical southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from southern Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and along the Gulf Coast westward to southern Mississippi, on seacoast dunes and on white sands in evergreen oak scrubs. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Evergreen Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Gender studies • Cartoonist Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 12 September 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2022)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Heather Dubrow Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Evergreen • Gender studies Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 19 September 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2022)

An early view of the convent in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Convent Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Heather Dubrow • Evergreen Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 26 September 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2022)

Sexuality in Islam: An icon depicting the treaty signing between Muhammad and Saint Catherine's Monastery allowing interfaith marriage between Muslims and Christians, as discussed in the Ashtiname of Muhammad. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Islamic sexual jurisprudence Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Convent • Heather Dubrow Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 3 October 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2022)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: School voucher Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Islamic sexual jurisprudence • Convent Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Black-shouldered kite scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 13 November 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 13, 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

October songs

good outlook, and thank you for dealing with DYK queues - TFA Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, - third time went well --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

leaving the month with reformation and a cat treat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2022)

Since 1922, the countries of the United Kingdom comprises four constituent countries: England, Scotland, and Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain), as well as Northern Ireland (variously described as a country, province or region). Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Countries of the United Kingdom Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: School voucher • Islamic sexual jurisprudence Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 17 October 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Frilled lizard

Hey. How about we work on frilled lizard for FA sometime? I was also thinking we could do shoebill, but the lizard would be easier and so I'd rather do that first. LittleJerry (talk) 23:29, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Ok will take a look Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

How about I get back with you later this week and we can gather some books/papers? LittleJerry (talk) 13:44, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

When do you want to get started? LittleJerry (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't know. I'm really busy and free time for wikipedia is sorta low on my priorities with lots of things to tidy up. Will see Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:51, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2022)

The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. Pictured are areas of the world with tropical climates. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Tropics Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Countries of the United Kingdom • School voucher Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 24 October 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

WP:Featured list candidates/List of alismatid monocot families/archive1

Any thoughts you can spare would be welcome. If the general approach appeals to you, any collaboration you might be interested in would be welcome as well. - Dank (push to talk) 15:21, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

I'll take a look today Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:42, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

I see you're busy with DYK queues, and that's certainly more urgent than this, take your time. But if you've looked at something in this list and thought "ick, that doesn't look right" ... let's talk about that (at FLC or here). I can easily imagine wiki-botanists being uncomfortable with my sparseness, and if so, the solution might be some kind of division of labor, if I can arrange it. (OTOH, sometimes these things sail through and everyone's happy ... I never really know what to expect.) - Dank (push to talk) 15:38, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Au contraire. I got there and CaptainEek had posetd, so was waiting till they finished...aaaand got sidetracked. thx 4 the ping Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:00, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2022)

Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, the Crown Prince of Morocco, in 2018 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tropics • Countries of the United Kingdom Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 31 October 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

TFA

November songs

Thank you today for Black-shouldered kite introduced (in 2018): "This article on another Australian raptor is comprehensive and should be within striking distance of FA-hood."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:26, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanksgiving in the U.S. - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:37, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2022)

Fire in Rome by Hubert Robert (1785) Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Great Fire of Rome Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Government • Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 14 November 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2022)

Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking, and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. Pictured is a chef preparing food on a metal baking sheet topped with parchment paper. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Culinary arts Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Great Fire of Rome • Government Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 21 November 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2022)

A depiction of Medjed based on the Greenfield papyrus Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Medjed Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Culinary arts • Great Fire of Rome Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 28 November 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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WP:Featured list candidates/List of commelinid families/archive1

Thanks for helping with the previous list, and for all your work at FAC, TFA and too many areas to count over the years. This new list has been up for three weeks now at FLC. Taxon lists (by me and two other nommers) have been having a hard time at FLC for many years ... there just aren't that many FLC reviewers who are comfortable with them, no matter how many reviews I do ... but I think even a knowledgeable drive-by comment (from you, anyway) might help to break the logjam. I'd be happy to help with any of your projects, of course. If you're busy, no problem at all, and I'll stop bugging you. (On the off chance ... if you'd prefer to get more involved with this series, or even co-nom, that would be tres bien.) - Dank (push to talk) 17:41, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

FWIW, I've had one offer for a review and Eewilson is reviewing currently, so I'm unstuck for the moment ... but I'll probably get stuck again sometime. - Dank (push to talk) 03:14, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2022)

Reconstruction of Lucy, the first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Human history Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Medjed • Culinary arts Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 5 December 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2022)

Cross section of telephone cable of 1,800 twisted pairs. Year 1922 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Telephone line Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Human history • Medjed Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 12 December 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Black-breasted buttonquail

Hi. I am writing this to inform you that I have requested the black-breasted buttonquail for TFA next year. Please feel free to leave a comment on the request template, to either show support or air out any concern about this. Regards, Vida0007 (talk) 11:51, 14 December 2022 (UTC).

Black-breasted buttonquail scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Black-breasted buttonquail article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 30, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 30, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:02, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2022)

Zenica is the largest city in the Central Bosnia subregion Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Central Bosnia Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Telephone line • Human history Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 19 December 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Merry Christmas!

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
Have a great Christmas, and may 2023 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls, vandals or visits from Krampus! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 11:14, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Magi by Luca Signorelli is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 18:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer.  :) BOZ (talk) 23:05, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Another year closer to the grave

		Best wishes for the holidays
		Wishing you and yours the best over the holiday season, and here's hoping 2023 won't bring as much global trauma as 2020, the worse 2021 & bloody 2022...the years get worse and worse but nothing gonna stop the flowCeoil (talk) 06:53, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Wow I've never heard that before @Ceoil:. Good tune! Happy xmas and yes I'm finding some solid ground Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Nice. One of the few reasons I regret quitting the relentless social cancer that is Facebook is missing you weird/wonderful/nostalgic tunes. For eg, that Fluke tune the other days brought back memories. Here is another[2]. Ceoil (talk) 22:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

Donner60 (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Casliber Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV (talk) 07:23, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays

	Season's greetings!
	I hope this holiday season is safe, festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2023 will be safe, healthy, successful and rewarding...keep hope alive....Modernist (talk) 19:08, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

		Happy Holidays
		Hello, I wish you the very best during the holidays. And I hope you have a very happy 2023! Bruxton (talk) 17:51, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2022)

The Summer Palace of Peter the Great as seen from across the Fontanka River from a small Prachechniy ("Laundry") Bridge in August 2007 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Summer Palace of Peter the Great Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Central Bosnia • Telephone line Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Happy New Year, Casliber!

Happy New Year!

Casliber,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 17:30, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Abishe (talk) 17:30, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Casliber!

Happy New Year!

Casliber,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
– Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Have a good one filled with joy and the libations of your choosing! – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Kalends of January

		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:40, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

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: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2023)

Scarves in the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Scarf Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Summer Palace of Peter the Great • Central Bosnia Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Happy New Year, Casliber!

Happy New Year!

Casliber,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 00:17, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 00:17, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Forest raven scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 9 February 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 9, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2023)

The start line of the Canberra Marathon in 2006 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Canberra Marathon Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Scarf • Summer Palace of Peter the Great Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 9 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2023)

A kiddie ride is a coin-operated amusement ride for young children. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Kiddie ride Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Canberra Marathon • Scarf Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 16 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2023)

Side one of a 1930 brochure for the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Brochure Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Kiddie ride • Canberra Marathon Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 23 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Triple Crown

Congratulations Casliber. You are awarded the WikiProject Birds Triple Crown for your incredible contributions in this field. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:32, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: The Sims (video game) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Brochure • Kiddie ride Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

TFA

January songs

happy new year

Thank you today for Black-breasted buttonquail, "about one of the rarest birds I've been lucky enough to see."! - I just returned from vacation, - some pics already uploaded. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2023)

Belgian waffles cooked in a Krampouz cast-iron waffle iron, in a Montreal restaurant during the gastronomy competition of the Montreal Highlights Festival Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Waffle iron Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: The Sims (video game) • Brochure Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 6 February 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

TFA

Thank you today for Forest raven, introduced (in 2015): "This article is about a familiar Australian bird...well not that well-studied really. While buffing up its relative (Australian raven) which is a featured article, I read alot about the forest raven."! - My story today is a play. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2023)

Campaign for the Norwegian Centre Party at Nærbø: like its Finnish and Swedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation, rural and agrarian issues. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Centrism Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Waffle iron • The Sims (video game) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 13 February 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2023)

Textbooks Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Textbook Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Centrism • Waffle iron Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 February 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2023)

Greenland is the world's largest island. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Island Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Textbook • Centrism Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 27 February 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2023)

Manufacturing of an automobile Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Manufacturing Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Island • Textbook Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 6 March 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2023)

An assortment of various foods Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Food Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Manufacturing • Island Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Signups open for The Core Contest

The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—will take place this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24.

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Largest Reptiles

Hi! Could you please join the discussion concerning with list of largest reptiles where I believe a lot of unreliable sources or twisted context exist. Thanks! RoyalRover (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2023)

A voting line during the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Voting Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Food • Manufacturing Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:11, 20 March 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Offensive backfield Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Voting • Food Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 27 March 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Casliber a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:44, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2023)

Kayakers on the St. Lawrence River near Les Bergeronnes, Quebec, Canada Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: St. Lawrence River Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) • Offensive backfield Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 10 April 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Sankebetsu brown bear incident Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: St. Lawrence River • Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 17 April 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Nike sweatshops Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Sankebetsu brown bear incident • St. Lawrence River Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 24 April 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Ann Romney

Would you be open to unprotection? 162.219.198.189 (talk) 20:55, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Ok giving it a go Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:47, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeah... that went badly. Apologies for wasting your time. 162.219.198.189 (talk) 15:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Not at all, that was enlightening. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:06, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Banksia grossa

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 23 June 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 22:50, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

June songs

my story today

Thank you for the article, in 2012 your 22nd nomination for featured article of Banksia species! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Today: a woman caught by the iron curtain (improved with SusunW and GRuban), yesterday: the Mass in B minor, heard in concert then, three musical videos are out, and vacation pics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2023)

Conifers encroaching on a meadow in Washington state, United States Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Meadow Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Nike sweatshops • Sankebetsu brown bear incident Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 1 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Dinoz1 (chat?) 15:51, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Tableau vivant Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Meadow • Nike sweatshops Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 8 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2023)

An audio production facility Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Audio editing software Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tableau vivant • Meadow Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Vandal Kingdom Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Audio editing software • Tableau vivant Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2023)

Popillia japonica, commonly known as the Japanese Beetle Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Japanese beetle Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Vandal Kingdom • Audio editing software Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Good article reassessment for Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City F.C. has been nominated for a 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:38, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2023)

The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible (mid-15th century) Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Bible Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Japanese beetle • Vandal Kingdom Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2023)

Four T-72B tanks of the participants, 2013 Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Tank biathlon Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Bible • Japanese beetle Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 June 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Pavo (constellation) scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Pavo (constellation) article has been scheduled to rerun as today's featured article for July 23, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 23, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/July 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:29, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

July songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2013): "Another week another constellation." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Today Jahrhundertring, and I'm listening to Götterdämmerung from the Bayreuth Festival, close to the scene pictured, - the image (of a woman who can't believe what she has to see) features also on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2023)

Epileptic spike and wave discharges monitored EEG Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Electroencephalography Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tank biathlon • Bible Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 June 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

The Core Contest winners announced

The winners of the 2023 The Core Contest are announced 🎉. We had an amazing set of improvements this year, and the judges (Femke, Aza24 and Casliber) would like to thank everybody who joined and congratulate the winners.

• First place goes to Buidhe for improving The Holocaust; very core, highly relevant; their work on bringing geographical balance to the article puts the topic in a whole different light. We also commend improvements to sourcing and prose
• A close second place goes to Phlsph7 for improving Education from an unstructured jumble into a well-sourced piece of instruction
• Third prize goes to Johnbod for improving Donatello, a near five-fold expansion with great sourcing and fantastic imagery
• A tie for fourth place goes to Thebiguglyalien for improving Crime, for a strong improvement in sourcing
• A tie for fifth place goes to Sammielh for International law, improved by converting contextless listicles into a proper sourced prose

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2023)

The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Water frame Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Electroencephalography • Tank biathlon Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2023)

Outdoor Tai chi practice in Beijing's Temple of Heaven Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Tai chi Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Water frame • Electroencephalography Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2023)

Literal translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Literal translation Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tai chi • Water frame Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Religious philosophy Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Literal translation • Tai chi Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

pavo

Cas Liber, i had two questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.

• both the blurb and the article do not capitalize the 'e' in "super-earth", while the article on the subject, as well as what appears to be the vast majority of articles using the term, do capitalize the 'e'. is there a reason why the article does not conform to what appears to be the current practice on wikipedia?
• the blurb states that ngc 6752 is the third-brightest globular cluster in the sky, after omega centauri and 47 tucanae, while the article on ngc 6752 states that it is the fourth-brightest globular cluster, and includes messier 22 in its list of brighter globular clusters. should this discrepancy be resolved? i am not sure how the relative brightness of globular clusters is determined, but if it is based on apparent magnitude, this source states that messier 22 has an apparent magnitude of 5.1, and this one states that ngc 6752 has a magnitude of 5.4.

dying (talk) 06:54, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for being thorough. Sounds like super-Earth should be capitalised and feel free to do so in blurb and article. Re globular clusters, if you have a source listing brightness of clusters feel free to change in article. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:25, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

done, here and here. thanks, Cas Liber! dying (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Act (drama) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Religious philosophy • Literal translation Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2023)

Michelangelo's David is the classical image of youthful male beauty in Western art. Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Man Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Act (drama) • Religious philosophy Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 July 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Banksia dentata

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 1 September 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/September 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. (also, Secretarybird on 30 September) Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 16:20, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

September songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "I am nominating this for featured article because I think it is on par with the other 23 Banksia featured articles." You were right. - A day rich in music, see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Today's story is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you and the team today for Secretarybird, introduced (in 2020): "This article is about an unusual African bird of prey (trying to balance systemic bias in the process too)."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:41, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2023)

A goalkeeper in action Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Goalkeeper Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Man • Act (drama) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Miss Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Goalkeeper • Man Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Physiology Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Miss • Goalkeeper Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

banksia dentata

Cas Liber, i had three questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.

• both the blurb and article lead mention that the inflorescences appear during "the cooler months", while the article body explains that the spikes appear between november and may. is "the cooler months" an accurate description of those months? to me, the map of the range of b. dentata shows that the tree grows largely in the tropical zone of continental australia, and my understanding of the weather in this area is that there is a wet season and a dry season, with the temperature being roughly the same throughout the year. i believe the months between november and may roughly coincide with the wet season, but it doesn't seem to me that there is any appreciable decline in temperature during those months. if anything, i would argue that the temperature is hotter during the wet season, as seen in the data presented in the articles on darwin and port moresby.
• it is mentioned in both the blurb and article lead that b. dentata is one of four species collected by banks in 1770. however, the article on banksia enumerates five species that banks collected in 1770: b. serrata, b. integrifolia, b. ericifolia, b. robur, and b. dentata. it also notes that only the first four of the five were in the first collection; b. dentata was collected during a later point of the voyage. would it be appropriate to replace the "four" in "four original Banksia species collected" with "five"?
• my understanding of banksia is that, in general, multiple follicles containing seeds develop on each of the inflorescences. this comports with the sentence in the article lead that addresses the tree's follicles. however, i am confused about the wording used in the blurb, which appears to state that the inflorescence itself turns into a follicle. alternatively, if the "which" in the sentence in the blurb refers to the flowers, the blurb seems to suggest that the follicles are separate from the inflorescences. would it be proper to simply remove the word "into" from the blurb? i believe one could state that the inflorescences develop into infructescences, but the blurb doesn't seem to be covering this.

dying (talk) 20:06, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Okay - (i) great pick up.Baffled how that got through and fixed now (ii) fiddly - turns out that they collected 5 species and not 4. There was a single specimen of Banksia robur collected. Both robur and dentata have large 30cm long leaves, so the hypothesis is that the single robur specimen was overlooked and assumed to be dentata....but I can't find a reference that makes that conclusion right now. So dentata was technically one of the first 4 species collected and described as such (as robur waited another decade) (iii) good pick up. tweaked now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:48, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

oh, interesting hypothesis! i couldn't figure out why b. robur was apparently ignored, but if it was conflated with b. dentata at the time, that would certainly explain it. as b. dentata may be more accurately described as "one of the first 4 species collected and described as such", should the blurb be changed to reflect this? i would suggest dropping the comma after "1770" and removing "one of the four species" before "published". (in addition, "in 1770" and "by Sir Joseph Banks" can be transposed to improve parallelism, but such a change is not necessary.) as the blurb is currently written, i believe it incorrectly asserts that banks collected specimens from only four banksia species at the time.

by the way, i am not sure if i am misreading something, but i think you may have meant to include a "not" before "described" in this edit. dying (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

(a) good pick up (b) tweaked blurb Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:33, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

looks good. thanks, Cas Liber. dying (talk) 02:41, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2023)

Industrial cooking of mashed potatoes in a steam-jacketed combi kettle Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Mashed potato Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Physiology • Miss Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 August 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2023)

Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Fishing industry Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mashed potato • Physiology Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

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

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

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

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

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2023)

Hello, Casliber. The article for improvement of the week is: Antebellum South Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fishing industry • Mashed potato Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •