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Looking for work?

Hi BennyOnTheLoose - I hope you are well. If you are interested in creating some more cue sports bios on women, I've got a few that I'd suggest - All of those on this list: List of WPA World Nine-ball champions are notable, such as Vivian Villarreal, Chen Siming, Liu Hsin-mei and Bi Zhu Qing. http://propool.info/ is a good source, as is AZBilliards, which is subscription based, but I have an honorary subscription for. This also includes any winners of the girls/boys/wheelchair events.

I am planning on doing some women's tournament/series articles, such as the Women's Euro Tour and the WPBA Tour, but I'm a bit burned out with creating bios for players (I must have done at least 150). There's also players like Ana Gradisnik, Caroline Roos, Line Kjorsvik, Natalia Seroshtan, Ana MazhirinaMonica Webb, Martine Christiansen and Charlotte Sorensen who all have more than one win on the Euro Tour. Let me know if you are interested in making any of these. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:22, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski: Yes, hope you're well too, I'm happy to help. I'm on holiday for a week from 1 August, but I'll try to have a look at Vivian Villarreal, Chen Siming, and Liu Hsin-mei for now. I'm also hoping to dig up a bit more on the women's professional snooker championship in the 1930's and 1940's - I've got a few old, brief, newspaper and pictorial sources, but not enough for articles yet. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:35, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

No worries. No rush, I just thought I'd highlight them (as I thought you'd be interested). I suspect it might be difficult, but checking through the articles on the mens snooker championship articles might give some ideas for reference places. I know The Times covered these events, as would have local press (dependent on venue), globalsnookercentre.co.uk has some info, but you'd have to look through the archives. When was the competition founded? Is it the same competition as the World Women's Snooker Championship? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello

Great to see a new editor writing interesting articles, especially with access to good offline sources. – Teratix ₵ 10:09, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Cue sports redlink lists

Hi Benny,

Not sure if you watchlist the cue sports talk page, but I thought you might find the links I placed there helpful. It's at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cue sports/Archive 1#Missing players lists. There's a load of players and links to foreign language articles for individual players. Might be worth a peruse. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:40, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Lee Vilenski, and belated congratulations on your marriage! I'll check that list out. My next targets are improving the world billiards championship article, articles for all world billiards champions, and improving Ng On-yee. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:25, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

That english billiards, or carrom? I would recommend WP:CXT, as there are lots of information on the german wikipedia (that's where I got most of the pool BLPs from. [1] might be a good place to start), and some for carrom on fr.wiki. (such as at [2].) Now the wikicup is over, I can put some more work into the background (like templates, and new articles). Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:25, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Alice Dearing

Nice work on expanding her article. Thanks! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Precious

making women blue

Thank you for quality articles about women in different sports, such as Caroline Dubois, Sarah Ellerby, Anastasia Nechaeva, Stacey Hillyard, Alice Dearing, Angélique Duchemin and 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship, - Benny, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2359 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

that list is getting long now Gerda Arendt! I think I was 2,231 if I remember rightly. Benny is a great content creator. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		Red Link Removal Barnstar
		Thank you for heavily reducing the redlinks for the yearly events of the World Women's Snooker Championship. With your persistence, almost all of the redlinks are gone! Keep up the good work :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you MrLinkinPark333! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Women's snooker

Hi, I'm hoping you can clear up some confusion for me. I was planning to add achievement boxes similar to Reanne Evans#Achievements for some of the female snooker players. Mandy Fisher#Career Highlights show she won the 1980 Pontins Women's Champion and Sue Foster as being the 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship - sponsored by Pontins. However, the Template:World Women's Snooker Championship and Template:World Women's Snooker champions show Sue Foster as the 1983 winner but 1980's winner as Lesley McIlrath as also shown on 1980 Women's World Open (snooker) at Warners Sinah Warren Holiday Camp, Hayling Island, sponsored by Guinness. So what was the "Pontins Women's Champion" competition that Fisher won in 1980? --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 02:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, The Vintage Feminist. The Pontins championships for women ran alongside some of the Pontins Open events and were not world championships. I don't think we have those women's tournaments on Wikipedia at the moment - I'll see if I've got the sources to add them in. You may find this a useful resource for some past results going back to 1983 - e.g. see Mandy Fisher. Let me know if there's anything I can help with. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Pontin's Women's Championships 1977 (first event) to 1984. (Events after 1984 still to be added):

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Ref.
1977	Prestatyn	Agnes Davies	Sue Foster	3–1
1978	Prestatyn	Ann Johnson	Sue Foster	3-1
1979	Prestatyn	Maureen Baynton	Agnes Davies	3-0
1980	Prestatyn	Mandy Fisher	Sian Newbury	3–2
1980	Camber Sands	A. Burns	L. Kellerer	3–1
1981	Prestatyn	Lesley McIlrath	J. Hanlon	3–0
1982	Prestatyn	Agnes Davies	Sue Foster	3–0
1983	Prestatyn	Sue Foster	Grace Nakamura	3–1
1983	Brean Sands	1983 Women's World Snooker Championship
1984	Prestatyn	Julie Dowen	L. Lucas	3–2
1985	Prestatyn	Allison Fisher	A. Jones	3–0
1986	Prestatyn	Allison Fisher	Caroline Walch	3–0
1987	Prestatyn	Stacey Hillyard	Caroline Walch	3–1
1988	Prestatyn	Allison Fisher	Ann-Marie Farren	4–1
1989	Prestatyn	Ann-Marie Farren	Tessa Davidson	3–0
1990	Prestatyn	Stacey Hillyard	Georgina Aplin	3–0
1991	Prestatyn	Tessa Davidson	Ann-Marie Farren	4–2
1992	Prestatyn	Allison Fisher	Ann-Marie Farren	3–1
1993	Prestatyn	Allison Fisher	Karen Corr	4–3
1994	Prestatyn	Karen Corr	Lisa Quick	4–1

So Sue Foster won the Pontins 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship beating Maureen Baynton 8-5 in the final and also won Pontins 1983 championship for women beating Grace Nakamura 3–1 which was not a world championship. I think that was where I was getting lost. Thanks. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

References

Missing match

Congrats on finding an unknown World Championship match. Does't happen every day. Nigej (talk) 09:06, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

I was similarly impressed. I had seen a match in the 1954 NoTW tournament with the two when I was searching for sources, but overlooked it. Clearly a keen eye! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:15, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Nigej and Lee Vilenski - the May article with the draw was a lucky find. If I'd filtered the search by month I wouldn't have seen it, and then would have had no reason to search for the players' names together in articles. Makes my paid subscription to the British Newspaper Archive worthwhile! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:32, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations on the No. 11 DYK hook of 2020!

The 2020 totals are now complete, and your hook for Konnie Huq and the mockumentary on her Great British Wee ranked as the No. 11 hook of the year with 2,019 DYK views per hour. A list of the 25 most viewed hooks of 2020 can be viewed at "Top hooks of 2020". Congratulations on your hook's remarkable showing, and keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 09:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you, Gerda Arendt! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:07, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Great work on all that you've put together over the last year or so. Impressive stuff! Keep it up Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:04, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of 1987 World Snooker Championship

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Merchandise Giveaway Nomination – Successful

A Wikimeida t-shirt!

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Promotion of 1989 World Snooker Championship

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In appreciation

		The Reviewers Award
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable review you carried out at FAC for Snooker and for other similar reviews. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of 1983 World Snooker Championship

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A barnstar for you!

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For your valued work in the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive, which, in a single month, helped to reduce the backlog by nearly 50%. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of 1988 World Snooker Championship

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Promotion of 2015 World Snooker Championship

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WikiCup Awards

Awarded to BennyOnTheLoose for being one of the eight finalists in the 2021 WikiCup.

Congratulations, and thank you for some excellent contributions! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Phenominal work! Hope to see you at it again next year! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:11, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

1988 World Snooker Championship

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Edith

Thank you for the shout out! ❤️ Lewolka (talk) 11:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

WiG Editathon Barnstar

		Women in Green GA Editathon — October '21
		Thank you for your excellent contributions to Margaret Llewelyn Davies and Edith Margaret Garrud (nominations) and May Childs Nerney (review) during our first Women in Green editathon event! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:45, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Half Barnstar
	Hi Benny, I probably don't comment enough to the guys I know do a lot of great work, but I do appreciate all of your work. I'm very much enjoying all of your newly promoted articles, and your great work all this time. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:50, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Walter Donaldson (snooker player)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:37, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for Tessa Sanderson, "about the British javelin thrower, who had a distinguished sporting career. Sanderson made six appearances at the Olympic games, and won gold in 1984. Despite the excellent contibutions and suggestions in the GA review by Sillyfolkboy, the copyedit by Miniapolis, and the Peer Review by Sportsfan77777, no doubt much improvement is still possible."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1976/1977

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Promotion of Tessa Sanderson

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Triple Crown

I am pleased to award the Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown to BennyOnTheLoose for their incredible contributions to Wikipedia. Keep up the great work! Damien Linnane (talk) 13:28, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations Benny. I'm not seeing any record of you ever applying for the lower tier Triple Crown awards, so if you wanted to be retroactively awarded them just let me know. It's completely up to you. Have a great day. Damien Linnane (talk) 13:28, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks, Damien Linnane. Yes, I'd like the lower tier crowns too, please. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:55, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations BennyOnTheLoose on receiving the Triple Crown for your edits on Wikipedia. Your work is appreciated. Damien Linnane (talk) 07:49, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts improving Wikipedia BennyOnTheLoose. Your ongoing contributions are hereby recognised with the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels. Damien Linnane (talk) 07:49, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

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Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1977/1978

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June 2022

		The Music Barnstar
		Nice going for All Along The Watchtower and New Pony. ErnestKrause (talk) 21:49, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

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

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

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

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Promotion of 1982 World Snooker Championship

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Promotion of Cliff Thorburn

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WiG Editathon Barnstar

		Women in Green GA Editathon — July '22
		Thank you for your excellent contributions as reviewer to articles Margaret Nygard, Eleanor Glanville, We Are Water Protectors, and Elizabeth Wagner Reed at the WiG "Women and the Environment" editathon event! All the best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:50, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you

August songs

Thank for an enigmatic song! Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Women's Professional Billiards Championship

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Promotion of Ray Reardon

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• 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)

WikiCup awards

Awarded to BennyOnTheLoose for being one of the eight finalists in the 2022 WikiCup and coming third.

Congratulations on your success in the WikiCup! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:25, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

WiG Editathon Barnstar

		Women in Green Editathon — October '22
		Thank you for your excellent contributions as GA reviewer for Venla Luukkonen and Halyna Kuzmenko and as a member of our 20-minute assessment team at the WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:34, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Fatima Whitbread

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TFA nom for Cliff Thorburn

I have nominated Cliff Thorburn to be today's featured article on January 16. As the article's FAC nominator, you are invited to the discussion, which you can join by clicking here. Z1720 (talk) 21:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1978/1979

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Cliff Thorburn scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Cliff Thorburn] article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 16, 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 16, 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? 14:27, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

January songs

happy new year

Thank you today for the article "about the 1980 World Snooker Champion, known as "The Grinder", who is generally recognised as the first champion from outside the the United Kingdom. (Sorry, Horace Lindrum!) I've tried to keep the playing career part of the article quite focused on the main points as discussed in sources"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For completing at least 7 points worth of reviews in the June 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby award you this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:59, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2022

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2022. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:04, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Fatima Whitbread scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 11 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 11, 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) 17:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Music Barnstar
		For consistently excellent work improving the quality of Bob Dylan articles. Mick gold (talk) 17:10, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Thanks for ping. I'm currently away from my Dylan books but hope to look at this after Wednesday. Mick gold (talk) 14:42, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi Benny, I've been run over by work and life. I want to look at SELOL but maybe next week. Best, Mick gold (talk) 09:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Well done Benny, I enjoyed collaborating and I'm impressed by how productive you are in the field of Dylan articles. Mick gold (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Triple Crown

I'm very pleased to present the Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown to BennyOnTheLoose, for your work on "Did you know?" and the good and featured article processes! — Bilorv (talk) 22:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

In the GA section, you listed "Idiot Wind" and "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" twice, so I substituted them for "If You See Her, Say Hello" and "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues", based on your userpage. Hope that works! — Bilorv (talk) 22:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

TFA

February songs

my daily story

Thank you today for Fatima Whitbread, "about the former European and World champion javelin thrower. In 1986, she became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

today's story: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Josette Simon

I saw you're about to create a PR for Josette Simon; did you realize that her PR agent is on Wikipedia? TomDale90 is his user name. I mention it because he might have access to sources or information that you could find useful. Might even be worth asking him (or her) to review the article and see if they see any errors or omissions, though of course the risk is that they'll ask for something against policy. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:48, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of 1981 World Snooker Championship

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, 1981 World Snooker Championship, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1979/1980

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, Snooker world rankings 1979/1980, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of 1980 World Snooker Championship

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, 1980 World Snooker Championship, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, BennyOnTheLoose. I'm just posting to let you know that Snooker world rankings 1976/1977 – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 26. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 00:42, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

May 2023 NPP Drive Award

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This award is given to BennyOnTheLoose for collecting more than 40 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your help in bringing down the backlog. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:36, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

The Reviewer Barnstar

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		For your thoughtful GA review of Schramm's model of communication and your countless other reviews. Phlsph7 (talk) 06:56, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

1980 World Snooker Championship scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 7 August 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/August 7, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 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) 20:29, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

August songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, on top of all the quality improvement around, "about the year that Cliff Thorburn ground his way to the world title. Coverage of the final was interrupted by the broadcast of live footage of the Iranian Embassy Siege, which caused numerous viewers to complain to the BBC."! - My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one a reviewed for DYK, liking all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". As I just returned from a weekend of weddings, I also like the spirit ;) - besides having listened to The Firebird with one of the bridegrooms in the orchestra. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Again not by me: today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Josette Simon

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, Josette Simon, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of List of UK Open Billiards Championship winners

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, List of UK Open Billiards Championship winners, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

WiG Editathon Barnstar

		Women in Green Editathon June '23
		Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA reviews for Songbird Sings Legrand, Born This Way (album), Maggie Savoy, Mollie Steimer, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ancelma Perlacios, and Astrid Lindgren at the latest WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 23:03, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Your GA nomination of Pamela Stephenson

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Your GA nomination of 1979 World Snooker Championship

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Your GA nomination of 1975 World Snooker Championship

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Your GA nomination of Shaparak Khorsandi

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Your GA nomination of 1976 World Snooker Championship

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Promotion of 1927 World Snooker Championship

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, 1927 World Snooker Championship, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Pamela Stephenson

On 14 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pamela Stephenson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that comedian Pamela Stephenson was pleased that her 1987 book How to be a Complete Bitch was described as "sexist, violent and crude"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pamela Stephenson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pamela Stephenson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1978 World Snooker Championship

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Your GA nomination of I Shall Be Free No. 10

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Quarter Million Award for Pamela Stephenson

	The Quarter Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Pamela Stephenson (estimated annual readership: 280,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 01:53, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2023 World Seniors Championship

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DYK for Shaparak Khorsandi

On 24 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shaparak Khorsandi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Shaparak Khorsandi asked for her book to be removed from the Jhalak Prize longlist, which she considered to be "a sticker for being brown"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shaparak Khorsandi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Shaparak Khorsandi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Charles Chambers (referee)

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Your GA nomination of Jack of All Parades

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Your GA nomination of Suze (The Cough Song)

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Your GA nomination of Joe Johnson (snooker player)

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Promotion of Women's Professional Snooker Championship

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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)

Thank you for participating in the August 2023 GAN backlog drive

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	We really appreciate that you reviewed several GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent.

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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Susanna Hoffs Birth Date

Hi BennyOnTheLoose, just inquiring as to why you removed the citation that I recently added to Susanna Hoffs Early Life (California birth index). Landplane123 (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Landplane123

Hi, Landplane123 unfortunately I mentioned the wrong policy in my edit summary. Please see WP:BLPPRIMARY: "Do not use ... public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses." We already have suitable sources for the info, and a note that sources differ. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:54, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying Landplane123 (talk) 16:58, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Landplane123

Your GA nomination of Tombstone Blues

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Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1980/1981

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Promotion of Terry Griffiths

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DYK for John Brown (song)

On 3 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Brown (song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "John Brown" was recorded by Bob Dylan under the pseudonym "Blind Boy Grunt"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Brown (Bob Dylan song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Brown (song)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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WiG 20-minute assessments

Hey BennyOnTheLoose -- Do you have time to tackle one or two 20-minute article assessments for WiG this weekend? We've got a few piling up in the October editathon, and I've been too busy with off-Wiki work to take them on myself. Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

GAN Request

Hey Benny! I would like you to request for you to review Australian rock band AC/DC. Would be greatly appreciated if you'd take part of the review! — VAUGHAN J. (TALK) 09:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Congratulations - a marathon process, an excellent article and a well-deserved FA. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 08:58, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

@UndercoverClassicist: Yes, it took a bit longer than I anticipated, but it was worth it to be able to get so much improvement advice from reviewers. Definitely a learning experience for me. I have a slight chuckle thinking about your comment "perhaps a little short of a full review"! Thanks and regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:30, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

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Many Congratulations on elevating Dylan's "old-time religious carnival music" to FA status. Your stamina and resourcefulness in negotiating the FA process are truly impressive. Well done. Mick gold (talk) 17:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! Moisejp (talk) 19:28, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Mick gold and Moisejp. Getting an article to featured status is always a collaborative effort, so thanks both for all you did in editing/reviewing this one. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:50, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Nona Gaprindashvili

Also pinging Thebiguglyalien. I raised my eyebrow at your (Benny's) objection to The Week In Chess. Do you have a specific problem with it? For decades, while I was following chess news, it was my main online source. I have a superficial grasp of WP:RS but if TWIC doesn't cut it, I don't know why. Thanks for any suggestions.

BTW, I am OK with the change that was made (removing the reference to her win of the 1995 Senior Women's WC), since I think that mentioning her 8th, and noting that it was her 8th, is sufficient for the purposes of this biographical article. Bruce leverett (talk) 03:39, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Bruce leverett. Looking at The Week in Chess, this appeared to be a self-published source. WP:SELFPUBLISH allows these sources under some circumstances, but also says "Never use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer." Is there already a consensus about the reliability of this source? If not, you could post at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard and seek to establish one. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:16, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

WP:SELFPUBLISH makes an exception for the contents of magazines and newspapers, and TWIC is generally treated as a magazine. It has been updated weekly since 1994. I am familiar with the reasons why blogs and self-published websites do not make the cut, but TWIC is nothing like those.

Thanks for pointing out that noticeboard to me. (I may have read about it but forgotten.) I would not have thought there was any question about TWIC, since I am sure that the frequent editors of chess-related articles are regularly citing it. But that's my insular point of view. If you are doubtful about TWIC, I am sure that other editors are, so I will look into the possibility of starting a discussion there or contributing to an existing discussion. Bruce leverett (talk) 00:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of John Brown (song)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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CS1 error on Fred Davis (snooker player)

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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

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

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November songs

my story today

Congratulations! - Perfect timing - I just wanted to bring November thanks anyway, having updated pics to 24 Oct. I proudly remember having sung in an oratorio premiere seven years ago OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup awards

Awarded to BennyOnTheLoose for being one of the eight finalists in the 2023 WikiCup. Congratulations! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:45, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Excellent work! Thanks for the reviews on my own candidacies, and wonderful work on the various Snooker rating lists/competitions! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 13:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you

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Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1981/1982

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Hi, BennyOnTheLoose. I'm just posting to let you know that List of UK Open Billiards Championship winners – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 29. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 02:31, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of John Spencer (snooker player)

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Archiving using the BOT

@BennyOnTheLoose: You have just used the BOT to archive refs in the 2023 UK Championship article, and that's generally OK, the BOT works fine. But, like all BOTs, it will make mistakes. So you need to check through manually after you use it. I think it's a really bad idea to archive any of the snooker.org references until well after the end of the tournament and not use a previously archived version (which is what the BOT does), as Hermund Årdalen updates these pages continually. As an example, compare [3] with [4]. The archived version is completely useless. I think these archives need to be removed for now.  Alan  (talk) 14:53, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

@AlH42: Fair point; feel free to revert any instances you see where I've used the bot. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:51, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

That all seems to be OK now. That BOT seems to be a very "blunt instrument" so I've stopped using it, in favour of manually archiving stuff as required.  Alan  (talk) 16:55, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

AlH42: as penance, I've added the little I could to 1990 Shoot-Out. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Brilliant - thank you.  Alan  (talk) 06:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

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Thomas Bradlaugh Leng

Not sure i can be of much use but ... I found the following [5] which I hope you can read. Relates to the suicide of a Thomas Bradlaugh Leng from an aspirin overdose in 1965. The trouble is that it's not clear that it's the same person. Age 57 fits roughly, but "retired caterer" less so. Probate records have "LENG Thomas Bradlaugh otherwise KEEN Thomas, of 46 Burleigh Mansions Charing Cross Road London W.C.2 died 16 May 1965 at Pembury Hospital Kent Probate London 12 October (1965) to National Provincial Bank Limited. £66884" Obviously £66,000 was a lot of money in 1965. His birth is registered in March 1908 as Thomas Bradlaugh KEEN in West Ham. The trouble is that that's all I have. Still not clear whether it's the same man. Nigej (talk) 14:31, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks, Nigej. Having spent a while looking through records at Ancestry, I'm pretty much convinced this is the same person, but I feel need one more link in the chain before I put it into an article. Much appreciated! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 00:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

All very frustrating. Did some more family history stuff myself. Probably he married Ivy Gladys Slyth in Westminster in 1943. Probably no children (per Freebmd). Her birth was registered in March 1911 and she died on 29 December 2014 (probate records). Confusingly she was known as Joy (see https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/leng/4208681). I was hoping to find some obituary at her death, but have failed miserably. Nigej (talk) 09:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Hi there Benny,
Best wishes for the new year. I look forward to working with you again in 2024. I'll start looking over Alex Higgins at some point and we can do another FAC together. Meanwhile, here are some mischievous moggies!
Cheers, Rodney Baggins (talk) 19:17, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year Rodney Baggins! I'd be interested to see what you think about Higgins's article; I feel it's rather unbalanced at the moment, and needs more detail on his playing career, with perhaps a bit less on some other aspects. The biographies by Borrows and Hennessey are the best book sources I've seen so far (apart from the excellent Masters of the Baize, which is of course less detailed). Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Lasting for over 11 minutes, Bob Dylan’s song "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" occupied an entire side of his 1966 double album Blonde on Blonde. It has polarised music critics." - I wonder why the title in the infobox is like in the official audio, but the article is different. No topic for the next three days, - never even think about moving an article while linked from the Main page. - Sad eyes - I mourn the death of Vami IV, and this image - given to him with thanks for GA Gates of Heaven Synagogue two days before he died - was taken on a cemetery returning from a funeral last year. It pictures a promise, - let's work on the articles he left under construction. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

... and thank you today for John Spencer (snooker player) - below - introduced: "This article is about three-time world snooker champion John Spencer. Spencer was noted for his cue action, which featured an unusually long backswing that provided immense cue power, allowing him to develop long-distance shots with deep screw and maximum side spin. According to Clive Everton in Billiards and Snooker magazine, Spencer's play in the 1969 World Snooker Championship final "justifiably caused gasps of amazement" from the audience."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

The image, taken on a cemetery last year after the funeral of a distant but dear family member, commemorates today, with thanks for their achievements, four subjects mentioned on the Main page and Vami_IV, a friend here. Listen to music by Tchaikovsky (an article where one of the four is pictured), sung by today's subject (whose performance on stage I enjoyed two days ago). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

John Spencer (snooker player) scheduled for TFA

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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

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

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

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Ray Reardon / Snooker TFA

Hey Benny. Congrats on today's TFA. Am I right in thinking that Ray Reardon has not been on the main page thus far? I was going to suggest nominating him for TFA on 25 April this year, on the 50th anniversary of his third world championship win in 1974, but it appears that the April slots are already filled. Perhaps his 92nd birthday on 8 October? Given his advancing years, he might not be around that much longer to appreciate being on Wikipedia's main page! Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Rodney Baggins yes, I'd be keen to see either on the main page. I guess there might be some push back as Thorburn and Spencer have already been TFA's this year, but no harm in seeing how a nomination fares. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:07, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

P.S. I was going to also point out that the main Snooker article has never been TFA, any thoughts? Pinging @Lee Vilenski: about that one too! Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 GAN backlog drive

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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

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

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

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

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

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

British Library

Hi, if you happen to come across the following book on your travels in the British Library I would be very interested and grateful to know the contents:

Paley, Ruth, ed. (2016). The House of Lords 1660–1715. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 474.

I don't know if that page is the entirety of the relevant content, but it should relate to Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk and his life and/or madness. Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1982/1983

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, Snooker world rankings 1982/1983, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:09, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Ray Reardon and Eddie Charlton titles

Hi Benny, Did i read correctly that you have titles to add for the above players to their career finals records. Did I read Ray Reardon beat Alex Higgins in the 1972 Castle Professional and Eddie Charlton beat Alex Higgins in the 1972 Marackville International in Australia. Will you add these titles when you get a chance Benny ?. Thanks 31.200.185.105 (talk) 12:52, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Benny. Likely this is User:DooksFoley147, so best ignored. Nigej (talk) 15:46, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Nigej yes, I had worked that out, thanks. I probably will add these at some point; I see it's about a month since I mentioned them at WP:SNOOKER and no objections yet. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello BennyOnTheLoose,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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Your GA nomination of Susanna Hoffs

The article Susanna Hoffs you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Susanna Hoffs for comments about the article, and Talk:Susanna Hoffs/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Theepicosity -- Theepicosity (talk) 17:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1983/1984

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, Snooker world rankings 1983/1984, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Million Award for Susanna Hoffs

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Susanna Hoffs (estimated annual readership: 1,100,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 12:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Congratulations, also to a another FA, and thank you today for 1984 World Snooker Championship, introduced (in 2020): "This article is about the World Snooker Championship event in 1984. A year before the blackball final, Steve Davis won his third world championship. He defeated Jimmy White in the final, which was White's first of six losses at this stage!"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

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

Our current top scorers are as follows:

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

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

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Promotion of John Pulman

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The article you nominated, John Pulman, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, David Fuchs (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Susanna Hoffs

On 5 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Susanna Hoffs, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Susanna Hoffs (pictured) sang on the studio recording of "Eternal Flame" naked after producer Davitt Sigerson pranked her by saying that Olivia Newton-John had done the same thing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Susanna Hoffs. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Susanna Hoffs), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 31,421 views (1,309.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Great to see this at GA level! Well done!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on getting this article to GA status. —  AjaxSmack  12:43, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Kyren Wilson

Hi there. Do you know how to update a snooker player's Infobox to reflect the current ranking? I've added a note on Kyren's page asking that question. Cheers Billsmith60 (talk) 09:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@Billsmith60: Sorry, I have no idea how that works. You would probably get an answer at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Snooker. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Just a note that I commented on the talk. It's done at Template:Infobox snooker player/rankings. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:58, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1984/1985

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, Snooker world rankings 1984/1985, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Reanne Evans

The article Reanne Evans you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Reanne Evans for comments about the article, and Talk:Reanne Evans/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 10:53, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of World Women's Snooker Championship

The article World Women's Snooker Championship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:World Women's Snooker Championship for comments about the article, and Talk:World Women's Snooker Championship/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 11:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time

Hello BennyOnTheLoose:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in June 2024!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

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Hey BennyOnTheLoose -- will you be free to do some 20-minute assessments for the June WiG editathon? Just wanted to check and see. Thanks, Alanna the Brave (talk) 16:28, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Alanna the Brave: yes, happy to help out with that. I might sign up for the edit-a-thon too. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:41, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Benny -- we've got one 20-minute assessment request waiting at the moment, and I'm a bit swamped with off-Wiki work. If you've got time, can you take it on? Thanks, Alanna the Brave (talk) 00:53, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Snooker world rankings 1985/1986

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, Snooker world rankings 1985/1986, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in WP:GARC

Hello, I noticed you have an article listed at WP:GAN. I recently started a project, Good Article Review Circles, and thought you might be interested. This initiative helps articles get reviewed more quickly through collaborative efforts. By joining, you'll review others' articles and get your own reviewed in return. Check out the page for more details! — GMH Melbourne (talk) 14:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1949 World Snooker Championship

The article 1949 World Snooker Championship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1949 World Snooker Championship for comments about the article, and Talk:1949 World Snooker Championship/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 12:43, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

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

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

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

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

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Golden Girls (play)

On 4 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Golden Girls (play), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Golden Girls (play). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Golden Girls (play)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:04, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Pamela Stephenson

Hi BennyOnTheLoose, I've now finished my copy-edit. While I was working, I removed one citation here; this was because the removed source was a deadlink to a syndicated version of the first citation with exactly the same content. I also moved one paragraph out of the "Early life" section and into the Performing career section because it deals with Stephenson's very early career. Also also, I moved material from several sections to a new Writing section; there is enough material here to warrant such a section.

In your GOCE request, you asked for a few tips to improve the article for an FA nom. While I'm not an FA expert, I think a) you could expand the lede to another paragraph and b) add a few more images if possible. While a lot of the pre-Internet sources go to newspapers.com, maybe some of the more-recent ones could be sourced to live copies on the 'net; particularly those to The Independent. This would make them more accessible to a wide range of browsers. But those are just suggestions.

Anyway, good luck with the article and your planned FA nom. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

• Many thanks, Baffle gab1978. I really appreciate this. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Zoe Smith

The article Zoe Smith you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Zoe Smith for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Arconning -- Arconning (talk) 15:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Newspaper access

Just letting you know per your edit summary on this diff - I accessed those newspaper sources via the Wikipedia Library, so that's your best bet for getting them since you're extended-confirmed. There's a tool for getting TWL links from normal links over on GitHub (Suntooth/twl-urls - been meaning to convert it to a Toolforge tool but haven't gotten the chance) so that you can find the exact clippings. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 16:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Suntooooth, I use that quite a lot but its showing as "Temporarily unavailable" for me in TWL, and tells me "Upgrade to a Publisher Extra Subscription to view this page" if I follow the links in the article. (Oddly, I can go directly to newspapers.com and see my own clippings, but I can't see others, or see the pages in search results.) If it's not fixed in a few days, I'll assume good faith on newspaper sources. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Ah, alright! I hope it gets fixed soon, but either way thanks for your work on the GA review - I'll respond to your notes once the review's all done :] Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 16:43, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for participating in the June 2024 backlog drive! You scored 157 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this cleanup barnstar. Thanks for helping out!

Pichpich (talk) 21:31, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

1986–87 snooker world rankings

Just been looking at 1986–87 snooker world rankings#Rankings. Just wondering how Steve Davis could have got 1 merit point. Seems impossible when he got ranking points in all 12 events. Nigej (talk) 18:11, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Nigej, he got a half merit point from both the 1984 Rothmans Grand Prix and the 1985 British Open. For the 1985–86 season, Merit points were awarded to players who were required to compete in qualifying rounds of ranking tournaments and reached the last 32, with a full merit point awarded if this was achieved in the world championship, and half a merit point otherwise. I've added some footnotes. You can see where those merit points came from in the 1985–86 snooker world rankings list. I didn't try to show breakdowns of merit/A/frames for the 1986–87 list because sources only give totals for the lower-ranked players. Thanks. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 19:42, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Makes sense to me now. Nigej (talk) 19:49, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of 1986–87 snooker world rankings

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, 1986–87 snooker world rankings, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

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Your GA nomination of 1950 World Snooker Championship

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Your GA nomination of Key West (Philosopher Pirate)

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Your GA nomination of Key West (Philosopher Pirate)

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I'll Keep It With Mine

Just listened to Hoffs' version. Hadn't heard it before, but it's very nice. I haven't heard everyone's versions out there, but for me it's hard to imagine any version better than the Biograph version, which is sublime. Incidentally, the I'll Keep It With Mine says Dylan's was first released on Bootleg Series 1-3, which is wrong. Maybe I'll change it sometime when I get a chance. :-) P.S. I see from above you've already had lots of troubles trying to access Newspapers.com. I hope my solution (on the FAC nomination page) may work for you. Moisejp (talk) 04:14, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Key West (Philosopher Pirate)

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Promotion of Susanna Hoffs

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Three-Quarter Million Award for Susanna Hoffs

	The Three-Quarter Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Susanna Hoffs (estimated annual readership: 920,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Three-Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 19:26, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi there. John Higgins page

Hello there. I noticed an editor deleted an important event from this page. As the page is auto-protected I cannot change it. Can you help to restore this edit in good faith please  ?. Many thanks 178.167.185.180 (talk) 16:06, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Len Ganley

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Your GA nomination of Len Ganley

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Your GA nomination of Angélique Duchemin

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Joe Johnson FAC review

Hi Benny, I'm ready to put my review comments on the FAC page for JJ. However, I've found a lot of problems with the article and, as there's been no other interest in the review process at this stage, would it not be more sensible for me to help you improve the article as a contributor and then maybe we could co-nominate it at a later date? Is there any particular reason why you wanted to get Joe Johnson to FA ahead of other players? For example, I remember you wanted to work on Alex Higgins and I'm happy to go ahead with that soon if you're still interested. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 11:05, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rodney Baggins: Ah, I hadn't realised it had a lot of issues; it was the last one I'd worked on that was at GA but not at FA (apart from Joe Davis, which I do think needs quite a lot of work). I've been a bit intimidated by the range of sources on Higgins (e.g. several books, acres of press coverage) wheras with the likes of Johnson, Griffiths and Walter Donaldson I've been confident that I'm across all the important sources. I'll withdraw the Johnson nom and probably start looking at Higgins. Thanks! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:11, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

If you leave the FAC nom open for now, I can put all my review comments there, or would you prefer if I just put them on the Talk page for your attention? I can also do a general copyedit for you today, based on all the non-contentious stuff I've noticed. Rodney Baggins (talk) 12:18, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rodney Baggins: I've already asked for the nom to be closed, so talk page is probably better. Thanks again. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:30, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Claire Coutinho

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Your GA nomination of Shabana Mahmood

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New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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Promotion of 1987–88 snooker world rankings

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AFD dicussion

Would you care to weigh in on this AFD discussion: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Central_Illinois'_On-Line_Broadcast_Museum Your opinion would be valued. BuffaloBob (talk) 13:25, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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Promotion of 1988–89 snooker world rankings

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Your GA nomination of Angélique Duchemin

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Replaceable non-free use File:Bill Withers (snooker player).jpg

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Request for Review of Draft

Hi, I really appreciated your thoughtful and detailed review of one of my GA nominees. I was wondering if you would be down to review an outstanding draft of mine that i have been failing to get accepted. The reviewer is leaving rather vague feedback which I felt i have addressed but obviously isn't enough to get the article approved. Would really appreciate a different set of eyes looking at it.

• Hi Lisha2037, yes, happy to have a look. Which one is it? You might also be interested in getting involved in WikiProject Women in Red and/or WikiProject Women in Green (Also, it helps to add ~~~~ after posts to leave a signature.) Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:02, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

It is Draft:Rhaenyra Targaryen. It is a Game of Thrones article. I understand the feedback is that I need to psyhcoanalyze the character to prove she is worthy of a wikipedia article. Lisha2037 (talk) 18:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@Lisha2037: I think the article is ready enough now. As it's currently a redirect, please list it at Wikipedia:Requested moves; requests there usually get processed fairly quickly. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:57, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Articulation (painting)

On 4 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Articulation (painting), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that actress Lisa Coleman attended artist Euan Uglow's studio one to three times a week from 1993 to 1996 to model for Articulation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Articulation (painting). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Articulation (painting)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Claire Coutinho

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Your GA nomination of Shabana Mahmood

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Hello @BennyOnTheLoose, Thank you in first for the amazing work you do. can you please helpp the community to fix the wiki page of the Italian supermodel Fabio Mancini? I actually don't know how it works and I'm sure you'll work on it better with rules. because someone vandalise always the page with errors.

here the page: Fabio Mancini

I wrote before to @Indignant Flamingo maybe can you please help each others

thank you in advance 151.72.221.34 (talk) 09:06, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Felicity Kendal

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" GA Editathon – October 2024

Hello BennyOnTheLoose:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

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Your GA nomination of Felicity Kendal

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Promotion of 1989–90 snooker world rankings

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Your GA nomination of Frank Callan

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Your GA nomination of Frank Callan

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Your GA nomination of Frank Callan

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Need Second Opinion

hello @BennyOnTheLoose - you had previously reviewed my GA for Ritu Khullar which was successful. I am currently having my article Susanne Craig reviewed but with difficulty. I have posted on teahouse and the GA talk page for help and the suggested asking the reviewer to get a second opinion which they have refused or failing the article to get another editor on it. I was wondering if you’d be up to review that article - I believe it’s ready to pass. If not review maybe just glance at the article to see what’s up as the consensus I’ve received is the editor is being unreasonable. thanks much @lisha2037 Lisha2037 (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

• Hi, Lisha2037, I see that the GA2 review has been picked up by another editor since you wrote this. I haven't looked at the GA1 review but I've seen the discussion at the GA talk page. I'm always happy to receive comments that go beyond the GA criteria to improve an article, and my own experience with the same reviewer has been very positive. I've also had reviews I don't particuarly like, but I assume good faith, and politely question anything that I think will diminish the article. I hope to see you nominating more articles! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:46, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

  Hi, yes someone in the make women green project picked it up. So I believe it’s going to be made green soon with some edit here or there. Thanks anyway! Lisha2037 (talk) 21:27, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Question about GA review

Hi there, hope all is well! As you may see from the above, I seem to have found myself in dramatown. Without meaning to draw you into it, I wanted to ask you about your review at Talk:Ritu Khullar/GA1. I had trouble following parts of the review because of the way the nominator was replying, but at one point you wrote: A couple of outstanding points are above. I wasn't sure if you had gone through all my comments and made updates as you saw fit, or whether some are still pending. I seem to have had the same problem reviewing another article for the nominator. (It's been a few years, but you may remember my style as the reviewer for Talk:Idiot Wind/GA1.) I'm just wondering how you dealt with that problem and kept track of your review. – Reidgreg (talk) 17:59, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

• Hi, Reidgreg. I remember Talk:Idiot Wind/GA1 very well. I was fairly new to the GA process, and found your review incredibly helpful. For Talk:Ritu Khullar/GA1 I needed to do another close reading anyway, because of the placement of the citations in the version submitted, and during that and going though my original comments I made additions like Hasn't been done. Do you disagree? and Not done? Not a requirement for GA but it would be in line with the MOS to the review where I felt comments had not been addressed. Doing this was bearable as it's a fairly brief article. However, it is much easier to conduct and follow the review when replies are indented below comments. I was used to this as I'd co-nominated some articles before. On reflection, I'll be offering advice to new nominators, if appropriate, about how useful indented replies are; not only for the reviewer, but also when another editor looks at the review. I should have learnt from my experience at Talk:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel/GA2! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Articulation (painting)

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Susanna Hoffs

Good evening Benny. I am looking to make this the TFA for 27 November. Is that ok with you? If so, do you fancy having a crack at a draft blurb? Gog the Mild (talk) 17:56, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Great, thanks Gog the Mild. Should I draft the blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 2024 once the article appears on that list? Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:20, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Susanna Hoffs/archive1 is the usual hidey hole, but it would probably be easier all round to draft it right here. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:25, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

@Gog the Mild: First attempt below (a hacked down version of the lead). I fully expect, and welcome, improvements! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter. She, Debbi Peterson, and Vicki Peterson founded the Bangles in 1981. Their second album, Different Light, (1986) was warmly received by critics and was certified triple-platinum in 1994. The group's third album, Everything (1988), included the US top ten charting "In Your Room" and number one "Eternal Flame", both written by Hoffs with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Following tensions including resentment at Hoffs's perceived leadership of the band and the stress of touring, the band split in 1989, reforming in 1999. Hoffs's first solo album, When You're a Boy (1991), was followed by Susanna Hoffs (1996). Neither of the releases proved to be as popular as the Bangles' albums, although they yielded two US-charting singles. Her most recent solo album is The Deep End (2023), and her first novel, This Bird Has Flown, a romantic comedy about a struggling musician, was published in the same year.

Looks good to me. Thanks Benny. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Susanna Hoffs scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 27 November 2024. 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 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 15:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Articulation (painting)

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Your GA nomination of Articulation (painting)

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Your GA nomination of Cheryl Baker

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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The 2024 WikiCup

Awarded to BennyOnTheLoose for being one of the eight finalists in the 2024 WikiCup.

Congratulations! Epicgenius (talk) 16:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 65

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 65, September – October 2024

• Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Wikipedia Library
• Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 report
• Tech tip: Mass downloads

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Promotion of 1990–91 snooker world rankings

Congratulations, BennyOnTheLoose! The list you nominated, 1990–91 snooker world rankings, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Josette Simon scheduled for TFA

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story · music · places

Looking forward and seeing more to come! Thank you today for Susanna Hoffs, introduced as "probably best known as a member of popular music group the Bangles; she co-wrote their hit "Eternal Flame". Her cinematic career has been less successful than her musical endeavours, which have included several solo albums and collaborations. In 2023 her novel This Bird Has Flown was well-received by critics."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

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		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping It's All Over Now, Baby Blue retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:19, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

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Holidays

Hi Benny, I hope you are well. Fantastic work this year, I'm really impressed. Just wanted to wish you a great holiday/Christmas time. :) Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Best wishes of the season to you too Lee Vilenski! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:46, 25 December 2024 (UTC)