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January 2020 at Women in Red

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2020)

The metric length of one kilometre is equivalent to the imperial measurement of 0.62137 miles. Hello, Valereee. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Length Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Religious text • Barbershop quartet Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

DYK for Mère (restaurateur)

On 18 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mère (restaurateur), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1830s, a Mère in Lyon, France, became famous for her creation Tétons de Venus ('Venus's Breasts'), a dish of giant dumplings that was popular at bachelor parties? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mère (restaurateur)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Goat DYK

Please take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Goat tower. -- Hoary (talk) 14:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Main page work

		The Main Page Barnstar
		You beat me to posting B. Smith! Giving this in recognition of your work at ITN, ERRORS, DYK, and anywhere else main page related you are active in. Kees08 (Talk) 19:29, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Kees08 hahaha! I saw the notification come across my watch, looked at the page and saw how many people were already working on it, and knew it was likely ready to post. :) --valereee (talk) 20:20, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 at Women in Red

March 2020, Volume 6, Issue 3, Numbers 150, 151, 156, 157, 158, 159 Happy Women's History Month from all of us at Women in Red. Online events: New: Art+Activists & Folklore / Aviation / Great Britain & Ireland Photo and image initiative: #VisibleWikiWomen photo initiative Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Editor feedback: Schedule planning at the Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversations on our talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2020)

The Tarvasjõgi river at the Põhja-Kõrvemaa nature reserve in Estonia Hello, Valereee. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Nature reserve Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Length • Religious text Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Frieda Rapoport Caplan

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Frieda Rapoport Caplan has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

This will make a great DYK entry.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:33, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist, Thank you so much! It looks great! --valereee (talk) 19:09, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

DYKs for Women's History Month

Thanks for your recent biographies of women, including those appearing on DYK. Maybe you would like to nominate one or two more in March in connection with Women's History Month.--Ipigott (talk) 07:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Ipigott, I was actually thinking about starting Maude Mayberg this morning! :) --valereee (talk) 11:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Looks interesting. I see there are also a couple of images you can use at [1].--Ipigott (talk) 11:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Ipigott, yes, that was the source I'd found about her that made me check to see if she had an article yet! :) Nice to know I can use those images! --valereee (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
• Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
• Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
• CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
• The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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.

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2020)

A company is a legal entity made up of an association of people, be they natural, legal, or a mixture of both, for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise. Hello, Valereee. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Company Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Nature reserve • Length Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

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• Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
• A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

• Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
• The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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DYK for Dillegrout

On 6 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dillegrout, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that dillegrout was so delicious that it earned the cook a manor, but to keep it he and his descendants had to serve the dish at every future English coronation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dillegrout. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dillegrout), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Details on handwashing technique

Belongs here at Hand_washing#Techniques not in a separate article IMO. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:13, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Doc James, I have no strong opinion. I just wanted to make sure we've got something that will take people to the right place with correct information, and the handwashing article is about multiple things. I'm shocked we don't have an article on kitchen hygiene, I think that's likely a vital article in food and drink. Our coverage of cooking is woeful. --valereee (talk) 01:12, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Yah not everyone is taught how to do a surgical scrub. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:20, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Okay have merged the stuff on the CDC technique here Hand_washing#Techniques Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:11, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Doc James, oh, great, I'd just copied from the previous article with an intention of maybe getting to that! Thanks! Do you think redirects for correct handwashing technique should go to that section? The article's so long and has become disorganized, which is why I'd started the short article in the first place. --valereee (talk) 12:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

I would instead add a paragraph on proper technique as the second paragraph of the lead of that article. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:15, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2020)

Hello, Valereee. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Transglobe Expedition Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Company • Nature reserve Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This Month in GLAM: February 2020

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Quick check

Hi Valereee, I'm trying to get my head around the process for moving the prep to queue. Could you take a look at Template:Did you know/Queue/3 for me, and make sure I've done this right? I understand you also need to update the protection from the image, is this an automatic procedure, or something that I need to add manually? File:Lathraea squamaria ENBLA02.jpg would be the file to protect.

Once again, thanks for all your help! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:28, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Lee Vilenski, did you put four tildes in the DYKbotdo template? It calls for three. I can't tell because it populates, but I don't think you usually get that much of the sig in the dykbot template. It may not matter, but for reference go look at the source for Q2 to see how much of Maile's sig ended up in the template. Other than that, I can see you cleared the prep and updated the counter correctly. :) --valereee (talk) 17:53, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

I did put four. I was copying Maile's update, but I wasn't sure. I'll change to 3. Thanks for taking a look. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:54, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Lee Vilenski, there is a comprehensive set of instructions for promoting at Wikipedia:Did you know/Admin instructions if you haven't found that yet! :) --valereee (talk) 17:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find that page. I'll get the hang of it after a couple. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Lee Vilenski, ha! There's a link to it at the top of the page of preps/queues at Template:Did you know/Queue. I generally open the prep source, the queue source, and the instructions in three windows. I move the prep to queue, add the bot instructions, preview/save/close the queue window. Open the instructions to clear prep in another window, clear the prep, preview/save/close the empty prep window. Open the counter, update the counter. Then I go check to make sure it all worked. :D Then I go do the admin checks for the set. I move before checking so other admins know I've committed to checking that set, so we aren't duplicating efforts, but some admins prefer to do the checks before making the move. You can tell if someone has already checked a set because you'll their see recent edits on multiple articles in that set, or because they've raised a question at talk about one of the hooks in that set. --valereee (talk) 10:14, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks I couldn't see for looking! That's pretty much what I did minus the instructions part. I'd prefer to do the moves first, as I'd be worried about checking a set and then having someone else promote it. Thanks for the advice! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Frieda Rapoport Caplan

On 15 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frieda Rapoport Caplan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frieda Caplan, a pioneer of the specialty-produce industry in the U.S., introduced the kiwifruit to the American market? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frieda Rapoport Caplan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Frieda Rapoport Caplan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2020)

Darts Hello, Valereee. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Darts Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Transglobe Expedition • Company Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 16 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Yeah!

Not everyone's as inept as you are, Valereee! (Coronavirus must make people crabby.) EEng 00:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

EEng, I can't quite figure out the level of hostility at that discussion. WTF? It seems like such a minor change and one that would actually get more people to try using the template, but multiple editors came in red hot against it. --valereee (talk) 10:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)