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User:Sju hav sockpuppets[edit]

Regarding this edit [1] of mine - I intended to copy an edited version of the sockpuppet tag to User:Habilemonkac. Somehow, I ended up saving that edited tag to User:Creambreek. Thank you for fixing my mistake. Too little caffeine this morning, I think! JoeSperrazza (talk) 13:44, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; thank you for helping with this user. It's an obvious sock of Sju hav; which you can see creates an awful lot of socks; and can be a big problem because he mainly edits Norway-related articles which few editors watchlist or care about. There is a special problem with HabileMonkac since a CU found him technically unrelated, but I agree with you that he should clearly be indeffed based on behavioral evidence; he has all the characteristics of a Sju hav sock. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 13:57, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Easter![edit]

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DYK for S.A.S. v. France[edit]

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DYK nomination of Christopher Hornsrud[edit]

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DYK: Waldemar Hammenhög[edit]

Hello: Thanks for your review! I tried to clarify the issues you've brought up regarding the DYK nomination here: Template:Did you know nominations/Waldemar Hammenhög. --Bruzaholm (talk) 14:03, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again! No, I wasn't aware that I also had to review other nominations. Surely, I'm glad to do it, but is it too late now, as regards to the Hammenhög article? --Bruzaholm (talk) 10:45, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I wasn't quite aware that additional revisions were required, but I'm currently reviewing the Arikamedu article for the DYK. Thanks again, --Bruzaholm (talk) 08:46, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Christopher Hornsrud[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue CIX, April 2015[edit]

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DYK for A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz[edit]

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DYK for Maria Quisling[edit]

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DYK for A.D. Roy[edit]

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DYK for Steeve Briois[edit]

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WikiCup 2015 May newsletter[edit]

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by India The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Belarus Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:34, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 11[edit]

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It looks to me as if the nominator, responding to your request that a certain section be cited for the nomination to satisfy the DYK criteria, instead deleted the section, though he failed to note this fact on the nomination template. Even though, all paragraphs appear to be cited now, though it doesn't appear that the hook facts are cited by the end of the sentence that contains them. Can you please revisit this review? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue CX, May 2015[edit]

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DYK nomination of James W. Fifield Jr.[edit]

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DYK for James W. Fifield Jr.[edit]

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Precious anniversary[edit]

Norwegian personalities in history
Thank you, Iselilja, for quality articles on the history and people of Norway, such as Fredrikke Marie Qvam, for creating Category:Sachsenhausen concentration camp prisoners, for supporting that "Wikipedia ought to be a fun hobby (although seriously done)", for thanks, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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A year ago, you were the 913th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Five years ago, you were recipient no. 913 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 12[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015[edit]

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LGBT Rights opposition discussion[edit]

Hey Iselilja, I just wanted to ask if you could drop a comment on the talk page about the use of bigotry as a reason for opposition? Just thought I'd ask while you seem partly interested in the article. Thanks and have a good day/night, Dr Crazy 102 (talk) 11:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015[edit]

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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter[edit]

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Scotland Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Philadelphia Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4. Somerset Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5. Washington, D.C. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6. Somerset Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7. United States Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8. England Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015[edit]

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Books and Bytes - Issue 13[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015[edit]

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Possible DYK?[edit]

I think about translating the article about Margit Johnsen into english, could it be a candidate for DYK? Ulflarsen (talk) 06:56, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks very fine Ulflarsen. Just notice me when you're finished and I'll nominate it and try to avoid the hook problem that delayed the last nomination. Iselilja (talk) 16:55, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Good, will try to do it this week, I'll upload it when I have translated all and then notice you. Ulflarsen (talk) 17:26, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have translated the article, see this link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ulflarsen/Draft01#D.C3.B8dskonvoiene_til_Malta_1942

Feel free to correct any mistakes before I move it to mainspace. Ulflarsen (talk) 11:56, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have now uploaded the article about Margit Johnsen, the language have been checked by several other contributors, so I hope it will be ok. Thanks a lot for nominating it for DYK. Ulflarsen (talk) 12:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Guess you have been busy, but the article about Margit Johnsen is translated in full from Norwegian Bokmål/Riksmål, if its possible to nominate it for DYK that would be nice. Ulflarsen (talk) 15:25, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Orphan few[edit]

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WikiCup 2015: The results[edit]

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to United States Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

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Wikicup Award[edit]

Awarded to Iselilja for participating in the 2015 WikiCup. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:50, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015[edit]

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Books and Bytes - Issue 14[edit]

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...[edit]

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 Wiki