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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 40#Names for lists based on single-game stats

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball#Names_for_lists_based_on_single-game_stats Taffe316 (talk) 04:09, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Great Signpost this week

I gave some personal thanks to Bryce, but I wanted each of you Signpost board folks how much I appreciated this issue. Not only was the op-ed outstanding and thought provoking, the news section was well above average and Tony's travelogue was distinctive and fun to read. For my part, I'd like to see more profiles like that which appeared in the blog. It's impossible to cover every noteworthy event, but the statistical analysis seemed to line up with my anecdotal recollection of the event as it unfolded. Having the opportunity to see such an event analysis on an occasional basis may prove to be a different cross section of exactly how we function in real time. I'm taking the liberty to copy this to each of your board members; please pass my good wishes among your entire team. Outstanding reading. BusterD (talk) 04:46, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I can't take too much credit for this week's issue; Gamaliel did the heavy hitting on that one, but it's always great to get such positive feedback. Go Phightins! 02:42, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Wow, dude...Indians fan here who was delighted to see Jim Thome be today's Featured Article. Went through the talk page and you did so. much. work. Truly a prodigal amount, and so much of it gruntwork. Thank you!!! Mreleganza (talk) 05:22, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

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!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ken Giles

Hello! Your submission of Ken Giles at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 23:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

DYK for Ken Giles

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 30 September 2015

Signpost request/suggestion

Hi Go Phightins! (and User:Gamaliel, who I'm pinging)

If one were to want to request/suggest that the Signpost cover something, where would one do that? Here? User talk:Gamaliel? Some subpage of the WP:SIGNPOST that I can't figure out? I closed the RFC on this year's ArbCom election, and one of the ideas that had some support was "there was some interest expressed here for the Signpost to do this [post interviews with all of the ArbCom candidates before the election], but it is left up to the editorial board (or editor, or Rupert Murdoch, or whoever runs the place) to decide whether to do it, and if so, how." Since the RFC obviously can't "make" the Signpost do anything, I just wanted to alert you to this interest expressed in the RFC, so you could do with it what you will. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:05, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Floquenbeam. Sounds like a great idea ... if someone wants to coordinate it. Right now, the editorial board is in somewhat of a transitional stage that inhibits new project acquisition, but certainly if someone has the time to put that together, it sounds like a noble idea. Thanks! Go Phightins! 19:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I'm not volunteering, I'm just the messenger. Any suggestion on which section of the newsroom pages (I assume?) to post this on, so if someone is interested they can run with it? I got a little confused trying to navigate around the subpages for a "suggested articles" location. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:58, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions is a great place to post an article suggestion. Liz Read! Talk! 21:48, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Signpost FC

Hi, Go Phightins!,
I know you are busy but you have helped out with the Signpost article on Featured Content in the past so I thought I'd let you know that this week's edition has just been posted, if you would like to help with some descriptions or resizing photos: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-10-07/Featured content. Thanks for your help! Liz Read! Talk! 16:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey Liz. I am going to try to publish Saturday morning, and am not sure how much time I'll have before that, but will help if I can. Thanks! Go Phightins! 00:14, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

WER

Re:seconding. I nominated a couple that you might find interesting. Buster Seven Talk 15:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 October 2015

Signpost submission

Greetings! I have a submission that may be suitable for The Signpost. I submitted it to Wikipediocracy but they have not gotten back to me. Its on a rather special, controversial topic and it is unclear if The Signpost would be the appropriate place but I figured it best to ask. It is investigative reporting into a world government manipulating Wikipedia. Would you be interested in looking at it? If so, what's the best way to send it to you? Or is there a better place to send it? Thank you for any information or guidance. DaltonCastle (talk) 21:15, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Certainly, DaltonCastle. I will surely read it. Email it to gophightins_wiki@verizon.net. Thanks! Go Phightins! 22:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Possible Feature cross-post

This Feature has been in development for a while for the Video Game Newsletter. I'm wondering if this can be crossposted to the Signpost. I think its grand. I suggested this to Gamaliel as well, which I am aware that they (and I guess I too an extent) have had some involvement with. GamerPro64 21:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, GamerPro64. We are discussing it on the editorial board. Thanks. Go Phightins! 22:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 October 2015

Retiring

You might want to recruit someone to facilitate the Editor of the Week. Buster Seven Talk 08:16, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

i have distributed this weeks Award. no-one responded so B7 asked me to do it. i probably did a half-assed job but what do you expect from a half-wit.Buster3.5 (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Oh my. Sorry, I have been so scarce around here myself I didn't even notice this. Well, unfortunately I am not sure I can pick it back up right now. I'll see what I can do. Thanks. Go Phightins! 10:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
I have returned to editing and will continue to facilitate the Award. Buster Seven Talk 15:18, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 October 2015

Editorial

Regarding this week's editorial: I'm a bit confused by the conclusion: But if you do care, you will only have to do one thing: get out of the way. ... If you do this, we'll fix the problem for you and preserve your sandbox for as long as you want to play in it. Editorials are usually written in the voice of the editors, so is the Signpost saying it will fix the problem? isaacl (talk) 01:50, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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