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A-Class Medal

The Military history A-Class medal
On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the A-Class Medal for your excellent work on List of Indian Coast Guard directors general, INS Vikrant (R11), and List of Indian naval air squadrons. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:14, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks, HJ Mitchell. By the way, can I you put back Sam Manekshaw and K. M. Cariappa's reviews? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:16, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Call me Harry. And yes, as long as you've got time to keep on top of them and the list of frigates. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:52, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Kodandera M. Cariappa

On 27 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kodandera M. Cariappa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kodandera M. Cariappa is one of only two Indian Army officers to hold the five-star rank of field marshal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kodandera M. Cariappa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kodandera M. Cariappa), 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.

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
  • European Union Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
  • Japan 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
  • South Australia Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Images from Indian Army & Indian Air force

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New page reviewer granted

Hello Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

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Request on 16:18:50, 6 March 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Vailjazz


My article was not approved because it states that it is lacking reliable sources that can be verified. I have cited several events/claims through the only newspaper that has covered them, the Vail Daily. The Vail Daily is an independent daily newspaper published by Colorado Mountain News Media that covers news and events in Eagle County, Colorado. Is this the source that is getting flagged as being unreliable? If not, can you help advise how to substantiate the article with reliable sources, since we are based in a small resort town and often only have one news outlet that covers our events?

Vail Jazz 16:18, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

4th GA Cup - The Final

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Final

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Sunday, February 26 saw the end of Round 3. Shearonink finished in first with 616 points, which is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! In second place, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 152 points, followed by Sturmvogel_66 in third with 111 points. Chris troutman and Kees08 each received a wild-card and were able to advance to the Final Round. There was a major error on the part of the judges, and initially, 8 users were advanced instead of 5. This has been corrected, and we sincerely apologize for this confusion.

In Round 3, 71 reviews were completed! At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 7 months; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait is still holding steady at a little over 6 months, the same as for the previous round. By the end of all three Rounds, the total number of nominations increased slightly - this suggests that users are more willing to nominate, knowing that their articles will be reviewed. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Final so we can keep tackling the backlog.

In the Final Round, the user with the highest score will be the winner. The Final has already started and will end on March 31st at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Finals and the pools can be found here.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

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Ships list

I'll be glad to help. I'm not an expert on ships, but perhaps that's what's needed. Cheers. auntieruth (talk) 18:01, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

@Auntieruth55: Are you talking about the "List of frigates of India"? I would be glad to work with you. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:35, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Anuradha T.K. for deletion

Hi, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. Thanks for actively watching my articles. I understand your concerns about the article I created as part of Women in Red. If you feel that the article fails the General Notability Guidelines, help by improving it since it is important to have articles on women in science. I believe that deleting only takes us back to square one where there is a red link(again), whereas improving it would take us forward as a community. ManasaRao (talk) 06:09, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

@ManasaRao: Firstly, sorry for nominating your article for deletion. Making it clear, I am watching over you articles, as New pages patroller, this page showed up in the new pages feed. I want to make it clear that I am not against the article. Anyways, I see that the article will be kept and has gained enough references to pass WP:GNG. Regarding "deleting only takes us back to square one", if it is to be deleted it is to be deleted, there is no case in that. Improving can be done, if the subject meets the notability standards. Here per the deletion policy, the nominator doesn't have any responsibility of improving the article prior to its nomination. Wish you all the best for you articles on women in science. As I can see that you have recently started contributing to English Wikipedia, I extend my support and ask you not to hesitate for any query or help. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:10, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

GA review

Are we done with Hülsen? Everything is checked and signed. auntieruth (talk) 19:04, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Auntieruth55: Last week, I was a bit busy. Will get to it. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:11, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

First good topic from Indian military history

Indian military history topic area gets its first good topic with the promotion of Field marshal (India) to good topic status today. The topic comprises of three articles including the main article—Field marshal (India), and the two holders of the rank—Sam Manekshaw and Kodandera M. Cariappa. Happy editing. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:38, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Param Vir Chakra FLC

Hii, I think you should attract more editors to comment at your nomination like user:Vivvt who is expertised in such lists. Otherwise it might fail. Yashthepunisher (talk) 14:47, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Re-initiating INCOTM

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Invitation to join the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/Indian military history

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Wiki Loves Indian defence services

You are requested to participate in the discussion of Wiki Loves Indian defence services on the talk page of WikiProject India. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

You cant' close and archive that discussion yourself, especially since (a) you've just replied to someone and they may want to reply back, (b) the Commons link you refer to is nowhere near being ready, (c) editors at WT:INDIA might be interested in reading other editors' views and feedback on that or similar issues; in other words, that discussion has begun, and has a life of its own, even if it is not directly beneficial to your goal, and (d) let someone uninvolved close and archive later, typically after a week. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:44, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Zorobabela Kaʻauwai/GA1

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Your GA nomination of Somnath Sharma

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Discussion to restart Indian collaborations of the month.

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Please comment on Talk:Anti-fascism

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DYK nomination of Somnath Sharma

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Jan to Mar 17 Milhist article reviewing

The WikiChevrons
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 43 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period January to March 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 13:21, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
@AustralianRupert: Many thanks for that. The only thing that is distressing for me is your break from reviewing. You've always been my inspiration when it comes to reviewing articles at various levels. Hope to see you around again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017

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DYK for Somnath Sharma

On 14 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Somnath Sharma, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Major Somnath Sharma, a Param Vir Chakra recipient, and General Vishwa Nath Sharma, former chief of the Indian Army, were brothers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Somnath Sharma. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Somnath Sharma), 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.

Mifter (talk) 00:02, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

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Vat Purnima

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Vat Purnima has been completed.

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

Good luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thanks for the help. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:19, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

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Battle of Tripolje

Hi, since you have undertook GA review I want to inform you I added some stuff to the article. By the way there are ongoing discussions on the talk. The first topic is Anzulovic, a source that was deleted by nominator even though they needed to find an agreement before doing so. They seem to refuse to seek an agreement on talk and are near an edit war. The article is continuously a target of vandalism and edit warring by IPs linked to a blocked editor. The reason is disagreement on use of Anzulovic as a source. The other topic is more complicated and can be read on the talk page of article. Regards. Ktrimi991 (talk) 11:26, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

@Ktrimi991: Thanks for informing, I'll look into it. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 16:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I guess you're busy. It would be great to get going on the review soon! Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:16, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

@Chiswick Chap: Sorry for the delay. Will review withing a day or two. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:25, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:/r/The Donald

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Review

Hi! Can you say if there are any improvements to be made to Columbidae, for GA? Also, can you review the article too? Thank you. :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 12:06, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

@Adityavagarwal: Please provide with the link to the article. I'll take up the review, if you if it is a Warfare related article, because I'm most familiar with the MoS of MILHIS, else I'll put up comments. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:46, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
Columbidae Here is the article. However, it is not on Warfare. It is on animals. :P However, can you add your invaluable suggestions? Adityavagarwal (talk) 15:48, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
@Adityavagarwal: I'll put up suggestions within a couple of days, on the talk page of the article. As I am not that familiar with the subjective, I may overlook some subjective issues, but I'll take care of the language, point of view, MoS, flow, sources and images. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:51, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
  • Japan 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
  • South Australia Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
  • Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to 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 10 days of "earning" 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 equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


Please review wikipedia article (02 May 2017)

Hi Krishna, Could you please review the article which i had written recently but no one picked up for review till now :( Article: Ravi D. Channannavar. Thank you in advance. In case of any concern, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. NaveenNkadalaveni (talk) 11:27pm, 02 May 2017 (IST) —Preceding undated comment added 18:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for Reviewing Ravi D. Channannavar article :) Have a Great day! NaveenNkadalaveni (talk) 07:33, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Krishna, Will fix those page issues which you have highlighted today. Thanks. NaveenNkadalaveni (talk) 03:45, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

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What is the best way to reach you?

Hey,

I tried adding you on Facebook but you didnt respond there. What will eb the best way to reach you?

Cheers, Soni (talk) 16:29, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Mail me at Special:EmailUser/Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:54, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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Please respond

There are some issue that need attention Commons talk:Wiki Loves Uniformed services (India)/Scope please do respond with the same ..--✝iѵɛɳ२२४०†ลℓк †๏ мэ 08:00, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - Newsletter No.4

Hello KCVelaga,

Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 814 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

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4th GA Cup - Wrap Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Wrap Up

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Saturday, April 1 concluded the 2016-2017 GA Cup. 64 reviews were completed by our finalists. Although the backlog increased by 42 over the reviewing period instead of declining, the increase suggests that the contest is encouraging editors to nominate articles for review.

Congratulations to Shearonink, who is the winner of the Cup, finishing with 672 points! Once again, just as in last round, this is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! It was a close race for second place between Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, who achieved 164 points, and Sturmvogel_66, who earned 150. Though Sturmvogel_66 reviewed one more article than Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga managed to earn 14 points more due to reviewing older articles. Our two wildcard competitors, Kees08 and Chris troutman, came in fourth and fifth, respectively.

There were some bumps in the competition this time: The sign-up deadline and the first round were both extended due to fewer competitors signing up then was planned for. And there were delays in tallying points and getting out the newsletter. The judges apologize for this latter difficulty. Lastly, mid-way through the competition we bid farewell to Zwerg Nase, who stepped down from their position as judge due to other commitments. Information about the Final can be found here.

Thank you to all of our competitors, and congrats to our winners!

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Thanks, well done. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 18:19, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:En Marche!

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Thank you for participating in the UNESCO Challenge!

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Thank you for participating in the UNESCO Challenge! I hope you had as fun as we did!

If you could take a minute to answer our survey, we would be very grateful. Your answer will help us improve our Challenges in the future.

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Please comment on Talk:Robert Mueller

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Your draft article, Draft:Gold (2018 film)

Hello, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Gold".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 21:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017

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UNESCO Challenge book prize

Hello! Thank you for your contributions about the Swedish World Heritage! You are now eligeble for a book prize. Please send an address where you want it shipped to jan.ainali@raa.se. If you prefer to not provide an address, the book is also available for download here (pdf, 5 MB). Best regards, Ainali (talk) 14:34, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

@Ainali: When will the prize be delivered? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 08:47, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
It was shipped yesterday, but I have no idea on how long it will take. Ainali (talk) 10:50, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Indian Navy

[1]. Is there a reason why you couldn't fix the issues yourself? From what I can see, you've not improved this article in the slightest by adding these tags. But then that's the easy option, isn't it. CassiantoTalk 11:38, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

@Cassianto: Thanks for ping. Actually there is a lot of incorrect information presented on the page. It needs to be worked up from the scratch and even the most of the cited links are dead. So I am about to start to work on it, and it would take at least 2–3 weeks to make up good content. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:47, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Monarchy of Canada

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Operation Trident (1971) finally corrected

Hello, this message is to let you know that I have now, finally, fixed the errors that you introduced on the article Operation Trident (1971), after you did nothing to fix the problems even despite my letting you know about your serious errors several months ago.

Please could you make sure to be much more careful when interpreting sources in the English language -- you completely misunderstood this source and did not correct your serious errors even when I highlighted them to you. If you are not fully confident with the English language then it may not be appropriate for you to "worked up from the scratch" and "make up good content" as you state above in your talk page that you plan to do. Thank you for your understanding of my concerns. MPS1992 (talk) 00:34, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

@MPS1992: Sorry for that. I missed them somewhere. Please accept my apologies and thank you for fixing the errors. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:44, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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COH Challenge

Hi!

Thank you for your contribution to the UNESCO Challenge a couple of months ago.

I don't know if you have noticed, but there is a new competition starting tomorrow, that is co-arranged by UNESCO and Wikimedia Sverige – the COH Challenge. This time, the purpose is to get as many of the images uploaded as part of the Connected Open Heritage project (e.g. of world heritage sites, the images can be found here) as possible to be used in Wikipedia articles (however, at most five images – with caption – per article).

I hope you want to participate! :)

Best, Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 15:36, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

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Apr to Jun 17 Milhist article reviewing

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BAP Unión

Hi, Im who nominated BAP Unión for a GA status. I Just want to say that someone told me that a good articule should have some bibliographic sources. I understand this. The problem is that the Union is a ship recently built (2015) and commissioned (2016), so for now there is no bibliographic (books) sources. All sources we have are internet sources. I hope you consider that. Regards --Elelch (talk) 17:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@Elelch: As far as I as know, there is no such guideline, the only thing is that all the sources must meet WP:RS. --Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:10, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: I did the corrections that you recommended in BAP Unión, so I hope it now filled the requirements to get GA status. Regards.--Elelch (talk) 19:27, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! --Elelch (talk) 13:59, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Karam Singh

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Your draft article, Draft:Crack (2017 film)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017

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Your GA nomination of Karam Singh

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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election

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INS Vikrant (R11) scheduled for TFA

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Precious

Indian military history

Thank you for quality articles on Indian military ships such as INS Vikrant (R11) and List of destroyers of India, about historic officers such as Rama Raghoba Rane, for your service as a Member of the Executive Committee, Wikimedia India, - Krishna, newcomer of 2016, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Adding a category to your user page

G'day Krishna, with your election as a co-ord of the Milhist Project, I would normally add the you to this category: Category:WikiProject Military history coordinators. Doing this allows you to trigger Milhist bot when closing A-class reviews. However, your current user page doesn't seem to allow me to add this category. Do you know if there is a way to do this? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:20, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

@AustralianRupert: Oh! I've tried some, but didn't workout. This is basically because as I use Global User page from Meta-wiki, I'll ping Kirill Lokshin, because he does a similar practice. We'll see if he can help us out. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:21, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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Coordinator of the Military History Project, September 2017 – September 2018

In recognition of your election as one of the Military History Project's Co-ordinators, please accept these Co-ordinator's stars. Welcome aboard. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:11, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

@AustralianRupert: Greetings Rupert, thanks for the welcome. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:18, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
Congrats on the new position! I'll be honest, when you first joined I was a bit worried (lots of newbie errors and the like) but you've turned into an A-class editor! Keep it up! Onward and upward! Primefac (talk) 01:15, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
@Primefac: Thank you Prime, and you've been patiently mentoring me all those time. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:05, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Jul to Sep 2017 Milhist article reviewing

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Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. The articles done may also count towards the ongoing challenge. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles please add them to the sub lists by continent at Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:34, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Antonov An-70 review

Hello Krishna. I've resolved your points over at Talk:Antonov An-70/GA1. Please have a look at them and also see if the article has any other issues. Thanks, --Sp33dyphil (talk) 12:45, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gold (2018 film) (October 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Chrissymad was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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The article Karam Singh you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Karam Singh for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 05:40, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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@Peacemaker67: Hey PM, thanks for the review. I just that you've passed the article, but do you have any clue regarding the above message? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 12:13, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
I think Legobot had a conniption. I added the icon manually. I have had it happen before on a second or third GAN. Whoever runs Legobot could probably tell you what happened. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:24, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

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Edward Snowden very long tag

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, the {very long} tag that you added to Edward Snowden on 12 May 2016 has become a permanent fixture. I would like to reduce the article's size but cannot locate the any corresponding thread in the Talk Page archives where editors forged a consensus that it was then discussed it being overlong. Please, can you help me? In order to move us closer to ultimately removing your tag, it is essential that I understand the thinking that went into placing it there in the first place. Also, if you could take a quick look at this BLP as it stands, I'd appreciate your thoughts on its current length, nearly 1½ years after your tagging. Thank you! KalHolmann (talk) 16:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Just to note, a talk page consensus is not required to add a tag or template to an article. MPS1992 (talk) 17:34, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
MPS1992, thanks for clarifying. I have revised my preceding comment accordingly. KalHolmann (talk) 17:48, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
@KalHolmann: Compared to versions that I've tagged, the present one seems quite good. You may remove the tag. Thank you MPS1992 for replying. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:20, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Karam Singh

On 27 October 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Karam Singh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Karam Singh was the first living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karam Singh. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Karam Singh), 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.

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About adding images to Dhyana Buddha

Sir, In the recent edit edit you made to Dhyana Buddha statue, you have added too many images, such that they even dominated the article. As per MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE an article should not have many images, since Wikimedia Commons serves the same purpose.—IM3847 (talk) 06:23, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

  • Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
  • Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
  • Featured List – Canada Bloom6132 (submissions) and Japan 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Cascadia SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
  • Featured Topic – Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
  • Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
  • Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
  • In The News – India MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
  • Good Article Review – India Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

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