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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bang Shang a Lang is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bang Shang a Lang until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TheGracefulSlick (talk) 00:38, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Christine !! Jena (talk) 22:59, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah thanks, pal. You're a good friend. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:21, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

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 – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – 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 – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – 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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So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Given that you attended the previous nationals, I wonder if you're attending the US Nationals currently going on.--Jasper Deng (talk) 08:49, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Noooo, rub it in, why doncha? ;) I wish, maybe next year. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh I was wondering if you were attending because I am attending almost all the events this year (it's an Olympic year and friends are watching too). Maybe you'll get to see the next one!--Jasper Deng (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh dang, even more rubbing in! You mean I'm also missing meeting a fellow Wikipedian? Oh that really sucks! ;) I'm watching it tonight, after I put the kids to bed.

Have a marvelous time. Is this your first time? You will have so much fun! Last year, in St. Louis, my friend and I were able to sit close to the boards for every event except for the men's long program, and our friends at home actually saw us in the stands. One friend actually taped her TV when we appeared and then posted in on Facebook. So hilarious. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:10, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

This is my first in-person attendance, and yes I'm having a lot of fun! I've been going every day since Monday with friends. I had a great time watching the senior ladies short program - a minor disappointment with Mirai stepping out of her triple axel, but still extremely impressive and a blast to watch. I briefly waved to the camera towards the end!--Jasper Deng (talk) 07:08, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Good for you. Yes, I was disappointed about Mirai too, but she's only less than a point behind Bradie. I'm rooting that Mirai gets to go to the Olympics, after her disappointment in '14, but I like Bradie, too. And Ashley Wagner, who breaks my heart over and over again. It's so great being around all that greatness. I went to Spokane in 2010, another Olympic year, and it was so exciting. Hopefully, I can go to Nationals next year. After you've seen it live, watching the TV broadcasts just isn't enough, especially since they don't show everything. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm looking forward to what the ladies have in store for me tonight. One thing I've learned is that TV doesn't catch the skaters' interactions with the judges and audience. Adam and Jason made great use of that last night. I had never heard of Bradie before but she's impressive -- skating is full of surprises!--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:17, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

This is only a few years belated, but thanks for making Sesame Street an FA. I just randomly saw it and the fact that it was an FA made me happy. GMG^talk 01:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Ah, you're very welcome. Working on The Show's articles on WP has given me lots of joy, so I'm glad that others have experienced some of that same joy. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 05:15, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Hey Figureskatingfan! Look who's back! I hope everything has been awesome for the past two and a bit years.

I just ran into a situation where a user edited a 5 year old review page. I'm wondering if it would be worth talking to the GA community about "mandating" that the page be archived. For example, like this. It would be a bit of a pain to find an editor willing to update a bot to do this work so I'm wondering if it's possible to create a template that reviewers just need to add (they would just add a one-liner substituting the template) after the review is complete.

Since I've been gone for a long time I was thinking maybe you know some of the more current active editors that may be able to join a discussion.--Dom497 (talk) 01:24, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Yah, I saw that you were back. My life's been in a bit of an upheaval the past year or so, but I also returned after a kind of hiatus of extreme busyness with work and RL. I'm currently unemployed, so I have more time for WP, too. I'm still getting myself back in the loop, like starting another GA Cup, which I'd like to do starting in March. Interested in helping out?

Re: the above situation: Personally, I'd just let it go. There must be some motivation for the editor to review a 5-year old GA. After looking at the article's talk page, I see that it's part of the GAR community reassessment. GAs and FAs should be reassessed from time to time, as you know, to maintain WP's high quality. Perhaps archiving old GAs can be a discussion held at GAR.

Anyway, welcome back. Hope all is well with you. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 05:57, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

The GAR isn't even valid in my opinion but I guess the user editing a the original nomination page is a one-off situation. Regarding the GA Cup, I'm unfortunately going to have to pass on the offer. I'm "Semi-Retired" and I only expect to be online every once in a while.--Dom497 (talk) 21:30, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem, no harm in asking, right? I reserve the right to ask for your assistance, though. ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

We want to make sure that important information such as what was placed concerning Leon Youngblood Sr, his son notable music producer Roccstar and Maya's grandson are placed where they need to be in her Wiki can you please place it where it needs to be, I ask this with the utmost respect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewigfall (talk • contribs) 19:22, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@Andrewigfall: Andrew, I understand where you're coming from. I've seen some of the videos to "Caged Bird Songs", and it's great. However, the places you've been attempting to put the content about it unfortunately aren't appropriate. For example, they don't belong in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings because that article is about Dr. Angelou's first autobiography and the album are her poems put to music and dance. You've also tried to put it in the intro to her bio article, Maya Angelou, and that's not right, either. You also didn't include reliable sources, which is a requirement for high quality articles in Wikipedia; see WP:RS.

Instead, the better place is Poetry of Maya Angelou, a featured article that I largely wrote. Actually, that article is incomplete because it needs content about Dr. Angelou's influence on rap music. There are lots of reliable sources out there about it, including the articles written about "Caged Bird Songs." This is something I've wanted to do for some time now, but since I'm a lay person with a busy life, I haven't had the time. You see, I've been the main editor for most (if not all) of the Wikipedia articles about Dr. Angelou and her works. Most of these articles are either featured articles or good articles, and many of her articles make up a featured topic. And that took me about 7 years to accomplish. I'm proud that by the time of her death in 2014, the world was able to turn to high quality, well-written, and well-sourced articles about her and her works. It took more work than you can imagine, but I've learned a great deal, and it's made me into an Angelou expert of sorts. The week she died, her bio and the Caged Bird articles received over 6 million page views.

That being said, I remain committed to the on-going quality of these articles. I promise that in the next 2 weeks, I'll do the necessary research and add content about "Caged Bird Songs" to the appropriate articles. We may even get a stand-alone article about it. Please be patient with me. I'm gratified that there are others interested in accurate information getting out there about Dr. Angelou. As you can imagine, I admire her greatly; she's made a huge impact on my life. One of my biggest regrets is that I never got to meet her. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 05:19, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Casliber 00:03, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Seven years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/73.112.84.176 Jena (talk) 15:41, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Yah, it's probably him. Maybe your warning is enough. so let's just keep an eye out for now. Thanks, pal. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:06, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for checking the ALT1 hook, but you need to put the icon in a line at the end of the thread or else it looks like it still needs to be reviewed (because of the red icon at the end). Yoninah (talk) 01:12, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Thanks, Yoninah. Argh, still having trouble with the little stuff, so I depend upon younger and smarter folks to help me. Please let me know if I did it right this time; if not, you have my permission to put the click in the right place so that the DYK can get on the main page on Madonna's birthday. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 01:36, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. See how I did it there. Yoninah (talk) 12:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Christine, I noticed your sandbox2 is currently empty. Is it OK if I drop something in there to show you an idea I've had? I was doing a copyedit of the Background section in Original dance and thought it might be good to break it up into smaller sections to give the article more structure, and it might also make it easier to expand on the individual areas if necessary in future. Rodney Baggins (talk) 15:14, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

@Rodney Baggins: Yah, that's fine, go ahead. I have a few sandboxes, some of which I should probably delete. I don't mind sharing. ;) Looking forward to seeing what you've got. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Great, thanks v. much for that... I've just copied the existing Background section of the OD article into your sandbox and I shall attempt to put my changes in next for you to look at. Watch this (that) space! Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:47, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

So I've put my suggested new version in. It might look a bit radical at first, but you'll see it has all the same information in it as before, just in a different order and some of it reworded. I corrected the time limit to 2 mins and I've removed some overlinking – OD/CD/SD/FD/ISU are already wikilinked in the lead section. You've also repeated the definitions of the segment abbreviations – original dance (OD), etc. – but as that might actually be helpful to the reader I've left it alone. Let me know what you think. I won't be offended if you hate it. Rodney Baggins (talk) 19:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

No, I think it's good. If you like, go ahead and replace it with what's already there, and then I'll fix the refs. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:09, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

OK will do. Rodney Baggins (talk) 21:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Done. One other thing I've just noticed is that the category is still called "Category:Ice dancing" and even though it was speedily renamed "Category:Ice dance" on July 20th, it was just as speedily put back again. Do you know anything about that? It should surely be called "Category:Ice dance". Rodney Baggins (talk) 21:53, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I just checked it out; it looks like a bot made the change, and the same bot made it back again. I just requested a category name change at WP:CFDS. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:01, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

WikiAwesome

You replied within hours to my only Wikipedia comment which I posted on 06/02/14. That was probably the day I created my account. I read that message only today, 08/17/18 (guessing this is the second time I’ve logged in). I want to thank you for your kindness to an obvious newbie. I mentioned that Maya Angelou had spoken at my graduation from business school and you took the time to say that it must have been amazing. It was. I’ve been looking through your user page and I think you’re pretty amazing yourself. Morag MacGregor (talk) 00:26, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

@Morag MacGregor: Ah thanks, you're so nice. I hope that you log on more than once every two months! ;) Best to you; also hope that you contribute here. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 03:59, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Compulsory dance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gonzo fan2007 -- Gonzo fan2007 (talk) 19:41, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

1. Courcelles (submissions)
2. Kosack (submissions)
3. Kees08 (submissions)
4. SounderBruce (submissions)
5. Cas Liber (submissions)
6. Nova Crystallis (submissions)
7. Iazyges (submissions)
8. Ceranthor (submissions)

All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:

• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
• Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
• Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
• Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
• Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
• Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
• Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ice dance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

The article Ice dance 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:Ice dance for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

The article Ice dance you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ice dance for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 22:21, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I was way too busy over the holidays but please let me know when/if you renominate Compulsory figures as I'd like a chance to review it. --Laser brain (talk) 17:06, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

@Laser brain: I was planning on renominating next week, after the new year. I forgot that if you submit a well-prepared FAC nom, reviewers don't tend to touch it. Or perhaps it's the topic that scared folks off. Thanks, appreciate it, will let you know. ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

@Laser brain: It's taken me longer to be ready for another go at this FAC, but it's there now. I'd greatly appreciate your input. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 05:57, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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Hi Figureskatingfan, I am planning on nominating Kim Clijsters as an FAC once it passes its GA review (hopefully in the next day or so). Seeing as you have helped out with other women's sport bio FAs, I was wondering if you could comment on the FAC. Thank you, Sportsfan77777 (talk) 21:45, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Sportsfan77777 Yah, be happy to, since as we all know, girls rule the world! ;) Just ping me when you've submitted it to FAC. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:03, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! I've listed it on the FAC page. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 06:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Given the length of time she taught at Wake Forest University, how do you NOT include the naming of a residence hall for her in her main article?

I sent myself a note two years ago to do this and just now found it. I need to do a better job with my to-do list.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:32, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: Because her main bio article isn't the place to deposit the great amount of awards Angelou's received. You were correct in taking it to the list; I should've realized that myself, but I was thinking about other stuff at the time.

I find that if I don't take care of stuff when I think about it, it simply doesn't get done. That could be age, but as my family keeps pointing out, I was that way in my 20s. I dunno about you, but my WP to-do list is WAAAY long. I'm glad you got to it, though, 'cause we can always use more Angelou experts around here. I loved how she got herself in the news this week, with the name controversy. The whole world just needs to listen to her, even after her death. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 03:31, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

I'm no expert on Maya Angelou. At the time of the article, I had serious Internet problems at home so I copied and pasted everything I needed to read when I had the chance. Ironically, I had a way to read really long emails to myself when the Internet was out. Actually, I could have read but had no access to Wikipedia, so maybe that's what happened. Seeing that I hadn't added this information to the article, I concluded I hadn't read any of this stuff even after two years, and I made the addition in what looked like the logical place.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:31, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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Just a note to say I've reverted this edit on Talk:Blue's Clues & You!. Template:Edit semi-protected is used to request an edit be made to an already protected page. To request page protection for an article, please see WP:RFPP. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 23:31, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

@NiciVampireHeart: Thanks for the revert, and the tip. Yes, I've been around here forever but there are still things I'm clue-less (har-har, did you see what I just did there?) about. ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:33, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. You weren't the first to do it, and trust me, you won't be the last. That's a terrible joke and you should be ashamed of yourself :P NiciVampireHeart 15:31, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Ha! Truth! ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:52, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

The article Single skating 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:Single skating for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I met Maya Angelou in the spring of 2010, I will never forget her, it was as if I was talking to a living goddess she was larger than life, Christine Maya would have loved you...and her family who I also have met would have invited you over for dinner based on your love for her.(Andrewigfall (talk) 19:51, 14 July 2019 (UTC))

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	You've just such a great job trying to help out a relatively new user, especially considering the user is one who doesn't have the best attitude and has not treated you with respect. You have a high level of patience that I can only hope to be able to emulate! Aoi (青い) (talk) 20:29, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Ah thanks, User:Aoi, that's so nice. Patience, what's that? ;) Yah, it's been a little frustrating. I'm not sure things will end well, and I wish it was going to be over soon. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:25, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

I truly appreciate your hard work, seven years it had me emotional because of what you have been dedicated and committed to, my wish is that you would keep your word and write a stand-alone article which is well deserving about Maya's I know why the caged bird sings and how Leon Derrick Youngblood SR, and his son , in fact they are the first father and son to go number one on billboard after collaborating on a song with Chris Brown's album Indigo..see Wikipedia under Indigo and song # 18 , since I know everything needs to be sourced...albeit Roccstar who is now one of the biggest music producers in the country and his father put together her incredible poems to music, the fact that people don't know this exists is mindboggling, I waited months to see if you would create the article and add the appropriate information as it is a travesty for this generation to have no clue that her poems have been put to rap and hip hop music,her influence on rap is huge,,, can you please I ask out of pure respect for Maya and her family and fans do the article Andrewigfall (talk) 19:41, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

You (hopefully) didn't do what you intended to do in this edit. All you did was revert my typo fix, thus restoring the incorrectly spelled word. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 16:06, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Yah oops sorry, I reverted and was going to fix it but time got away from me today. I'll go fix it now. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:11, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. 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.

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
3. Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
4. Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
5. SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
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8. HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

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• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

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The article Pair skating you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pair skating for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 06:22, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fred Rogers you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lizzy150 -- Lizzy150 (talk) 19:40, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

The article Fred Rogers you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Fred Rogers for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lizzy150 -- Lizzy150 (talk) 23:21, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

May I have your blessing to nominate Fred Rogers for DYK? Did you mean to nominate it yourself? --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:50, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Coffeeandcrumbs Yes of course, you do. I was going to nominate it myself, but I'd be honored if you did it yourself. Would you mind, though, asking that it be put on the main page on Nov. 22? That's when the Tom Hanks is coming out. Thanks! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 03:27, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Nominated at Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Rogers. I will do the required work but feel free to suggest a different hook. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 06:17, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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