On 10 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WCAE, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that WCAE, the first educational television station in Indiana, received more support from viewers in Illinois than in its own state? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WCAE. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, WCAE), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:04, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

On 11 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KROF, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that radio station KROF derived its call sign from the three major products of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana – rice, oil, and furs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KROF. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KROF), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

On 12 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WLXT-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a pair of brothers – future meteorologist Tom Skilling and future Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling – worked at WLXT-TV in Aurora, Illinois, while in high school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WLXT-TV. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, WLXT-TV), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

On 13 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KTLO-FM, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brenda Nelson, host of the Talk of the Town interview program on KTLO-FM in Mountain Home, Arkansas, retired after doing more than 8,000 interviews over 34 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KTLO-FM. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KTLO-FM), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Raymie, I imagine you missed the nominator's reply to your review here. Please stop by as soon as you can to respond. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 07:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

On 14 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KUCB-FM (Iowa), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at a meeting about zoning for a tower for KUCB-FM in Des Moines, Iowa, a radio station board member hurled a wastebasket at the chairman of the city zoning board? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KUCB-FM (Iowa). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KUCB-FM (Iowa)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

On 16 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KITE (Kansas City), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that to commemorate its new call letters in 1938, radio station KITE in Kansas City, Missouri, gave away 15,000 kites to children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KITE (Kansas City). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KITE (Kansas City)), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

On 16 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Central Iowa Regional Association of Local Governments, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1979, the initials CIRALG were said to "spell power in central Iowa"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Central Iowa Regional Association of Local Governments. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Central Iowa Regional Association of Local Governments), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

On 21 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article XHCPBS-FM, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mexican indigenous radio station La Voz de los Chontales returns today after being silent for more than 30 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/XHCPBS-FM. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, XHCPBS-FM), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

--valereee (talk) 00:02, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

tv stations in Mexico

Thank you for quality articles about television stations in the U.S., Mexico and "all around", such as La Voz de los Chontales, creating and expanding hundreds of 4-letter-calls, including KWKW with ambitions, for List of television stations in Mexico, for adding short descriptions, for service from 2005, - Raymie, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2346 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

I'm honored, Gerda Arendt! XHCPBS is really like no other radio station in Mexican history — that turnaround at the Federal Telecommunications Institute is like nothing I've ever seen, and I blog about this industry! (I wonder why...) Raymie (t • c) 21:26, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Back to question about FA mentoring: did you think about a peer review? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:00, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

... and in the above, change tense, from "will resume". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

We've thought about it, but we've had other projects cooking to work on. Raymie (t • c) 21:08, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of KBCQ-FM 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! Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of KXAI 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! Yoninah (talk) 22:58, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 01:08, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I just noticed on your user page you DYK'ed Valley National Bank of Arizona. Did you notice the president of Apache, Charles E. Mills (another current DYK of mine) was also president of Valley Bank of Arizona which became VNB? MB 04:37, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

• @MB: I did not! Nice stuff. Worth wikilinking. Raymie (t • c) 04:56, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, but he is not mentioned in VNB. That article only says Isadore Solomon was the primary shareholder of Gila Valley Bank. But Mills actually ran the bank, and then Valley Bank, and then Valley National Bank until his death. Could be updated. MB 05:11, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

True... That's what I was suggesting. :) Raymie (t • c) 05:43, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

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

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

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

On 29 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WIRK-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when WIRK-TV ceased operations 64 years ago today, its president admitted to operating the station "long past the point of good judgment"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WIRK-TV. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, WIRK-TV), 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.

Vanamonde (talk) 01:06, 29 February 2020 (UTC) (Belatedly posted by BlueMoonset (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2020 (UTC))

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On 2 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KBCQ-FM, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that KBCQ-FM in Roswell, New Mexico, was traded on two separate occasions for television stations in Amarillo, Texas, and in Richmond, Virginia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KBCQ-FM. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KBCQ-FM), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

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

On 4 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KXAI, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Texas radio stations KMJR, KXAI, and KBPA are part of a three-station facility change that will give the Educational Media Foundation a city-grade signal in San Antonio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KXAI. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KXAI), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

--valereee (talk) 00:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

On 4 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KMJR, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Texas radio stations KMJR, KXAI, and KBPA are part of a three-station facility change that will give the Educational Media Foundation a city-grade signal in San Antonio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KMJR. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, KMJR), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

--valereee (talk) 00:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't particularly see a pressing or compelling need to maintain those articles either, but the arguments for or against them would be slightly different than the arguments for or against CHAN-DT — even though they were rebroadcasters with a consistent schedule rather than standalone stations, TVO and TFO were still technically classified as "networks" rather than "stations" due to their provincewide service mandates and efforts to produce programming in a variety of locations rather than just the "city of license" alone. I don't see a lot of value in retaining information about transmitters that mostly don't even operate at all anymore — and they could again just be listed in the main article (collapsibly if needed) if other people find it more valuable than I do — but I'd just caution that an AFD nomination about them might need to be phrased a bit differently than CHAN-DT's due to the differing nature of the services. Bearcat (talk) 11:55, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. – S. Rich (talk) 03:40, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@Srich32977: I've come a long way from making stubs on every school in Arizona. It's a high school, which is why I did the stub article way back when. Completely agree, though, that this small charter has no GNG leg to stand on. Raymie (t • c) 04:18, 13 March 2020 (UTC)