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Hi MyCatIsAChonk,

This is to let you know that File:Oppenheimer (cropped).jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for April 22, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-04-22. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. During the Second Red Scare, his stances, together with his past associations with the Communist Party USA, led to an AEC security hearing in 1954 and the revocation of his security clearance. He continued to lecture, write, and work in physics, and in 1963 received the Enrico Fermi Award for contributions to theoretical physics. This photograph shows Oppenheimer in 1944. Photograph credit: Unknown; restored by MyCatIsAChonk Recently featured: Elizabeth II Archive More featured pictures

April music

My music features Bach Bach Bach today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June music

story · music · places

Thank you that we have Stravinsky pictured on his birthday! + Vienna pics - but too many who died + I have a "defiant" cantata up for GA --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:40, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was good to see his photo up there, I forgot it was his birthday! A nice reminder to look back and fix some things on the article. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 19:42, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found a reviewer for the cantata ;) - I asked on Classical music if we could make Erik Satie a GA but little response. What do you think? - Centenary of death 1 July. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just gave it a read - I see no major issues preventing it from becoming a GA. Only concerning thing is a crazy copyvio score, but that seems to be mostly due to quotes. I can't review it soon - I'll be offline for some weeks starting Thursday - but I'm sure you'd have no trouble finding a reviewer for such a notable composer article. If you were shooting for FA, I'd definitely recommend putting more in about Satie's legacy/influence on later artists, but for GA this seems good (I think? Not as familiar with GA criteria as I once was...)

As a sidebar: I'm unsure what Wikipedia's policy around non-English sources is, but this article is reliant on French sources. Either way, getting a good spotcheck would require an editor who knows French. Good luck! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:41, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for thinking. I can't nominate, having had nothing to do with it's making, and the one who wrote 81% of the current text refused (in the discussion mentioned). I asked all the others on top of the list, but nothing happened. You could nominate ;) - seriously, I think we would all look and reply if someone reviewed. I found a reviewer for the Bach cantata immediately, for a welcome change. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

too many died, see my story and listen to Comfort ye (sung in German) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be offline for a few weeks starting tomorrow, but once I'm back I can take a more serious look. (Though this will be after the centenary... we will celebrate to ourselves) MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:27, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels, music with light and a place with exquisite food. - Enjoy your time off! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 July newsletter

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles and 48 did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic articles, two featured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July music

story · music · places

Sharing flowers with you on Bach's day of death, - I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:50, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9 good articles, 28 did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges – Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), Frostly (talk · contribs), Guerillero (talk · contribs) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

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Friday the 13th

Wanna review Friday the 13th (1980)? I improved the article.GettingSwole (talk) 12:55, 25 September 2025 (UTC)GettingSwole[reply]

WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
• Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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Following up on Last Week Tonight FLs

Hi! I wanted to follow up on a discussion we had last year about moving TV season articles to the GAN/FAC track. I want to reiterate first that I think your three current Last Week Tonight FLs would do well at GAN and could probably be nominated there as-is.

The FL community has gotten into a good routine for working through these lists at WP:FLRC, but it can still be tedious, so any way to reduce the number of discussions would be great. If you wanted to nominate these articles for GA before their demotions at FLRC, I think that would be welcomed by the FL community. Obviously, no pressure or anything to do so – just wanted to emphasize there's no need to wait for demotion first. RunningTiger123 (talk) 00:09, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @RunningTiger123, I appreciate the reminder. I am not editing as much anymore due to much more going in my personal life, so feel free to mess with the article's status however you'd like - I don't really have the time to "oversee" them, as it were. Thank you and good luck! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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