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Hello Rankersbo. On similar lines as the article Draft:Nucleus Software, i have prepared another article Draft:Advaiya and have submitted it for review under AfC. Can you please have a look and let me know your thoughts about the same. Vishal0soni ( talk) 06:38, 12 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber ( submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

• Coemgenus ( submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
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The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan ( talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa ( talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email) 17:02, 4 May 2015 (UTC) reply

Sulfurboy ( talk) Thanks a ton. Regarding using AfC, actually i prefer to follow this process just to ensure that i have covered all the essential requirements for developing the article. Each accepted article gives me more confidence about the efforts put in. Thanks once again :) Vishal0soni ( talk) 04:25, 10 July 2015 (UTC) reply

Glad to hear it! I really wish AfC was a requirement, because even seasoned contributors miss stuff sometimes. Feel free to hit up my talk page if you ever need help or have submitted another article to AfC that you feel confident about. Sulfurboy ( talk) 04:30, 10 July 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Sulfurboy ( talk). I was working on another wikipedia page Manish Godha, which i had created some time ago without using the AfC process. This article was marked with several tags for issues like advert, single source, notability etc. I have been working on improving this since then, and i guess it is now in a good shape for tags to be removed. Can you please have a look at this, and let me know your suggestions on this one. Thanks
Vishal0soni ( talk) 04:55, 27 July 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Sulfurboy ( talk). I wanted to bring to your notice, and gain some expert guidance from you regarding the page Advaiya that we discussed in above conversation. Today i saw that the mentioned page was marked for deletion, with a reason i am not able to understand. I still believe that this page follows all appropriate guidelines and carries sufficient notability as per Wikipedia norms. Regarding the Conflict of Interest, i have never tried to hide any such fact, and in fact i have clearly specified this on my user page page as well. Request you to share your thoughts regarding the mentioned issue with article Advaiya and provide some suggestions about how can i help improve quality of this article and Wikipedia as whole.

Hello, thanks for creating article Tourist attractions in Udaipur. But can you improve article little bit more? Udaipur is one of main tourist spot in India so that article need to be one of best and systematic. Both domestic and foreign tourists will read that article. Currently article does not give any info regarding places mentioned in list. Can you add 1-2 lines for each place mentioned? You can read article Tourist attractions in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, they have written some info about places, Aurangabad is also same like Udaipur one of main tourism hub of India. People should get basic info about these places without clicking on link of the article. All basic info should be at one place. I'm working on many articles so currently I can't add those info. Thank you. -- Human3015 ^{Send WikiLove}  05:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Human3015 ^{Send WikiLove}  05:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC) I am also planning to add up content for this page. In fact, one thing can be done here. The page Udaipur has lot details added about these places, so what we can do is, to move the plain list to the article Udaipur, and have a detailed descriptions in the article Tourist attractions in Udaipur. Will that be a right thing to do? Vishal0soni ( talk) 06:46, 12 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Udaipur at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{ db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot ( talk) 10:08, 18 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Thank you for nominating the article Udaipur. I have no choice but to give the nomination a bad review. -- George Ho ( talk) 17:22, 22 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Tourist attractions in Udaipur at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{ db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot ( talk) 18:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC) reply

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber ( submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus ( submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Cas Liber ( submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
2. Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
3. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
4. Harrias ( submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
5. West Virginian ( submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
6. Rodw ( submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
7. Rationalobserver ( submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
8. Calvin999 ( submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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Hello! Your submission of Tourist attractions in Udaipur 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! Dan arndt ( talk) 13:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC) reply

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Advaiya 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/Advaiya 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. Ireneshih ( talk) 13:49, 19 September 2015 (UTC) reply

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Manish Godha 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/Manish Godha 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. Ireneshih ( talk) 13:51, 19 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello, Vishal0soni. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
• instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{ request edit}} template);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you.

• Please do not use Wikipedia to promote businesses, such as you did in the article Advaiya. Wikipedia is not the Yellow pages. If you want to list a company for potential customers to find, please consider alternative outlets. Thank you.
• Please do not use Wikipedia to promote businesses, such as you did in the article Manish Godha. Wikipedia is not the Yellow pages. If you want to list a company for potential customers to find, please consider alternative outlets. Thank you.

Ireneshih ( talk) 14:12, 19 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello, Vishal0soni. We welcome your contributions, Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially related to Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. Do add any blogs sources including Udaipurtimes, udaipurkiran and related. These are WP:REFSPAM. Ireneshih ( talk) 07:15, 22 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Ireneshih ( talk). Now i think i got what the issue really is. Till now we were considering the articles from local web media also as reliable, and were wondering why those articles are marked as poorly referenced. We have even added your suggestions as guidelines for our efforts. Thanks for pointing this out.

I have reviewed your To-do list, Most of your suggestions doesn't qualify for a Wikipedia page. For examples, Rajputana Football Club, Marvel Waterpark and others. Instead of creating seperate pages, please create a list page to mention and offer their details (Only if they are notable). Otherwise most of these pages, will be again marked for deletion. I love to monitor spam and delete them. Ireneshih ( talk) 09:14, 23 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Ireneshih ( talk). Thanks for all your suggestions and guidance. I noticed the changes you did on several of my pages, and got a better idea about what kind of content would work here. I would take care of these guidelines, and also seek your guidance upon improvement of current and future work on wikipedia. Thanks for your support. Vishal0soni ( talk) 03:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Vishal0soni, My suggestion will be to read and go through policies first, before any further distruptive editing, even on you last comments here, it is clear that you have still not read and understood it completely. I do understand what your Company and its Boss Wikipedia page meant for you but Wikipedia is certainly not a yellow page. You need to learn the basics first before focusing too much on editing. Looking forward to your contributions, however remember I will be eying on the spam. Ireneshih ( talk) 07:38, 26 September 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Kherwara Chhaoni, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 16:52, 2 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Hi Shyamsunder ( talk), I have understood the reason for deleting the other two categories, its probably because the pages are too short. But why this one? This covers page having good amount of content. What exactly is the criteria for deletion here? Vishal0soni ( talk) 18:21, 2 October 2015 (UTC) reply

The nomination is because there exists hardly any other article (s) that can be put in these categories. These are small categories with no likelihood of growth Plase read here [1] . Shyamsunder ( talk) 02:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Newa Talai, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 16:52, 2 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Makradeo, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 16:53, 2 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Medical colleges in Ajmer, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:11, 23 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Medical colleges in Kota, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Category:Medical colleges in Bikaner, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:57, 23 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Vishal I see that you have created some categories for Rajasthan state. I wish to share my thoughts on the subject. It is my desire/plan that each district of India has following categories :

• Tourist attractions in abc district
• Buildings and structures in abc district
• Education in abc district

I request your assistance. When you have some time can you please create these categories for the districts of Rajasthan.I have already created many but not for all districts . Thank you Shyamsunder ( talk) 00:52, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello Shyamsunder ( talk). I am very much impressed by the way Wikipedia works, and also with the efforts you put in improving it. I would love to help you for this, and any other help, specially in regards to Rajasthan related articles. So i am in, and just let me know what else we can do to make things better. Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:14, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks Please note that for some districts category Visitor attractions in abc district aleady exist so there is no need to create Tourist attractions in abc district for the same district. Shyamsunder ( talk) 09:36, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

But having different category names might lead to confusion later on. I think we should keep a consistent convention, and request to merge the others. Vishal0soni ( talk) 09:40, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Ok, BTW Keeping a category empty may prompt someone to get it nominated for deletion.So better to create for such districts only where there exits a related article . Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:03, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

When adding pages, ideally we should be adding pages which are tourist attractions in that district, but are not listed in any sub-category (like tourist attractions in a city). How do i identify the right pages for this category quickly?? Vishal0soni ( talk) 10:07, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

As you are from Rajasthan state you would know some . One other way is to read district page Chittorgarh district or pages of the main towns in that district like Chittorgarh and find tourist attractions . Or simply search on Wikipedia and/or google by " Tourist attractions in Chittorgarh district". Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:17, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks. But i meant, that out of all the existing Wikipedia articles (not all the real world attractions), some easy way to find. As we have 'Categories' to find all relevant articles, do we have any Wikipedia tool that can have a query like "All pages under the category 'Tourist Attractions in Jaipur District' - 'Tourist Attractions in Jaipur city' ??

I do not know if there is any such tool. Even if there is one I am not aware. Sorry. Shyamsunder ( talk) 10:37, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Ok. So for now what i am doing is, i am looking for the 'abc District' Category, and if there are any relevant pages which should go under 'Tourist attractions in abc district' then moving those pages only. Hope this helps. Vishal0soni ( talk) 11:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Also, now in the category [:Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Rajasthan_by_district] i see some redundant names, and also two different lists: visitor attractions and tourist attractions. I would suggest to merge the two, but which one should we keep? What format are you using for the rest states? Vishal0soni ( talk) 11:28, 30 October 2015 (UTC) reply

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber ( submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver ( submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

• Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
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• Calvin999 ( submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
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Hi there !

I have been trying to contribute the maximum to the page Udaipur for the past some time . I intend to make the article, with the help of other contributors ,worthy of being graded as a Good Article . You have been a big and active contributor to the same and I believe you too would like to get the article get a good review . I have edited some of the sections of the page but there needs to be a particular attention given to the Sports and Education sections.Please contribute to these sections in addition to the great work you have been doing already. Thanks ! Avgr8 18:18, 5 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avgr8 ( talk • contribs)

Sure Avgr8 ( talk. I am also progressing towards improving the Udaipur related content, not only on its main page, but also all the related topics. Will surely contribute what i can for the Sports and Education section. Thanks Vishal0soni ( talk) 04:46, 7 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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Hello Vishal0soni,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged History of Udaipur for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, [[{{{article}}}]].

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Rollingcontributor ( talk) 18:29, 6 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello Rollingcontributor,

The current content in the article Udaipur about History of Udaipur was marked as too long and more of requirement specific content. I believe that this content is important, and provides valuable information to the readers exploring the topic. So instead of deleting the content, I would rather suggest split that part as a separate article. I was in process of doing so, but then was caught up with some other urgent work. I would be further updating both the articles to ensure that the main article Udaipur carries only the summary, while deatils about the history resides in separate article History of Udaipur. Please let me know if there are any better suggestions on dealing with these articles. Vishal0soni ( talk) 17:38, 7 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello Vishal0soni, thank you for letting me know that. Once you have created a separate article which is long enough, please remove the merge tags on both the articles, or leave a message on my talk page telling me to do so. Good luck with editing on Wikipedia! Rollingcontributor ( talk) 17:42, 7 February 2016 (UTC) reply

You could use certain templates while splitting articles to make the process easier. Wikipedia:Template_messages/Splitting Also, I've removed the merge tags. Please feel free to use the appropriate templates should the need arise. Rollingcontributor ( talk) 17:47, 7 February 2016 (UTC) reply

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Hey Vin09  (talk). Thanks for providing this useful information. I knew this already, but somehow i keep missing this with my posts. Thanks for reminding again :) Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:57, 18 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Not a problem, I added unsigned template and signed your post automatically. Cheers!-- Vin09  (talk) 05:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC) reply

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Thanks for pointing out CorenSearchBot ( talk). I have updated the content to remove the copied sentences, and also checked it using the tool 'tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/'. Accordingly, i have also removed the tag from the article. Thanks for guidance. Vishal0soni ( talk) 13:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC) reply

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You could have invested your time in adding an infobox to the one article that was present in this category than creating this shitty category. Please try and refrain from creating Udaipur-categories. This is only nuisance and of no use to anyone. §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ { Talk / Edits} 09:06, 26 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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Hello Majora ( talk). This file is my personal work, and i have updated the licensing information accordingly. Hope this is fine now. Also i will check the same for other work/files uploaded by me. Thanks. Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:45, 19 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello Vishal0soni. You have been invited to join WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Asia-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the particpants. If you know someone who might be interested, please invite them by: {{subst:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge Invite (1)|~~~~}} Thanks, Avgr8 ( talk) 20:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for invite Avgr8. I have a slight confusion. All the articles under the project India can be entitled under the Asia project. So is it a good thing to do? Vishal0soni ( talk) 17:12, 22 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi Vishal! I invited you since I know you are an active wikipedian and contribute to many articles. Unfortunately I havent gone through the detail of the project myself , so I would not be able to answer anything about it. I just thought you might be interested and so sent you an invite to go through it if it appeals to you. Regards Avgr8 ( talk) 19:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi, I looked into the details. It appears that we can add only those articles, which are worked (created, modified or enhanced by adding more content) within this time period. Thanks for sharing. Also, i added Udaipur article with your name in the list of contributing Asian content, since you made some updates in that article within past few days. Vishal0soni ( talk) 01:52, 23 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao ^{Che dicono a Signa?} _{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:54, 21 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for invite Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?

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The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber ( submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK ( submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden ( 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 three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 ( submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer ( submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit ( submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha ( submissions) and Muboshgu ( submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

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The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email).

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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:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• 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,
• 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.
• 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.

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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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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Greetings! I noticed that you recently did some work on the Gulab Bagh article and uploaded some photos. I was wondering if you might have a photo of the statue of Queen Victoria by Charles Bell Birch [2] that can currently be found in a reading room of the library. [3] This is a famous statue and many bronze replicas can be found around the world in places such as Adelaide in Australia, Aberdeen in Scotland, and Derby, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and London in England. We have photos of the copies but we don't have a photo of the original. Kelly ^hi! 09:28, 19 June 2017 (UTC) reply

Hey Kelly. I would be glad to help you out with this. My house is very much near to this place Gulab Bagh and Zoo, and i usually visit every Sunday. I will try to look out for the original statue, and get the pic if I could. Vishal0soni ( talk) 10:15, 19 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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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Hello Vishal0soni,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Swaroop Sagar Lake for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Chris Troutman ( talk) 02:04, 2 July 2017 (UTC) reply

Hi, I'm Chris troutman. Vishal0soni, thanks for creating Swaroop Sagar Lake!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thanks for making those changes; there's no COPYVIO issue now. My concern is if the subject passes WP:GEOLAND. I've tagged it so other editors can help improve it. Thanks!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

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Your article is neutral thus far, that`s a good thing! Too often, contributors or groups of contributors spin articles to suit their agenda. I recommend that you add a link in the Cybercrime article, as per cases concerning India. This should be done per country or nation so as to avoid any imbalance or bias. It is too easy to blame a cybercrime which was planned prepared and equipped (paid for) by non-Subcontinentals who then influenced a hired-hand to strike the keys thus blaming it on "Cybercrime in India". That would be disproportionate, and unfortunately, that is a reality. In the UK, there has been a "Talk-Talk" data-privacy breach which was largely blamed on "Indians", but they do not like to mention that call-centre in South Africa was exploited by, non-Indians!

Sometimes, if these so-called wikipedians or groups of them feel at risk of being exposed as biased and unfair and abusing their administrative priveledge in some cases, THEY ARE VERY QUICK TO DELETE, BLOCK, SMEAR, HACK, or otherwise cause discomfort or disruption to the disclosure of such edits.

Also, many non-Subcontinentals do exploit the workers of India`s tech-sector, the sheer volume of India`s net traffic, and other "fattened pigs". I can cite EBS, second to Avenues, the biggest payment gateway in India. The expertise, labour, and customer data which developed EBS into India`s second largest online payment system has been SNATCHED UP; bought out by a company flagged in France,and resold/merged. The "French" company, upon the yoke of EBS, has now become one of the BIGGEST GLOBAL PLAYERS in online payments. So the profiteers, masterminds, and other high-level cybercriminals HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH INDIA, other than an IP-of-convenience to deceive an unintelligent Pakistani cybercop or newspaper editor to ACCUSE INDIA.

Be wary, and, In any case, good-luck — Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.187.202.33 ( talk) 11:07, 29 August 2017 (UTC) reply

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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Hey Yamla ( talk), Apologies for putting incomplete request. This is the message i am getting when i try to edit something "Editing from 103.89.253.176 has been blocked" Vishal0soni ( talk) 12:30, 1 September 2017 (UTC) reply

That IP address exposes the router on port 8080 and therefore is running as an open proxy. If this is still your IP address, you should assume your network has been compromised. -- Yamla ( talk) 12:36, 1 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Hi Yamla ( talk),

Apparently you are correct, as i am able to make edits from other locations outside (using different routers). I have communicated this issue to my service provider. I just hope it is not such a serious issue. Thanks a lot for your kind suggestions. Vishal0soni ( talk) 04:37, 2 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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

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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.

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This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing for sock puppetry per evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vedpriya sahu. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you believe that this block was in error, and you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the text {{ unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below. Bbb23 ( talk) 02:37, 19 February 2018 (UTC) reply

I have asked Bbb23 to double check what's going on. SmartSE ( talk) 10:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Smartse: Since you posted this comment, MER-C has commented at the SPI and you then responded. I've also received an e-mail fromm Vishal0soni that is a duplicate of his unblock request. The style of Vishal is different from the other accounts, but there are two things that convince me that there is only one person involved here. First, there is too much page intersection between Vishal and other accounts. In addition, style and approach can be divided up among accounts. It doesn't have to be as obvious as good hand/bad hand. Just different accounts for different purposes. Second, the technical evidence doesn't support Vishal's claims. If Vishal wants to disclose the IPs used by his company here or if he prefers to e-mail them to me privately, I will look at them to see if it changes my mind.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:02, 19 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hello @ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: Right now we are using two IP Addresses: '2405:205:1184:4e73:28e9:57dc:eab1:9639' and '103.89.254.2' in our company. Regarding the points raised on the investigation page (I am now unable to edit that), I am a resident of Udaipur city, previously working for an organization called 'Advaiya'. I have keen interest in learning Wikipedia platform, and I keep doing several experiments (like working for a dedicated Wikipedia project for my hometown, as well as creating (or i would say, giving a try) for 'Advaiya' company page, but that was done through valid AfC channel User_talk:Vishal0soni#Your_submission_at_Articles_for_creation:_Advaiya_has_been_accepted. In the first attempt, it was accepted, so I thought that was the correct way to go. Then I even tried DYK nominations, Wikicup participation, and several other efforts (all available on my talk page) to improve content related to Udaipur, Rajasthan, India and otherwise with many other co-workers. Due to my current nature of work, I keep visiting 100s of Wikipedia pages per week, and wherever possible, I keep trying to make some enhancements, or prevent others from making vandalized changes, and often getting blocked and unblocked, learning new things every time. I am sure this incident is also going to give me new learnings. Hoping for appropriate support and guidance from all experts. Vishal0soni ( talk) 06:05, 20 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Vishal, regarding the IPs, you say "right now"; can you be more specific as to timeframe? Also, when did you stop working for Advaiya, and what is the name of the company that owns the two IPs you disclosed?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:19, 20 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hey Bbb23. I left Advaiya in June 2016, and since then I have been working as a freelancer/own free called SVS Datalytics, which is related to BI/Analytics/Databases/Cryptocurrencies/Technical Content kind projects. Vishal0soni ( talk) 16:54, 20 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Vishal, the problem is even if I accept that the two IPs you mention belong to your company, you are using other IPs that you didn't mention and that were also being used by the blocked socks. There's an awful lot of technical intersection between you and them - not to mention that you (collectively) have edited some of the same pages. If you look at the list of socks, are there any you can identify as colleagues? MER-C, do you have anything more to say about the behavioral aspects?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 18:26, 20 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hey Bbb23. Out of the two I shared, one was from my personal JIO internet Wifi connection. Similarly, others around me are also using and sharing their own personal Wifi internet. In case one connection goes down, everyone switches to alternative ones (very often our systems do this automatically without us even knowing). I am not an expert in networking but I guess this is the reason how I end up working on same IPs simultaneously. Almost every person in India is now using a personal Wifi internet connection besides the company internet ('Jio' is providing this at almost negligible rates, so this has become really popular now). Yes, several IDs belong to other humans co-working in the same environment. From the information I have shared so far, I think anyone can Google and find out details about my company and colleagues. Is there any other information I could help with? Vishal0soni ( talk) 07:45, 21 February 2018 (UTC) reply

So, what's up with World Music Festival? (I don't think there is any thing for me to add, Vishal0soni hasn't yet provided a convincing explanation for the behavioral intersection.) MER-C 12:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: World Music Festival is an annual Musical Event hosted in Udaipur since past three years. I was the first person to create its Wikipedia page back in 2016. Since then, if anyone makes any edits on this (and almost any other Udaipur related Wikipedia article), I am getting a notification for that. Most of the time, I keeping reviewing these notifications for the changes made. If I see any minor correction, I tend to make them immediately. That is how i also get to make updates in udaipur related pages like Udaipur, Kailash Chandra Meghwal and many others. Particularly for Arvind Singh Mewar, there was some notorious person repeatedly making vandal edits, which I tried to revert, and myself got blocked. I believe that this current block is also a similar case. Most of these pages are public events and figures, and probably cannot be associated with any financial gains, but just a matter of interest. I am sure that most of the behavioral intersection are relevant to topics of my interest (Udaipur/Rajasthan/CryptoCurrencies etc.) for which I keep receiving notifications. Vishal0soni ( talk) 12:47, 21 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: Please let me know in case any more details are required from my side on this. Vishal0soni ( talk) 09:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: And in the meantime, since i do not have permissions, can you please do the following correction on this link : ..."They are distributed through through Chrome Web Store" (an extra through to be removed). Vishal0soni ( talk) 06:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: Hey, someone is tampering with the content of a good page, adding vandal edits [ [4]]. Since i am not able to revert this, can you please help revert the vandal edits made by Wikcreator at earliest. Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:26, 28 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hey @ Bbb23: and @ Smartse: Do let me know if there is anything i can do to get my account back. I don't want to create a new account to start all over again. (I assure you, I am not leaving Wikipedia anyday) Vishal0soni ( talk) 13:06, 3 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Creating a new account would be a major mistake on your part. That account would be blocked and any hope you had of having this account unblocked would be eliminated.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:06, 3 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Given what Bbb23 says about the technical data, combined with the behavioural evidence which has not been sufficiently explained, I would advise against an unblock. MER-C, you seem to have followed this more closely; do you agree? Huon ( talk) 23:53, 4 March 2018 (UTC) reply

So what other option do i have if i wish to continue working on Wikipedia? Vishal0soni ( talk) 09:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Huon, I'm not convinced either. MER-C 11:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Huon and MER-C, I have one other comment: I find Visha's threat to sock (or continue socking) disturbing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:51, 5 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Hey, When i said "I don't want to create a new account to start all over again." it means i am not creating another account, but it was taken totally otherwise. Is that what we call different Point of Views?? Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:34, 6 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Hey Bbb23 ( talk), MER-C and Is there any way i can participate in the Project Tiger contest

Hello. Is 6 months time a hard limit for the block? Any cases of relaxations in this?? Vishal0soni ( talk) 12:00, 17 April 2018 (UTC) reply

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

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. 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.

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Hello ShakespeareFan00 ( talk). This image is my own creation, I have taken this picture using my personal mobile phone, and I wish to make it available for public use to comply with Wikipedia policies. Unfortunately, i am unable to make any changes to any Wikipedia page due to some unfortunate ban. I possible, can you please update information accordingly. I provide my full consent to make updates via this post. Thanks. Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:01, 17 March 2018 (UTC) reply

In 2017 – 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) and user groups from India, are piloting a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.

Phase (a) has been completed, during which active contributors were awarded laptops and internet stipends. Phase (b) will be a contest in which editors will come together and develop a writing contest focused on content gaps. Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR, will be awarded to the top contributors for each month. The contest started at March 1, 2018, 0:00, and will end at May 31, 2018, 23:59 (IST). Useful links are as follows:

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The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC) reply

Hello Bbb23, Huon, SmartSE and MER-C, My Wikipedia ID was blocked 6 months ago due to some unfortunate reasons. After staying away from Wikipedia for such a long time, and having understood the Wikipedia policies better, I would like to submit a request for unblocking my ID. I assure you that given another chance, I will try my best to improve the quality of the Wikipedia ecosystem while abiding myself with all the standard rules and policies. I will learn from the mistakes I have done in past, and will surely try to avoid them at any cost. With all your support and guidance, I would like to give Wikipedia a new start. Request you to provide appropriate guidance for the same. Vishal0soni ( talk) 13:09, 19 August 2018 (UTC) reply

You still have not addressed the reasons that lead to your block. WP:GAB helps explain how to do so. -- Yamla ( talk) 14:03, 19 August 2018 (UTC) reply

Yamla ( talk) I have gone through the provided link, and understand that the most suitable section that relates to my block/unblock request is 'Sockpuppetry blocks' section. As per the two bulleted instructions, I have refrained from making any edits for 6 months, and now I am making the request to unblock my primary (and the only) account I use. Besides, regarding the explanation for the reason, the content states following:

As explained above, you have been informed about the reason for your block. You must address this reason in your request. This means that you must either explain why the block reason is incorrect or not applicable to your conduct, or you must convince the reviewing administrator that you won't do it again. I tried to provide my justifications in the previous unblock requests, but that was turned down, leaving me with no option but to stay away from any editing on Wikipedia. Now in this request, I am trying to convince the reviewing administrator that I will take care about not repeating same mistakes again. It would be great if you could provide some details about what exactly i am missing here. Vishal0soni ( talk) 18:27, 19 August 2018 (UTC) reply

User:MER-C this user seems to be good faith and plans to only use one account. I don't see the value in continuing the block here. They have been a productive contributor. Legacypac ( talk) 05:58, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

The block is not mine to overturn. MER-C 08:08, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Hello Bbb23, Huon, SmartSE, MER-C, and Legacypac i can surely use any and all support for getting my account back into action. Please let me know if something needs to be done from my side. 103.89.254.156 ( talk) 06:00, 8 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Not evading your block by editing with an IP would be a good first step. Legacypac's advice below to create a new account is unhelpful since that would be (more?) sockpuppetry and block evasion and would see the new account blocked, too. My advice is to review the discussion about the block above, as well as the sockpuppet investigation, and to request a review of your block as explained in the block message. See also the Guide to appealing blocks. Since you don't appear to have edited anything other than this talk page with the IP, I would hope that reviewing admins will ignore the use of the IP. Huon ( talk) 23:31, 8 April 2019 (UTC) reply

I did not know it was a checkuser block or I would not have given that suggestion. Agree no more socking and admit to socking and hopefully an Admin will unblock you. Legacypac ( talk) 23:52, 8 April 2019 (UTC) reply

I agree to all the above conditions. Should i apply for a fresh unblock request? Vishal0soni ( talk) 02:24, 9 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Yes. Since this is a CheckUser block, it can only be lifted by an administrator with access to CheckUser information. Neither MER-C nor Legacypac nor I have that access. Using the {{ unblock}} template is the easiest way to get someone with the right kind of access to review the block. I would expect that you'll have to say a little more about the events surrounding the block than "I agree to all the above conditions", though. Huon ( talk) 12:43, 9 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Huon ( talk) I am willing to follow the appropriate procedure to get the block lifted. As per the Wikipedia Guidelines, I have tried to provide the justification several times, and also tried with the unblock request. But I am not sure what exactly is required to be done. I am not sure how to "Address the blocking administrator's concerns". Any pinpointed help, support or guidance on this will be really helpful for me. Vishal0soni ( talk) 12:12, 9 May 2019 (UTC) reply

You have provided explanations on how other people might happen to have shared multiple IP addresses that you use. That these other people also happen to share your interests remains unexplained. That there's no connection between the accounts when both interests and technical data align seems very, very unlikely. Huon ( talk) 17:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC) reply

All the people involved (including me) sit with me in the same co-working space. They saw me working on Wikipedia and showed interest in learning it. I told them about a few projects I was working, and then they also picked up with similar topics (like Wikiproject Udaipur). I tried to evangelize my learnings but probably the direction was not right. And I am not sure if anyone would have any further interest in this, but for me, I just know there is still a lot that can be done to improve Wikipedia content further. Vishal0soni ( talk) 06:00, 11 May 2019 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on File talk:Mehrangarh-fort-history-map-mehrangarh-fort-mehrangarh-fort-timings-mehrangarh-fort-accident.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

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. AshLin ( talk) 02:56, 4 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Wikipedia:WikiProject Udaipur, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Udaipur and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Udaipur during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Legacypac ( talk) 00:33, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Hello Legacypac ( talk). I really wanted to work more on this project, but somehow my ID got blocked, and i am not able to get it back. Without that, its tough for me to continue working on this project. 103.89.254.156 ( talk) 05:17, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Ask for an unblock or create a new account and get on with proper editing. However the Wikiproject is far too narrow a scope to survive. Use WikiProject India for collaboration. Legacypac ( talk) 05:23, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

I started with Wikiproject Udaipur for the sake of learning and getting a better idea about advanced Wikipedia skills. I think i can stick with the Parent Project Wikipedia Rajasthan as well (which is a child of Wikipedia India), but I am just not able to remove this unblock even after several attempts. Vishal0soni ( talk) 05:48, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Mirchi-bada.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. AshLin ( talk) 14:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on Template:User from Udaipur requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes.

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, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. —⁠ andrybak ( talk) 18:41, 26 July 2019 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on Category:Economy of Mount Abu requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:26, 19 August 2019 (UTC) reply

Yes, you can go ahead and delete this one. 103.89.253.73 ( talk) Vishal0soni 05:11, 20 August 2019 (UTC) reply

Namaste, Vishal0soni. We would like to inform you about the recent changes to the WikiProject. As you may know, the old newsletter for WikiProject India ceased circulation in 2010. Now we have re-launched the newsletter in a new way. As a member, you are cordially invited to subscribe to the newsletter. Thank you.

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Template:Companies based in Udaipur has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Praxidicae ( talk) 13:01, 6 February 2020 (UTC) reply

Hello Vishal0soni. You are invited to join the new WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge, a challenge which aims to see 10,000 improvements, destubs, and creations for Indian articles, covering every state of India and topic. Articles on all related topics are welcome. We need numbers to make this work and do something extraordinary for India on Wikipedia! Every 100 articles submitted will be copied into the wider Asian challenge. Sign up on the page if interested and start contributing! If you know someone who might be interested, please invite them by: {{subst:WikiProject India/The 10,000 Challenge Invite|~~~~}} Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:47, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Category:Udaipur user templates has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. —⁠ andrybak ( talk) 16:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on Category:Economy of Jaisalmer requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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A tag has been placed on Category:Palaces in Bharatpur requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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A tag has been placed on Category:Economy of Bharatpur requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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A tag has been placed on Category:Rajasthan articles without a WikiProject requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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