User talk:SounderBruce
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Skyscrapers/Tallest building lists has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. LivinAWestLife (talk) 18:53, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Question about transit sourcing
[edit]Hello! I am reviewing a GA about a Japanese train station and have hit a question about sourcing norms that made me want input from an expert in the topic area of transportation... and made me think of you. Specifically, the infobox includes lat/long coordinates sourced to this map and I have no idea what the norms are for using online map sources. Does this strike you as a GA-quality RS? I didn't want to go make a fuss at a wikiproject because I think it's probably fine, but I'll ask a bigger group if you think I should... any input appreciated! ~ L 馃尭 (talk) 00:21, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
- @LEvalyn: Generally, we don't even cite the coordinates as they are near WP:SKYISBLUE levels of information. From what I can tell, Mapion seems to be a reliable source that does have their own in-house editorial policy, as profiled in The New York Times back in 2012. This article also mentions that the Japanese system of longitude and latitude "differs slightly" from the global version, so perhaps it is in fact necessary to cite. I don't see it being problematic at all to keep. SounderBruce 05:06, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, I really appreciate your experienced second opinion! That all makes sense and I'll leave the source. ~ L 馃尭 (talk) 05:29, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
Collaboration on United States congressional delegations from Washington?
[edit]Hi @SounderBruce! I noticed your work on Washington-related lists and was wondering if you'd like to collaborate on the United States congressional delegations from Washington list, to get it to FLC at some point, since I saw that it was on your bucket list.
Let me know what your thoughts are. I might be intermittently busy in the near future, but if you'd like to, I would love to pick this up as a next project. Thanks, Staraction (talk | contribs) 06:35, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Staraction: I should have more time available in late November, and would love to work on this list together. I've got some ideas for sources, but they would be limited to the prose. SounderBruce 22:04, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I've done a lot of these lists so generally know how best to approach some of the tables (hopefully). Looking forward to working with you! Staraction (talk | contribs) 00:50, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
- (by talk page watcher) Ditto. Peaceray (talk) 02:40, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia events in Seattle (resending as 1st attempt had a bad timestamp and was archived)
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In the Seattle area? There are several events occurring this week and over the next three months that may interest you.
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Intercity Notte train that travels by ferry over the Strait of Messina
[edit]Hi SounderBruce! I saw the following article & though you might like the link.
- Limb, Lottie (2025-10-25). "The European train that travels by sea". BBC Home. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
Peaceray (talk) 17:57, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
WikiCup 2025 November newsletter
[edit]The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
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
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- Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
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