User talk:SounderBruce

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DYK for Coastal Farm & Ranch

On 23 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coastal Farm & Ranch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after chicken keeping was legalized in some U.S. cities, Coastal Farm & Ranch began holding seminars on the subject? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coastal Farm & Ranch. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Coastal Farm & Ranch), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of Seattle Sounders FC draft picks

Congratulations, SounderBruce! The list you nominated, List of Seattle Sounders FC draft picks, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 2025 U.S. Open Cup

On 27 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2025 U.S. Open Cup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2025 U.S. Open Cup will not include its defending champions, Los Angeles FC? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2025 U.S. Open Cup. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2025 U.S. Open Cup), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

jlwoodwa (talk) 00:02, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of municipalities in Washington

Congratulations, SounderBruce! The list you nominated, List of municipalities in Washington, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. 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) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup submissions at the end of Round 1

Hi SounderBruce, and thanks for your contributions and for participating in the WikiCup. As a quick note, I removed Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Washington/archive1 and Template:Did you know nominations/2025 U.S. Open Cup from your list of submissions for round 1, because they were submitted after the round 1 scores had already been tabulated. However, you may claim both of these during round 2, which officially begins on March 1. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:29, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Washington State Flag

Thanks for catching that! The user in question has a problematic pattern of uploading user-created images of flags (usually sourced off a newspaper article) and then passing them off as official images. They've been warned about this before, and for a time were actually noting they were user-created. Sadly this seems to have stopped. Intothat darkness 17:09, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

Thank you today for "2020 Seattle Sounders FC season", introduced: "This article is my first foray into a season article, describing the shortened and strange 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC, an American soccer team and defending MLS champions. The season opened with a local COVID-19 outbreak and continued through lockdown bubbles and limited travel to finish with yet another MLS Cup appearance for the team, although one that ended differently."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:42, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Portland Bangers FC

On 12 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Portland Bangers FC, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the name of a Portland soccer team refers both to sausages and long-distance goals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Portland Bangers FC. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Portland Bangers FC), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:03, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2025 FIFA Club World Cup training sites

Hello SounderBruce,

Hope you are doing well today. I am just wondering if there is a way to get the information off of the site about the training venues, I can copy the training sites table I made for the 2026 FIFA World Cup page (without the hotels unless FIFA reveals it) that way there is a way to include the sites. Please let me know at your earliest convenience. HalfOfAnOrange (talk) 18:03, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HalfOfAnOrange: The specific training sites have not been officially announced, so they cannot be included at this time. The Athletic compiled reports from their sources that discussed what various plans were in place, but listing those would amount to speculation. Sounder Bruce 19:15, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sound Transit

On 19 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sound Transit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sound Transit has 170 pieces of permanent public art at its stations and facilities? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sound Transit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sound Transit), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Start assessment

According to the assessment scale that I've been using, having a photo automatically makes it a Start: "A useful picture or graphic", see Wikipedia:WikiProject Law/Assessment. Bearian (talk) 21:42, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It uses this: Template:Grading scheme. Bearian (talk) 21:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian: That criteria alone is not sufficient and frankly should have been removed from the template long ago. In the view of most content editors, a 3-sentence article is still a stub, especially if it only has one reliable source. Sounder Bruce 21:55, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with you, but I was reading the assignment literally. Bearian (talk) 00:14, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]