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Candy Mountain editing question regarding date formats

I noted you changed the date format in numerous references. Doesn't the global "Use xxx dates" control date format for entire article regardless of the explicit format in the citations, thus rendering your changes redundant? Just asking.Fb2002 (talk) 19:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

• I don't think so. Those are instructions to editors and as far as I know do nothing to the display. See Template:Use dmy dates. Abductive (reasoning) 19:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

  Citation templates automagically format dates according to {{use xxx dates}}. See Template:Use_dmy_dates/doc#Auto-formatting_citation_template_dates 76.14.122.5 (talk) 17:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Calamophyton

Hi there Abductive.

I just wanted to confirm that you have accepted my partial reversion of your edit at the Calamophyton page. Normally I wouldn't bother, but because the article is headed to the main page in a day or two via the DYK project, it's important that any content disputes be resolved before it gets there.

Also, I should apologize for my overreaction to your edits - that was caused by anxiety over the pending DYK appearance.

With regard to the overquote tag, I still do not believe that is justified but haven't decided how to handle that yet - the options are to paraphrase Cr. Berry's quote, or ask for further opinions at WT:DYK. As an alternative, you are more than welcome to paraphrase Dr. Berry's comments yourself if you see fit. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:01, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Woe, thanks again! Abductive (reasoning) 06:04, 4 May 2024 (UTC)