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== WikiCup 2018 November newsletter ==
== ''The Signpost'': 23 October 2017 ==


The WikiCup is over for another year! Our '''Champion''' this year is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Courcelles}}, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:
<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2017-10-23}} </div><!--Volume 13, Issue 10--> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * ''']''' * ] * ] * ] (]) 02:37, 23 October 2017 (UTC) </div></div>
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#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Courcelles}}
== WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results ==
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Kosack}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Kees08}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|SounderBruce}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Casliber}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Nova Crystallis}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Iazyges}}
#{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Ceranthor}}


The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
*First Place - {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|Adityavagarwal}}
*Second Place -{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|Vanamonde93}}
*Third Place - {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|Casliber}}


All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:
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 – {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|Bloom6132}} and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|1989}} both produced 2 FLs in R2
*Featured Pictures – {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|SounderBruce}} improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
*Featured Topic – {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|MPJ-DK}} 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 – {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|MBlaze Lightning}} had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
*Good Article Review – {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant8|Krishna Chaitanya Velaga}} completed 31 GARs in R1.


*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Casliber}} wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Misplaced Pages: 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 Misplaced Pages.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Courcelles}} wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Kosack}} wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Cartoon network freak}} wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Usernameunique }} wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Zanhe}} wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant9|Aoba47}} wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.


Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Regarding the prize vouchers - {{reply to|Adityavagarwal|Vanamonde93|Casliber|Bloom6132|1989|SounderBruce}} please send {{user4|Godot13}} an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon ] as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.


Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.
We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ]. {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}}, {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, and {{user4|Godot13}} ] (]) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
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Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to ''']'''; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ].</small> {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}}, {{User4|Godot13}}, {{user4|Cwmhiraeth}} and {{User4|Vanamonde93}}.
== WikiCup 2018 ==
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== WikiCup 2019 March newsletter ==
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the about next year's contest? {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}}, {{user4|Godot13}} and {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}. ] (]) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
== ''The Signpost'': 24 November 2017 ==


Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
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*{{flagicon|USA}} ], a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
*] {{u|Adam Cuerden}}, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} ], a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
*{{flagicon|USA}} ] came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
*] ] was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the ] to featured article status.
*{{flagicon|Ohio}} ] was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

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 ].

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on ], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from ].</small> ] (]), ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]).
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== Good article reassessment for ] ==
] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the ]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. 🍕]🍕 (]) 13:38, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is South Carolina Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

  1. South Carolina Courcelles (submissions)
  2. Wales Kosack (submissions)
  3. Hel, Poland Kees08 (submissions)
  4. SounderBruce (submissions)
  5. Scotland Cas Liber (submissions)
  6. Marshall Islands Nova Crystallis (submissions)
  7. Republic of Texas Iazyges (submissions)
  8. United States Ceranthor (submissions)


All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • United States L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
  • Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
  • Denmark MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
  • United States Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
  • Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
  • Ohio Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages 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 yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

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Good article reassessment for Maggie Simpson

Maggie Simpson has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 13:38, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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