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Made this edit to the traffic report at the Signpost, for the entry Aimee Challenor, but leaving you this as a note and pinging Mcrsftdog as I see you're the credited authors. Hope this is okay. Let me know if you'd rather I approach you beforehand about similar situations in future rather than changing it myself. — Bilorv (talk) 21:48, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-03-28T21:48:00.000Z","author":"Bilorv","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bilorv-2021-03-28T21:48:00.000Z-Traffic_report_edit_to_Aimee_Challenor","replies":[]}}-->

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But if I ever get appreciable time off, I would love to come back. Why someone felt the need to alter a page that had been archived for years and not viewed by the general population simply to save the blushes of a dead man I'll never know. Serendi^podous 20:15, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-07-01T20:15:00.000Z","author":"Serendipodous","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Serendipodous-2021-07-01T20:15:00.000Z-I'm_really_busy_with_my_Youtube_channel","replies":[],"displayName":"Serendi"}}-->

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Just wondering. Serendi^podous 13:23, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-08-09T13:23:00.000Z","author":"Serendipodous","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Serendipodous-2021-08-09T13:23:00.000Z-Why_did_you_remove_the_data_visualiazation?","replies":["c-Serendipodous-2021-08-09T14:46:00.000Z-Serendipodous-2021-08-09T13:23:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Serendi"}}-->

Is there a new page for the Top 25 report besides WP:TOP25? Serendi^podous 14:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-08-09T14:46:00.000Z","author":"Serendipodous","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Serendipodous-2021-08-09T14:46:00.000Z-Serendipodous-2021-08-09T13:23:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Serendi"}}-->

Greetings, wanted to stop by to say two things - (1) amazing work on the Top 25,kudos on being the most prolific author there, per Wikipedia:Top_25_Report/Report_history! I guarantee that 100 years from now researchers will be looking at these reports to see what us early 21st century types liked. And (2) I saw you were prepping this weeks report so I wanted to mention that (subject to your editorial discretion, its up to you), Disappearance of Gabby Petito might be listed higher if aggregated with: (a) Disappearance of Gabrielle Petito, the title under which I created the article as on September 16. It got 169,793 views on Sept 19 (the first day of the report period); near the end of that UTC day it moved to Disappearance of Gabby Petito; (b) and then on September 21 it was moved to Death of Gabby Petito, where it got 602,108 views from Sept 21-25[1] -- and currently #13 on your draft report. Adding 169793 + 1014754 + 602108 = 1,786,655 views, which would put it #2 behind Squid Game about which I know NOTHING. haha. As for Petito, i see discussion about Missing white woman syndrome as fueling its popularity, which is not a meritless inquiry. Though I don't think every attractive white America female who disappears gets famous, it helps to disappear in a very public manner, with a public youtube video and social media documenting the trip, I suppose.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 16:10, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-28T16:10:00.000Z","author":"Milowent","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Milowent-2021-09-28T16:10:00.000Z-top25_kudos_and_note_re_Sept_19-25","replies":[]}}-->

Should WP:Top 25 Report transclude WP:Top 25 Report/December 12 to 18, 2021? It is still reflecting December 5 to 11. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-20T21:35:00.000Z","author":"Bri","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bri-2021-12-20T21:35:00.000Z-Top_25_pointer_error?","replies":["c-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:35:00.000Z"]}}-->

Never mind, I see now it's not finished. Carry on sir! ☆ Bri (talk) 21:37, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z","author":"Bri","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:35:00.000Z","replies":["c-Igordebraga-2021-12-20T23:36:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z","c-Igordebraga-2021-12-21T00:05:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z"]}}-->

@Bri: What do you mean? I only transclude the top 10, and it's already in the Traffic Report draft. igordebraga ≠ 23:36, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-20T23:36:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2021-12-20T23:36:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z","replies":["c-Bri-2021-12-20T23:59:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2021-12-20T23:36:00.000Z"]}}-->

When I visited WP:TOP25 I thought it was a week behind. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:59, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-20T23:59:00.000Z","author":"Bri","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Bri-2021-12-20T23:59:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2021-12-20T23:36:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

@Bri: On that page, that's true. Hope to finish it soon, preferably without me having to write it all. igordebraga ≠ 00:05, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-21T00:05:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2021-12-21T00:05:00.000Z-Bri-2021-12-20T21:37:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-05T14:36:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2022-01-05T14:36:00.000Z-Welcome_to_the_2022_WikiCup!","replies":[]}}-->

Quick question about the Top 25 Report. Is there a wordcount target? Is there an upper or lower limit that has been agreed or has it not been discussed. The table layout and images and my screen size means the text boxes frequently look half empty (but on mobile devices it looks packed). Each entry seem to be about 100 words on average. I can see from the edit summaries you don't get as much help as you might like with the report. No one has complained about any of my previous edits and so I will probably continue to drop in now and again and try to fill some of the blanks. Do you prefer brevity or should I try and be more verbose if I can think of something interesting and worthwhile to write? Would aiming for 200 words per entry be too much? (The annual report was quite verbose, I can understand an annual report being longer but 500 words seems too much for the weekly report.)

Even if it hasn't been discussed or mentioned before it would be helpful to know what you personally think would be a good target length to aim for in each entry (or an upper limit you'd prefer to avoid). -- 109.76.197.45 (talk) 19:27, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-22T19:27:00.000Z","author":"109.76.197.45","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-109.76.197.45-2022-01-22T19:27:00.000Z-Top_25_Report,_wordcount?","replies":[]}}-->

@109.76.197.45: I don't see a limit, searching the archives you can see some of the authors were verbose. My tendency is to be concise, wanting to get to the point fast (unless it's something I feel the need to talk more about). And of course, there's always people who write one line and no one else tries expanding. Write as much as you think it's necessary to say it all. And while any help is welcome, and I know anonymity is no issue (many sites I don't have an account or prefer to go unloggeed), appreciate more if it's through a registered account than just crediting "a helpful IP". igordebraga ≠ 22:08, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-22T22:08:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2022-01-22T22:08:00.000Z-Top_25_Report,_wordcount?","replies":["c-109.76.197.45-2022-01-22T23:04:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-01-22T22:08:00.000Z"]}}-->

I had an account and stopped using it many years ago. The biggest issue was that I was disillusioned by deletionism, but there were other minor things that bothered me and there were other things I should have been doing in real life. I became less active but never entirely stopped editing. I actively prefer editing as anon, without any benefits or detriments of reputation (not that I had or have a reputation of any significance), my edit need to stand on their own merits, and it tends to push discussion to happen on the relevant article talk page and focus on improving the encyclopedia pages and not arguing policy or style issues with people. (I might have brought this question back to the talk page but it seems this is as informal as I thought it was and no further discussion is needed). I appreciate that someone offered credit for my small changes the other week but I do not expect credit for any of my edits and fully accept that they can and probably will be mercilessly rewritten. Thanks for the reports, I enjoy reading them and I hope you continue to enjoy writing them. -- 109.76.197.45 (talk) 23:04, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-22T23:04:00.000Z","author":"109.76.197.45","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-109.76.197.45-2022-01-22T23:04:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-01-22T22:08:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

@109.76.197.45: I understand. And am annoyed by those who unlike you, don't like changes to their additions, even going with the cardinal sin of saying "my page" or "my content". In any case, as I mentioned, I'm forever grateful if you help there, even unlogged (I still like to write, but also like to read; as well as to see I am not alone in doing that thing - specially when it comes to those with more knowledge on certain topics - and to not have to publish late in the week because no one was there) igordebraga ≠ 03:42, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-23T03:42:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2022-01-23T03:42:00.000Z-Top_25_Report,_wordcount?","replies":[]}}-->

Hey, hey, Igordebraga! Long time, no 'see'! I hope all is well. So, this is kind of an odd message, but here's the short of it: I'm currently working on my PhD in library science, and my dissertation is on the information behaviors of fan editors. (Here's a more detailed outline of my project, if you'd like to read about it!) My work will largely be autoethnographic, meaning that I'm taking notes about what I do, but I'm also wanting to work qualitative interviewing into the works. Based on your past work and my experience editing with you, I feel like you'd be a good person to talk to. Would you be interested in chatting with me about your information experiences? I'm more than happy to provide any additional info if you'd like it!--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 23:01, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-02-09T23:01:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-02-09T23:01:00.000Z-Fan_editor_research_interview","replies":[]}}-->

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

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Hey Igordebraga! I just wanted to check in about that possible fan research interview I mentioned a few weeks ago. If you're interested and it's easier, I'd be more than happy to send you the questions to answer via email (this can often be more manageable in situations like this).--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 16:14, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-03-10T16:14:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-03-10T16:14:00.000Z-Fan_research_interview","replies":["c-Igordebraga-2022-03-11T05:21:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-03-10T16:14:00.000Z"]}}-->

@Gen. Quon: Think I prefer that to recording or live conversation, indeed. igordebraga ≠ 05:21, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-03-11T05:21:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2022-03-11T05:21:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-03-10T16:14:00.000Z","replies":["c-Gen._Quon-2022-03-11T16:45:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-03-11T05:21:00.000Z"]}}-->

Sure thing. I think a lot of people probably do, haha. Shall I email you over the questions?--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 16:45, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-03-11T16:45:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-03-11T16:45:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-03-11T05:21:00.000Z","replies":["c-Igordebraga-2022-03-12T01:43:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-03-11T16:45:00.000Z"]}}-->

Go ahead, do it. igordebraga ≠ 01:43, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-03-12T01:43:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2022-03-12T01:43:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-03-11T16:45:00.000Z","replies":["c-Gen._Quon-2022-03-12T23:31:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-03-12T01:43:00.000Z"]}}-->

Perfect. The questions have been sent!--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 23:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-03-12T23:31:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-03-12T23:31:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-03-12T01:43:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hey, hey! I just wanted to check in about this!--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 18:08, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-04-08T18:08:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-04-08T18:08:00.000Z-Fan_research_interview","replies":["c-Igordebraga-2022-04-10T15:29:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-04-08T18:08:00.000Z"]}}-->

@Gen. Quon: Am finishing my answers, as I dig deep to think of them. Don't know if I'll be long-winded, but at times I'll say the same thing across multiple topics. igordebraga ≠ 15:29, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-04-10T15:29:00.000Z","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Igordebraga-2022-04-10T15:29:00.000Z-Gen._Quon-2022-04-08T18:08:00.000Z","replies":["c-Gen._Quon-2022-04-10T22:12:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-04-10T15:29:00.000Z"]}}-->

Great to hear! And redundancy is OK in this case; I just need to make sure that I've covered all my bases with the questions, so to speak.--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 22:12, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-04-10T22:12:00.000Z","author":"Gen. Quon","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Gen._Quon-2022-04-10T22:12:00.000Z-Igordebraga-2022-04-10T15:29:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! 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.

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The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember 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. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20221106192800","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20221106192800-WikiCup_2022_November_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230101141600","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20230101141600-Welcome_to_the_2023_WikiCup!","replies":[]}}-->

Hello, Igordebraga,

I was led to this annual article when I was looking at the edits of an IP account. Going through its page history, it looks like the report has been edited by quite a few different editors including sockpuppets and ban-evading IP accounts (most recently) from Birmingham, England. I use to do a little big of editing on the weekly traffic reports and just wanted to check in with you and Serendipodous, if they are still involved in the Top 25 Traffic Reports, to see if this 2022 annual report is up to the high standards of the weekly report. I can protect the page temporarily if you consider some of the recent edits vandalism. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:03, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230113210300","author":"Liz","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Liz-20230113210300-Wikipedia:2022_Top_50_Report","replies":[]}}-->

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. 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.

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Volume 14, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2023
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The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. 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.

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Greetings, I've filled in the commentary on the draft at Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/June 25 to July 1, 2023 for everything except 20/21, where it looks like you intended to have a joint narrative. Hope this is helpful!--Milowent • ^hasspoken 17:51, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230706175100","author":"Milowent","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Milowent-20230706175100-top25","replies":["c-Milowent-20230707125300-Milowent-20230706175100"]}}-->

• Good call adding a qualifer to Stockton Rush, where all I had put was "Rush killed four other people, as well as himself, in #9." After reading this New Yorker article [2], I'm a bit disgusted with the guy!--Milowent • ^hasspoken 12:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230707125300","author":"Milowent","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Milowent-20230707125300-Milowent-20230706175100","replies":[]}}-->

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember 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. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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In the Top25 report, you said that superconductors only function "near absolute zero" but there are several now known that function above liquid nitrogen temperature, notably yttrium barium copper oxide. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:54, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230814185400","author":"Bri","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bri-20230814185400-Top25_-_superconductor","replies":["c-Igordebraga-20230815041000-Bri-20230814185400"]}}-->

That's still very cold. Fixed that in both the Top 25 Report and the Signpost draft, in any case. Thanks for the heads-up. igordebraga ≠ 04:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230815041000","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Igordebraga-20230815041000-Bri-20230814185400","replies":[]}}-->

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

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	well, time to pay back the favour. thank you for being the sole maintainer of top 25 for this many years! ltbdl (talk) 06:16, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231005061600","author":"Ltbdl","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ltbdl-20231005061600-A_barnstar_for_you!_3","replies":[]}}-->

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231105165100","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20231105165100-WikiCup_2023_November_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

Hi, the above says India's national sport is cricket, in actuality it is hockey. Cheers! Chanaka L (talk) 00:53, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231113005300","author":"Chanakal","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Chanakal-20231113005300-Wikipedia:Top_25_Report\/September_24_to_30,_2023","replies":["c-Igordebraga-20231113005400-Chanakal-20231113005300"],"displayName":"Chanaka L"}}-->

Changed it. I know the country loves hockey and is successful in it, but it's clear cricket is at the top. igordebraga ≠ 00:54, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231113005400","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Igordebraga-20231113005400-Chanakal-20231113005300","replies":["c-Chanakal-20231113010800-Igordebraga-20231113005400"]}}-->

True for Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well, though Sri Lanka is not very successful in its national sport, Volleyball. Cheers!Chanaka L (talk) 01:08, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231113010800","author":"Chanakal","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Chanakal-20231113010800-Igordebraga-20231113005400","replies":[],"displayName":"Chanaka L"}}-->

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240101002100","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240101002100-Welcome_to_the_2024_WikiCup!","replies":[]}}-->

Hello! Sorry for bothering you...

I just wanted to let you know that I've sent you a private e-mail, although it's not a big deal! : ) Oltrepier (talk) 22:10, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240206221000","author":"Oltrepier","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Oltrepier-20240206221000-Just_a_quick_note","replies":[]}}-->

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240211175800","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240211175800-WikiCup_2024_February_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

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Et voilà! Sorry, I forgot to let you know as soon as we published the report...

This is the first official issue, so we might add more details in the future, but I'm still happy with the final product! Oltrepier (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240216215500","author":"Oltrepier","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Oltrepier-20240216215500-Top_10_Report_on_Italian_Wikipedia","replies":[]}}-->

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 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) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240228004100","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240228004100-WikiCup_2024_March_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article If You Had My Love you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 21:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240312210100","author":"Kyle Peake","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kyle_Peake-20240312210100-Your_GA_nomination_of_If_You_Had_My_Love","replies":[]}}-->

The article If You Had My Love you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:If You Had My Love and Talk:If You Had My Love/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 18:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240313180200","author":"Kyle Peake","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kyle_Peake-20240313180200-Your_GA_nomination_of_If_You_Had_My_Love_2","replies":[]}}-->

As long as you address what I wrote here within the next five days, the GAN will pass. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 21:06, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240314210600","author":"SNUGGUMS","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SNUGGUMS-20240314210600-\"Vogue\"_final_comments","replies":[]}}-->

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:BrazilGermanyEMHeadline.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. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240316104600","author":"Joseph2302","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Joseph2302-20240316104600-File:BrazilGermanyEMHeadline.jpg_listed_for_discussion","replies":[],"displayName":"Joseph"}}-->

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 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. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:57, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240323165700","author":"Zmbro","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Zmbro-20240323165700-Good_article_reassessment_for_Star_Wars:_Episode_I_\u2013_The_Phantom_Menace","replies":[]}}-->

The article Zombie (The Cranberries song) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Zombie (The Cranberries song) and Talk:Zombie (The Cranberries song)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 17:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240328170300","author":"Grnrchst","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Grnrchst-20240328170300-Your_GA_nomination_of_Zombie_(The_Cranberries_song)","replies":[]}}-->

The article Zombie (The Cranberries song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zombie (The Cranberries song) for comments about the article, and Talk:Zombie (The Cranberries song)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 10:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240402102100","author":"Grnrchst","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Grnrchst-20240402102100-Your_GA_nomination_of_Zombie_(The_Cranberries_song)_2","replies":[]}}-->

The article If You Had My Love you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:If You Had My Love for comments about the article, and Talk:If You Had My Love/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kyle Peake -- Kyle Peake (talk) 08:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240407080200","author":"Kyle Peake","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kyle_Peake-20240407080200-Your_GA_nomination_of_If_You_Had_My_Love_3","replies":[]}}-->

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240412150500","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240412150500-WikiCup_2024_April_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

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.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240429133700","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240429133700-WikiCup_2024_May_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

Hello. I noticed that you're quite involved in Madonna articles and topics, so I thought you might be the best person to reach out to. I noticed that The Immaculate Collection is a GA and so are all 17 songs that are included in the track list, which should make it eligible to be a good topic. I thought I'd like you know in case you were interested in making it a topic. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240605160600","author":"Hey man im josh","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Hey_man_im_josh-20240605160600-Another_Madonna_GT","replies":["c-Igordebraga-20240605201800-Hey_man_im_josh-20240605160600"]}}-->

The topic is ready, I only didn't put it up on the FTC yet (decided GHV2 had less articles in common with Celebration and could take priority). If you want to put your name instead of mine and do that, feel free! Also, support for the I'm Breathless nomination is welcome. igordebraga ≠ 20:18, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240605201800","author":"Igordebraga","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Igordebraga-20240605201800-Hey_man_im_josh-20240605160600","replies":[]}}-->

Hello Igordebraga!

A few weeks ago, you removed 90482 Orcus from Wikipedia:Featured topics/Dwarf planets, stating in your edit summary that "the candidacy asked for the removal of Orcus".[4] Since then, the question of Orcus's dwarf planet status has been discussed on its talk page. In another discussion, the articles for Sedna, Gonggong and Quaoar have recently been renamed, with a corresponding change of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)#Dwarf planets that now refers directly to the featured topics list.

With a request for Orcus to be moved to Orcus (dwarf planet) currently going on at Talk:90482 Orcus#Requested move 14 June 2024, it would be nice if you could chime in, maybe explain your earlier edit summary (which I find somewhat cryptic). Would you consider the situation now to be different enough that you'd agree Orcus should be on that featured topics list? Thank you! Renerpho (talk) 15:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240614155800","author":"Renerpho","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Renerpho-20240614155800-90482_Orcus","replies":[]}}-->

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240629213000","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240629213000-WikiCup_2024_July_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

The redirect Seven Sages (Zelda series) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 7 § Seven Sages (Zelda series) until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 07:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240807070000","author":"Steel1943","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Steel1943-20240807070000-\"Seven_Sages_(Zelda_series)\"_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Igor,

Where is the Top 25 report work-in-progress week? I mean where do you all write the week's article before you put it on the front page of the Top 25 report? I would like to help out. I notice usually the top 25 report is published for the week before the publish week and so I'm sure you're taking that time to write it. Alexysun (talk) 20:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240821201500","author":"Alexysun","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Alexysun-20240821201500-Top_25_report_work_in_progress","replies":[]}}-->

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240830031200","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240830031200-WikiCup_2024_August_newsletter","replies":[]}}-->

Regarding the next issue's Traffic report: 603 of the 803 edits to Antisemitic trope were by a single editor who is now indefinitely blocked. The block cited (among other things) WP:DISRUPTIVE and WP:TENDENTIOUS editing. I don't know if you usually see something like this, so thought I'd point out that I noticed it. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241023184600","author":"Bri","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bri-20241023184600-Most_edited_articles","replies":[]}}-->

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
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• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,
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here's hoping your holiday time is wonderful and
- especially -

that the New Year will be an improvement on the old.
CHEERS!

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