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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.

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Welcome, welcome, welcome Ealdgyth! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Hope this finds you well. Just noticed the above (York Med. Press, 2018: eds Cleaver & Worm) is open access from Boydell & Brewer, here, if you're interested. All the best! SerialNumber54129 11:45, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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50		Hōjō Tokimasa (talk)	Add sources
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46		Military history of the Crusader states (talk)	Add sources
406		War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) (talk)	Add sources
97		Hōjō Masako (talk)	Cleanup
167		Miami-Dade County Public Schools (talk)	Cleanup
3,951		Napoleonic Wars (talk)	Cleanup
34		1180s (talk)	Expand
812		Latin Empire (talk)	Expand
592		Emirate of Granada (talk)	Expand
383		Hōjō clan (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
150		Duchy of Pomerania (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
13		Ernest Norman (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
15		Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191) (talk)	Merge
10		Siege of Silves (1190) (talk)	Merge
2		Daguan station (Hangzhou Metro) (talk)	Merge
46		See 'n Say (talk)	Wikify
80		Battle of Belvoir Castle (talk)	Wikify
2,227		Seljuk Empire (talk)	Wikify
3		Milan–Lodi War (talk)	Orphan
4		Altarpiece of the Centenar de la Ploma (talk)	Orphan
4		Abu Farwa (talk)	Orphan
15		Imai Kanehira (talk)	Stub
32		Battle of Awazu (talk)	Stub
6		Ōba Kagechika (talk)	Stub
24		Taira no Kagekiyo (talk)	Stub
18		Taira no Shigehira (talk)	Stub
32		Miura clan (talk)	Stub

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• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
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Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Justus, introduced (in 2009): "... and now is ready to shine on the big stage. Well, as much as any medieval bishop can shine... Yet another (and hopefully last) of the Gregorian mission bishops, this guy's a bit more shadowy than even Mellitus, since we don't have the gout or the miracles to colour up his life."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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207		Frankokratia (talk)	Add sources
6		Siege of Jaén (1225) (talk)	Add sources
155		Livonian Crusade (talk)	Add sources
577		Mongol invasion of Europe (talk)	Add sources
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203		Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (talk)	Cleanup
17		Medieval Muslim Algeria (talk)	Cleanup
563		History of Morocco (talk)	Cleanup
20		1240s (talk)	Expand
20		1210s (talk)	Expand
19		1230s (talk)	Expand
24		Military of the Mamluk Sultanate (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
206		Ottokar II of Bohemia (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
5		Rūsiņš (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
26		Teesta Low Dam - III Hydropower Plant (talk)	Merge
21		Optical power budget (talk)	Merge
3		Patient Safety Commissioner (talk)	Merge
14		Llywelyn ap Dafydd (talk)	Wikify
122		First Mongol invasion of Hungary (talk)	Wikify
48		Kadan (talk)	Wikify
2		John de Cambo (talk)	Orphan
8		Andrew I.E. Ewoh (talk)	Orphan
5		Bharatpura (talk)	Orphan
5		Alexios Kaballarios (talk)	Stub
20		Wales in the High Middle Ages (talk)	Stub
254		Hypomyces lactifluorum (talk)	Stub
21		Ibn Hud (talk)	Stub
20		Anna Komnene Angelina (talk)	Stub
3		Llywelyn ap Maredudd (talk)	Stub

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