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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) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, you're receiving this note because you're currently signed up for the 2022 WikiCup and don't yet have any points in the competition. As you may know, scoring any points in the first round is traditionally sufficient to advance to the second, and a fast way to get 5 points is to complete a good article review. Given that the January 2022 Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive is active for another 10 days, you might be interested in pitching in. Complete one review, and you'll be on to the next round in WikiCup; complete two or three, and you'll also be eligible to win some barnstars. As always, quality reviews with attention to detail are expected. Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 19:43, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there. Can you review the article's FL nomination and send there comments (or promote if necessary), please? Your feedback would be appreciated! Dr Salvus 00:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, looking forward to this TFL on Feb 25. One thing: Plants of the World includes both seed-bearing and spore-bearing families. There are about 100 times more seed-bearing than spore-bearing genera ... but the spore-bearing genera have a more complicated taxonomy and completely different nomenclature, so in an attempt to avoiding overwhelming the non-botanists, all my genus lists cover seed-bearing plants only. You might or might not want to change "Seed-bearing families are listed in Plants of the World" to something like "Plant families, most of them seed-bearing, are listed in Plants of the World". But I admit I don't know the TFL blurb conventions, or how you like to signal what the reader should expect. - Dank (push to talk) 23:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"These seed-bearing families are listed ..." is another option. - Dank (push to talk) 13:15, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 18 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal between the Canadian and the American national soccer teams was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 00:02, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

RunningTiger123 is not sure that Olympedia is a reliable. I know that Olympedia was created as a spinoff of Sports Reference and maintained by OlyMADMen, the same folks who maintained the Olympic stats when the data was posted on Sports Reference. Also, Olympedia has been mentioned in Washington Post, Slate, and Swimming World magazine. So I was wondering if you could help assure RunningTiger123 that Olympedia is credible since you have worked on a few sports-relate articles.

Also, I have some questions related to CJ Ujah's stripped silver medal and how it should be reported in regards to the 2020 Summer Olympics medal table. You can read my question on my featured list nomination for said list.

--Birdienest81talk 02:19, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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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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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

I noticed that the Today's featured list/Submissions page is nearly full with 13 submissions listed. One of those lists {74th Academy Awards) has already appeared on the Main Page the day after this year's ceremony (March 28, 2022) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the event. Two other lists (Judy Ann Santos filmography and List of Hulk video games) have been selected to appear on the Main Page this month. I was wondering if you will remove the three lists from the submissions page since they have been already selected to appear on the page (The 74th Oscars already appeared over a month ago!) and in order to free up space for new submissions?

--Birdienest81talk 08:17, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but why did you archive the FLC for the List of The Book of Boba Fett characters? I got a pass from the source reviewer and from the other person who reviewed the actual article. So how is it a fail. It also probably needed more votes though. ― Kaleeb18^Talk_Caleb 13:51, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giants. Would it be possible to schedule mewithoutYou discography on August 22nd. The band plays their last show on the 20th. I would be requesting the 19th, but it appears that it is already taken. -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 14:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thanks for the notification about the upcoming TFL, I just added a couple of suggestions. 1) I think it is worth mentioning the developer and publisher (Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment). 2) There are multiple options for an image including: File:Spider-Man-PS4-2018.png (logo for the game), File:Insomniac Games logo.svg (logo for the developer), or File:Yuri Lowenthal 2018 cropped.jpg (voice actor of the main character who was nominated for awards.  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 19:46, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 27 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

Vanamonde 00:02, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giants2008, thanks for selecting my FLC nomination, List of female chess grandmasters, for TFL. I was planning to nominate it at some point; however, I was planning to wait for a major women's chess tournament to occur to coincide with the TFL date. I also don't have time to maintain the article on the particular day it is scheduled for TFL. For those reasons, I would prefer to delay it appearing as TFL. Ideally, I would re-nominate on my own for some future date TBD. Thanks! Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:10, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. How did you become a FL director? I ask because I'd like to contribute to TFL. Dr Salvus 16:34, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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Hey, glad to hear that. If you have no objection, the name will be changing shortly to List of alismatid family names with etymologies. Clunky, I know, but it happened because of points raised by Umimmak here, and you'll find an explanation at the top of the page. I pinged all the supporters of List of alismatid monocot families for their thoughts ... no replies. - Dank (push to talk) 18:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC) (Note: I subtracted "monocot" after feedback.) - Dank (push to talk) 18:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Giants2008,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year!

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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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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]

Hi! Thank you for notifying me about the TFL scheduled for March 6th for List of Symphyotrichum species. Is it too late to requested for it to be rescheduled for late August or early September? I ask because nearly all species in this genus bloom in North American late summer and autumn (August through November, depending on location and weather). – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 07:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping me edit the Michael Jordan page since I'm not a confirmed user! SuspiciousPenguin2 (talk) 06:59, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1857 baseball convention, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that under a rules draft presented at the 1857 baseball convention, baseball bats would have been allowed to be shaved flat on one side? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1857 baseball convention. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1857 baseball convention), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giants2008,

Glad to see you're still volunteering your time with Wikipedia. It's been so long since I've regularly edited the site, but I still remember you being a prominent member of FLC 😄

There is a minor error in the TFL blurb. The Senators weren't mentioned in the blurb except in the last sentence where it's assumed the Senators were already mentioned. Instead of "Senators", I would replace it with "the defunct Ottawa Senators".

Best wishes,

--K.Annoyomous (talk) 09:25, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@K. Annoyomous: Long time no see! Great to hear from you again. I've made the change in the blurb. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's very easy to lose mentions of linked items when condensing a lead's content, and this kind of feedback helps make our blurbs the best they can be. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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. Good luck! 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) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated New Zealand national rugby union team for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 02:16, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giants2008, thanks for using List of cities founded by Alexander the Great as a TFL. I've made some changes to the blurb, as I think some focus should be placed on the cities themselves—what do you think>? I've removed a sentence to accomodate the changes, but if I've gone over a character limit please let me know. Thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:45, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing that this edit has more to do with reservations about my Kubitzki citations and references than anything else. I'll get to work on that. If there's anything else I need to be doing, please let me know. - Dank (push to talk) 17:48, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All done. Kubitzki summarizes each book in an initial section, and that section provided me with the essential information in each case, so Kubitzki is now the only author for cites from those 3 books. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW: I have no preference on when to run these plant family lists at TFL ... do whatever works for you. - Dank (push to talk) 14:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. First off, thank you for all the work you put in as the featured list director. Secondly, I noticed that Wikipedia:Today's featured list/Statistics was out of date, only going up to the end of February. Is there a reason for this? If it's related to you and your delegates having limited time I'd be more than happy to help out and get the table up to date. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Giants2008, I don't mean to be a bother, but I wanted to follow up on this question. As mentioned, I'm happy to help keep the table updated if you don't mind the help, but I don't want to overstep. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:07, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: Sorry about that. Responding to this was on my mind but I let it slip. I've been the one, for the most part, who has been updating TFL stats when I have free time. Real life work prevents me from doing that in the spring, so I wind up having to catch up over the rest of the year. Any help you could provide would be a huge weight off my back. Giants2008 (Talk) 13:34, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries @Giants2008, we all have things that slip our minds. I'll start chipping away at it later on today after I get through a few of my daily tasks. You just let me know if I'm doing anything you yourself wouldn't and I'll adjust accordingly. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: That sounds amazing. Thank you so much. The one thing I should note is that I try to round the views to the nearest hundred, barring some cases where the number ends near 50, for which I round it to 50. Rounding had been done on the stat lists before I started doing them, so I attempted to keep things consistent. I won't object if you want to use exact numbers, but bear in mind that changing all of the old figures would be a lot of work. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:11, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I hate to ask but do you think we could slide this TFL a little later than July 14? I’d still love to see it as a TFL, but I really haven’t looked over this list in 10 years since its 2013 FLC, and I know that in that time, more reliable sources have come to light that can give more precise release dates in several cases. That’s not to say it’s not still FL-quality, but I do take to heart that a piece of featured content should exempt Wikipedia’s best work and because more sources are available than there were in 2013, I think I can do even better. Unfortunately I only have so many hours a week I can work on Wikipedia and I have a FAC that is currently garnering most of my attention, so I’d really appreciate a bit more time to absolutely make this list the best it can be. Red Phoenix ^talk 18:15, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just checking in on your opinion. FLC has historically had three people running it, though the activity levels of all three have varied a lot. FLC is currently running just fine - we've actually had a good year so far in 2023 for promotions, and overall article/list percentage of FLs is rising - but we do essentially have only two people active, and have had for some time. TRM has had 73 edits so far this year (for comparison, you've had ~600 and I've had ~2000), which is whatever, but he also hasn't commented on an FLC at all since August; his last FLC closure was a procedural one in May 2022. He actually only closed things 4 times in 2022; before that his last close was in April 2021, which was his only one since summer 2020. On one hand, this maybe indicates that we don't need a 3rd person if it took 3 years to even comment on it, but on the other hand if the idea was to have a director and two delegates, we essentially don't. Do you think it's an issue? --PresN 01:48, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• @PresN: It appears as if TRM hasn't been very active since being topic-banned from ITN earlier this year. If we assume that he will remain relatively inactive going forward, I do think it would be beneficial for FLC to have a third delegate at a minimum. One of the things I see throughout the site is that many processes are heavily dependent on one or two people. If those editors take a break or retire, the processes they are involved in can have issues if nobody is willing to take on the duties. I've been FL director for over a decade (can't believe I just typed that), and seeing this does make me stop and think about the future. If I was ever to take a step back from FL (not that I'm planning on it), I'd hate to think that it could cause problems for you and the rest of the fine editors working at FLC, or that a process I really care about could end up having difficulties. Even someone like you doing all of the tasks isn't great, as the person left "in charge" is likely to get burned out at some point themselves. I think the time is right to get some new blood in, if the right editor(s) can be found. Any ideas on who it should be? Giants2008 (Talk) 00:41, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• I agree that its safer to have a bigger net of editors for FLC. I didn't have anyone in mind, though, unfortunately. I suppose we could do an election again. --PresN 13:55, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Hey, one year on, I was thinking about this. I do have someone in mind now- Hey man im josh (unlinked so I don't ping them- I'd email you but you don't have it turned on). Over the past year, they've had a string of 20 FLs, been very active in reviewing, become an admin, and have been active in the WP:Discord in discussions helping people with the FLC process. I'd feel comfortable having them joining in as a delegate and trusting their judgement. I haven't asked them if they're interested, as I wanted to run it by you first, but I suspect they would be. --PresN 04:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I've seen them around FLC a lot and think they would be a solid choice. I say go ahead and ask them, and if they want the job go to FLC talk and ask for input. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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)

On 15 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Wooden's UCLA Bruins won the NCAA Division I basketball championship in his last game as head coach? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game), 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.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, since you're the featured list director, I figured I'd ask for your help. I totally missed the the rule of only one active FLC until it gained substantial support. My first one was nominated back in June but still doesn't have substantial support.

While I was waiting, I worked on a couple more lists and and recently nominated them, before nominating a fourth one today on behalf of another editor. So in short, could you archive or delete this one and this one? And hopefully I can get an exception and have two open FLCs since I've received some feedback on both? To go with the first one linked above from June, I'm hoping to keep this one active as well. -- ZooBlazer^talk 08:11, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I ended up getting one of them archived yesterday. Didn't realize {{@FLC}} existed, otherwise I would have done that sooner.

But since I first left a message here, I've gained 2-3 supports on each of my nominations, so I'm hoping an exception can be made to keep all 3 open now, but I know for the future not to nominate so many lists at once. The funny thing is that Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by WandaVision/archive1 ended up getting support faster than my first 2 nominations, despite that being where I was told of the nomination rules. In short I'm hoping I'll get the rest of the support I need on that nomination soon so that I'm back down to just 2 nominations. ZooBlazer 22:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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Seeking your kind attention to the confusion regarding this FL candidature. Every raised issue has been resolved. yet it has not been promoted to FL. The closing comment is also unclear. Thanks in advance. 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^🍁 04:44, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giants, hope you are well! I randomly stumbled upon this FLC yesterday, which was created back in October but never added to WP:FLC. I thought about just adding it myself, but I now see that the creator hasn't been active in nearly a month. Should the FLC be archived or just left to drift off into the ether.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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]

Happy New Year!

Giants2008,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 13:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 13:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As the FL director, do you think 2009 College Football All-America Team should still be featured based off of the current changes? (see the list's talk page for details) Also, note that you took part in the original review. Thank you. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've reviewed the wording for the TfL for 29 January and would like to suggest some changes to include mention of the two castles and change the picture which I think may be a bit more hooky that the College Gateway:

Leeds Castle

There are 42 Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone. The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district in the English county of Kent. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". The Grade I buildings in Maidstone include Allington Castle and Leeds Castle (pictured) and many Norman- or medieval-era churches or church related buildings. The greatest concentration of Grade I listed buildings is in central Maidstone, where the Archbishop's Palace, Church of All Saints, the Tithe Barn and the College Gateway form a related group next to the River Medway. (Full list...)

DavidCane (talk) 00:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 20 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Billy Fitzgerald (lacrosse), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a journalists' poll rated Billy Fitzgerald the second-best Canadian lacrosse player of the first half of the 20th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Billy Fitzgerald (lacrosse). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Billy Fitzgerald (lacrosse)), 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) 00:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated PNC Park for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 20:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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]

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RamzyM (WMF) 23:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, is it possible for you to select a different article for the July 5 TFL? I was planning to nominate List of games by Supermassive Games at a later date to coincide with one of their game releases. -- ZooBlazer 21:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

I have a problem with the sentence fragment "with whom the band released their second best-selling album, Back in Black, to which it sold 50 million copies worldwide." Back in Black is the group's best-selling album and the world's second-best selling album not the group's second best-selling album..shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 11:53, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@shaidar cuebiyar: This was a minor mistake that I made when making the TFL submission. I just re-worded the sentence now. — VAUGHAN J. (t · c) 11:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

Hi Giants2008, I was wondering if you if we could modify this a litle. You see These include the national flag, the coat of arms, could we add "(pictured)" after the "coat of arms" so that we now have These include the national flag, the coat of arms (pictured)? I did not want to edit it directly since I do not know if I am allowed to :) Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:42, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also figured out that queues like these:

• Wikipedia:Today's featured list/October 4, 2024
• Wikipedia:Today's featured list/October 7, 2024
• Wikipedia:Today's featured list/October 11, 2024

All need to be updated in the "Recently featured:" section based on the switch from List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Mexico to National symbols of Nigeria. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:55, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing this! I feel so stupid that I didn't realise early that nothing needed to be done to the pages I listed above, hahaha. I see now that they're automatically transcluded and nothing really has to be edited. Thanks, and happy editing! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• 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.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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Hey Giants, I was going to email you about this, but I see that you don't have that option enabled. Is there a reason that we use the term "delegate" instead of "coordinator" at WP:FLC? I sometimes wonder if it'd make more sense to rename the delegate title to coordinator to be more in line with what other projects (such as WP:FAC) refer to those folks as, with you of course maintaining the title of director or lead coordinator. It would also have the added benefit of me not having to explain what the difference between a delegate and a coordinator is when people ask lol. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• @Hey man im josh: The term delegate was actually in use at FAC back when I first became involved with the FLC process. These are some examples from way back in the day when the term was used there: [1][2][3][4]. I don't remember when the phrase coordinator started being used, although this 2013 post refers to delegate/coordinator as being equivalent, and this makes it seem like the coordinator term had fully taken root by 2014. However, it's been so long that I don't recall many of the particulars; in fact, seeing this just now leaves me in disbelief that I've been involved in FLC leadership for almost 15 years now. I'm officially old. :-((( Regarding the term, I just think no one at FLC ever felt like changing it until now. This is the first time I can recall the topic being brought up (maybe people commented about this on emails I never saw?). I'd bring this up at FLC talk, but a rename isn't something I'd object to. It does make sense to me to unify the terminology with FA. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:23, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]