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I think I've had enough of this, y'all. So long, and thanks for all the frogs.casualdejekyll19:36, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Update: Replaced with{{Can't retire}} because I keep coming back to this site. Do not expect me to be active. Do not expect me to edit any pages in projectspace. But I'm going to try to feel less guilty about making minor edits every now and then, and maybe someday I'll make a proper return (don't count on it, the stress of this site killed my mental health in October '23 and I'm not going to let that happen again)casualdejekyll14:01, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Casualdejekyll:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding amonth longBacklog Drive!
The goal of this drive is toreduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may findCategory:AfC pending submissions by age orother categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
TheWikiCup 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 theWikiCup 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 pointsCongratulations 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 tosign 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.)Sturmvogel 66 andCwmhiraeth.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, casualdejekyll ,
How are you ? You will remember that a month ago, you kindly helped me improve my first page that had been declined. (Draft:A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx )
Since then, I worked hard at it and corrected it according to your suggestions. Among them, you adviced me to have some sources checked by French speaking wikipedians, what I did : Going Batty and Jumbolino nicely helped me. I think that now this first page is much better and I hope it could be published shortly. It would be for me a great way to start the coming year with wikipedia ! So, would you accept to have a look at this new version and tell me, if the draft is OK and how to publish it ? I am looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely. PhilbobisonPhilbobison (talk)07:20, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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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 onJohn 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 onHö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA onDoom (2016 video game), one GA onBoundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA onHolidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on30 (album), and two DYKs;
Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA onOneShot 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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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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 onJohn Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviewsVami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs onFelix M. Warburg House andDoom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviewsAirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA onHö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviewsSammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stationsMaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA onHolidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on30 (album), and three DYKsSkyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA onOneShot, one DYK and two reviewsIn this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute toVami_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, fiveA-class articles, eight other good articles, and twoFour Awards. Vami also wrote an essay oncompletionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on histo-do list.
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i'm not unretiring, but i did take the time to unsubscribe myself from all these newsletters since the notifications are getting mildly annoying. however i just wanted to drop that if you do leave a message on this page i will see it eventually (since i still read wikipedia logged in) so if you DO need me for whatever reason (and you probably don't, and I probably won't respond for multiple weeks) you have that way of contacting me.casualdejekyll18:32, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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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 11GAs about radio and television;voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? andCora 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 aFA about the2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drinkCapri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanistAnna 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 onWikipedia: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 fromgaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please readWikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs), andFrostly (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 fromWikipedia: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 45good article nomination reviews and 12good articless about radio and television;Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12did you know nominations about coinage and history;SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from afeatured article about the2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, threefeatured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker playerJohn Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? andCora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.The full scores for Round 2 can be seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76in the news credits and at least 200did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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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 1featured article onDeLancey W. Gill, 11good articles, 18did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles onWorlds (Porter Robinson album) andI'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article onKNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article onGreat cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.The full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92in the news credits, and at least 285did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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I've found that plopping a "retired" template at the top of this page was rather short-sighted for what turned out to be a temporary mental health issue. But I think Wikipedia in some parts caused that mental health issue, so I will not return to former editing. I'm just removing the template so I feel like less of a hypocrite whenever I make a minor edit to an article. To set explicit boundaries: I will not be doing any patrolling or any activity in projectspace. I am probably not going to make more than one or two edits every now and then - very similar to my activity during my "retirement", where I occasionally made an edit to an article I was reading because I felt like it. That's it.casualdejekyll14:05, 30 June 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 3featured articles, 2featured lists, 7good articles, and 13did 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 onGenghis Khan and 2 good articles; andBennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article onSusanna 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 seenhere. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93in the news credits, and at least 333did 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 tofeatured topics andgood 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 onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion isAirshipJungleman29 (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, andAryKun (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 tosign 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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For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implementedseveral changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receivetournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.
The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are:Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs ·email),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs ·email),Frostly (talk ·contribs ·email),Guerillero (talk ·contribs ·email) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs ·email). Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receivetournament points at the end of each round. Unlike theround points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.
Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4featured articles and 4good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2In the News articles primarily about athletes.Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.The full scores for round 1 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. 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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receivetournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.
Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24good articles, 28Did you know articles, and oneIn the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politiciansThebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplierfeatured articles onBlack Widow (Natasha Romanova) andGrace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviewsHistory6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from fourfeatured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and agood topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviewsGog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviewsIn addition, we would like to recognizeGeneralissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.
The full scores for round 2 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20good articles and 48did you know articlesGog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9featured topic articles, twofeatured articles, and four good articlesSammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9good topic articlesEveryone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16featured lists, 1featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. 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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9in the news articlesArconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including afeatured article onPhilippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9good articles, 28did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviewsAirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leaderRani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviewsEveryone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12featured lists, 98 good articles, 9good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.
In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).
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 onWikipedia: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 onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges –Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs),Frostly (talk ·contribs),Guerillero (talk ·contribs) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!
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