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Why is this account considered unverified? He shows himself making a wikipedia edit in his video which is done by the account on Christopher Billopp which is done by this account. Please verify this account. Flalf (talk) 16:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Flalf: It's been verified. Check the user page. (talk page stalker) (edit conflict) –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 16:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for the article on Fongum Gorji Dinka! Your first article is always a milestone - and trust me, it doesn't take long before you get the hang of things. Cheers! Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 12:23, 19 January 2020 (UTC) |
Thank you so much :) I’ll add it to my page later (I’m on mobile rn) Flalf (talk) 17:16, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Welcome aboard matey!
Ahoy! Welcome aboard the SS Wikipedia, it do be yer captain speaking! You are hereby commissioned into CaptainEek's crew as a deckhand. If ye be crafty and good at catching sources, it won't be long before you graduate with a captainship of yer own.
Nah but seriously, glad to have you as an adoptee, you look like you care and want to get more involved. I'm excited to work with you. I can try to help guide you on improving Ambazonia further. You might be interested in taking it to Good Status, which we could arrange. If you have some other new articles in mind, let me know and we can go from there. Unlike some adopters, I am pretty freeform, and am here as a source and guide, rather than taking you through a specific course or series of lectures. If you'd like that, I can devise some, but otherwise I'm letting you choose what direction you'd like to go. Anytime you have a concern or question, post a note on my talk page, and I can explain in depth. You've mentioned wanting to get involved in other areas of Wikipedia, and we could talk about those once you have some more content experience under your belt.
Whenever you want me to look at something, make sure you ping me or drop a note on my talk page. Smooth sailing, CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 02:54, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Captain, I'm glad to be aboard, and help on Ambazonia and Great grain robbery would be amazing. Flalf (talk) 02:56, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
I like seeing you around, and i just wanted you to know that you're awesome! :D
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Amazing!
Amazing work, especially for a newbie, new articles are good. You can learn from other users, especially if you have them on your watchlist. I added to the NI Danish bank talk page with the Rater tool. Learn to use Rater, and you can help me do assessments. Ask me if you need details, here, there, or by Email. --Dthomsen8 (talk) 20:24, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dthomsen8: Thanks for the compliment, I'll be sure to check the tool out! FlalfTalk 02:58, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Flalf:On Talk:Provisional Irish Republican Army, I asked you about fixing a template. Tell me, or fix it yourself, please.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 23:05, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Dthomsen8: sorry for the late reply but I’m currently dealing with a bunch of stress related to the virus and the fact that are little mites in my computer and everything is kind of a mess, I’ll get back to you hopefully in around a week or you can refer to another user. Apologies and thanks! FlalfTalk 00:39, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Flalf:On Talk:Provisional Irish Republican Army, I asked you about fixing a template. Tell me, or fix it yourself, please.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 23:05, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Promotion
For your continued meritorious service in the Captain's crew, I hereby promote you to the rank of "Rope Learner", which reflects the fact that you have learned the ropes, and can now take on more difficult tasks, such as tying down the mizzenmast. This promotion is chiefly because of your great (no pun intended) work on Great grain robbery. I'd say its probably ready for a shot at Good Article status. If you'd like help with putting it up, let me know. I can also help out during the review process. Smooth sailing, CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 00:26, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
- I graciously accept my promotion as Rope Learner and I would be very grateful if you took a peek at the peer review because I'd like to finished that before taking a try at GAN. Thanks! FlalfTalk 00:38, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Policy and guidance
In this comment you state "It fails Wikipedia:Manuel of Style" however the MOS is a guideline not a policy. I think relevent policy is WP:EDIT. -- PBS (talk) 08:23, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, I couldn't quite remember where I got it and both MOVE and MOS were relevant. Thanks. FlalfTalk 17:35, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello
Hello Flalf, just wanted to send some warm regards your way. I don't think it was right that we placed the focus specifically on you at the Village Pump. No error in judgement on your part, just yet another one of those "norms" one learns by occasionally breaking them. Have been here for 1.5 years and I still continue to accidentally break some Wikipedia norms – Thjarkur (talk) 00:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for your concern! I'm a new(er) wikipedian and I really try to avoid this kind of stuff and it was a bit anxiety inducing for me. Thanks for clearing it up. FlalfTalk 03:15, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
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No, it’s okay, I don’t think i could find sufficient material. Maybe I’ll start from scratch later. FlalfTalk 01:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Great Grain Robbery
Hello, the GA notification bot seems to be down for the last few days, so this is to let you know that I done a GA review at Talk:Great Grain Robbery/GA1. There are some aspects of the article needing changing or expansion that the review has identified and I have placed the nomination on hold. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
reply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Democratic_Republic_of_Yemen#Reverts Gooduserdude (talk) 15:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Great Grain Robbery
The article Great Grain Robbery you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Great Grain Robbery for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wasted Time R -- Wasted Time R (talk) 05:47, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Wasted Time R: The only like I needed to fix for it to pass was 'major aspects' of scope but even after reading policy I'm still a little confused as to what that means, could you help? I'll probably end up doing the rest later as I'm quite busy irl. So sorry to bother! FlalfTalk 02:36, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Flalf: Yes, the primary area where I thought the article did not meet the GA level was in WP:Good article criteria item 3a: "Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic". In particular, the article needs to discuss four things that are not mentioned now: détente with the Soviet Union; the involvement of large agribusiness corporations; Congressional hearings; and the 1972 presidential election.
- Regarding time, disregard the "7 days" notice above – that is from the standard bot text. Adding new material takes time even in normal circumstances, and what we are all going through these days is not normal! Wasted Time R (talk) 10:42, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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Explanation
Flalf, could you explain me that why did you reverted my recent edit to Climate of West Bengal?
No matter, I am re-editing this
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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. 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. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Nationalmuseum robbery
On 4 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nationalmuseum robbery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that armed robbers stole an estimated $30–45 million worth of paintings from Sweden's Nationalmuseum in December 2000, including two Renoirs and a Rembrandt? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nationalmuseum robbery), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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. |
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DYK for Imants Lešinskis
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Edit summaries
Hello. [1] This WP:Edit summary is not helpful because it does not summarize the edit. The message should have been placed on the other editor's Talk page. Thanks anyway. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 22:40, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, was getting a bit annoyed, was just rambling. FlalfTalk 22:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
- Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
- ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
- Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
- Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
- The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
- Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
- Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
- Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
- Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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Kitten
Thank you very much for the pussy cat! :D EkoGraf (talk) 11:57, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
- The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
- Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
- Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
- Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
- Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
- Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
- Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.
Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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Thank you
Thanks I still got to work on many thing :)JozzySpark (talk) 19:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Danish Civil War
On 20 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Danish Civil War, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Danish Civil War was put on pause so that the participants could go on a crusade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Danish Civil War. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Danish Civil War), 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. |
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Your hook reached 11,570 views (482.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2021 – nice work! |
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Hello
Thank you for the welcome. I have left Discord though :) JozzySpark (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Reverting vandalism before it even happens!!! Keep up the good work :) Mwiqdoh (talk) 02:33, 11 June 2021 (UTC) |
WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
- The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
- Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
- Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
- Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
- BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; 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 other contestants, 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.
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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:
- The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
- Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
- Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
- Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
- BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
- Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
- Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points
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.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
- Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
- Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.
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 WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. 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 2022 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
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)
WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
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.
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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
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:
- 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.
- AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
- Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
- Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
- Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
- Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
- 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)