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Welcome, welcome, welcome AryKun! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
CactiStaccingCrane ( talk)18:39, 1 February 2024 UTC [ refreshvia JWB and Geardona ( talk to me?)
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:
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)
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 12:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey Ary, notice you snagged a bunch of GANs today. I'm online the rest of the afternoon and if you are able, I'd love to knock the one out for Hypericum x inodorum. I can respond to comments quickly and get right to editing. I'm getting really close to a GT and am anxious to get over the finish line. Thanks! Fritzmann ( message me) 19:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article White-winged tapaculo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Scytalopus krabbei is named after Niels Krabbe, who discovered seven other species in its genus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/White-winged tapaculo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, White-winged tapaculo), 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.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
On 30 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Meratus blue flycatcher, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher (pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Meratus blue flycatcher. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Meratus blue flycatcher), 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.
— Ganesha811 ( talk) 00:02, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey, just dropping a quick note to let you no I have no hard feelings about the revert on the honey badger article. I won't argue, but I disagree about the significance of such things. Similar "In popular culture" references are added to articles all the time. They may not be "important," but they're interesting and add dimension to the main topic without detracting. I went to read the article about honey badgers because of the YouTube video, and I was very surprised that there was no mention of it in the article. So that's why I added it. No big deal, though. Win some, lose some and all that. :) Yesthatbruce ( talk) 20:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi AryKun, thanks for participating in the WikiCup. You submitted Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Hot Black Singles number ones of 1989/archive1 for FLCR points in the WikiCup a few weeks ago. I apologize for not letting you know earlier, but per Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, this review does not seem like it's long enough to be eligible for points. I know this may be disappointing, especially if you did conduct an in-depth review and found no issues, but this is done to prevent people from submitting cursory reviews.
In the future, if you don't find any issues in an FLC, it might be best to list how the list complies with the Wikipedia:Featured list criteria. Even if it's only a single paragraph, such a review would qualify for points. – Epicgenius ( talk) 19:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for participating in the March 2024 GA backlog drive. Your commendable contributions (30 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. — Ganesha811 ( talk) 16:03, 10 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:
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)
On 23 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Black-headed tailorbird, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the color of a black-headed tailorbird's throat was thought to depend on sex, but later turned out to depend on age? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black-headed tailorbird. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Black-headed tailorbird), 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.
— Amakuru ( talk) 00:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for not catching your QPQ at the DYK nomination. Thank you for alerting me, and great work on the article! SupremeLordBagel ( talk to me) 23:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)