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WikiCup report
First round of the WikiCup finishes
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed, and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two from each group advance to round 3, along with an additional 16 of the remaining top-scorers across all groups advancing as "wildcards".
Cas Liber (
submissions ) claimed the first Featured Article,
Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. In addition, twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by
Cyclonebiskit (
submissions ), and two each by
MPJ-DK (
submissions ),
Hurricanehink (
submissions ),
User:12george1 (
submissons ) , and
Cas Liber (
submissions ). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by
Adam Cuerden (
submissions ) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by
Cwmhiraeth (
submissions ). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with
J Milburn (
submissions ) completing nine.
Gallery of content
This gallery focuses on one typical contribution from each user in the top 25 contributors (after which it gets harder to illustrate)
First-place
Adam Cuerden (
submissions ) worked primarily on historical images, such as this restoration of a portrait of
Billy Strayhorn .
Persoonia terminalis was brought to featured article status by the second-place
Cas Liber (
submissions ).
Third-place
Cwmhiraeth (
submissions ) created numerous new articles, primarily on biological species. The
Brazilian guitarfish is shown.
Hurricane Danny was one of three hurricane articles massively expanded and brought to good article status by fourth-place
Cyclonebiskit (
submissions )
Fifth-place
MPJ-DK (
submissions ) worked mainly on wrestling articles and lists, such as
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship .
Godot13 (
submissions ) gained sixth place with four featured pictures, including this one of Stanley Police Station in the
Falkland Islands .
User:12george1 (
submissons ) gained seventh place with two good articles on hurricanes. (
Cyclone Peter shown).
Eighth-place
Worm That Turned (
submissions ) created a good article on Scottish botanist and natural historian
Christian Ramsay , Countess of Dalhousie.
Two of the three cyclones in this image (Typhoons
Chan-hom and
Nangka ) were raised to good article status by ninth-place
Hurricanehink (
submissions ). The smallest,
Tropical Storm Linfa , is up for good article status right now.
J Milburn (
submissions ) placed tenth with his article work, including new articles on
Jo-Anne McArthur , a Canadian photojournalist and animal activist, and the documentary
The Ghosts in Our Machine , of which McArthur is the primary subject.
The article on
Jochen Rindt , the only driver to win the
Formula One World Drivers' Championship posthumously, was brought to good article status by
Zwerg Nase (
submissions )
The Squirrel Conspiracy (
submissions ) created, amongst other things, a new article on
Bridget Tan , a migrant worker's rights advocate from Singapore who founded the
Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics .
Human3015 (
submissions ) created on an article on
tourism in South Sudan , amongst other things.
Sudd swamp, one of the largest wetlands in the world, is located there.
The
Linguistic Society of America is now the subject of a good article, thanks to
Wugapodes (
submissions )
Princess Charlotte of Prussia is a particularly complete new article by
Ruby2010 (
submissions ). We will likely see it raise to good article status soon.
Cricketer
Mustafizur Rahman , seen here with his family, now has a good article about him thanks to
Ikhtiar H (
submissions ).
The article on the Filipino general
Antonio Luna , a significant figure in the
Philippine–American War , gained good article status thanks to
Arius1998 (
submissions ).
Pierre Guillemin , a French rugby union player, had his article brought to good article status by
FunkyCanute (
submissions )
Ealdgyth (
submissions )'s nine new articles on Mediaeval English personages are hard to illustrate (the
Domesday Book here stands in for them).
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is a new talk show with the former
The Daily Show writer... well,
you can probably guess her name .
Muboshgu (
submissions ) created its article as part of their work.
The
Eckwersheim derailment in France is a recent railway disaster on which
AHeneen (
submissions ) did excellent work pulling together the facts and raising the article to good article status.
Alfonsina Orsini ruled the
Republic of Florence during her son's absence - and was a major player in getting him the rulership in the first place - but had only the barest stub of an article before
1bandsaw (
submissions ) stepped in.
Barnstorming pilot
Albin K. Longren gained an article thanks to
SteveStrummer (
submissions ).
A new article on
St. Paul's Church in
Rusthall ,
Kent is one of the new articles created by
The C of E (
submissions ).
Captain Assassin! (
submissions ) created an article on the upcoming film
Before I Fall (Director
Ry Russo-Young pictured).
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Our apologies to Ruby2010 : While I did write a blurb for her contributions, it didn't appear in first publication due to me forgetting to add the link to the actual picture, causing her entry to be hidden. Oops! Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:25, 13 March 2016 (UTC) reply
Most exciting thing on wikipedia. -- violet nese 23:12, 13 March 2016 (UTC) reply