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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

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)

DYK for Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada

On 18 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Izvestiya Askhabadskogo Soveta was the first Bolshevik newspaper published in present-day Turkmenistan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Głos Kolejarzy Ewakuowanych — Golos Evakuirovannykh Zheleznodorozhnikov

On 22 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Głos Kolejarzy Ewakuowanych — Golos Evakuirovannykh Zheleznodorozhnikov, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War I the organ of evacuated Polish railway workers in Moscow denounced the trade unions of the Warsaw–Vienna railway as "separatists"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Głos Kolejarzy Ewakuowanych — Golos Evakuirovannykh Zheleznodorozhnikov. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Głos Kolejarzy Ewakuowanych — Golos Evakuirovannykh Zheleznodorozhnikov), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Petergofsky District

On 28 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Petergofsky District, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that between February and August 1918 the Petergofsky District mobilized more than 20 combat units for the Red Army? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Petergofsky District. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Petergofsky District), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve 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.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament 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) and Lee 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 from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

DYK for 1917 Moscow District Duma elections

On 2 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1917 Moscow District Duma elections. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1917 Moscow District Duma elections), 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.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)