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Second-level country article question

Does, for example, the Flag of North Korea count as a "second-level country article"? "Flag of ..." is not listed in Wikipedia:Sample country outline, but all countries' outlines list their respective flags. Yue🌙 01:51, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We had a brief discussion about flag articles with another participant recently; the short answer is no, primarily because it is not typical for flags to receive a dedicated section in the main article about their countries, and vexillology articles clearly do not have the same significance as, say, Culture of... or Economy of... articles. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 06:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TechnoSquirrel69: Got it, thank you! Yue🌙 20:08, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My leaderboard

Recently, Ixtal put my DYK into the GANR section of the leaderboard, and said it should be worth 10 points, meaning I could get 15, can any coordinator fix this? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 23:46, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i've fixed the issue - it's up to date now :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:45, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Réunion

Does Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean next to Mauritius, count for points? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As of right now, no. Neither the International Monetary Fund nor the United Nations have identified it as a developing economy. We could add it to the list by consensus, like we did for Greenland, but I'm not sure we want to do that a month and a half into the contest. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 00:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

If you expand and nominate an article which appeared ITN, does it count for points? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:54, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As per the scoring page, yes, if you do significant work on the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:01, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29: According to XTools, I have 23.1 authorship of the article, is it significant enough to gain points? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:21, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let's see if it gets posted first. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:35, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to participate, go to this link. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Points for an entry

@TechnoSquirrel69, Ixtal, and Sawyer777: Late to notice this, but I think the points for one of my entries - Han Bong-zin - might have been calculated incorrectly. As of now, it has the five base DYK points and a 1.5 multiplier for being least-developed. According to the scoring page, In addition, DYK appearances for articles that were created during or before 2019 will be awarded at least 5 bonus points. For each additional year prior to 2019, the bonus increases by 1. The article for Bong-zin was started in 2011; see here. Wouldn't that mean it gets 13 extra points for age? Just wondering. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:38, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]