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DYK for Letterpress (video game)
[edit]On 15 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Letterpress (video game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while developing the sound effects for Letterpress, Loren Brichter spit in his microphone? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Letterpress (video game). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Letterpress (video game)), 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.
Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 00:03, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey! I've noticed you closed the nomination above, but it doesn't seem to be closed for a valid reason. The review was started on 20 December and you posted a single suggestion on 1 January. Then on 23 January, it was suddenly closed as fail for the nominator being inactive for 7 days. But you barely even had started reviewing the article yet. The nominator wasn't even pinged or anything. These closes should only happen when the nomination is put on hold (so after the review is done) and the nominator fails to respond in a timely manner, but they had nothing to respond to begin with. I believe this close should be clarified. Skyshiftertalk 04:30, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- Bruh. I'm gonna trout myself for that. Self-trout TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 04:54, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- The point isn't to ping the nominator, but rather the reason the review was failed for, as I explained above. It is invalid to close a nomination for the nominator being inactive when you haven't even finished your review. If you just wanted to stop reviewing, you could've stated so instead. Skyshiftertalk 11:12, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- I don't get anything TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 00:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- What did you not get? I explained above: "It is invalid to close a nomination for the nominator being inactive when you haven't even finished your review." I initially thought of posting the failed nomination directly at WT:GAN, but wanted to try to resolve with you directly first. Skyshiftertalk 00:07, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- Now I get it. Thanks; will take into consideration for future GA reviews. TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 02:52, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- What did you not get? I explained above: "It is invalid to close a nomination for the nominator being inactive when you haven't even finished your review." I initially thought of posting the failed nomination directly at WT:GAN, but wanted to try to resolve with you directly first. Skyshiftertalk 00:07, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- I don't get anything TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 00:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- The point isn't to ping the nominator, but rather the reason the review was failed for, as I explained above. It is invalid to close a nomination for the nominator being inactive when you haven't even finished your review. If you just wanted to stop reviewing, you could've stated so instead. Skyshiftertalk 11:12, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for participating in this backlog drive! Just wanted to let you know that the review page is for editors to review references added by other editors. As in, a reviewer will randomly select an edit from a random editor to review, rather than you posting your edit there. The reviewed edits will then go under the reviewer's section. I've reviewed the 4 edits you posted there as an example. Feel free to ping me if you have any questions. Thanks! ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 02:32, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
- Ohhhhh I thought it was like the WikiCup where you add everything you've done. Did not know that. Thanks, TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 02:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
Welcome to the drive!
[edit]Welcome, welcome, welcome TrademarkedTWOrantula! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
CactiStaccingCrane (talk)18:56, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)
WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
[edit]The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
- Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
- MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
- Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
- Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
- voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. 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. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Infinite Craft has been accepted
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ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Thank you so much
[edit]... for verifying so many articles! Your work helps make the drive secure against fraud attempts and false submissions. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 03:21, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- you're so very welcome ^-^ TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 03:27, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Beretta 9000 for deletion
[edit]The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beretta 9000 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Chris Troutman (talk) 19:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- TrademarkedTWOrantula, I wanted to emphasize my sorrow at screwing you out of the point you deservedly earned for adding a source to the article. I PROD'd the thing with the idea that by the time the PROD expired, the month would be over and you'd have that point. Sadly, someone reverted my PROD so I had to defend my honor in that regard. I had reviewed your citation so hopefully you will be recompensated although the entry may drop from your log before then. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:29, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- It's aight man. I have a ton of articles I'm glad that they're referenced. We all make mistakes. TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 02:09, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
[edit]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:
- Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
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) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
A citation barnstar for you
[edit]The Citation Barnstar | ||
For good work during WP: FEB24 drive! Davidindia (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2024 (UTC) |
- Thanks for my (technically first) barnstar! TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 23:48, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Robbery Bob
[edit]On 3 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robbery Bob, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a reviewer thought that the video game Robbery Bob contained cringeworthy dialogue? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robbery Bob. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robbery Bob), 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, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award
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This award is given in recognition to TrademarkedTWOrantula for collecting more than 200 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:49, 8 March 2024 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of Wonderputt
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Your GA nomination of Wonderputt
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Your GA nomination of Wonderputt
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Your GA nomination of Squabble (video game)
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Your GA nomination of Squabble (video game)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: A Ride into the Mountains has been accepted
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VRXCES (talk) 05:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Your submission at Articles for creation: Overboard! (2021 video game) has been accepted
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14 novembre (talk) 🇮🇹 13:46, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Your submission at Articles for creation: A Little to the Left has been accepted
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OceanHok (talk) 14:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Your submission at Articles for creation: American Arcadia has been accepted
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ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 13:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
[edit]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:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
- Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
- Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.
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) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Grimace's Birthday
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Your GA nomination of Grimace's Birthday
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sweet Rose Creamery has been accepted
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-- NotCharizard 🗨 08:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)something to ask
[edit]thanks for asking me a good question on this https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Entertainment#a_question_to_some_people but i cant go on the lost media wiki so i'll use wikipedia 2A02:8084:EA4:2B80:3DA5:C984:9F99:4E81 (talk) 21:51, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- You're very welcome. If you have GoAnimate, perhaps you could recreate the video as described by the script? TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 22:01, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- i can't recreate it sadly 2A02:8084:EA4:2B80:ADA8:E8D7:BCB8:8F5B (talk) 21:56, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- If I may ask, why could you not create an account on the Lost Media Wiki? TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 22:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- i only go on this site and some wikis which have fandom users talking to other users so im afraid i cant 2A02:8084:EA4:2B80:ADA8:E8D7:BCB8:8F5B (talk) 21:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
[edit]The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articles about radio and television;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
- BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. 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) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Note!
[edit]I am going to enforce a Wikibreak, as I am about to graduate from school. My grades are (unfortunately) a little low, so I have to temporarily leave Wikipedia. Why don't you try finishing or improving one of my written articles? See y'all in about a month. Peace, TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 05:24, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- About the EFFP report: Try logging in to your account, when the enforcer says bye, don't click on okay, instead immediately go to https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:TrademarkedTWOrantula?action=edit&safemode=1 to edit your userpage. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 04:41, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- Also, since you are on a WikiBreak due to school, you should stop trying to edit your userpage during that time! (ignore me this is a scolding) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 04:42, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Logging in
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Sorry about that
[edit]Hello TWOrantula,
Sorry, didn't mean to scare you off FAC reviewing! I couldn't sleep last night and was probably in a grumpy mood, so apologies if that came off as harsher than intended. More FAC reviewers is generally a good thing.
That said, my comment wasn't totally off-base. My suggestion is that if you're commenting on prose, make clear the difference between "suggestions" /"thoughts" and "this is genuinely a problem, please fix it, I will probably oppose if you ignore this." You were using commanding language like "Change" as an order, so it's going to come off as the latter by default. If what you meant was more like "Here are some alternate ways to phrase things to think about, it's up to you", then there'd have been no problem. If that's what you were thinking, I definitely recommend including a disclaimer at the top of future reviews saying that, and then making clear passages that you really think are a problem. For an example, I made such a disclaimer at my review at Talk:Sands of Destruction/GA1, and made various suggestions in my review, many of which were changed or sometimes ignored by the nominator. And it was fine! I passed it anyway. They were just suggestions, after all.
But yeah. One of the things about FAC is that it's a pretty high-stress environment for nominators. There's often times 20 different ways to phrase the same thought, all valid, and there's nothing more soul-killing than reviewers basically distrusting the nominator's own judgment & personal preference and asking it to be changed from style 4 to style 8 to style 17 and back, despite none of them really being an improvement. That's the high-minded reason to be careful with prose suggestions.
I wish you good luck reviewing in the future! SnowFire (talk) 17:18, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
[edit]The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
- Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
- AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
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λ NegativeMP1 07:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)Your GA nomination of Clustertruck
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Your GA nomination of Clustertruck
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Drafts for Deletion
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- After deleting the draft page "Object show" (found here), I figured that the two pages (which I had happened to come across) happened to cover a subject that is banned from Wikipedia. I thought that these pages needed to be deleted immediately, so I said that they "weren't notable". TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 21:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Clustertruck
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
[edit]The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
- Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
- BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
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Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 04:30, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Your GA nomination of Async Corp.
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- How the heck...????? TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 04:10, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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B.Korlah (talk) 12:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)Your submission at Articles for creation: Does Not Commute has been accepted
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ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC)WikiCup 2024 November newsletter
[edit]The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
- Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
- Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
- MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
- Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
- BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
- Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
- Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
- BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
- Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.
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November 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award
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This award is given in recognition to TrademarkedTWOrantula for collecting more than 20.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's NOV24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 8,000 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt (talk) 18:01, 12 December 2024 (UTC) |