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A few days left...

This section is pinned and will not be automatically archived until 20:25, 5 November 2025 (UTC).

As we approach the beginning of the wikicup 2025 I wish to bring attention to a few useful tools for the contest.

Wikipedia:Good article review circles You get a review and review another in exchange, a very simple way to get atleast 40 points.
Wikipedia:Former featured and good topics Picking up a topic and restoring it shouldn't take too long depending on what you pick.
Wikipedia:Reward board Provides other incentives to produce quality content

While most May find this redundant I hope atleast one person benefits from any of these. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 11:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting these links. I've pinned this section for the duration of the 2025 WikiCup. Epicgenius (talk) 20:25, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to put in a GANR

I manually put it in on my scoring page? Do I need to do that? Should I add it to all the rest manually or will a bot do that? Should I take it off my page? History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:32, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@History6042, you put it under the "GANR: 5 points" section of your submissions page. A bot will take care of the rest. Note that you have to use a pound sign, #, and not an asterisk, *, when linking each submission. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:41, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you. History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question

I got List of pholidotans promoted on December 24, 2024, less than two weeks ago. So I was wondering if this nomination is eligible for a spot in my submission page or must all work be completed/promoted in 2025? ✿ Wolveríne X-eye ✿ 06:03, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If this was between rounds, then you'd be able to claim the points for the future round, but as this was before the WikiCup started, I'm afraid it would be too soon for it to garner any points in the 2025 WikiCup. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lee is correct. Unfortunately, the list would've needed to have been promoted to FL during the Cup itself, within calendar year 2025. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I have several GANs and an active FL nomination that have had their reviews opened prior to me entering WikiCup, including one that passed after I entered WikiCup. Do the reviews have to be started during the WikiCup round period to qualify, or do they only need to be completed during the WikiCup round period? I want to double check so I know what I should and should not list on my submissions page. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 21:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as the rules state, the content date matters for when it passes. In previous years, we've had to have it nominated after the 1st, but that's no longer the case. I believe anything that passes after the first is elegible. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. Thank you! Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 22:10, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonuses

I don't understand the bonuses for GAs. Would I have to get GAs on different language Wikipedia? Or does it not have to be me? Do they even need to be GAs on the other languages or do they just need to exist? History6042😊 (Contact me) 22:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! It's based on how many Wikipedias that article exists on. For example, you recently did a review for Branislav Djurdjev, that article exists on six other Wikipedias (so, 7 in total), so would be worth that many bonus points (x1.2, which works out as 7 additional bonus points). Those articles don't have to be GA (they almost always aren't). Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just so there's no ambiguity, the nominator of Branislav Djurdjev is eligible for bonus points, not the reviewer. Unless I'm mistaken? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:29, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry, it was literally just the first article I found that had some interwiki links. You don't score bonuses like that for reviews Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:30, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lee is correct. The nominator of the GA or FA will get bonus points based on how many languages the article had been translated into as of December 31, 2024. The articles on the foreign-language wikis do not need to hold any quality status; the bot merely checks whether the articles exist in another language. – Epicgenius (talk) 03:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scoring Featured List Candidate Reviews

Do FLCRs go under FACRs on the submission page? Is there another section they're scored in?

Side question: it appears we have two different versions of the scoring table at Wikipedia:WikiCup and Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. The only real difference is "Featured List Review" vs "Featured List Candidate Review" but the former seems to be less specific - does a review of a WP:FLRC count as a "Featured List Review" (I am assuming no because that's not how it works for articles)? Should we make the scoring table a template to avoid confusion? ~ Matthewrb ^{Let's connect · Here to help} 19:59, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Matthewrb, great questions. (1) Yes, FLC reviews and FAC reviews are submitted under the same section, (2) no, they are not scored in a separate section. (3) Featured list reviews are the same as Featured list candidate reviews; we changed "featured list reviews" to "featured list candidate reviews" last year but forgot to update the table fully. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Awesome, thank you for the clarification! ~ Matthewrb ^{Let's connect · Here to help} 20:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]