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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!

Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
• Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
• MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
• Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
• Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
• Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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.

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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
• Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
• Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
• Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

... four years now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

What do you mean by Consistency with other articles?

99721829Max (talk) 03:37, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

@99721829Max: Other NASCAR drivers' articles refer to them as "stock car racing" drivers, all linked as one. Breaking it up into two links a) creates a bit of an egg violation since two related links are right next to each other (potentially confusing the reader to believe there is just one link) and b) creates an inconsistency with how it reads in most of the other drivers' ledes in their articles. This is why I undid your edit. No hard feelings, it was just better and more consistent how it was before. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:08, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
• Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
• SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
• Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

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Could you please create Darwin Peters Jr. for me?

I want to create this article but I can't cite reliable sources. 99721829Max (talk) 21:34, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@99721829Max: I'll look into it, he should be notable on the grounds of running a national series race but if there isn't much out there...who knows. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:50, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

My edit on Ryan Vargas is not a test!!!

I thought the article Ryan Vargas is not a stub, so it's a mistake, not a test edit. 99721829Max (talk) 03:24, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

@99721829Max: Max, calm down. Seriously. I never said your edit was a test, and if the edit summary stated that (which I don't believe it did), that was a mistake as well. I created Vargas' article in the state I did because stubs are better than nothing, but the reality is that the article is still a long way from even reaching start-class. Aside from the lead, there's almost ZERO prose at the moment. It's still a stub. I didn't revert your edit to be rude, but just to keep the page and its status accurate. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 22:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

In my talk page, it says I made a test edit on the article. 99721829Max (talk) 23:45, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. 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 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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GAR

Catch 21, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 03:16, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
3. Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
4. Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
5. SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
6. Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
7. Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
8. HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. 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. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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Draft:Darwin Peters Jr.

Could you please help me edit this page? Thank you. NASCARfan0548 (talk) 01:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: Hi, I'm on Thanksgiving Break at the moment and am catching up on stuff. I'm happy to take a look eventually but I'd appreciate if it were a little more developed. Get started with as much as you can over the next couple of days and then let me know where it stands. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 15:48, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

@Bcschneider53: I finished the citation part 3 days ago, are you ready to look at the draft? NASCARfan0548 (talk) 23:40, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas everybody!!!

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

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Belated holiday's wishes

Thanks for your message! I have been offline for a few days so a bit late, but better late than never. A belated Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2020! Kind regards, Jahn1234567890 (talk) 17:52, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. 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. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Jack Smith (Ohioan racing driver)

Could you please help me edit this article by adding a results table. I can't do that myself. How do I do that? NASCARfan0548 ↗ 05:19, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Recent death

Bcschneider53, I added a template on my user page similar to your's commemorating the death of John Andretti. RIP John. :< NASCARfan0548 ↗ 00:57, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: Yeah, man. This has been a tough week. First Kobe, now John. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 01:47, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I am also so sorry for Anthoine Hubert. (This comment is 5 months late, so sorry)

DYK for Blink of an Eye (film)

On 23 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blink of an Eye (film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Michael Waltrip's 2019 documentary film Blink of an Eye has been called "NASCAR's answer to Senna"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blink of an Eye (film). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Blink of an Eye (film)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 03:01, 22 February 2020 (UTC) 00:02, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
• Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
• Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
• CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
• The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. 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.

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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Results tables

I'm afraid that when I add results tables, they would appear broken, so I feel bad about Luks25 fixing them. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 20:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Dale Jr. Download

Hello! Your submission of The Dale Jr. Download at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 09:57, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Dusty Davis

There is still one other problem on the results table. Could you please fix that for me please? NASCARfan0548 ↗ 23:28, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for The Dale Jr. Download

On 19 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Dale Jr. Download, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dale Jr. did not host The Dale Jr. Download for the podcast's first four years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Dale Jr. Download. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, The Dale Jr. Download), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

The edit

The first reports I saw the day afterwards said "a" so I literally had no idea. Probably the motorsport.com journalists were also in disbelief. Glottran (talk) 07:18, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

@Glottran: I would go see if those reports have been updated. For something as controversial as this, if we were to change it, we'd need undeniable proof from at least 1-2 references and/or sources. The CNN source cited says what it says, so that's what the article is presently using.

Also, my apologies for the revert, if I had bothered to notice you were actually a pretty established editor, I would have simply "undid" your edit and probably been less cynical in my own edit summary. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 16:04, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 1:  April 1, 2020 – April 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: TomaHawk61 (talk · contribs) — April 17 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Update : BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer, Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on April 26. Monthly goal: Improve all top-importance articles to start or better. It is important to pay close attention to the articles that we as a project value the most. Please remember to add reliable sources in all contributions! NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 17 76 B 23 44 37 74 178 C 34 59 109 79 281 Start 50 165 658 1,124 4 2,001 Stub 15 42 271 1,015 3 1,346 List 14 38 13 65 Category 335 335 Disambig 1 81 82 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 315 2 317 Template 2 314 316 Other 2 2 Assessed 127 330 1,169 2,328 1,187 9 5,150 Unassessed 2 2 Total 127 330 1,169 2,328 1,187 11 5,152 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New Good Articles: 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 2010 Daytona 500 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 New articles: 2020 FireKeepers Casino 400 2020 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Brad Baker (racing driver) Randy Briggs Augie Grill Dustin Hapka Ronnie Hopkins Matt Merrell Lonnie Rush Jr. Raymond Terczak Jr. Bill Venturini Alex Yontz Ron Young (racing driver) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Casey Atwood, behind the wheel of a FitzBradshaw Racing entry, during a pit stop in the Little Trees 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in fall 2003.
Article of the month – Harley J. Earl Trophy, a good article The Harley J. Earl Trophy is the trophy presented to the winner of the premier – and season-opening – event of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Daytona 500. It is named after influential automobile designer Harley Earl, who served as the second commissioner of NASCAR. Earl has been known as the so-called "father of the Corvette" and designer of the Firebird I prototype that adorns the trophy. The trophy is kept on display at the Daytona International Speedway, while a small replica is given to each Daytona 500 winner. (Read more...)	New Images
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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
• Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
• The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
• Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
• Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Good Faith edit

Hi there, just curious What is a good faith edit? Is there something wrong on the editing and can elaborate more on why my edit was reverted? I just came here to improve articles. TVSGuy (talk) 08:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi @TVSGuy:,

A good faith edit is an edit that a more experience editor sees as one that did not improve the article, but also had no malicious intent (vandalism) behind it. The reason I reverted the Chase edit was because you seemed to remove gameplay details (specifically about protocols for celebrity specials and what happens when all three contestants are caught) without explanation. Other details were also removed and modified, and the references that went with them were NOT removed, leading them to appear after sentences they weren’t meant to back up.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions and I’ll be happy to help! I’m on my phone as I’m returning home from a trip so please excuse any typos and brevity. —Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:55, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Bcschneider53:, I see. I dunno what's Good Faith is all about because I'm new to Wikipedia and not sure on the jargons; I understand your decision of reverting my edit. Take care of the COVID-19, ok? TVSGuy (talk) 06:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

@TVSGuy: WP:AGF should provide a brief rundown. Hope you're staying safe. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 16:40, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

A. J. Allmendinger GA nomination

I want to nominate that article for GA, but I need your help on that. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 00:06, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: Hi Max. I suggest reading through WP:WIAGA (what is a good article). It should provide an overview of the standards at which an article needs to be before nomination. In AJ's case, I moved it from my sandbox because I decided the mainspace was a better place to work on expansion and ref additions since the organization had been completed. The article, however, is still quite a long way off from being ready to nominate. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 01:02, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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June 2020 WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 1:  June 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: Mrmariomaster (talk · contribs) — June 11 MWright96 (talk · contribs) — June 18 (returning) Watermelon Head (talk · contribs) — June 22 FlorpleMcNorple (talk · contribs) — June 27 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Frank Kimmel, Mason Mitchell, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 12:00 AM Eastern on June 30. Monthly goal: Create well-sourced articles for all 2020 NASCAR seasons that do not have pages yet. At press time, that list includes 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, 2020 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 34 59 115 82 290 Start 52 165 660 1,158 3 2,038 Stub 4 44 270 1,038 1,356 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 81 82 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 322 2 324 Template 2 314 316 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 333 1,178 2,390 1,199 5 5,223 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 333 1,178 2,390 1,199 6 5,224 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 2020 Pocono 350 2020 Pocono Organics 325 2020 Quaker State 400 Jeff Agnew Elias Bowie Wes Burton Jerry Churchill Doug Coby Ricky Gonzalez Jerick Johnson L. W. Miller Alain Mosqueron Dale Shaw Sunset Speedway (Ontario) Randy Tissot Toby Tobias Jr. See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Danica Patrick, behind the wheel of a Stewart-Haas Racing entry, at Texas Motor Speedway in 2013.
Article of the month – Dylan Kwasniewski, a good article Dylan Kwasniewski (/kwəzˈnɛski/ kwəz-NES-kee; born May 31, 1995) is an American real estate broker and former professional stock car racing driver. A champion in both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and Pro Series West, he was a developmental driver for Chip Ganassi Racing. Kwasniewski most recently drove in six races for Obaika Racing in NASCAR's Xfinity Series during the 2015 season, and he currently works as a real estate broker for Colliers International.(Read more...)	New Images
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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
• The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
• Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive

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		Thank you for completing 2 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 07:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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@NASCARfan0548: Max, this issue was trivial enough that you could have just left me a message on my talk page. I know I've said this before, but given how long you've been editing, adding a new row for a new team in a results table should not be too challenging for you to boldly do yourself. And honestly, if you want Ryan Huff's ARCA table done that badly, given he's only raced ONE season, you should be able to do that too. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:45, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Bcschneider53, Sorry about that, it's just, when I do it, I keep getting broken results tables every time. I'm trying my best to be bold. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 03:00, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: And I appreciate that. You've neem editing for a while now. Rowspan, colspan, and the numbers all mean something. Look at other pages for examples and templates. I have full confidence in you that you're capable of completing them. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 03:23, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

July 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  July 1, 2020 – July 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), Mason Mitchell, Kody Vanderwal Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 8:00 PM Eastern on July 30. Monthly goal: Find the backstory. All too often, pages about drivers, teams or tracks have only content about NASCAR's top three national series. To improve article quality, information about other series or events that those drivers, teams and tracks are involved in should be added, backed up by reliable sources. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 40 74 182 C 34 59 115 82 1 291 Start 52 166 666 1,173 3 2,060 Stub 4 44 271 1,041 1 1,361 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 326 2 328 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,186 2,408 1,207 7 5,260 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,186 2,408 1,207 8 5,261 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400 2020 Consumers Energy 500 2020 Daytona Grand Prix 2020 Drydene 311 (Saturday) 2020 Drydene 311 (Sunday) 2020 FireKeepers Casino 500 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 2020 Super Start Batteries 400 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Earl Barban Robby Benton Jade Buford Early life and career of Jeff Gordon Bobby Hillis Jr. Ryan Huff Garrett Liberty List of auto racing films Lost Speedways NASCAR Thunder (retail chain) Sauble Speedway Ryan Seaman (racing driver) Jeff Spraker Gracie Trotter See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month Jeff Gordon's 2007 racecar.
Article of the month – Shawna Robinson, a good article Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. She was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series and the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series. Robinson is one of 16 women to participate in the NASCAR Cup Series, and one of three females to race in the sports' premier event, the Daytona 500.(Read more...)	New Images
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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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. 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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August 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 3:  August 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 7:00 PM Eastern on August 31. Monthly goal: Focus on the sources. In the thick of Silly Season, it is easy for random people to make a website, perpetuate a rumor, and have that be picked up here. Two sites that have proven to be big on rumors before, and sometimes eating it in a big way, are Beyond the Flag and TobyChristie.com. Please use other sources, such as NASCAR.com, Jayski.com, or team/driver releases as citations in articles. Additionally, there has been a decline in the quality of the new work being generated by the project. New content, related to silly season or not, should always be reliably sourced so we can avoid the ugly {{refimprove}} tags at the top of articles. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 166 667 1,181 3 2,070 Stub 4 44 271 1,044 1 1,364 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 339 2 342 Template 2 316 318 Other 6 6 Assessed 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 7 5,290 Unassessed 1 1 Total 118 334 1,187 2,424 1,220 8 5,291 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2000s in motorsport 2020 Bank of America Roval 400 2020 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 2020 Federated Auto Parts 400 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 2020 South Point 400 2020 YellaWood 500 Bob Senneker Bobby Kennedy (racing driver) Brett Thompson (racing driver) Bryan Collyer Chris Gabehart Dave Burns (sportscaster) Dog Track Speedway Fonda Speedway Frank Luptow Hannah Newhouse Harold Crooms Jimmy Dick Kelli Stavast Kris Wright Mark Petty See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	Picture of the Month The presumable Most Popular Driver in 2020, Chase Elliott.
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a good article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third.(Read more...)	New Images
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October 2020 GAN Backlog drive!

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Ty Majeski GA nomination

Could you please review the article? I am trying to bring the article to GA status and, by looking at the article, the sources and images are there, but what do you think? NASCARfan0548 ↗ 04:55, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: Typically the nominator of a GAC is someone who has contributed substantial improvements to the article. Majeski's is in decent shape, but I would ask you to put yourself in the shoes of the reviewer and try to make improvements as you see fit. Also, be aware that reviews don't usually happen overnight, it often takes weeks or even months of sitting in the nominations pool before it gets picked up for a review. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 03:42, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Bcschneider53, OK, I'll wait. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 03:42, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@NASCARfan0548: While you're waiting, it might be a good idea to go through the article and see if there are any further improvements you believe you could make yourself. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 14:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

I reviewed the article's text against GA standards. I contributed much of it including starting it and MANY images. He immediately caught my eye in 2011 and I watched him come up through the local ranks (without knowing that I had seen him kart racing the year before). He's the best that I ever saw from Wisconsin - better even than Matt Kenseth. Royalbroil 00:27, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject NASCAR September 2020 newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 5:  September 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020 Previous month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: BurntButtons (talk · contribs) How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 3:00 PM Eastern on September 30. Monthly goal: Improve our most-read content. There are 500 pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Popular pages. This content is our most widely-read content and should be constantly worked on to ensure that our project is producing the highest quality content possible. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 1 8 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 19 78 B 23 45 39 74 181 C 33 59 116 85 1 294 Start 53 166 669 1,185 4 2,077 Stub 4 44 272 1,044 1 1,365 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 1 83 84 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 337 2 340 Template 2 315 317 Other 7 7 Assessed 118 334 1,190 2,427 1,218 8 5,295 Unassessed 16 16 Total 118 334 1,190 2,427 1,218 24 5,311 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments Today's Featured Articles: 2006 Subway 500 (September 15) New articles: 2020 AAA Texas 500 2020 Alsco 300 (Charlotte) 2020 Alsco 300 (Kentucky) 2020 Bluegreen Vacations 500 2020 Cheddar's 300 2020 Contender Boats 250 2020 EchoPark 250 2020 Hooters 250 2020 LS Tractor 200 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 2020 NextEra Energy 250 2020 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 2020 Pennzoil 150 2020 Pocono Green 225 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 2020 Shady Rays 200 2020 Toyota 200 2020 Unhinged 300 2020 Vet Tix/Camping World 200 2020 Xfinity 500 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bush's Beans 200 Joel Stowe NASCAR Heat (series) Travis Geisler See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	New Images
Article of the month – Derek Kraus, a good article Derek K. Kraus (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Tundra for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. The Stratford, Wisconsin native is also a former NASCAR Next member and the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion. (Read more...)	Picture of the Month Blessing your talk page with some Car of Tomorrow because why not?
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WikiProject NASCAR October 2020 newsletter

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume V · No. 6:  October 1, 2020 – October 31, 2020 Previous month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: TaurusEmerald (talk · contribs) (October 16) EdGl (talk · contribs) (October 30) How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : See all here Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2024 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, 2024 ARCA Menards Series East, 2024 ARCA Menards Series West, 2024 ARCA Menards Series, 2024 NASCAR Pinty's Series, 2024 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Photo : Rick Allen (sportscaster), David Gravel, Patrick Sheltra Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, BAM Racing Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing, Road course ringer Other : More	Article Statistics Table reflects values at 8:00 PM Eastern on October 31. Monthly goal: Tie a bow on the year. As the three national series season end in November, there should be time dedicated to doing season-ending copyedits on season series pages, updates on driver and team pages, and updating series pages as well as List of NASCAR drivers. NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 1 9 FL 1 1 A 1 1 GA 4 6 49 20 79 B 23 45 39 73 180 C 33 59 116 86 1 295 Start 53 167 670 1,191 4 2,085 Stub 4 43 272 1,047 1 1,367 List 14 38 13 65 Category 336 336 Disambig 2 83 85 File 1 129 130 Project 10 10 Redirect 1 330 2 333 Template 2 318 320 Other 7 7 Assessed 118 334 1,192 2,438 1,214 8 5,304 Unassessed 24 24 Total 118 334 1,192 2,438 1,214 32 5,328 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,753 Ω = 4.93
Article Developments New articles: 2020 Kansas Lottery 250 2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300 2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge 2021 in NASCAR 23XI Racing David Keith (racing driver) Donald Thomas (racing driver) John McFadden Lee Pulliam Monk Tate NASCAR Illustrated Trackhouse Racing Team See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts	New Images
Article of the month – 2011 Budweiser Shootout, a good article The 2011 Budweiser Shootout was a stock car race and the first exhibition event of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on February 12, 2011 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 75-lap race was won by Kurt Busch for the Penske Racing team. Jamie McMurray finished second and Ryan Newman came in third. (Read more...)	Picture of the Month A view of the pit box that they don't normally show on television.
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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN 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.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
• Rhododendrites (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

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Ok. This table (2020 season) must be corrected.--Island92 (talk) 13:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Only one FLaps, right?--Island92 (talk) 13:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
• Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
• Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
• Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
• The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
• Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
• Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
• Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
• Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

• The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
• Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
• Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
• Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
• Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
• Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you today for Greed (game show), "about the short-lived Fox game show Greed, which was considered to be the network's answer to the success of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It was hosted by Chuck Woolery of Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Scrabble fame, lasting for roughly eight months from November 1999 to July 2000."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

... and today for 2007 AT&T 250, "about a race in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series, known today as the Xfinity Series for sponsorship reasons. The race was notable because of a driver change involving Joe Gibbs Racing's Aric Almirola and Denny Hamlin; the latter went on to win the race while the former was given credit for the victory per NASCAR rules."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021

Good article nominations | July 2021 Backlog Drive
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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

• The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
• Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
• Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
• Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
• BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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DYK for Bridget Burgess (racing driver)

On 21 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bridget Burgess (racing driver), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bridget Burgess's mother Sarah once changed all four tires during a pit stop by herself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bridget Burgess (racing driver). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bridget Burgess (racing driver)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, 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 14 days of "earning" them.

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Minute to win It: List of Challenges(US)

So There's a site that recapped each show. It's called game show newsnet. That could help us figure out the list of challenges. Would you accept that source and that we could make a seperate page for it? or you do still have your old argument that is the list of challenges is too extraneous? because I know most of them. I know it would require linking a lot or having a simpler way to reference, but think about it. Here's a sample. http://www.gameshownewsnet.com/prime/minutetowinit2/020911.html

This episode is found. I haven't viewed this one but it should be accurate to the show. http://www.gameshownewsnet.com/prime/minutetowinit2/052911.html

Abbreviation of tracks in driver's results tables

Hello, I added this topic on Nascar WikiProject Discussion but nobody answered ...I found out that in some NASCAR articles, and on the drivers pages in NASCAR tables the Milwaukee track is listed as MLW in NASCAR but in ARCA articles and tables they are abbreviated as MIL, wouldn't it make more sense to leave just one as a standard ? As this can cause confusion, making people think they are different tracks. In my opinion, if that's done, I think it would be interesting to switch to MLW as the default because the ARCA has had few races in Milwaukee so it would be easier to fix the articles since there are few of them compared to NASCAR that would have to be changed. And I found out today that the same applies for Gateway...This one is even more confusing as there are seasons in the same series that are listed as GTY and others as GTW, wouldn't it make more sense to leave just one as a standard too ? Thanks, Luks25 (talk) 15:36, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

I'll ping @ZappaOMatic: and @Jahn1234567890: on this as well. I'm always all for consistency, though something like this is so tedious that I've never bothered looking into it, much less getting around to it. Admittedly, I may have contributed to this myself; when we built the old K&N East tables, I started using "NJM" for New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, not noticing ARCA tables were already using "NJE". I'm very busy these days, but I certainly wouldn't be opposed to establishing consensus on standardizing things. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 20:17, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bcschneider53 I understand, I had never paid much attention either, until I was looking more closely at some tables of some drivers like Frank Kimmel and Matt Crafton I ended up noticing. I think we all contributed in some way, I've added tables on several drivers pages and now have more articles to fix. This one I had never noticed, another one that might be interesting for standardizing...I noticed that on the NASCAR Pinty's Series, the old Cayuga speedway (listed as HAM in the table) was abandoned and after a few years it was recovered, with modifications to the walls, repaved, added a banking and changed the name to Jukasa, now in the tables it appears as JUK...In this case I don't know if we should standardize, but let's see what the consensus decides. I'm also kind of busy right now, however I can help with a few pages, but I think it would take effort from multiple people at WikiProject. Thank you! Luks25 (talk) 16:45, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for the somewhat late response. I'm not that active on Wikipedia anymore... These result tables were "constructed" years ago and inconsistencies between different series are always going to slip in. But I'm always for consistency. I'm fine with either of listed the abbreviations. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 20:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of Greed (game show)

Congratulations, Bcschneider53! The article you nominated, Greed (game show), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Greed (game show)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Show Logos

This logo is unlikely to be eligible for copyright, in the United States.

Hello, I just thought I should let you know about something, which may be useful for uploading or editing logos for shows (since I saw that you uploaded a few, which I transferred). Essentially, if the logo is simple, e.g. just text with a round background, it's unlikely to qualify for copyright, in the United States, and is in the public domain; this is the threshold of originality.

I'm just mentioning it, in case you weren't aware of it, because the main benefits are that you'd be able to upload higher resolution files, they can be uploaded to the Commons, and their use is less restricted on multiple pages. The specific files I transferred were Master Minds logo and Best Ever Trivia Show logo, under the {{PD-textlogo}} with {{Trademark}} templates.

If it's from another country, it's more likely to be copyrightable, so it's more complicated. Anyway, hope this helps. -- Bacon Noodles (talk • contribs • uploads) 22:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

@Bacon Noodles: Thanks! I'm not quite as active these days but I do upload a few for shows that lack them. I knew Jeopardy! was public domain since its logo is simply text but it's good to know what the threshold is. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 00:44, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:00, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, 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 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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Andrew Tuttle DNS (West Series race at Portland)

Hi Ben,
I've updated the ARCA West standings after yesterday's race at Portland and noticed that Andrew Tuttle turned a lap in qualifying but didn't start the race. The same thing happened with Sarah Burgess at Irwindale in March and after you messaged ARCA TV play-by-play/communications manager Charles Krall on Twitter asking what the deal was with that, you found out that she would get 3 points for the DNS and then you updated it on the standings on the 2022 West Series season article. I would think that Tuttle would get 3 points for his DNS the same way Burgess did. If you'd like to, you should tweet at him again asking him the same question to double check. (And if you're writing an article about the race for LASTCAR again, maybe you will be.)

Thanks,
Cavanaughs (talk) 10:13, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@Cavanaughs: Still nothing on Racing-Reference yet. Never saw Tuttle on timing and scoring all race long, so I'd be very surprised if R-R includes him. We'll wait and see though. At the moment I'm planning my article on Hingorani. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:44, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. 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 the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving 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. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Follow-up to Greed (Burton Richardson Announcing) Question

Hello, Bcschneider! I recently saw that my changes acknowledging Burton Richardson as an announcer for Greed were reverted on the grounds that there was no source for it. Just to be sure, I recently emailed Greed's Executive Producer, Bob Boden, to which he confirmed that Richardson was originally intended to announce on Greed, but was replaced by Mark Thompson. However, he couldn't remember if Richardson actually announced the first episode (like I mentioned). If you'd like to verify the Email yourself, here's a screenshot of the exact Email he sent back to me: [1]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478619475105546262/1067545916434817115/image.png?width=913&height=355 MrMartley64 (talk) 20:47, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

@MrMartley64: Hi MrMartley64, thank you for your note. I'm a huge fan of the show and have definitely heard that Burton Richardson was supposed to be involved before. When I went to revamp the article and put it through FAC, however, I couldn't find anything definitive on the Internet, so I refrained from including it. While Bob is certainly about as direct of a source as you can get, I'm not sure an email screenshot via Discord would be considered high-enough quality to be acceptable in a Featured Article. Regardless, since even Bob himself isn't 100% sure, it doesn't impact the show enough to the point where it is by any means necessary to include in the article.

That being said, if we ever come across anything else, I'll definitely keep it in mind. Thanks again, it's nice to be able to discuss these matters in a cordial manner without getting involved in an edit war. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 21:40, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. Boden followed up with me later on in the day, and said that Richardson in fact did NOT make it to air, so that clears everything up. MrMartley64 (talk) 04:08, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Michael Larson

Michael Larson has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:50, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. 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, 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)