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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter[edit]
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C[edit]
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Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.
This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
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Thanks -- and another (half content / half good form) question[edit]
Thanks for the disambiguations on the Clos_(vineyard) page..!
Which raised another question, on Good Form on W'pedia: The above page, and a number of others, refer to the Comité Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne, CIVC with its own page. But at its own page (the only External Link on the CIVC wiki page), all their publicity materials, and anywhere that I met their official representatives (and talked to / emailed with them in person), they refer to themselves as 'Comité Champagne'. There is no CIVC web site anymore... Now, would we do better to use the short name e.g., in wiki texts, or do we stick with naming them something they don't seem to want to talk about anymore at all themselves ..? And/or, how would we bulk update all references to the CIVC on all sorts of wiki pages (possibly with reference to the "CIVC" as previous designator)? Jvdvlugt (talk) 09:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Care is needed as CIVC could also relate to the TV channel & private equity firm, and this list shows many other articles including CIVC. The Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne article includes a citation with CIVC in it but this is an external link. I would suggest putting a question on the relevant talk page or at Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Wines task force where experts in the topic (which I am not) may have an opinion.— Rod talk 09:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
WikiProject[edit]
I would like to invite you to join Draft:WikiProject food and drink industry in England the main article is Food and drink industry in England. If you are interested in participating please add your name to the list of participants. ChefBear01 (talk) 17:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Javanism (disambiguation)[edit]
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A tag has been placed on Javanism (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either
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