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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
 * Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
 * Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 July 2023
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 * Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced


 * Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop


 * Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!


 * Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master

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The Signpost: 1 August 2023
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 * News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server


 * In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change


 * Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!


 * Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash


 * Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!


 * Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?


 * In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia


 * Opinion: Are global bans the last step?


 * Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July


 * Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party

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Memo
Ktkvtsh  (talk)  04:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 August 2023
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 * News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects


 * In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida


 * In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!


 * Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?


 * Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them


 * Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing


 * Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?


 * Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether


 * Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed


 * Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire


 * Traffic report: Come on in, and pull yourself up a chair

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WikiProject Eurovision Weekly Update 15-18 August 2023
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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter Issue 49
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The Signpost: 31 August 2023
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 * From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online


 * News and notes: You like RecentChanges?


 * In the media: Taking it sleazy


 * Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia


 * Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties


 * Humour: The Dehumourification Plan


 * Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday

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Here's something that you may want to add
Hi BabbaQ! You can add this Category:Members of the Ten Year Society of Wikipedia editors this to your userpage. Davidgoodheart (talk) 23:07, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 September 2023
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 * In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?


 * Obituary: Nosebagbear


 * Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me


 * Featured content: Catching up


 * Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"


 * Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

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Zsolt Süle
Could you take a look at the AFD for Zsolt Süle? Pottyantós WC (talk) 09:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Pottyantos WC has been indefinitely blocked as of 23 September. David notMD (talk) 19:52, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 October 2023
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 * In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors


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 * Featured content: By your logic,


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 * Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023
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 * In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing


 * Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements


 * Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!


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Unexplained reversion
Hi. I'd like to know why you reverted me in Tusse. See Sweden_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest. 195.178.166.244 (talk) 14:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You are free to edit it again. But likely will someone revert it, as it has no relevance to the person in question.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Ten years of editing
Hi BabbaQ! You can add this Category:Members of the Ten Year Society of Wikipedia editors to your user page Davidgoodheart (talk) 21:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I will. And thank you for the heads up.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

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 competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. 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.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.


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Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Davidgoodheart (talk) 22:04, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 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 on 31 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:, , and. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year, BabbaQ!
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Happy New Year! BabbaQ, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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