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WikiCup 2012 August newsletter
The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
 * 1) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
 * 2) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
 * 3) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
 * 4) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
 * 5) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
 * 6) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
 * 7) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
 * 8) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle:, , , , , , and. We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

August 2012 wikification awards!


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 * Thank you, Will! Hue  Sat  Lum  22:33, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter
Hey. I'm dropping you a note because you've been using the Page Curation suite recently - this is just to let you know that we've deployed the final version :). There's some help documentation Page Curation/Introductionhere that shows off all the features, just in case there are things you're not familiar with. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 September newsletter


We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. currently leads, followed by, and. However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 19:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Seven Summits list and Mont Blanc
Hello. I may have been a little hasty in reverting your edit. A case could be made for including Mont Blanc in the list precisely as you did considering it is already included in the catagory and in Template:Seven Summits as is Mount Wilhelm. I should add however that I don't necessarily agree with those inclusions either; they have been there for a while (I think before I started editing regularly on Wikipedia) and I have never actually challenged it. This also highlights another point: If we include Mont Blanc, should we not also include Mount Wilhelm? Personally I think neither peak should be included in any seven summits list unless we can find a reliable source that lists them. I have to go out for a while but I wil check for such a source later. Thank you. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  01:05, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

And in no time at all I found this. So I leave it up to you if you wish to put it back and see if it sails. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  02:55, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I found Mont Blanc in the German version of the article. However, as the table is listed in the section talking about the Bass and Messner lists, Mont Blanc maybe isn't appropriate because it is on neither list. Maybe a new section called something like "Overview" could be made and the table could be put in there. I could also bring up the issue on the talk page. Hue  Sat  Lum  22:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Understood. Sure, if you want, you can raise the issue at the talk page and maybe we will get some other ideas on how to expand the table, if we decide it's best to do so. The idea may simply get flatly rejected. Hard to tell. Like I said, I will leave it up to you. -- Racer X11  Talk to me Stalk me  23:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I think I will leave it alone for now. Thanks, Hue  Sat  Lum  00:22, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * One more thing&mdash;I don't think you meant to, but when your edit reverted the Mont Blanc one, as well as two more  that I had made previously (I think that Twinkle reverts all subsequent edits made by that user). Do you mind if I put them back?  Hue  Sat  Lum  22:15, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * My apologies. Your are right, I did not mean to revert those additional changes; and I was not aware that I had until I read this. Sorry. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  03:21, 6 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I have restored the page to your version on Sept 26, with the only inclusion being SajmonDK's subsequent spelling correction. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  12:36, 6 October 2012 (UTC)