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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!
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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.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg, 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.
 * Flag of the United States Library of Congress 2.svg 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 WikiCup/Reviews.

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Re: Civility
Hey you are absolutely right about that. I do apologize. No excuse, but it's been really frustrating lately reverting so much improperly formatted information. Seems worse than usual with the latest article. New editors I suppose. I gotta keep in mind that was me a few years ago. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 22:39, 5 March 2019 (UTC)TornadoInformation12

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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:

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.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 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.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg (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.

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.

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Ohio outbreak
Hey, I'm currently in the firing zone for this system. Seems like all kinds of tornadoes are forming tonight. I suspect the Dayton tornado could be EF3–4 based on the description you gave. Certainly a bad night. Noah Talk 03:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Someone on twitter analyzing radar and comparing past events said probably EF4, but I try not to speculate. United States Man (talk) 04:28, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * damage is reportedly very severe and widespread. Several homes were destroyed. Noah Talk 04:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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Re:Talk:List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
There's some important talk over at the Talk:List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes page. (Please look at all three new sections.) Thank You.--Halls4521 (talk) 20:01, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Different proposal
Hi. Can you tell me what the "different proposal" at was? Was this proposal finally accepted and put into effect? Thanks. –Roy McCoy (talk) 03:10, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Honestly I don’t even remember that. It was 5 and a half years ago and I don’t even know what was done. Sorry United States Man (talk) 22:42, 10 June 2019 (UTC)


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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

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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.

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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:


 * 1) with 964 points
 * 2) with 899 points
 * 3) with 817 points
 * 4) with 691 points
 * 5) with 388 points
 * 6) with 146 points
 * 7) with 145 points
 * 8) with 74 points

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 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
 * wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
 * wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

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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, , and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Damage
Hey, I figure I'd let you know before you get too far into modernizing the Super Outbreak tables that there is no need to add the damage column. We added it for a time, but the figures are actually just very rough and rounded estimates without any concrete data in most cases. 🌧❄ϟ TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 02:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I'll probably just go ahead and add it for the 14-16th outbreak since it's there for 25-28th outbreak. When I upgrade the main April page I won't worry about it then. I had forgotten that we stopped doing that since I've been MIA for a while. United States Man (talk) 03:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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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.
 * Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg 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.
 * Pirate Flag.svg 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 WikiCup/Reviews.

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March 2-3 2020 Tornadoes
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Question on the Jonesboro tornado.
How is it not deserving its own article? It caused significant damage in the down and damaged the airport. Elijahandskip (talk) 03:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * You're welcome! That was a great idea. I have been thinking about the need to have consistent totals for several days now. United States Man (talk) 03:40, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks.
Thanks for all you do. Smuckers It has to be good|undefined 23:53, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome!
Thank you for welcoming me! I saw the Cyclonebiskit was on Twitter and shot him a message about possibly joining! I'm new to everything so I hope I don't get in the way, but I will do my best! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChessEric (talk • contribs) 15:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
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April 19-20 tornado outbreak
LOL! I was just publishing the long-tracked tornado in Mississippi, but you beat me to it! By the way, do you think it will need a page? ChessEric (talk) 19:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't see this outbreak needing a page at the current time. Let's wait for some surveys to come in to see where it stands. United States Man (talk) 20:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Bassfield tornado
Thank you for fixing that. I kept getting the conflicting changes messages and confused the 2 EF4s. I think the high-end EF4 should get its own article. What do you think? ChessEric (talk) 02:12, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't really support an article for that tornado. The outbreak page itself isn't that long, so there is plenty of room for info about this tornado. I like your initiative though! United States Man (talk) 02:21, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for that comment on the play-by-play. I had lost that fight. LOL! ChessEric (talk) 23:54, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Stop reverting my DAT edits
You reverted a bunch of my DAT information for the April 19-20 event and I am not happy about it. You do not run all tornado related pages, so stop gatekeeping. I am allowed to add more detailed information at will. I'll be civil for now, but do this again and I'll get admins involved. This is arrogant and rude behavior on your part. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12
 * I didn't revert your edits? I was working on a damage summary, adding a new tornado, and fixing a county on April 19 and got edit conflicted. I put all your edits back if you'll check the edit history. I think you're the one being quite rude. I don't know what irked you so bad to the point of leaving such a mean message, but we are all trying to improve these pages! United States Man (talk) 00:37, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You seem to have some kind on ongoing issue with me for 7 or 8 years now. I'm not sure what it is, but I just try to work together with everyone. I know we all have disagreements from time to time but we always get through it. United States Man (talk) 00:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a ton of info on the Tumbleton, Andalusia, and Gordy EF2 tornadoes, along with several others. You started editing, and now it’s all gone. Who else did it if you didn’t? We were the only two editing. If it was a glitch, fair enough. I’m not so sure that’s the case though. In any case, now I have to start completely over and it’s a pain. TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:42, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12
 * Check the edit history man. I put everything back. I think you're making a big deal out of nothing. United States Man (talk) 00:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Pages I post to are on my watchlist automatically, so I saw this post pop up. I can't help but notice the irony of TI complaining about his sections being overridden when he spends most of his time rewriting summaries and sections that others spent their free time on. A learning opportunity, maybe? TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 00:53, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you... I still don't know what I did so wrong. United States Man (talk) 00:56, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You most certainly did NOT put everything back. I just checked! A bunch of my info is gone. I don't know how you edit, but it shouldn't involve nullifying the work of previous editors. Whether you realize it or not, you are doing something careless that is erasing the work of other editors. This also happened with the initial Texas tornadoes for the Easter article, which I had to fix. Please be more careful! It is so frustrating when you do this.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 00:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12
 * OK my edits have been returned. Not sure what you did, but don't do it again please. It's a massive headache for me.

TornadoInformation12 (talk) 01:01, 25 April 2020 (UTC)TornadoInformation12
 * Okay lol. I'm sorry I'm so frustrating to you. I really have no clue what you're talking about, so I just continue editing where I see fit to improve these articles! United States Man (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I guess it could be a site glitch. I spent like an hour editing, and when I published, the only thing different was the summary for the EF4 that you typed up, and everything else was reverted to the previous form. I refreshed the page several times, and all the info was still missing. It only showed back up about 15 mins later after I got back from the store. If this wasn't you, then my apologies. You were the only other person editing, so I was under the impression that your editing session nullified my work. If not, then I have no idea either. If it truly wasn't you, then my bad and I'm every bit as confused as you are.

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 * If it doesn't appear anywhere in the revision history, then it never saved, so that couldn't be my fault. When I got edit conflicted, I had made changes in several spots, so I pasted mine over what was there. I then when back to look and see what was deleted inadvertently and copy/pasted that back. If you are missing anything else from what is there now it wouldn't be on me. United States Man (talk) 01:17, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks!
As I told User:TornadoInformation12, I got a little carried away when it came to making tornado sections and I'm sorry about that. Thanks for helping me by consolidating the Madill tornado section. ChessEric (talk) 02:16, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

By the way, can you put that section in my User: ChessEric/Unused Tornado Sections page? ChessEric (talk) 20:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * With all do respect, that is your responsibility if you want to keep that page, not mine. United States Man (talk) 20:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I understand. Again, thanks! ChessEric (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

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Bayview, North Carolina tornado
Can you find a source for the Bayview, North Carolina EF1 tornado that you put in? I can't find one anywhere.ChessEric (talk) 19:58, 8 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Nvm. I found one. LOL!ChessEric (talk) 20:17, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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It's not a big deal (and it's a moot point now), but Tropical Depression 15 was not guaranteed to extend into September at the time of this edit. The NHC can upgrade or downgrade a tropical cyclone at times other than the standard Advisory Issuance Times. In fact, one of the reasons the NHC has the Tropical Cyclone Update (TCU) product is for announcing an upgrade or downgrade of status. Although downgrade TCUs are less common (and from a practical standpoint, it was highly unlikely that such a product would be issued with Tropical Depression 15), there was still no verifiable support for the assertion at the time the edit was made that TD 15 would exist as a tropical depression into September, which runs contrary to WP:FUTURE. Inks.LWC (talk) 03:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. 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. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

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