Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-11-29/WikiCup report

After ten months of near-constant article creation, expansion and review, the 2021 WikiCup drew to a close on October 31, with our new champion, The Rambling Man, claiming the trophy. Lee Vilenski achieved second place, forcing Amakuru into third position during the last few hours of the contest.

The WikiCup began humbly in 2007 with 12 competitors, scoring being based primarily on edit counts and unique page edits. The competition adopted its present form in 2009, with points awarded for featured articles, lists and pictures, along with good articles, In the news and Did you know. There were 60 contestants that year and 120 the next, and the contest has taken place annually ever since. Good article reviews were added in 2011 and featured article reviews in 2020. Over the course of the 2021 WikiCup the following content improvements have been achieved by participants: 88 featured articles, 19 featured lists, 528 featured article reviews, 493 good articles, 689 good article reviews, over 500 "Did you know" and 417 "In the news" items.* A thank-you goes out to all competitors for their hard work and the great benefit Wikipedia has received from their contributions.

The WikiCup will be held again next year, and editors may sign up now by adding their username and a flag of their choice to the signup list.

Some examples of the finalists' work in the last round....

 * Note: these figures differ from this unofficial tool because Round 1 was improperly recorded by the bot.