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The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.
Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail
The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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 want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges 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) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).
Arbitration
The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
Thank you for your initiative in making Portland meetups happen! I haven't heard about the ones you've been scheduling, and I am not hearing about them, chances are others aren't either.
Thanks, Harej! I've been learning over the past few months of event organizing that we have a lot of places that we advertize them — I'll add these to the list for next time. In any case, though, I'd recommend that you join the mass message list. I'm planning the next one for early June, maybe I'll see you there! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:25, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello TechnoSquirrel69. Second hand apologies for this inconvenience. We'd really like to get you unblocked. Please just ping me when everything's back and we'll get it sorted. -- zzuuzz(talk)21:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like the global lock has been lifted. Next stage: log in, get comfortable, and ping me or any checkuser to get the local block lifted. -- zzuuzz(talk)15:01, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Here as well after seeing the block -- until you're back, here's a (again, non-techno) squirrel to guard your talkpage. Just continuing the tradition. (Apparently this one is satanic, so all the better to take care of account compromisers) GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸09:30, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This squirrel returns to his humble abode. —TSThank you, GLL! The little guy did its work well — no one got into my account tree hollow (pictured) while I was away! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, everyone! It was nice to log back in to these nice messages. I've been told that whatever security issue this was related to has been resolved on the back end, and the attacker never succeeded at accessing my account. (Two-factor authentication strikes again!) With that in mind, Zzuuzz, would you mind lifting my local block as well? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:22, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, anonymous editor, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind has a somewhat uncertain position in Ghibli's filmography since it was created before the studio was founded (it's primarily for this reason that it's not listed on the Studio Ghibli article). Ghibli has since picked up the rights to the film and has been distributing it for years, which is why it is sometimes considered part of the set. However, Wikipedia follows the views of reliable sources on the subject, and the consensus among scholars is that the film is not a Ghibli work in the usual sense. Rayna Denison's Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History has almost an entire chapter on this, if you're curious. Let me know if you have any other questions! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:05, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction, waterways, and Gu Yanwu
Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail
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