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Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:
Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.
This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:
Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.
Also, a quick mention of The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?
Addressed last two issues. Also, what is your opinion on the suggestion Torchiest brought up for the Eyes and Feathers? I was going to see what you had to say before deciding to implement it. --JDC808♫03:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Addressed points and implemented the eyes and feathers suggestion. Was also a little confused at what you meant by "the last one", was it not in future tense? --JDC808♫18:05, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Mags. I'll try to get to it as soon as possible. There are a few other requests I've gotten, but I'll get to yours soon enough. Best wishes! —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]12:56, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There are total 6 sources used in that. 3 from BH, 1 HT, 1 from Bollywood and Globalization and 1From DNA. Everything is taken from them only. Please, check again , you'll find it.Prashant✉17:05, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey WP! If its not too much trouble, I was wondering if you could strike out your comments on Kareena Kapoor's FAC showing that they were addressed... something like this! It makes it a lot easier for me (as well as others) to see that the issues were sorted out. Thanks :) -- BollywoodDreamztalk03:43, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Penguin, when you have time can you give the first section of the article another quick look at? I rewrote a large portion of it and think it's much better than what it was previously. Till10:04, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sadly too busy with four other reviews that I'm trying to complete. Notwithstanding, I wish Bollyjeff good luck with this nomination and hope for smooth sailing ahead. —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]16:43, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I'm so sorry for not being able to keep the Cher PR in the last days. I will reply to the "Music and voice" suggestions right now. I'd be happy if you could reply to these two questions I made last week. Cheers, Lordelliott (talk) 18:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Will take a look. Had some wiki stuff in the way, and I've come down with a mild fever, which has reduced my motivation today. But cheers, —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]20:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's alright, I can totally relate to what you are saying. I plan to renominate the article as soon as we finish this PR. I'm not bothered at all since real life problems are always real life problems. I'll be waiting patiently. I'm longing to see our work being promoted as a FA. Cheers! Lordelliott (talk) 21:28, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Penguin. How are you, it has been a while. Anyway, I am certain you saw I nominated "Cry Me a River" for FAC. Anyway, I am experiencing some trouble with the tasks given by Till (talk·contribs) about paraphrasing some quotes. Can you please try to add your magic touch to the prose. Thank You! :) — Tomíca(T2ME)17:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello WP. How are you doing? Hope your exams went fine. :D Do you like this girl? I recently got into her discography. She really has some good songs. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:47, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to jump, but I am a stalker :P. I don't like her at all (don't want to say but I probably hate her). Don't see anything good at her. Why is Jay-Z actually bothering with her? — Tomíca(T2ME)17:49, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I do not find her attractive at all. I find her a copy-cat. And I can't stand this song. My only favorite song of hers is "Hot Right Now". And of course we don't like her ... duhh. Not to talk about her 2012 EMA performance. — Tomíca(T2ME)17:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
They went generally well: eg. a 91, four 98s, a 99 and two 100s. I hadn't heard her tracks, but tried a sample ("R.I.P"). Too generic, IMO. Producers need to get more original nowadays. —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]17:56, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't like him too much either. His song wasn't bad, but it was a little too slow-paced. You can't complain about his vocals though, and the effectiveness of the duet. But hey, at least it wasn't another Adele-dominated year. (She still won best live pop performance I think). I'm still happy "We Are Young" won Song of the Year. As for my Feb 14, well our school went to see our production of Les Misérables. That was nice. —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]18:11, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
He is better than the generic Ora xD. Btw, I am not in love so I will celebrate other holiday that is in our Orthodox calendar, it's the holiday of drinking [wine of course lol]... and of course Jivesh ;) !— Tomíca(T2ME)18:13, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Teammathi. I'm unfortunately busy with a few other reviews right now, so I won't be able to satisfy your request. But I do hope that you get some valuable input. Thanks, Penguin. —WP:PENGUIN·[ TALK ]11:59, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
