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Request to withdraw

Hey, due to a variety of IRL commitments, I do not forsee myswlf having time to be able to participate much in the current round. As a result, I'd like to be marked as having withdrawn from this year's competition. It was a privilege to participate and I look forward to participating again next year. Sohom (talk) 16:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia and for competing in the Cup. I have now marked you as withdrawn. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:12, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

interwiki points.

I have not recived my interwiki bonus for DYKs on either Boom (4 + en) or The Devil's Chord (5 + en). I should recive 2 points for both. I know it's only two points but to quote a great man "There is no corner of my heart that I would not turn over for 5 2 points". Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:19, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

OlifanofmrTennant, as explained on the scoring page, the articles are not eligible for interwiki points because some of the other pages did not exist on 31 December. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh thank you, I see that line now. Probably should reread the rules then. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:16, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Many points

I believe the bot errantly awarded me 9 bonus points for my DYK on Flemish bond. As the article is too short, a conversion of a redirect, and not on any other Wiki, I believe it does not fulfill any of the bonus point requirements. If possible, I'd like my score to reflect the accurate 5 point total. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:13, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

@Pbritti, thanks for bringing this up. I've now adjusted the points for you. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Pbritti, I appreciate your honesty! — Frostly (talk) 17:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Vami IV

I wonder. Could they be silently removed from the original list? I see no reason to see their name in scary red in a competition they will never win nor take part in. Just a thought. ——Serial Number 54129 22:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129, are you asking if we should remove his name from Wikipedia:WikiCup or from Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Round 3? If you mean Wikipedia:WikiCup, we can do that. I'm going to reset everyone's points by tomorrow, so that shouldn't be a problem.

If you're asking us to remove his name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Round 3, that would be more awkward, as his name was kept there for record-keeping purposes. He never formally withdrew, and he did score points during Round 2. Rather than removing his name from the Round 3 page, we might have to come up with something else, such as using a different color for his name. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Epicgenius, that's good—what you say about tomorrow or today is understood. I absolutely agree. If anyone agrees about anything currently, they may be a serial troublemaker. Cheers! ——Serial Number 54129 23:41, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

I think it's fine currently. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:42, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Recreated article — DYK scoring

I had Mercy Gilbert Medical Center undeleted to be rewritten and republished it. The article is 90% new material. Should it still qualify for an age bonus as a DYK based on the original date of publication, as the bot has handled it? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I think that in order to recive a bonus for existing in a year it must have been around for 51+% of that year. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie, in my view it would indeed be eligible for an age bonus. The article had been deleted for only about three months, and it was undeleted rather than rewritten from scratch. If we remove these three months from consideration, it's been in mainspace for the same amount of time as an article that was created in December 2011 and never deleted.

As long as you expanded this page fivefold from the undeleted version, I think it qualifies for the age multiplier. (On the other hand, had the article been rewritten from scratch rather than being undeleted, it would not be eligible as an expanded article, only as a new article.) Epicgenius (talk) 03:44, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Epicgenius It is indeed not a 5x — it was 2327 characters RPS before and is 3140 characters now. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:49, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, okay - I see now. This is a real gray area, since you moved this to mainspace (which would make this a "new article" under most circumstances), but it has undeleted history dating back to 2011. My thinking is that if it qualified for DYK as a new article, then it should be scored as a new article, and thus it wouldn't receive the age bonus. I'm going to ping @Cwmhiraeth and @Frostly for their feedback, but I'm leaning toward treating this as a new article without any age-based bonuses. Epicgenius (talk) 03:59, 9 August 2024 (UTC)