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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

LDF Maharashtra

@Soman Although the sources didn't directly told the term LDF, all together the source clearly says about a bloc of the Left, Democratic, Secular and Progressive parties. Besides 5 of them will organise a convention in Nashik and has formed a committee to discuss seat sharing with MVA. XYZ 250706 (talk) 08:31, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Not everything that happens can be fitted into an article. The issue with Maharashtra is that there is very little organizational unity between elections. Ahead of every election there is some regrouping among parties. You can't claim that just because parties hold a joint meeting, it is the same front as few years back. --Soman (talk) 09:07, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany

On 20 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1935 Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany took place in the outskirts of Moscow? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Salvadoran government-in-exile

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Draft:3rd congress (rewrite)

Hello, Soman,

It looks like you started this draft several years ago. Just wanted to let you know that it is coming up for speedy deletion, CSD G13 as a stale draft. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:37, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

hi Liz. Thanks for flagging. I'm gradually moving over the material into article mainspace now. --Soman (talk) 10:39, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Abdur Rahman Mahmudi

On 25 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abdur Rahman Mahmudi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that imprisoned Afghan politician Abdur Rahman Mahmudi wrote poems using onion juice as ink in his prison cell? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abdur Rahman Mahmudi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abdur Rahman Mahmudi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Labour Party of Turkey

On 30 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Labour Party of Turkey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Labour Party of Turkey was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1980 due to its support for the use of the Kurdish language in schools? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Labour Party of Turkey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Labour Party of Turkey), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party

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Proposed deletion of Haryana Republican Party

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Proposed deletion of Haryana Gana Parishad

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Proposed deletion of Gujarat Janata Congress

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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