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WikiCup 2012 August newsletter

 

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1.   Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
  2.   Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
  3.   Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
  4.   Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
  5.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
  6.   Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
  7.   Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
  8.   Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle:   GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions),   Ealdgyth (submissions),   Calvin999 (submissions),   Piotrus (submissions),   Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions),   12george1 (submissions),   The Bushranger (submissions) and   1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, 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. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 00:19, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

 
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Cambridge United GA

Hi, I'm willing to continue work on the article if it's not being done quickly enough. Cheers Delsion23 (talk) 12:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Cool, I'll see how it goes then. Delsion23 (talk) 15:02, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1967 Football League Cup Final

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DYK for Peter Norfolk

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DYK for Ola Abidogun

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Template:Did you know nominations/Love's Kitchen

Just to let you know, there's a hook issue here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:28, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chan Yan-tak

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DYK for Last Night (Lucy Spraggan song)

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DYK for Love's Kitchen

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DYK nomination of Pyrenean Desman

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DYK for Lisa Allen

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Military history coordinator election

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Just wanted to acknowledge the great work you have done in creating/expanding good articles, particularly 1967 Football League Cup Final. Cheers. Jameboy (talk) 12:27, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hi: This article is in a DYK prep and I noticed it needs updating since he won a silver medal. Yngvadottir (talk) 03:34, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Au Crocodile

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DYK for Le Louis XV (restaurant)

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2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

As you're in the middle of a FL effort I hought it might be worth letting you know about File:Stephanie millward.jpg, it shows her with her five 2012 medals andit may make a nice addition to the medal table as none of the current images show the medals themselves at all. Basement12 (T.C) 01:06, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Pyrenean Desman

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Roux Scholarship

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Starborough Castle

Hi Miyagawa,

nobody had made me aware that Starborough Castle was up for DYK otherwise I would have added better sourcing as I have never had a DYK before. I have added better sourcing, I don't know if that means the article can be renominated? Could I also suggest that perhaps article creators be informed when a fact is nominated for DYK so they can help if required? Hiding T 13:35, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alexis Gauthier

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Jacques Pic

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK Carrie Nahabedian, Missy Robbins, April Bloomfield, Mellisa Perello

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Hi Miyagawa, there is a small problem with the nomination. Please reply there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:25, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Hadden

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ockenden Manor

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Carrie Nahabedian

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Missy Robbins

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DYK for April Bloomfield

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DYK for Melissa Perello

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DYK for Mass Effect 2: Arrival

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Steve Drake (chef)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alvin Leung

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DYK for Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sat Bains

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DYK for Magnus Nilsson (chef)

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DYK for Starborough Castle

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DYK for The Cube (restaurant)

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DYK for The Clink (restaurant)

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DYK for Claude Bosi

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hibiscus (restaurant)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Great job. You know that when you can tell you the article author is without checking you're a great editor. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:13, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Encounter at Farpoint

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Ping! I did a bit of copyediting on the article itself to show you what I was looking for and included some hidden text where I saw minor issues. You probably want to peek at that; I'm not wedded to my edits, they were more demonstrative and you are welcome to alter my changes, but they flag where there were minor things I think were need of a fix. This article is close to passing GA, wouldn't want to get bogged down. Montanabw(talk) 03:45, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Fat Duck

Nyttend (talk · contribs) 16:02, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nico Ladenis

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Paul Prudhomme

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bamburgh Sword

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WikiCup 2012 September newsletter

 

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion.   Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by   Sasata (submissions),   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and   Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

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DYK for List of three Michelin starred restaurants in the United Kingdom

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

DKY review

Could you comment again at Template:Did you know nominations/Soviet Strike? Thanks, bridies (talk) 01:26, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Hinds Head

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Anatolian Shepherd

Hi Miyagawa, I notice that you are still actively updating dog articles, so wondered if you can help/advise please?

The KC has announced it is to recognise the Kangal Dog and I have updated the page on it to reflect this. However, the announcement also states dogs currently registered as Anatolian Shepherd Dogs are eligible (if appropriate) to apply to have them recorded as the Turkish Kangal Dog instead (http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/4581/23/5/3). Looking at the talk page of the Anatolian, there does seem to have been a fair bit of (heated) debate about the Kangal/Anatolian quite some time ago.

I feel something should be included in the Anatolian Shepherd article to indicate the KC's decision about re-registrations but I'm really not sure how it would best be included?

I have been using my sandbox to play with a few dog citations/references and have some bits there which I'd appreciate you looking at if you get the chance?

Sorry to bother you but you seem to be quite expert on Wiki dog pieces!

Sagaciousphil (talk) 10:29, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

 
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DYK nomination of Alvin Leung again

Sorry to bother you about this. I passed this nomination. But there seems to be a post-approval question about kappa. Maile66 (talk) 12:52, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Harvey's (restaurant)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alvin Leung

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The Crown at Whitebrook

Can I interest you in expanding this?10:59, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Great job! ALso credited Gyymrtle, he added some stuff too. I think it would be a great idea to get List of Michelin starred restaurants up to a featured list status. Its probably one of the most important pages for top restaurants on here I think, and then of course the task of covering all of the articles! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:48, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Do what you think is best anyway, but I think they're amongst the most important pages for restaurants and to get sound lists up to featured status would be great. Featured lists of course are not as demanding as FAs but still need quite a lot of work. Let me know if you want any help anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:15, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

And if you cross Trace Adkins with Phil Mitchell you get... Martin Blunos.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:11, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Philippe Etchebest

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DYK for The Crown at Whitebrook

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Template:Did you know nominations/Knight's Spider Web Farm

Miyagawa, I was wondering whether you could take another look at this one; Dennis Brown says he has answered your concerns about the nomination. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:41, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Aubergine (London restaurant)

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Drive Award

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

 
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DYK for Theo?

I was hoping to expand the article myself but you've done a sterling job! If you push it to DYK, would you be kind enough to let me know? Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:51, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Another touching/heartbreaking story, particularly with his untimely demise after his handler's tragic death. By the way, I am aware of PDSA employees editing the Dickin Medal page. So far, not so much to worry about, but knowing that you're active in these areas, I'd appreciate it if you could keep an eye out for any unnecessarily POV/advert edits from IPs or User:Greaves.kirsten, and react accordingly! My best to you. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:56, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Great article you two! I hope to see it on DYK soon! :) cReep talk 05:59, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mikael Jonsson

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WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

 

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to   Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

  1.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
  2.   Sasata (submissions)
  3.   Grapple X (submissions)
  4.   Casliber (submissions)
  5.   Muboshgu (submissions)
  6.   Miyagawa (submissions)
  7.   Ruby2010 (submissions)
  8.   Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 00:34, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Theo (dog)

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WikiCup award

 
Awarded to Miyagawa for reaching the final 8, and finishing in sixth, in the 2012 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs) and The ed17 (talk · contribs) 16:20, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

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Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1)

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Started Les Saveurs de Jean-Christophe Novelli, might want to move it to simply Les Saveurs though to include the time it was Marco Pierre's restaurant.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:49, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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