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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). 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 equally.

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DYK nomination of Seydou Cissokho

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• Soman, it's been over a week since this was posted. Please stop by the nomination template. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Indian State Assembly Election Results (1951)

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DYK for Unity for Socialism

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Liberal and Conservative communists VS Hardline and Moderate communists?

In the article 1965 Bulgarian Coup d'état attempt, you removed the words "liberal" when describing Todor Zhivkov and "conservative" when describing Mao Zedong. Conservatives "seek to preserve things as they are" and "oppose modernism". Isn't that an accurate description of Mao in the face of the reforms proposed by Nikita Khrushchev in the USSR? And therefore wasn't Khrushchev and therefore (at least in 1965) Zhivkov a liberal for lessening central control and increasing freedoms somewhat more than the rigid Stalin?

Or perhaps a better description might be "Hardline" and "Moderate" communists?

What is you opinion?

Kndimov (talk) 15:34, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I know that it is common, in particular with how events around 1989-1991 in USSR and Socialist Bloc, to label pro-Soviet hardliners as 'conservatives', and reformists as 'liberal'. But for encyclopedia it's better to use terms that avoid the risk of confusion with the distinct ideologies of liberalism and conservatism. Furthermore, in the 1960s, the Maoist challenge wasn't conservative but rather a radical (often younger) force than the established pro-Soviet leaderships. I think 'hardline' and 'moderate' would be better terms in this context. --Soman (talk) 15:45, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your input! -- Kndimov (talk) 15:55, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks to you as well, it is a very interesting article. --Soman (talk) 23:44, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Seydou Cissokho

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DYK for Kamgar Kisan Paksha

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DYK for S.K. Limaye

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DYK for Al-Malayin

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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC) |}