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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:26, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.
Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:
BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews
In addition, we would like to recognize 
Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.
The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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. 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
I saw you archived some discussions, and I'm trying to be more helpful on there in closing, but archiving is not something I'm not clear on. I'm used to bots handling that for me, how's it done on VA? Thanks! GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 01:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- @GeogSage: We "disabled" the bot a few months ago because it was archiving unfinished discussions. The way archiving is currently done at VA5 (not sure about the other levels) is manually moving the discussion off of the talk page and into the archive. Some people use a script for that, I just cut and paste. Most discussions are supposed to be archived a few days after closure, but sometimes people forget and they sit there for weeks. Hope this helps. QuicoleJR (talk) 02:04, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks! Definitely helps. I just taught myself how to close a few weeks ago and want to make sure I'm cleaning up after myself. Expecting bots to do the work was not the best assumption of mine. I'll try to chip in with house cleaning from time to time, as much of a mess that I make with proposals and discussions, it's the least I can do. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 02:16, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
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| For your work on the Vital Articles project, especially in cleaning up closures and keeping things running smooth. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 23:25, 10 May 2025 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. QuicoleJR (talk) 23:52, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Hello QuicoleJR:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in June!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 1 month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 June 2025 through 30 June 2025.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 3200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
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Hello. You are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It's currently planned for June 16-July 13. There is currently $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. As 250 countries and entities is too much to patrol, entries will be by user, but there is $500 going into prizes for editors covering the most countries. Sign up if interested! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:10, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Dr. Blofeld: Thanks for the invitation! Is there a deadline to sign up? QuicoleJR (talk) 18:35, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
On 6 June 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Abdul Ismail, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:00, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
On 6 June 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Edmund White, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 02:24, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
On 11 June 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maganti Gopinath, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 23:02, 11 June 2025 (UTC)