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Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). 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) 00:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of La Querida (mansion)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article La Querida (mansion) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 01:45, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of La Querida (mansion)

The article La Querida (mansion) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:La Querida (mansion) and Talk:La Querida (mansion)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 02:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of La Querida (mansion)

The article La Querida (mansion) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:La Querida (mansion) for comments about the article, and Talk:La Querida (mansion)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 17:22, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2023 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 22:23, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 2023 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2023 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:2023 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 20:45, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1891 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1891 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 18:01, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1894 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1894 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 15:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1877 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1877 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 16:01, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1877 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 1877 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1877 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:1877 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 16:23, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1891 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 1891 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1891 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:1891 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 20:43, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1894 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 1894 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1894 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:1894 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 20:21, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1892 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1892 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 06:02, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for La Querida (mansion)

On 12 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La Querida (mansion), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that La Querida in Palm Beach, Florida, served as the Winter White House for President John F. Kennedy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La Querida (mansion). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, La Querida (mansion)), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 12:03, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 1892 AHS GAN

May you please offer me some feedback? I am interesting in helping get your GAN passed. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 11:06, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1892 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 1892 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1892 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:1892 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CapeVerdeWave -- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 05:44, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for February 17

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited 1880 Atlantic hurricane season, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bay Islands.

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Your GA nomination of Hurricane Wilma

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hurricane Wilma you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of EF5 -- EF5 (talk) 19:46, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Wilma

The article Hurricane Wilma you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Hurricane Wilma and Talk:Hurricane Wilma/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of EF5 -- EF5 (talk) 14:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 1871 AHS GAN

I am currently planning to review the article, but I have a quibble: I keep receiving a message that states, "One or more {{cite tech report}} templates have maintenance messages; messages may be hidden (help)." What is wrong with the script in this case? I would like to fix this before conducting the review. I appreciate all your work on tropical cyclones! CapeVerdeWave (talk) 13:56, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. 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) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Wilma

The article Hurricane Wilma you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hurricane Wilma for comments about the article, and Talk:Hurricane Wilma/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of EF5 -- EF5 (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

Your GA nomination of 1889 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1889 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 19:43, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

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) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of 1889 Atlantic hurricane season

The article 1889 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1889 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article, and Talk:1889 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 02:02, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]