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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Irish Citizen Army Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. Florida 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

  • United States Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
  • Chicago HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of British Empire The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:49, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 February 2013

New student user

Hi I'm Anthony. I'm part of the Interactive Measurement Lab Wikipedia team. One of my assignments is to greet an online ambassador and so I am leaving a comment to you. Mortona8 (talk) 20:04, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the greeting, Anthony. Nice to meet you! ~ Matthewrbowker Make a comment! 20:42, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven

Check out the Teahouse Genie Badge, awarded for solving issues on the Teahouse Wishlist.

Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:

  • And...for all of your great work and all of the progress that you've helped the Teahouse make, we hereby award you the Host Badge:


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Thanks again! Ocaasi 01:58, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Image for CampODonnellPOWMemorialCross, uploaded Feb. 8, 2012

Dear Matthew,

I'm confused by your comment that there is no source info for this image. I filled out the "source" as U.S. Navy, and the "author" as the Commander, U.S. Naval Radio Station Tarlac. This was a personal photograph he gave to me to use as I see fit. And I can produce written permission to that affect. I would prefer not to give the commander's name, but can do so if nec.

Can you please amplify on the issue here?

-Morris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karungu1 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, that wasn't me. I was in class when the image was uploaded and tagged.
The guy you want to talk to is Nthep , he should be able to help you. ~ Matthewrbowker Make a comment! 02:02, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Request

Hi Matt. Hope you are well. Created another article for my company's brand - Brooke Bond Red Label. It's in my sandbox. Request you to take a look and share feedback please.

Thanks and regards

Delnavaz Mehta (talk) 11:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 February 2013

New Article Feedback version available for testing

Hey all.

As promised, we've built a set of improvements to the Article Feedback Tool, which can be tested through the links here. Please do take the opportunity to play around with it, let me know of any bugs, and see what you think :).

A final reminder that the Request for Comment on whether AFT5 should be turned on on Wikipedia (and how) is soon to close; for those of you who have not submitted an opinion or !voted, it can be found here.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:20, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 February 2013

University course page

Thank you for serving as my course's online ambassador. The process has been pretty straight forward so far. Question: My course page now shows articles associated with students' usernames...are students able to add a page to their role on my course page by themselves or is this is magic trick of the wiki-world?Ajungle (talk) 13:51, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

You're most welcome, I'm glad to help! Insofar as I can tell, the students add the articles they plan to edit onto the course page. I'm trying to get in touch with the developer for a more concrete answer, but that's what I can tell from the documentation. ~ Matthewrbowker Make a comment! 18:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You!

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1st, 2013 – March 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 2000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

Delivered by User:EdwardsBot on behalf of Wikiproject Articles for Creation at 13:47, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The Teahouse Turns One!

It's been an exciting year for the Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!


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To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge.

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--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2013

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