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WikiCup 2013 June newsletter

We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note.   Figureskatingfan (submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition:   Ealdgyth (submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted   Hawkeye7 (submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to   Piotrus (submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example,   Casliber (submissions) and   Sasata (submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.

A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. 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. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 09:53, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Amusement Park Quarter 3, 2013 Newsletter

23:03, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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20   Beti No. 1 (talk)           Merge
12   Meteorological history of Hurricane Noel (talk)     Merge
4   El Nacional (Santo Domingo) (talk)           Wikify
85   Tessa Allen (talk)           Wikify
6   Attaboy Sam! (talk)           Wikify
1   Tropical cyclones in 2010 (talk)           Orphan
1   Ajalia (talk)         Orphan
2   Aotearoa New Zealand Tertiary Chaplaincy Association (talk)           Orphan
12   Just Go (Staind song) (talk)           Stub
6   Jimmy Creech (talk)           Stub
9   Home (Staind song) (talk)           Stub
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Re:SSHWS

If you wanna know, what I really think, the SSHWS examples should not be there at all. And FYI, I somewhat disagree that one retired storm should be there, especially in the EPAC where retirements are more than random. YE Pacific Hurricane 02:36, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, Category 1's and 2's are usually minor, so there by showing a major storm, it could be distorting. I think they sould be removed because it's borderline WP:OR, unsourced, and really not that important. YE Pacific Hurricane 02:18, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

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37   Kangaroo emblems and popular culture (talk)     Cleanup
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605   Tornadoes of 2013 (talk) Expand
51   The Bourne Dominion (talk)           Expand
664   Biosafety level (talk)   Expand
64   International Bacon Day (talk)         Unencyclopaedic
60   Chivito (sandwich) (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
78   Hurricane Katrina disaster relief (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
6   Hurricane Danny (2003) (talk)         Merge
97   Fool's Gold Loaf (talk)       Merge
20   Beti No. 1 (talk)           Merge
50   Pamela Landy (talk)           Wikify
69   Strong Enough (Cher song) (talk)       Wikify
6   Photographic Society of America (talk)         Wikify
1   Tropical cyclones in 2010 (talk)           Orphan
10   Anthony Anaxagorou (talk)           Orphan
39   Akku Yadav (talk)         Orphan
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5   Attaboy Sam! (talk)           Stub
5   Staind: The Videos (talk)           Stub
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32   Mauna Loa Observatory (talk)         Stub
11   Just Go (Staind song) (talk)           Stub

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WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's   Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's   Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,   Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by   Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by   Piotrus (submissions),   Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! 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 reduce 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 23:18, 31 July 2013 (UTC)