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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

On 2 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carlos Jáuregui (activist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Argentinian LGBT-rights activist Carlos Jáuregui had a station named after him on the Buenos Aires Underground? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carlos Jáuregui (activist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Carlos Jáuregui (activist)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

On 7 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alfred Gilbert, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Gilbert. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alfred Gilbert), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

October GAN Backlog Drive As you have taken part in previous GAN Backlog drives, or are a prolific GAN reviewer, you might be interested to know that the October 2020 GAN Backlog Drive starts on October 1, and will continue until the end of the month.

-- Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:47, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Squatting in the Netherlands 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 Legobot, on behalf of Aircorn -- Aircorn (talk) 02:42, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article City bonds robbery 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 Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 07:02, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

The article Death of Jessie Earl has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

As per WP:NOTNEWS.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the ((proposed deletion/dated)) notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing ((proposed deletion/dated)) will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Death of Jessie Earl is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Jessie Earl until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

The article City bonds robbery 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:City bonds robbery for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 09:21, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to give an update on the 1985–86 Hormel strike page. Currently working through some of the issues you brought up with it and leaving responses on the GA Review talk page. I expect to be done by next weekend, if that works. JJonahJackalope (talk) 22:31, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

JJonahJackalope Thanks for the update, that works for me, just let me know when you want me to take another look. Mujinga (talk) 08:33, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@Mujinga: @JJonahJackalope: Hello, I put comments in the talk page regarding three parts of the strike article. I am still learning how to offer thoughts for a GA, so if my edit request needs to be formatted differently, please let me know. Thank you so much. Hello-Mary-H (talk) 17:43, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

The article City bonds robbery you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:City bonds robbery for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 15:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

The article Squatting in the Netherlands you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Squatting in the Netherlands for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aircorn -- Aircorn (talk) 08:22, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Mabel Ridealgh, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Enfield.

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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
• Rhododendrites (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello,
Hope you are doing well.
Wishing you a happy, safe, and prosperous Diwali. Stay safe. Regards. --Titodutta (talk) 18:45, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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		Thank you for conducting 4 reviews in the October 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 48%. Regards, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:33, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi there, thanks for reviewing my WP:DYK submission. I liked the structured way to your review. Can I ask you if your time commitments and interest would allow you to be a WP:GAN reviewer for the same article? I can work on making the edits per the WP:GAN feedback. Have a bit of spare time this week. Thanks for your consideration. Ktin (talk) 17:08, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Ktin: thanks for the message. Yes I do review GAs sometimes and on a quick look I'd say it would pass with a bit of work, so feel free to let me know when you nominate it. I've just continued the DYK review. Cheers, Mujinga (talk) 22:12, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Mujinga, Let's go for it! I have nominated it and have this long weekend available in front of me for any edits. Lets get it done! Ktin (talk) 18:39, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

great! i've taken on the reviuew and i'll ping you when i've made some comments Mujinga (talk) 23:40, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I'll review Northern Bank robbery for you. I wondered if you'd consider having a look at Chandler's Ford shooting since it's a fairly similar topic. Not that I'm suggesting any sort of quid pro quo; I'll review your nomination regardless because it looks like an interesting read, and I won't be offended if you're not interested or don't have time. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:19, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Northern Bank robbery 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 Legobot, on behalf of HJ Mitchell -- HJ Mitchell (talk) 20:20, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Some comments on the review page. I'll watch the page and revisit when I get chance. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Meenakshi Pahuja at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Roller26 (talk) 08:16, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 13:02, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

On 29 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pragya Prasun, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a foundation set up by Pragya Prasun has supported more than 250 survivors of acid attacks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pragya Prasun. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pragya Prasun), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

—valereee (talk) 00:03, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The article Northern Bank robbery you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Northern Bank robbery for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HJ Mitchell -- HJ Mitchell (talk) 14:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

On 4 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jones Hill Wood, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Swampy was evicted from Jones Hill Wood, rare barbastelle bats were discovered to be living there? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jones Hill Wood. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jones Hill Wood), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

On 11 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Silvio Meier, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Silvio Meier has a street in Berlin and a square in Bologna named after him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Silvio Meier. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Silvio Meier), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Precious

squatting arena

Thank you for quality articles such as Silvio Meier, Arena, Vienna ("the best place to be in Vienna" according to Leonard Cohen), Squatting in the Netherlands and Karthyayani Amma, for quality reviewing and exceptional DYK hooks, for having been "interested to sort out the tekno pages a bit" from 2006, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2495 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:09, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt "interested to sort out the tekno pages a bit" made me laugh. you do your research! ah 2006, seems like a different world now in 2020 Mujinga (talk) 18:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm always happy when I can make someone laugh ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

On 13 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hekani Jakhalu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a non-governmental organisation set up by Hekani Jakhalu helps young entrepreneurs from Nagaland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hekani Jakhalu. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hekani Jakhalu), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for signing up for today's online US housing edit-a-thon! Looking forward to your contributions. Please drop me a line if you have any questions. Cheers, -- M2545 (talk) 16:59, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

M2545 I'm here! Gonna polish up Squatting in the United States Mujinga (talk) 17:00, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Excellent. Happy editing! -- M2545 (talk) 17:13, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for participating! Summary of our collective effort during the event is here. All best, -- M2545 (talk) 23:17, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

On 14 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Northern Bank robbery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a bank robbery nearly derailed the Northern Ireland peace process? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Northern Bank robbery. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Northern Bank robbery), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Pratyush.shrivastava (talk) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! It's the last day of 2020 and tomorrow will be 2025. Hope the coming year brings pleasures for you. Have a prosperous, enjoyable and a productive 2025. This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! -- Pratyush.shrivastava (talk) 18:16, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Spread the New Year cheer by adding ((subst:New Year 2)) to their talk page with a friendly message.

2022!? Mujinga (talk) 21:29, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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