The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Paige Niemann. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. You have continued to remove maintenance templates while also appearing to add promotional content, e.g. removing content directly about Neimann and presenting it as if the source is not directly discussing Neimann, and appear to have used a false edit summary [1]. Beccaynr (talk) 06:11, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

However, I reviewed the source more closely, and have edited the text slightly into a compromise version. However, the repeated removal of the maintenance templates without addressing the Fan POV and promotional issues continues to seem problematic. Beccaynr (talk) 06:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, Beccaynr! As I explained in my edit summary, I removed the maintenance tags because I believed the issues were not applicable (i.e. it was not written from a fan POV or promotional), and was not trying to be "disruptive" or "problematic". I'm not sure what content that I added that rings as "promotional" to you? If there are any bits where you feel that it's still promotional or anything, you could point them out and I could try to fix them. Thanks! Pamzeis (talk) 03:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pamzeis, thank you for following up, and I apologize for my frustrated reaction to the removals of the templates - from my view, even this [2] removal had not adequately addressed an ongoing issue of relying on mostly interview-based coverage from several years ago to present Neimann as she promotes herself and has been promoted in low-quality, sensationalized coverage. From my view, the article still seemed to mimic some of the sensational coverage (e.g. "Niemann stated that she was told she resembled" ... "TikTok users dubbed her Grande's doppelgänger" ... "Niemann dresses and styles herself similar to Grande"), and then concludes by noting coverage of the OnlyFans account. I think it is particularly challenging to develop this article with the available sources - the sources tend toward sensationalism, and we don't seem to have a lot to balance it, and negative coverage isn't particularly helpful, especially for a mostly low-profile person.

However, I think your edits preceding the removal of the templates were an improvement, and I overreacted to noticing the removal of the templates again (while it was late for me and I was distracted, basically exactly what WP:SLEEPY cautions against), and the article has since continued to improve with further edits and the addition of context. I am still concerned about this article from a general WP:BLP standpoint, and whether negative coverage about Neimann should really be helping justify the existence of a standalone article, but for now, I think the article has developed into a more balanced, neutral, and sourced article and I do not plan to restore the templates. Beccaynr (talk) 04:13, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article nominations | March 2024 Backlog Drive
March 2024 Backlog Drive: On 1 March, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin. Barnstars will be awarded. Interested in taking part? You can sign up here or ask questions here.
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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Pamzeis. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Haunted House (song), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 13:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jenna Ortega 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 Kj cheetham -- Kj cheetham (talk) 21:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Jenna Ortega you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jenna Ortega for comments about the article, and Talk:Jenna Ortega/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 Kj cheetham -- Kj cheetham (talk) 15:05, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Jenna Ortega (estimated annual readership: 5,000,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 05:21, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sadie Sink 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) 04:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Sadie Sink 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:Sadie Sink and Talk:Sadie Sink/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 06:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Sadie Sink you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sadie Sink for comments about the article, and Talk:Sadie Sink/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) 06:01, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Twilight Sparkle 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 Cessaune -- Cessaune (talk) 03:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]