The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Well done. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 22:24, 25 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Congratulations, Unlimitedlead! The article you nominated, Pope Sisinnius, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 26 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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You're receiving this message because you have reviewed or nominated a good article in the last year. (t · c) buidhe 05:15, 30 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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hello, Unlimitedlead! i had two quick questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.

• the text "English Church", in both the blurb and article lead, currently links to a table of religious demographics in modern-day england, which doesn't seem very useful for someone looking for more information on the english church during the time of henry ii. would it be more appropriate to link to "Church of England"? if so, i would also suggest the replacement of the link text "English Church" with "Church of England", as i think the latter is generally considered the proper name of the church rather than the former.
• personally, i think using the phrasing "two more of Henry's sons would also rule as king" in the blurb after mentioning that richard succeeded henry suggests that two of henry's sons ruled as king after richard did. however, i can only find one son of his that ruled after richard: john. henry the young king was crowned and died before richard acceded to the throne. (i'm admittedly not sure if henry the young king should be counted; he apparently isn't counted as a king in wikipedia's list of english monarchs.) what would you think about simplifying the tense in the quoted phrase by replacing "would also rule" with "also ruled"? i believe this would prevent the sentence from suggesting that the other two kings ruled after richard did.

dying (talk) 11:35, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for the article, introduced "I have been working with the blessing of the now-retired Hchc to improve Henry II of England for FA status, and I think we have gotten there." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Ermengard of Italy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ermengard of Italy for comments about the article, and Talk:Ermengard of Italy/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", 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 at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim O'Doherty -- Tim O'Doherty (talk) 16:43, 13 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, Unlimitedlead! I had the great pleasure of reviewing your excellent article nom on Pope Sisinnius for GA, which very deservedly has been promoted on to FA (congrats!). To put it plainly, you strike me as someone who knows what they're doing. As such, do you had any tips or suggestions regarding me pursuing a possible FA nom for the recently GA'd Book of Common Prayer (Unitarian)? I think it's feasible, but I wanted someone with the relevant experience to offer their opinion. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:26, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for the kind words. Regarding the Book of Prayer nomination, I have some qualms. Several of the sources seem quite outdated; I would scour for more recent academic research. But of course, you can always try at FA and see what the reviewers think. Personally this is not in the area of my expertise, so I am unable to offer a definitive opinion. Good luck, Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:53, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wouldn't discount your expertise in the slightest! I'll look into replicating/improving material utilizing more recent sources. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:32, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've had a peer review out on this article for about a month (sadly, no traction). I was wondering if you could pop over and offer any insight you have the time to make. If not, not a big deal! Also, if there are any on- or off-wiki resources for improving my work towards my first FA, I would appreciate you sharing them! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:00, 20 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

... in this PR. Best, Tim O'Doherty (talk) 21:56, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Now taken to FAC. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 20:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

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		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I, PericlesofAthens, award Unlimitedlead with this Barnstar of Diligence for your persistent efforts in raising the quality of Wikipedia articles not only to a high standard but to Featured status at that. Thank you for your contributions and collaborations with me on several projects, including Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) and Reign of Cleopatra. I hope we work on many more together! As Gimli would say: "You have my axe!" Pericles of AthensTalk 23:20, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I, Pericles of Athens, award Unlimitedlead with this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar, for his thoughtful compliments, critiques, encouragements, the Tireless Contributor Barnstar he has awarded me, and for successfully nominating me for Wikipedia:Editor of the Week. Thank you kindly for the kindness and your friendship. Pericles of AthensTalk 23:20, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Pope John XIV you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Pope John XIV for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 12:40, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 25 December 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2023. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before the article appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 18:53, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

November songs

my story today

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for Pope Sisinnius, introduced: "I have just wrapped up Henry II of England, and it was quite the doozy, so I thought it would be a good idea to nominate a smaller, simpler article. This pope reigned for only 20 days, a fascinating story indeed."! - Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year, - feel free to pick a "card" from my talk! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hey, lemme know when you're down to bring this article to FA status! Cheers :) Ippantekina (talk) 04:07, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Good to see you didn't retire forever; hope you and yours are well, and that you're enjoying the season. If you have time, I would appreciate your comments at an ongoing peer review I have on, but if not, no worries. Best wishes, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:17, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

i thought it might be easier to chat off the Edward I of England talk page about what might be modified. I'm not looking for anything drastic btw, it is just that the wealth of research done by Jewish and cultural history scholars about the importance of his actions isn't really reflected in the article. I've had a go at outling all this at History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)#Edward I and the Expulsion (still a WIP but the first and last parts get the point across) and the reasons scholars believe these topics have been sidelined at History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)#Historiography. Jim Killock (talk) 11:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving 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. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (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) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Henry II of England (estimated annual readership: 1,300,000) to Featured 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) 02:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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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[reply]

I have nominated Edward I of England for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Jim Killock (talk) 21:25, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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