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My health is going up and down a bit too much to be a reliable organiser (should have posted in January). Would be a shame if my tardiness means there is no core contest this year. I'm willing to judge still. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:56, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had a great time judging last year, and would love to take a more lead-role as organiser/judge. Aza24 (talk) 16:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(takes two steps back) okay @Aza24: happy for you to don the captain's hat this year! And reporting for duty! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:45, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Will get things set up soon. Aza24 (talk) 07:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And obviously any questions you have we'll be happy to answer. Lead on! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:53, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all! We're starting a little later than last year, but I think that 15 April to 31 May, like last year would be fine.

We'd still have a good three weeks to spread the word and rack up entries. Any thoughts? Aza24 (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I intend to participate, and this sounds good to me. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A short lead-in time but doable. Need to get cracking on all fronts quickly though. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1 submissions pages/alerts should probably be up in the next couple of days. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:45, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed! I will get on this. Aza24 (talk) 01:02, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coretheapple (talk) 17:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree Remsense诉 17:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any rules prohibiting the improvement of more than one article? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They do not. The more entries, the more joy. Last year, we had two editors working on multiple articles: Artem G on various mars rovers, and Phlsph7 on knowledge/education. If the articles differ significantly in coreness, we'll put more emphasis on the changes in the more core artice :). Conversely, you're also allowed to work together on an article, which we saw often in the earlier contests. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Good to know.) Remsense诉 17:50, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I'll put that out there now: does anyone maybe want to work on something together as well? Throw some ideas out there! Remsense诉 12:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck everyone. I've asked my script to generate some initial stats on all the articles. The total yearly pageviews for this group of article is over 24 million(!)25 million, which I don't think we've had in a while.

—Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC), 06:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC), 19:40, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting cohort of articles. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Always a good sign for coreness when these single-word articles (Love, Mind, Night etc.) are present. Aza24 (talk) 03:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, some of the pageview statistics in the table look a little inaccurate. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had forgotten to update the year for which it takes the pageviews (2022 instead of 2023). More effort to do last 12 months. Have updated the table with 2023 data now and quite a few articles changed categories. Of course, the million award should be taken with a grain of salt, as it's about the last 12 months if I recall correctly.

I think this link should lead you to the code. Not sure what people need to have access though. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]