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Ok, I've been having a think, mostly with a view to stress reduction. My main idea is that round one, which will again be one big pool, can be treated effectively as a "qualifier", with the top 64 getting through to round two, or "qualifying for the Cup". We can leave signups open through most of round one (certainly through January), and we needn't make the poster until the start of the Cup proper. I don't want to go through the whole "resignup" thing we did last year, so if someone's name is on Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups, they're going in the pool. I will also do some spamming in the coming days to try and get a few more participants.
Another question is that of judges. I don't think the other judges would mind me saying that I did most of the judge-y stuff last year, and there are even a good few participants who can take some credit too. I'm happy to stay in my role as a judge, but I would also be happy to take part- I doubt I'd hit the final rounds, but, damnit, I'd try :) I think it is important, especially in light of some of the new ideas being discussed (see Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring) that the judges reserve the right, first of all, to remove points and/or make "rulings" on what deserves points and what does not, and, secondly, reserve the right to remove anyone causing problems from the competition. In the spirit of friendly competition, I hope we can trust our judges not to abuse this power, and I hope we can trust our participants to respect what the judges say, and attempt to minimise disruption. The last thing we want is to see the Cup on the noticeboards again.
We also have the question of the bot. DeltaQuad has said he would be happy to script us a new bot, but he is not currently about. I intend to contact him soon to arrange a new bot, as our old one had some problems last year.
Other than that, I was thinking that we could run things pretty much as we did last year. Any thoughts? Questions? Admiration? Abuse? J Milburn ( talk) 13:38, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
It's 3 days before the start of 2011 I've been under the impression the contest starts on the 1st of January. But there still doesn't appear to be consensus on scoring - at least, nothing's moved from the talk page to the scoring page. The FAQ's also still living in 2010.
I'm new to the cup, so maybe this is the way things always go, but as a new contestant (expecting to fade fast, given the likely drop in DYK points and increase in points for other activities) I would like to know what rules I'll actually be trying to follow.
Kobnach ( talk) 19:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Just a quick question - I read the submissions page that we have to make a new subpage as our collection of submissions, but how is that worded? Wikicup/Lord Roem/Submissions ?? Cheers, Lord Roem ( talk) 00:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Well with only like 2 days left, should I enter (though I won't be able to go as far as last time) or do others think I'm needed as a judge. (We still have not made a decision on that I believe) I'm more than willing to participate or help run the Cup if needed. All the best,-- White Shadows Those Christmas lights 03:41, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
If a participant is indef-blocked, does their flag become available? If so, I'd like to use the flag for Boston since an... odd... situation is currently developing with DC ( talk · contribs) (the flag is currently his). -- Dylan620 ( t • c • r) 07:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I set up all the archives for you and changed the submissions list when you're ready to go. Its 2011 in UTC so I went ahead and did it.Mitch32( Transportation Historian) 02:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
If work began on an article before the Wikicup began, but I don't finish working on it and nominate it for GA until after the WikiCup begins, would it count (since it was worked during the WikiCup, but not entirely)? Bramble claw x 14:58, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Actually, I have a similar question. I have an article that was promoted to GA in 2010 (or this could pertain to any year). Would I get credit for FA for that article if it passes FAC, given that the push for FA differs from the push for GA? – MuZemike 02:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
How the heck do you signup? -- Tyw7 ( ☎ Contact me! • Contributions) Changing the world one edit at a time! 01:38, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
So why are former flags disallowed this year? I wanted to represent the German Confederation again....-- White Shadows We live in a beautiful world 03:03, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I've just realised that the welcome message I sent out didn't actually get sent out. That would explain some of the confusion this morning about various things. Just to clarify, the signups are still open. J Milburn ( talk) 12:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi judges, Just wondering... I've been working on the likes of several articles in the last several days just before 2010. These are Hello Good Morning, Coming Home (Diddy-Dirty Money song) and Ass on the Floor. "HGM" was nominated for GA on December 30 and its review is beginning shortly. Will it be eligible for for the wikicup?
With regards to "Coming Home" and "Ass on the Floor" both are WP:RECENT hence I could not/can not nominate them anytime soon for GA but it is my intention to nomination them in the near future. By which time more information will become available and more work will be required to get them upto standard.
Finally there is another article, When Love Takes Over which is also going through a similar process. Having already achieved GA status, it is being peer-reviewed and will then be nominated for FA. Will any of those processes count? Thanks -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 [talk] 21:52, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
2 points might not be enough for the whole cup, but one has to make the start! Congratulations! -- Stone ( talk) 00:20, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Midterms are coming up and I can't participate this year. Good luck to everyone else! – CG Talk 03:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
I've changed my username from "pd_THOR" to "Fourthords"; does this completely gum up the works? — Fourthords | =/\= | 04:08, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Is there a set time when the bot update the scores? It doesn't seem to have updated it for a while. I think I should have 2 points since I reviewed a GA nomination, but It still shows a zero. Any clarification on this? Sumsum2010· T· C 05:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
So hello again Ladies and Gentlemen, after being so busy I finally got some time out of my busy schedule to work out a bot (aka it's done). Is there already one working on this, or is it temporary? (I would be hosting off the toolserver. Just want to know before I file my BRFA. -- DQ (t) (e) 01:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Who can get the points for a Did You Know -- the article creator/expander, the nominator, or both? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I am stuggling to sign up can some tell me where to do so (the sign-up page does not help). If you are going to respond please do so on my talk page. Thank you in advance. Intoronto1125 ( talk) 04:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Are there any rules governing FARC and FLRC nominations? I've made some major updates to a list currently at FLRC that if they had not been done would likely see it demoted (the nomination is still open). To have allowed the demotion to go through and then implemented changes and nominated it at FLC smacks of gaming the system. Thanks, Matthewedwards : Chat 05:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
We had a lot of discussion last October about the flooding of content review processes due to WikiCup entries, and I don't recall what conclusions were made, but I don't see any mention here that nominations at FAC should declare if they are WikiCup participants, and reviewers should also indicate if they are WikiCup participants reviewing another WikiCup member's nomination? I sorta thought we had discussed that, but we may not have. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
What exactly is the "diff of nomination" we need to give for the submissions? What if one did not nominate the ITN/DYK article himself? Why is the ITN nomination diff so important - most of the nominations are usually rejected. Wouldn't it be better to mention the diff where an admin says it has been posted on main page? Nanobear ( talk) 13:29, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Not to sound like a Grinch, but I doubt those GAs were promoted all in this month. :D 狐 FOX 14:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey all. I have reconfigured the bot to accept usage of a new template I just created,
WP:WikiCup/Multiplier, on submissions pages. You put it on the same line as a submission, and it takes the form {{WP:WikiCup/Multiplier|MULTIPLER|REASON|OPTIONAL REASON}}
where MULTIPLIER is 2 or 4, and the reason fields are "coverage" or "vital", equating to the two double-scoring categories available in the first round of 2011 WikiCup.
The old syntax (duplicating entries) remains technically available - for backwards compatibility - though this new syntax is better IMHO, especially as it gives clarity viz. under which category you are claiming. Regards, - Jarry1250 Who? Discuss. 16:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I haven't looked at this page in a little while, but I wonder if keeping a log of what submissions qualified for multipliers is prudent. I'd be intrigued to see whether and how it makes a difference to folks submitting. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I still see a row of zeros by my name, but a day and a half ago I attempted to add my DYK for La Jana (actress) at my submissions page. It's quite possible I messed it up somehow - I am not a techie and find templates difficult - but I note that someone else reported a problem about a week ago (now archived). Is it possibly because I'm out of alphabetical order in the list? Or if some other problem, I'm a bit concerned that others may run into a problem and not be as loudmouthed as me, so if it isn't my ineptitude/my username, I think someone had better check that everybody's submissions are getting through or are going to - or consider putting an announcement in the newsletter that we should check that we haven't fallen prey to a bug. Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I am withdrawing. I edit, but I have greater interests at this point (mostly video games, interestingly), so do not edit voraciously. Us441( talk)( contribs) 01:11, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I withdrew from the WikiCup citing cleanstart, but I prefer to use this account for article writing and my CLEANSTART account for everything else. Mainly because if I edit the same subjects under CLEANSTART I would be exposed and I have some articles I want to finish, I will expose my other account to one of the coordinators via email (ArbCom knows). Can I rejoin? Thanks Secret account 22:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
I know that last year, there was some concern about how ties would be broken because the rules didn't specify that. How are they going to be broken this year? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:06, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I've written a quick script to generate "running total" listings for content created during this year's WikiCup. You can find the output here. It's pretty simple to then work out how many there are in each category, and which those are.
Note to judges: the table is updated manually by running [1] - it only needs to be done once every couple of weeks. I can handle that myself, but the script relies on content being on the submissions pages, so before you blank the submissions pages at the end of a round, please run the script to tally up. You can then do what you like to the pages. Regards, - Jarry1250 Who? Discuss. 19:49, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I was a co-nominator for the featured list List of X-Men video games ( nomination). I didn't list it though, because it was originally nominated last year, but it was promoted mid-January of 2011. Should I submit the X-Men list as an FL because it was promoted this year? I'm not really too worried either way, but I figure it's something that should be cleared up. Nomader ( Talk) 21:28, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Does the submission of an article need to happen in the round that it was promoted/listed/accepted, or can it be "saved" until the next round? Adabow ( talk · contribs) 03:11, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
The article Sako Chivitchian was nominated for GA status last year by user:Paralympiakos, but the review did not begin until earlier in January. Looking into the history, Paralympiakos and I are the two major editors of the earlier drafts. Paralympiakos has stated at the GA review that he does not have time to do the work necessary to get the article to GA standard, and I have taken over the nomination and am working on the article. This will involve significant editing of the article during the period of the Cup. Assuming the article reaches GA level, will I be able to claim cup-points for my work? I am unsure how situations like this might be viewed under the rules. Thanks. EdChem ( talk) 12:42, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Should we claim the point on the date that we generate a GA review for posting or on the date that the GA review is concluded? Some people are doing it each way. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 00:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
So I just got this to good topic, and I was wondering if any of that would count toward my points for this year. All of the articles but one were promoted to GA last year, and the one that was promoted was nominated last year. Would none of it go toward this year's points? I'm just curious. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 05:42, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Two points are awarded to every "Good article reviews" – does that mean if I review a GAC article, and it gets promoted to GA, two points will be allocated to me? Sp33dyphil ( T • C • I love Wikipedia!) 22:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
This is just a proposal: there should be a side-pool for people not going through the future rounds that would still want to score points. I am guessing there will be quite a few users wanting to do GARs during the rounds when only 16 users will compete. These users would get bragging rights, but they would still be outside of the competition. Nergaal ( talk) 23:02, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2011 says I have 32 points, but I'm supposed to have 37 because I added a DYK at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2011/Submissions/Fetchcomms some time ago. Just wondering if the DYK wasn't eligible, accidentally missed, or will be counted later? / ƒETCH COMMS / 17:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
The competitor Racepacket, currently with 113 points, has been indefinitely blocked. Just letting you know. Arctic Night 01:15, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
This excludes blue entries. 64 users have scored at this point. Nergaal ( talk) 10:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Mono is listed as withdrawn here, but not here. Can somebody fix this? WikiCopter ( ♠ • ♣ • ♥ • ♦ • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 22:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I've been seeing some ugly formatting of the table recently. The three tables on the left are huge, and the rest are squished up just as small as they can go. Does anybody else have the same problem? WikiCopter ( ♠ • ♣ • ♥ • ♦ • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 04:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
So, I have three topics this year, and none of them have counted so far. I'm wondering why. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 16:06, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
... eliminated if they don't get reviews! -- Perseus 8235 16:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
So I realize this competition is all in fun and for the benefit of Wikipedia, but I was hoping for clarification about the scoring process. If I have built several lists up to FL standards during this round, but I can only nominate two lists at FLC at a time, am I able to nominate additional lists I worked on this round during the next round? I have no control over the speed of the FLC process (this is not a criticism by any means), and I was just wondering if points earned had to be for work done within the same WikiCup round or if they can be nominated later in the year. (I will continue to nominate lists as soon as possible, but promotion of a list I worked on this round may not occur until the following round.) Thanks for any clarification. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 20:03, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
An article that I worked on ( List of WWE Divas Champions) was added to an existing Featured Topic ( Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/archive1). Can I claim 10 points for it being added? -- Scorpion 0422 17:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, I fixed the config of the MiszaBot archive so that the archives will automatically go to the 2011/1 archive instead of the incorrect 2011/11 archive per comment placed at User talk:Misza13. The reason for this was the config at the top had the counter at 11 instead of having it reset to 1. I corrected this. If you feel this is in error, feel free to revert. Take care! - Pparazorback ( talk) 20:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
I recently put up List of Tampa Bay Lightning seasons as an FL in my submissions page about a day or two ago, but the point total hasn't updated yet. Can someone check to see if I did some sort of formatting error that I missed? Nomader ( Talk) 05:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
It has been nearly four days since the bot updated the scores. Abductive ( reasoning) 13:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Ok, I've been having a think, mostly with a view to stress reduction. My main idea is that round one, which will again be one big pool, can be treated effectively as a "qualifier", with the top 64 getting through to round two, or "qualifying for the Cup". We can leave signups open through most of round one (certainly through January), and we needn't make the poster until the start of the Cup proper. I don't want to go through the whole "resignup" thing we did last year, so if someone's name is on Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups, they're going in the pool. I will also do some spamming in the coming days to try and get a few more participants.
Another question is that of judges. I don't think the other judges would mind me saying that I did most of the judge-y stuff last year, and there are even a good few participants who can take some credit too. I'm happy to stay in my role as a judge, but I would also be happy to take part- I doubt I'd hit the final rounds, but, damnit, I'd try :) I think it is important, especially in light of some of the new ideas being discussed (see Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring) that the judges reserve the right, first of all, to remove points and/or make "rulings" on what deserves points and what does not, and, secondly, reserve the right to remove anyone causing problems from the competition. In the spirit of friendly competition, I hope we can trust our judges not to abuse this power, and I hope we can trust our participants to respect what the judges say, and attempt to minimise disruption. The last thing we want is to see the Cup on the noticeboards again.
We also have the question of the bot. DeltaQuad has said he would be happy to script us a new bot, but he is not currently about. I intend to contact him soon to arrange a new bot, as our old one had some problems last year.
Other than that, I was thinking that we could run things pretty much as we did last year. Any thoughts? Questions? Admiration? Abuse? J Milburn ( talk) 13:38, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
It's 3 days before the start of 2011 I've been under the impression the contest starts on the 1st of January. But there still doesn't appear to be consensus on scoring - at least, nothing's moved from the talk page to the scoring page. The FAQ's also still living in 2010.
I'm new to the cup, so maybe this is the way things always go, but as a new contestant (expecting to fade fast, given the likely drop in DYK points and increase in points for other activities) I would like to know what rules I'll actually be trying to follow.
Kobnach ( talk) 19:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Just a quick question - I read the submissions page that we have to make a new subpage as our collection of submissions, but how is that worded? Wikicup/Lord Roem/Submissions ?? Cheers, Lord Roem ( talk) 00:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Well with only like 2 days left, should I enter (though I won't be able to go as far as last time) or do others think I'm needed as a judge. (We still have not made a decision on that I believe) I'm more than willing to participate or help run the Cup if needed. All the best,-- White Shadows Those Christmas lights 03:41, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
If a participant is indef-blocked, does their flag become available? If so, I'd like to use the flag for Boston since an... odd... situation is currently developing with DC ( talk · contribs) (the flag is currently his). -- Dylan620 ( t • c • r) 07:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I set up all the archives for you and changed the submissions list when you're ready to go. Its 2011 in UTC so I went ahead and did it.Mitch32( Transportation Historian) 02:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
If work began on an article before the Wikicup began, but I don't finish working on it and nominate it for GA until after the WikiCup begins, would it count (since it was worked during the WikiCup, but not entirely)? Bramble claw x 14:58, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Actually, I have a similar question. I have an article that was promoted to GA in 2010 (or this could pertain to any year). Would I get credit for FA for that article if it passes FAC, given that the push for FA differs from the push for GA? – MuZemike 02:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
How the heck do you signup? -- Tyw7 ( ☎ Contact me! • Contributions) Changing the world one edit at a time! 01:38, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
So why are former flags disallowed this year? I wanted to represent the German Confederation again....-- White Shadows We live in a beautiful world 03:03, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I've just realised that the welcome message I sent out didn't actually get sent out. That would explain some of the confusion this morning about various things. Just to clarify, the signups are still open. J Milburn ( talk) 12:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi judges, Just wondering... I've been working on the likes of several articles in the last several days just before 2010. These are Hello Good Morning, Coming Home (Diddy-Dirty Money song) and Ass on the Floor. "HGM" was nominated for GA on December 30 and its review is beginning shortly. Will it be eligible for for the wikicup?
With regards to "Coming Home" and "Ass on the Floor" both are WP:RECENT hence I could not/can not nominate them anytime soon for GA but it is my intention to nomination them in the near future. By which time more information will become available and more work will be required to get them upto standard.
Finally there is another article, When Love Takes Over which is also going through a similar process. Having already achieved GA status, it is being peer-reviewed and will then be nominated for FA. Will any of those processes count? Thanks -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 [talk] 21:52, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
2 points might not be enough for the whole cup, but one has to make the start! Congratulations! -- Stone ( talk) 00:20, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Midterms are coming up and I can't participate this year. Good luck to everyone else! – CG Talk 03:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
I've changed my username from "pd_THOR" to "Fourthords"; does this completely gum up the works? — Fourthords | =/\= | 04:08, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Is there a set time when the bot update the scores? It doesn't seem to have updated it for a while. I think I should have 2 points since I reviewed a GA nomination, but It still shows a zero. Any clarification on this? Sumsum2010· T· C 05:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
So hello again Ladies and Gentlemen, after being so busy I finally got some time out of my busy schedule to work out a bot (aka it's done). Is there already one working on this, or is it temporary? (I would be hosting off the toolserver. Just want to know before I file my BRFA. -- DQ (t) (e) 01:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Who can get the points for a Did You Know -- the article creator/expander, the nominator, or both? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I am stuggling to sign up can some tell me where to do so (the sign-up page does not help). If you are going to respond please do so on my talk page. Thank you in advance. Intoronto1125 ( talk) 04:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Are there any rules governing FARC and FLRC nominations? I've made some major updates to a list currently at FLRC that if they had not been done would likely see it demoted (the nomination is still open). To have allowed the demotion to go through and then implemented changes and nominated it at FLC smacks of gaming the system. Thanks, Matthewedwards : Chat 05:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
We had a lot of discussion last October about the flooding of content review processes due to WikiCup entries, and I don't recall what conclusions were made, but I don't see any mention here that nominations at FAC should declare if they are WikiCup participants, and reviewers should also indicate if they are WikiCup participants reviewing another WikiCup member's nomination? I sorta thought we had discussed that, but we may not have. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
What exactly is the "diff of nomination" we need to give for the submissions? What if one did not nominate the ITN/DYK article himself? Why is the ITN nomination diff so important - most of the nominations are usually rejected. Wouldn't it be better to mention the diff where an admin says it has been posted on main page? Nanobear ( talk) 13:29, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Not to sound like a Grinch, but I doubt those GAs were promoted all in this month. :D 狐 FOX 14:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey all. I have reconfigured the bot to accept usage of a new template I just created,
WP:WikiCup/Multiplier, on submissions pages. You put it on the same line as a submission, and it takes the form {{WP:WikiCup/Multiplier|MULTIPLER|REASON|OPTIONAL REASON}}
where MULTIPLIER is 2 or 4, and the reason fields are "coverage" or "vital", equating to the two double-scoring categories available in the first round of 2011 WikiCup.
The old syntax (duplicating entries) remains technically available - for backwards compatibility - though this new syntax is better IMHO, especially as it gives clarity viz. under which category you are claiming. Regards, - Jarry1250 Who? Discuss. 16:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I haven't looked at this page in a little while, but I wonder if keeping a log of what submissions qualified for multipliers is prudent. I'd be intrigued to see whether and how it makes a difference to folks submitting. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I still see a row of zeros by my name, but a day and a half ago I attempted to add my DYK for La Jana (actress) at my submissions page. It's quite possible I messed it up somehow - I am not a techie and find templates difficult - but I note that someone else reported a problem about a week ago (now archived). Is it possibly because I'm out of alphabetical order in the list? Or if some other problem, I'm a bit concerned that others may run into a problem and not be as loudmouthed as me, so if it isn't my ineptitude/my username, I think someone had better check that everybody's submissions are getting through or are going to - or consider putting an announcement in the newsletter that we should check that we haven't fallen prey to a bug. Yngvadottir ( talk) 15:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I am withdrawing. I edit, but I have greater interests at this point (mostly video games, interestingly), so do not edit voraciously. Us441( talk)( contribs) 01:11, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I withdrew from the WikiCup citing cleanstart, but I prefer to use this account for article writing and my CLEANSTART account for everything else. Mainly because if I edit the same subjects under CLEANSTART I would be exposed and I have some articles I want to finish, I will expose my other account to one of the coordinators via email (ArbCom knows). Can I rejoin? Thanks Secret account 22:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
I know that last year, there was some concern about how ties would be broken because the rules didn't specify that. How are they going to be broken this year? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:06, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I've written a quick script to generate "running total" listings for content created during this year's WikiCup. You can find the output here. It's pretty simple to then work out how many there are in each category, and which those are.
Note to judges: the table is updated manually by running [1] - it only needs to be done once every couple of weeks. I can handle that myself, but the script relies on content being on the submissions pages, so before you blank the submissions pages at the end of a round, please run the script to tally up. You can then do what you like to the pages. Regards, - Jarry1250 Who? Discuss. 19:49, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I was a co-nominator for the featured list List of X-Men video games ( nomination). I didn't list it though, because it was originally nominated last year, but it was promoted mid-January of 2011. Should I submit the X-Men list as an FL because it was promoted this year? I'm not really too worried either way, but I figure it's something that should be cleared up. Nomader ( Talk) 21:28, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Does the submission of an article need to happen in the round that it was promoted/listed/accepted, or can it be "saved" until the next round? Adabow ( talk · contribs) 03:11, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
The article Sako Chivitchian was nominated for GA status last year by user:Paralympiakos, but the review did not begin until earlier in January. Looking into the history, Paralympiakos and I are the two major editors of the earlier drafts. Paralympiakos has stated at the GA review that he does not have time to do the work necessary to get the article to GA standard, and I have taken over the nomination and am working on the article. This will involve significant editing of the article during the period of the Cup. Assuming the article reaches GA level, will I be able to claim cup-points for my work? I am unsure how situations like this might be viewed under the rules. Thanks. EdChem ( talk) 12:42, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Should we claim the point on the date that we generate a GA review for posting or on the date that the GA review is concluded? Some people are doing it each way. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 00:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
So I just got this to good topic, and I was wondering if any of that would count toward my points for this year. All of the articles but one were promoted to GA last year, and the one that was promoted was nominated last year. Would none of it go toward this year's points? I'm just curious. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 05:42, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Two points are awarded to every "Good article reviews" – does that mean if I review a GAC article, and it gets promoted to GA, two points will be allocated to me? Sp33dyphil ( T • C • I love Wikipedia!) 22:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
This is just a proposal: there should be a side-pool for people not going through the future rounds that would still want to score points. I am guessing there will be quite a few users wanting to do GARs during the rounds when only 16 users will compete. These users would get bragging rights, but they would still be outside of the competition. Nergaal ( talk) 23:02, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2011 says I have 32 points, but I'm supposed to have 37 because I added a DYK at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2011/Submissions/Fetchcomms some time ago. Just wondering if the DYK wasn't eligible, accidentally missed, or will be counted later? / ƒETCH COMMS / 17:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
The competitor Racepacket, currently with 113 points, has been indefinitely blocked. Just letting you know. Arctic Night 01:15, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
This excludes blue entries. 64 users have scored at this point. Nergaal ( talk) 10:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Mono is listed as withdrawn here, but not here. Can somebody fix this? WikiCopter ( ♠ • ♣ • ♥ • ♦ • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 22:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I've been seeing some ugly formatting of the table recently. The three tables on the left are huge, and the rest are squished up just as small as they can go. Does anybody else have the same problem? WikiCopter ( ♠ • ♣ • ♥ • ♦ • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 04:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
So, I have three topics this year, and none of them have counted so far. I'm wondering why. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 16:06, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
... eliminated if they don't get reviews! -- Perseus 8235 16:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
So I realize this competition is all in fun and for the benefit of Wikipedia, but I was hoping for clarification about the scoring process. If I have built several lists up to FL standards during this round, but I can only nominate two lists at FLC at a time, am I able to nominate additional lists I worked on this round during the next round? I have no control over the speed of the FLC process (this is not a criticism by any means), and I was just wondering if points earned had to be for work done within the same WikiCup round or if they can be nominated later in the year. (I will continue to nominate lists as soon as possible, but promotion of a list I worked on this round may not occur until the following round.) Thanks for any clarification. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 20:03, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
An article that I worked on ( List of WWE Divas Champions) was added to an existing Featured Topic ( Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/archive1). Can I claim 10 points for it being added? -- Scorpion 0422 17:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, I fixed the config of the MiszaBot archive so that the archives will automatically go to the 2011/1 archive instead of the incorrect 2011/11 archive per comment placed at User talk:Misza13. The reason for this was the config at the top had the counter at 11 instead of having it reset to 1. I corrected this. If you feel this is in error, feel free to revert. Take care! - Pparazorback ( talk) 20:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
I recently put up List of Tampa Bay Lightning seasons as an FL in my submissions page about a day or two ago, but the point total hasn't updated yet. Can someone check to see if I did some sort of formatting error that I missed? Nomader ( Talk) 05:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
It has been nearly four days since the bot updated the scores. Abductive ( reasoning) 13:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)