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Hey everyone; I thought you may be interested to know that there's an article in the latest Signpost about this year's WikiCup, with a little about the history of the competition. J Milburn ( talk) 00:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm entering the Wikicup for the first time and I would like to ask, do content thats been made before the competition starts but then appears on (say) DYK after the competition has started, will they be counted as qualifying for points? The C of E. God Save The Queen! ( talk) 12:15, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Just a quick note for editors in case they hadn't already seen - Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/November-December 2012. If your competing next year it might be a good idea to clear out GAN so your first round nominations can get reviewed quicker. Or you could have a less nefarious motive. ;) Miyagawa ( talk) 18:39, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
I've closed the rules discussions for next year. Please see my comments here. Feedback is very much welcome. J Milburn ( talk) 17:17, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Can we use the flag of a non-existing entity? I would like to use this as my flag - File:Sheldon's apartment flag.svg TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 09:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
...about sending the welcome message multiple times. It seems I consistently make a mistake with that. J Milburn ( talk) 13:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Can I join to the wikicup now?-- Pratyya (Happy New Year) 14:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
For the hell of it, I would like to ask if I can enter Operation Majestic Titan in the WikiCup as a competitor for points. This is a special project, so its not a Military history project task force, but rather a gathering of like minded individual who share a common love of battleships. I know that some of the special project's members compete individually, but I felt like asking for curiosity's sake. TomStar81 ( Talk) 04:55, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a hard time understanding how a GAR is worth more than an entry for a GT.... Nergaal ( talk) 05:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
It should be is. Why was that reverted? -- YPN YPN ✡ 15:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
What happens if at the end of February, there are still outstanding GANs (e.g., I've nominated, but no one has reviewed)? This seems likely since I still have some unreviewed ones since November. Go Phightins ! 18:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
I have worked a lot on Portal:Judaism, and hope to eventually get it to Featured Portal status. However, I'm not sure if it qualifies according to the rules. In particular:
I have a question regarding a possible submission: if Talk:Lothian Buses/GA1 passes, would I be allowed to submit it here in the wikicup even though it was nominated last year and promoted this year (assuming it does)? Rcsprinter (orate) @ 02:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Do I need to right good article? Would I get score if I nominate 1 as good article?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 05:44, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry. I could not understand again. Please explain this again.-- Pratyya (Hello!) 11:24, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Okay I need to work on it. But does the placing of good article template on an articles talk page means I worked on that?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 12:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Fine I have one last question. I have made just one edit or you can think of 5 at least. But reviewed the article. I mean reverted some mistakes and made the mistakes right. Then I nominated them for good article or featured article. Can I claim my point?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 12:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm a little unclear on this part. I just nominated an article at GAN and added it to my submissions page. Is that okay, or am I supposed to wait until the article is reviewed and promoted? — Torchiest talk edits 19:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a submission page and I'm not withdrawn. Also I'm participating and I'm writing articles also. Maybe I'll be able to get points after 20 of this month. But why isn't my name is on this list??!!!!!!! My name is Pratyya Ghosh-- Pratyya (Hello!) 07:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Is there a list of articles found on many Wikipedias? Abductive ( reasoning) 03:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a good topic I have nominated at WP:GT. Out of the six entries, only one has been improved during the WikiCup period. If it is approved, could I only claim points for it or could I claim 18 points for the combined six entries? Toa Nidhiki05 19:23, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello,
I wonder why the Jain flag was allowed, even though it is not a flag of an "extant political entity". I also see some curious flags in Wikipedia:WikiCup/2013 signups (anonymous; some fictional country). Kingdom of Prussia is not extant. Regards.-- Tomcat ( 7) 13:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
I merely asked why you write rules that you are ignoring. And I did not know of any past discussions. I made the wise step of simply removing the incorrect note that just caused confusion (and frustration, I assume). Sorry if you have so much "angst" discussing properly.-- Tomcat ( 7) 13:14, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
If you aren't happy with the job that the current judges are doing, you can always volunteer to be a judge. As you're well aware, we're all volunteers here. What you're doing here increases the workload of the judges and makes them feel less appreciated...and it does nothing to materially improve the quality of the contest. The point of this contest is to improve Wikipedia. Everything else is trivia. Guettarda ( talk) 17:55, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
A random factoid about the cup: the first's round h-index is already 21 after only 2 weeks. Even though it will go up logarithmically, it will probably surpass last year's 37, and even the previous thresholds of 50 and 44. Nergaal ( talk) 01:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
I finally had my first submission, however, the bot assessed my score in the table as 8, missing the +2 for dating prior to 2005. Chris857 ( talk) 04:00, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I just checked my points for the first time in a few days, and I noticed that I have 54 points for GAR. At the time I looked, I had only done 6 reviews (it's 7 now), which would make it actually 24? What's going on? — Statυs ( talk, contribs) 13:53, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi all. Thank you for your patience with the bot -- and thanks also for reliably shouting out when you thought it had got it wrong. There are still probably a few more bugs left, but I think *touch wood* we've had the worst of them now. Thanks, - Jarry1250 Deliberation needed 20:54, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
It seems, from looking through this Talk page a bit, that there have been issues with bots. Well, something's going on that may or may not be an issue. In the past hour or so, LivingBot has added two extra {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Multiplier|none|none|none}} templates, not just on my submission page, but on that of others. It seemed like there only needed to be one {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Multiplier|none|none|none}} template to make everything work probably, which makes me concerned that LivingBot may be having problems; but I could be wrong, as I'm no expert with such templates. Greengreengreen red 00:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I may not fully understand, but 126 bonus points? Can somebody fully explain how bonus points actually work? —
Statυs (
talk,
contribs)
22:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I have only registered one DYK to this point, on Xernona Clayton. It's over 5kb of prose, yet my score is 7. I thought DYKs were either 5 or 10. Did I miss something? – Muboshgu ( talk) 15:20, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
So now I've got 10 points, after I add my second 2013 DYK to the mix. Do I not get the 2 point bonus for Clayton's article being pre-2007 anymore? – Muboshgu ( talk) 21:22, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
My two DYKs, René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, have 5 and 7 articles in other languages, respectively. However, Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring states that [a]rticles appearing on five or more Wikipedias on 31 December which did not appear on the English language Wikipedia on that date will not be seen by the bot. Because of this, I should receive two bonus points. Thanks, Hue Sat Lum 17:57, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm in the process of learning another language right now and it occurs to me that it might be good practice to try to translate some of my articles to the Wikipedia in that language. Obviously anything of quality here could pretty easily be added to simple English wiki too, but would that be considered cheating? — Ed! (talk) 14:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Why am I getting 5 extra base points for my DYKs? — AARON • TALK 14:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
I don't think this is usually done, so here's my suggestion: can we tally together at the end of the WikiCup all the contributions that people have made in order to give a grand total of FAs, GAs etc. Clearly, the WikiCup isn't strictly "reponsible" for all these, since some users would be contribute them anyway, but it would be nice to have some statistical backing to Durova's comment that "the real winner is Wikipedia". MasterOfHisOwnDomain ( talk) 17:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
When I qualify and go through to the next round, is my score wiped clean or do I continue with the same number of points? Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 19:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I expanded 2013 Mediterranean Games and it appeared on DYK, but bot didn't mark it for bonus points. Article exists on the 14 Wikipedia projects. — Bill william compton Talk 05:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
If yes, I've got a few articles (10 to 15) that could use a thorough spelling and grammar check, a check for organisation, etc. with each article requiring about 15 minutes to an hour to be DYK ready. They are all new articles. If interested, please ping me via my talk page or e-mail. -- LauraHale ( talk) 16:47, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Jelena Balšić is new article I created and has 10,632 characters or 1,786 words "readable prose size" or 38,420 bytes totally. I don't know how to calculate the size in bytes of the readable prose but I guess it is over 5,120 bytes. If I am right 5 bonus should be added to my score based on this article. I apologize if I am wrong.-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 14:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
#
Article
Nomination page
for everything?
J Milburn (
talk)
14:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Well, its what I consider the first big DYK theme of the year (boy do I love themed DYK sets!). Anyway, there's a page for it this year - Wikipedia:WikiWomen's History Month. Its not just for DYK, as I think its hoped that GAs etc will also be produced to celebrate. But I just thought I'd post it here in case anyone was interested in being involved.
Now to plot how to create enough bunny related articles to fill an entire set for Easter Sunday... Miyagawa ( talk) 23:00, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
Thought I would just say thanks for pointing this out. I went and created/expanded the article on Betsy Blackwell, which is now a DYK Nomination. My small contribution to a great project. MasterOfHisOwnDomain ( talk) 21:24, 5 February 2013 (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. |
Hey everyone; I thought you may be interested to know that there's an article in the latest Signpost about this year's WikiCup, with a little about the history of the competition. J Milburn ( talk) 00:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm entering the Wikicup for the first time and I would like to ask, do content thats been made before the competition starts but then appears on (say) DYK after the competition has started, will they be counted as qualifying for points? The C of E. God Save The Queen! ( talk) 12:15, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Just a quick note for editors in case they hadn't already seen - Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/November-December 2012. If your competing next year it might be a good idea to clear out GAN so your first round nominations can get reviewed quicker. Or you could have a less nefarious motive. ;) Miyagawa ( talk) 18:39, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
I've closed the rules discussions for next year. Please see my comments here. Feedback is very much welcome. J Milburn ( talk) 17:17, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Can we use the flag of a non-existing entity? I would like to use this as my flag - File:Sheldon's apartment flag.svg TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 09:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
...about sending the welcome message multiple times. It seems I consistently make a mistake with that. J Milburn ( talk) 13:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Can I join to the wikicup now?-- Pratyya (Happy New Year) 14:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
For the hell of it, I would like to ask if I can enter Operation Majestic Titan in the WikiCup as a competitor for points. This is a special project, so its not a Military history project task force, but rather a gathering of like minded individual who share a common love of battleships. I know that some of the special project's members compete individually, but I felt like asking for curiosity's sake. TomStar81 ( Talk) 04:55, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a hard time understanding how a GAR is worth more than an entry for a GT.... Nergaal ( talk) 05:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
It should be is. Why was that reverted? -- YPN YPN ✡ 15:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
What happens if at the end of February, there are still outstanding GANs (e.g., I've nominated, but no one has reviewed)? This seems likely since I still have some unreviewed ones since November. Go Phightins ! 18:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
I have worked a lot on Portal:Judaism, and hope to eventually get it to Featured Portal status. However, I'm not sure if it qualifies according to the rules. In particular:
I have a question regarding a possible submission: if Talk:Lothian Buses/GA1 passes, would I be allowed to submit it here in the wikicup even though it was nominated last year and promoted this year (assuming it does)? Rcsprinter (orate) @ 02:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Do I need to right good article? Would I get score if I nominate 1 as good article?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 05:44, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry. I could not understand again. Please explain this again.-- Pratyya (Hello!) 11:24, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Okay I need to work on it. But does the placing of good article template on an articles talk page means I worked on that?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 12:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Fine I have one last question. I have made just one edit or you can think of 5 at least. But reviewed the article. I mean reverted some mistakes and made the mistakes right. Then I nominated them for good article or featured article. Can I claim my point?-- Pratyya (Hello!) 12:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm a little unclear on this part. I just nominated an article at GAN and added it to my submissions page. Is that okay, or am I supposed to wait until the article is reviewed and promoted? — Torchiest talk edits 19:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a submission page and I'm not withdrawn. Also I'm participating and I'm writing articles also. Maybe I'll be able to get points after 20 of this month. But why isn't my name is on this list??!!!!!!! My name is Pratyya Ghosh-- Pratyya (Hello!) 07:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Is there a list of articles found on many Wikipedias? Abductive ( reasoning) 03:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
I have a good topic I have nominated at WP:GT. Out of the six entries, only one has been improved during the WikiCup period. If it is approved, could I only claim points for it or could I claim 18 points for the combined six entries? Toa Nidhiki05 19:23, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello,
I wonder why the Jain flag was allowed, even though it is not a flag of an "extant political entity". I also see some curious flags in Wikipedia:WikiCup/2013 signups (anonymous; some fictional country). Kingdom of Prussia is not extant. Regards.-- Tomcat ( 7) 13:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
I merely asked why you write rules that you are ignoring. And I did not know of any past discussions. I made the wise step of simply removing the incorrect note that just caused confusion (and frustration, I assume). Sorry if you have so much "angst" discussing properly.-- Tomcat ( 7) 13:14, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
If you aren't happy with the job that the current judges are doing, you can always volunteer to be a judge. As you're well aware, we're all volunteers here. What you're doing here increases the workload of the judges and makes them feel less appreciated...and it does nothing to materially improve the quality of the contest. The point of this contest is to improve Wikipedia. Everything else is trivia. Guettarda ( talk) 17:55, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
A random factoid about the cup: the first's round h-index is already 21 after only 2 weeks. Even though it will go up logarithmically, it will probably surpass last year's 37, and even the previous thresholds of 50 and 44. Nergaal ( talk) 01:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
I finally had my first submission, however, the bot assessed my score in the table as 8, missing the +2 for dating prior to 2005. Chris857 ( talk) 04:00, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I just checked my points for the first time in a few days, and I noticed that I have 54 points for GAR. At the time I looked, I had only done 6 reviews (it's 7 now), which would make it actually 24? What's going on? — Statυs ( talk, contribs) 13:53, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi all. Thank you for your patience with the bot -- and thanks also for reliably shouting out when you thought it had got it wrong. There are still probably a few more bugs left, but I think *touch wood* we've had the worst of them now. Thanks, - Jarry1250 Deliberation needed 20:54, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
It seems, from looking through this Talk page a bit, that there have been issues with bots. Well, something's going on that may or may not be an issue. In the past hour or so, LivingBot has added two extra {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Multiplier|none|none|none}} templates, not just on my submission page, but on that of others. It seemed like there only needed to be one {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Multiplier|none|none|none}} template to make everything work probably, which makes me concerned that LivingBot may be having problems; but I could be wrong, as I'm no expert with such templates. Greengreengreen red 00:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I may not fully understand, but 126 bonus points? Can somebody fully explain how bonus points actually work? —
Statυs (
talk,
contribs)
22:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I have only registered one DYK to this point, on Xernona Clayton. It's over 5kb of prose, yet my score is 7. I thought DYKs were either 5 or 10. Did I miss something? – Muboshgu ( talk) 15:20, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
So now I've got 10 points, after I add my second 2013 DYK to the mix. Do I not get the 2 point bonus for Clayton's article being pre-2007 anymore? – Muboshgu ( talk) 21:22, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
My two DYKs, René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, have 5 and 7 articles in other languages, respectively. However, Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring states that [a]rticles appearing on five or more Wikipedias on 31 December which did not appear on the English language Wikipedia on that date will not be seen by the bot. Because of this, I should receive two bonus points. Thanks, Hue Sat Lum 17:57, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm in the process of learning another language right now and it occurs to me that it might be good practice to try to translate some of my articles to the Wikipedia in that language. Obviously anything of quality here could pretty easily be added to simple English wiki too, but would that be considered cheating? — Ed! (talk) 14:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Why am I getting 5 extra base points for my DYKs? — AARON • TALK 14:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
I don't think this is usually done, so here's my suggestion: can we tally together at the end of the WikiCup all the contributions that people have made in order to give a grand total of FAs, GAs etc. Clearly, the WikiCup isn't strictly "reponsible" for all these, since some users would be contribute them anyway, but it would be nice to have some statistical backing to Durova's comment that "the real winner is Wikipedia". MasterOfHisOwnDomain ( talk) 17:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
When I qualify and go through to the next round, is my score wiped clean or do I continue with the same number of points? Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 19:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I expanded 2013 Mediterranean Games and it appeared on DYK, but bot didn't mark it for bonus points. Article exists on the 14 Wikipedia projects. — Bill william compton Talk 05:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
If yes, I've got a few articles (10 to 15) that could use a thorough spelling and grammar check, a check for organisation, etc. with each article requiring about 15 minutes to an hour to be DYK ready. They are all new articles. If interested, please ping me via my talk page or e-mail. -- LauraHale ( talk) 16:47, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Jelena Balšić is new article I created and has 10,632 characters or 1,786 words "readable prose size" or 38,420 bytes totally. I don't know how to calculate the size in bytes of the readable prose but I guess it is over 5,120 bytes. If I am right 5 bonus should be added to my score based on this article. I apologize if I am wrong.-- Antidiskriminator ( talk) 14:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
#
Article
Nomination page
for everything?
J Milburn (
talk)
14:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Well, its what I consider the first big DYK theme of the year (boy do I love themed DYK sets!). Anyway, there's a page for it this year - Wikipedia:WikiWomen's History Month. Its not just for DYK, as I think its hoped that GAs etc will also be produced to celebrate. But I just thought I'd post it here in case anyone was interested in being involved.
Now to plot how to create enough bunny related articles to fill an entire set for Easter Sunday... Miyagawa ( talk) 23:00, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
Thought I would just say thanks for pointing this out. I went and created/expanded the article on Betsy Blackwell, which is now a DYK Nomination. My small contribution to a great project. MasterOfHisOwnDomain ( talk) 21:24, 5 February 2013 (UTC)