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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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How You Get the Girl

Hello, Brachy. I just opened a peer review request for How You Get the Girl, preparing for a FAC soon, hopefully. I wanted to consult you and know your thoughts regarding this, and if you have time, I will be waiting for your comments on the peer review page. Thanks so much for your contributions, I hope Project 1989 can earn a new bronze star soon :) Medxvo (talk) 11:41, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

eh, not rly good when it comes to facs but anyways omg tysm brachy08 _{(chat here lol)} 02:46, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Whan I was preparing and referencing some other FAs, I saw the FAC for Forever (Mariah Carey song) and you had provided some really good points there. You're always welcome to take a look on How You Get the Girl and provide some comments or share your thoughts :) I will also ping you when I nominate the article, if you like, since you are the creator and a major contributor. Have a good day, Brachy :) Medxvo (talk) 07:02, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

k. thanks, med! (also extra kudos for saying my name right) brachy08 _{(chat here lol)} 00:15, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for How You Get the Girl

On 18 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article How You Get the Girl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the choreography of "How You Get the Girl" during the 1989 World Tour (pictured) resembled that of the musical Singin' in the Rain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/How You Get the Girl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, How You Get the Girl), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Launchballer 00:02, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

LET’S GOOOOOOOOO brachy08 _{(chat here lol)} 04:51, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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