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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Hawkeye7 (submissions)
3. Sasata (submissions)
4. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions)
5. Casliber (submissions)
6. Adam Cuerden (submissions)
7. Miyagawa (submissions)
8. Piotrus (submissions)
9. Ealdgyth (submissions)

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

• Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
• Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
• Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
• Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
• The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
• Finally, the judges are awarding Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Bronze Wikification Barnstar
		This is to acknowledge and thank you, Wilhelmina Will, for your participation in wikifying a total of 55 articles in October 2013 WikiProject Wikify Drive. We at WikiProject Wikify appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! Thank you and keep up the good work! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar for completing the second most amount of articles during the October 2013 WikiProject Wikify Drive, placing you in second place on the leaderboard. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you & happy editing! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 16:00, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 17:09, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius chimaera!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article has no references.

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius carbonarius!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article has no references

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius bicolor!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources.

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius atrata!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius atrobrunnea!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources

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Please do not continue to create stubs until those you have created are correctly referenced. As an Ambassador, you should be aware of the need for correct sourcing. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:18, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please address these points, otherwise your Autopatrolled flag may come under review. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:24, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My colleague usually takes care of the referencing. Please leave me alone. If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 01:39, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:20, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 15:47, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Y Done! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 03:34, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Wilhelmina, could you please slow down a little? I cant keep up with this many new articles I need to expand. Another user is now also creating one sentence stubs on moths. If you like to continue making articles on moths, please add synonyms and distribution to make life somewhat easier for me... Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:05, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry Ruigeroeland! I guess I kind of got lost in it there. The thrill of a year's end approaching can do that to you, after all... Well, I'll wait until you're able to get the articles I've made done, and then I'll maybe stick to around thirty per day, if that'd do? The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 04:37, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Wilhelmina, thanks for the break! I've managed to clear all the articles on my to-do list. Yeah, thirty a day seems do-able. If you see me getting behind, could you please switch to the fish articles until I catch up? That would be awesome. great work on the Arctidae by the way! Seems this will be the first big Lep family with full coverage if you continue like this..! Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:07, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah well, that's the aim after all! :) Cheers! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 18:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Yikes! I'd never have noticed that, otherwise. Thank you, little BracketBot! Consider yourself patted on the head. :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 10:01, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		Thanks for participating in the Guild of Copy Editors December 2013 blitz! Please accept this in recognition of your work copy editing more than 6000 words. You've contributed another fine effort, and we'll see you again in January! —Torchiest talkedits 00:30, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 00:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Wilhelmina Will, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying a total of 11 articles, you are awarded The Iron Wikification Barnstar. Thank you, Wilhelmina Will! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring #8 on the leaderboard during the December 2013 wikification backlog drive, Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for participating in every drive held in 2013. Thank you for your efforts and continued participation! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	Most Excellent Wikification Award
	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to Wilhelmina Will, for appearing on the leaderboard in every Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination drive in 2013, tied with pjoef. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, thank you so much … wishing you a very happy 2014!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome! Happy New Year to you, too! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 21:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I'm Renatorbrasil. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Hyalomis espia, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Renatorbrasil (talk) 06:55, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Wilhelmina Will, thanks for taking up the review of Stapes, and thanks for holding off while I made those few changes. I hope we can work constructively to get it to GA status. I was wondering what the status of the review is? Kind regards, --LT910001 (talk) 04:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just couldn't help but notice an entire string of edits in Huggle just now, and figured you could use some distraction (If only for a few seconds) Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 21:58, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, thanks! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 03:57, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Got to admit, seeing this just made me laugh. Why stick to one cube, if you can build an entire fortress of recursive cubes :). Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 23:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What can I say? It's the kid in me - boy was he delicious... Ahem, but yes, that Rubick's cube has provided a lot of entertainment! Thanks again! :D Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 23:18, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey! I was just dropping this note on your talk page to remind you that you initiated the GA nomination for my submitted article on December 31, quite a while ago. I'd appreciate it if you could get that taken care of. Thanks! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:59, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I'd almost forgotten about all those GAs I'd set to do. Well, I have a few things to take care of first, but hopefully I can get yours and the others done tonight. :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 04:44, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Appreciate your taking time out to say thanks.

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You're welcome! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 17:27, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, I've noticed that a few of you haven't updated your totals as several reviews have passed but on the backlog page, it still says that the article is under review or on hold.

Please update your totals and continue to do so until February 1. If the status of a review is under review or on hold according to the backlog page, even though the article may have passed/failed, it will not count towards your final total.

For those that made pledges during the drive, the final donation amount will be determined sometime in February.

Thank-you.Sent by Dom497 using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:17, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not to worry, my totals have all been updated accordingly! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:12, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you have never expanded this page.Hoops gza (talk) 17:17, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, did you want me to do it around now? Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 18:13, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason that you reviewed Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ChannelAdvisor manually instead of using the script? When you did so, you didn't do so completely, so the decline template was missing fields. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:29, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The manual way makes more sense to me than the script does. How can I do it better in future? Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 22:16, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Set the decliner and declinets parameters. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:32, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okey-doke! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 22:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
• WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
• TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
• Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded for your work during the WP:GOCE January 2014 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 00:11, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
		For reviewing 3 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive!--Dom497 (talk) 15:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:17, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Special Barnstar
	For reaching your goal to review 3 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive! Dom497 (talk) 15:25, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, why thank you! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:18, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, The judges have discussed this and felt that although Talk:HMS Bulldog (H91)/GA1 and Talk:Struthiosaurinae/GA1 were short in actual review content - i.e. an indication of what needed to be changed etc. We generally go by a guideline of 1000 bytes for a review which you clearly meet, but in each case the text confirms that the article pretty much met the GA criteria already. This doesn't mean that they're bad reviews, it is just that we don't recognise them in the cup. Miyagawa (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much. I know it seems pedantic, but my advise would be when doing GARs for the cup - don't fix anything in the article. Instead list literally everything on the review page. I've had reviews during my years in the cup that didn't qualify too. Miyagawa (talk) 19:56, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For your reviews in the last Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive Better late than never :P --Mdann52talk to me! 13:14, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]