The Photographer's Barnstar
		For you contributions to the Featured Pictures Peterhof Palace & Upper Garden, Saint Michael's Castle (Saint Petersburg), Winter Palace & Palace Square, Chesme Column (Tsarskoye Selo), Monument to Nicholas I of Russia, and Aerial view of Peter and Paul Fortress (Saint Petersburg), all of which I judge to have some relation to military history, I hereby present you with the Photographers Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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		The WikiChevrons
		For you contributions to the Featured Pictures Peterhof Palace & Upper Garden, Saint Michael's Castle (Saint Petersburg), Winter Palace & Palace Square, Chesme Column (Tsarskoye Selo), Monument to Nicholas I of Russia, and Aerial view of Peter and Paul Fortress (Saint Petersburg), all of which I judge to have some relation to military history, I hereby present you with the WikiChevrons. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The Epic Barnstar
		For your contributions to hisory related articles, in particular by adding photographs of outstanding quality to the articles, I hereby present you with the Epic Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• TomStar81- Many thanks for the acknowledgments! Happy New Year.--Godot13 (talk) 05:02, 4 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 9, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-02-09. —howcheng {chat} 17:54, 3 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:BROSIUS, Marriott (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on March 7, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-03-07. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:44, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

• Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
• Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
• 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
• Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:TANEY, Roger B-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on March 17, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-03-17. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:27, 2 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:UK-2014-Oxford-Worcester College 02.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on March 25, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-03-25. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 9 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Godot13. Just a quick query. I nominated Resident Evil 5 for FAC on January 28. It looks like it will be passing its nomination shortly. While the majority of the article was written prior the Wikicup opening, I have made over 150 edits to the article to both improve it and address the concerns at FAC since it was nominated. I think the article has been significantly improved since the cup began. Here are the differences: [1]. Do you think this will be eligible for points? Thanks for your time. Freikorp (talk) 12:18, 2 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just letting you know I've found out the answer to this one and no longer need a reply. Freikorp (talk) 07:25, 10 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Godot,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:US-$20-GC-1882-Fr-1177.jpg and subsequent are scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 7, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-05-07/1 and subsequent. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:24, 22 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Godot,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:DUANE, William J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 9, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-05-09. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:37, 23 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
• 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
• Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
• Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Israel-2013(2)-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Dome of the Chain (south exposure).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 15, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-05-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:45, 4 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Chris- looks good, thanks!--Godot13 (talk) 06:22, 12 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:UK-2014-Oxford-All Souls College 03.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 28, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-05-28. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:25, 17 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:BOH&MOR-1-Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia-1 Koruna-(1939)ND.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on June 2, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-06-02. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:18, 22 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Palestine-2013(2)-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Dome of the Rock (SE exposure).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on June 25, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-06-25. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:42, 3 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:DALLAS, Alexander J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on June 21, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-06-21. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:CAN-S1929c-Bank of Prince Edward Island-1 Dollar (1877).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on July 1, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-07-01. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:20, 16 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:State Arms of the Union (title page, illustrated, 1876).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on July 4, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-07-04. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:41, 20 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Chris- Very well written! Thanks for all your hard work.--Godot13 (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942).jpg and subsequent are scheduled to be Picture of the Day on July 19, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-07-19/1 and subsequent. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:22, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Godot,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:US-Colonial (NY-173)-New York-2 Aug 1775 OBV.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on July 27, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-07-27. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:43, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Colorado state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on August 1, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-08-01. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:17, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:FRG-2a-Allied West Germany-1 Deutsche Mark (1948).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on August 14, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-08-14. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:33, 5 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:RUSH, Richard-BEP069-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on August 29, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-08-29. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:44, 14 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:THAYER, Francis S. (engraved portrait).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 11, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-09-11. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:21, 23 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:1804 Silver Dollar (Class III).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 10, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-09-10. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:21, 28 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Andrew,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:CEY-23-Government of Ceylon-5 Rupees (1929).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on October 11, 2017. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2017-10-11. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:19, 25 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
• Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
• Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
• Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
• Featured List – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
• Featured Topic – MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
• Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
• Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
• In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
• Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Godot13. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

• Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
• Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
• Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
• Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

1. Courcelles (submissions)
2. Kosack (submissions)
3. Kees08 (submissions)
4. SounderBruce (submissions)
5. Cas Liber (submissions)
6. Nova Crystallis (submissions)
7. Iazyges (submissions)
8. Ceranthor (submissions)

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

• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
• Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
• Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
• Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
• Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
• Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
• Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

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

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

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. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).

Hello, Godot13. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]