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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
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) 11:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
You won!
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A beer on me! | |
| I just got the final results update. Congratulations! While you're doing that... (talk) 11:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC) |
- Wilhelmina Will Thanks a bunch! :D I do not drink that, but juice and all would be great! :P Undoubtedly, in the likes of veteran editors like you, I have learned a lot. In fact, just even by looking at your contributions, I was able to learn a lot. I am very obliged and would really love to become a better editor. Have a great rest of the day!
- Heartiest Congratulations! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 03:42, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- Dharmadhyaksha Thanks a ton, buddy! Adityavagarwal (talk) 05:14, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- Dharmadhyaksha Thanks a ton, buddy!
FAC reviewing barnstar
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The Reviewer Barnstar | |
| FAC can't function without people like you contributing reviews. Thank you for the five FAC image reviews, one source review, and two prose reviews you did during October. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:13, 4 November 2017 (UTC) |
WikiCup awards
Congratulations on winning the 2017 WikiCup. A lot of effort went into your success and Wikipedia is the beneficiary. Well done. Sturmvogel 66, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:59, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Sturmvogel 66, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth! :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 10:18, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia Asian Month 2017: engage with audience
Dear WAM organizer,
I’m Erick, the coordinator of WAM 2017. Thanks for your effort and help at m:Wikipedia Asian Month 2017! Here are some more information about organizational matter of the event at a national level.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up as a organizer or in the list.
- Timeline
The event has started and will end in the November 30th 23:59 (UTC). However, we are late for some matter. So we need your help:
- Invite previous participants and your community members to join. We have a template you can use.
- Translate Central Notice for your community (more instruction below) as well as sending a notice in village pump. Go public!
- Become the jury member in a campaign on Fountain which is an amazing tool for you to supervise participants’ articles. If you don’t have the campaign set up, please contact us! And put a link to your community’s campaign page for participants’ navigation.
- Organize a off-site editathon event. A coffee bar, internet and laptops. Though it’s optional. If you want to do that, please contact me.
In the following days, you should answer the questions from your community and supervise the submissions. Hope you have fun!
- Prepare Central Notice
Central Notice shows a banner on the top of pages in your wiki project along the event timeframe. We will use this to engage with audience. Steps:
- Translate, change logo and link to event page. Find your project's Central Notice here. For example, we can change the banner for Chinese Wikipedia here.
- When you mark the 4 items (translation) as done. I'll enable the central notice in your language for this month.
- Interesting articles
Have some interesting articles in your mind or from community? Drop us a line so that we can post that here to exchange the information to other communities.
- Special Prize
You can find some special prizes in Event Partner page. They can be claimed by:
- Write an article about Indigenous people in Taiwan at Wikipedia Asian Month (supported by Wikimedia Taiwan).
- Write articles on monuments of Bhubaneswar (supported by Bhubaneswar Heritage Edit-a-thon).
The participants who joins for the special prize need to also report their conribution in the speical page. The link is shown in the Event Partner page.
- Looking for help
At all times, please reply me back or send me an email at erick@asianmonth.wiki.--Fantasticfears (talk) 12:13, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Congratulations for winning the 2017 WikiCup
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~The Special Wikipedian Tribble Award~ Go forth and multiply, we need more pedians like you! |
| You're one of those editors who stand out above the fray. Being a mindful, considerate collaborator working to improve the project is a selfless task, especially considering some of the mine fields one has to navigate from time to time. Writing engaging prose is not a simple Tiny Tim Tiptoe Through the Tulips endeavor. Thank you Adityavagarwal for all you do and all you've done to help build a quality encyclopedia. Atsme📞📧 14:29, 5 November 2017 (UTC) |
- Actually, thank you instead, Atsme! I have had plenty of encouragement from editors like you, and got motivated to contribute more to wikipedia. Undoubtedly, wikipedia is a really different place with so many understanding people, that it is so cool to contribute on it. People like you make it so easy for new editors to learn the ropes really quickly! I hope I could become an even better contributor. Although it is late, happy halloween. Also, have a wonderful rest of the day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 14:37, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence!
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| Congratulations on winning WikiCup, Adityavagarwal. It is great to see you on top of the chart.:) Simranpreet singh (talk) 17:37, 5 November 2017 (UTC) |
Incomplete DYK nomination
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WikiCup 2018
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) 13:58, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Wiki Asia Month
Hi Aditya, I am unable to sign up for Wiki Asia Month. Can you help me out? -Jn045 (talk) 06:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- Jn045 Signed you to the competition (simply added your name to the list). Have a great day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 13:58, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 24 November 2017
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- Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
- Technology report: Searching and surveying
- Interview: A featured article centurion
- WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects
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DYK for Turkestan red pika
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Train-the-Trainer 2018: Invitation to participate
Hello, it gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2018 programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 26–28 January 2018.
- What is TTT?
- Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- Who should join?
- An editor who is interested to conduct real-life and online Wiki-events such as outreach, workshop, GLAM, edit-a-thon, photowalk etc.
- Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project is eligible to apply.
- An editor must have 500+ edits.
- Anyone who have already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, can not apply.
Please see more about this program at: CIS-A2K/Events/Train the Trainer Program/2018. Please fill this form to show your interest to join. The last date of signing up is 7 December 2017. If you have any question, please let us know.
On behalf of Titodutta. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:13, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks a ton, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 05:45, 30 November 2017 (UTC)