Wikipedia talk:The Core Contest
Who wants to organise this year?[edit]
My health is going up and down a bit too much to be a reliable organiser (should have posted in January). Would be a shame if my tardiness means there is no core contest this year. I'm willing to judge still. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:56, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
- I had a great time judging last year, and would love to take a more lead-role as organiser/judge. Aza24 (talk) 16:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
TCC 2024: Dates?[edit]
Hi all! We're starting a little later than last year, but I think that 15 April to 31 May, like last year would be fine.
We'd still have a good three weeks to spread the word and rack up entries. Any thoughts? Aza24 (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- I intend to participate, and this sounds good to me. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- A short lead-in time but doable. Need to get cracking on all fronts quickly though. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- +1 submissions pages/alerts should probably be up in the next couple of days. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:45, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- A short lead-in time but doable. Need to get cracking on all fronts quickly though. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Great name[edit]
Coretheapple (talk) 17:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Question[edit]
Are there any rules prohibiting the improvement of more than one article? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- They do not. The more entries, the more joy. Last year, we had two editors working on multiple articles: Artem G on various mars rovers, and Phlsph7 on knowledge/education. If the articles differ significantly in coreness, we'll put more emphasis on the changes in the more core artice :). Conversely, you're also allowed to work together on an article, which we saw often in the earlier contests. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, I'll put that out there now: does anyone maybe want to work on something together as well? Throw some ideas out there! Remsense诉 12:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Initial stats[edit]
Good luck everyone. I've asked my script to generate some initial stats on all the articles. The total yearly pageviews for this group of article is over 24 million(!)25 million, which I don't think we've had in a while.
| Article | VIT | 2023 views | Words | References | Median Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongol invasions and conquests | 4 | 1/4M | 1502 | 48 | 2001 |
| History of North America | 3 | <100k | 3904 | 31 | 2003 |
| Classical Chinese | 4 | >100k | 2326 | 22 | 1993 |
| Modern philosophy | 4 | >100k | 1796 | 21 | 2008 |
| Nursing | 3 | >1/2M | 9163 | 156 | 2015 |
| Monarchy | 3 | >1/2M | 4936 | 52 | 2016 |
| Turkey | 3 | >8M | 13746 | 684 | 2015 |
| Wang Xizhi | 4 | <100k | 731 | 7 | 2018 |
| Renewable energy | 3 | >M | 7729 | 355 | 2021 |
| Federal Republic of Central America | 5 | >200k | 1009 | 15 | 2004 |
| Moscow | 3 | >M | 15546 | 309 | 2017 |
| Edward Oliver LeBlanc | 5 | <100k | 252 | 5 | 2015 |
| Independent music | 5 | 150k | 1940 | 28 | 2016 |
| Call of Duty | 5 | 3M | 4931 | 100 | 2014 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 7M | 14331 | 657 | 2011 |
| Voltairine de Cleyre | 5 | <100k | 1585 | 36 | 2003 |
| Love | 3 | 2M | 5690 | 92 | 2003 |
| Mind | 2 | 1/4M | 7687 | 239 | 2010 |
| Night | 4 | >200k | 1384 | 14 | 2017 |
| Performing arts | 2 | 1/4M | 3896 | 23 | 2015 |
| Antioch | 4 | 1/2M | 5945 | 109 | 2005 |
| Library of Congress | 4 | 1/2M | 5696 | 132 | 2015 |
—Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC), 06:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC), 19:40, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- FYI, some of the pageview statistics in the table look a little inaccurate. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- I had forgotten to update the year for which it takes the pageviews (2022 instead of 2023). More effort to do last 12 months. Have updated the table with 2023 data now and quite a few articles changed categories. Of course, the million award should be taken with a grain of salt, as it's about the last 12 months if I recall correctly.
- I think this link should lead you to the code. Not sure what people need to have access though. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Requesting to withdraw[edit]
Putting this here because I'm not sure how to "withdraw" from this. Before the contest started, I signed up with Call of Duty 
5, which is an article I thought I would be able to improve in an adequate time frame. However, a third into the contest, and I do not think I will be able to properly improve the article, or at least do it justice. I also will be leaving the country in the last week and a half of the contest per a note I have left on my own talk page, which will limit my time. While I may improve this article one day on my own terms, I am requesting to withdraw from this years Core Contest. If this is not the place to ask to withdraw from, then I would like to know where the place to request that would be. λ NegativeMP1 06:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hey @NegativeMP1, no worries! Thanks for your initial interest and honest evaluation of your time. Anyone is allowed to withdraw at any time; we just ask that you move your entry in Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Entries to Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Entries#Withdrawn entries. Best – Aza24 (talk) 18:46, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Payment issue[edit]
So, I still have not been paid for last year's contest. I needed to register a new bank account that supported international payments, submitted the information to Karla Marte at wmuk at the beginning of May, and sent a reminder email earlier this week after hearing nothing back. She hasn't gotten back to me since. Did anyone else manage to get paid? (t · c) buidhe 14:43, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I did, a week or 2 ago, but I'm in the UK. It's not good. Mind you, I've had similar issues with US universities and small payments for research interviews etc. For the amounts involved you'd think they could just mail banknotes. Johnbod (talk) 15:44, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Similar problem for me. I sent them my banking information at the end of April and there hasn't been a transaction so far. Phlsph7 (talk) 15:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)