Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-03-02/WikiCup report
High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
will we have our first three-time champion...
will someone finally do it after having come just short 14 years ago...
or something else?
Stay tuned!
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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup, English Wikipedia's annual editing competition, has just concluded, and it's turning out to be an exciting one! This year saw 135 participants, the highest since 2017. Due to the high number of participants, a total of 30 points were needed to qualify to the next round, the most since 2014, and the third-highest of all time.[1] Due to a tie for the last spot, 67 users advanced (normally 64), including yours truly, the defending champ, who made it as the 30th spot![2]
A brief history
The WikiCup 2023
6 November 2023
The WikiCup 2021
29 November 2021
Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
29 November 2020
Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit
1 December 2018
2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up
6 September 2017
WikiCup report
4 November 2016
That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
17 May 2016
First round of the WikiCup finishes
9 March 2016
The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes
6 May 2015
Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more
9 July 2014
2014 WikiCup enters round three
7 May 2014
Full speed ahead for the WikiCup
5 March 2014
WikiCup competition beginning a new year
8 January 2014
Wrestling with featured content
30 October 2013
WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland
28 August 2013
WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
6 May 2013
2012 WikiCup comes to an end
5 November 2012
Fundraiser ends, content contests, image donation, and more
4 January 2010
Durova wins 2009 WikiCup
2 November 2009
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The WikiCup 2023 |
- See also: The WikiCup 2023.
The WikiCup began humbly in 2007 with 12 competitors, scoring being based primarily on edit counts and unique page edits. The competition adopted its present form in 2009, with points awarded for featured articles (FA), lists (FL) and pictures (FP), along with good articles (GA), In the news (ITN) and Did you know (DYK). There were 60 contestants that year and 120 the next, and the contest has taken place annually ever since.
Notable scores
135 users entered – 83 scored points – only 67 advanced. Here we have some notable scores and participants:
- 1st –
Generalissima (submissions) – a rookie WikiCup participant who led the pack through two months of competition, scoring 915 points, which included a featured article on John Littlejohn (preacher), a leading 15 good articles and 16 DYKs. - 2nd –
Vami_IV (submissions) – who sadly passed away earlier this month. Scored two FAs (leading the round) along with a number of reviews (tying for the lead in featured content reviews), two GAs and a DYK for 790 points. - 3rd –
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) – a finalist from last year, scoring 580 points in several categories including an FA on Hö'elün. - 4th –
Sammi Brie (submissions) – another WikiCup veteran and finalist from last year, totaling 420 points, mainly from GAs and DYKs relating to radio and television stations. - 5th –
MaranoFan (submissions) – scoring 351 points, mainly from music articles including an FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song); had the largest – and only – featured topic (nine articles) of the round. - 6th –
Skyshifter (submissions) – scored 345 points, mainly from an FA on the game OneShot. - 7th –
voorts (submissions) – totaled 270 points, primarily from an FA on the song Running Out of Time. - 8th –
SounderBruce (submissions) – who's off to a flying start in round 2 with a featured article already, but who placed 8th in round 1 with 247 points, mostly from FLs, GAs and DYKs relating to sports. - 9th –
Hey man im josh (submissions) – active in the featured list process, scoring 235 points while being the leader in both FLs (4) and joint-leader in featured content reviews (with Vami IV). - 10th –
Elli (submissions) – 235 points, mostly from a featured article on the 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election (an interesting election in which over 500 million votes were cast...in a state of 12 million?).
- 11th –
Muboshgu (submissions) – a WikiCup veteran who led the first round in ITN entries, scoring 195 points from 15 ITNs and two DYKs. - 22nd –
Lee Vilenski (submissions) – 2020 and 2022's champion; can Lee Vilenski be the first three-time winner in WikiCup history? - 30th –
BeanieFan11 (submissions) – yikes! I'm tryin' to defend my title and this is the best I can do? I'm going to have to step it up if I want to have any chance of being the third back-to-back champion! - 31st –
Ealdgyth (submissions) – the current leader in good article reviews, scoring 65 points on 13 of them. - 52nd –
TonyTheTiger (submissions) – as far as I can tell, the earliest WikiCup participant in this year's competition; was the runner-up in 2010. Can Tony finally do it after 14 years?
Concluding notes
Thank you to all those who have been greatly improving Wikipedia in the competition! Good luck to the remaining 67 in your (and my) quest to be the 2024 WikiCup champion in the remaining four rounds until October 31!
Notes
- ^ Per User:Hey man im josh/Wikicup stats. However, note that early on, such as in the 2009 competition which had the highest cutoff score, points could be accumulated in different ways, including by simply making an edit, which has since been discontinued.
- ^ Uh oh... I need to ramp up my game!
Discuss this story
Congratulations to those who have been involved in this WikiCup tournament. Haha, I listed my name but did not even compete. Hopefully next time. Abishe (talk) 03:09, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh this is cool, I think this is the first time I've been mentioned in Singnpost! Hey man im josh (talk) 00:59, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]