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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q2 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2020
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July 2020 WikiProject NASCAR newsletter

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume V · No. 3: July 1, 2020 – July 31, 2020

Previous month's issue

Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles

WikiProject News

New members:

None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR

Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs.
Help expand and update everything relating to the 2020 season.
Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article Statistics

Table reflects values at 8:00 PM Eastern on July 30.
Monthly goal: Find the backstory. All too often, pages about drivers, teams or tracks have only content about NASCAR's top three national series. To improve article quality, information about other series or events that those drivers, teams and tracks are involved in should be added, backed up by reliable sources.

NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			7	1			8
FL				1			1
A	1						1
GA	4	6	49	19			78
B	23	45	40	74			182
C	34	59	115	82		1	291
Start	52	166	666	1,173		3	2,060
Stub	4	44	271	1,041		1	1,361
List		14	38	13			65
Category					336		336
Disambig				1	83		84
File				1	129		130
Project					10		10
Redirect					326	2	328
Template				2	316		318
Other					6		6
Assessed	118	334	1,186	2,408	1,207	7	5,260
Unassessed						1	1
Total	118	334	1,186	2,408	1,207	8	5,261
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 27,026			Ω = 4.94

Article Developments

New articles:

Picture of the Month

Article of the month – Shawna Robinson, a good article

Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. She was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series and the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series. Robinson is one of 16 women to participate in the NASCAR Cup Series, and one of three females to race in the sports' premier event, the Daytona 500.(Read more...)

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