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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

Hey Meegs, happy new year! Hope you're doing well and having a blast out in the field. I was looking at the lichen and air pollution draft and was thinking of rearranging/renaming it to "lichens as bioindicators", because that's what the vast majority of articles about lichens and air pollution are really focused on. We can focus on different topics such as lichens as indicators for air pollution, heavy metal pollution (i.e. copper), phosphate, etc. so the air pollution and climate change would be sections, until/unless they get big enough to be spun off on their own. I can get the draft started and send it over. Cheers! Kazamzam (talk) 23:10, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—returns again this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 02:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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<--- Previous issue | Tip Line SYMBIOSIS: The lichen task force newsletter — April 2024 A look at what we've accomplished, working together
It's been a busy first quarter for the project, with a staggering 12 new good articles added since the beginning of the year. Esculenta has led the charge, with assistance from an editor who is thus far unaffiliated with the project. Many thanks to them and to the reviewers who worked with them to help improve the articles. As ever, there's still plenty to do...	Articles of note New good articles: Punctelia – 18 January Chrysothrix chlorina – 22 January Ramalina peruviana – 24 February Spot test (lichen) – 27 February Melanohalea – 29 February Gustaf Einar Du Rietz – 1 March Hydropunctaria amphibia – 6 March Lecideaceae – 17 March Allocalicium - 20 March Confluentic acid – 22 March Enchylium conglomeratum – 23 March Multiclavula mucida – 24 March
Project news Teloschistaceae appeared on Wikipedia's main page as the featured article on 19 February. Kudos to Esculenta, who shepherded the article to its FA star at the end of last year. MerielGJones has expanded her list of contributions featuring important lichenologists, adding a trio of articles in January about British experts: Frank Hatton Brightman, Brian William Fox and William Mudd. Esculenta added an article for American Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. All articles (plus lists, categories, redirects, etc.) currently listed under the project's purview have been assessed for their importance and quality. That's nearly 6,000 in total! We're still working on the outline for the updated lichen article. Once the bare bones have been established and the references collected, we'll start a complete rewrite of this keystone article. Feel free to contribute your ideas!
Newsletter challenge MariahKRogers accepted the last issue's challenge and updated our Gassicurtia article with four additional species now recognised by Species Fungorum as being in the genus. This time around, we're looking for someone willing to update the species listed in the Byssoloma article, last checked in April of 2021. Species Fungorum now shows five additional species in the genus. The editor who updates the article will receive public kudos in the next newsletter.
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-- Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 21:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]