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Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actualités du Wiktionnaire, numéro 117, décembre 2024

Dans ce numéro, outre les chroniques habituelles (brèves d’ici et d’ailleurs, statistiques, vidéos du mois et impulsions à la contribution), un résumé des mots de l’année d’ici et d’ailleurs, car pour la première fois ce fut organisé dans le Wiktionnaire ! On reparle aussi du dictionnaire de l’Académie française. Un article et le dictionnaire du mois sont sur les expressions idiomatiques !

Découvrez le numéro 117 de décembre 2024 !

Brouillon du prochain — Anciens numéros — Abonnement-désabonnement

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Feedback request: All RFCs request for comment

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

CheckUser changes

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2025)

SAARC Region

Hello, Masssly. The article for improvement of the week is:

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Entomology • Architect

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A2K Monthly Report – December 2024

Dear Wikimedian,

Happy 2025! We are thrilled to share with you the December edition of the CIS-A2K Newsletter, showcasing our initiatives and achievements from the past month. In this issue, we offer a detailed recap of key events, collaborative projects, and community engagement efforts. Additionally, we provide a preview of the exciting plans we have in store for the upcoming month. Stay connected with our dynamic community as we celebrate the progress we’ve made together!

In the Limelight: Santali Food Festival

Dispatches from A2K
Monthly Recap

Learning hours Call
Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2024
Santali Food Festival

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

She Leads Bootcamp

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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2025)

Wool weaving shuttle, with pirn in middle

Hello, Masssly. The article for improvement of the week is:

Pirn

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • Entomology

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The Bugle: Issue 225, January 2025

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Pickersgill-Cunliffe and Nick-D look at Germans in the Flanders Campaign and 50 years of Australian military history
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the state of the Wikiproject

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The Signpost: 15 January 2025

From the editors: Looking back, looking forward

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024

In the media: Will you be targeted?

Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last

Essay: Meet the Canadian who holds the longest editing streak on Wikipedia

Opinion: Reflections one score hence

News and notes: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free

Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next

Op-ed: Elon Musk and the right on Wikipedia

In focus: Twenty years of The Signpost: What did it take?

Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics

Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia

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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2025)

The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug

Hello, Masssly. The article for improvement of the week is:

Medical prescription

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Pirn • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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LA Wildfire edit-a-thons January 26 and February 2

Upcoming edit-a-thons focused on the Los Angeles Wildfires

In response to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, WikiLA has organized three edit-a-thons to create or improve articles about the historically, culturally, and/or architecturally significant structures that were destroyed or damaged during the fires, and the organizations and entities that stepped up to help. Please join us.

Sunday, January 26, at the Ebell of Los Angeles in mid-Wilshire from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.)

Sunday, January 26, at the Live Oak Library in Arcadia from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.)

Sunday, February 2, at the Hammer Museum in Westwood from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.)

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JSFarman (talk) 19:55, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red February 2025

Women in Red | February 2025, Vol 11, Issue 2, Nos. 326, 327, 330, 331

Online events:

New: Black women | Alphabet run C & D
Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements from other communities:

Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history

Tip of the month:

Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed ones on Creative Commons search

Suggestion:

Consider helping to promote women under In the news and On this day on Wikipedia's main page

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2025)

Hello, Masssly. The article for improvement of the week is:

Gastropub

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Medical prescription • Pirn

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Feedback request: Miscellaneous Good Article nomination

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