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Hey, I wanted to add a portrait of someone named Hans Westenberg, recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. But unfortunately I only found two of his portraits. The first image has complete information such as who the photographer is, but it is a little blurry and has a watermark, while the second image comes from Ramon Magdaysay's official website and the portrait is clearer, but it is clear that the background has been photoshopped, so there is only a portrait of Hans and the background is a room. So the question is; Can I remove the watermark from the first image (without make the image clearer from the blur), or secondly can I still upload the second image which is clearer but has a photoshopped background. --Rufinsky (talk) 09:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Hiya @Rufinsky, I'm not the best with media copyright here as I don't really handle files, you might be better asking at the Teahouse. If in doubt, I wouldn't upload it but ask there, as copyright is one of the trickiest aspects of Wikipedia. Feel free to come back here if you need any other help with this matter or other issues :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 10:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Zippybonzo
I see you haven't been active lately, I hope you are fine in both mind and body.
Honestly, I came here not for editing the articles, I want it, but I think I am not the suitable person to do that. My major reason is to translate some articles to and from Arabic, English, and Indonesian because I am loving to do that, and I need some projects so I can apply freelance jobs.
Hi Zippy! I wanted to ask, If there is a page about a organization that has a website, would it be promo to use the official website as a source for said page? Thank you! --Madigoosh (talk) 21:39, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Hello, are you still accepting trainers for the CVUA? If so, I would like to be adopted. I already have some experience with using Special:RecentChanges and warning other users using Ultraviolet. I have around 400 edits total, with about half being in the mainspace. mwwvconverse∫edits01:50, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Hiya, I'm quite busy at the moment in real life, but I'm slowly getting back onto Wikipedia, I'm happy to take you now, but there may be the occasional wait for responses on the course, if that's fine with you I'm happy to take you :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 07:29, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
@Mwwv, I'll setup your course, I've got more time than I used to so I should be able to train you so I'll ping you when I've setup the course :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 19:55, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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Hey there, welcome to the 25th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 March 2024. We've got a ton of wonderful editors taking back their pitchforks today. Don't worry, for they come in peace, to forcibly fix and extend existing scripts you use with sheer passion. There's so many, them forks have got what's basically their own column now! gift us with some rows before it's too late Aaron Liu (talk) 04:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
An easily configurable script to add a link to the #p-vector-user-menu-overflow portlet with a name, target, and icon. This one should be a relatively easier one. I would do it myself, but I'm too busy rotting away on Celeste (video game).
After the ＲＩＩＪ update, Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin has a dismiss button that allows you to mark an item as read in one click and cycle to the next Watchlist item.
Lordseriouspig/StatusChangerImproved is just like Enterprisey's script, except you select your status from a dropdown instead of cycling through them with a button. The WMF operates out of car-centric infrastructure anyway. Shame!
Newly maintained scripts
Aaron Liu has created Duplinks from Evad37/duplinks-alt; his fork adds a config variable to automatically highlight duplicate links on the loading of any page where the portlet link would've appeared.
Tired of staring at a bunch of filtering text and waiting for darn filter logs to load? Msz2001/AbuseFilter analyzer can parse abuse filters into a visual syntax tree and evaluate locally on-demand!
Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences finds references with the same link and displays the number of them along with a button to add the {{duplicated citations}} tag under the references section. Being lazy has never been easier!
fastest gun on the net Ponor/really-quick-block really quick add to contribution lists three buttons awesome
my name is csaba. i am a hungarian musician and i love an italian jazz drummer his name Giampiero Prina. i don’t see his name in this list. if it possible type his name and Giulio Capiozzo pls! They was two great Italian jazz masters! --Abacs68 (talk) 06:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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Hello,
I hope you are doing fine!
2 questions:
- How to officialy publish a page that is presently in my sandbox (this is my first contribution). My page is here (Henri le fakir):
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Peggymarchand24/sandbox
- How to label it as written in French (the language does not seem available in the drop down to that effect).
Many thanks!
Peggy --Peggymarchand24 (talk) 18:58, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
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Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
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Hi Zippybonzo. I've been asked to work on creating a Wikipedia page for my company. We don't have a page on Wikipedia currently, although drafts have been submitted previously. I think normally I would submit a page via the Articles for Creation feature and make the appropriate conflict of interest disclosure. But given there is an existing draft, should I modify the existing draft? If so, how would I disclose the conflict of interest? And if I use the Articles for Creation feature to create a "new" page, what would happen to the existing draft? Could it be removed? I'd appreciate your guidance as I want to make sure I do this properly. Thanks. --Cal-batman (talk) 21:51, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. Yes, understood, I have no intention of not disclosing that I am an employee of the subject of the article. But I'm uncertain of whether to create the article via the Articles for Creation feature and make the disclosure there, or whether I can edit the existing draft I came across and make the disclosure there and/or my talk page. What would you recommend? Thanks. Cal-batman (talk) 00:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
In this page, it is mentioned that Khalid Rashid Alzayani was the Honorary Chairman, so I added the Alzayani website link as a reference where it is actually mentioned he is a "Honorary Chairman". But my edit still not approved.
@Ramzan77 - Heya, you sent me a link to the Arabic Wikipedia, I neither edit there, nor speak Arabic, so you'd be better off discussing that on the Arabic Wikipedia with someone who edits there. Thank you :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 08:59, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
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The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
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Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
I wrote a draft for Zerops, a Czech cloud company, and was wondering if you could review it for me. I am new to Wikipedia and still a bit confused about how everything works. Any help would be appreciated :D
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I was wondering if you would be interested in training me in the CVU Academy. I think I know a little bit. I use UltraViolet and look at recent changes often.
How do I find my page that I was just editing:
I was making an article and now I cannot find the page I just had edited may you tell me where to go to find me page --Jonathan mackerales (talk) 14:19, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
How do I create a new page. Reid Lake hiking trail, Michigan
The Reid Lake Area is a little over 3,000 acres in size.
The forest in the area is primarily hardwoods and creates a small, remote, lake environment. The lake is a small, 13-acres, with a variety of fish.
There are 13 miles of gently rolling trail leading you around Reid and Little Trout Lakes, the shoreline of Big Marsh, and offers views of Fannys Marsh and Mossy Bog. You can enjoy a day hike or backpacking with 9 designated first-come first-serve campsites available. Difficulty on the trails ranges from easy to more difficult.
Heya @Christopher J Angel, everything you'll want to know is detailed in Help:Your first article, I'd advise you use the WP:AFC articles for creation process as it's a good way to get someone to look at your article to ensure it meets the guidelines.
Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
are references talking about what its sources are (to refer too) or is it about references where it has been shown in the media (referenced) --Divine Deimos (talk) 00:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the thanks ;)
And it reminded me to be in touch to apologise for never doing NPP School properly after you set it up for me. I had the best intentions, but ended up needing a bit of a wikibreak for a while. Thanks nonetheless for your effort, which I appreciate. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
@Jonathan Deamer, thanks for the message :) - I took a bit of a wikibreak for the past few months, but I'm getting back into it over the next few days. I was just pondering about draftifying that and then I refreshed the queue to see it was a draft. Cheers, Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 17:06, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
hi! i wanted to ask about writing an article for a page that already exists as a redirect. specifically, i was looking to create a page about Eric Clapton's recent album release Meanwhile, however the article title Meanwhile (Eric Clapton album) already exists as a redirect to the artist page. i wouldn't want to edit the existing page so as to not bypass the draft review process. how should i go about this? thank you!Ordinaryisabel (talk) --Ordinaryisabel (talk) 08:14, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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It was quite snarky for me to leave that comment, and I probably shouldn’t have, but it didn’t seem incredibly snarky to me at the time. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 19:24, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi, Zippy. We spoke a bit on the NPP discord server earlier today. It's great that you're enthusiastic about cleaning up copyright issues. But I was looking at the CCI case you've been working, and I'm worried that you're only putting the articles through earwig and accepting the results at face value. For example, you cleared the article Varmahlíð. However, the article contains copyright violations from the cited web source. I'll clear them up tomorrow, if I can. I don't have the right to ask you to stay away from copyright cleanup, and nor do I want to, but please move slowly. I gave you the link to WP:NOTEARWIG earlier, but I really need to know now that you've read it. And if you'd like an easier CCI, let me know. There's one I'm working on that basically seems to involve rewriting like 500 disambiguation pages. Stuff like that might be easier for you to start with. I'm one of the newer CCI editors, so I've been in your shoes- this area can take quite a lot of getting used to! Don't feel the need to rush things, especially when you're just starting out. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 07:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
@GreenLipstickLesbian - thanks for the message, could you direct me to the easier ones that would be a better starting point for me to learn the status quo's etc. I do intend to become a more active contributor in that area, but I'm not super confident with CCI atp so an easier starting point would be nice :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 08:30, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Learning the status quo is much less important than learning how to do the job, and learning how to do the job properly.
Right now, if you just wants a lot of experience, go to page 7 or 8 of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Werldwayd, look for edits they made to disambiguation pages, and then rewrite the disambiguation pages to be policy compliant. Werldwayd created disambiguation pages by copy pasting the first sentence from a subject's article into the entry, but without following the CWW rules. You can solve this in two ways: by WP:RIA, or by treating them as any other copyright violation and removing the text. Due to the fact that disambiguation pages are meant to list the bare minimum about of information needed to identify a subject, go for the latter.
I'd also advise not marking any diffs as clean for your first few months. It's what I did, and it worked well for me. In fact, I still don't mark articles as clean until I am intimately familiar with a given case. I just make a note, then ask for a second opinion or come back at the end of a case and re-evaluate. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 19:43, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Utstein Abbey was also marked as okay, but contained copyvio from Store norske leksikon on a page that didn't have its free license. There is very very few CCIs that are doable through sending every page through a google search and I would not advise looking for them. I also presumptively deleted Hjelme when you marked it as fine, because the content did not even remotely resemble any of the citations. Same with Delaware Colony. We cannot actually verify if something is free of infringement when there is no mention of the added content in the sources provided or found, so content that blatantly fails verification is usually presumptively removed. I've overwritten your checks with my own actions due to these errors.
I jumped straight into copyright as a brand new user practically, and I would've been much worse off if I didn't ask questions and go slow. Please go slow, and ask questions. The process is much more involved than shoving things into the copyvio detector. We want contributions, but rechecking is time consuming. If you're brand new to copyright cleanup, I highly recommend doing meta:CopyPatrol because it is a very streamlined form of cleanup that is mostly straightforward internet copypasting. However, not all of it is, so reviewing there gives you practice on nuance. There are also more eyes on CopyPatrol in general. Sennecaster (Chat) 14:05, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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Hi Zippybonzo, while looking through the admin election candidates, I saw your name. Your work reverting vandalism, copy-edting, and patrolling new pages is truly appreciated, so I am inclined to support later this month. However, it is my understanding that you have never created a mainspace article besides reverting an undiscussed move and draftifying unready articles. Similarly, you have never edited a mainspace article at least 10 times and mostly focus on minor copyediting. While these are valued efforts, I agree with User:Ritchie333/Why admins should create content that all candidates should have first-hand experience with content creation. I am not a stickler to the idea that admins should have at least 10K edits, but without significant article writing, this issue may sink your candidacy.
You are probably a specialist in at least one area that could have new articles created or existing articles improved, but if you want topic ideas, consider WP:WikiProject Women in Red/Redlist index, which lists redlinks for women deserving of articles sorted by various characteristics. Given the time between now and the start of discussion/voting, I think you still have an opportunity to really strengthen your candidacy! ViridianPenguin 🐧 ( 💬 ) 18:13, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
@ViridianPenguin, thanks for the message, I'll take a look at the women in red list because I didn't know the index existed, and it's something that might help me find topics to write about. Thanks for the heads up :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 19:57, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
Hello Zippybonzo!
I have a quick question regarding the infobox -- is there any guides showing how to correctly edit and/or create an infobox? That's all, thanks!
I'm not 100% sure that it would classify as notable. While it is quite a popular internet meme, it's not supported by the most reliable sources. If you're interested in checking it's notable, I would advise you read up on Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources.
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Had changed back as you removed my edit where I corrected the hundred restaurant from the incorrect statement that they won a Michelin guide award to show the actual award won as I feel it is constructive to have the correct information on the page. Sharnadd (talk) 10:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Yes that was just that article. You can link in articles about the award they won that show where it is considered to be prestigious. It's definitely not a michelin award Sharnadd (talk) 06:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
You can create an article about anybody, though it will likely be deleted if they aren't notable. You also have to adhere to the biographies of living people policy, ensuring any claims are verified by reliable sources, and preferably inline citations. You can read about the notability policy here. Let me know if you have any more questions regarding this.
Hey. I wanted to talk about my article about asspixel. You removed it because of it not being "important in an encyclopedia". You do realize that many servers in Minecraft such as Hypixel are also in Wikipedia? Asspixel is just one of them and there is no reason for any deletion. The term "Ass" means donkey since the donkey is the mascot of the server. I request you to take the speedy deletion down as we are also still working on this article. Thanks. I want a dad (talk) 16:11, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
@I want a dad, firstly, you should create a new topic with the button at the top of the page, however two things, "we" implies you're using a shared account which is prohibited by policy, and there is a notability guideline, which proves the subject is notable of a Wikipedia account. As babysharkboss just said as I was writing this, there's no reliable sources that show it's worth the time. If you still want to work on it, you might be better off using draftspace. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 16:15, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
First of all, I am not using shared accounts. They are my team trying to enter since the original link won't work. Secondly, if this article isn't important for you, don't read it. The other 200 or new people might want to check out what asspixel even is,and I was one of them. I want a dad (talk) 16:17, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
"my team" implies meatpuppetry, which is also not permitted. I do check if there are sources about a subject before tagging under A7, and the only ones are minecraft server lists, or generally unreliable sources. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 16:19, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
What I mean is you said there weren't enough sources. The only sources we needed was for Minecraft and Hypixel. the only additions we can add are to the asspixel website I want a dad (talk) 16:25, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
its called asspixel ( stop acting like you don't say ass everyday kid)
It's not covered because most sources are only in the official website. we can add more sources and links to the article but thats all we can do. I want a dad (talk) 16:56, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
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@LindsayH thanks for the note, I primarily put myself forward to test the process, I'm not expecting a landslide support, I just wanted to see how it works, potentially write an essay afterwards, and so far, I think it's an improvement on RfA. Best of luck :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 07:31, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
My article is indeed important for us!
Hey. I wanted to talk about my article about asspixel. You removed it because of it not being "important in an encyclopedia". You do realize that many servers in Minecraft such as Hypixel are also in Wikipedia? Asspixel is just one of them and there is no reason for any deletion. The term "Ass" means donkey since the donkey is the mascot of the server. I request you to take the speedy deletion down as we are also still working on this article. Thanks. I want a dad (talk) 16:13, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
And sorry for attacking you back. I just don't feel like I can work on this article any longer. It was just planned to be a thing just for a few people to see and go back. I want a dad (talk) 17:08, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
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After showcasing early design ideas at Wikimania, we conducted user testing of design prototypes. We now aim to engage communities in further discussions and plan to run a targeted experiment, presenting a structured task within the reading view to logged-in new account holders with zero edits.
This Community Configuration extension was developed to help communities customize wiki features to meet their unique needs. The Growth team is now helping other Wikimedia Foundation teams make their products configurable:
The Moderation Tools team now provides Community Configuration for Automoderator. (T365046)
Certain Babel extension settings will be configurable soon. (T328171)
Future work
As part of the Growth team annual plan, we will continue to investigate ways to increase constructive activation on mobile, while also working with Data Products to move forward A/B testing functionality via the Metrics Platform.
Community events
Growth team members presented Community Configuration: Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together at Wikimania (slides). The session recording is available to watch on YouTube. This session provided an update on the Community Configuration project and introduced details about the upcoming features that communities will soon be able to configure. Representatives from the Moderator Tools, Editing, Web, and Campaigns teams shared their plans for utilizing Community Configuration in the future. Following these presentations, the WMF Growth team's Benoît Evellin and Martin Urbanec answered audience questions.
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@Armeniagrow2025 what do you mean by that? Do you mean using another article as a source for an article? If so, because Wikipedia isn't a reliable source, it shouldn't really be used in articles as a source. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 09:54, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
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Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Hi Zippybonzo. I can see that your a admin and just want to let you know I have caught a vandal (user: 2603:6010:5C21:D78B:4DD4:78E3:C0DC:DD8D) He was vandalizing Illinois Route 173. I have reverted the changes. Landon1999 (talk) 14:46, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Sorry to bother again, but where do I use that? I don't know if I'm being unintentionally clueless here, but I'm confused a bit. Deuxde (talk) 13:28, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello! I hope you're doing well. I recently got suggested that I should join New page patrol school. I see you listed as a trainer. I was wondering if I could get trained by you. I have some experience and I'm willing to learn more. Waiting for your response. Regards! Wikibear47 (talk) 12:29, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Heya,
I'm happy to train you, just give me a bit of time to setup the course and tidy up on my end and then I'll get it all finished up and ping you there :)
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AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, 
BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, 
Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: 
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, 
Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, 
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, 
Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and 
AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.
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