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WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Canada Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, London Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Poland Piotrus (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

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Remember these types of issues?

Hey, remember me? My blissful semi-retirement was interrupted by one of those editors, the type who have no interest in maintaining an article, but think they know what is best just because they took a few minutes to make an addition to it. The issue at question is a family tree in the Simpson family article (yes, again). Could you please weigh in here? Thanks, Scorpion0422 21:21, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Scorpion! Of course I remember you! ;) I will never forget the fun times I've had on Wikipedia, but hopefully I'll forget the less fun times such as this one. I responded at the RfC. Theleftorium (talk) 21:43, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There are times I do miss editing and researching. I think I just burnt myself out (churning out a few GAs and a few FLs a month at my peak) and finished most of the articles I wanted to work on. And, of course, constantly getting dragged into fights over minute issues like whether "Funeral for a Fiend" is a reference to the band or the Elton John song does tend to break one's spirit. I'm sure I will return some day to continue editing, but for now I've been happy with my current role. What about you? I see that your talk page isn't very active these days. -- Scorpion0422 21:56, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I know what you mean. I miss the feeling of finding a nugget of useful information in some twenty-year-old newspaper article. For me it's the lack of time that's keeping me from editing (my last GA passed on August 26 last year). This fall I'll begin studying law at the university (takes 4.5 years to get the degree), so it doesn't look like the trend is changing. I'll keep checking Wikipedia every now and then though (I've spent too much time here to just let it go!), and whenever someone writes on my talk page I get an email notification on my phone. Anyway, what are you up to these days? You're still into journalism? :) Theleftorium (talk) 22:08, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't like going into too many details on open wikipedia, but the condensed answer is yes, but it's difficult finding full-time jobs (my previous joke, "It will be a while before I'm cited in a wikipedia article" still stands). In the mean time I've been doing freelance video work, which is fun. -- Scorpion0422 13:18, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good! Theleftorium (talk) 15:38, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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