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We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Figureskatingfan (submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Ealdgyth (submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Hawkeye7 (submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Piotrus (submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, Casliber (submissions) and Sasata (submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.

A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:14, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just stopping by your talk page to state hi. I saw your username linked on an editor's user page, and I remembered you. I'm not sure if you remember me. The Brad Pitt article is still holding up nicely. Flyer22 (talk) 02:23, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James Franco, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 18:58, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

'Blue what's up?! Long time, no talk! type? Anyway, hope you're well. Just dropping by to say hi, and let you know I've taken care of the James Franco GAR (or at least I've cited everything with a citation needed tag). If you pop back into this place, drop over and say hello! I think you remember the place. Hope you're doing good in any case, NiciVampireHeart 17:31, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And kept! :) NiciVampireHeart 10:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 1 –June 26, 2013 –July 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 54 51 13 148 C 23 41 63 29 156 Start 26 130 447 445 2 1,050 Stub 17 60 315 599 991 List 13 53 3 69 Category 1 2 4 10 160 177 Disambig 4 1 1 19 25 File 4 4 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 108 110 Template 2 15 8 4 75 104 Assessed 103 324 961 1,106 380 2 2,876 Unassessed 2 2 Total 103 324 961 1,106 380 4 2,878 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,808 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 2001 MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 2001 Protection One 400 2005 Advance Auto Parts 500 2006 USG Sheetrock 400 2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 Clay Greenfield Buddy Parrott Jim Fitzgerald (racing driver) Rick Allen (television announcer) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Tim Richmond, a good article Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 - August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). Richmond was the first driver to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars, which has since become an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons. Richmond achieved his top NASCAR season in 1986 when he finished third in points. He won seven races that season, more than any other driver on the tour. When he missed the season-opening Daytona 500 in February 1987, media reported that he had pneumonia. The infection most likely resulted from his compromised immune system, which had been weakened by AIDS. The disease would drastically shorten his life. Despite the state of his health, Richmond competed in eight races in 1987, winning two events and one pole position before his final race in August of that year. He attempted a comeback in 1988 before NASCAR banned him for testing positive for a banned substance. Richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a debauched lifestyle, earning him the nickname "Hollywood". In describing Richmond's influence in the sport of racing, Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said: "We've never had a race driver like Tim in stock car racing. He was almost a James Dean-like character." When Richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie Stroker Ace, "He fell right in with the group working on the film," said director Hal Needham. Cole Trickle, the main character in the movie Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise, was loosely based on Richmond and his interaction with Harry Hyde and Rick Hendrick. (Read more...)
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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's 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, 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 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 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 Piotrus (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:40, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions02:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:48, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 2:  July 26, 2013 –August 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 54 51 13 148 C 23 41 63 29 156 Start 26 131 453 448 5 1,063 Stub 17 59 319 602 1 998 List 13 53 3 1 70 Category 1 2 4 10 164 181 Disambig 4 1 1 43 49 File 1 9 10 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 138 140 Template 2 15 8 4 79 108 Assessed 103 324 971 1,113 447 7 2,965 Unassessed 1 16 17 Total 103 324 972 1,113 447 23 2,982 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,808 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 2013 Gobowling.com 400 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen 2013 Pure Michigan 400 2013 Irwin Tools Night Race Chad Hackenbracht Ford Credit 125 Joey Hanssen John Kinder J. C. Van Landingham Kenny Habul Lucas Oil 250 Lubinski Racing Marcus Lemonis McDuffie Racing Ronnie Silver Ross Kenseth Sacks & Sons The Pantry 300 Textilease/Medique 300 Travis Sauter See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a Good Article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Denny Hamlin maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Ryan Newman, who started in the second position remained behind him. Afterward, Newman became the leader. On lap 128, Hamlin had an engine failure, finishing forty-third. Later in the race Tony Stewart led a race high of seventy-five laps. Stewart retained the first position on a final restart to clinch his third win at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There were eight cautions and twenty-seven lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Tony Stewart's first win of the season and the thirty-eighth of his career. The result moved him up two spots to fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 283 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and fourteen ahead of Carl Edwards. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two ahead of Toyota and sixty-six ahead of Ford, with eleven races remaining in the season. A total of 93,200 people attended the race, while 5.516 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Kanye West (estimated annual readership: 4,787,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Million Award is a new initiative to recognize the editors of Wikipedia's most-read content; you can read more about the award and its possible tiers (Quarter Million Award, Half Million Award, and Million Award) at Wikipedia:Million Award. I actually owe you several of these--more than any other user, I believe. Let me give you all your userboxes at once, though I'm no doubt still missing some:

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Brad Pitt to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Maggie Gyllenhaal to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Kanye West to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Ben Affleck to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing James Franco to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Tina Fey to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Drew Barrymore to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Ethan Hawke to Good Article status.

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Kirsten Dunst to Good Article status.

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it!

Has it ever occurred to you that you may be the most-read contributor on all of Wikipedia? I've been crunching page numbers all week, and I have to say you're probably the lead by far. It's hugely appreciated! -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! Thanks for the correction re:Kanye. I've removed it from the HoF. Doesn't make me admire your work any less, though. I still haven't gotten a chance to load all of your qualifying entries into the HoF, so feel free to add any I haven't gotten to yet yourself if inclined. Cheers, and keep up the great work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:

1. Hawkeye7 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
2. Casliber (submissions), another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
4. Sasata (submissions), a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
5. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
6. Ealdgyth (submissions), who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
7. Miyagawa (submissions), a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
8. Adam Cuerden (submissions) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), Dana boomer (submissions), Status (submissions), Ed! (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 05:53, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Harley-tnba.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 12:48, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is a proposal to send Brad Pitt's article to a Featured article review. Please have a look at Talk:Brad Pitt#Proposal for a FAR for more details. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on my talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 22:04, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 3:  August 26, 2013 –September 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 56 51 13 150 C 23 40 63 29 155 Start 26 130 459 454 7 1,076 Stub 17 59 319 602 1 998 List 13 53 3 1 70 Category 1 2 4 10 187 204 Disambig 4 1 1 62 68 File 1 9 10 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 141 143 Template 2 15 8 4 79 108 Assessed 103 324 977 1,119 492 9 3,024 Unassessed 1 5 6 Total 103 324 978 1,119 492 14 3,030 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,808 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 2013 AdvoCare 500 (Atlanta) 2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 2013 GEICO 400 2013 Mudsummer Classic 2013 Sylvania 300 2013 AAA 400 Chad Hackenbracht Nick Harrison (racing) Justin Jennings (racing driver) Junior Niedecken Stephen Rhodes (racing driver) Circle Sport LJ Racing Team Ireland See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
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In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:14, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 4:  September 26, 2013 –October 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 56 51 13 150 C 23 40 64 31 158 Start 26 131 464 456 8 1,085 Stub 16 60 320 605 1 1,002 List 13 54 3 70 Category 1 2 4 10 187 204 Disambig 4 1 1 63 69 File 1 9 10 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 142 144 Template 2 15 8 4 79 108 Assessed 102 326 985 1,126 494 9 3,042 Unassessed 1 8 9 Total 102 326 986 1,126 494 17 3,051 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,808 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series Race 1 1996 Brickyard 400 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 2013 Hollywood Casino 400 2013 Bank of America 500‎ 2013 Camping World RV Sales 500‎ Busch All-Star Tour David Ray Boggs Rene Charland‎ Daniel Hemric Joe Littlejohn Otis Martin Mason Mingus Jesse Little See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
New Images Newsletter contributers: Nascar1996 and The Bushranger Want to help? Leave a message at the department's talk page.

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 4:  September 26, 2013 –October 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 56 51 13 150 C 23 40 64 31 158 Start 26 131 464 456 8 1,085 Stub 16 60 320 605 1 1,002 List 13 54 3 70 Category 1 2 4 10 187 204 Disambig 4 1 1 63 69 File 1 9 10 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 142 144 Template 2 15 8 4 79 108 Assessed 102 326 985 1,126 494 9 3,042 Unassessed 1 8 9 Total 102 326 986 1,126 494 17 3,051 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,808 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series Race 1 1996 Brickyard 400 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 2013 Hollywood Casino 400 2013 Bank of America 500‎ 2013 Camping World RV Sales 500‎ Busch All-Star Tour David Ray Boggs Rene Charland‎ Daniel Hemric Joe Littlejohn Otis Martin Mason Mingus Jesse Little See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
New Images Newsletter contributers: Nascar1996 and The Bushranger Want to help? Leave a message at the department's talk page.

This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:59, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 4:  September 26, 2013 –October 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue

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