WikiCup  January newsletter    Signups are now closed we have our final  contestants for this years competition  contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February but were already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years  currently leads with  points At this stage in  the leader  had  points while in  the leader had  points We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years  was the first competitor to score this year as he was last year with a detailed good article review Some other firsts  was also the first to score for an article with the good article Hurricane Gordon  Again this is a repeat of last year  was the first to score for a did you know with Marquis Flowers  was the first to score for an in the news with  HouphoutBoigny stampede  was the first to score for a featured list with list of Billboard Social  numberone artists  was the first to score for a featured picture with FileThure de Thulstrup  L Prang and Co  Battle of Gettysburg  Restoration by Adam Cuerdenjpg  Featured articles portals and topics as well as good topics are yet to feature in the competition  This year the bonus points system has been reworked with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know and multiplier points reworked to become more linear For details please see WikipediaWikiCupScoring There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system but issues should mostly be ironed out please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points   was the first to score bonus points with Portlandclass cruiser a good article  has the highest overall bonus points as well as the highest scoring article thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi now a good article The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score  claimed bonus points for Ren Vautier and Nicolas de Fer articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year a first for the WikiCup The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias  Also a quick mention of  who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery The gauntlet has been thrown down can anyone beat it  If you are concerned that your nominationwhether it is at good article candidates a featured process or anywhere elsewill not receive the necessary reviews please list it on WikipediaWikiCupReviews Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talkWikiCup 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 WikipediaWikiCupNewsletterSend    email and    email     February  Wikification Drive   Hi there I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikifys February Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Well be trying to reduce the backlog size by over  articles and we need your help Hardworking participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions If you have a spare moment please join and wikify an article or tell your friends Thanks  Hello  styleborder px solid gray backgroundcolor fdffe rowspan valignmiddle   rowspan  stylefontsize xl