Wikipedia talk:CUP

Eligibility

Vatican City at the 2022 Mediterranean Games passed a bit late... Would it be eligible for the next round? Arconning (talk) 12:50, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Is someone going to reset the scores or something? Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I was wondering about that yesterday, though I haven't heard anything from the judges yet for doing that. Tenshi! (Talk page) 13:29, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, thanks for checking in. I'm still reviewing the nominations (got home a bit late last night) but will let you know when I'm done, so the bot can reset the nominations.

@Arconning, yes, you can claim it for the next round. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Scores have been checked now, and everything looks good. @Tenshi Hinanawi, could you please run the bot to clear all the contestants' submission pages? Thanks in advance. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Are we all just reset to zero? Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:02, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Bgsu98, the round points (i.e. what you can directly earn from submissions) will be reset to zero. I've created a new table of tournament points; these will persist from round to round. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:03, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay, I see now; that makes sense. I'm going to own this round, too. 😉 Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:07, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

We'll see about that BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:55, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Epicgenius: Did you want to remove those editors from the table who have been disqualified? Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:12, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Bgsu98 I have removed the disqualified users, and fixed the table header. Thanks for bringing it up. On a purely tangential note, I'm very lazy. Technically the answer to that question would be "no, I don't; I really want to go to a museum instead". – Epicgenius (talk) 21:46, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Then go to the museum! Life’s too short to pass up hobbies of personal interest. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:48, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:30, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, just FYI, the second round has just ended but the judges haven't looked at all the submissions yet. We'll let you know when we're finished; it might not be done until tomorrow, and I forgot to do the newsletter earlier. Thanks for maintaining the bot. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Tenshi Hinanawi, thanks again for the assistance. I've sent out the newsletter. It would be great if you can run the bot to clear contestants' submission pages, but if you don't have time to do it, please let me know. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

It's done again. Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:20, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Flag icon request

Someone with the ability to do so, please change my flag icon from {{flag icon|Canada}} to {{flag icon|East Turkestan}}. Thanks! Yue🌙 (talk) 06:18, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@Yue, I have done this. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:33, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Thank you! Yue🌙 (talk) 20:31, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Sorry for being annoying, but for unspecified personal safety reasons, could you change my flag icon again to {{flag icon|Haiti}}? Thank you! Yue🌙 (talk) 07:40, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

@Yue  Done here. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:00, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

EasternShah blocked

@WikiCup judges: EasternShah is AE blocked and should be disqualified. GiftedIceCream 13:49, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@GiftedIceCream Done, thanks for letting us know. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:08, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey there

Just a request, I have read the rules and have signed up for WikiCup 2026, and set to make my WikiCup debut, but could somebody condense the rules if i want to remind myself every now and again without too much kerfuffle?

Regards, F1fan00 (talk) 13:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

also, i did sign up with then changed it a couple minutes later to myself manually, is that allowed or have i messed up? F1fan00 (talk) 13:44, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@F1fan00, that is allowed. As for a condensed version of the rules, we don't have a summarized version of WP:WikiCup/Scoring, but generally you are allowed to claim points for WP:GA, WP:FA, WP:DYK (except for new GAs), and WP:ITN articles which you've significantly contributed to, as well as WP:GAN, WP:FAC, and WP:PR reviews you've conducted. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

ok, thank you @Epicgenius, seems your name is accurate :D.

When does each round start though and if we are in a break, when is the next round? F1fan00 (talk) 10:26, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@F1fan00, it starts on the 1st of every other month (January 1, March 1, May 1, etc). The last day of each round is two days before the start of the next, except that the last day of round 5 is October 31. The dates can be seen on the WP:CUP page. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:50, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

ok, thanks :) F1fan00 (talk) 10:01, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Suggestion for next year

Hey all, I just had an idea for a potential extra source for article improvement points: stub expansions. Stubs are a pervasive part of Wikipedia, accounting for nearly 1/3rd of all articles, and there are several ongoing efforts to expand them into informative articles. I was wondering if the WikiCup might be a way to incentivise stub expansions? Obviously, as stub expansions are the low-hanging fruit of article improvements, the points for doing so would have to be quite low; I was thinking just 1 point per stub expansion. Would this be something contest coordinators think could be worth incorporating? --Grnrchst (talk) 12:39, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

We have the age bonus for DYK 5x expansions, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring#From_DYK_age, which incentivises not just any expansion of a stub, but requires a minimum quality standard. —Kusma (talk) 15:56, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, essentially the Cup is supposed to prioritize quality or Main Page content. Not saying that this shouldn't be included, just that if we were to include stubs for scoring purposes, it would place a lot more workload on the judges (mostly me, since I review almost all of the submissions right now).

For destubbings, you may want to consider looking into destubathons such as Wikipedia:The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge, which offer rewards of their own as well. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:46, 27 June 2026 (UTC)