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Your good article nomination of the article Henry Darger has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Noleander -- Noleander (talk) 01:46, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! I have the page watchlisted and have appreciated the steady improvements this month. It's wild how Darger created so much and kept it all to himself. I just had someone send me a photo after they did a nice katsudon for dinner and cannot imagine someone putting so much work into art so inherently private. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 02:01, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oh hey Laura, cool to see you did this Vaticidalprophet 11:20, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

They've become one of my favorite artists so I've been doing a deep dive into the ouvre. He's at FAC atm so here's hoping! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 11:22, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 7 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Eastern Miscellany, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the editors of The Eastern Miscellany refused to cooperate with a British-imposed media blackout following the 1925 Shanghai massacre? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Eastern Miscellany. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Eastern Miscellany), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:02, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Silver Lake (Whatcom County, Washington) is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LEvalyn -- LEvalyn (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Archaeology of North Korea, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that North Korean archaeological papers, inspired by the state ideology of Juche, often contain nationalist elements? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Archaeology of North Korea. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Archaeology of North Korea), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 28 January 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by those who assist the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! – SchroCat (talk) 11:29, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work on this interesting topic and congratulations on it being today's featured article. —  AjaxSmack  04:17, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind message on my talk page. I look forward to more of your work here in the new year. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Keep contributing as you do. Cheers. MSincccc (talk) 11:05, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you very much! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:16, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
	Have a great Christmas, and I hope 2026 brings you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 09:30, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a bunch, Schro! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:15, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The 100 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		On behalf of Wikipedia, the DYK project and the Military History Project it is my pleasure to (belatedly) award this medal in recognition of your contribution of more than 100 DYK creations and expansions. Congratulations on your century! Best wishes for the holiday season and the year ahead! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:45, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• • Thank you very much, Hawkeye! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:15, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Li Xinchuan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Li Xinchuan was allowed to return to his old workplace after fleeing the Mongol invasion? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Li Xinchuan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Li Xinchuan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you today for Algemeyne Entsiklopedye, "about a twelve-volume Yiddish encyclopedia that was published over more than thirty years, during which time most of its audience and many of its editors were killed in the Holocaust, and the project transformed from a fairly typical general-purpose encyclopedia to a memorial to prior Jewish life and culture. I'll note that this article relies quite heavily on one author—Barry Trachtenberg—as he is the only scholar to do extensive scholarly analysis of the text; were it not for him, this article would be little more than a stub."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FYI I didn't get pinged by that nomination, no idea why. I don't have time to re-review that article at the moment, but please ping me in the new year if you have not managed to get fresher eyes on it. CMD (talk) 02:46, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Generalissima, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Kimiidera Park, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Rugby.

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		The Bronze Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Generalissima for writing the Good Article Clayton Falls Creek during the ninth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 15:25, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January–February 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
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The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 5 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chen Diexian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chen Diexian's 1913 autobiographical novel The Money Demon mainly details his own love affairs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chen Diexian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chen Diexian), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 5 January 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Money Demon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chen Diexian's 1913 autobiographical novel The Money Demon mainly details his own love affairs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chen Diexian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Money Demon), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for February 20, 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 11:58, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Henry Darger, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So cool, what a great article. Thanks Generalissima for all your work here. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 00:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, first of all thank you for closing the Avi Loeb RfC at WP:RSN. I've added him to the perennial source list (WP:RSP/X due to overflow) and wanted your two cents about whether the entry accurately summarized your close.

In a 2026 RfC, there was general consensus among editors that Avi Loeb is not a reliable source, nor a subject matter expert within the meaning of WP:SPS, on topics including UFOs, xenobiology, galactic astronomy, aeronautics, and system astronomy. Editors noted his frequent false claims, misuse of the peer-review process and failure to retract claims in the face of disconfirmatory evidence. A minority of editors felt that his work in these fields was usable, especially his peer-reviewed output. There was no consensus about Loeb's reliability as a source on high-redshift astrophysics and cosmology.

CamAnders (talk) 04:10, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that looks solid to me. Thank you! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:27, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Bixie jishi is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Koridas -- Koridas (talk) 19:25, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Bixie jishi has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Koridas -- Koridas (talk) 19:45, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! No one gave you the FOUR x10 ribbon, which is unfortunate. Here you go, with a belated welcome to the leaderboard. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:28, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Oh, nice! Congrats! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:52, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! A rare but well-deserved honour. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:00, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you have forgotten and never got the reminder ping, but could you please once you have time complete the review for DYK, Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Ariminum (538). Thank you. PS: Congratulations for the FOUR x10 ribbon! A.Cython(talk) 22:01, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. A.Cython(talk) 02:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ofc - apologizes for the delay. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:12, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Trans Barnstar
		Thanks very much for your work on Terminology of transgender anatomy and other trans/gender-related articles! -Kravk (talk) 23:23, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Early life and education of Donald Trump, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, David Fuchs (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you today for The Ladies' Journal, introduced as "a particularly long-running women's magazine in early 20th century China. The May Fourth Movement turned this typical women's magazine featuring housekeeping tips and low-brow romance stories into a surprisingly radical periodical espousing feminism and free love, all under the editorship of a guy who had never written about women's issues in his life but got really really invested in them from this job. He got booted from the job in 1925 after making a special issue on 'new sexual morality', which attracted a lot of negative attention for its endorsement of polyamory. After this, The Ladies' Journal went back to being a pretty normal women's magazine, while Zhang went off and founded one of the Commercial Press's biggest competitors, Kaiming."! - thank you also for more featured content! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
		For outstanding work reviewing the bridge article, and helping it become what it is. Noleander (talk) 14:47, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Yuan Shikai coinage, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm recusing myself from reviewing. Ever since my last failed FAC, I've decided to boycott the FAC process, for I find the standards demanded for "high quality sources", especially for topics which might not have wider coverage, to be unrealistic. However, I can only wish you the best in getting that article to FA; it would be interesting to see such a topic on the main page (as TFA) one day.Maybe, one day, an article covering a subject in modern day Singapore would pass.--ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 09:08, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Children Playing in an Autumn Garden is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 03:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Children Playing in an Autumn Garden has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 08:24, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Your good article nomination of the article Gu Yanwu has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ThaesOfereode -- ThaesOfereode (talk) 19:02, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bixie jishi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Christian missionaries in China translated and published an inflammatory anti-Christian treatise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bixie jishi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bixie jishi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Gu Yanwu has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ThaesOfereode -- ThaesOfereode (talk) 02:29, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gu Yanwu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gu Yanwu destroyed all his poetry following the Manchu conquest and took to wandering across China? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gu Yanwu. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gu Yanwu), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Delta River has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A.Cython -- A.Cython (talk) 23:08, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Delta River has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of A.Cython -- A.Cython (talk) 01:01, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Delta River... you truly are a masochist. Good job! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:32, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  Hah, why so? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:35, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Two reasons: one, the skill set that helps write good humanities articles does not always translate to writing good natural sciences articles, and two, I misread that as Mekong River delta.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:44, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  Fair enough! I really enjoy writing river and lake articles, because I think they're one of the areas that are really underrepresented on-wiki in terms of importance in the world. Though half the reason I expanded this one is because I wanted to put a hatnote on River delta lol Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  Honestly? Valid. I had a kick writing The Teng Chun because only people familiar with a very specific romanization scheme would realize that it's "tay" and not "the". So you get constructs like "The The brothers". — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:50, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 16 February 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Xinlun, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an ancient Chinese political manual included a posthumous chapter on zither music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Xinlun. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Xinlun), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 12:02, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

At Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Manhattan Project feed materials program/archive1, you said that you would "do a more in-depth review later" but have not. Could I trouble you to take another look? There has been no activity on the review for a couple of weeks. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:21, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you today for Zhang Jingsheng, introduced: "Zhang Jingsheng, frequently nicknamed "Dr. Sex", was a controversial writer, philosopher, and yes, sexologist from early 20th century China. A revolutionary in his youth, he studied in France and became obsessed with Rousseau, eugenics, and scientific racism. He caused a massive public scandal with his 1926 book Sex Histories, after which he fell into complete obscurity. This has been longest and most intricate article yet; I hope you all enjoy reading about the "literary monster" of Republican China."! - Thank you also for the steady flow of interesting quality articles! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		For your fantastic teamwork with getting Tatannuaq promoted. Thank you for volunteering an article to work on with me. If there are others that are close to FAC that you want to co-nom, please let me know. Z1720 (talk) 16:42, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I loved working with you. :) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:38, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Middle Fork Snoqualmie River is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Crystalite13 -- Crystalite13 (talk) 00:39, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Tatannuaq, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:53, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that Henry Darger has been scheduled as today's featured article for 12 April 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be posted there. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Z1720 (talk) 21:57, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that Yuan Shikai coinage has been scheduled as today's featured article for 13 April 2026. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2026, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 2026. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be posted there. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Z1720 (talk) 22:02, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Chinese Literary Association is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 14:01, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Theodor Schultze is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 08:04, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Theodor Schultze has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 08:34, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Chinese Literary Association has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 09:01, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;
• MCE89 (submissions) with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and
• Rollinginhisgrave (submissions) with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Lake Marakapia is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Traumnovelle -- Traumnovelle (talk) 02:09, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Lake Marakapia has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Traumnovelle -- Traumnovelle (talk) 19:03, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - congrats on the FA; I have not been at FAC much recently but am sorry I missed reviewing it. It's nice to see it headed for the main page. I'm stopping by out of curiosity to see if you have an opinion about the two related pages slash (fiction) and shipping (fandom). I was initially thinking that the two pages might need to be merged, but then I realized that slash is usually used for same sex relationships these days. Shipping does not seem to be exclusively used for opposite sex relationships, so is slash considered a subset of shipping? Or is slash a term that is no longer used much? The introductions of the two articles aren't definitive about this. (Back in the 1980s I dated someone who was in a group of K/S writers, and while a lot of their work was K/S I gather the zines had their share of stories in which Kirk had a relationship with a beautiful young ensign on her first voyage, so there was certainly some opposite-sex material there.) Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's awfully hard to define. Early sources describing shipping as something that people seek to make canonical Shippers prefer the reverse emphasis on the show. Unlike "Slashers" who delight in defying a text they know will never grant their fantasy (Penley, 1991), Shippers, having tasted of what they crave, find fanfic's ameliorative potency dissipated as soon as hopes appear fruitless. (Scodari & Felder 2000)

Technically speaking, slash fic only means homosexual pairings, and most commonly M/M ones (fetishization of gay men in fanworks, particularly in case of heterosexual women writing slash, a genre which indeed has been called “pornography by women, for women". Because of this connotation, the term has definitely started to fall out of use. People still write M/M shipping fics, but they often don't associate it with "slash fiction". So I would call it a subgenre of shipping fanworks. Also, it makes me very happy that Wikipedia allows for conversations like this across generation of experience! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 10:18, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Me too! So it sounds as though "slash" as a term gets dropped because of the association with pornographic M/M material, but that material is still written and is called shipping fiction now? And the negative associations of "slash" (interesting that apparently some people still feel that M/M porn is "negative") make the term unattractive even though that same material might still appear under the rubric "shipping"? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:13, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The article you nominated, Shipping discourse, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 11:06, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Great work here! The article was only brought to my attention when Ian queried whether the FACBot would have issues with the name change (It was okay with it). Good to see articles on media fandom. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:20, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Generalissima! The list you nominated, List of works by Gu Yanwu, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Two years!

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Middle Fork Snoqualmie River, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Tulalip Tribes relocate "nuisance" beavers to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Middle Fork Snoqualmie River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Middle Fork Snoqualmie River), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:03, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Your good article nomination of the article Middle Fork Snoqualmie River has failed. See the review page for more information. If or when the reviewer's feedback has been addressed, you may nominate the article again. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Crystalite13 -- Crystalite13 (talk) 18:03, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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