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Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more: After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in
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And, of course, just because they didn't pass to the current round doesn't mean they didn't make valued contributions to Knowledge (XXG). Here's some of the work done by those who didn't pass.
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After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in 2012. Pool C's
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Hey guys, thanks for the mention. Angelou *only* wrote 7 autobiographies, not 9. I'm not sure how to edit it, so I bring it to your attention. Great edition of the Signpost!
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Sorry, there's nine articles in the topic, of course, and I forgot for a moment that two of them are overviews. I've only read the first three of her autobiographies, so...
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This is, of course, only a bite-sized sample of each person's work, and in no case represents the whole contribution of the participants.
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worked mainly on video games, which makes his contributions hard to illustrate with free images. Luckily, he has a good article on
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has been working very hard to document the history of paper money, including having cooperated with the
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to good article: There were two hurricanes, a tropical storm, and two tropical depressions active
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worked primarily on creating and expanding articles on different organisms, such as
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always has beautifully-illustrated articles, as his photo for his good article
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to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to
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List of Major League Baseball hitters who have batted in 10 runs in one game
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to featured article status: only one of many naval articles he's worked on.
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also showed off his photographic skill, such as this featured picture.
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both created and brought the article on the iconic cricket painting,
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through good article status, and all the way to featured article.
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Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more
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brought an article on the World War II British minesweeper,
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worked with hurricanes, including bringing the rather scary
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This year's first featured portal came in this round, with
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created many good articles on albums and songs, such as "
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worked on destructive typhoons from the 1980s, such as
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Get the latest headlines on your user page – just add
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