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Our new champion is <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mordor" title="Mordor"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Mordor.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mordor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Mordor.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mordor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Mordor.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mordor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:AirshipJungleman29" title="User:AirshipJungleman29">AirshipJungleman29</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/AirshipJungleman29" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/AirshipJungleman29">submissions</a>), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware"><img alt="Delaware" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/35px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/45px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:BeanieFan11" title="User:BeanieFan11">BeanieFan11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11">submissions</a>), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/23px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/35px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/45px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Generalissima" title="User:Generalissima">Generalissima</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Generalissima" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Generalissima">submissions</a>) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/23px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/35px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/46px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Sammi_Brie" title="User:Sammi Brie">Sammi Brie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Sammi_Brie" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Sammi Brie">submissions</a>) with 879 points, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Hey_man_im_josh" title="User:Hey man im josh">Hey man im josh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey_man_im_josh" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey man im josh">submissions</a>) with 533 points, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Peace_flag" title="Peace flag"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg/23px-Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg/35px-Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg/46px-Flag_of_Universal_Peace.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="556"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:BennyOnTheLoose" title="User:BennyOnTheLoose">BennyOnTheLoose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BennyOnTheLoose" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BennyOnTheLoose">submissions</a>) with 432 points, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Aroace" title="Aroace"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aroace_flag.svg/23px-Aroace_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aroace_flag.svg/35px-Aroace_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aroace_flag.svg/46px-Aroace_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1200"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Arconning" title="User:Arconning">Arconning</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Arconning" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Arconning">submissions</a>) with 244 points, and <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island"><img alt="Christmas Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:AryKun" title="User:AryKun">AryKun</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/AryKun" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/AryKun">submissions</a>) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated! </p><p>The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone! </p><p>All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/23px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/35px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg/45px-Orange_and_Pink_Lesbian_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Generalissima" title="User:Generalissima">Generalissima</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Generalissima" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Generalissima">submissions</a>) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Hey_man_im_josh" title="User:Hey man im josh">Hey man im josh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey_man_im_josh" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey man im josh">submissions</a>) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:MaranoFan" title="User:MaranoFan">MaranoFan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/MaranoFan" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/MaranoFan">submissions</a>) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Hey_man_im_josh" title="User:Hey man im josh">Hey man im josh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey_man_im_josh" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Hey man im josh">submissions</a>) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware"><img alt="Delaware" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/35px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/45px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:BeanieFan11" title="User:BeanieFan11">BeanieFan11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11">submissions</a>) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Fritzmann2002" title="User:Fritzmann2002">Fritzmann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Fritzmann" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Fritzmann">submissions</a>) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/23px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/35px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/46px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Sammi_Brie" title="User:Sammi Brie">Sammi Brie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Sammi_Brie" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Sammi Brie">submissions</a>) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware"><img alt="Delaware" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/35px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/45px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:BeanieFan11" title="User:BeanieFan11">BeanieFan11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/BeanieFan11">submissions</a>) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Muboshgu" title="User:Muboshgu">Muboshgu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Muboshgu" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2024/Submissions/Muboshgu">submissions</a>) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.</li></ul> <p>Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. 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