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Hey my bluesy girl, "how are ya!" Its been a long time. You know just today I heard Coldplay's new song. And the: first person I thought of was you. Here I am, "wow what a nice song isn't it?" :) — Legolas 16:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 1 · No. 12 · May 26, 2011 – June 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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Current contributors Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) Wayne Slam (talk · contribs) New members Ched Davis (talk · contribs) - May 29, 2011 F1fans (talk · contribs) - June 7, 2011 How——to help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the——discussions at our main talk page. Your input is: needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Read the project to-do list and help——to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Mary Hendrick, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR) Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations Other : More Add content to the portal Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles. And most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High/Top importance can be, added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed asSelected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and "having to manually update the "page monthly."" If you've created or seen an article. Or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages. Images Below is the NASCAR Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.	Article developments See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts NASCAR articles by, quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 4 5 11 2 22 B 31 57 52 10 150 C 20 37 35 13 105 Start 22 115 321 231 689 Stub 17 54 291 529 891 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 121 139 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 5 7 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 98 300 771 803 194 2,166 Total 98 300 771 803 194 2,166 New Good Articles: Current Good Article Nominees: 2011 Daytona 500 New articles: 2011 Toyota/Save Mart 350 2011 5-hour Energy 500 1985 Summer 500 2011 STP 400 Queretana 200 Potosina 200 STP 300 Jason Bowles List of NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Drivers 2011 FedEx 400 Liberty Racing
Article of the month – 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350, a good article. The 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 20, 2010 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps, it was the sixteenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season and the first of two road course competitions on the schedule. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, for the Hendrick Motorsports team. Robby Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started fourth, clinched third. Conditions were sunny at the start of the race, making the track potentially slippery. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead into the first corner. But Johnson, who had started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Kahne suffered an ill-handling car during the beginning of the race, causing him to fall to seventh by the sixth lap. Seven laps before the finish, race leader Marcos Ambrose, turned his car off to try to save fuel, but he could not refire the engine and subsequently stalled. He dropped back from the lead to sixth place with seven laps remaining, allowing Kahne to finish fourth and Jeff Gordon fifth. There were eight cautions and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race, Johnson's fourth win of the season and his first ever at Infineon. The result moved him up four spots to second in the Drivers' Championship, 140 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and one ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, nine points ahead of Toyota and forty-three ahead of Dodge, with twenty races remaining in the season. (More...)
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Just dropping by to say hello to a good old friend. --Efe (talk) 12:01, 26 June 2011 (UTC)※

We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number. But low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:41, 30 June 2011 (UTC)※

Hey ThinkBlue,

Thanks for adding photo of the Dodger Dog to its XIV entry. I am working with Farmer John, the makers of the Dodger Dog, and hope that perhaps you could help us. We have a preferred image of the Dodger Dog and would like to get it posted to the entry instead.

Would you be willing to help us? I can be reached at ※.

Best, Clint — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clint2011 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)※

	Congratulations!
	Thanks for all the work you did in making Ken Anderson (wrestler) a certified "Good Article"! Your work is much appreciated. In the spirit of celebration, you may wish to review one of the Good Article nominees that someone else nominated, as there is currently a backlog, and any help is appreciated. All the best, – Quadell

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 1 · June 26, 2011 – July 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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Current contributors Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) Wayne Slam (talk · contribs) New recipients Mattressman09 (talk · contribs) (July 8) How to help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500 Other : More Add content to the portal Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed asSelected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages. Images Below is the NASCAR Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.	Article developments See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 4 5 12 2 23 B 31 57 52 11 151 C 20 37 35 13 105 Start 22 115 321 230 688 Stub 17 54 297 544 2 914 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 121 139 Disambig 4 1 1 15 21 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 5 7 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 98 299 778 818 196 2 2,191 Unassessed 1 1 Total 98 299 778 818 196 3 2,192 New Good Articles: 2011 Daytona 500 New articles: C.W. Smith (NASCAR) 1964 Volunteer 500 1978 Capital City 400 John Hines (NASCAR owner) Buckshot Morris Frank Christian (NASCAR owner) 2011 Brickyard 400 2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Joey Scarallo 2011 Quaker State 400 2011 Coke Zero 400 2012 in NASCAR 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
Article of the month – 2011 Daytona 500, a new Good Article The 2011 Daytona 500, the 53rd running of the event, was held on February 20, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida over 200 laps on the 2.5 mile (4 km) asphalt tri-oval. First race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, it was won by the Wood Brothers Racing team entrant Trevor Bayne who became the youngest winner of the race. Carl Edwards was second ahead of David Gilliland. Pole position driver Kurt Busch led from the start ahead of Jeff Gordon who started second on the grid. The crowd stood in silence during lap 3 to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt. On lap 30 a multiple accident occurred involving 17 drivers. On lap 197 the fifteenth caution was flagged causing green-white-checker finish. David Ragan was leading at the time but was black flagged for moving into the lower lane before the finish line. Immediately after the restart, a sixteenth caution was given. Bayne took the lead on the lap 206 restart and maintained it to win his first NASCAR race and Wood Brothers' fifth Daytona 500. There were 16 cautions and 74 lead changes among 22 different drivers throughout. Following the race, Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 42 points, one ahead of Gilliland and Bobby Labonte. Ford led the Manufacturer Championship with nine points, three ahead of Toyota and five ahead of Dodge. A total of 182,000 people attended the race, while 15.6 million watched it on television. (More...)
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We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)※

Hi ThinkBlue. This is a reminder that the Seasons of 30 Rock's retention will end the 5th of August and the topic will have to be up for FTC unless 30 Rock (season 5) reaches Featured List status. GamerPro64 03:05, 2 August 2011 (UTC)※

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 2 · July 26, 2011 – August 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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Current contributors Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) Wayne Slam (talk · contribs) New members How to help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Add content to the portal Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed asSelected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages. Images Below is the NASCAR Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.	Article developments See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 4 5 12 2 23 B 31 57 53 11 152 C 20 37 36 13 106 Start 22 115 322 242 701 Stub 17 54 297 587 3 958 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 121 139 Disambig 4 1 1 15 21 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 85 87 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 98 299 781 873 276 3 2,330 Total 98 299 781 873 276 3 2,330 New articles: 2011 Pure Michigan 400 Maryeve Dufault 1975 World 600 Bob Derrington Bernard Alvarez Ken Rush 1973 World 600 1980 Richmond 400 Charlie Blanton Johnny Halford Bill Shirey 1970 Home State 200 J.T. Putney Johnny Nave Doug Wilson (NASCAR) Darrell Bryant 1983 Miller High Life 500 1979 Champion Spark Plug 400 South Carolina sports John Ditz Kennie Childers 1983 Winston 500 NASCAR Unleashed 1977 NAPA National 500 1977 World 600 1976 National 500
Article of the month – Tim Richmond, a good article Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 - August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). Richmond was the first driver to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars, which has since become an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons. Richmond achieved his top NASCAR season in 1986 when he finished third in points. He won seven races that season, more than any other driver on the tour. When he missed the season-opening Daytona 500 in February 1987, media reported that he had pneumonia. The infection most likely resulted from his compromised immune system, which had been weakened by AIDS. The disease would drastically shorten his life. Despite the state of his health, Richmond competed in eight races in 1987, winning two events and one pole position before his final race in August of that year. He attempted a comeback in 1988 before NASCAR banned him for testing positive for a banned substance. Richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a debauched lifestyle, earning him the nickname "Hollywood". In describing Richmond's influence in the sport of racing, Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said: "We've never had a race driver like Tim in stock car racing. He was almost a James Dean-like character." When Richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie Stroker Ace, "He fell right in with the group working on the film," said director Hal Needham. Cole Trickle, the main character in the movie Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise, was loosely based on Richmond and his interaction with Harry Hyde and Rick Hendrick. (More...)
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Hi, there. I need helping with editing the 2010 NBA Finals article. I'm trying to improve the article so that I could submit it for Featured Article review. I'm using the 2004 World Series and 2009 World Series as guidelines. Do you have any tips or comments that can be of help?Birdienest81 (talk) 00:02, 30 August 2011 (UTC)※

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

• Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
• PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
• Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
• Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
• Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
• Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
• Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to XIV. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 3 · August 26, 2011 – September 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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Current contributors Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) Wayne Slam (talk · contribs) New members Kreamedkorn (talk · contribs) - August 26 JakePlummerFan (talk · contribs) - September 11 How to help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Add content to the portal Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed asSelected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages. Images Below is the NASCAR Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month.	Article developments See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 1 9 FL 1 1 GA 3 7 50 24 1 85 B 24 41 41 83 189 C 40 72 149 748 8 1,017 Start 43 160 661 1,724 19 2,607 Stub 3 38 234 1,052 4 1,331 List 13 35 26 29 103 Category 1 410 411 Disambig 47 47 File 129 129 Project 24 24 Redirect 1 6 11 30 402 450 Template 2 394 396 Other 14 14 Assessed 114 337 1,189 3,692 1,420 61 6,813 Unassessed 5 374 379 Total 114 337 1,189 3,697 1,420 435 7,192 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93 New articles: 2011 AdvoCare 500 2011 GEICO 400 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400
Article of the month – 2010 AAA 400, a good article The 2010 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 26, 2010 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. The 400 lap race was the twenty-eighth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, of the Hendrick Motorsports team. Jeff Burton finished second, and Joey Logano, who started nineteenth, clinched third. Pole position driver Jimmie Johnson maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as A. J. Allmendinger, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. Fourteen laps later Allmendinger became the leader of the race. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Clint Bowyer, and Tony Stewart were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Afterward, Johnson became the leader of the race, once Allmendinger pitted. Because of a loose wheel. Johnson maintained the first position to lead the most laps of 191, and to win his sixth race of the season. There were four cautions and eighteen lead changes among ten different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Jimmie Johnson's sixth win in the 2010 season, and the fifty-third of his career. The result moved Johnson up to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Denny Hamlin and ten ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-five ahead of Toyota and eighty ahead of Ford, with eight races remaining in the season. A total of 88,000 people attended the race, while 3.966 million watched it on television. (More...)
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We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:54, 1 October 2011 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 4 · September 26, 2011 – October 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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Current contributors Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) Wayne Slam (talk · contribs) New members How to help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Add content to the portal Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages. Images Below is the NASCAR Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE.	Article developments See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 4 5 12 2 23 B 31 57 53 11 152 C 20 37 37 13 107 Start 24 116 324 248 1 713 Stub 17 53 300 587 957 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 121 139 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 100 299 787 879 276 1 2,342 Total 100 299 787 879 276 1 2,342 New articles: NASCAR Race Hub Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 NASCAR Outdoors Gresham Motorsports Park Darlington Record Club 2011 Bank of America 500 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rensi Ty Dillon
Article of the month – Darlington Record Club The Unocal-Darlington Record Club was a club in the NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series from 1959 to about 2001, based at Darlington Raceway. Membership was achieved based on setting qualifying records during time trials for the annual Southern 500 held on Labor Day weekend. During its heyday, it was considered one of the most prestigious and exclusive clubs in motorsports.The club was sponsored by longtime NASCAR sponsor Unocal/Union 76. Previously it was sponsored by Pure Oil. At some time after the 2001 season, the club was quietly retired. The club ended permanently when Unocal left the sport in 2003, and the Southern 500 was removed from the schedule after 2004.The original eight charter members were selected in 1959: Dick Joslin (Dodge), Marvin Panch (Ford), Joe Caspolich (Oldsmobile), Bob Burdick (Thuderbird), Speedy Thompson (Chevrolet), Richard Petty (Plymouth), Elmo Langley (Buick), and Fireball Roberts (Pontiac). Roberts was selected as the first president; Former Darlington Raceway president Bob Colvin contributed in creating the club. (More...)
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The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and XIV has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)※

It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:52, 2 November 2011 (UTC)※

Hello! Just wanted to take a moment to let you know about the newly created Batman work group, a part of WikiProject Comics designed to improve the classification and coverage of Batman-related articles on XIV. You are invited to join the group, by adding your name to the list of participants. Feel free to pass this message along, to anyone else you know who would be interested. Thank you for your time and consideration, and we look forward to hearing from you! Fortdj33 (talk) 02:24, 9 November 2011 (UTC)※

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 5 –October 26, 2011 November 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 3 5 13 2 23 B 31 57 53 11 152 C 20 37 38 14 109 Start 26 117 332 251 726 Stub 17 53 299 597 966 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 122 140 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 796 893 277 2,367 Total 101 300 796 893 277 2,367
Picture of the Month	Article Developments Current Good Article Nominees: 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 New articles: Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II 2011 Sylvania 300 2011 AAA 400 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 Fuel injection in NASCAR 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K 1977 Southern 500 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 1969 World 600 1966 Southern 500 Van Van Wey LASTCAR Lou Viglione Fred Elder Richard Giachetti Margo Hamm Chase Elliott T.J. Duke Don Duckworth Dakoda Armstrong Timmy Hill Blake Koch See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Ford 400, a Good Article The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap of the race. Edwards started in the second position on the grid, and became the leader of the race on the fourth lap. Shortly after a restart on lap 22, championship leader Denny Hamlin spun sideways, resulting with damage to his splitter. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead on lap 73, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, having led it for 192 laps. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. There were ten cautions in the race, as well as twenty-five lead changes among nine different drivers. Edwards' victory was his second win in the 2010 season, with the first coming the previous week at the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship. Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. (Read more...)
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Please see here If you're not interested in working on the article, that's fine—I just thought it could pass with minimal effort. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:26, 25 November 2011 (UTC)※

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 6 –November 26, 2011 – December 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: Bowlnmike (talk · contribs) - December 1, 2011 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 57 52 11 151 C 21 37 39 14 111 Start 25 117 337 252 731 Stub 17 53 298 598 966 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 122 140 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 801 895 278 2,375 Total 101 300 801 895 278 2,375
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New Good Articles: 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 New articles: 2012 NASCAR Corona Series season 2012 Daytona 500 1971 Nashville 420 Max Gresham 1966 Buddy Shuman 250 Claire B. Lang 2012 Budweiser Shootout 2012 Gatorade Duels Don Williams (NASCAR) See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500, a newly promoted Good Article The 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the second race of the 2011 season and was won by Jeff Gordon for Hendrick Motorsports from Kyle Busch in second and Jimmie Johnson third. Carl Edwards led the first lap from pole position ahead of Kurt Busch who started second on the grid. The race was caution free until lap 29 (debris), and then 48 laps later a multiple crash occurred involving 13 drivers. Later there were several lead changes, and another four cautions. With nine laps remaining, Gordon took the lead from Kyle Busch to win his first race of the season, his first in more than 60 races. There were eight cautions and 29 lead changes among 12 different drivers during the race. Gordon's win moved him to sixth position in the drivers' championship, 15 points behind leader Kyle Busch and one ahead of Bobby Labonte in seventh. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet had 12 points, four ahead of Dodge. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, and 10.36 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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Disclaimer: "old" as in I've known you for a long time, not "old" as in old. :P
I see you've been nearly as inactive as moi this year. It's a been spectacularly horrendous year this side of the Atlantic. I'm hoping your inactivity is because your life is just Awesome (Whooo! Go Miz! and you're having too much fun to pop in here. :D If you do drop in again, say hello won't you? I'm trying to work through my watchlist at the moment, it's not easy – there has been some amount of crap edits to pretty much all of the articles, and my head'll explode if I look at them too long, but I promise I'll get around to checking in on Orton and HBK – I'd hate to see your work desecrated the way some of my articles have been in 7 months. :( Apparently nobdsy understands the concept of summary-style anymore – the amount of articles with "This week she faced x. The next week she defeated y. The week after she defeated z. She was off tv for a week, and then came back and defeated x again." is just AAAARGHHH!! *head exploded" But, I digress.
I'm hoping you're doing good, had a great Christmas, and best wishes for the New Year! Take care old friend. see previous disclaimer! :) NiciVampireHeart 08:34, 27 December 2011 (UTC)※

Hi! As you've previously expressed interest in the competition, I'm just letting you know that the 2012 WikiCup is due to start in less than 24 hours. Signups are open, and will remain so for a few weeks after the beginning of the competition. The competition itself will follow basically the same format as last year, with a few small tweaks to point costs to reflect the opinions of the community. If you're interested in taking part, you're more than welcome, and if you know anyone who might be, please let them know too- the more the merrier! To join, simply add your name to XIV:WikiCup/2012 signups, and we will be in touch. Please feel free to direct any questions to me, or leave a note on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! You are receiving this note as you are listed on XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Please feel free to add or remove yourself. EdwardsBot (talk) 01:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC)※

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This is a note to let the main editors of Brad Pitt know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on January 10, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at XIV:Today's featured article/January 10, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at XIV talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at XIV:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Brad Pitt (born 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. Described as one of the world's most attractive men, Pitt's first leading roles in big-budget productions came with A River Runs Through It (1992) and Interview with the Vampire (1994). He was cast opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1994 drama Legends of the Fall, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. In 1995 he gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys, the latter securing him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Four years later, in 1999, Pitt starred in the cult hit Fight Club. He then starred in the major international hit as Rusty Ryan in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have been Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Following a high-profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston for five years. Pitt lives with actress Angelina Jolie in a relationship that has generated wide publicity. (more...)

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Hi User:ThinkBlue! I wanted to know if you could help me copyedit the Polly Draper article. I saw how good your work was with the Brad Pitt article and I wanted to know if you could help and edit. Thanks! ATC 00:46, 14 January 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 7 –December 26, 2011 – January 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 57 52 11 151 C 21 37 39 15 112 Start 25 117 339 264 745 Stub 17 53 300 594 964 List 10 47 2 59 Category 1 2 4 11 122 140 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 43 72 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 806 904 280 2,391 Total 101 300 806 904 280 2,391
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: List of Foreign NASCAR race winners Ranier-Lundy Brad Sweet Joey Gase Miguel Paludo 1972 Northern 300 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Phoenix International Raceway - B-class article Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 miles (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop on the West Coast, as well as the second and second-to-last track on the schedule. (Read more...)
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WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:20, 1 February 2012 (UTC)※

I'd appreciate it if you could copyedit the Polly Draper article. Thanx!! ATC 03:09, 4 February 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 8 –January 26, 2012 – February 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 57 52 10 150 C 21 37 40 17 115 Start 25 117 341 270 2 755 Stub 17 54 303 598 972 List 10 47 2 59 Category 1 2 4 11 124 142 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 44 73 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 301 812 915 283 2 2,414 Total 101 301 812 915 283 2 2,414
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1976 Southern 500 1964 Old Dominion 500 1969 Sandlapper 200 1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Tim George, Jr. 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Joe Denette Motorsports Ryan Blaney Bay Darnell John King (racing driver) Unreferenced BLPs: Mike Cope See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Jeffrey Pollack, a Good Article Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is the former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Pollack earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He then received two master's degrees. He earned his first master's from The Graduate School of Political Management and his second in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollack later completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. His first job was a political consultant. He then served as Vice President of Winner & Associates. Prior to joining Harrah's Entertainment and serving as WSOP Commissioner, Pollack held prominent roles with NASCAR and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pollack has been named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal of "40 Under 40" and twice to The Sporting News 100. He has also won two Emmy Awards. Pollack is married, and resides in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His half-brother is Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League. (Read more...)
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Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:09, 1 March 2012 (UTC)※

An article that you have been involved in editing, Edward Norton has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. AIRcorn (talk) 05:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 9: February 26, 2012 – March 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: Quetzolcoatl (talk · contribs) - February 25 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 56 52 10 149 C 21 37 41 17 1 117 Start 25 117 342 283 3 770 Stub 17 54 308 603 982 List 10 47 2 59 Category 1 2 4 11 127 145 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 45 74 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 819 933 287 4 2,444 Unassessed 1 1 Total 101 300 819 933 287 5 2,445
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: Streamline Hotel John King, Jr. 1967 Atlanta 500 1971 Volunteer 500 Invocation (NASCAR) 2012 Subway Fresh Fit 500 1966 American 500 David Mayhew (racing driver) 1968 National 500 1978 Southern 500 Colorado 250 1978 Talladega 500 1980 Coca-Cola 500 1984 Winston 500 1971 World 600 1964 Firecracker 400 2012 Food City 500 2006 Ford 400 1971 National 500 1985 Winston 500 1997 Winston 500 1973 Gwyn Staley 400 1986 Winston 500 McCormick Field Raceway 1981 Talladega 500 1984 World 600 2004 Banquet 400 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 Bub Strickler 2001 Talladega 500 1980 Holly Farms 400 1964 Atlanta 500 Ken Spikes 2012 Auto Club 400 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Auto Club 500, a Good Article The 2010 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 21, 2010 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps, it was the second race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson for the Hendrick Motorsports team. Kevin Harvick finished second, and Jeff Burton, who started fourteenth, clinched third. Pole position driver Jamie McMurray maintained his lead into the first corner, but Juan Pablo Montoya, who had started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Afterward, Johnson became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 101 laps. During the final pit stops, Johnson was on pit lane as the caution flag came out. Burton, who led the race during Johnson's pit stop, did not pass Johnson to put him a lap down. Therefore, Johnson retained the first position upon the completion of his pit stop. On the final lap, Harvick was gaining on Johnson, but Johnson maintained his position to win his first race of the season. There were six caution flags and twenty-eight lead changes among fourteen different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Johnson up twenty-three spots to tenth in the Drivers' Championship, 78 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and one ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eight points points ahead of Toyota and nine ahead of Ford, with thirty-four races remaining in the season. (Read more...)
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We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on XIV:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:29, 31 March 2012 (UTC)※

The XIV Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday ThinkBlue!, Enjoy your special day.

Ramesh Ramaiah 20:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 10 –March 26, 2012 – April 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: ZappaOMati (talk · contribs) - April 16 ChrisGualtieri (talk · contribs) - April 17 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 56 52 10 149 C 21 37 42 18 1 119 Start 25 117 349 290 4 785 Stub 17 54 308 601 980 List 10 50 2 1 63 Category 1 2 4 10 127 144 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 87 89 Template 2 15 8 4 45 74 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 830 938 288 6 2,463 Unassessed 1 1 Total 101 300 830 938 288 7 2,464
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 2012 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Mikey Kile 2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series 2012 Samsung Mobile 500 ARCA Re/MAX Carolina 200 List of female NASCAR drivers 2010 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season Black Cat Racing 2012 STP 400 Rhea Fain César Tiberio Jiménez NASCAR Grand National East Series Tim Andrews Roy Hall (racing driver) Joe Falk See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400, a Good Article The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 1, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the tenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Kyle Busch maintained the lead after the start of the race. Kyle Busch would eventually lead to the race high of 226 laps. Afterward, Gordon became the leader during the final laps. He remained the leader until Kyle Busch passed him with four laps remaining. Kyle Busch crossed the finish line first to clinch his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway. There were six caution flags and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kyle Busch up two spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 109 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and ten ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eighteen points points ahead of Toyota and thirty ahead of Ford, with twenty-six races remaining in the season. (Read more...)
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Seamus (dog), an article which is part of WikiProject presidential elections has been proposed for deletion. Feel free to join the discussion. XIV:Articles for deletion/Seamus (dog) (2nd nomination) HHIAdm (talk) 22:13, 29 April 2012 (UTC)※

Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards (submissions) and Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving XIV with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:23, 30 April 2012 (UTC)※

You're invited to 3 exciting events Wikipedians are planning in your region this June—a tour and meetup at the National Archives in Kansas City, and Wiknics in Wichita and St. Louis:

Kansas City Saturday, June 16, starting at 9 a.m. — National Archives in Kansas City This full-day event will include a tour of the facility; presentations from National Archives Wikipedian-in-Residence, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, and Exhibit Specialist, Dee Harris; and time in the research room to work on projects. The focus of the projects will be scanning, writing articles, transcribing, or categorizing images on Commons. Wikipedians from St. Louis and elsewhere in the region are encouraged to make a day-trip of it and come to Kansas City for this special opportunity!
And two local editions of the Great American Wiknic, the "picnic anyone can edit." Come meet (and geek out with, if you want) your local Wikipedians in a laid-back atmosphere: Wichita Saturday, June 23, starting at 1 p.m. — Central Riverside Park Join the 1st annual Wichita Wiknic: The Sunflower State blooms Free Knowledge! St. Louis Saturday, June 23, starting at 11 a.m. — Forest Park Visitors' Center Join the 2nd annual St Louis Wiknic: The Gateway to the West is now The Gateway to the Wiki!

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 11 –April 26, 2012 – May 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 58 53 10 152 C 21 38 43 20 122 Start 25 115 354 295 1 790 Stub 17 54 312 610 993 List 11 50 2 63 Category 1 2 4 10 127 144 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 47 76 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 302 841 954 289 1 2,488 Unassessed 1 1 Total 101 302 841 954 289 2 2,489
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: National Stock Car Racing Association 2012 Capital City 400 2012 Aaron's 499 1962 Dixie 400 1982 Busch 500 1999 Pepsi 400 1995 NAPA 500 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season 1985 Winston Western 500 2003 Ford 400 1958 Wilkes 160 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 Darrell Wallace, Jr. NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXVIII Tia Norfleet NASCAR The Game: Inside Line 2012 Coca-Cola 600 1988 Southern 500 1961 Greenville 200 Eddie Sharp 1950 Wilkes 200 Puebla 240 1973 American 500 Mexico Fest 200 Tim Schendel Casey Roderick See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Showtime Southern 500, a Good Article The 2010 Showtime Southern 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on May 8, 2010 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It was the eleventh race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 7:30 p.m. EDT. It was televised live in the United States on Fox and its U.S. radio coverage was broadcast on Motor Racing Network starting at 6 p.m. EDT. The race, contested over 367 laps, was won by Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing after starting seven positions behind polesitter Jamie McMurray. McMurray finished second in a Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch finished third in a Dodge. The race had a total of 11 cautions and 22 lead changes among 11 different drivers. (Read more...)
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We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:47, 31 May 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 12 –May 26, 2012 – June 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: Jayemd — June 22, 2012 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 15 2 25 B 31 57 53 11 152 C 21 38 50 22 131 Start 26 116 365 311 2 820 Stub 17 53 305 609 984 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 127 144 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 89 91 Template 2 15 8 4 51 80 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 302 857 972 296 2 2,531 Unassessed 1 1 Total 102 302 857 972 296 3 2,532
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New Good Articles: 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Phoenix) Current Good Article Nominees: 1998 Pepsi 400 New articles: Jimmy Makar NASCAR Stock V6 Series 1982 Winston Western 500 American Ethanol 200 (fall) 2012 FedEx 400 Fain Skinner 1969 Dixie 500 Robbie Faggart Emerson Newton-John Ross Chastain Tim Bainey, Jr. Allison Legacy Series Inception Motorsports 1998 Pepsi 400 2012 Pocono 400 1983 Talladega 500 Victor Gonzalez, Jr. 1975 Music City USA 420 1987 Goody's 500 Bill Champion (racing driver) Pete Orr (racing driver) Darrell Basham 2012 Quicken Loans 400 Kyle Larson (racing driver) 2012 Toyota/Save Mart 350 American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award Bryan Silas 1964 Capital City 300 1976 Gwyn Staley 400 Go Green Racing Indiana 250 (auto race) Leavine Family Racing 2012 Quaker State 400 1971 Asheville 300 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Phoenix), a new Good Article The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 14, 2010 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the thirty-fifth, and the ninth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Carl Edwards, for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Ryan Newman finished second, and Joey Logano clinched third. Pole position driver Edwards maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Newman, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the seventh lap, Kurt Busch became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader before the race, led the most laps with a total of 190. On lap 298, Hamlin pitted and became a lap behind. He didn't return to the first ten positions afterward. Edwards maintained the lead to win the race. There were five cautions and 14 lead changes among six different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Edwards' first win in the 2010 season, and the 18th of his career. The result kept Edwards in fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 264 points behind Denny Hamlin and 47 ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 42 ponits ahead of Toyota and 88 ahead of Ford, with one race remaining in the season. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, while 4.201 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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Delivered by Nascar1996 01:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)※

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on XIV which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on XIV. As ever, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 11:12, 2 July 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 1 –June 26, 2012 – July 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 57 52 11 150 C 22 38 51 23 134 Start 26 116 371 317 4 834 Stub 17 53 304 611 2 987 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 127 144 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 91 93 Template 2 15 8 4 56 85 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 302 863 981 303 6 2,557 Unassessed 1 1 Total 102 302 863 981 303 7 2,558
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New Good Articles: 1998 Pepsi 400 New articles: 1971 Kingsport 300 Casey Elliott 1970 National 500 C. E. Falk 1964 Savannah 200 2012 Coke Zero 400 1979 Firecracker 400 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Jon Denning ML Motorsports 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 2012 Brickyard 400 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 1998 Pepsi 400, a new Good Article The 1998 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on October 17, 1998 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Originally scheduled to be held on the Fourth of July, the race was postponed until the fall due to widespread wildfires in central Florida; it was the first superspeedway race to be held at night. Contested over 160 laps, it was the thirtieth race of the 1998 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his eleventh win of the season, while Bobby Labonte finished second and Mike Skinner finished third. Gordon retained his point lead on the way to his third Winston Cup championship title. (Read more...)
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EdwardsBot (talk) 02:06, 26 July 2012 (UTC)※

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 2 –July 26, 2012 – August 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 57 52 11 150 C 22 39 51 23 135 Start 26 115 372 319 5 837 Stub 17 53 304 610 3 987 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 129 146 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 95 97 Template 2 15 8 4 57 86 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 302 864 982 310 8 2,568 Unassessed 1 1 Total 102 302 864 982 310 9 2,569
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 2012 Pennsylvania 400 Brett Moffitt 2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen Rick Lewis (radio personality) 2012 Pure Michigan 400 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Carfax 400, a Good Article The 2010 Carfax 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 15, 2010 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-third race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. Denny Hamlin finished second, and Carl Edwards, who started twenty-fourth, clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead into the first corner to begin the race, but Jimmie Johnson, who started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Afterward, Greg Biffle became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 66 laps. Tony Stewart led after the final pit stops, ahead of Hamlin and Harvick. Harvick helped Hamlin to become the leader, but with twelve laps left, Harvick gained on Hamlin and claimed the first position with eleven lap remaining. Harvick maintained his position to claim his first Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway. There were five cautions and nineteen lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race, Harvick's third win of the season. The result maintained the first position in the Drivers' Championship and clinched him a position in the Chase. He remained 293 points ahead of second place driver Jeff Gordon and 353 ahead of Denny Hamlin. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty points ahead of Toyota and sixty-one ahead of Ford, with thirteen races remaining in the season. A total of 105,000 people attended the race, while 4.917 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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EdwardsBot (talk) 01:51, 26 August 2012 (UTC)※

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
2. Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
3. Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
4. Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
6. Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
7. Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
8. Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions), Ealdgyth (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), The Bushranger (submissions) and 1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 3 –August 26, 2012 – September 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 57 52 11 150 C 22 39 53 24 1 139 Start 26 115 390 356 7 894 Stub 17 56 300 597 5 975 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 154 171 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 98 100 Template 2 15 8 4 60 89 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 305 880 1,007 342 13 2,649 Total 102 305 880 1,007 342 13 2,649
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1972 Winston 500 2012 AdvoCare 500 Mike Chase 1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 Teri MacDonald 1968 Volunteer 500 1979 Talladega 500 Randy Baker 1987 Winston 500 Rich Woodland, Jr. Steve Seligman 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sam Bass (artist) 2012 Federated Auto Parts 400 1992 Coca-Cola 600 John Hunter Nemechek Mike Olsen Earl Balmer 2012 GEICO 400 Harold Dunaway 1971 Georgia 500 1959 Western North Carolina 500 Earl Brooks Ron Hutcherson Ervin Pruitt Jack Choquette Jeff Choquette 2013 in NASCAR 1979 Northwestern Bank 400 2012 Sylvania 300 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 (June) Roger Hamby Alex Bowman See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Sylvania 300 The 2010 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 19, 2010, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The 300 lap race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer, of the Richard Childress Racing team, won the race, with Denny Hamlin finishing second, and Jamie McMurray third. Pole position driver Brad Keselowski maintained his lead in the first lap, but in the second lap Tony Stewart pulled ahead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Hamlin was the only one to recover and finish in the top five. With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart was leading the race when he ran out of fuel, giving the lead to Bowyer, who also led the most laps in the race with 176. There were eight cautions and twenty-three lead changes among eight different drivers during the race. The race was Clint Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career. The result advanced Bowyer to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Hamlin and ten ahead of Kevin Harvick, but because of a penalty three days after the race, he fell to twelfth in the standings. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two points ahead of Toyota and seventy-four ahead of Ford, with nine races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 3.68 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:56, 26 September 2012 (UTC)※

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 20:05, 2 October 2012 (UTC)※

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012 September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012 Project News There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help! The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger. The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections. There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better! Member News There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed! This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page. GA Task forces There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions. Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon. Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive. Good Articles of the Month Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month. Barry (dog) I Love Bees Miles Copeland (Home and Away) London Country North East The Daily Show Some Tips About References/Sources Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone XIV! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and XIV probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth. The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it. For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing. Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed. Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article. Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what XIV says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation." From the Editor After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page. Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!! PLEASE READ: If you do not wish to receive future WikiProject Good Articles newsletter's on your talk page, please remove your self from this list. If you are viewing this newsletter from the WikiProject Good Articles page or on someone else's talk page and want to receive future newsletters on your talk page, please add your name to the list linked above. 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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 4 –September 26, 2012 –October 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 56 52 11 149 C 22 40 53 24 1 140 Start 26 117 399 367 7 916 Stub 17 55 297 596 5 970 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 154 171 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 98 100 Template 2 15 8 4 60 89 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 306 886 1,017 342 13 2,666 Total 102 306 886 1,017 342 13 2,666
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 2012 AAA 400 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 UNOH Battle At The Beach Gordon Haines 1975 Winston Western 500 1968 World 600 2012 Bank of America 500 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 1969 Pickens 200 1977 Wilkes 400 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 2002 MBNA Platinum 400 2012 Hollywood Casino 400 1974 Southeastern 500 1977 Firecracker 400 1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Tim Richmond - a Good Article Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 – August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which has since become an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons. Richmond achieved his top NASCAR season in 1986 when he finished third in points. He won seven races that season, more than any other driver on the tour. When he missed the season-opening Daytona 500 in February 1987, media reported that he had pneumonia. The infection most likely resulted from his compromised immune system, which was weakened by AIDS. The disease drastically shortened his life. Despite the state of his health, Richmond competed in eight races in 1987, winning two events and one pole position before his final race in August of that year. He attempted a comeback in 1988 before NASCAR banned him for testing positive for a banned substance; after NASCAR insisted on access to his entire medical record before reinstating him, Richmond withdrew from racing. NASCAR later stated their original test was inaccurate. Richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a freewheeling lifestyle, earning him the nickname "Hollywood". In describing Richmond's influence in racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said: "We've never had a race driver like Tim in stock car racing. He was almost a James Dean-like character." When Richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie Stroker Ace, "He fell right in with the group working on the film," said director Hal Needham. Cole Trickle, the main character in the movie Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise, was loosely based on Richmond and his interaction with Harry Hyde and Rick Hendrick. (Read more...)
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The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
6. Miyagawa (submissions)
7. Ruby2010 (submissions)
8. Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
• The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
• The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
• The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
• The news award goes to ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3.
• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
• The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! XIV has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

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The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions! Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment Good Articles of the Month GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by ENewsBot (info) · 3 November 2012

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 5 –October 26, 2012 –November 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 56 52 11 149 C 22 40 53 24 1 140 Start 26 119 402 383 7 937 Stub 17 56 300 600 8 981 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 155 172 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 100 102 Template 2 15 8 4 60 89 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701 Total 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: Terry Ryan (racing driver) 2002 Aaron's 499 Roland Wlodyka 2012 Tums Fast Relief 500 1977 Champion Spark Plug 400 1978 World 600 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 1986 Delaware 500 2012 AAA Texas 500 1965 Wilkes 400 2008 Coke Zero 200 1986 Miller High Life 400 Kyle Fowler 1983 Carolina 500 2012 AdvoCare 500 (Phoenix) 1994 Coca-Cola 600 1975 Winston 500 2003 Food City 500 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1994 Slick 50 500 1959 Hickory 250 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 1982 Virginia National Bank 500 2012 Ford EcoBoost 400 Sandy Satullo David Sosebee 1977 Winston 500 1984 Talladega 500 Brad Noffsinger Tommy Gale (racing driver) See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Ford 400, a Good Article The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap of the race. Edwards started in the second position on the grid, and became the leader of the race on the fourth lap. Shortly after a restart on lap 22, championship leader Denny Hamlin spun sideways, resulting with damage to his splitter. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead on lap 73, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, having led it for 192 laps. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. There were ten cautions in the race, as well as twenty-five lead changes among nine different drivers. Edwards' victory was his second win in the 2010 season, with the first coming the previous week at the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship. Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. (Read more...)
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The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN. Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions. GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by ENewsBot (info) · 3 December 2012

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 6 –November 26, 2012 –December 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 55 52 11 148 C 22 40 53 24 1 140 Start 27 120 408 401 7 963 Stub 17 56 302 606 8 989 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 156 173 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 101 103 Template 2 15 8 4 61 90 NA 1 1 Assessed 103 309 900 1,061 348 16 2,737 Total 103 309 900 1,061 348 16 2,737
Picture of the Month	Article Developments Current Good Article Nominees: 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 New articles: 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 1968 American 500 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1969 Georgia 500 (November) 1969 Georgia 500 (November 1968) Michael Ritch 1966 Smoky Mountain 200 1960 Gwyn Staley 160 1961 Dixie 400 1961 National 400 Iron man (sports streak) 1962 Southeastern 500 1998 Las Vegas 400 2001 KMart/Dura Lube 400 1987 Holly Farms 400 1974 Dixie 500 1987 Winston Western 500 Hal Martin 1978 NAPA National 500 1983 Like Cola 500 1974 American 500 2013 Daytona Shootout 1957 Virginia 500 24 x 24: Wide Open with Jeff Gordon Jerry Schild 1962 Volunteer 500 American Equipment Racing American Ethanol 1973 Southern 500 List of NASCAR series 1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Leonard Wood (racing) 2000 NAPA 500 2013 Daytona 500 1953 Southern 500 Florida All Stars Tour See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross. The track features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The track was built in 1958 by NASCAR founder William France Sr. to host racing that was being held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998, and today it is the third largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004, and the track repaved in 1978 and 2010. (Read more...)
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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 7 –December 26, 2012 –January 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 55 52 11 148 C 23 40 53 25 1 142 Start 26 121 414 407 7 975 Stub 17 57 298 606 8 986 List 12 53 2 67 Category 1 2 4 10 155 172 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 101 103 Template 2 15 8 4 62 91 NA 1 1 Assessed 103 311 901 1,068 348 16 2,747 Total 103 311 901 1,068 348 16 2,747
Picture of the Month	Article Developments Current Good Article Nominees: 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 New articles: Christmas Abbott W. H. Atkinson Tony Glover (NASCAR) Barney Hall Roz Howard Ben Rhodes (racing driver) 2013 NASCAR Toyota Series season 2012 Racecar Euro Series 2013 Racecar Euro Series 1968 Southeastern 500 1969 Motor State 500 1982 Champion Spark Plug 400 2000 Daytona 250 2000 Winston 500 2004 Pepsi 400 2005 Pepsi 400 Did Not Finish See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Harley J. Earl Trophy, a Good Article The Harley J. Earl Trophy is the trophy presented to the winner of the premier, and season-opening, event of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Daytona 500. It is named after influential automobile designer Harley Earl, who served as the second commissioner of NASCAR. Earl has been known as the so-called "father of the Corvette" and designer of the Firebird I prototype that adorns the trophy. The trophy is kept on display at the Daytona International Speedway, while a small replica is given to each Daytona 500 winner. (Read more...)
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Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader ( Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
• Buggie111 (submissions) was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
• Spencer (submissions) was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
• Status (submissions) was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

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 XIV:WikiCup/Scoring. 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:

• Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
• Hawkeye7 (submissions) 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.
• HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English XIV 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 The C of E (submissions), 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?

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The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21. Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment. Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January! GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month Member News: Member news Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot · 12 February 2012

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 8 –January 26, 2013 –February 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 11 147 C 23 40 54 26 143 Start 26 122 417 414 979 Stub 17 57 302 610 986 List 12 53 2 1 68 Category 1 2 4 10 157 174 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 101 103 Template 2 15 8 4 64 93 NA 1 1 Assessed 103 312 909 1,080 352 1 2,757 Unassessed 1 1 Total 103 312 909 1,080 352 2 2,758
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New Good Articles: 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 New articles: Adam Alexander (sportscaster) Juan Carlos Blum Chris Buescher Brennan Newberry Chris Cockrum 2013 UNOH Battle At The Beach Kentucky 300 (NASCAR) List of members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Emory Healthcare 500, a new Good Article The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Denny Hamlin maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Ryan Newman, who started in the second position remained behind him. Afterward, Newman became the leader. On lap 128, Hamlin had an engine failure, finishing forty-third. Later in the race Tony Stewart led a race high of seventy-five laps. Stewart retained the first position on a final restart to clinch his third win at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There were eight cautions and twenty-seven lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Tony Stewart's first win of the season and the thirty-eighth of his career. The result moved him up two spots to fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 283 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and fourteen ahead of Carl Edwards. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two ahead of Toyota and sixty-six ahead of Ford, with eleven races remaining in the season. A total of 93,200 people attended the race, while 5.516 million watched it on television. (Read more...)
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Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:27, 1 March 2013 (UTC)※

A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here. At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support. If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread. Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 9 –February 26, 2013 –March 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 12 148 C 23 40 55 28 146 Start 26 122 417 415 1 981 Stub 17 57 305 612 991 List 12 53 2 1 68 Category 1 2 4 10 159 176 Disambig 4 1 1 15 21 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 101 103 Template 2 15 8 4 65 94 NA 1 1 Assessed 103 312 913 1,086 356 2 2,772 Unassessed 4 4 Total 103 312 913 1,086 356 6 2,776 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: 1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500 1999 NAPA 500 2013 Auto Club 400 2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 2013 Food City 500 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 Pancho Alvarez Sherry Blakley Harrison Rhodes Kevin Ray Johnny Ray (racing driver) Dexter Stacey Kevin Swindell Toyota 120 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Auto Club Speedway, a Good Article Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a two-mile (3 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch. Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 91,200 and 28 skyboxes. In 2006, a fanzone was added behind the main grandstand. Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR weekend. In 2011 and 2012 the track hosted only one NASCAR weekend. The IZOD Indycar Series returned to the track in 2012 with the season finale race (a 500 mile night race); it ran a 400 mile race from 2002–05 at the track. (Read more...)
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We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr ( Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare ( Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus ( Keilana (submissions) and Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John ( Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 22:42, 31 March 2013 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 10 –March 26, 2013 –April 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 12 148 C 23 40 56 29 148 Start 26 122 420 415 4 987 Stub 17 57 306 612 2 994 List 12 53 3 1 69 Category 1 2 4 10 155 172 Disambig 4 1 1 17 23 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 105 107 Template 2 15 8 4 66 95 NA 3 3 Assessed 103 312 918 1,088 361 7 2,789 Unassessed 1 5 6 Total 103 312 918 1,089 361 12 2,795 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: SR² Motorsports 2002 EA Sports 500 Erik Jones Ben Kennedy (racing driver) 2013 Aaron's 499 2013 NRA 500 2013 STP 400 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 2013 Toyota Owners 400 See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400, a Good Article The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 1, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the tenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Kyle Busch maintained the lead after the start of the race. Kyle Busch would eventually lead to the race high of 226 laps. Afterward, Gordon became the leader during the final laps. He remained the leader until Kyle Busch passed him with four laps remaining. Kyle Busch crossed the finish line first to clinch his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway. There were six caution flags and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kyle Busch up two spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 109 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and ten ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eighteen points points ahead of Toyota and thirty ahead of Ford, with twenty-six races remaining in the season. (Read more...)
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We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place Casliber (submissions) and second place Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. 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 XIV:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on XIV talk:WikiCup, 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 XIV:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 16:06, 7 May 2013 (UTC)※

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 11 –April 26, 2013 –May 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: Cscott79 (talk · contribs) — April 29 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 12 148 C 23 40 56 29 148 Start 26 123 424 424 5 1,002 Stub 17 57 309 603 2 988 List 12 53 3 1 69 Category 1 2 4 10 159 176 Disambig 4 1 1 19 25 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 106 108 Template 2 15 8 4 71 100 NA 3 3 Assessed 103 313 925 1,088 373 8 2,810 Unassessed 1 8 9 Total 103 313 925 1,089 373 16 2,819 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: Venturini Motorsports Chevy Silverado 250 (Mosport) 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 2013 Coca-Cola 600 Kroger 225 Granger Select 200 (Louisville) 2005 Dickies 500 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season 1997 California 500 1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500 1959 Firecracker 250 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIX 2013 FedEx 400 1988 Miller High Life 400 (September) Wauters Motorsports Doug Cooper (racing driver) See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Dick Trickle Richard "Dick" Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC. In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged one million laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races. He was billed as the winningest short track driver in history. Trickle's career highlights include racing to 67 wins in 1972, winning seven ARTGO Championships in nine years between 1979 to 1987, winning back to back ASA AC-Delco Challenge championships in 1984 and 1985, the 1968 USAC Stock Car rookie of the year, and winning the 1989 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in what was then called the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup). Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin. (Read more...)
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WikiProject News New members: Cscott79 (talk · contribs) — April 29 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 12 148 C 23 40 56 29 148 Start 26 123 424 424 5 1,002 Stub 17 57 309 603 2 988 List 12 53 3 1 69 Category 1 2 4 10 159 176 Disambig 4 1 1 19 25 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 106 108 Template 2 15 8 4 71 100 NA 3 3 Assessed 103 313 925 1,088 373 8 2,810 Unassessed 1 8 9 Total 103 313 925 1,089 373 16 2,819 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New articles: Venturini Motorsports Chevy Silverado 250 (Mosport) 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 2013 Coca-Cola 600 Kroger 225 Granger Select 200 (Louisville) 2005 Dickies 500 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season 1997 California 500 1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500 1959 Firecracker 250 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIX 2013 FedEx 400 1988 Miller High Life 400 (September) Wauters Motorsports Doug Cooper (racing driver) See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Dick Trickle Richard "Dick" Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC. In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged one million laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races. He was billed as the winningest short track driver in history. Trickle's career highlights include racing to 67 wins in 1972, winning seven ARTGO Championships in nine years between 1979 to 1987, winning back to back ASA AC-Delco Challenge championships in 1984 and 1985, the 1968 USAC Stock Car rookie of the year, and winning the 1989 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in what was then called the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup). Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin. (Read more...)
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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 12 –May 26, 2013 –June 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: None. How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 17 2 27 B 30 54 51 12 147 C 23 41 61 29 154 Start 26 128 442 441 1,037 Stub 17 59 314 600 990 List 13 53 3 69 Category 1 2 4 10 159 176 Disambig 4 1 1 19 25 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 108 110 Template 2 15 8 4 75 104 NA 4 4 Assessed 103 321 953 1,102 379 0 2,858 Unassessed 1 1 Total 103 321 953 1,102 379 1 2,859 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month	Article Developments Articles requesting Peer Review: List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions New articles: 1954 NASCAR Grand National Series 1957 Rebel 300 1970 Alabama 500 1972 American 500 1974 Winston 500 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 1979 World 600 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 2005 Batman Begins 400 2013 Party in the Poconos 400 2013 Quicken Loans 400 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 2013 Quaker State 400 2013 Coke Zero 400 2013 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Corey LaJoie Drew Herring James Ince Mudsummer Classic Shane Wilson (racing) See also: XIV:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350, a Good Article The 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 20, 2010 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps, it was the sixteenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season and the first of two road course competitions on the schedule. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, for the Hendrick Motorsports team. Robby Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started fourth, clinched third. Conditions were sunny at the start of the race, making the track potentially slippery. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead into the first corner, but Johnson, who had started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Kahne suffered an ill-handling car during the beginning of the race, causing him to fall to seventh by the sixth lap. Seven laps before the finish, race leader Marcos Ambrose, turned his car off to try to save fuel, but he could not refire the engine and subsequently stalled. He dropped back from the lead to sixth place with seven laps remaining, allowing Kahne to finish fourth and Jeff Gordon fifth. There were eight cautions and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race, Johnson's fourth win of the season and his first ever at Infineon. The result moved him up four spots to second in the Drivers' Championship, 140 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and one ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, nine points ahead of Toyota and forty-three ahead of Dodge, with twenty races remaining in the season. (Read more...)
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