User:Ealdgyth/Core Contest archive
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2025
Initial thoughts
| Name | VL status | Wikis | 2024 page views | Class | Words | Footnotes | Cleanup banners | Inline tags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Rome | VL 3 | 146 | 899,000 | C | 14,860 | 235 | 0 | 0 | Timeline, lots of primary sources |
| Classical antiquity | VL 4 | 84 | 583,000 | C | 2992 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3159 words, with 2433 uncited |
| Warsaw Ghetto | VL 5 | 54 | 220,000 | C | 3455 | 79 | 1 | 2 | Probably needs expansion |
| Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | VL 5 | 52 | 282,000 | Start | 4252 | 81 | 3 | 8 | Major Undue issues, 1095 uncited words from 5636 |
| Harold Godwinson | VL 5 | 72 | 829,000 | C | 3248 | 58 | 0 | 0 | Needs expansion |
| History of England | VL 4 | 56 | 320,000 | B | 14,702 | 122 | 0 | 0 | much unsourced |
| Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | VL 4 | 110 | 1,955,000 | C | 969 | 18 | 0 | 0 | needs expansion |
| Renaissance | VL 3 | 166 | 1,626,000 | C | 9752 | 161 | 0 | 11 | Much unsourced, 2682 uncited words from 10,113 |
| Hellenistic period | VL 4 | 88 | 753,000 | C | 15,386 | 122 | 4 | 7 | Large sections unsourced, 5385 uncited words from 15,987 |
| Extermination camp | - | 55 | 470,000 | C | 3472 | 82 | 0 | 3 | see User:Ealdgyth/Holocaust to do#Extermination camp, 352 uncited words from 4097, but many unreliable sources |
Eliminated
| Name | VL status | Wikis | 2024 page views | Class | Words | Footnotes | Cleanup banners | Inline tags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Empire | VL 4 | 188 | 3,842,000 | B | 14,700 | 538 | 0 | 2 | Pretty good shape |
| Post-classical history | VL 2 | 25 | 87,600 | C | 10,146 | 269 | 0 | 3 | Icky timeline, but reasonably referenced |
| Sulla | VL 4 | 67 | 425,000 | Start | 8060 | 166 | 1 | 3 | Some primary sourcing |
| Roman Kingdom | VL 4 | 76 | 420,000 | C | 4714 | 64 | 0 | 1 | Non-academic and primary sources |
| Elizabeth Woodville | - | 44 | 741,000 | B | 2957 | 45 | 0 | 1 | Some unsourced text |
| Richard I of England | VL 4 | 97 | 1,148,000 | C | 8503 | 171 | 0 | 13 | some outdated sources |
| Operation Reinhard | VL 5 | 37 | 179,000 | C | 2722 | 73 | 0 | 3 | see User:Ealdgyth/Holocaust to do#Operation Reinhard |
| Minerva | VL 4 | 78 | 472,000 | Start | 2092 | 38 | 1 | 1 | Much sourcing to primary or outdated sources |
| Babi Yar | VL 5 | 67 | 285,000 | B | 2376 | 67 | 0 | 4 | Probably needs expansion, a few substandard sources |
| Early modern period | VL 2 | 76 | 369,000 | B | 7753 | 155 | 0 | 10 | A bit under-referenced |
| History of Europe | VL 3 | 83 | 315,000 | C | 14,743 | 186 | 1 | 5 | Huge chronology section, some unreferenced text |
| Pre-Columbian era | VL 3 | 61 | 257,000 | Start | 7071 | 94 | 1 | 7 | Some uncited text |
| High Middle Ages | VL 5 | 47 | 267,000 | C | 5099 | 25 | 0 | 3 | Timeline, much unsourced |
| Final Solution | VL 5 | 56 | 636,000 | B | 5649 | 132 | 0 | 0 | unbalanced |
| Religion in ancient Rome | VL 4 | 54 | 290,000 | C | 14,224 | 226 | 0 | 5 | Lots of primary sourcing |
| Roman Republic | VL 4 | 117 | 1,292,000 | C | 19,200 | 319 | 0 | 2 | Some primary sourcing |
| Crisis of the Third Century | VL 4 | 49 | 394,000 | C | 3648 | 121 | 1 | 2 | Huge chart, timeline |
| Investiture Controversy | VL 4 | 58 | 139,000 | Start | 5450 | 42 | 1 | 15 | Very much unsourced text |
| Kingdom of England | VL 4 | 89 | 759,000 | B | 4485 | 65 | 0 | 6 | reasonably well sourced |
Other entries
| Name | VL status | Wikis | 2024 page views | Class | Words | Footnotes | Cleanup banners | Inline tags | Nominator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | VL 2 | 139 | 252,000 | C | 3944 | 72 | 0 | 22 | Remsense |
| The arts | VL 1 | 56 | 293,000 | B | 2972 | 94 | 0 | 1 | HKLionel |
| Mongol Empire | VL 3 | 128 | 1,580,000 | C | 9383 | 143 | 0 | 22 | AirshipJungleman29 |
| South America | VL 2 | 261 | 1,739,000 | B | 12,178 | 240 | 1 | 2 | Generlissima |
| Trunk (botany) | VL 4 | 65 | 38,000 | Start | 229 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Dracophyllum |
| Eunuch | VL 4 | 66 | 1,147,000 | C | 5157 | 116 | 0 | 7 | CitrusHemlock |
| Dating | VL 4 | 43 | 369,000 | C | 4770 | 112 | 1 | 2 | Rusalkii |
| Spice | VL 3 | 112 | 243,000 | C | 1782 | 37 | 0 | 2 | Rollinginhisgrave |
| Imran Khan | VL 5 | 84 | 1,625,000 | B | 17,097 | 532 | 1 | 1 | SheriffIsInTown |
| Niamey | VL 4 | 146 | 118,000 | Start | 1672 | 31 | 0 | 5 | Vigilantcosmicpenguin |
2023
Finalists
| Name | VL status | Wikis | Avg page views month | 2022 page views | Class | Words | Footnotes | Words per footnote | Words unrefed | % unref'ed | Cleanup banners | Inline tags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early modern period | VL 2 | 69 | 31,300 | 375,700 | C | 13,300 | 104 | 127 | 8682 | 65% | 9 | 38 | Ugh, one of those timelines, some outdated sources - 1910 Hazen, 1899 Grosvenor, 1890ish Simpson/Michelet - large unreferenced areas |
| Reformation | VL 3 | 79 | 58,000 | 697,000 | C | 12,400 | 127 | 98 | 6674 | 54% | 8 | 31 | National Geographic, New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, 1911 EB, BBC, Eyewitness to History, www.reformation.org, Frey 1918, Remesnyder 1893, Guardian, Rogers BiblioBazaar, Pat 1970, Baird 1891, odd websites, JAMES MADISON. The further reading is way too large. |
| High Middle Ages | VL 5 | 43 | 19,000 | 235,000 | C | 6100 | 24 | 254 | 4197 | 69% | 0 | 4 | A whole pile of sources that aren't on the page, a big "timeline" section, and most of the article is unreferenced. |
| Ancient Rome | VL 3 | 135 | 79,000 | 948,000 | C | 20,400 | 275 | 74 | 2744 | 13% | 1 | 8 | Too big by at least 5K words - 20,400 words now. Ancient sources all over the place (Livy, Suetonius, Plutarch, Cassius Dio, Josephus, Historia Augusta, ), outdated sources (DURANT???, Smith 1875, 1911 Britanica, Bury 1889, Liddell 1855, Sherman 1917, Tarver 1902, Cary 1967, ), non-academic (or even reliable) publishers (Candle Wick Press??, ), course websites, BBC, Bible Encyclopedias from 1915, Herzog's Protestant Encyclopedia 1858, GIBBON!, self-published (Abbott - BiblioBazaar publisher, etc), Encyclopedia Americana, "Artman, John:"Ancient Rome- Independent Learning Unit", page 26, Good Apple, 1991" (WTF?) |
| Classical antiquity | VL 4 | 76 | 40,000 | 486,000 | C | 3300 | 20 | 165 | 2340 | 71% | 1 | 2 | Yet another timeline, too much see-also, and it's totally lacking citations... 18 is way way too few for this size article. |
| Roman Kingdom | VL 4 | 69 | 30,400 | 365,200 | C | 3900 | 47 | 83 | 1906 | 49% | 1 | 1 | Ugh, one of those timelines, much of the references are to primary sources, and the rest is to two works - neither of which are by academic in the topic area. |
Initial thoughts
see WP:TCC and WP:VITAL, note some of these are duplicates with other sections
Chart
| Name | VL status | Wikis | Avg page views month | 2022 page views | Class | Words | Footnotes | Words per footnote | Words unrefed | % unref'ed | Cleanup banners | Inline tags | 2023 Cup FA points | 2023 Cup GA points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-classical history | VL 2 | 17 | 7300 | 87,600 | C | 10,500 | 251 | 41 | 542 | 5% | 0 | 3 | 320 | 56 |
| Ancient Rome | VL 3 | 135 | 79,000 | 948,000 | C | 20,400 | 275 | 74 | 2744 | 13% | 1 | 8 | 600 | 105 |
| Reformation | VL 3 | 79 | 58,000 | 697,000 | C | 12,400 | 127 | 98 | 6674 | 54% | 8 | 31 | 600 | 105 |
| The Holocaust | VL 4 | 151 | 238,000 | 2,864,000 | B | 13,700 | 489 | 28 | 61 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 600 | 105 |
| Religion in ancient Rome | VL 4 | 52 | 22,000 | 272,000 | C | 14,200 | 218 | 65 | 1806 | 13% | 0 | 1 | 600 | 105 |
| Classical antiquity | VL 4 | 76 | 40,000 | 486,000 | C | 3300 | 20 | 165 | 2340 | 71% | 1 | 2 | 600 | 105 |
| Minerva | VL 4 | 75 | 39,000 | 472,000 | Start | 2900 | 39 | 74 | 778 | 27% | 0 | 0 | 600 | 105 |
| Babi Yar | VL 5 | 57 | 61,000 | 741,000 | B | 3200 | 68 | 47 | 220 | 7% | 0 | 4 | 600 | 105 |
| Warsaw Ghetto | VL 5 | 50 | 13,000 | 164,000 | C | 5000 | 81 | 60 | 150 | 3% | 1 | 2 | 600 | 105 |
| Human history | VL 1 | 92 | 47,000 | 567,000 | C | 10,000 | 488 | 21 | 369 | 4% | 0 | 2 | 600 | 105 |
| Early modern period | VL 2 | 69 | 31,300 | 375,700 | C | 13,300 | 104 | 127 | 8682 | 65% | 9 | 38 | 600 | 105 |
| History of Europe | VL 3 | 80 | 27,700 | 333,400 | C | 27,500 | 207 | 132 | 9756 | 35% | 1 | 5 | 600 | 105 |
| Pre-Columbian era | VL 3 | 55 | 20,100 | 241,500 | Start | 5400 | 54 | 100 | 3058 | 57% | 1 | 7 | 600 | 105 |
| Sulla | VL 4 | 65 | 27,000 | 324,600 | Start | 9400 | 160 | 59 | 1952 | 21% | 1 | 3 | 600 | 105 |
| Roman Kingdom | VL 4 | 69 | 30,400 | 365,200 | C | 3900 | 47 | 83 | 1906 | 49% | 1 | 1 | 600 | 105 |
| Roman Republic | VL 4 | 108 | 95,000 | 1,142,900 | C | 19,200 | 372 | 51 | 3037 | 16% | 0 | 32 | 600 | 105 |
| Crisis of the Third Century | VL 4 | 46 | 28,800 | 346,100 | C | 3800 | 45 | 84 | 646 | 17% | 3 | 4 | 560 | 98 |
| Investiture Controversy | VL 4 | 55 | 9600 | 116,000 | Start | 7300 | 42 | 173 | 2563 | 35% | 2 | 14 | 600 | 105 |
| High Middle Ages | VL 5 | 43 | 19,000 | 235,000 | C | 6100 | 24 | 254 | 4197 | 69% | 0 | 4 | 520 | 91 |
| Final Solution | VL 5 | 54 | 46,000 | 557,000 | B | 6300 | 131 | 48 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 600 | 105 |