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The 2025 Core Contest Winners!



The winners of the 2025 Core Contest β†— are announced πŸŽ‰. An great turnout with a impressive variety of articles and laudable improvements. The judges ({{noping|Aza24}}, {{noping|Femke}} and {{noping|Casliber}})Β would like to thank everybody who joined and congratulate the winners.


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Million Award for Flower β†—



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Why delay the inevitable?

Thank you for bringing this vital article to Featured status! β€” '''''ImaginesTigers''''' (talk) 21:34, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Flower β†—


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:Wow, I saw Flower β†— on the Main Page β†— and had to leave my congratulations. Getting a general subject up to FA standards is very difficult. I really appreciate your time and effort on this fundamental subject. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:44, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
::thanks @WhatamIdoing :D '''''<span style="color:Crimson;">Draco</span><span style="color:Darkgreen;=">phyllum</span>''''' 07:38, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Triple Crown



right|thumb|Congratulations Dracophyllum, you are awarded the '''Imperial WP:Triple crown|Triple Crown β†— Jewels'''. Thank you for your inspiring and wonderful contributions. Damien Linnane (talk) 23:36, 10 July 2025 (UTC) β†—

Flower β†— scheduled for TFA



This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article β†— for 21 August 2025. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2025 β†—, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2025 β†—. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz β†—, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors β†— from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 15:12, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you



Hello Dracophyllum. I know I'm a bit behind, but I just saw the results of the Core Contest and I am very impressed by your work on Flower β†— and Trunk (botany) β†—. On behalf of the tens of thousands of readers who benefit from your work every month: please keep doing what you're doing. '''<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">Toadspike</span> [[User talk:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">[Talk]</span>]]''' 10:30, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

:@Toadspike thank you. '''''<span style="color:Crimson;">Draco</span><span style="color:Darkgreen;=">phyllum</span>''''' 11:03, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
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:: Same, and nice to see Flower β†— on the main page, introduced: "The reproductive structure of flowering plants is back at FAC after 18 and a bit years. Underwent (over) expansion in 2021, then pruned and expanded recently."! - Have some flowers! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
:: Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:28, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Cite Unseen September 2025 updates



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WikiCup 2025 November newsletter



The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here β†—), are:
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Invitation to FAC discussion



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FA review of Rule of inference β†—



Hello {{u|Dracophyllum}} and thanks for your FA review of the article Value theory β†— a while back. I was wondering whether you may be interested in reviewing the article Rule of inference β†— at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rule of inference/archive1 β†—. I've nominated it for FA status, but it hasn't received enough reviews so far. Thank you for taking a look and please feel under no obligation if now is not a good time. Phlsph7 (talk) 17:34, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

The Core Contest returns



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One Week Left in The Core Contest!



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End of the 2026 Core Contest!



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The 2026 Core Contest Winners!



The winners of the 2026 Core Contest β†— are announced πŸŽ‰. A ''huge'' turnout that resulted in one of our trickiest deliberation sessions. The judges ({{noping|Aza24}}, {{noping|Femke}} and {{noping|Casliber}})Β would like to thank everybody who joined and congratulate the winners!


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