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That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.
Round 2 saw three FAs (two by 
Cas Liber (submissions) and one by 
Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by 
Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by 
Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by 
Hurricanehink (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and 
MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by 
Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while 
The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.
Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 3. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)
Gallery of contestants' work
As always, these are meant as a sample of the work done by the contestant. For complete lists of the work submitted in this round for each person listed, check the "submissions" link in their write-up. This list includes the top twenty contestants by points, since it gets far more difficult to illustrate contestants when the number of submissions is fewer.
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The Australian shrub Isopogon anemonifolius was one of two featured articles that helped catapult
Cas Liber (submissions) to first place. -
Second-place
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) worked largely on articles related to Wales and animals this round, such as the Welsh county Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire), one of Cwmhiraeth's five good articles.
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MPJ-DK (submissions) gained third place largely through his incredible work on luchadors.
(Mephisto, part of the team that won the Mexican National Trios Championship, shown.) -
Welsh harpist Elizabeth Randles was one of six good articles by fourth-place
Worm That Turned (submissions) -
Thunder, mascot of the Denver Broncos American football team was brought to featured article status by fifth-place
Montanabw (submissions). -
A 12-6 elbow is one of
The C of E (submissions) two good articles this round. He also had a Did You Know? submission for sheep shagger. Just thought I'd mention that. There's a story behind it. -
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Cyclonebiskit (submissions) worked on hurricanes, such as Hurricane Patricia (precursor weather system shown) -
One of the gorgeous featured pictures by
Godot13 (submissions), specifically, Christ Church Cathedral in the Falkland Islands. -
Katy Perry is the subject of the first featured topic of the competition thanks to
Calvin999 (submissions) -
The Māori Battalion performing a haka was part of a celebration of ANZAC Day on Wikipedia's mainpage thanks to
Adam Cuerden (submissions) -
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2016 Australian Grand Prix was one of three racing articles brought to good article status by
Zwerg Nase (submissions). -
12george1 (submissions) raised three hurricane-related articles to good article status. (Hurricane Fred of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season shown.) -
Captain Assassin! (submissions) raised the thriller film The Boy Next Door from new article to good article status. (Star Jennifer Lopez pictured). -
![Fossil eggs are given their own classifications, as identifying what laid them is very difficult. Ashorocetus (submissions) has been hard at work writing articles on these oogenera, to help explain them to all. (Two examples of Gobioolithus ["Stone egg from the Gobi desert"] pictured.)](//upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/6/65/GobioolithusComparison.jpg)
Fossil eggs are given their own classifications, as identifying what laid them is very difficult.
Ashorocetus (submissions) has been hard at work writing articles on these oogenera, to help explain them to all. (Two examples of Gobioolithus ["Stone egg from the Gobi desert"] pictured.) -
Ernest Deane, rugby player and later British Indian Army medical officer gained good article status thanks to FunkyCanute (submissions) -
Coemgenus (submissions) raised Prohibitionist Henry Adams Thompson to good article status, then possibly had a drink to celebrate? -
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![Fossil eggs are given their own classifications, as identifying what laid them is very difficult. Ashorocetus (submissions) has been hard at work writing articles on these oogenera, to help explain them to all. (Two examples of Gobioolithus ["Stone egg from the Gobi desert"] pictured.)](/wiki/File:GobioolithusComparison.jpg)
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