Wikimania writing contest finalists

See also the Media contest finalists

The winner in each category is the first entry listed. The overall winner [of our love, cheers, and a big bag of Wiki, for the best all-around writing entry] was the article on Welding, by Spangineer.

1. Articles - History & Biography

• Reformation in Switzerland (Lupo) Broad overview of a complicated historical topic that finds a nice balance between details and context.
• Isaac Brock (Scimitar)
• Oakland Cemetery (uberpenguin)
• en:Marcel Junod (en & de), original German version by UW, English translation in collaboration with Tfine80

2. Articles - Humanities, Social science, Art & Culture

• Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius Explanation of a complex short story in an accessible but insightful style.
• The Cantos Extensive survey of one of the major works of 20th century English-language modernist poetry.
• John Vanbrugh
• Caulfield Grammar School (Harro5)

3. Articles - Natural science & Technology

• Welding (Nathaniel Sheetz, Spangineer) Comprehensive treatment of a practical topic
• Apollo 8 [winner of the IWC in March]
• Diamond (Bantman)
• Bladvorm ([1], Rasbak) special mention for the nice illustration

4. Articles - Current Events & Pop Culture

• Spring Heeled Jack (shauri) Interesting presentation of the culturual anthropology of former times, with a wide range of sources
• w:Duran Duran
• 2005 English cricket season

5. News (both summary and original reporting)

• Mothers, teachers concerned about leukemia deaths at California elementary school In-depth original reporting of a local event that is of interest to a wider audience
• Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
• Execution of two gay teens in Iran spurs controversy

6. Primary source material

• Sydney Riot of 1879 (jguk)

7. Book modules & collections

• Cookbook Well-organized presentation of immediately useful material from numerous sources
• Introduction to Paleoanthropology

8. Quote and Dictionary collection

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