Wikimania writing contest nominations

Finalists have been selected

Writing

The following are nominations in the nine categories of the 2005 writing and media competitions. Any content created in any language, on any Wikimedia project is eligible for entry.

The overall winner [of our love, cheers, and a big bag of Wiki] was the article on Welding, by Spangineer.

1. Articles - History & Biography

Finalists

• Winner: Reformation in Switzerland (Lupo)
• Oakland Cemetery (uberpenguin)
• en:Marcel Junod (en & de), original German version by UW, English translation in collaboration with Tfine80
• Isaac Brock (Scimitar)

Other nominations

• History of Test cricket (to 1883) (jguk)
• Brian Close (jguk)
• Livias (Gabriel Beecham)

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

Finalists

• Winner: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
• The Cantos
• John Vanbrugh
• Caulfield Grammar School (Harro5)

Other nominations

• Vicar of Bray
• Denis Fonvizin (Errabee)
• Imagism
• Palladium (mythology) (Kwekubo)

3. Articles - Natural science & Technology

Finalists

• Winner: Welding (Spangineer)
• Apollo 8 [winner of the IWC in March]
• Diamond (Bantman)
• Bladvorm (Rasbak)

Nominations

• Automatic number plate recognition (violetriga)
• Kreutz Sungrazers (Worldtraveller)
• Genoma (Joseaperez)

4. Articles - Current Events & Pop Culture

Finalists

• Winner: Spring Heeled Jack (shauri)
• 2005 English cricket season
• w:Duran Duran

5. News (both summary and original reporting)

Finalists

• Winner: Mothers, teachers concerned about leukemia deaths at California elementary school (original reporting)
• Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
• Execution of two gay teens in Iran spurs controversy

Other nominations

ORIGINAL REPORTING

• London Tube bombs went 'bang bang bang, very close together'

SUMMARY REPORTS

• Meth use now USA's top drug problem, survey finds

6. Primary source material

Winner

• Sydney Riot of 1879 (includes the text of two letters in full of key historical signifcance) (jguk)

Other nominations

Note: to be eligibile for this award, the content in question has to have actually been uploaded before August 4 to some Wikimedia site.

• Sydney Riot of 1879 (a featured article on the English Wikipedia - it includes the text of two letters in full of key historical signifcance) (jguk)
• I have received a list of 18.865 words in Stellingwerfs with a Dutch translation for inclusion in Wiktionary. Because of its significance I nominate it for consideration. GerardM 14:40, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
• Thanks to Giorgio Giuliano, President of the consortium, who came to my house today, I today received the permission to use the contents of http://www.limonecostadamalfi.com, an Italian I.G.P., product for wikipedia and wikibooks (recipes). It is one of the most particular products worldwide since this kind of lemon is produced and can grow only on the Amalfi Coast due to its particular climate and soil and its history goes back for centuries. The first book on that theme was printed in 2004 and is available on request. The contents will be inserted into wikipedia and wikibooks using the user name COVAL asap. --Sabine 16:25, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

(preferably not formerly available elsewhere online)

7. Book modules & collections

Finalists

• Winner: Cookbook
• Introduction to Paleoanthropology

Other nominations

• Plantkunde (Rasbak)

8. Quote and Dictionary collections

Winner

it:wikt:Categoria:Cristianesimo (a category with many words in many languages, it was a very topical project in the period when the pope died and a new pope was elected. An example of cooperation between different wiktionaries, with many words with pronunciations.)

9. Wikimania

content written at or on the way to Wikimania...(no serious submissions in this category)