Uncyclopedia:The Article Whisperer

Welcome to the 4th Edition of The Article Whisperer
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The competition

The Article Whisperer
Uncyclopedia:The Article Whisperer
That's right, fellow Uncyclopedians. For the next two weeks, this could be you!
Awarded for	Best Most Wanted, Requested or Vital Article
Presented by	Uncyclopedia:Requested Articles
Reward	{{TAWaward}}
First awarded	2010
Most Wanted	TBA
Requested	TBA
Vital	TBA
Preceeded by	Aristocrat's Turkey Day Ball (2014)
Followed by	TBA

What is the The Article Whisperer?

An annual writing competition held by Uncyclopedia:Requested Articles. It is intended to encourage submissions for requested articles. Participants are limited only to articles which are listed on requested articles pages (such as UN:REQ, UN:VITAL, and UN:WANTED).

Pick a topic amongst the ones below!

• Applied arts and sciences
• Arts and entertainment
• Biography
• Business and economics
• Mathematics
• Music
• Natural sciences
• Philosophy
• Social sciences
• Sports
• Uncyclopedia-related
• UnProjects
• Other

When is the The Article Whisperer going to be held?

• (insert thinking emoji here)

(n.b.: all times are to be measured by UTC, and all phases of the contest end at midnight on the specified day; entries may be accepted late under certain conditions.)

Who can enter and what are the rules?

All registered members of Uncyclopedia are encouraged to enter, though a few restrictions apply. Judges are permitted to enter the competition, however, they may not enter an article in the category they are judging (see here for the list of judges).

You may enter only once for each category (for which you are eligible; one article per category per person). An article may only be entered in one category, and it must fit within the requirements of a particular category. You may not change three words and the title of an article to make it eligible for another category; such behavior will result in both articles being disqualified.

Collaborations of two or more writers will be allowed but are limited to one article per category. When submitting a team entry, the article will be in the userspace of the group's "leader". Each team member will share a single prize. Any writer part of a collaboration is free to work on a separate entry by themselves though, like all entries, will be permitted one article per category. Two collaborations do not count as one entry; they count as two.

Articles created prior to the competition cannot be submitted. Also, no plagiarism. Should we discover your work is not original, you will be disqualified. Using resources such as the Reefer Desk, Image Request, or Pee Review is forbidden. Users may, however, use Uncyclopedia:Incomplete List of Basic Articles, Uncyclopedia:Vital, Uncyclopedia:The Creative Process, Special:Wantedpages, Uncyclopedia:Requested Articles (including UN:REQ's RC template) and/or Inspire an Article to help get ideas. Again, please remember that participants are limited only to articles (and related subpages) which are specifically listed on UN:REQ, UN:ILBA, UN:VITAL and Special:Wantedpages.

Where should I put my entry?

The article should be placed on your namespace. During the first week of the competition, you should post a link to your article in the entry section below and sign as you would a forum post or vote. It should look somewhat like this:

• User:Under user/HowTo:Be A Supervillain--Sir Under User (Hi, How Are You?) VFH KUN 13:05, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

If you're a paranoid, or afflicted with OCD, or just want to tell people to shove off until after the competition, add {{TAW-WIP}} to your entry.

Judges

• I'll judge the Best Vital Article category. Anton (talk) 17:27, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
• I'll judge whatever. -- Sir Xam Ralco the Mediocre 00:04, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

By which you mean the Best Vital Article category? --EveryOtherUsernameWasTaken(dtf?) 22:53, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Entries

While a selection of suggested articles are available here, editors are allowed to select any article listed on UN:REQ, UN:VITAL, and UN:WANTED. Please note that entries from UN:WANTED are reserved for the "Best Most Wanted" category.

Best Most Wanted Article

Also simply known as "Best Article", this category is for articles which are currently listed on UN:WANTED. Please note that This page does not exist is closed to editing and not applicable for this competition.

Below are the three top wanted pages, as of December 15, 2014.

Username	Entry	Comment
Username	Brazil
Username	Finland
Username	Oprah
Username	Article Name

Best Requested Article

This category is for articles which are currently listed on UN:REQ.

Username	Entry	Comment
Username	Norway
Username	Arnold Shwarzenegger
Username	MSN
Username	Serbia
Username	Metallica
Username	Lebanon
Username	Article Name

Best "Vital" Article

This category is for articles which are currently listed on UN:VITAL - vital articles any encyclopedia should have.

Username	Entry	Comment
Username	Johannes Gutenberg
Username	Himalayas
Username	Sima Qian
Username	Protestant Reformation
Everyotherusernamewastaken	User:Everyotherusernamewastaken/Rembrandt	The only subject I know anything about.
Username	International Court of Justice
Username	Comet
Shabidoo	Human rights	MINE MINE MINE ShabiDOO 18:55, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Username	Organism
TheWikiMan026	User:TheWikiMan026/Honey	I give TheWikiMan five days past the deadline, because of a late start --Anton
Xamralco	Polytheism	I'm not 100% sure that I can write this but I at least want to reserve this page. -- Sir Xam Ralco the Mediocre 19:28, 1 January 2015 (UTC) It doesn't look like I'll be able to work on this before the deadline
Username	Article Name

Footnotes

Awards, Decorations and Honours