Uncyclopedia:The Article Whisperer

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	Poo Lit Surprise (2014)
Followed by	TBA

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Welcome to the 3d Edition of The Article Whisperer
Please check the talk page or leave the host a message if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks.

The competition

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).^[1]

Pick a topic amongst the ones below!

When is the The Article Whisperer going to be held?

From December 28th ― January 10th entries will be accepted.
From January 11th ― January 17th, entries will be locked and judged.
From January 18th ― January 25th, winners will be announced, articles will be moved into the mainspace, and all entries will be unlocked.
January 25th ― the end. Or is it?

(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.

Did you know...

You can add orphaned images to your entry?

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) 17:59, December 21, 2014 (UTC)
I'll judge the "Best Most Wanted" category, by doing a long-form Pee Review on all entries (all criteria equally weighted). Advance warning: Anyone who takes Meme and who has no concept beyond an "article in the style of the thing it's about" will not fare well. Spıke Ѧ 00:34 25-Dec-14
I'll judge "Best Requested" then. Sir ScottPat (converse) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 17:29, December 29, 2014 (UTC)
If you need any more judges, I can judge whichever category since I won't have time to write anything. -- Sir Xam Ralco the Mediocre 06:59, January 7, 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 top three wanted pages, as of December 16, 2014.

Competition closed. SPIKE was the judge; results on the single entry's talk page.

Username	Entry	Comment
User:Phrank Psinatra	Supply-side Jesus	37 points

Best Requested Article

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

Competition closed. Xamralco was the judge; results are at Uncyclopedia:The Article Whisperer/Results‎.

Username	Entry	Comment
Spıke Ѧ 0:37, December 25, 2014 (UTC)	NBC
~~Anton (talk) 15:36, December 25, 2014 (UTC)~~	~~User:Anton199/Happy~~
Chunkles (talk) 02:05, January 5, 2015 (UTC)	ENIAC
Inept paladin	7	Incomplete; blanked by author on 23-Jan

Best "Vital" Article

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

Competition closed. Anton199 was the judge; results are at Uncyclopedia:The Article Whisperer/Results‎.

Username	Entry	Comment
RomArtusImperator ITRA* (Orate) ®	Raphael	Ceded "Rembrandt" to Everyotherusernamewastaken.
Spıke Ѧ	Horace	Found we also needed Horace Greeley
Sir ScottPat (converse) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY	User:ScottPat/Spanish Civil War
Ye Blacke Adder (talk)	Renewable energy
Sir TheWikiMan026 CUN,UmP, (Chatter)	User:TheWikiMan026/TAW/Honey	I give TheWikiMan five days past the deadline, because of a late start --Anton
~~Sir Xam Ralco the Mediocre~~	Polytheism	~~I'm not 100% sure that I can write this but I at least want to reserve this page.~~ yeah I don't have time to write.
PuppyOnTheRadio	One Thousand and One Nights
Everyotherusernamewastaken	Rembrandt	I'm putting it here too because there's more competition.

Best Christmas Article

Christmas is coming and so are Uncyclopedia articles about it! Pick up a topic from the ones below or choose your own (it should be related to Christmas, New Year or any other winter holiday you can think of) and submit it!

Username	Entry	Comment
Username	Christmas	A disambiguation page on a very important topic

Footnotes

↑ Unlike {{reqaward}} which is given to editors in recognition of submitting a successful request, or more specifically one of adequate quality (i.e. not ending up on ICU/QVFD/VFD), this competition is intended for the creation of potential FA-level articles.

[1] Unlike {{reqaward}} which is given to editors in recognition of submitting a successful request, or more specifically one of adequate quality (i.e. not ending up on ICU/QVFD/VFD), this competition is intended for the creation of potential FA-level articles.

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