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The Anglesey-Gwynedd Challenge was won by User:Cwmhiraeth by a clear margin. Several core articles were improved by her and others in the process!

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a dual language national contest/editathon aimed at improving the quality and quantity of Welsh coverage...

Pembroke Castle Millenium Stadium Flag of Wales Brecon Beacons Llandudno
Llandaff Cathedral Ivor Novello Cardiff Castle Rhossili Dylan Thomas Gregynog Hall, Powys
  • The original contest/editathon ran from 1 April to 2 May 2016 and was won by User:Cwmhiraeth and User:Sturmvogel 66. It proved to be so productive that it is remaining as an ongoing editathon, and future contests are planned.
  • Create and expand articles on any Welsh article and topic of your choice. A contest/editathon designed to wake up the sleeping dragon from his centuries of slumber by the sheer breadth and depth of new content on Wales.
  • Win up to £250 worth of Amazon vouchers and books for producing the most articles/best quality work/most photographs which you can use to continue to produce content for Wales in the long term!
  • Gain extra points and esteem for working on core articles and articles which require special attention. Gain further points for producing articles about the women of Wales in coordination with WikiProject Women in Red.
  • Even if contests and prizes aren't your cups of tea, you can still actively participate in the editathon at your own pace and declare yourself as a "participating editor" in the overall editathon rather than a participant in the actual contest. All work done during the run can then be accounted for, which is what matters the most here.
  • A contest/editathon which will unite Wales in terms of language and culture. Welsh-speaking participants who would rather contribute to Welsh Wikipedia than English are equally welcome to enter the contest.

Core articles[edit]

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon/Core articles

Missing articles[edit]

Participants are free to start any article of their fancy which is related to Wales and meets Wikipedia:Notability requirement. New articles must be minimum 1.5 kilobytes of readable prose to be viable for points in the competition, Extra points will be given to those editors who start an article listed on the missing article hotlist, which will identify batches of articles which are in high demand to be started, such as listed buildings, biographies of notable men and women, etc. Editors can also view banks of missing articles in the general missing article list, which list any missing articles, rather than just the ones we are desperate for.

Photographs[edit]

Extra points can be gained by editors for taking and uploading photographs on the Missing photograph hotlist.

If you create a new article during the editathon, don't forget to add {{image requested|in=Wales}} to the article Talk page if it doesn't have an image.

Resources for editing[edit]

Editors may find the following resources useful:

Women biographies[edit]

Awaken the Dragon has formed a partnership with WikiProject Women in Red, a project dedicated to starting missing articles on women. Special consideration will be given to those editors who contribute articles about Welsh women. The book 100 Great Welsh Women was awarded to Penny Richards after the first contest for her prolific work.

Our Featured and Good articles[edit]

  1. Welsh National Opera
  2. Senghenydd colliery disaster
  3. Woollen industry in Wales
  4. HMS Cambrian (1916)
  5. HMS Caradoc (D60)
  6. HMS Cardiff (D58)
  7. Rachel Barrett
  8. Women's suffrage in Wales
  9. HMS Carysfort (1914)
  10. HMS Cordelia (1914)
  11. HMS Nottingham (1913)
  12. Agriculture in Wales
  13. Catherine Zeta-Jones
  14. Shrewsbury Drapers Company
  15. HMS Cornwall (1902)
  16. The Whitebrook
  17. Elizabeth Randles
  18. HMS Essex (1901)
  19. Park Hall (football ground)
  20. HMS Fearless (1912)
  21. HMS Prince of Wales (1902)
  22. 1927 FA Charity Shield
  23. HMS Howe (1885)
  24. Mary Dilys Glynne
  25. Glamorgan sausage
  26. HMS Iron Duke (1870)
  27. Welsh Corgi
  28. HMS Anson (1886)
  29. The Checkers (restaurant)
  30. Welsh cuisine
  31. HMS Collingwood (1882)
  32. HMS Amphion (1911)
  33. 1927 FA Cup Final
  34. HMS Active (1911)
  35. Active-class cruiser
  36. Ceredigion
  37. Roald Dahl bibliography
  38. Carmarthenshire
  39. HMS Dreadnought (1875)
  40. HMS Thunderer (1872)
  41. HMS Penelope (1867)
  42. HMS Inconstant (1868)
  43. Clwyd
  44. Catatonia (band)
  45. HMS Repulse (1892)
  46. Geography of Wales
  47. Goronwy ap Tudur Hen
  48. HMS Aurora (1887)
  49. Tudur Hen
  50. HMS Empress of India
  51. HMS Ajax (1880)
  52. HMS Nile (1888)
  53. Emilia Baeyertz
  54. HMS Flint Castle (K383)
  55. HMS Andromeda (1897)
  56. HMS Denbigh Castle (K696)
  57. HMS Blonde (1910)
  58. HMS Thisbe (1824)
  59. HMS Blanche (1909)
  60. HMS Bellona (1909)
  61. HMS Boadicea (1908)
  62. Blonde-class cruiser
  63. Boadicea-class cruiser
  64. List of roles and awards of Catherine Zeta-Jones
  65. S. O. Davies
  66. Llandaff Cathedral
  67. Joseph Parry
  68. Catherine Zeta-Jones

Please place articles which you've expanded and want to be reviewed for GA here:


Participants[edit]

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon/Participants

New/improved articles[edit]

The articles created from February to early May have now been archived to the main article improvements and creations list. The focus for May and June was Anglesey and Gwynedd, which produced further articles. We had 1126 article improvements and creations before merging with Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge in late August 2016. When the next Dragon contest runs entries will be listed here again from the contest, but if continuing to work on articles in between please add them to the 10,000 Challenge list.

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