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That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed, and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two from each group advance to round 3, along with an additional 16 of the remaining top-scorers across all groups advancing as "wildcards".
Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article, Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. In addition, twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by 
Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by 
MPJ-DK (submissions), 
Hurricanehink (submissions), 
User:12george1 (submissons) , and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with 
J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.
This gallery focuses on one typical contribution from each user in the top 25 contributors (after which it gets harder to illustrate)
Adam Cuerden (submissions) worked primarily on historical images, such as this restoration of a portrait of Billy Strayhorn.
Cas Liber (submissions).
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) created numerous new articles, primarily on biological species. The Brazilian guitarfish is shown.
Cyclonebiskit (submissions)
MPJ-DK (submissions) worked mainly on wrestling articles and lists, such as CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.
Godot13 (submissions) gained sixth place with four featured pictures, including this one of Stanley Police Station in the Falkland Islands.
User:12george1 (submissons) gained seventh place with two good articles on hurricanes. (Cyclone Peter shown).
Worm That Turned (submissions) created a good article on Scottish botanist and natural historian Christian Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie.
Hurricanehink (submissions). The smallest, Tropical Storm Linfa, is up for good article status right now.
J Milburn (submissions) placed tenth with his article work, including new articles on Jo-Anne McArthur, a Canadian photojournalist and animal activist, and the documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine, of which McArthur is the primary subject.
Zwerg Nase (submissions)
The Squirrel Conspiracy (submissions) created, amongst other things, a new article on Bridget Tan, a migrant worker's rights advocate from Singapore who founded the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics.
Human3015 (submissions) created on an article on tourism in South Sudan, amongst other things. Sudd swamp, one of the largest wetlands in the world, is located there.
Wugapodes (submissions)
Ruby2010 (submissions). We will likely see it raise to good article status soon.
Ikhtiar H (submissions).
Arius1998 (submissions).
FunkyCanute (submissions)
Ealdgyth (submissions)'s nine new articles on Mediaeval English personages are hard to illustrate (the Domesday Book here stands in for them).
Muboshgu (submissions) created its article as part of their work.
AHeneen (submissions) did excellent work pulling together the facts and raising the article to good article status.
1bandsaw (submissions) stepped in.
The C of E (submissions).
Captain Assassin! (submissions) created an article on the upcoming film Before I Fall (Director Ry Russo-Young pictured).Our apologies to Ruby2010 : While I did write a blurb for her contributions, it didn't appear in first publication due to me forgetting to add the link to the actual picture, causing her entry to be hidden. Oops! Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:25, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Most exciting thing on wikipedia. --violetnese 23:12, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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