Conservapedia:Contest4

This is the rough draft of what eventually will be the format for the new Conservapedia Contest4 Point System, please discuss the format and any other concerns regarding the Contest here.

Point System

New entry

Quality new entry: 20 points

• Definition:A Quality New Entry includes at least two full-length paragraphs, three relevant citations, several links to other entries, some in-depth content and designations of category.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality New Entries will receive only 11 points.

Ordinary New Entry: 6 points

• Definition: An Ordinary New Entry is a new entry which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality New Entry, but is of higher quality than a Short New Entry.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Ordinary New Entries will receive only 4 points.

Short New Entry: 4 points

• Definition: A Short New Entry contains only a few sentences and may or may not have a reference.
• Exception: Entertainment-related Short New Entries will receive only 3 points.

Copied New Entry: 2 points

• Definition: A entry copied from a public domain source such as .gov site - you MUST link to other articles and the article can not be of trivial nature (i.e. non-encyclopedic, non-educational or non-historical)

Existing entry

Quality edit of an existing entry: 6 points

• Definition: A Quality Edit to an existing article includes at least two extra sentences, an additional reference, and the inclusion of an important or relevant fact.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality Edits will receive only 3 points.

Minor Edit of an existing entry: 3 points

• Definition: A Minor Edit is an edit which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality Edit. These edits might include small formatting changes, spelling and grammatical changes and/or the addition of a category.

Images

Adding an image: 2pts

• Definition: If you add an image to Conservapedia

Adding an image to an article: 2pts

• Note - if you add an image to Conservapedia - and then add it to an article, you get 3 points - not 4.

Templates

New Template: 3 points

• Definition: The template must have at least 6 links.

Redirects

Redirecting a Page: 1 point

• Definition: Redirecting any page - whether the page was something different or not.

Breaking News

Breaking News Item: 8 points

• Definition: A Breaking news item is placed on the Main page with wiki links to Conservapedia articles and a link to the external reference article.
• Exception: A non-administrator who submits an article to an administrator and the article is placed on the Main page will receive 5 point and the administrator will receive 3 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page. Admins can not double they're score.

Bonus Points

• An additional bonus of 3 points is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, Special:Wantedpages
• An additional bonus of 1 point is awarded for adding a link to an entry on the Special:Deadendpages, and thereby removing that entry from that list
• An edit to an existing entry may qualify as a New Entry if the edit is substantial enough.
• Adding a unique working link within a lecture: 2 points
• Adding a relevant photo to Breaking News will receive a 2 points bonus.
• Adding two new terms to American Government Terms: 1 point
• Blocking a vandal/sock/troll or reverting their vandalism: 2 points. Cannot be doubled in case of those with blocking abilities.

Notes

An entry is "entertainment-related" if it relates to a subject not taught as core curriculum in a typical high school or college. This includes articles on sports, popular music, movies, and other entertaining but not necessarily educational subjects.

• Exception: Full credit will be given for notable or important historical subjects, and for political entries.
• Exception: Full credit will be given for reasonable subjects which are educational but not necessarily taught in a typical school.