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The purpose of the contest is to '''improve Conservapedia''' by tapping into the competitive side of our editors, fostering sportsmanship is also a goal. | The purpose of the contest is to '''improve Conservapedia''' by tapping into the competitive side of our editors, fostering sportsmanship is also a goal. | ||
Revision as of 03:50, January 10, 2008
The purpose of the contest is to improve Conservapedia by tapping into the competitive side of our editors, fostering sportsmanship is also a goal.
Rules
In addition to the scoring guidelines below:
- No editor is allowed to artificially make a page wanted, then create it
- All editors must keep track of there score in a clear format: preferably:
==Type of Edit(Points the edit is Worth)(Number of this type made)== links to diff (no organization necessary).
Participants
Judges
Teams
| Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | ... | Captain | ... |
| Members | Members | ||
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(The top 7 scorers on either team will qualify towards its point total.)
Point System
New entry
Quality new entry: 15 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 their 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.