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| + | =Summary by Category= | ||
| − | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) ([[collateral order doctrine]]) | |
| + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - [[Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach]] | ||
| + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - [[D.C. v. Heller]] | ||
| + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - [[Learned Hand]], [[Joseph Pulitzer]] | ||
| + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) ([[debtor's prison]], [[Cohens v. Virginia]], [[American Standard Version]]) | ||
| − | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points) | |
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points) | ||
| + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) [[Ain Karim]], etc. | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points) | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points) | ||
| + | *Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points) | ||
| + | *Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation) | ||
| + | *Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points) | ||
| + | *Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points) | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) | ||
| + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) [[Judges]], [[Christian Coalition]], etc. | ||
| + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - [[United Press International]] | ||
| + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points) | ||
| + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) | ||
| + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Grand Total: 1426''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | My prior point total record: 1417 (from Contest3 on Team Timberwolves) | ||
| + | |||
| + | = Day-by-day summary = | ||
Day One: | Day One: | ||
| − | *Quality new entries: | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) ([[collateral order doctrine]]) |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points) |
| − | * | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) [[Ain Karim]], etc. |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points) |
| − | * | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) [[Judges]], [[Christian Coalition]], etc. |
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | **Approximate point total: 374 points | ||
Day Two: | Day Two: | ||
| − | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points) | |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) |
| − | * | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | * | + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | |
| + | **Approximate point total: 100 points | ||
| + | |||
| + | Subtotal: 474 points | ||
Day Three: | Day Three: | ||
| − | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points) | |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points) |
| − | * | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points) |
| − | * | + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | |
| + | **Approximate point total: 131 points | ||
| + | |||
| + | Subtotal: 605 points | ||
Day Four: | Day Four: | ||
| − | *Quality new entries: | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - [[Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach]] |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | * | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 point) |
| − | * | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points) |
| + | |||
| + | **Approximate point total: 105 points | ||
| + | |||
| + | Subtotal: 710 points | ||
Day Five: | Day Five: | ||
| − | *Quality new entries: | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - [[D.C. v. Heller]] |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points) |
| − | * | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point) |
| − | * | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - [[United Press International]] |
| + | *Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points) | ||
| + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points) | ||
| + | |||
| + | **Approximate point total: 101 points | ||
| − | Subtotal: | + | Subtotal: 811 points |
Day Six: | Day Six: | ||
| − | * | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points) |
| − | * | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points) |
| − | *Minor | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points) |
| − | + | *Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point) | |
| − | * | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) |
| − | * | + | *Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | |
| + | **Approximate point total: 102 points | ||
| − | Subtotal: | + | Subtotal: 913 points |
Day Seven: | Day Seven: | ||
| − | *Quality new entries: | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - [[Learned Hand]], [[Joseph Pulitzer]] |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points) |
| − | * | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation) |
| − | *Breaking news item: | + | *Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points) |
| − | * | + | *Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) |
| + | |||
| + | **Approximate point total: 220 points | ||
| − | Subtotal: | + | Subtotal: 1133 points |
Day Eight: | Day Eight: | ||
| − | *Quality new entries: | + | *Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) ([[debtor's prison]], [[Cohens v. Virginia]], [[American Standard Version]]) |
| − | *Ordinary new entries: | + | *Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points) |
| − | * | + | *Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points) |
| − | *Quality edit: | + | *Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points) |
| − | *Minor edit: | + | *Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points) |
| − | * | + | *Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points) |
| − | * | + | *Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points) |
| − | **Approximate point total: | + | |
| + | **Approximate point total: 293 points | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Grand Total: 1426''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Point System == | ||
| + | ===New entry=== | ||
| + | <u>Quality</u> 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'''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <u>Ordinary</u> 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'''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <u>Short</u> 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'''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <u>Copied</u> New Entry: '''1 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=== | ||
| + | <u>Quality edit</u> 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'''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <u>Minor Edit</u> of an existing entry: '''2 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: '''3pts''' | ||
| + | *''Definition:'' If you add an image to Conservapedia | ||
| + | Adding an image to an article: '''2pts''' | ||
| − | + | ===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: '''6 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 4 point and the administrator will receive 2 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page. | ||
| − | + | ===Bonus Points=== | |
| + | *An additional bonus of '''3 points''' is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, [[Special:Wantedpages]] | ||
| + | **'''Note carefully:''' The entry must have been on the most-wanted list before the start of the contest. | ||
| + | *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'''. | ||
| − | == | + | ===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. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:46, January 20, 2008
Team Freedom
Summary by Category
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) (collateral order doctrine)
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - D.C. v. Heller
- Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - Learned Hand, Joseph Pulitzer
- Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) (debtor's prison, Cohens v. Virginia, American Standard Version)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) Ain Karim, etc.
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits)
- Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation)
- Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
- Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
- Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
- Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) Judges, Christian Coalition, etc.
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - United Press International
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)
Grand Total: 1426
My prior point total record: 1417 (from Contest3 on Team Timberwolves)
Day-by-day summary
Day One:
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) (collateral order doctrine)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) Ain Karim, etc.
- Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits)
- Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) Judges, Christian Coalition, etc.
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points)
- Approximate point total: 374 points
Day Two:
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
- Approximate point total: 100 points
Subtotal: 474 points
Day Three:
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 1
- Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points)
- Approximate point total: 131 points
Subtotal: 605 points
Day Four:
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 point)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
- Approximate point total: 105 points
Subtotal: 710 points
Day Five:
- Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - D.C. v. Heller
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - United Press International
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)
- Approximate point total: 101 points
Subtotal: 811 points
Day Six:
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)
- Approximate point total: 102 points
Subtotal: 913 points
Day Seven:
- Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - Learned Hand, Joseph Pulitzer
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation)
- Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points)
- Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
- Approximate point total: 220 points
Subtotal: 1133 points
Day Eight:
- Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) (debtor's prison, Cohens v. Virginia, American Standard Version)
- Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points)
- Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points)
- Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
- Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points)
- Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points)
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points)
- Approximate point total: 293 points
Grand Total: 1426
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: 1 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: 2 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: 3pts
- Definition: If you add an image to Conservapedia
Adding an image to an article: 2pts
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: 6 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 4 point and the administrator will receive 2 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page.
Bonus Points
- An additional bonus of 3 points is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, Special:Wantedpages
- Note carefully: The entry must have been on the most-wanted list before the start of the contest.
- 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.
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.