Contest3

This edit contest runs for seven days. The tentative dates are: Friday Nov.9-Friday Nov.16

The Teams

Team 1		Team 2
Captain		Captain
Members		Members
Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Member 4 Member 5 Member 6 Member 7 Member 8		Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Member 4 Member 5 Member 6 Member 7 Member 8

(only the top 7 scorers on either team will qualify towards its point total)

Those Interested

1. User:TK
2. User:Iduan
3. User:GregLarson
4. User:Dewey
5. User:SharonS
6. User:Lukecorlando
7. User:BethanyS
8. User:Ed Poor - provided my team captain helps me to keep track of my score (I'm a prolific contributor, but I hate taking credit for my work)
9. User:Crocoite - provided the points scoring is amended to include Breaking News items and edits to associated articles

Point System

• Quality new entry: 10 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 5 points.

• An 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 3 points.

• Quality edit of an existing entry: 4 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 2 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 2 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.

• 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 an additional (non-unique) working links for the same term within the same American Government Lecture: 1 point
  • Adding two new terms to American Government Terms: 1 point

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.