Conservapedia:Contest5
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This is the rough draft of what eventually will be the format for the new point system, please discuss the format and any other concerns regarding the Contest [[Talk:Conservapedia talk:Contest5|here]].
Contest 5 Point System
Things I changed from Contest 4's:
- Increased the gap between quality and short articles
- Normal articles can easily be transformed into quality articles - and thus there should be some more gratification for doing so
- Decreased the gap between normal and entertainment anything
- If someone spends the time to make a quality entertainment article, then they should still get close to the points of a quality regular article
- Increased the amount of points for a fully copied entry
- Only by a bit though - given that you have to go through and wikilink anyway - creating that entry is essentially the same as a minor edit
- Increased the amount of points for a quality edit
- It was getting almost the same amount of points as a short entry - when really, based on the description, it involved more work than a short entry
- Increased the amount of points for an image
- You could at least two minor edits in the time that you could find one image appropriate to the article you have, and insert that image appropriately
- Increased the amount of points for breaking news
- This was only so I could increase the gap between a user who finds a breaking news article, and a sysop who adds that article to the main page
- Increased the amount of points for a template
- Templates take a lot - they should probably be getting the same amount of pionts as an ordinary entry, but I thought that doing that would be too drastic of a change.
- Redefined what a template had to have
- Pretty much this can be summed up as: I said userboxes don't count.
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, and is not entirely copied.
- Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality New Entries will receive only 18 points.
Ordinary New Entry: 12 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, and is not entirely copied.
- Exception: Entertainment-related* Ordinary New Entries will receive only 10 points.
Short New Entry: 6 points
- Definition: A Short New Entry contains only a few sentences and may or may not have a reference, and is not entirely copied.
- Exception: Entertainment-related Short New Entries will receive only 4 points.
Copied Entries That Add Little Value: 3 point
- 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: 8 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 6 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 a quality public domain image to an entry: 4pts
- Beware: Copyright violations will result in harsh penalties!
Templates
New Template: 8 points
- Definition: The template must have at least 4 non-userspace links.
Redirects
Redirecting a Page: 1 point
- Definition: Redirecting any page - whether the page was something different or not.
Breaking News
Breaking News Item: 7 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 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 be on this list
- 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 (however, mark these pages off so the judges can review).
- Adding a relevant photo to Breaking News will receive a 2 points bonus.
- 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.