Contest

This edit contest runs for seven days from noon September 28 to noon October 5. May the best team win!

The Teams[edit]

Team 1 (Team Airborne)
Captain: Tash

• HelpJazz
• Crocoite
• Learn together
• DanH
• TK
• Ed Poor (pretty sure)
• Iduan

Team 2 (Team Galaxy)
Captain: SharonS

• Aschlafly
• BethanyS
• Katieb
• Ambers
• Ashleys
• DeborahB.
• Double Edge
• PhilipB

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

Point System[edit]

• 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 4 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 2 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.

Prior Contributions[edit]

These totals need only be approximate:

• Aschlafly (as of Sept. 20, 10:31pm)
  • quality new entries: 2
  • ordinary new entries: 44
  • improved existing entries: 48
  • add link: 1
  • add terms to American Government Terms: 4
  • undeadend: 25
    • Approximate point total: 432

• Tash (as of Sept. 16, 2:46pm)
  • quality new entries: 2
  • ordinary new entries: 8
  • Quality edit of an existing entry:3
  • improved existing entries: 116
    • Approximate point total: 298

• Crocoite (as of Sept .23, 4:51am)
  • See complete edit summary here
    • Approximate point total: 213

• SharonS (as of Sept. 18, 8:36am)
  • See complete edit summary here
    • Approximate point total: 193

• JessicaS (as of Sept. 20, 6:54pm)
  • unique links to American Government Lecture Two: 45 (90 points)
  • duplicate links to American Government Lecture Two: 97 (97 points)
    • Approximate point total: 187

• DeborahB.
  • quality new entry: 1 (including first two cases in U.S. Supreme Court Cases)
  • add terms to American Government Terms:76
  • ordinary new entries: 11
  • quality edit of an existing entry:10 (including 9 new cases in U.S. Supreme Court Cases
    • Approximate point total: 154

• Mer (as of Oct. 1, 10:30pm)
  • Quality new entries: 2
  • Ordinary new entries: 4
  • Added to Special:Wantedpages: 3
  • Added links: 44
  • Added category: 1
  • Added terms:2
    • Approximate point total: 142

• BethanyS (as of Sept. 16, 1:30pm)

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• Katieb (as of Sept. 16, 10:54pm)
  • quality new entries: 3
  • ordinary new entries: 6
  • improved existing entries: 2
    • Approximate point total: 72

• RachelN (as of Sept. 20, 3:55pm)
  • ordinary new entries: 2
  • quality new entries: 4
  • Added to Special:Wantedpages: 3
    • Approximate point total: 61

• Ashleys (as of Sept. 20, 2:16pm)
  • quality new entries: 3
  • &Ordinary new entries:
  • Added to Special:Wantedpages: 2
    • Approximate point total: 58

• Ambers (as of Sept. 21, 11:25am)
  • ordinary new entries: 5
  • added links: 2
  • quality new entries: 1
    • Approximate point total: 52

• Additioner (as of Sept. 16, 2:42pm)
  • quality new entries:
  • ordinary new entries: 5
  • improved existing entries: 6
  • undeadend:
    • Approximate point total: 42

• SPierce (as of Sept. 19 5:30pm)
  • Quality New Entries: 1
  • ordinary new entries: 3
  • Added to Special:Wantedpages: 4
    • Approximate point total: 37

• Rbeach (as of Sept. 16, 11 am)
  • quality new entries: 3
    • Approximate point total: 30

• Joe B (as of Sept. 18, 2pm)
  • quality new entries: 1
    • Approximate point total: 10