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