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I gave more thinking and exploring
on the matter and what is below is my opinion only. I wanted
to share my thoughts with you on the matter.
My preference would go for "open teams" (which may perfectly
include country teams, but may also include mixed teams or
solos !).
Here are my arguments. Country based teams:
* it tips the game in favor of countries which a larger user
base. An article has more chance to be good based on the
number of the contributors than on the effort and commitment
of individuals; An isolated individual is likely not to bother
participate because he will be alone in his country team and
will not feel his input will not make a difference.
* it excludes to a large extent non african people; I think
contributions to the contest should be able to come from
everywhere;
* it excludes all those who would be willing to participate to
the contest, but will not because they do not wish to give
information about their geographical location;
* it excludes cross-participation between countries; there is
richness in co-writing with 2-3 other people who are actually
participating to THAT article because they have a degree of
expertise or interest on the matter, rather than because it
was chosen by the country team;
* it puts limitations on the degree of interaction we may have
with the global community. A few months ago, some discussions
I had with some of you made me told me that some of you feel
not "part" of the global mouvement and not informed enough on
how the projects operate online. Well, making the contest a
"country team" only is creating your own gates and
self-enclosing rather than joigning. Do you really want to
create your own gates ? :)
Last... I do not know if there are writing contests on the
English Wikipedia. I need to look. But I know there are some
on the French Wikipedia. The best way to get us visibility is
to somehow get in that framework. I asked on the French
Wikipedia yesterday evening if it was possible to join the
WikiConcours. I only got one feedback until now, but it is
favorable. Generally we would fit there. Note that they
usually call their team by rather boring names such as "Team
21" or "Team 37" but we can be cool and give them better names
such as "Team Nigeria" or "Team NameOfWoman".
Flo