The difference is that this contest is individual. You get an individual "reward" for creating the best article, and if someone arrives and you feel he messes up (albeit in good faith), WP:OWN may be something to be more cautious of than when promoting regular articles to GA/FA status (which is generally done collaboratively). Note that I support the idea and don't think this will be a major problem, but it might be good to overlook it first.
-Salaskan
2007/6/20, Rory Stolzenberg rory096@gmail.com:
On 6/20/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 20/06/07, Skander - shinywater@gmail.com wrote:
How does the de.wiki deal with WP:OWN issues that are likely to arise
as
a
result of these contests?
There's two kinds of ownership. One is paternal, one is possessive. "That's my article, I created it, I'm very pleased with it" vs. "That's my article, get your hands off it"
The former is what contests like this tend to create, and it's harmless (and in many ways to be encouraged). I'm not sure a contest like this would produce the latter any more than the normal article-rating process does...
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
I agree; any increase in articles being improved to G/FA status would increase WP:OWN problems, and this contest wouldn't do it more than, say, a big push to 2000 FAs that was advertised everywhere (though this contest might be more effective, and so would create proportionally more problems).
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