FWIW, the prize/incentive model for &quot;Wiki takes X&quot; has been done before:<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Montreal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Montreal</a><br>
<br>But if you are really going the prize/incentive route, you need to be prepared to answer a lot of questions, and provide results to justify involving money . As a coordinator of the the ongoing TamilWiki Media Contest, i have been facing similar questions. At the end of the day, the event needs to produce tangible results for wikimedia projects in form of usable files uploaded to commons.<br>
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