MicruCheers,So how many contests are we going to have? Italian, Catalan and, maybe WM-DC or WM-AU organize the English version?Since this is the first time we do it and we don't have enough organizational capacity, it will be easier to hold independent contests.
For the Catalan edition we are planning to do as follows:- the contest will be open from Nov 24th 00 UTC till Dec 1st 23:59 UTC.- 2 organizers select 3 books in secret (more will be added if needed). The books have OCR of acceptable quality and they are not too hard to format. The books chosen will be disclosed when the contest begins. One sample page will be offered, plus links to relevant help pages. We are putting it all together here:
https://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Viquitexts:Viquirepte_10%C3%A8_aniversari
- the participants get 3 points for each completely corrected and formatted page, if they validate someone else's page, they get 1 point
- the organizers can disqualify a participant if they mark pages as done without actually working on them- the prize will be an ebook reader (model TBD)KRLS has told me that he will try to have a counting script ready, if not, we will count it manually.
When everything is clear we should prepare an annoncement and publish it next week on the Wikimedia blog.
--On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84@gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding the cotest:how do you like an international contest, with both local wikisource and single user chart?Something like Wiki Loves Monuments, like this:The real problem is that we *don't* have a way (right now), to associate clearly proofredings and validation with single users.I don't know how phe's tools count them, but I'm sure something could be done.AubreyOn Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Craig Franklin <cfranklin@halonetwork.net> wrote:
Well, that would be well within the realm of what the WMAU "Volunteer Support Programme" would be able to fund, if one of our members were to apply:Cheers,CraigOn 4 November 2013 22:18, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, I'd be 100 dollars/euros, something low budget (like a Kindle or a Kobo).Aubrey
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Craig Franklin <cfranklin@halonetwork.net> wrote:
Hi John,What sort of cost are we looking at to buy some nifty gadget as a prize? Is it something that could be done through our Volunteer Support Programme?Cheers,Craig FranklinPresident - Wikimedia AustraliaOn 1 November 2013 16:55, John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com> wrote:
Great concept.
I think this would a great little project, and worth the expense for the WMAu chapter.
I helped run a small wikisource competition with Wikimedia Indonesia (esp. Ivonne & Siska) to transcribe a 550 page dictionary, and found it to be very successful, but does require quite a bit of time to run and help newbies.
Ill write up a proposal if another WMAu member is willing to second and help organise the competition in Oz.
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From: "David Cuenca" <dacuetu@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 31, 2013 10:09 PM
Subject: [Wikisource-l] Wikisource 10th aniversary proposal : Proofreading contest
To: "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library" <wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:Talking with some members of Amical Wikimedia about how to celebrate the 10th aniversary, one of the proposals was to organize a proofreading contest.
Basically, we would select some books for the participants to proofread and validate and they would gather points for each page without errors. The person with the most points would win a Kindle donated by Amical Wikimedia.
However, we have been thinking that with the help of some members of the Wikisource User Group and other Chapters, then we could escalate it to an international proofreading contest, instead of being just regional. I guess ideally we would need 3 kindles and at least a volunteer from each community to organize it.
What do you think of the idea? Would you or any chapter that would like to get involved?Micru_______________________________________________
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