[WikiEN-l] Interesting contest on de.wp

[SonOfYoungwood at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/19/2007 3:02:09 PM Central Daylight Time,  
erik at wikimedia.org writes:

Perhaps  something for en.wp to emulate: de.wikipedia has recently
started a new  type of writing contest where two contestants challenge
each other to write  the equivalent of a "good article" in  de.wp:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Achim_Raschka/Spielkiste

A  more or less random user is selected to choose a topic to write
about (can  be anything). The contestants then can choose a specific
article they want  to start / bring to "good article" quality.
Whoever's article is declared  to be of the necessary quality first
through the usual community review  process, wins the duel. There is a
ranking of the "players" who have won  the most competitions.

The game was started in June and seems to be  quite popular already.




This sounds like a good way to encourage participation. Volunteer projects  
require motivation through personal satisfaction; contests and recognition help 
 this.
 
- Deckiller




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