Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring

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This page explains the rules for the 2011 WikiCup, that were established after extensive discussion and polling on the talk page and elsewhere. Hopefully, having the rules codified like this will prevent any confusion or the need for mid-competition clarification. Further, hopefully, discussion has been extensive enough that we will not need to make any major changes mid-competition. However, the judges reserve the right to adjudicate in the spirit of the rules, rather than to their letter.

The most important rule is that the WikiCup is just a bit of fun — at the end of the day, we're all here to improve Wikipedia. The second most important rule is don't be a dick. If through the WikiCup any participants are hurting the encyclopedia (whether through abusing the rules/systems, creating a negative atmosphere, or whatever else), they will be removed from the Cup. To quote Durova, winner of the 2009 Cup, "Wikipedia is the real winner". Let's hope we can keep it that way.

Scores

2011 points

Featured article	Good article	Featured list	Featured picture	Featured sound	Featured portal	Featured topic	Good topic	Did you know?	In the news	Good article reviews
100	30	40	35	35	35	15 per article	10 per article	5	10	2

Additional rules

General rules

• Submit your content to your submissions' page including all necessary links. See this page for more information.
• You may usually only score points in a round for content which has been promoted, or reviews which have been completed, in that round.
  • An exception exists for content promoted or reviews completed after the end of a round, but before the start of the next. In these cases, points may be awarded for the round afterwards, though submissions' pages should not be updated until the start of the round.
• All reviewed content must have been worked on significantly by you to receive additional points. "Drive by" nominations are not permitted. This does not mean that you have to be the primary author, though it is preferable. Merely copyediting or wikifying an article does not constitute "significant work", but if you are one name on a joint nomination, you may claim points. If this is abused, the judges reserve the right to not award points.
• Content must have been worked on and nominated during the competition. If something was worked on or nominated in an early round, you may still claim points if it is recognised in a later round, but you may not claim points for articles you have not worked on during the competition. Again, this is to prevent abuse, not to deny you your points. As long as you are not abusing the system, you should be fine.

Featured articles

• You must declare your WikiCup participation in any FAC nomination statement or if you review another WikiCup participant's FAC.

Featured pictures

• Generally, the picture should have been created by you (either photographed, drawn, or created in some other way) or been given significant restoration work by you or been released under a free license because of your efforts. Merely uploading a file you have found elsewhere does not constitute "significantly working on" the image.

Featured sounds

• Generally, the sound should have been created by you (recorded by you, or a recording of you) or been given significant restoration work or been released under a free license because of your efforts. Merely uploading a file you have found elsewhere does not constitute "significantly working on" the sound.

Featured portals

• The content featured in the portal does not need to have been created by you, only the portal design and selection itself.

Featured and good topics

• Points are awarded per article in the topic that was worked on by you. If you would have a right to claim points for the promotion of the article to good or featured status, you have the right to claim points for its promotion as part of the topic, even if you did not nominate the topic.
• Promoting an article that is already within a featured or good topic does not get additional points for the topic. Adding articles to a topic does gain points, but only points for the article added. You do not get points for articles already in a topic when a new article is added.

Did you know?

• Points cannot be granted until the article has actually featured on the main page. Merely being approved by a reviewer does not count. If a hook is being held for a specific date after the end of the round and you need to claim the points, talk to the judges.
• For hooks with multiple articles, every article is eligible to score points independently, provided each meets the Did you know? guidelines. This does not mean you can claim for articles in the hook that you yourself did not work on.

In the news

• To claim points for an "In the news" nomination, you must be the primary contributor of the updated article or section. You do not have to be the nominator, but diffs must be provided proving you added a significant amount of content. Judges will scrutinize ITN submissions and may remove any at their discretion.

Good article reviews

• These rules are for when you are claiming points for performing a good article review, not for when you are claiming points for writing a good article.
• You may claim points upon the completion of a review, that is, when the article is passed or failed.
• Only reviews of a sufficient length will be counted; quick fails and very short reviews will not be awarded points. As a rough guide, no review shorter than 1000 bytes will be considered, though the judges reserve the right to remove other short reviews.
• Attempts to game good article reviews will be looked upon particularly harshly, and, more so than with any other process, people abusing the system will be removed from the Cup.

Double points

• Any article which exists on at least 20 Wikipedias, as of 31 December 2010, as well as any article which appears on the vital level 3 list, scores twice as many points if it appears on did you know, or is promoted to good article, featured article or featured list. Any portal which exists on at least 20 Wikipedias, as of 31 December 2010, scores twice as many points if promoted to featured portal status.
• This is the only content which will score more points. Other than this distinction, all content is equal.
• To claim the double points, list the page twice under the relevant section of your submissions' page. Pages claiming double points will receive extra scrutiny.