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No Canadians?

What the heck? This is an outrage! :) (I see that one just signed up for 2009, though, so that's good news!) Gary King (talk) 19:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

haha! Why don't you enter? weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:31, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay done. I don't know what I have to do though. Gary King (talk) 20:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, basically, you get points for edits, GAs, FAs, FLs, DYKs... the whole shabang, really. The rules will be much more thoroughly explained closer to the time. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:50, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too bad it's not retroactive then :) Gary King (talk) 21:01, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rule Suggestion

In the interest of not encouraging thoughtless edits, do you think it would make sense to deduct points for mainspace edits that get reverted? 1 point for mainspace edits, -5 for mainspace edits that get reverted. Good editors have nothing to fear. Just a friendly suggestion. best, maxsch (talk) 14:33, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good idea, but it would take a ridiculous amount of time to check if the mainspace edits were reverted... As a side note, it actually turns out as 0.1 points per edit, as it's divided by 10. We could try to exclude Huggle edits, but that's a difficult task as well. It's a good idea, but hard to put into practice. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 14:59, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I could bug SQL to fix up his edit counter to count Huggle edits per month rather than overall - can't promise anything, though. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 15:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see how it could be difficult. And this is just a contest for fun, so it isn't worth doing too much extra work for it. But in general I disagree with pure edit count being used as a measure of editor achievement or editor quality. It can encourage/reward the wrong kind of behavior. But perhaps this isn't the place for such concerns. Enjoy the cup! maxsch (talk) 18:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scoring

Is scoring only the edits, FAs, etc during the designated time frame or does it count all your prior edits too? — Rlevse • Talk • 16:02, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Only those promoted within the allocated two months per round. :) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 16:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that means only edits during the round count, for all points. — Rlevse • Talk • 16:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. iMatthew (talk) 18:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

Do ITN features have the same points as DYK? Spencer^T♦^C 19:21, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Yes they do. iMatthew (talk) 19:22, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for your help! Spencer^T♦^C 19:28, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

USA

I know that iMatthew was originally USA, but then he left and Jamesontai became the USA. Who actually has the rights to call the USA first -- who noticed it first, or who signed up first? « Diligent Terrier [talk] 20:57, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

iMatthew's on the team, therefore is inelgible for the actual cup. Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 21:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just so people know, iMatthew told me to sign up for WikiCup on #wikipedia-en ^connect, so it's not like I "stole" his spot per se...:D - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 21:23, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is the "WikiWorldCup team"? Gary King (talk) 21:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assumed it was the team of individuals that did the score-keeping and other administrative stuff, but I could be wrong. Useight (talk) 21:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, you're spot on. They are a neutral team of people who add up the scores. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah okay, thanks. Gary King (talk) 21:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

@DT - It really doesn't matter which country you are :P weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:54, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So long as there are not two people with the same country. iMatthew (talk) 21:56, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It sucks that I can't be Hong Kong. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 22:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can't? Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 22:01, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a country? iMatthew (talk) 22:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a city state, i could be wrong. Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 22:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is a Special Administrative Region, essentially part of China. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 22:21, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, someone is being the Matthew and Hunter Islands - part of Vanuatu. Feel free to be Hong Kong if you wish :D weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 22:22, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Will do... - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 22:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

It says on the page, 25 points per Good article greatly contributed to (at least 25 edits). As I have written most of my GAs in less than 15 or 20 edits, I wouldn't qualify? Would I have to make a bunch of typos so I can increase my edit count on the article?? :P –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:43, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess so :) Gary King (talk) 03:26, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your GAs have to be promoted in the given time to qualify anyway, so those wouldn't count ;) Also, I guess that if you are the main contributor (maybe 80 to 100%) on one article even if there are only 20 edits or so total. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:14, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do the contestants have to submit the articles they have worked on or the judges will check on them themselves? Gary King (talk) 21:16, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it would be an idea, certainly. Previously we simply asked the competitors to add the scores in themselves, but it would certainly be a good idea to get the names of the articles to double-check. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:35, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see; where's the page for the scores? Gary King (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:WBOSITG/WikiCup/2009. iMatthew (talk) 21:46, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh

No French entrants this year?! Ha! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 10:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, from the looks of it, no one has ever been France (unless I missed it)... jj137 (talk) 23:29, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well I have to say I've missed this thing entirely! :) --Candlewicke (Talk) 01:45, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why are only FAs counted?

What about other types of featured content? Maxim_(talk) 23:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it becomes much more complex for the scoring team? I don't know, but you'd think that GAs or FLs would work, too. Useight (talk) 23:13, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, it's a matter of the competitor reporting their nomination. Maxim_(talk) 23:41, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well if it's self-reported, then that can't be the reason. Useight (talk) 23:55, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO FLs and GAs aren't as difficult (but they still are) to get as FAs, but now that I think about it, I think they should count too. jj137 (talk) 00:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to talk to WBOSITG on IRC whenever he logs on. iMatthew (talk) 00:40, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've got a bit more FLs than FAs so I'd like FLs (and FTs!) to be counted. Gary King (talk) 02:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What happens to last season's results?

Do they get moved to a subpage? --Pwnage8 (talk) 23:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is that not them on the main page? Useight (talk) 00:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For archived results: User:WBOSITG/WikiCup/2007. iMatthew (talk) 00:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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