User:Scribes/Contest
Krakiipedia Challenge!
In hopes of prying information out of folks, I've decided to run a contest...yay!
The Krakiipedia Challenge will involve the website, www.Krakiipedia.org. Its probably the best source of information for Gemstone on the web. One of the great aspects of Krakiipedia is that its a great place to preserve player knowledge of history. What do I mean by that? I define player knowledge of history as knowledge of events and storylines that have occurred, but for any number of reasons, is not preserved physically in game or in any of the online documents on the website.
For example, what is the name of the town rabbit? How did he lose his ear? You won't find that in our documents, as its something only players with a long history of the town will probably know. When those folks move on, well then, the information would have been lost...except, thankfully, its on Krakiipedia!
All right, so I've hyped the website enough, what's the contest?
The Contest
The contest will concern the posting and updating of information concerning the history of River's Rest, particularly, recent events and storylines, like Casler and Plakk the troll, on Krakiipedia. It is not restricted to just those topics, just to River's Rest in general.
Points will be given for contributions. Those with the most points will be eligible for alterations!
First Place - (most points) - Three Services - choose from Alteration/Feature/Lightening Second Place - (2nd most) - Two Services - choose from Alteration/Feature/Lightening Third Place - (3rd most) - One service - Choose from Alteration/Feature/Lightening
Services must be redeemed all in one sitting, at a time most convenient for myself and the winner!
The awarding of points will be based on a subjective (mine) scoring system:
1 point - For small paragraph (at least 3 lines!).
2 points - For two to five paragraphs (each at least 3 lines).
3 points - For creating virtually an entire multi-paragraph article.
Note: For additions that can't be easily defined as a paragraph, I'll make my own judgment call on point quality (i.e. capture of character's appearance, or the saving of a post from the forums).
Questions
How will I know who did what?
1) You need to sign up to be an editor for Krakiipedia here : http://www.krakiipedia.org/wiki/Krakiipedia:Becoming_an_editor if you haven't already. The process takes approximately 24 to 48 hrs.
2) When you sign up at Krakiipedia, which is run by GameMaster Naos, your account name will be the same as it is on the forums (this is to ensure that Krakiipedia remains the domain of players only - security concerns are addressed on above link). There are no anonymous edits on Krakiipedia!
Wait, the people who already have accounts will have a head start!
To make this contest as fair as possible, it will begin on Monday, Dec. 10th, giving those interested from tonight through to Monday the chance to get an account. :)
This wiki stuff sounds hard...
It really isn't. I do recommend looking at existing pages and their format (simple) to understand how to edit on Krakiipedia. In some cases, there's a format (this info here/that info there), but once again, can be learned simply by looking at pre-existing articles.
I will create a page on Wikipedia where I'll take questions for those involved.
What if someone comes in and changes what I did?!
I'll always be looking at the history of articles to see who did exactly what. Changes to existing content (or content put up by those in the contest) will be judged to see if they were beneficial or harmful. Beneficial edits will need to be rather encompassing for me consider them for points, so consider small corrections to be outside the realm of pointage.
Likewise, I can use the history section to see if anyone did any work prior to Monday. That work will not be considered part of the contest and not up for any points.
How long will it run?
The contest will run through the rest of this month (December), I will post on the to be created discussion page of mine on Krakiipedia, a running tally of who's in the lead, etc, and update it once a week until the end of the month. If there's a tie at the end of the contest for first, second, and third, I'll decide then on a tie-breaker, or if one is needed or not. :)
Leader board!
Final Score!
Scoring commentary!
12/20/07
Gaulkej scored massive points for the museum work, while OM1E5GA actually came in second in points overall for this scoring period, it wasn't enough to catch up and surpass the lead built by Baicyd in the first round of scoring (but it is getting close!). Scribes 13:13, 20 December 2007 (EST)
12/23/07
Gaulkej continues to expand her lead with the completion of the museum work, while OM1E5GA moves within one point of tying for second! There's a week left in the contest and still plenty of time for everything to change! The lore, the geography, and the history of River's Rest is by no means any where close to being depleted! Scribes 15:26, 23 December 2007 (EST)
12/29/07
We're on the home stretch now with only a few days away until the end! We have two new competitors with still enough time to catch up for one of the three slots for prizes! Scribes 11:48, 29 December 2007 (EST)
1/1/08
So it all wraps up! After taking a dominating lead, thanks in part to the massive work on the museum and exhibits, Gaulkj just kept on extending it and held on to take the victory! Meanwhile, OM1E5GA made a last minute surge in an attempt to pass BAICYD for second place, but BAIYCD returned in kind with the end result being a tie for 2nd! With a tie at 2nd, it boosted TJARRAD into a third place finish! Great going guys and everyone who participated! Scribes 18:43, 1 January 2008 (EST)
Tips and Pointers!
- Be sure not to just cut and paste information from its original source, unless you're quoting it (then you need to cite the source!), to avoid plagiarism and other fun doo dads. It takes a little bit more work, but just re-write it or summarize it in your own words. One can always cheat and quote extensively....but you didn't hear that from me. Er.
- Second point, when making comments on discussion/talk pages, sign your posts with four ~ marks. That'll automatically sign and date it for you. Its easier to find out who said what and when, versus checking the history section.