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This page explains the rules for the 2010 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 Misplaced Pages. If through the WikiCup any participants are hurting the encyclopedia (whether through abusing the rules, creating a negative atmosphere, or whatever), they will be removed from the Cup. To quote Durova, winner of the 2009 Cup, "Misplaced Pages is the real winner". Let's hope we can keep it that way.

Scores

Additional rules

General rules

• Submit your content to your submissions page including all necessary links. See this page for more information.
• 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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