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==The Contest==
==The Contest==


One hundred suburbs. Ten thousand blocks. Two weeks. Some amount of guys. Each entrant is required merely to pick a suburb (on a first come, first served basis), and get writing descriptions for the locations in that suburb. At the end of the two weeks (start date will be declared if and when people start signing up), the scores will be tallied up using the following points system, and the winner will <small>(maybe)</small> get themselves awarded a nice shiny template and some bragging rights.  
One hundred suburbs. Ten thousand blocks. Two weeks. Some amount of guys. Each entrant is required merely to pick a suburb (on a first come, first served basis), and get writing descriptions for the locations in that suburb. At the end of the two weeks (start date will be declared if and when people start signing up), the scores will be tallied up using the following points system, and the winner will <small>(maybe)</small> get themselves awarded a nice shiny template and some bragging rights. Further clarifications about the rules are listed on the talk page, but don't be one of those mean ol' beardy bastards who try to wrangle them too much.
 
The contest will begin from 00:00 BST Monday 3rd May 2010, ending at 23:59 BST Sunday 16th May 2010.


Scores will be calculated as follows:
Scores will be calculated as follows:
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* Kay.--{{User:Drawde/Sig}} 17:10, 2 May 2010 (BST)
* Kay.--{{User:Drawde/Sig}} 17:10, 2 May 2010 (BST)
* I'm in. [[Wykewood]], the suburb I know best. Edit: Oh God, [[Wykewood_Streets|the streets of Wykewood.]] Why, God, why? --[[User:Visible One|Visible One]] 05:19, 3 May 2010 (BST)
*:[[User:Yonnua Koponen/Demerge|Directions for demerging them]]. Have fun! {{:User:Red Hawk One/sig}} 06:19, 3 May 2010 (BST)
*  Hope I'm not too late for the party. Any suburb will be fine. [[User:Oidar|Oidar]] 16:01, 3 May 2010 (BST)
* Not like I'm doing anything else. I'll be working in Eastonwood. --[[User:Austin hunt|Austin hunt]] 17:44, 4 May 2010 (BST)
* Yeah I'm up for this. [[Judgewood]] here I come! <span style="font-family: Segoe Script, Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;text-shadow:grey 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em">[[User:Chief Seagull|<span style="color: green;">Chief&nbsp;Seagull</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Chief Seagull|<small>squawk</small>]]</span>&nbsp;[http://www.libdems.org.uk/splash_2.aspx <sup><small>grown-ups agree with Nick</small></sup>] 09:08, 6 May 2010 (BST)
* Count me in: I'd like to continue my work in [[Pegton]] as I've done a stack of descriptions there already and need the impetus to finish the job.--{{User:Mallrat/sig}} 10:16, 8 May 2010 (BST)
* I may do a few locations, but I'm not entering as a real participant. If I do, I'll centre myself in [[Crooketon]], as it's the least-viewed suburb page.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 20:01, 12 May 2010 (BST)
==The Scores==
Please update this as you go along. I'm far too lazy to track everyone's edits.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Contestant !! Score
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| RHO || <span class="tt" title="Mostly formatting PDs; I've also got a suburb on the backburner.">55</span>
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| VVV || <s><span class="tt" title="35 pictures, 6 descriptions, all in a chain- I just realized that you only get two points for a group of five, not ten points. I need more pictures. Heck, that's all red's doing- adding the same PD image to every PD in Malton... At least I'm finding new ones, even taking a few  of my own. He may have consistant style, but he has no respect for the individual locations. He's here for the wiki and nothing else, he cares nothing for local pride.">43</span></s> <span title="I still could have won, if not for the disappointment of losing 30 points to a rule change.">13</span>
|-
| Mallrat || 173
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| Mis || 14
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| DDR || 12
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| Seagull || 8
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| Vis || 2
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| Ross || ?
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| Devorac|| ?
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| Drawde || ?
|-
| Oidar || ?
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| Austin || ?
|}

Latest revision as of 13:50, 17 May 2010

Boring.jpg

The Problem

Hundreds of location pages on this wiki look pretty much exactly the same as the one pictured above. If they're lucky, they might have a two or three year old status report or even a brief note about barricade plans. Most have nothing at all, giving us hundreds, nay, thousands, of location stubs. The largest category on this wiki - by a country mile - is the one for location stubs. I mean, I know Malton is apparently English, but even England isn't this boring, is it?

The Solution

Write moar stuff! In the past few months, we've had a few writing projects, to varying degrees of success, which shows that there's definately people out there with the ability to string more than a few words together. As a result, we should be able to make a dent in the hordes of boring, empty location stubs. To this end, I'm starting a project-come-contest, aimed at getting some work done in this field.

The Contest

One hundred suburbs. Ten thousand blocks. Two weeks. Some amount of guys. Each entrant is required merely to pick a suburb (on a first come, first served basis), and get writing descriptions for the locations in that suburb. At the end of the two weeks (start date will be declared if and when people start signing up), the scores will be tallied up using the following points system, and the winner will (maybe) get themselves awarded a nice shiny template and some bragging rights. Further clarifications about the rules are listed on the talk page, but don't be one of those mean ol' beardy bastards who try to wrangle them too much.

The contest will begin from 00:00 BST Monday 3rd May 2010, ending at 23:59 BST Sunday 16th May 2010.

Scores will be calculated as follows:

Points Requirement
+1 150 or more words added to a location's description.
+1 Relevant picture added to a location.
+2 Each full set of five locations written with histories cross-referencing each other.
+3 Each full set of ten locations written up with 150 or more words.
+10 Each full suburb worth of locations written up with 150 or more words.

The Contestants

Add yourself to the list below if you're signing up. Sign your name, and please include the suburb you will be covering, but only if it has not already been claimed.

The Scores

Please update this as you go along. I'm far too lazy to track everyone's edits.

Contestant Score
RHO 55
VVV 43 13
Mallrat 173
Mis 14
DDR 12
Seagull 8
Vis 2
Ross ?
Devorac ?
Drawde ?
Oidar ?
Austin ?
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