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Welcome to the "put your money where your mouth is" contest. There are plenty of people who vote keep on Articles for deletion with the reasoning that there is the potential for an article to be encyclopedic—even Featured—even though the article that currently exists there is in serious need of cleanup, and frankly, is usually downright awful. Then the AfD is closed, the article is kept, and nobody touches it ever again.
This contest is to encourage people to actually put their money where their mouths are and do something when they say an article topic has potential: prove it!
Yes, the general idea (and the format of this page! ha!) is blatantly modelled after Danny's contest. Something about the sincerest form of flattery, and all that.
These are the proposed rules. Be bold in editing them!
All entries subject to judges' discretion and the merciless editing of your peers
If you begin to improve your chosen article while it is still actively listed in AfD, you almost certainly will find your work mindlessly mercilessly deleted before you can complete it — articles that have grown by a factor of eight have been obliterated without a second glance. You should keep an off-line backup, to be restored once you are ready to submit it to the judge. Alternately, you can request an administrator to undelete the article;
the Epopt will do so for legitimate participants in this contest.
All entries must be submitted by 23:59 UTC on October 22, 2005.
Here is an example of a submission by a hypothetical Wikipedian:
Here's an example of an article rescued from speedy deletion:
Here's an example of an article rewritten by an anonymous user after copyvio concerns were communicated:
OK, here goes. There's no requirement for modesty, is there? (These are all mine). Dpbsmith (talk) 12:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC) The diffs are between the article when nominated and when the AfD/VfD was closed. In some cases the article has developed noticeably since then.
Since we weren't specific, I'm assuming that the contest is geared toward getting people to edit current AfD candidates. However, I'll submit one of my previous rescues, just because it's fun. Un focused 03:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
Welcome to the "put your money where your mouth is" contest. There are plenty of people who vote keep on Articles for deletion with the reasoning that there is the potential for an article to be encyclopedic—even Featured—even though the article that currently exists there is in serious need of cleanup, and frankly, is usually downright awful. Then the AfD is closed, the article is kept, and nobody touches it ever again.
This contest is to encourage people to actually put their money where their mouths are and do something when they say an article topic has potential: prove it!
Yes, the general idea (and the format of this page! ha!) is blatantly modelled after Danny's contest. Something about the sincerest form of flattery, and all that.
These are the proposed rules. Be bold in editing them!
All entries subject to judges' discretion and the merciless editing of your peers
If you begin to improve your chosen article while it is still actively listed in AfD, you almost certainly will find your work mindlessly mercilessly deleted before you can complete it — articles that have grown by a factor of eight have been obliterated without a second glance. You should keep an off-line backup, to be restored once you are ready to submit it to the judge. Alternately, you can request an administrator to undelete the article;
the Epopt will do so for legitimate participants in this contest.
All entries must be submitted by 23:59 UTC on October 22, 2005.
Here is an example of a submission by a hypothetical Wikipedian:
Here's an example of an article rescued from speedy deletion:
Here's an example of an article rewritten by an anonymous user after copyvio concerns were communicated:
OK, here goes. There's no requirement for modesty, is there? (These are all mine). Dpbsmith (talk) 12:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC) The diffs are between the article when nominated and when the AfD/VfD was closed. In some cases the article has developed noticeably since then.
Since we weren't specific, I'm assuming that the contest is geared toward getting people to edit current AfD candidates. However, I'll submit one of my previous rescues, just because it's fun. Un focused 03:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)