Search for Deshipidian 2008
editThis is a competition to promote wiki culture among the student community of Bangladesh and recruit new Wikipedians to work for Wikiproject Bangladesh.
Who can Participate
editAny graduate student (HSC+) of Bangladesh is eligible to participate. This includes all degree colleges, university level institutions and universities, from grades 13-16.
How to participate
editIf you are qualified to participate and interested to do so, please take the following steps: 1) Create a wikipedia account with a valid email address. (Not needed if you already have one). The email address is important because the same email address will be used for all competition related communications. 2) Familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policies. A good place to start is: Wikipedia:Introduction. 3) Select an article from Category:Bangladesh articles needing attention, on which you would like to work for the competition. 4) Enlist your name in the list of participants below along with the name of the selected article. For example your entry may be:
- User:Armanaziz selecting Bangladesh Bank.
NOTE: One individual should enlist only once and select one article other than articles selected by earlier competitors. Multiple enlistment and/or manipulation of other participant's enlistment entry may result in disqualification.
List of Participants
editPlease enlist below, newer enlistments should go to the bottom of the list.
- User:Competitor1 selected Topic1
What will happen next
editOn March 26, 2008 the organizers will review the list of interested participants and will decide any of the followings: 1) To extend time of enrollment. 2) To discard the competition for lack of sufficient participants (expected minimum is 10). 3) To start the Competition.
The competition
editThe first phase will last for 3 months starting from the date of announcement. During this time each participant should work on the selected article to promote it to Good Article or better even Featured Article status.
After the completion of this phase, if clear winners emerge then the results will be announced immediately. Otherwise the top 5 performers may be requested to compete in a second phase which would help to identify the best performer.
Regarding the selection of winner the decisions taken by the competition organizers will be the final.
The reward
editThe best "Deshipidian" identified from this competition will be entitled "Deshipidian 2008" and will be awarded a cash prize of Tk. 5,000/-. Four (4) runner-ups will be entitled to cash prize of Tk. 1,000/- each.
Contact
editFor any clarification, please feel free to leave a message on the discussion page. The query will be answered as soon as possible.