k:Can people try to add the entries they post here to the bottom of the main list on the main contest page too in the style given there, for the master list? It's just it's taking quite a while to do them all myself and judge the articles too! Thanks!
This is the main entry page for the Destubathon. All entries are to be submitted here between 0:00 UTC+0 on 15th October and 23:59 UTC+0 on 27th November. If the page gets too large though we'll find a way to address that as the contest proceeds. Remember before submitting entries that there should be no unsourced claims and that it's readable prose which counts, not overall article kb size, exclude references, infoboxes and tables when measuring and just copy the text on the screen and measure it! I've put up a tool in the Measuring tool section which you can all program in to make it easier to measure on that so look out for it and program it! Remember too that it is whoever wins the most destubs for the most countries who will be crowned the contest winner, but there are larger prizes for other aspects like independent Good Article work too. Best of luck and happy editing!
Geography stubs can be found in Category:Africa geography stubs and sub categories by country. Wildlife (or fauna) stub-lists have been prepared for a number of countries, but for the remainder finding wildlife stubs is a little trickier given that many are found in multiple countries and they aren't stub categorized by country, but there are so many stubs that finding one shouldn't be too difficult. Category:Fauna of Africa by region and Category:Flora of Africa by region subcategories and finding specific African nations from Category:Endemic fauna by country and Category:Endemic flora by country should be a good place to start and find articles. The idea is that you can find any stub and improve it, and then elect one country for it to represent, even if found in a dozen or more countries. As long as the article states that that it is found in that country or categorized as such.
This is a Destubathon, so missing articles in general are not permitted, so as to retain a focus on fleshing out existing entries. However, a number of African countries have very few women bio stubs in relation to men. The amount of women bios is often shockingly low, well under 10%, so it would affect the contest for countries which have less than half a dozen. As a result new minimum 1.5 kb readable prose entries for women biographies and topics will be permitted. No stubs though please, as the goal of this is reducing them overall! You can view a missing list of African women bios here.
If interested in working on women articles for this though, try to work on both destubbing existing articles and creating missing articles if you can, as it is a destubbing contest after all and the goal is to reduce the overall stub count by the end!
If you're not entering the contest or feel like creating some new articles on anything you want other than women bios, those will be permitted on the list at the bottom of the main page, but not on this page and won't count towards the contest credits. But some editors might spot some really notable missing articles and feel like contributing. Try to ensure that no new stubs are created though, as this is a Desubathon after all! Only start class entries over 1.5 kb.
You can check your entries using this tool before submitting here. The article readable prose, excluding sources and lists will have to be strictly minimum 1.5 kb (1500 bytes) to comply with the contest. Stubs expanded and new articles for women must all be minimum that once you've finished the article.
What would make it easier on this is if everybody programs their common.js in their preferences to contain:
Go into your preferences, click on the "Appearances" tab
Where it says "Shared CSS/JavaScript for all skins:", click "custom javascript
Paste the command given above into that and save.
Now approach an article and look in the tools section on the left. You should see "Page size". Click that for each article and you'll quickly get a reading without having to paste text all of the time and look externally.
Look out for where it says, for example: "Prose size (text only): 1684 B (289 words) "readable prose size" ". That's what we're looking for on this, that has to read over 1500 B when finished.
At the end of November, the articles will be totted up for every country and the 55 prize winners for winning each country mini destubathon will be declared for each country below and their total winnings. Remember that there is a proposed potential $1100 to win for doing the most for every country in total. If two or more editors though end up drawing in number of articles destubbed for a given country, then prize money will be split, so try to ensure that you scoop the prize! Whoever manages to destub any article or destub/create the most articles on women for the most countries by the end of the contest will be declared The Africa Destubathon Champion at the end, and runners up down to 5th place will be announced as well and contest awards given out to the most prolific editors.
Though the most articles done for each country and number of countries won overall will determine the formal winners, there a substantial prizes offered for targetting certain areas during the contest which can be claimed below. Please make sure that you make a claim for winning any of the special prizes below by the end of the contest. You can claim them gradually or collect all of your entries towards the end of the contest, up to you. These will also be judged and for some of them prizes given up to 5th or 6th place and winners declared.
Claims for the most articles destubbed which are listed in the Core stub section are to be put forward below with your user name in a subsection and full article list.
Claims for the most geography and wildlife articles are destubbed to be put forward below with your user name in a subsection and full article list. $200 available to the winner, with runners up prizes.
There will be $200 on offer for the person who "destubs" the most articles on African women during the month, and runners up prizes too. Given how few women biographies exist between many African nations, I will permit new entries on women providing that they exceed 1.5 kb in prose (no stubs). Claims for the most articles are to be put forward below with your user name in a subsection and full article list.
Claims here for winning the Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa with 660 articles about notable women for the first person who can create or destub 50 biographies on African women. The first person who can list 50 women bios here will be rewarded with the book and arrangements will be made to send it.
Well done! I told the author (a friend in real life) about her new book being a prize, and I updated her today to tell her the prize was won. Enjoy! Penny Richards (talk) 23:38, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Claims for the most articles promoted to Wikipedia:Good article status are to be put forward below with your user name in a subsection and article list. Remember though that quality is still important, entries are all expected to be well-researched and of reasonable comprehension for GA. Promoting articles on core African topics to GA, rated top/high importance will especially be welcome. For this aspect of the contest, you can work on promoting any African article to GA, including existing B-class articles. The articles don't have to have all been expanded stubs. It is perfectly fine for a few contestants to just work on a couple of important African articles and get them to GA and not participate in the main Destubathon.
Remember that you can try to get ahead in this by going for triple or quintruple GA scores which are listed here. If you want to catch the leader try promoting a few of those!
List all good articles nominated and promoted here under your user name:
If there's a few people working on Good Articles, we will need reviewers. A prize of around $25–30 will be offered to whoever reviews the most articles during the contest. Try to produce reasonable reviews though, anybody who just straight pass articles will be unlikely to win the reward! Claims for most good articles reviewed here:
