Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles/Vital Competition
__ VITAL GOOD ARTICLES IN 2023
| Organized by WikiProject Vital Articles
THE VITAL COMPETITION aims to improve Vital articles as fast as possible. By improving these broad topic articles, we would massively improve Wikipedia for the readers.
Scope
[edit]Only articles within the Wikipedia:Vital articles list (not the level 4 or 5) are counted during this competition. During the competition, articles in the list can be added or removed. If a team is working on an article and it is removed from the list, the article would still count towards the final score.
Teams
[edit]List your team name, WikiProject affiliation, members and articles you've worked on here.
Overview
[edit]This competition invites everyone to join. No matter your seniority and identity, you can be the part of this competition. All you need to do is to make an account and sign yourself to the list below. Then, team up, and work on an article that is on the vital articles list. There is no limit on member count, though there is a score weighting applied that discourage new members to join. To win this competition, teams must have the highest score calculated via a formula.
How to win
[edit]Try everything to make the good article nomination process as efficient as possible. All eligible, legal strategies are allowed. What's the most effortless way I can improve content? Should I use neural networks to summarize a source faster? Should I gather information from other articles first? Should I work on the text, citations, or images first? Think about your strategies from the first principles and then build it up via iterative improvement. Remember, the most effective team wins.
Marking rubric
[edit]FAQ
[edit]- WHO TOOK THE BACKGROUND IMAGE? – User:Amuzujoe at an edit-a-thon in Lakeside University College, Ghana. The picture is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 and is available here.
- CAN I WORK ON ARTICLES NOT LISTED ON THE VITAL ARTICLES LIST? – Sure, but you need to contact the managing folks at the talk page to add the article to the list. Articles there should be broad in scope, impactful and relevant to people around the world. We don't interfere with their decision unless if there is a significant dispute.
- WHY DIDN'T YOU FROZE THE LIST? – The vital article list is flawed – so during the competition articles may be added or removed by those managing the list. The list is good enough for our purposes, aiming towards perfection of a subjective list isn't work our time; we would rather use our time to improve them.
- THE LIST IS BIASED. WHY SHOULD I JOIN IN? – The vital article list is flawed, and sadly no top 1000 articles list can be perfect. Bias will be riddled throughout the list. But you, as a people aware of the issue, may show to the vital articles and prove to them that the article is worthy for inclusion.
- CAN THE WHOLE WIKIPROJECT JOIN IN THIS COMPETITION? – Yes, absolutely! However, you need to have their consent to add them to the team,
- CAN ONE WIKIPROJECT HAVE MANY TEAMS? – Yes. There's no restriction on teams, provided that the members have consent.
- CAN ONE TEAM HAVE AS MANY MEMBERS AS YOU LIKE? – Yes, there's no restriction on teams, provided that the members have consent.
- CAN I WORK SOLO? – Yes, there's no restriction on teams size. However, it is recommended that you team up to make your work effective.
