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Competition: Return of The Wiki Writers

Hi all!

I'm happy to announce that, from this moment, a "classic" competition returns to GMC: "Return of the Wiki-Writers" will be running until the end of October!

Check the Scoreboard!

As many of you already know, this competition is based on our Guitar-Wiki and aims to create lots of new entries, so get your keyboards ready and share your articles with us!

First Place will receive a:

VOX ToneLab ST

Tube power explosion!: 12AX7 tube circuitry, ASIO-compatible USB audio interface, 100 presets, Expression pedal & Multi-effects. How cool is that?

Second Place will receive a:

Fender Champion 600

5-watt all-tube tribute to a historic Fender amp with 50s “two-tone” looks. Higher-gain preamp circuit added to let the overdriven tone exceed that of the original, plus high or low gain inputs. Internal speaker jack enables use of a larger speaker cabinet too!

Third Place will receive a:

PocketPOD Express

Guitar multi effects processor featuring five historic amp models, six stunning effects, and an accurate built-in tuner. Get crystalline clean tones, scorching high-gain distortions and more from Pocket POD Express!

There's an old saying, "If it isn't broken, don't fix it", I believe that pretty much applies to last year's great wiki writers competition, so in this re-issue we are maintaining the original spirit, changing only the scoring system a bit to reward outstanding articles & keep the scoreboard updated from beginning to end, without having to add any extra points once the competition ends.

The rules and operation are as follows:

1. Each entrant can submit as many articles as he or she wants
2. When your article is complete, start a thread on the Wiki Writers board with a title like "WikiWriters Entry : <Name of your article>". Include a link to the article in the text of the first post
3. These threads can be used by others to discuss your article (that's always the fun part!)
4. Articles entered on the WikiWriters board will be judged by the seniors/mods, and given a grade between 1 and 8
5. An article that scores less than 3 won't be considered a valid entry and won't contribute towards your competition score
6. Since we are after quality as well as quantity, each article may by request be regraded one time. If you have worked to improve your article, you may request a regrade by starting a new thread for the article and marking it "WikiWriters Regrade : <name of your article> and again include a link inthe text of the first post. If your grade is improved, the additional points will be added to your overall competition score.
7. You may elect to improve existing Wiki articles, in which case a couple of additional points apply:
   
   1. Make sure you call out the fact that you are improving an existing article make your thread read WikiWriters Improvement: <Name of your article>
   2. The mark you will get will be treated as a regrade - e.g. you will only get points for the improvement not the whole article. We can use Wiki facilities to see excatly what you have changed and how much you have added so that part is all above board and easy to see.
8. We will have a leaderboard in the Wiki so people can keep track of how their competition is doing, and make further efforts to improve their own score
9. Articles that duplicate entries already in the Wiki will be disqualified
10. Entries can be on any guitar related subject - Gear, Players, Bands, Theory, GMC etc!, take a look at our Portals & Wiki Projects to find a source of inspiration!
11. Absolutely no copyright violations or plagiarism will be tolerated - any evidence of this and the perpetrator will be disqualified (we have ways to check)
12. The Judges Decision is Final
13. No Cash or alternative prizes will be offered
14. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker activity will be emplyed to break the deadlock.
15. The competition ends October 31st at midnight (Central European Time)

As stated above, articles can be graded between 1 and 8 points. Here are some examples so that you know what to aim for:

This incomplete kind of article would rate a 1:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...iWritersExample

This one would rate a 5:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Arch_Enemy

This one would rate an 8:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...uce_Springsteen

Please understand this isn't an exact science, so take those articles as a reference. Browse this Wiki Forum to check last edition entries too, they are labeled "WikiWriters Entry" at their title

Also note, an important part of gaining a high score is the use of correct wiki formatting, adding things such as category, pictures, titles, etc. See our Wiki Tutorial if you are in doubt, it's really easy!.

Remember that, on top of the competition prizes, 5 quality articles will qualify you for a WikiWriters badge!

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This post has been edited by Fran: Sep 15 2009, 06:16 PM