Wikipedia:Contests
Wikipedia has various contests from time to time -- for good writing, site and logo designs, or great images or media -- to encourage and recognize brilliant, unusual, or specially-targeted contributions.
Contests have also been run on various other Wikimedia projects, generally eliciting excitement and support; the Wikinews writing contest in March/April and the second German writing contest (part of the International writing contest) both attracted over 10 unusual prizes from the community to hand out to the lucky/skillful winners.
You can also add to Ideas for new contests if you have a good idea for a contest.
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Contests[edit]
Writing[edit]
| Competition | Version | Status | Duration | About | Signup, Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia:International writing contest | - | Closed | ca March 2005 | A coordinated contest across a number of Wikipedias. | winners | on meta |
| Deshipidian 2008 | - | Closed | ca 2008 | arranged by WikiProject:Bangladesh | |
| WikiCup | 2007 | Closed | ca 2007 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2008 | Closed | ca 2008 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2009 | Closed | ca 2009 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2010 | Closed | ca 2010 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2011 | Closed | ca 2011 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2012 | Closed | ca 2012 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2013 | Closed | ca 2013 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2014 | Closed | ca 2014 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2015 | Closed | ca 2015 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2016 | Closed | 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Oct 2016 | Results | |
| WikiCup | 2017 | Future | 1 Jan 2017 - 31 Oct 2017 ca 2007 | Signup | |
| Bacon WikiCup | 2010 | Closed | Adding bacon-related content | Winners | |
| Bacon WikiCup | 2011 | Closed | Adding bacon-related content | Winners | |
| Bacon WikiCup | 2012 | Closed | Adding bacon-related content | Winners | |
| Wiki Loves Women Writing Contest | 2016 | Closed | 15 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 2016 | 15 days to create (at least) 15 biographies on notable African women | |
| Military history Contest | |||||
| WikiGrail | 2012 | Closed | |||
| Stub Contest | 2004 | Closed | |||
| Stub Contest | 2013 | Closed | |||
| Stub Contest | 2014 | Closed | |||
| Stub Contest | 2015 | Closed | |||
| Tyop Contest | 2014 | Closed | |||
| Wikimania 2005:Writing contest | 2005 | Closed | |||
| Danny's contest | 2004 | Closed | Oct 2004 | ||
| Danny's contest | 2004 | Closed | Nov 2004 | ||
| The Core Contest | 2016 | Closed | 15 May 2016 - 30 June 2016 |
Current and future contests[edit]
Media contests[edit]
- Wikimania competition
- An extended media contest, combining a contest for media gathered while at or en route to Wikimania, with a general contest for all content produced this year.
- Wikipedia:WikiSnap Challenge
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- Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout, for 5 days, starting July 18, 2009, Wikipedians are being asked to voluntarily refrain from editing all non-article areas of Wikipedia, and instead dedicate themselves to creating, cleaning up, and building articles.
- Wikipedia:The Great Backlog Drive
Past and completed contests[edit]
Media[edit]
- meta:Mascot - "Contest" for a Wikipedia mascot
Administration[edit]
Organizing contests[edit]
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) advises [1] that although there is no problem in general with third parties running contests on Wikipedia, contest organizers should note the following:
- The contest should not be presented as if it was being organized, sponsored or endorsed by the WMF. This includes using the Wikipedia/WMF logos, which are trademarked and may only be used with the permission of the WMF (see Wikipedia:Copyrights), or implying that the WMF has any involvement beyond hosting the platform being used. (If you are unsure about your contest in this regard, please contact liaison
wikimedia.org.) - Contributors are liable for their own contributions, which include the people running such contests.
- Organizers may wish to obtain advice on contest law before attempting to run a contest, on-wiki or elsewhere.
