Day One:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry:
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (4 points): 20-80 points
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total:
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Two:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Three:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Four:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Five:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Six:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Seven:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Day Eight:
- Quality new entries (15 points):
- Ordinary new entries (6 points):
- Short new entries (4 points):
- Short entirely copied new entry (1 point):
- Quality edit (6 points):
- Minor edit (2 points):
- Images (3 points):
- Redirects (1 point):
- Breaking news item (6 points):
- Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points):
- Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points):
- Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points):
- Approximate point total: 0 points
Subtotal: 0 points
Grand Total: 0
Point System
New entry
Quality new entry: 15 points
- Definition:A Quality New Entry includes at least two full-length paragraphs, three relevant citations, several links to other entries, some in-depth content and designations of category.
- Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality New Entries will receive only 11 points.
Ordinary New Entry: 6 points
- Definition: An Ordinary New Entry is a new entry which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality New Entry, but is of higher quality than a Short New Entry.
- Exception: Entertainment-related* Ordinary New Entries will receive only 4 points.
Short New Entry: 4 points
- Definition: A Short New Entry contains only a few sentences and may or may not have a reference.
- Exception: Entertainment-related Short New Entries will receive only 3 points.
Copied New Entry: 1 points
- Definition: A entry copied from a public domain source such as .gov site - you MUST link to other articles and the article can not be of trivial nature (i.e. non-encyclopedic, non-educational or non-historical)
Existing entry
Quality edit of an existing entry: 6 points
- Definition: A Quality Edit to an existing article includes at least two extra sentences, an additional reference, and the inclusion of an important or relevant fact.
- Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality Edits will receive only 3 points.
Minor Edit of an existing entry: 2 points
- Definition: A Minor Edit is an edit which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality Edit. These edits might include small formatting changes, spelling and grammatical changes and/or the addition of a category.
Images
Adding an image: 3pts
- Definition: If you add an image to Conservapedia
Adding an image to an article: 2pts
Templates
New Template: 3 points
- Definition: The template must have at least 6 links.
Redirects
Redirecting a Page: 1 point
- Definition: Redirecting any page - whether the page was something different or not.
Breaking News
Breaking News Item: 6 points
- Definition: A Breaking news item is placed on the Main page with wiki links to Conservapedia articles and a link to the external reference article.
- Exception: A non-administrator who submits an article to an administrator and the article is placed on the Main page will receive 4 point and the administrator will receive 2 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page.
Bonus Points
- An additional bonus of 3 points is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, Special:Wantedpages
- Note carefully: The entry must have been on the most-wanted list before the start of the contest.
- An additional bonus of 1 point is awarded for adding a link to an entry on the Special:Deadendpages, and thereby removing that entry from that list
- An edit to an existing entry may qualify as a New Entry if the edit is substantial enough.
- Adding a unique working link within a lecture: 2 points
- Adding a relevant photo to Breaking News will receive a 2 points bonus.
- Adding two new terms to American Government Terms: 1 point
- Blocking a vandal/sock/troll or reverting their vandalism: 2 points.
Notes
An entry is "entertainment-related" if it relates to a subject not taught as core curriculum in a typical high school or college. This includes articles on sports, popular music, movies, and other entertaining but not necessarily educational subjects.
- Exception: Full credit will be given for notable or important historical subjects, and for political entries.
- Exception: Full credit will be given for reasonable subjects which are educational but not necessarily taught in a typical school.