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The contest department of the Tree of Life WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in Tree of Life articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The scope is basically any article about organisms, individual creatures, and any phenomena that could reasonably be included within the Tree of Life. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles, as originally developed by the LGBT studies WikiProject and following the format established by the Military history WikiProject.

General contest[edit]

How it works[edit]

Instructions for contestants

The contest is simple in structure and administered by the contest coordinators. The following instructions apply:

  1. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month. At the start of the month, editors may pre-emptively nominate the articles they intend on improving (and then have until the end of the month to make the improvements), or they may simply list the articles that they have worked on at the end of the month.
  2. Points are awarded based on an article progressing up the assessment scale. To be eligible, articles should be re-assessed within the scoring period.
  3. The claiming editor must have made a meaningful change to an aspect of the article that leads directly to an increase in its assessment rating. Such improvements can be focused on one or more aspects of the B-class criteria. For instance, adding references, improving structure or grammar, adding images, or expanding content; these changes should be significant and incidental changes should not be claimed. The claiming editor will be the main contributor (or co-contributor) to the article for the month.
  4. As articles are improved throughout the month, contestants should update their articles according to the criteria at the assessment subpage for re-assessment.
  5. Once an article has been re-assessed, contestants are expected to update the entries subpage with the improved assessment class and the claimed points, based on the points table (see below).
  6. At the end of the month, no new entries should be added to the entries subpage until it has been reset by a project coordinator as part of the closing process (detailed separately in the instructions to coordinators).
Prizes
  1. Each month, the participant with the highest number of points will be awarded the Barn Owl Barnstar.
  2. The editor who has the highest accumulated total of points over the course of the entire year of contests (January to December inclusive) will be awarded the Tree of Life Barnstar.
Points table
Ending class
Start
/List		 C/
CL		 B/
BL		 GA A/
AL		 FA/
FL
Beginning
class 		None/Stub +1 +3 +6 +11 +21 +26
Start/List +2 +5 +10 +20 +25
C/CL +3 +8 +18 +23
B/BL +5 +15 +20
GA +10 +15
A/AL +5
Review points
Type of review Points
GA, FA, and FL +2
FA and FL source +2.5

Contestants[edit]

If you would like to participate, please copy the blank table below into a new subsection of this section with your username as the title.

Article name Initial class Final class Page view bonus Total
1
2
3
4
5
Total

Contest entries[edit]

The beginning class of the article is the classification at the beginning of the month. Please add entries in alphabetical order by user name in the following form: 

| [[User:Username|]] || [[Talk:Article name]] || Entry class || End class || Points || Checked
|-

Nominees should track their own entries, updating the table with the new classes and points claimed/earned as articles are reclassified (to avoid month-end congestion). This is self-scoring (but not self-assessing) so requests for assessments should be made through the normal channels, although nominees may self-assess articles up to B-class at discretion. Experienced members may check entries for the significance of a nominees contribution and the points they have claimed; if they are satisfied they should sign the "checked" box. Entries may be progressively checked through the scoring period. If a "checked" nomination is upgraded, the nominator must remove a notation that the nomination has been checked. At month end, the closing coordinator will check the total points claimed and update the yearly scoreboard.


Cumulative scoreboard: Tree of Life Contest 2024[edit]

  • Note: Entrants should not update this during the contest scoring periods. The co-ordinator who closes the contest will update the scoreboard at the end of each month once entries have been verified.
  • Updated as of: 01 May 2024
Contestant Articles Points
Quetzal1964 161 291
Jowaninpensans 12 26
simongraham 46 246
Snoteleks 22 76
Esculenta 2 13

For the scoring period ending 31 May 2024[edit]

Contestant Articles Points
Quetzal1964 32 88
simongraham 24 118
Snoteleks 11 34

Current contest scoreboard[edit]

  • Entrants should update this during the contest scoring periods when adding entries.
User[edit]
Article name Initial class Final class Checked Total
1 Article Class1 Class2 Point change
2 Article Class1 Class2 Point change
3 Total Total points
Quetzal1964[edit]
Article name Initial class Final class Checked Total
1 Chaunacops Start B simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 5
2 Chaunax Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
3 Furry coffinfish Stub B 6
4 Pink frogmouth Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
5 Chaunax suttkusi None C 3
6 Ogcocephalidae Start B simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 5
7 Coelophrys Stub Start 1
8 Dibranchus Stub C 3
9 Dibranchus atlanticus Start C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 2
10 Dibranchus tremendus None C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
11 Halicmetus Stub Start 1
12 Halieutaea Stub Start 1
13 Starry handfish Stub C 3
14 Halieutaea indica None Start 1
15 Halieutichthys Stub Start 1
16 Pancake batfish Stub B 6
17 Halieutichthys bispinosus Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
18 Caribbean batfish Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
19 Halieutopsis Stub Start 1
20 Halieutopsis andriashevi Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
21 Halieutopsis bathyoreos Stub Start 1
22 Halieutopsis echinoderma Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
23 Halieutopsis galatea Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
24 Halieutopsis ingerorum Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
25 Halieutopsis kawaii Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
26 Halieutopsis margaretae Stub Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 1
27 Chirinda apalis Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
28 Roberts's warbler Stub B 6
29 Swynnerton's robin Stub B simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
30 Red-capped robin-chat Stub B 6
31 Herero chat Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
32 Emin's shrike Stub C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
32 88
simongraham[edit]
Article name Initial class Final class Checked Total
1 Euophrys elizabethae Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
2 Euophrys falciger Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:13, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
3 Euophrys gracilis Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
4 Euophrys leipoldti Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
5 Euophrys limpopo Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
6 Euophrys maseruensis Stub C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
7 Euophrys meridionalis Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
8 Euophrys subtilis Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:10, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
9 Evarcha improcera Stub C 3
10 Evarcha karas Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
11 Evarcha maculata Stub GA Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 11
12 Evarcha zougoussi Stub B Personally, I set B Class at a minimum of 4500mb prose size but haven't seen any rules on that. This is marginally short of that size but ok. Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
13 Hasarius cheliceroides Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
14 Pseudomogrus guseinovi Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
15 Rhene amanzi Start B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 5
16 Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Stub C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
17 Thiratoscirtus atakpa Stub C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
18 Thiratoscirtus bipaniculus Stub C 3
19 Thiratoscirtus gambari Stub B Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 6
20 Thiratoscirtus harpago Stub C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
21 Thiratoscirtus monstrum Stub C 3
22 Thiratoscirtus obudu Stub C 3
23 Thiratoscirtus vilis Stub C 3
24 Thiratoscirtus yorubanus Stub C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] 3
24 118
Snoteleks[edit]
Article name Initial class Final class Checked Total
1 Perkinsea Stub C Should be excluded, assessment was done in April. Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +3
2 Neometanema None Start Normally a Start article should be at least 1500mb prose size Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:20, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +1
3 Rapaza None GA simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +11
4 Pteridomonas None Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +1
5 Pedinellales Start C Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +2
6 Ochromonadales None C simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +3
7 Katablepharid Start C This article is surely B Class, at least. Quetzal1964 (talk) 08:24, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +2
8 Chrompodellid C GA simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +8
9 Thecamoeba homeri None Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +1
10 Sappinia dangeardi None Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +1
11 Naegleria lustrarea None Start simongraham (talk) 06:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] +1
11 34

Previous contests[edit]

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