Bitcoin.it Wiki Contributors' Award - Revision history

Luke-jr at 01:00, 6 April 2014

2014-04-06T01:00:31Z

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	Of course, text contributions take an important place in the scoring calculation. The following parameters ~~will be~~ taken in account for each contribution:		Of course, text contributions were to take an important place in the scoring calculation.
			The following parameters would have been taken in account for each contribution:

	* Insertion of bulks of text ~~will~~ be scored based on the amount of text submitted. The ratio ~~will~~ be reduced if the text is found on other sites via a search engine (ie. not original text) and based on the number of afterward corrections. If the text is completly removed (and not restored afterward) then it ~~won~~'t be counted. Off-topic inclusions ~~will~~ also be ignored.		* Insertion of bulks of text should be scored based on the amount of text submitted. The ratio would be reduced if the text is found on other sites via a search engine (ie. not original text) and based on the number of afterward corrections. If the text is completly removed (and not restored afterward) then it wouldn't be counted. Off-topic inclusions would also be ignored.
	* Corrections (typo, etc) ~~will~~ be counted based on the volume of text they apply to, minus the amount of corrections made by other people afterward.		* Corrections (typo, etc) should be counted based on the volume of text they apply to, minus the amount of corrections made by other people afterward.
	* Adding links to existing bulks of text ~~will~~ only count if the ratio of links is kept low (only the first link to a page on a given page ~~will~~ be counted)		* Adding links to existing bulks of text would only count if the ratio of links is kept low (only the first link to a page on a given page would be counted)

	==== Templates ====		==== Templates ====

	Templates are an important part of the life of a wiki. Templates ~~are~~ scored on the following elements:		Templates are an important part of the life of a wiki. Templates were to be scored on the following elements:

	* The template must be original. Templates copied from other sites ~~will~~ not be counted.		* The template must be original. Templates copied from other sites would not be counted.
	* The template must be widely used. Scoring ~~will~~ be based on the number of other contributors using a given template.		* The template must be widely used. Scoring would be based on the number of other contributors using a given template.

	New uses of a template from a previous session ~~will~~ still be awarded to the original contributors of that template.		New uses of a template from a previous session would still be awarded to the original contributors of that template.

	==== Talk pages ====		==== Talk pages ====

	Modifiers ~~will~~ be given to contributors based on the feedback they receive from users on talk pages. Remember to be courteous at all time for best effect. Those modifiers will be manually collected and only applied to the most notable contributors in order to avoid any abuse.		Modifiers would be given to contributors based on the feedback they receive from users on talk pages.
			Remember to be courteous at all time for best effect.
	~~==== Vote for your contributor ====~~		Those modifiers will be manually collected and only applied to the most notable contributors in order to avoid any abuse.

	~~We might try to allow contributors who have earned points in one session to vote for another contributor in the next session.~~

	~~=== Rules change ===~~

	~~These rules may be changed should the need arise. If you wish to suggest a change, please use the [[Bitcoin Talk:Contributors Award\|discussion page]]~~.

Luke-jr: Rewrote up to Scoring

2014-04-06T00:30:39Z

Rewrote up to Scoring

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	~~<div style="border: 1px solid red; background-color: #cfc; padding: 10px;">'''~~The Contributors Award ~~is still new~~. ~~The rules may be changed to fix things that weren't initially planned, and nothing tells if this will happen again next month!'''~~		The Contributors' Award was a contest offered by [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]] intended as a way to divide wiki donations among contributors.

	~~The concept is however really simple~~: ~~share received donations between people contributing~~ on ~~the wiki~~.~~</div>~~		It was intended to be awarded to anyone who had been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots, and anyone helping fine-tune the scoring after the deadline for a session had been reached.
			Contributors were invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they could receive their coins when awarded.

	~~The '''Contributors Award''' is a bitcoin sum awarded to the contributors of this wiki!~~		== Lost Funds ==

	~~It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing~~, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.		Two sessions were run, although neither paid out.
			The first session collected 420 BTC total, while the second collected 86 BTC.
	~~'''Current Contributors Award''': [[Bitcoin:Contributors_Award/2011-01\|January 31st 2011]] (also covers december). Received 170 BTC from donations. Added an extra 250~~ BTC, so the ~~total is 420~~ BTC.		All funds were presumably lost in the 2014 MtGox theft.

	~~'''Next Contributors Award''': March 31st 2011 (also covers february). Donate on [http://blockexplorer~~.~~com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W 13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)~~

	== Rules ==		== Rules ==
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	=== Application ===		=== Application ===

	To apply to the Contributors Award, you ~~need~~ to have a bitcoin address published on your user page. Only a bitcoin address ~~you've~~ put ~~yourself will~~ be ~~used~~. If someone else ~~changes~~ the bitcoin address ~~on your user page~~, the bot ~~will~~ look in previous revisions of ~~your~~ page to find one edited by ~~you~~. The following format ~~should be used on your page~~:		To apply to the Contributors Award, you needed to have a bitcoin address published on your user page.
			Only a bitcoin address put there by the user himself would be accepted.
			If someone else changed the bitcoin address, the bot would look in previous revisions of the page to find one edited by the user.
			The following format was required:

	Contributors Award participant: 1....................		Contributors Award participant: 1....................

	By applying to the Contributors Award ~~you~~ confirm ~~you can~~ legally receive bitcoins in ~~your~~ jurisdiction and take full responsibility.		By applying to the Contributors Award users were assumed to confirm they could legally receive bitcoins in their jurisdiction and take full responsibility.

	=== How ~~are~~ winners decided ===		=== How were winners supposed to be decided ===

	A bot ~~will~~ list most active contributors and rank them based on the amount of pages/lines/etc contributed. Only contributions that were not removed ~~will~~ be counted. The contributions ~~will~~ then be quickly checked by [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]] and a list of winners ~~will~~ be compiled and published within one week. Scoring ~~will~~ also be based on other parameters, see below.		A bot would list most active contributors and rank them based on the amount of pages/lines/etc contributed.
			Only contributions that were not removed would be counted.
			The contributions would then be quickly checked by [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]] and a list of winners would be compiled and published within one week.
			Scoring would also be based on other parameters, see below.

	Once the list is published, donations ~~will~~ be directed to the contributors within 3 days, after making sure the listed address for each contributor is correct. Contributors ~~can~~ choose to have their donations directed to somewhere else by directly putting the bitcoin address of the beneficiary of their choice. Contributors who do not publish a bitcoin address ~~will~~ not be counted when the Contributors Award is shared between contributors.		Once the list was published, donations were supposed to be directed to the contributors within 3 days, after making sure the listed address for each contributor is correct.
			Contributors could choose to have their donations directed to somewhere else by directly putting the bitcoin address of the beneficiary of their choice.
			Contributors who did not publish a bitcoin address were not to be counted when the Contributors Award was shared between contributors.

	Every contributor with serious contribution, no matter how small, ~~will~~ receive a part of the award, except if excluded.		Every contributor with serious contribution, no matter how small, were expected to receive a part of the award, except if excluded.

	=== Sessions ===		=== Sessions ===

	A session is the period of time covered by a given award. Sessions ~~are~~ planned to last for one month, however this ~~may be changed in the future~~ to reflect the amount of donations received and work required to establish a list of winners.		A session was the period of time covered by a given award.
			Sessions were planned to last for one month, however this was subject to change to reflect the amount of donations received and work required to establish a list of winners.

	=== Donations ===		=== Donations ===

	The Contributors Award fund is made only of donations from bitcoin users. Donations ~~will~~ be held by Tibanne Co. Ltd. until winners ~~have~~ been decided, at which points the received amount ~~will~~ be split between contributors proportionally to their score.		The Contributors' Award fund was made only of donations from bitcoin users.
			Donations were to be held by Tibanne Co. Ltd. until winners had been decided, at which points the received amount was supposed to be split between contributors proportionally to their score.

	Employees of Tibanne Co. Ltd., their ~~family,~~ relatives~~, dogs and cats are~~ explicitly denied participation in the Contributors Award.		Employees of Tibanne Co. Ltd. and their relatives were explicitly denied participation in the Contributors Award.

	=== Direct donations ===		=== Direct donations ===

	If ~~you have~~ a personal preference for a given contributor or ~~feel~~ this contributor is doing a great job, ~~you are~~ strongly encouraged to donate directly to ~~this~~ contributor~~. Donations to the Contributors Award will be distributed between contributors of the wiki using specific rules. Donating to the contributors award doesn't mean you get to choose who gets your coins~~.		If users had a personal preference for a given contributor or felt this contributor is doing a great job, they were strongly encouraged to donate directly to the contributor.

	=== Abuse ===		=== Abuse ===

	The wiki ~~will~~ be monitored at all time~~. Anyone~~ trying to artificially improve his own score, or artificially reduce someone else's score ~~will~~ be excluded from the Contributors Award. The goal of this award is to improve the community work around bitcoin, and not make this wiki a war zone. Should abuse become uncontainable, the contributors award ~~will~~ be stopped, scoring ~~will be~~ computed up to the date the abuse started and bitcoins shared between honest members.		The wiki was to be be monitored at all time, so that anyone trying to artificially improve his own score, or artificially reduce someone else's score would be excluded from the Contributors Award.
			The goal of this award was to improve the community work around bitcoin, and not make this wiki a war zone.
			Should abuse become uncontainable, the contributors award was to be stopped, scoring computed up to the date the abuse started and bitcoins shared between honest members.

	=== Scoring ===		=== Scoring ===

	The scoring for each contributor ~~will~~ be made based on the following rules.		The scoring for each contributor was to be made based on the following rules.

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Luke-jr: Luke-jr moved page Bitcoin:Contributors award to Bitcoin.it Wiki Contributors' Award: No longer an official wiki thing

2014-04-06T00:19:15Z

Luke-jr moved page Bitcoin:Contributors award to Bitcoin.it Wiki Contributors' Award: No longer an official wiki thing

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Nanotube: Removed protection from "Bitcoin:Contributors award"

2014-04-06T00:18:41Z

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MagicalTux: link to contributors award

2011-02-16T08:34:46Z

link to contributors award

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	It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.		It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.

	'''Current Contributors Award''': January 31st 2011 (also covers december). Received 170 BTC from donations. Added an extra 250 BTC, so the total is 420 BTC ~~which will be shared among wiki contributors within the next few days~~.		'''Current Contributors Award''': [[Bitcoin:Contributors_Award/2011-01\|January 31st 2011]] (also covers december). Received 170 BTC from donations. Added an extra 250 BTC, so the total is 420 BTC.

	'''Next Contributors Award''': March 31st 2011 (also covers february). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W 13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)		'''Next Contributors Award''': March 31st 2011 (also covers february). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W 13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)

Genjix: moved Bitcoin:Contributors Award to Bitcoin:Contributors award

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MagicalTux: /* Talk pages */

2011-02-01T03:47:32Z

Talk pages

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	==== Talk pages ====		==== Talk pages ====

	Modifiers will be given to contributors based on the feedback ~~their~~ receive from users on talk pages. Remember to be courteous at all time for best effect. Those modifiers will be manually collected and only applied to the most notable contributors in order to avoid any abuse.		Modifiers will be given to contributors based on the feedback they receive from users on talk pages. Remember to be courteous at all time for best effect. Those modifiers will be manually collected and only applied to the most notable contributors in order to avoid any abuse.

	==== Vote for your contributor ====		==== Vote for your contributor ====

MagicalTux: contributors award finished for dec/jan

2011-02-01T00:13:46Z

contributors award finished for dec/jan

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	It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.		It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.

	'''~~Next~~ Contributors Award''': January 31st 2011 (also covers december). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/~~1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk 1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk~~] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)		'''Current Contributors Award''': January 31st 2011 (also covers december). Received 170 BTC from donations. Added an extra 250 BTC, so the total is 420 BTC which will be shared among wiki contributors within the next few days.

			'''Next Contributors Award''': March 31st 2011 (also covers february). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W 13fErNCN7ePWVdu27EsV9CVKbcp3C2UH2W] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)

	== Rules ==		== Rules ==

MagicalTux: show total received on addr

2011-01-15T14:21:04Z

show total received on addr

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	It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.		It can be awarded to everyone who have been contributing, except [[User:MagicalTux\|MagicalTux]], bots and anyone willing to help fine-tuning the scoring after the deadline for a session has been reached. Contributors are invited to provide their bitcoin address on their user page so they can receive their coins when awarded.

	'''Next Contributors Award''': January 31st 2011 (also covers december). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/~~address~~/1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk 1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)		'''Next Contributors Award''': January 31st 2011 (also covers december). Donate on [http://blockexplorer.com/q/getreceivedbyaddress/1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk 1AFTHqc2kqfH7JqYWRecHyE5f9SyXn2aGk] (click on there to see how much has been received for the next contributors award)

	== Rules ==		== Rules ==

MagicalTux: /* Application */ fixing typo suggested by nanotube

2010-12-24T18:17:36Z

Application: fixing typo suggested by nanotube

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	Contributors Award participant: 1....................		Contributors Award participant: 1....................

	By applying to the Contributors Award you confirm you can legally receive bitcoins in your jurisdiction and take full ~~responsability~~.		By applying to the Contributors Award you confirm you can legally receive bitcoins in your jurisdiction and take full responsibility.

	=== How are winners decided ===		=== How are winners decided ===