I've just started WikiWeek on the MCS forums and want to let you guys know that the no-expansion rule for Shireroth has actually been waived for the WikiWeek land prize. If a Shirereithan wins this he or she can award the land to Shireroth as... New Lothlaria?
WikiWeek!
I'm happy to announce that the MCS has given me the go-ahead to start WikiWeek.
This is essentially a competition to try and do the most updates to MicrasWiki in a single week, with a prize for the best contribution. Starting from now, competitors will have one week exactly to write articles for MicrasWiki- I will judge and of course not enter the competition myself.
The prize is, I hope you'll agree, quite a generous one:
these strategically important islands between Eura and Keltia near the Brittanic Sandwich Islands. Good for a naval base? Or perhaps a new micronation altogether? They're yours if you win!
The prize will be awarded on a personal basis- the winner will be awarded these islands and what happens to them is entirely at their discretion (so long as it's within the MCS charter). The winner can choose to give these islands to any nation (whether they're a citizen or not), or even use them to start a new micronation. All they need to do is submit the claim after they win and it'll be accepted automatically. Yes, even if the islands are to be given to Shireroth.
There are, of course, a few things to bear in mind before entering WikiWeek:
Finally, the most important part: If you submit work for WikiWeek and don't win the prize, it remains on the wiki regardless. No rage-deletions. Your work will be read by the entire community- don't deprive them of it!- No copying text en-masse from other micronational wikis. We'll find out eventually if you do. Copying the bare basics of a very poor article and rewriting it in a superbly professional style is of course more than acceptable.
- Don't edit Nation infoboxes and raw data unless you're absolutely sure your information is more accurate and up-to-date.
- Try and add as many existing links and categories as possible so your article is more accessible
- Feel free to be generous with images
- Articles must be relevant to the entire community. An article on a sports team for Batavia, for example, isn't likely to win as it's not of much interest to the rest of us.
- Articles chronicling micronational history (especially Apollo-sector beginnings history or about nations whose forums and sites are completely down) will be highly considered for the winning prize.
- Collaborative efforts on one article are acceptable- the prize will however be awarded to the person who has done the most work overall- this can include anything from adding new categories to writing entire new articles. Try to diversify your efforts. The more you write, the better.
- Delete other people's hard work for no good reason and there's no way you'll win, regardless of how much you've written.
- If editing the Wiki is too difficult for you submit things on the MCS forum for me to put in for you. I suggest the Wiki Submissions Thread.
I'll announce the winner on the evening of the 1st of September.
Good luck!
Max
