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'Fontein' hulpmiddel

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Fountain tool is one of the tools hosted on Wikimedia Toolforge which can be used to organize edit-a-thons/contests. Historically, it has been mainly used for organizing Wikipedia Asian Month.

Ikoon vir 'Fontein' hulpmiddel

See: Wikipedia Asian Month/Fountain tool

Steps and process for different user types

Vir Deelnemers

  1. Gaan na https://fountain.toolforge.org/
  2. Click on Log-in and select Allow to give OAuth permission to log-in using your Wikimedia account
  3. Select the contest/campaign for which you want to submit the article
  4. Klik op "Dien in", voer die artikel se titel in en klik op "Volgende"
  5. If you fulfill all the requirements, you will be able to click on “Add” in the bottom right corner and submit the articles
  6. You can login anytime and see how many articles have been submitted by you and others, how many articles have been reviewed and marked by judges.

Vir Beoordelaars

(Die jurielede kan hersienings begin terwyl die kompetisie nog aan die gang is)

  1. Gaan na https://fountain.toolforge.org/
  2. Click on Log-in and select Allow to give OAuth permission to log-in using your Wikimedia account
  3. Select the contest/campaign for which you are one of the jury members
  4. Klik op "Beoordeel" en 'n ewekansige artikel sal oopmaak in die instrument vir jou om te beoordeel
  5. The top right corner displays the author, number of bytes and words of the article
  6. In the bottom left corner, there are three options; “Yes”, “No” and “comment”. Select the appropriate option based on the contest requirements and article quality and click “Save” to move to the next article.
  7. You can also “Skip” in case you want to revisit this article later or leave it for another jury member.

Additional steps for sending messages/barnstars to the winners

  1. At the end of the contest, open the contest page in the tool and click “Award” button which is right next to the “Judge” button.
  2. This will display the usernames of the top contributors and an empty box below each of them.
  3. You can write any message in these boxes, end with “~~~~” to sign the message and check the preview to confirm if everything is alright.
  4. Click on “Award” to send these messages.

Vir die organiseerders

Previously, you needed to contact the developer, Ле Лой to create an event (see process below). Now you can create an event within the OAUTH for the tool, by logging in and click "Create New". Once in the form, fill out the requested fields in each stage of the form.

Old method

To request creation of a new contest/edit-a-thon within fountain tool, kindly fill the form that will open once you write the name of the edit-a-thon along with the start month and year.

Open requests


Voltooide versoeke

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