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Gaming Microcontributions on Wikipedia
idea creator:
project contact:
jorlowitz(_AT_)gmail.com User:Ocaasi
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summary:
Make microgames that take small, discrete contribution needs and feed them to users in a way that they can ‘play’ in short, easy 2-20 second rounds.
created on: 15:55, 1 June 2014

Project idea

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What is the problem you're trying to solve?

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The idea is to solve describe small problems in a gamification way. The project is to make a game of small, simple, low-thought tasks.

What is your solution?

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Depends on the game, but the goal is to surface simple decisions or tasks that an editor can make which can be automatically added to Wikipedia.

Microcontribution ideas:

  • Select an image from commons to be placed on an article that has no images
  • Find a dead link and search internet archive for a last good version to replace the link
  • Find a dead link with a full citation template and search google with citation to look for a full text version to replace
  • Find a citation for a sentence with a citation needed tag (problems is it might be too complex)

Project goals

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  • Increase recruitment in casual reader and users
  • Provide improved content to Wiki projects
  • improve mobile experience of game with responsive design


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