Wiki Loves Sport 2022

Welcome to the Wikipedia writing contest Wiki Loves Sport 2022

the fourth edition of the Wikipedia campaign to write or improve sport-related articles
5 October - 20 December

What?

The fourth edition of Wiki Loves Sport is organized to improve and extend content related to diversity in sport in general, and for the events it covers in particular. Given the gaps which is our topic of interest, the campaign is mainly focused on content concerning missing or underrepresented groups, but as Wikipedians, we appreciate any content concerning the sport that you want to add. Wikipedians in any language of Wikipedia are invited to participate.

The event covers the events listed on the page in Italian Wikipedia.

When?

The writing contest runs from 00:01 5 October to 23:59 20 December (UTC).

Where?

The contest will be held online.

Who?

Wikimedians registered in Wikipedia before October 1st, 2022 who edit in any Wikipedia language.

Local projects

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Why?

Wikipedia has deep content gaps based on gender, linguistic and ethnic minorities etc. The contest is organized by WikiDonne User Group: our goal is to improve the free knowledge about sport (with a special focus on women, LGBT+ communities, para athletics, minorities and underrepresented groups), in all languages. For organizations or institutions that want to collaborate during this contest, please contact us on the discussion page.

How?

Points can be achieved by creating new articles or expanding existing ones, related to sport in general, related to the sports this event covers in particular. Articles must have at least 3000 bytes, have references and respect the copyright policies. Pages whose content is based only on lists or templates are not considered. Add your username on the participants list and your results as a new section on the related page. The scoring system is listed on the rules page.

Any participant is responsible to score the own points awarded by each article.

Prizes

The scoring and ranking will be made public by 15 January, 2023. The prizes will be distributed at most 1 month after receiving a valid address and other informations needed for the delivery of the gadgets. Based on the total number of points, the best scores will receive gadgets as following:

1° prize: Wikipedia Backpack + small gadgets (stickers || pins || buttons || pens)
2° prize: Wikipedia hoodie + small gadgets (stickers || pins || buttons || pens)
3° prize: Wikipedia t-shirt + small gadgets (stickers || pins || buttons || pens)
4°, 5°, 6° prize: Wikipedia language water bottle + small gadgets (stickers || pins || buttons || pens)

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