User:Eddie891/sandbox/signpost/interview3


 * How do you feel about the number and quality of articles created during the contest?

At the beginning of the contest I set the target of 2000. It quickly became apparent that we might end up with nearer 2500, but the end result of 2900 articles far exceeded expectations and was a brilliant result. I thought even 2000 initially was an achievement as the African Destubathon lasted six weeks and produced 2041 articles and stubs require less work than if they didn't exist. I think the overall quality of articles was very good, very few shorter stubs and the referencing mechanism I think ensured that a lot of the work produced was consistently formatted. Very little as I think the contest proved to be a great model for development, but I had some complaints about the bot picking on formatting, so maybe I would relax some of the rules on how sources are formatted as some people did say that it demotivated them. Definitely the way it worked to produce articles on every country and entity on the planet, and a wide range of occupations. While the figure of nearly 2900 was very impressive and beat records for output in one month I think the diversity displayed was extraordinary and how I think Wikipedia should be developed. I have a toolkit to make based on the contest to allow other editors to replicate it and run for smaller regions, I also have to take care of the prizes once I am wired the grant money and then likely propose something new early next year. Thankyou everybody who contributed to the contest, and you taking the time to arrange these questions!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:59, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If you could run the contest again, what (if anything) would you do differently?
 * What would you say is the greatest success of the contest?
 * What's next for you?
 * Anything else you'd like to add?