Wikipedia:WikiProject California/San Francisco Bay Area task force/Jumpaclass

Jumpaclass is a fun semi-competition that is run by the San Francisco Bay Area WikiProject to improve the quality of all our articles. There are many processes for higher quality articles, such as Peer review and FAC, but many stubs and start rated articles languish unedited for lack of interest. Jumpaclass is an attempt to correct that.

How it works
1. Find an article you would like to improve from the list of assessed SFBA articles: you can choose Stub, Start, or B class articles. Other places to find an article:


 * Articles needing work (incomplete list)
 * Articles to be written or improved (complete list)

2. Add the article and your name to the appropriate month below. You may list as many articles as you like.

Example: * St. Peter and Paul Church, stub. ~

This produces:


 * St. Peter and Paul Church, stub. Emiellaiendiay 17:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

3. Improve the article by at least one class. You have one week.

4. After seven days, another member of the project will check your progress and either upgrade the article or explain to you why you haven't improved the article enough. If the article has improved you get points for every class it has "jumped." A running tally can be seen below.

Variations

 * Head-to-head: Challenge a fellow Wikipedian to compete in Jumpaclass. Both editors pick a same-class article on the same day, and work to improve them to as high of a class as possible. Whoever's article reaches the highest class wins. Both editors receive the points due.


 * Joint collaboration: Much like in head-to-head, two editors (three, if you can manage it) work simultaneously on improving an article. In this version, however, the editors collaborate on the same article. This makes more easier jumping. However, the points earned by this method are divided equally between or amongst the editors.


 * Speedy review: If you do not wish to wait the seven days for your article to be reviewed, add "Review now" next to your listing on the page as soon as you are ready for review.

Standard JAC

 * Piedmont Middle School, stub. Emiellaiendiay 17:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Port of Redwood City, stub. Anlace 23:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)  "Review now"
 * Goat Rock Beach, stub. Anlace 15:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK, Mar 2, 2007] "pending GA review"

Head-to-head JAC

 * Tolay Lake, no article Anlace 03:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK on Mar 2, 2007]  TIE
 * Frank C. Havens Elementary School, stub. Emiellaiendiay 03:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)  TIE

Standard JAC

 * Fountaingrove Lake, stub Anlace 00:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK on Mar 9, 2007]
 * Syncaris pacifica, no article Anlace 00:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 19, 2007]
 * Bennett Valley, stub Anlace 18:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 26, 2007]
 * Seaport Centre, no article Anlace 20:34, 22 March  2007 (UTC)
 * Piner Creek, stub Anlace 22:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Limnanthes vinculans, stub Anlace 02:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Wine Country (California), stub Anlace 23:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Apr 04, 2007]

Standard JAC

 * Lilium pardalinum subsp. Pitkinense stub Anlace 01:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * San Francisco Armory no article Peter G Werner 01:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

February

 * Port of Redwood City, stub to start. Anlace [Selected for Main Page under DYK on Feb 26, 2007]
 * Piedmont Middle School, stub to B. Emiellaiendiay
 * Tolay Lake, no article to B. Anlace 03:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK on Mar 2, 2007]
 * Frank C. Havens Elementary School, stub to B. Emiellaiendiay 03:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Goat Rock Beach, stub to B. Anlace 15:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK, Mar 2, 2007] "Nominated for GA but failed GA review"

March

 * Fountaingrove Lake, stub to start Anlace 19:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page under DYK on Mar 9, 2007]
 * Bennett Valley, stub to B Anlace 18:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 26, 2007]
 * Seaport Centre, no article to start Anlace 20:34, 22 March  2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 28, 2007]
 * Syncaris pacifica, no article to GA Anlace 00:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 19, 2007] (However, GA status was awarded on Apr 2, 2007, while B status was awarded within the five day window, so points tally will only reflect B status achieved per parameters of this Jumpaclass)
 * Piner Creek, stub to B Anlace 05:24, 2 April 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Mar 30, 2007]
 * Limnanthes vinculans, stub to B Anlace 02:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wine Country (California), stub to B Anlace 23:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC) [selected for Main Page DYK on Apr 04, 2007]

April

 * Lilium pardalinum subsp. Pitkinense stub to B Anlace 05:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Very good! Consider submitting it as a GA. Peter G Werner 05:16, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * San Francisco Armory no article to start Peter G Werner 15:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It actually might be better than start class, but I kept grading modest since I self-graded. Peter G Werner 15:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

November

 * Golden Gate Transit start wishfulanthony 06:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)  "Review Now"

February 2008

 * Golden Gate Transit start to B wishfulanthony 03:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Marin Transit stub to start wishfulanthony 18:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

How points are calculated
The editor with the highest number of points at the end of the year wins the right to choose any article for the upcoming month's article collaboration. The board will be wiped, and the fun begins all over again.

Current points
Table of points given for jumping from "beginning" class to "ending" class.