Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/Awards

This page is used to tabulate and evaluate contributions to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada, and to keep track of awards given in recognition of contributor efforts. Ideally, evaluations should be made and awards given annually (in November) or semi-annually (in May and November).

Award levels
Awards for contributors to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada are given out annually (in November) or semi-annually (in May and November). These recognize editors who make quality improvements to articles related to Canada. All improvements must be properly sourced to qualify.

The Maple Leaf Award comes in four levels.

Note that contributions are cumulative over multiple award periods, as the silver and gold awards may take more than a year to earn.

At the conclusion of the challenge, there may be special presentations of The Canadian Content Award.

How to give awards
The collapse box contains instructions for one method of giving out awards designed to be fair and consistent, and to make it easier to divide the administrative work between multiple editors. However, awards can freely be given from one editor to another at any time, so do not feel that these are "rules" that must be followed. If you are a regular contributor to the challenge and familiar with the other participants and their contributions, you may feel confident in giving out awards without formal procedures. (In such cases, though, it would still be good to note the period considered and include a brief table or list to show the awards each editor was recognized with for their contributions to the challenge.)


 * 1) Identify the contributors and their number of contributions
 * At this time there is no script for this, so the easiest way is to copy the wikicode for the appropriate portion of the achievements list into a word processor or spreadsheet, then use search algorithms to identify each unique user name and the number of items they added to the list.
 * Place this information on a table like the one below. The template  is an easy way to list users with a talk page link (this will be handy later when distributing awards).
 * 1) List types of contributions
 * Summarize the contributions made by each editor by type: new article, expansion (including destubbing), cleanup (rewrites, layout, etc), updating, or sourcing. Some contributions may involve multiple types of article improvements, so try to give an overall impression of the contributions.
 * Place these summaries on the table. It may look like: 6&times; new article, 28&times; expansion, 12&times; cleanup
 * 1) Verify contributions
 * This is the toughest part, but it should be checked as improving article quality is the purpose of the challenge. Remember that all contributions should be properly sourced.
 * Time permitting, 3 random articles should be checked per contributor. (For those who contributed over 60 articles, a check of 5% of their total may be taken.)  The random articles should ideally cover the different types of improvements the contributor has made.
 * xtools gives a good overview of an article.
 * Link to all checked articles on the table with a or  (producing  or ), depending on whether they passed or failed a quality check. Failed quality checks may require further investigation and possible de-listing.
 * 1) Determine awards earned
 * Applying the quality of the random sample against the types of improvements and number of improved articles, assess each contributor's overall contribution and the award earned.
 * Red Maple Leaf Awards should be reasonably easy to earn. Destubing or writing a start-class article with proper references should be sufficient.
 * Bronze Maple Leaf Awards (new) should require a fraction of the Silver Award, so destubing 10 articles or writing a B-class article.
 * Silver Maple Leaf Awards are much more difficult to earn, requiring the equivalent of writing a featured article. That may be the equivalent of destubing 50 or 100 articles.  Another way of looking at it is that these awards are for frequent contributors.
 * Gold Maple Leaf Awards should have the requirements of multiple Silver Awards. The requirements call for substantial work into all aspects of articles, so the contributions must be well-rounded (i.e. cleanup alone is insufficient).  This would be the equivalent of multiple FAs or hundreds of start-class articles.
 * As the Silver and Gold Awards may take more than a year to earn, consider the contributor's previous work. (i.e. if the contributor earned a Red Award in the previous evaluation, consider any extra work to be cumulative toward earning a Silver Award in the current evaluation.)
 * Note the type of award in the "Award earned" column of the table.
 * 1) Distribute the awards
 * Use the template to give the appropriate award on each contributor's talk page (see below).  Preview before saving to be certain you achieve the desired result.
 * As you give out each award, use to place a check-mark next to their earned award on the table.
 * Do not give an award to yourself. Ask for another challenge contributor to do that.

Distributing awards
After determining which award should be given to each person, distribute them on user talk pages with Template:Can10k award. Create a new section on the user's talk page with a title like "WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award" and always substitute the template.

The type parameter determines which Maple Leaf Award is given out: ,   or   for the old-style awards;  ,   or   for the vector-drawn 2.0 Barnstars.

The reason parameter is the reason for giving the award. Some sample text follows:

destubing and sourcing an article writing new article Dick Bell Park updating census data on 30 articles major expansion of two dozen articles and cleanup on many more

Although a form is used to reduce the workload for distributing awards, try to personalize the text field to summarize the editor's contributions to the challenge. Formatted text and wikilinks may be used, but please do not use coloured text or excessive formatting. If you want to leave an additional personal note, do so outside the template (i.e.: outside the award box, following the double closing scroll brackets).

If for some reason error messages occur or the template's formatting is inappropriate, use:

Type is either red, silver or gold. Message text could be:

This maple leaf is awarded to  for --reason-- during The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – ~

For more information, see Template:Can10k award.

Year one
The following table recognizes the achievements for the first year of The 10,000 Challenge (Canada), from November 2016 to October 2017 (listed articles 1–1345, Montreal River Hill to Airlie, Ontario).


 * Notes


 * – article was also checked through articles for creation
 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a featured list candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * did not submit any articles but was recognized with a special Red Maple Leaf Award for creating the challenge page.


 * Totals
 * 229 new articles submitted by 35 editors
 * 555 article expansions or destubs by 35 editors
 * 135 article cleanups by 11 editors
 * 379 updates by 5 editors
 * 43 sourcing / reference repair by 8 editors
 * 49 maple leaf awards given: 1 gold, 5 silver, 16 bronze and 27 red

Year two
The following table recognizes achievements for the second year of the 10,000 Challenge (Canada), from November 1, 2017, to October 31, 2018 (listed articles 1346–2275, Diane Schoemperlen to Canadian Light Rail Vehicle).


 * Notes


 * – article was also checked through articles for creation
 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a featured list candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * – article was also checked for the Women in Red The World Contest
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 930 submissions by 52 editors
 * 445 new articles submitted by 44 editors
 * 318 article expansions or destubs by 19 editors
 * 106 article cleanups by 9 editors
 * 35 updates by 5 editors
 * 30 sourcing / reference repair by 5 editors
 * 51 maple leaf awards given: 1 gold, 6 silver, 13 bronze and 31 red

Participation was roughly the same as in the first year of the challenge. The second year had nearly twice as many new articles submitted but had lower numbers in all other categories.

Year three
The following is a table listing achievements for the third year of The 10,000 Challenge, from 1 November 2018 to 30 October 2019. This includes entries 2,276–2,918 (Perfume Tree to George Frederick Baird).


 * Notes


 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 641 submissions by 64 editors
 * 246 new articles by 52 editors
 * 278 article expansions or destubs by 32 editors
 * 79 article cleanups by 11 editors
 * 24 updates by 10 editors
 * 14 referencing or reference repair by 4 editors
 * 63 Maple Leaf Awards given: 1 gold, 4 silver, 23 bronze and 35 red

Although fewer articles were submitted for the third year of the challenge, there were more participating editors. Editors may have been more selective in what they submitted, with a number of DYK or other reviewed articles.

Year four
The following is a table listing achievements for the fourth year of The 10,000 Challenge, from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020. This includes entries 2,900–3,784 (Jean-Élie Gingras to Robert Wells (Canadian politician)).


 * Notes


 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a featured list candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * – article was also checked as an in the news candidate
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 888 submissions by 49 editors
 * 173 new articles by 35 editors
 * 134 article expansions or destubs by 33 editors
 * 33 article cleanups by 10 editors
 * 516 updates by 9 editors
 * 20 referencing or reference repair by 5 editors
 * 12 articles illustrated by 3 editors
 * 48 Maple Leaf Awards given: 2 gold, 2 silver, 32 bronze and 12 red

Participation was somewhat lower this year, possibly due to a lack of promotion. There is no deadline on submissions, so any editing completed but not submitted this year can be submitted for the following year's awards.

Year five
The following table recognizes achievements for the fifth year of The 10,000 Challenge (Canada), from 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2021. This includes entries 3785 to 4257 (Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame to Brightsand River).


 * Notes


 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a featured list candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * – article was also checked as an in the news candidate
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 474 submissions by 40 editors
 * 101 new articles by 30 editors
 * 110 article expansions or destubs by 24 editors
 * 17 article cleanups by 6 editors
 * 227 updates by 7 editors
 * 18 referencing or reference repair by 4 editors
 * 39 Maple Leaf Awards given: 5 silver, 15 bronze and 19 red

Year six
The following table recognizes achievements for the sixth year of The 10,000 Challenge (Canada), from 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022. This includes entries 4229 to 4719 (Archangel (Gibson comic) to Edna Diefenbaker).


 * Notes


 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * – article was also checked as an in the news candidate
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 491 submissions by 31 editors
 * 164 new articles by 22 editors
 * 197 article expansions or destubs by 17 editors
 * 10 article cleanups by 4 editors
 * 60 updates by 4 editors
 * 11 referencing or reference repair by 2 editors
 * 2 articles illustrated by 1 editor
 * 30 Maple Leaf Awards given: 5 silver, 16 bronze and 9 red

Year seven
The following table recognizes achievements for the seventh year of The 10,000 Challenge (Canada), from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023. This includes entries 4698 to 4933 (Raquel Cole to Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework).


 * Notes


 * - article was also checked as a did you know nominee
 * – article was also checked as a featured article candidate
 * – article was also checked as a featured list candidate
 * – article was also checked as a good article nominee
 * &uarr; – award was upgraded due to work from previous year


 * Totals
 * 240 submissions by 21 editors
 * 169 new articles by 13 editors
 * 40 article expansions or destubs by 10 editors
 * 5 article cleanups by 1 editor
 * 27 updates by 3 editors
 * 4 referencing or reference repair by 1 editor
 * 1 articles illustrated by 1 editor
 * 20 Maple Leaf Awards given: 5 silver, 11 bronze and 4 red