Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Contest/Contest coordinator instructions

The following instructions and templates are provided to assist contest coordinators of the Cricket Wikiproject to administer the project's contests.

Steps to be followed
These steps should be followed when closing the monthly contest:
 * 1) At the end of the month, the contests should be closed. This should ideally be done in the first few days of the new month. To do this, firstly, the entries subpage (for the general contest only) should be reset. This is done by moving the current entries down to the log, and then the previous months' entries from the log to the archive log (the archive can be found here).
 * 2) Each contributors' entries should then be verified. This can be done by one or more coordinators. Involved coordinators should not verify their own entries (if a coordinator has submitted an entry, then please ping another coordinator to verify your entry), but can verify other contestants' entries. Verification entails checking that the article has been re-assessed within the scoring period, that the points claimed are correct based on the points table and that editor claiming the points is entitled to do so (based on the instructions for contestants). Where an article has not been re-assessed in the scoring period, it should simply be moved to the next month's subpage with an appropriate edit summary. Once an entry has been verified, the verifying coordinator should sign the "checked" column with the four tildes.
 * 3) Once all entries have been verified, the points for each contestant can be tallied. This can be done in a number of ways, depending on the closing coordinator's preference. One suggested method is to copy the table of entries into an Excel spreadsheet. This allows a simple sort to be used to group each contestants' entries, which can then be used to automatically add up the number of entries and points per contestant. These figures will then be used to determine first and second place, to update the annual scoreboard and summarise the results for the month.
 * 4) To award consistent performance, the results of each monthly contest are cumulatively tallied on the scoreboard over the course of the year (January to December), and the editor with the highest number of points overall at the end of the December contest of the general article expansion contest will receive the Cricket Editor of the Year Trophy and the Writer's Barnstar, while the editor with the highest number of points overall at the end of the December contest of the new article contest will receive the Article Creator's Cup.
 * 5) The closing coordinator should then hand out the awards based on the following schedule for both contests: the first place-getter will receive the Golden Bat, while the second place-getter will be awarded the Silver Bat.
 * 6) Once the awards have been handed out, and the scoreboard updated, the closing coordinator should summarise the results in corresponding edition of The Leg Stump. (For example, for a contest that ends in June, the results should be published in the July edition). The following should be mentioned: the total number of contestants involved, the number of articles entered, and those that took part. The place-getters should be linked, and all contestants mentioned by name.
 * 7) At the end of each year, the annual contest scoreboard should be archived here. The scoreboard should then be initialized for the following year and the tally will start over again.

Photo contest

 * 1) Coordinators should allow entries for the next months contest to be submitted a month in advance; i.e. the June contests photos are submitted in May and voted on for 25 days in June, with the winner announced at the end of the month. Once entries close, they should be submitted to the project talk page with the following message:
 * 2) Voting should be allowed to run for approximately 25 days between issues of The Leg Stump. Project coordinators should then confirm the votes and message the winning contestant.
 * 3) The corresponding edition of The Leg Stump should then be updated to showcase the winning photo, with the winner invited to caption the photo.
 * 1) The corresponding edition of The Leg Stump should then be updated to showcase the winning photo, with the winner invited to caption the photo.

Quiz

 * 1) Contests who gain a correct answer my update the points total themselves.
 * 2) Contest coordinators just need to keep an eye that no 'extra' points sneak into the points table.
 * 3) At the end of the year, coordinators should double check that the points accumulated per contestant match up to the correct answers given.
 * 4) The points table rolls over to the next there, there is no re-set.
 * 5) The project coordinators can then award the contestant who tops the leader board with the Champions Trophy.

Templates
Suggested wording for the various posts to be made are given below. These can be personalised if desired. The suggested messages have fields in bold text that need to be added. Please preview before posting. The suggested text should be updated annually to reflect the current year.

General article expansion contest
* The contest department has completed its  XXXth  round of competition in  Month . A total of  XX  articles were submitted by  XX  editors.  '  took out the competition with  XX  points from  XX  articles, while  '  came second with  XX  points from  XX  articles.  Winner  has been awarded the golden bat for their achievement, and  Second  has received the silver bat.  Other contestants  also contributed entries. Points will go towards the  2021  Cricket Editor of the Year Trophy, which will be decided at the end of the December contest. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now.

New article expansion contest
* The contest department has completed its  XXXth  round of competition in  Month . A total of  XX  articles were submitted by  XX  editors.  '  took out the competition with  XX  runs from  XX  articles, while  '  came second with  XX  runs from  XX  articles.  Winner  has been awarded the golden bat for their achievement, and  Second  has received the silver bat.  Other contestants  also contributed entries. Runs will go towards the  2021  Article Creator's Cup, which will be decided at the end of the December contest. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now.

Monthly winner's talk page
Heading on user page:  Month 2021  General Article Expansion Contest

On behalf of the Wikiproject Cricket contest coordinators, I hereby award you The Golden Bat, for placing first in the Month 2021  General article expansion contest, achieving  XX  points from  XX  articles. Congratulations, ~

 Month 2021  New Article Contest

On behalf of the Wikiproject Cricket contest coordinators, I hereby award you The Golden Bat, for placing first in the Month 2021  New article contest, achieving  XX  runs from  XX  articles. Congratulations, ~

Monthly second place getter's talk page
Heading on user page:  Month 2021  General Article Expansion Contest

On behalf of the Wikiproject Cricket contest coordinators, I hereby award you The Silver Bat for placing second in the Month 2021  General article expansion contest with  XX  points from  XX  articles. Congratulations, ~

 Month 2021  New Article Contest

On behalf of the Wikiproject Cricket contest coordinators, I hereby award you The Silver Bat for placing second in the Month 2021  New article contest with  XX  runs from  XX  articles. Congratulations, ~

Cricket quiz
Heading on user page:  Month 2021  Cricket Quiz

On behalf of the Wikiproject Cricket contest coordinators, I hereby award you the Champions Trophy for placing first in the 2021  cricket quiz with  XX  points. Congratulations, ~