Wikipedia:WikiProject community rehabilitation/Idea/RandomTaskCompetition

Random Task Competition: Create a way in which editors can be assigned a Random Task (ideally by pressing a big shiny button). Tasks would be maintenance tasks (wikify this, look for references for that), based on the many existing maintenance categories, with help blurb/links on how to do the tasks. There could even be competitive rankings, WikiCup-style. Could be quite addictive! Rd232 talk 00:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I really like that idea; perhaps it could be based off a series of maintenance categories? – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:08, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a great idea. It could be a decathlon, with the first to complete ten tasks (or any other number) being the winner. It would motivate folks to get things done, introduce folks to projects that they normally don't participate in, plus generate some fun competition. J04n(talk page) 00:25, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * There are many possible variations (and they needn't be mutually exclusive), and done right it could be good fun as well productive. On the downside, it would I think require a software change to make the randomisation work - albeit a relatively easy one (probably). We could perhaps ask the developers about it via WP:DevMemo. Unless someone has a horrifically clever idea to do it another way... Rd232 talk 00:40, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm almost sure I've seen randomisation in a template before, can't recall where. We could always use pseudo-randomisation, ie. some sort of oblique combination of the time, date, number of articles, number of editors, etc. to generate it. — what a crazy random happenstance 04:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how to do this myself as far as the code goes .. but it sure sounds a lot better than some of the WP:Maintenance cats. that tend to be overlooked. — Ched : ?  01:50, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * What a great idea. Not only would it get some of the work done but, like the Drama-out, it would lesson the "downtime' spent in useless arguing. Works for an editor like me thats looking for something to do but finds the maintenance pages daunting. Plus I'd learn some new skills (its about time!)--Buster7 (talk) 04:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Well blimey, there is actually User:SuggestBot. It's a start! Rd232 talk 09:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikification would be a great way, not to mention a dramaless way, to help to basic stuff to improve articles on a small scale. MuZemike 07:53, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I would like to point anyone who was interested in this idea to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons/Contest and my vision of it User:J04n/WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons/Contest. Feedback is welcome. J04n(talk page) 07:35, 18 February 2010 (UTC)