Sunday, January 15, 2012

Wikimedians to the Games (W2G)

Wikimedians to the Games (W2G) is a an opportunity for two Australian Wikimedians to go to London and cover the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London for Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. W2G is played and won by skill of editing. The purpose of W2G is to encourage content improvement related to the history of the Paralympic Movement in Australia and make editing on Wikipedia fun.

Wikimedians to the Games begins on 10 January 2012 and is structured as a two round tournament. The plan for the tournament is as follows:

10 January 2012 to 20 April 2012: We start with one group of all participants, with the top 4 from that group progressing to the second round. These four will be given press passes to cover the 2012 Paralympic Games.

22 April 2012 to 30 June 2012: 4 participants left, points set to zero for the second round. The top two editors of round 2 will earn paid transportation and accommodation to cover the Paralympic Games in person.

For the full details see Wikimedians to the Games.