Laurent, all,
I agree with you that it can't hurt to be a bit more specific about
the voting process. Thus, I will add your suggestions to the rules.
Besides that, are we ready to go? Is anything critical still missing?
We have (just) one week left before the contest starts, or at least
is
Hi Jurgen
Do you have any suggestions what we should do?
don't make it too complicate. We talk about documentation and committee
who will read all submissions and will select the winner. I am sure that
the committee will find a winner when we will have such a situation.
the rules have
Laurent Godard wrote:
Hi Jurgen
Do you have any suggestions what we should do?
don't make it too complicate. We talk about documentation and
committee who will read all submissions and will select the winner. I
am sure that the committee will find a winner when we will have such a
Hi stephan
I would say
- each voter votes for an only article
- the article that has the most votes wins
- if egality, the oldest regarding the submission date wins
and if they are submitted at exactly the same time? ;)
is it really possible regarding server capabilities ?
reading the
Hi Laurant,
Laurent Godard wrote:
Hi Jurgen
Do you have any suggestions what we should do?
don't make it too complicate. We talk about documentation and
committee who will read all submissions and will select the winner. I
am sure that the committee will find a winner when we will have
what is voting/decision procedure ?
what about when egality ? secound turn ? the oldest article ?
Do you have any suggestions what we should do?
If yes, feel free to add them to the following Wiki page yourself:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest
Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
[...]
What criteria do article have to meet to get accepted?
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A submitted article has to have at least 2000 words (about two pages
of text) excluding embedded source code snippets and screenshots.
Only articles written
Hi Ian
thanks for your inputs
here are my personal feelings regarding your questions/remarks
* Old articles not being included could disappoint people that have
worked long and hard on the project.
the purpose is to create NEW documentation to enrich OOo and attract
newcommers
It is not
My apologies for not making comments sooner.
Some time ago I was asked if I would be willing to be one of the judges
for this competition and said yes without really thinking about the
ramifications of the competition.
A prize can be an incentive to encourage people but if not carefully
thought
Hi
The article has to be sent in an editable format (OpenDocument
prefered, html possible?) as attachment (or directly to the wiki?).
i wouldn't put in the wiki directly because the wiki can be changed from
anybody else after submission. I would prefer OpenDocument only, every
other format
Hi all,
Here is a first draft of the rules for the OpenOffice.org developer
article contest that I introduced a few days/weeks ago. Please take
a look a the rules and provide feedback!
As you can see below, I'd like to start the contest on February 1.
Thanks a lot and all the best,
Erwin
Hi Erwin,
Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
[...]
submission deadline date. Only content that has been created
AFTER the start date of the contest can be submitted, e.g.
old articles and blog entries can be used.
Seems not correct to me.
No further comments. Only that it looks good and promising!
Hi,
Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
What can be won?
Each winner gets $750. (In what way/format???)
Preferably PayPal; bank transfer otherwise.
What criteria do article have to meet to get accepted?
==
A submitted article has to
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