Well, I'd be 100 dollars/euros, something low budget (like a Kindle or a
Kobo).

Aubrey



On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Craig Franklin <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> What sort of cost are we looking at to buy some nifty gadget as a prize?
>  Is it something that could be done through our Volunteer Support Programme?
>
> Cheers,
> Craig Franklin
> President - Wikimedia Australia
>
>
> On 1 November 2013 16:55, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Great concept.
>>
>> I think this would a great little project, and worth the expense for the
>> WMAu chapter.
>>
>> I helped run a small wikisource competition with Wikimedia Indonesia
>> (esp. Ivonne & Siska) to transcribe a 550 page dictionary, and found it to
>> be very successful, but does require quite a bit of time to run and help
>> newbies.
>>
>> Ill write up a proposal if another WMAu member is willing to second and
>> help organise the competition in Oz.
>>
>> --
>> John
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "David Cuenca" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Oct 31, 2013 10:09 PM
>> Subject: [Wikisource-l] Wikisource 10th aniversary proposal :
>> Proofreading contest
>> To: "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library" <
>> [email protected]>
>> Cc:
>>
>> Talking with some members of Amical Wikimedia about how to celebrate the
>> 10th aniversary, one of the proposals was to organize a proofreading
>> contest.
>>
>> Basically, we would select some books for the participants to proofread
>> and validate and they would gather points for each page without errors. The
>> person with the most points would win a Kindle donated by Amical Wikimedia.
>>
>> However, we have been thinking that with the help of some members of the
>> Wikisource User Group and other Chapters, then we could escalate it to an
>> international proofreading contest, instead of being just regional. I guess
>> ideally we would need 3 kindles and at least a volunteer from each
>> community to organize it.
>>
>> What do you think of the idea? Would you or any chapter that would like
>> to get involved?
>>
>> Micru
>>
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