There was this script for running the contests, but you will have to check
if it is still working
https://gist.github.com/Aubreymcfato/445ae33d78ef58f3b49c

Cheers,
Micru

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Anika,
>
> Thanks for your suggestions. That would definitely help us.
>
> Actually, we are very people (only 3 regular contributors) doing all the
> upload and proofread works in Bengali Wikisource. We have a huge backlog of
> non-proofread pages (almost 500,000 and its increasing!) and we do need
> some more (actually many more) hands to proofread them. ;-) So, we are
> thinking of every possibilities to make the project familiar to Bengali
> language-speaking people.
>
> As we expect almost everyone one as new contributor, we want them just to
> focus on the proofreading part, so that they dont have to bother about the
> numbers, and thus the tool requirement. They won't even know that there is
> a tool to track their contributions in the contest, so no-one will
> show-off.
>
> Aubrey told me that there is a tool to track their contest results in
> Italian Wikisource, but its there somewhere. I hope that can also help us.
>
> Thanks,
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On 15 August 2016 at 18:17, Anika Born <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> depends on what you want to achieve:
>>
>> on de.WS, there is a monthly contest "Korrekturen des Monats"
>> * https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Korrekturen_des_Monats
>>
>> There, several projects are highlighted, some pages by name. People, who
>> are proofreading these pages, scrach them out (<s></s> --~~~~).
>>
>> A summary is given at the end of the page: https://de.wikisource.or
>> g/wiki/Wikisource:Korrekturen_des_Monats#August_2016
>>
>> The one with the most proofread-pages earns a flower and a thank you-note
>> at the end of the month. (that can be done by everyone; at the beginning
>> the award it was a book of the library of a Wikisourcian) I like this
>> pages, cause it shows the diversity of projects. You can find shorter texts
>> to proofread and sometimes you get really involved.
>>
>> For preparation someone has to find "good" texts to proofread, and to set
>> up the projectpage.
>>
>> Once uppon a time they might also have a tool to show each others the
>> numbers of pages and brag (I have done this, You did only that. I achieved
>> more for the project....)
>>
>>
>> -- Anika
>>
>> 2016-08-15 6:29 GMT+02:00 Bodhisattwa Mandal <[email protected]
>> >:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We are planning for a proofreading contest in Bengali Wikisource. In
>>> this regard, we are looking for a tool to track proofreading counts by
>>> editors within a given period of time. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> --
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
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