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Welcome you all to the Europeana 1989 Online Wikipedia Challenge.

In this challenge all of the participants were invited to improve Wikipedia articles related to the European Revolutions of 1989 in their own language. We selected a short list of topics that may be improved or translated. Points were given for the expansion, translation or creation of one of the articles in the topics list, also for the addition of images to the articles. The points were summarized and the international winner received an special related price.

While improving, they were encouraged to use the many fantastic pictures from 1989 that have been submitted to Europeana's 1989 portal and if not yet done, upload them to our Wikimedia Commons category. These images are memorabilia from European citizens and have been compiled online and during some roadshows. They can be used in as many articles as in many language versions as possible in order to share our common history in a neutral way (you can participate on any language version of Wikipedia that you prefer). For that we required your help! As we strive for the images to illustrate well written and comprehensive articles.

How it works[edit]

The challenge was based on a point system, with the goal for each participant to gain as many points as possible. You get points for editing related Wikipedia articles in any language and for adding them into articles (neutrally):

8 points - Create/translate/expand one of the listed articles with at least 300 words of text
3 points - Create/translate/expand one of the listed articles with at least 100 words of text
1 point - Add an commons:Category:Europeana picture to an article (each different language version that you add the picture to counts).

And to avoid any confusion: if you for example write an article consisting of 180 words you still get 3 points as you have not reached the second level of 300 words.

Calendar[edit]

This contest took place from 00:01 UTC October 1, 2013 to 23:59 UTC December 31, 2013

NOTE: This project is finished. We hope you enjoy next Euroepana Challenge

Prizes and Winners[edit]

1st place: €60 Amazon giftcard! : JukoFF
2nd place: €30 Amazon giftcard!: Palnatoke
3d place: €10 Amazon giftcard!: Jey

Congratulations!

Topic list[edit]

Polonez car digitised during a Europeana1989 roadshow event in Warsaw.

This is the list of articles taking part in this challenge. Remember that you are very welcome to improve/translate/create also related articles.

Main

Revolutions of 1989

Iconic

Methods

Leaders

Movements

Events

Places

Project ambassadors

Images to use[edit]

While improving, you are encouraged to use the many fantastic pictures from 1989 that have been submitted to Europeana's 1989 portal and if not yet done, upload them to our Wikimedia Commons category." You can see the already uploaded ones here. If needed, here you have a Wikimedia Commons Upload manual.

Participants[edit]

To sign up, you need to have a Wikimedia account. If you don't have one, register here.

If you have a Wikimedia account, click the [edit] link above and just add your username to the list. Don't forget to save the page.

Leadership table[edit]

Add yourself to the following list and update it everytime you improve something related to this challenge. Good luck!

8 points - Create/translate/expand one of the listed articles with at least 300 words of text
3 points - Create/translate/expand one of the listed articles with at least 100 words of text
1 point - Add a Europeana picture to an article without expanding it otherwise (each different language version that you add the picture to counts).