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Contests have also been run on various other Wikimedia projects, generally eliciting excitement and support; the Wikinews writing contest in March/April and the second German writing contest (part of the International writing contest) both attracted over 10 unusual prizes from the community to hand out to the lucky/skillful winners.
Title: Give your contest a title. Description: Explain your contest, how it would positively impact the Wikipedia community and what general purpose it would serve. Instructions: Outline the step-by-step process of how you envision the contest unfolding, including any specific guidelines.
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Copy and paste the following onto your WikiProject Contest page after reading the instructions on the main toolkit page. It may help you to also survey the layout and system used in the November 2017 contest for guidance.
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The contest lasts for six weeks. Editors usually nominate the articles they plan to work on at the start. This helps others know which articles are being worked on and allows editors time to gather sources like books or papers. However, it's also okay to nominate articles after the contest starts.
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A similar contest has been held on the Dutch Wikipedia, which also committed to participating in the international contest. Additional interest was expressed by the Polish Wikipedia. On the English Wikipedia, the most notable previous effort to hold an article-writing contest was organized by Danny and known as Danny's contest.