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== Completion ==
;Is your project completed?
:<font color="green">As previously - part open-ended, part done. The idea is a contest that can be run and completed over a two month period (including lead-up and judging afterwards). It has been run four times to date (March 10 to March 31 2012, August 1 to August 31 2012, April 15 to May 12 2013 and February 10 to March 9 2014) and will likely next be run in late 2014 or sometime in 2015.</font>

;Have you submitted all receipts for any expenses paid?
:<font color="green">N/A - all fiscal items were directly handled by WMUK.</font>

== Activities and lessons learned ==
''This section describes what the grantee did, and what the grantee learned from implementing the project. This section should be useful to others implementing similar projects and is an opportunity for the grantee to reflect on the project's performance.''
=== Activities ===
;Provide a brief list of activities performed to complete this project, and descriptions of these activities. This section should also include links to pictures, blog posts, or videos from the project or event if appropriate.
:<font color="green">The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Core_contest Core Contest] was an editing contest run over four weeks in which editors competed to improve core content. Articles were selected from the list of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles Vital Articles] or a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Core_Contest/Articles list of key articles] identified by Danny some years ago. The best improvements of the worst/broadest core articles won prizes, consisting of Amazon vouchers of varying amounts. The rationale was that much core content had seen little improvement for some years and we should be looking at ways of improving our core portfolio, as it were. The thoroughness of wikipedia's auditing processes (GAN and FAC) has meant that it is much easier and more rewarding to focus on narrow rather than broad articles.</font>
=== Lessons learned ===
;What lessons were learned that may help others succeed in similar projects? Consider the following questions and respond with 1 - 2 sentences.
:;What went well?
:<font color="green">People seemed to enjoy the contest and as always it is good to see some core material improved.</font>
:;What did not go well?
:PLACEHOLDER TEXT
:;What would you do differently if you plan a similar project in the future?
:PLACEHOLDER TEXT

== Expected outcomes ==
''This section should reference the expected outcomes and measures of success described in the approved grant submission.''
;Provide the expected outcomes here.
:<font color="green">Bit by bit, improving the quality of wikipedia's portfolio of core articles (hopefully) on a path to some audited level (GA or FA). Audited articles are beneficial in that they have a set point of review that can be referred to in cases of future article degradation. Also, by providing impetus to shove towards FA status, broaden our readership and exposure by having broad articles on the mainpage</font> 
;Did you achieve the expected outcomes? How do you know the outcome was achieved?
:<font color="green">As previously, linking to content made and looking at pageviews</font>

== Impact ==
''This section ties this project to Wikimedia UK's broader goals, and shows what the project accomplished.''
;What impact did this project have on WMUK's mission and the strategic goals?
:<font color="green">presumably improving wikipedia's content is one of the goals....?</font>

== Reporting and documentation of expenditures ==
;Did you send documentation of all expenses paid with grant funds to the office? Answer "Yes" or "No".
:<font color="green">N/A - not handled by me</font>

== Final comments ==
;Include any final comments you may have.
:<font color="green">Hopefully the contest improves editing environment and camaraderie by promoting collaborative editing. It was fun to run.</font>

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