Talk:Microgrants/Oxford Law Competition

I really like this idea, but I would recommend holding the contest on Wikipedia itself. You would need to provide a lot of support to the contestants, but it means they actually gain experience of editing Wikipedia. If they edit using a slimmed down interface on a walled-garden site, they will then have to make the big jump to Wikipedia after the contest when you won't be able to support them as well (or, more likely, they won't end up editing Wikipedia at all). Also, there is a risk with sandbox articles that you'll end up with something unsuitable for Wikipedia at the end of it. If it's on Wikipedia from the start, other editors can steer it in the right direction if it needs it. Another advantage to having it on Wikipedia is that you can use the existing article assessment system as part of the judging process (it's always good to align your judging with what Wikipedia wants, and that's the easiest way to do it). --Tango 00:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)