Microgrants/Tyop Contest
- Overview
There will be a typo correction contest: users will fix typos around Wikipedia during a one-month period, likely from February 1st to March 1st. The premise of the contest is similar to Casliber's Stub Contest. The Microgrant would be used for prizes: I'm thinking £20 for first place, £10 for second place, and £6 for third place. I was also thinking about bonus rewards, like £6 to the person who fixes the same typo the most times.
In case you're wondering, "Tyop Contest" is on purpose. 'Tyop' is a typo of 'typo' ;)
- Budget
As outlined above, I would like around £42.
- Timeline
About a month, likely from February 1st to March 1st.
- Expected outcomes
Get rid of spelling errors on wikipedia by fixing typos!
- Who I am
I'm Newyorkadam on the English Wikipedia. One of my favorite things to do on WIkipedia is to fix spelling errors. I use Lupin's Anti-vandal tool's spell check feature to find spelling errors and correct them :) I joined Wikipedia on February 18th, 2011. I barely edited until about three months ago, when I became very active, updating stubs, reverting vandalism, and fixing spelling errors.
- Discussion