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The following proposal has been discussed and is now marked as resolved. The page has been protected and now serves as an archive. Do not edit this page.
Date Resolved: September 12, 2016


Result: No concerns after 3 days.


Instructions

This is a page for creating and resolving concerns on the topic: "Contest policies (revision 1)."

At the end of the page, there is a "Create New Concern" button, which you can use to voice your concerns or questions about the proposal. You can use the "Refresh This Discussion" button, which allows you to make sure that all changes have been saved.

After 7 days of discussion, the concerns stage will end. All points brought up during that phase will be taken into account and an administrator, assistant, or the proposal's creator can move the discussion to voting, modifying the original proposal with any changes discussed by the community.

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Proposal

In light of recent events and arguments over an outdated policy, I have proposed the following change to the contests policy.

  • A. General
  • 1. Contests can be used to choose backgrounds, logos, or anything else requiring user submissions and votes.
  • 2. Only administrators can open or close contests, unless otherwise permitted by any bureaucrat.
  • 3. Contests must have at least a two week voting period; there may be some exceptions with some contests having a shorter voting period.
  • B. Background contests
  • 1. Every decision about the current background of the wiki is determined by the outcome of background contests.
  • 2. You are allowed to submit multiple backgrounds.
  • 4. All backgrounds must relate to SpongeBob or they will be removed.
  • 5. If you submit a background that won the previous year, it will be removed. You are allowed to submit backgrounds that did not win the previous year.
  • a. For Summer background contests, this rule does not apply. However, if a background from the previous year has placed in the same position as in the previous year, then it will be disqualified and the next position will be the winner of that placement.
  • 6. You can make your own background or add an image from the internet. While there's no size requirement, bigger is usually better.
  • 7. When making an entry, please use the correct format. This format should be provided on the contest page. If you are unable to do so, ask for help or someone will fix the form for you. You will not be penalized for doing this incorrectly.
  • C. Decision process
  • 1. At the beginning of the final week, the current standings should be added in a table. It should be removed when the winner is announced.
  • 2. The ranking of a submission is determined by the difference of likes vs. dislikes. For example, if a submission has 4 likes and 3 dislikes, it has 1 point.
  • 3. Tiebreakers will be determined by another contest page with the finalists, usually shortly before the background is set to go up.
  • 4. When the winners are announced, it's common courtesy to give each of them a message telling them that they won.

You can also bring up any other changes to the contests policy if you wish. This concerns stage will end on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 4:10 p.m., eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 20:09, September 9, 2016 (UTC)

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