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Wikipedia has various contests from time to time -- for good writing, site and logo designs, or great images or media -- to encourage and recognize brilliant, unusual, or specially-targeted contributions.

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.

You can also add to Ideas for new contests if you have a good idea for a contest and you can use this Toolkit model to reduce the time it takes to set up your contest.

Contests

= Writing =

class="wikitable sortable"
CompetitionVersionStatusDurationAboutSignup, Results
International writing contest-{{eliminated|Closed}}ca March 2005A coordinated contest across a number of Wikipedias.winners | on meta
Deshipidian 2008-{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2008arranged by WikiProject:Bangladesh
WikiCup2007{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2007Results
WikiCup2008{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2008Results
WikiCup2009{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2009Results
WikiCup2010{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2010Results
WikiCup2011{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2011Results
WikiCup2012{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2012Results
WikiCup2013{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2013Results
WikiCup2014{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2014Results
WikiCup2015{{eliminated|Closed}}ca 2015Results
WikiCup2016{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2016Results
WikiCup2017{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2017Results
WikiCup2018{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2018Results
WikiCup2019{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2019Results
WikiCup2020{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2020Results
WikiCup2021{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jan - 31 Oct 2021Results
Bacon WikiCup2010{{eliminated|Closed}}Adding bacon-related contentWinners
Bacon WikiCup2011{{eliminated|Closed}}Adding bacon-related contentWinners
Bacon WikiCup2012{{eliminated|Closed}}Adding bacon-related contentWinners
Awaken the Dragon2016{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Apr - 2 May 2016Contest run by WikiProject Wales
The West Country Challenge2016{{eliminated|Closed}}8 Aug - 4 Sep 2016A contest/editathon aimed at improving the quality and quantity of coverage of Bristol, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon2020{{eliminated|Closed}}March 2020
Wiki Loves Women #15Challenge Writing Contest2016{{eliminated|Closed}}15 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 201615 days to create (at least) 15 biographies on notable African women
Wiki Loves Women #16WikiWomen Translation Drive2017{{eliminated|Closed}}20 Feb 2017 - 6 March 201716 days to make available biographies on 16 notable African women, in at least 16 languages
Wiki Loves Women #17African feminists2017{{eliminated|Closed}}01 Nov 2017 - 30 Nov 2017Biographies about African feminists
Military history Contest{{active|Ongoing}}Rolling competition each month that awards points for improving articles
WikiGrail2012{{eliminated|Closed}}Competition run by WikiProject Christianity
Stub Contest2004{{eliminated|Closed}}
Stub Contest2013{{eliminated|Closed}}
Stub Contest2014{{eliminated|Closed}}
Stub Contest2015{{eliminated|Closed}}
Stub Contest2019{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Oct 2019 - 31 Dec 2019Women in Red biographies
Tyop Contest2014{{eliminated|Closed}}
Wikimania 2005:Writing contest2005{{eliminated|Closed}}
Danny's contest2004{{eliminated|Closed}}Oct 2004
Danny's contest2004{{eliminated|Closed}}Nov 2004
The Core Contest2007{{eliminated|Closed}}25 Nov - 9 Dec 2007Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core ContestMar 2012{{eliminated|Closed}}10 Mar - 31 Mar 2012Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core ContestAug 2012{{eliminated|Closed}}Aug 2012Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2013{{eliminated|Closed}}Apr 2013Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2014{{eliminated|Closed}}10 Feb - 9 Mar 2014Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2015{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Mar - 14 Apr 2015Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2016{{eliminated|Closed}}15 May - 30 Jun 2016Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2017{{eliminated|Closed}}May - Jun 2017Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
The Core Contest2021{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Jun - 15 Jul 2021Improving Wikipedia's most important articles
9th ISCB Wikipedia Competition9th{{eliminated|Closed}}26 Aug 2019 - 15 May 2020Improving content relating to computational biology or bioinformatics
10th ISCB Wikipedia Competition10th{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Sep 2020 - 14 May 2021Improving content relating to computational biology or bioinformatics
Women in Asia contest2020{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Oct - 31 Dec 2020Women in Red: New biographies of Asian women
11th ISCB Wikipedia Competition11th{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Sep 2021 - 29 Apr 2022Improving content relating to computational biology or bioinformatics
Women in Red translation contest2022{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Apr - 30 June 2022Women in Red: translation of women's biographies from other versions of Wikipedia
CEE Spring2022{{eliminated|Closed}}15 April - 31 MayCentral en Eastern Europe (in broader sense), subtopic: language Esperanto, related to human rights
12th ISCB Student Wikipedia Competition12th{{eliminated|Closed}}1 Sep 2022 - 5 May 2023Improving content relating to computational biology or bioinformatics

Commons:Picture of the Year/2022

=Media=

Abandoned contests

Other related events

Organizing contests

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) advises [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mdennis_%28WMF%29&diff=546331916&oldid=546265883] that although there is no problem in general with third parties running contests on Wikipedia, contest organizers should note the following:

  • The contest should not be presented as if it was being organized, sponsored or endorsed by the WMF. This includes using the Wikipedia/WMF logos, which are trademarked and may only be used with the permission of the WMF (see Wikipedia:Copyrights), or implying that the WMF has any involvement beyond hosting the platform being used. (If you are unsure about your contest in this regard, please contact liaison{{@}}wikimedia.org.)
  • Contributors are liable for their own contributions, which include the people running such contests.
  • Organizers may wish to obtain advice on contest law before attempting to run a contest, on-wiki or elsewhere.
  • Organizers can save time by copying this Wikipedia:Contests/Toolkit/Template model to set up a contest, based on a successful contest which produced nearly 3000 articles in one month.

See also

{{Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia}}

{{Wikipedia community}}