Forum:New House Points Game

There has been a great deal of interest recently among some of the newer users in reviving the House Points Game. I've been brainstorming some ways to improve the game over previous versions.


 * 1) Greater focus on group participation.
 * 2) Greater focus on improving/expanding/cleaning-up existing articles.
 * 3) Make it easier for Prefects to track their House members' point-worthy achievements.

Last time, a LOT of the points went to a very small number of users, and not everyone got points for everything they did. Emphasis in this round would be on trying to get more people working together in the vein of the old projects like Scarhead, Snakeface, and Greasy-Git. To earn points, members would need to choose an article or area to focus on, and DECLARE their goals (being as specific as possible) in a "Projects" section on their House's Common Room BEFORE they begin working. In the case of two groups choosing the same area of work, priority would go to the House that declared first. However, if no meaningful work was begun within a week, the other House's group could take over the project. When finished, the members would mark that project Done in their Common Room, and the Prefects would then review their work and award points. Some areas that could be focused on:


 * Articles tagged for cleanup
 * Articles tagged for needing images
 * Articles tagged for verification
 * Articles tagged to be expanded
 * Articles tagged to be merged
 * Articles tagged for unsourced statements
 * Proposal to merge articles on unidentified characters
 * Proposal to create a Fan-Wiki and relocate relevant articles
 * Locating unused images and tag for deletion, apply Information template to images without it

September 1st seems like a good a time as any to begin the new term. This is just kind of a rough idea for now, and I'd especially like feedback from people who played in previous games.

Nick O'Demus 07:02, August 8, 2011 (UTC)