יומן של 2021 Jan-Feb ID-a-thon

ארכיון יומן של דצמבר 2020

דצמבר 28, 2020

Rules of the ID-a-thon

Eligibility:

  • Participation is limited to 100 users.
  • Each user must have already made at least 100 identifications before the start date of January 1st 2021.

Qualifying identifications:

  • Identifications must be made January 1st 2021 though February 28th 2021, inclusive.
  • IDs must be made on observations uploaded before October 1st, 2020. Your own observations do not count--we are making IDs for others.
  • IDs do not have to be to species! Any new ID from Kingdom down is good.
  • IDs will be tallied in specific categories. Everyone who enters will be in all categories simultaneously. There will be a separate count and separate rankings for each category. In addition to an overall winner, there will also be weekly progress updates counting progress from that week. You can win any or all categories for any given week or overall. Since each category is different, the counting method may differ for each one.
  • I will have a link available in a later Journal post, with a custom Identify URL for each category, or you can just do your usual thing and see what happens. [note: we are still working on this, sorry]
  • If you really need to know exactly how we are counting, I can share the link to the relevant API query.

What are the categories?
note: category names are written "category-name"% in reference to the titling of videogame speedrunning categories. Not all of them are an actual percentage.

  • improve%: how many new IDs have you added in proportion to when you started? For example if you started at 253, and now you have 279, your score would be 279/253*100 = 110%
    we are comparing the ratio of each week to original number of IDs, although we will also post a cumulative score at the end.

  • total%: how many new IDs have we been able to do together? This category has no single "winner."
  • mystery%: a surprise category that will change every week. It will usually be something silly. The topic of the mystery category will be hinted at at the start of the week, usually in the latest Rankings post, and revealed at the end of the week when results are posted.
  • old% how many IDs have you put on observations over 5 years old? IDs must be made on observations uploaded on or before December 31 2015.

Participation rules:

  • If I think you’re trying to rig the system by e.g. just hitting Agree on RG birds 10,000 times (why would you even?) I’ll send you one and only one warning before booting you from the list of participants.
  • No spamming or harassment of any kind will be tolerated, including but not limited to comments made on forum threads, project journal posts, observations, or in direct user-to-user communications.
  • No wagering

Winning:

  • No one person can win more than 4 prizes. Prizes will go to the next person down if necessary.

If you have extra questions about the rules, leave a comment and I (Blue, trh_blue) or one of my co-admins (arboretum_amy or edanko) will answer and update the rules.

And finally:
Be nice, and try to have fun!

הועלה ב-דצמבר 28, 2020 04:22 לפנה"צ על ידי astra_the_dragon astra_the_dragon | 0 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

דצמבר 31, 2020

Welcome to the 2021 Jan-Feb ID-a-thon!

Hello everyone!
The competition begins tomorrow. Remember, this is a marathon and not a race; the most important thing is to build up a daily habit, to have fun, and to learn along the way.

Rules were posted in the project journal.
Next post, coming soon, will include a link to vote on an additional category.
Links for relevant Identify pages / an explanation of the filters you can use to ensure your IDs will count towards your total will come later in a Helpful Resources journal post.

The first "week" will be from January 1st to January 9th inclusive, with results posted the following day (Sunday). Thereafter updates should be each Sunday.
That post will also include a link where you can see your "starting positions" for the primary competitive category, improve%.

Your hint for this week's mystery% is:
fail faster

ready, set, go :)

Blue

הועלה ב-דצמבר 31, 2020 11:46 לפנה"צ על ידי astra_the_dragon astra_the_dragon | 7 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

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