Add an entry about Poland to the Lithuanian Wikipedia and win a trip

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius (in cooperation with the Wikimedia Polska Association) organises a competition for an entry about Poland in the Lithuanian Wikipedia. The aim of the competition is to increase the number of entries about Poland in the Lithuanian Wikipedia, that is, creating new and/or completing already existing articles.

There will be two categories of the competition:

• Category of three major anniversaries in Poland in 2014 – the 25^th anniversary of freedom, the 15^th anniversary of joining the NATO and the 10^th anniversary of joining the EU.
• General category (without limits, the only criterion is topical relevance) – an entry about Poland – of the best article and/or for the highest number of articles about Poland published in the Lithuanian Wikipedia.

The participants’ task is to create/complete or translate into Lithuanian articles about Poland. The entries for the competition must be directly related to Poland – articles, for example, about famous Poles, Polish culture, science, tradition, history and so on. The winner of the competition will be the person who will make the biggest contribution to the development of entries about Poland in the Lithuanian Wikipedia. First of all, the articles must be content-related. The number of the articles will be also taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent.

The POLISH LT.WIKIPEDIA competition

Regulations of the competition:

1. The competition is organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius.
2. The competition aims at creating new articles and completing already existing articles about Poland in the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
3. To be eligible to participate in the competition candidates must submit their application and links to the created/completed or translated articles together with the username and the e-mail address to mozyro@msz.gov.pl (please write “Konkurs – Wikipedia” in the topic line) to 31^st October inclusive.
4. The competition is open for adults who have a good command of Lithuanian. Working in pairs is allowed.
5. The competition will be held from 15^th September to 31^st October 2014. The result will be announced no later than two weeks after the closing date of the competition on the website of the Polish Embassy in Vilnius: http://www.wilno.msz.gov.pl/lt/wilno_lt_a_18
6. New entries, completed or corrected articles, expanded articles and entries translated from other languages are eligible for the competition.
7. The submitted articles must be directly related to Poland – articles, for example, about famous Poles, Polish culture, science, tradition, history and so on. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius reserves the right to reject entries unrelated or marginally related to Poland.
8. The articles submitted to the competition must be written in compliance with the Wikipedia rules, in particular:

• an article must be published under a Creative Commons licence
• an article must be verifiable
• an article must be impartial and present all views

9. Only articles edited by the applicants will be taken into consideration
10. The winner of the competition will be the person who will make the biggest contribution to the development of entries about Poland in the Lithuanian Wikipedia, that is, the person who will create the highest number of articles and/or who will expend already existing articles to a great extent.
11. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius reserves the right to award additional prizes for particularly thoroughly edited articles.
12. Not only content, but also form of the article which must be in compliance with the recommended formatting used in Wikipedia will be taken into consideration for the awards. The articles must be also free of spelling, grammatical and stylistic errors.
13. The main prize of the competition (in both categories) is a trip for two including airplane flight and accommodation in a hotel to Warsaw, Kraków or Gdańsk for a weekend. The winners of both categories will be obliged to submit personal data and convenient time no later than two weeks from the date of announcing the results so we could buy plane tickets and book a hotel (for two persons for two nights during a weekend – from Friday to Sunday – with breakfast).
14. Additional prizes are: for the second place – a tablet, for the third place – books and albums about Poland, CDs with Polish music
15. Each participant acknowledges and agrees that by submitting to the competition, they are agreeing with, and to abide and be bound by the regulations of the competition.