Prizes

W1zzard · Dec 11, 2006, 11:06 PM

Every month from now on we will hold a Wiki Competition.

A Wiki is a website that every user on the internet can contribute to, without special qualification or signup.
We have recently launched our Reference Wiki which we hope can act as a useful reference for computer knowledge.

Based on the overall contribution of users, the techPowerUp! Staff will pick five winners.

Prizes

$150
$100
$75
$50
$25

All prizes will be sent via Paypal. If you absolutely can't get a Paypal account for legal reasons, we will figure out a way to get the money to you.

Rules

This month's competition starts today and ends on January 15th 2007.
Everybody is eligible to participate, including techPowerUp! Staff, excluding W1zzard.
The five winners will be picked at the sole discretion of techPowerUp! Staff, based on quality and quantity of content.
You are free to pick any topic to write about, the idea behind the Wiki is to offer a broad range of knowledge about computers. You pick what you want to write about, as long as it is computer related.
Please do not copy and paste from other websites.
Fixing other people's spelling, grammar, layout does count as contribution and will be considered.
Adding additional information to an existing article counts as contribution as well. The Wiki automatically keeps track of which user added/changed/deleted which part of the article.
Please do not deface or otherwise harm the Wiki and the other posters.
Violation of these rules could lead to a warning, disqualification from the competition or ban from editing the Wiki.
In order to participate you must register an account with the Wiki.
The winners will be contacted after the competition is over. As winner, only your nickname and prize information will be released to the public.
TechPowerUp! shall not accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by you or any other participant entering the Competition or as a result of accepting any prize. TechPowerUp! is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telecommunications network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the competition. TechPowerUp! also reserves the right to change or amend the Rules if necessary.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have in this thread.

pt · Dec 11, 2006, 11:12 PM

put the link in here when you cna w1z

W1zzard · Dec 11, 2006, 11:24 PM

which link?

edit: frontpage news post added

pt · Dec 11, 2006, 11:32 PM

can someone explain how to post something

W1zzard · Dec 11, 2006, 11:46 PM

http://reference.techpowerup.com/TPU...ce:Quick_Start

quick start article i'm writing right now

added video tutorial

newtekie1 · Dec 12, 2006, 12:14 AM

Question about the rules: Is it ok to copy from another website if you are the original author of the content? Like could I just copy stuff off my personal website that I wrote?

W1zzard · Dec 12, 2006, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtekie1

Question about the rules: Is it ok to copy from another website if you are the original author of the content? Like could I just copy stuff off my personal website that I wrote?

yep thats fine

WarEagleAU · Dec 12, 2006, 01:18 AM

supremo!

Nyte · Dec 12, 2006, 02:49 AM

Very good contest

And we also learn things too!

Track · Dec 12, 2006, 06:57 AM

Wait, so u want us to actually WRITE DOWN every piece of information abt PCs in the world?

Thats crazy.. it would take weeks to write every single article.

Easy Rhino · Dec 12, 2006, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Track

Wait, so u want us to actually WRITE DOWN every piece of information abt PCs in the world?

Thats crazy.. it would take weeks to write every single article.

write what you know about!

DanTheBanjoman · Dec 12, 2006, 09:22 AM

I'm adding some stubs so people get an idea of topics to write about. Of course I will fill them up myself as well over time.

Also mr W1z, can you add an option to show/hide stubs? And show only stubs. If people feel like writing they could select "show only stubs" and they get a list of stuff to write about.

Nm the last comment, stubs is a category, search them that way.

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 12, 2006, 02:35 PM

Nice idea W1zz - the Wiki wasn't getting quite as much input as it should've been.

Track · Dec 12, 2006, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Rhino

write what you know about!

It would take weeks to write down everything u know.. This is totally insane, who has time to sit and write down entire articled from scratch out of their head??

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 12, 2006, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Track

It would take weeks to write down everything u know.. This is totally insane, who has time to sit and write down entire articled from scratch out of their head??

Plenty of people - if you don't want to, no one is going to make you. But a lot of people enjoy writing about topics of their interest in order to help others. There is no need to write an entire article at once, nor do you need to write long articles, short guides about a specific subject are also useful.

DanTheBanjoman · Dec 12, 2006, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Track

It would take weeks to write down everything u know.. This is totally insane, who has time to sit and write down entire articled from scratch out of their head??

If you don't get the idea behind a Wiki, fine. If you feel it's totally pointless, that's your loss. Here at TechPowerUp! we want to create a community, a wiki is a nice addition to that. Sharing our knowledge and helping eachother out is why we are here.
If you don't want to help nobody is forcing you to, but your complaining is of no value at all to us.

Though if you want to understand the idea behind a wiki you could take a look at wikipedia for instance.

n-sanity · Dec 12, 2006, 09:53 PM

My absolutely ultimate fan guide

http://reference.techpowerup.com/Fans

Everything you need to know. Is there an action we have to perform to submit our contribution, or does the wiki track that ???

Also, great thing we have a wiki - with this many members, it has a good chance of growing to collosal proportions.

W1zzard · Dec 12, 2006, 10:04 PM

wiki tracks everything you could ever want

XooM · Dec 12, 2006, 10:08 PM

what about those of us who have already written some pretty extensive articles?

W1zzard · Dec 12, 2006, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XooM

what about those of us who have already written some pretty extensive articles?

gave you a brownie point

XooM · Dec 12, 2006, 10:26 PM

mmmh, brownies!!!

DanTheBanjoman · Dec 13, 2006, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

gave you a brownie point

That sounds homosexual somehow...

W1zzard · Dec 13, 2006, 10:29 AM

lol
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

even though lore has it that it could also come from sticking up your nose someone's brownie

ummm

DanTheBanjoman · Dec 13, 2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

sticking up your nose someone's brownie

Q: Wat is het verschil tussen een duitser en een homo?
A: Een duitser poept in het ruhrgebied en een homo roert in het poepgebied.

For the Dutch readers amongst us, a real classic.

newtekie1 · Dec 13, 2006, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

lol
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

even though lore has it that it could also come from sticking up your nose someone's brownie

http://img.techpowerup.org/061213/Capture112.gif
ummm

While that is bad, I still think this is worse.

Dec 11, 2006, 11:06 PM	#1
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,768 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	Wiki Competition Dec 06 Every month from now on we will hold a Wiki Competition. A Wiki is a website that every user on the internet can contribute to, without special qualification or signup. We have recently launched our Reference Wiki which we hope can act as a useful reference for computer knowledge. Based on the overall contribution of users, the techPowerUp! Staff will pick five winners. Prizes $150 $100 $75 $50 $25 All prizes will be sent via Paypal. If you absolutely can't get a Paypal account for legal reasons, we will figure out a way to get the money to you. Rules This month's competition starts today and ends on January 15th 2007. Everybody is eligible to participate, including techPowerUp! Staff, excluding W1zzard. The five winners will be picked at the sole discretion of techPowerUp! Staff, based on quality and quantity of content. You are free to pick any topic to write about, the idea behind the Wiki is to offer a broad range of knowledge about computers. You pick what you want to write about, as long as it is computer related. Please do not copy and paste from other websites. Fixing other people's spelling, grammar, layout does count as contribution and will be considered. Adding additional information to an existing article counts as contribution as well. The Wiki automatically keeps track of which user added/changed/deleted which part of the article. Please do not deface or otherwise harm the Wiki and the other posters. Violation of these rules could lead to a warning, disqualification from the competition or ban from editing the Wiki. In order to participate you must register an account with the Wiki. The winners will be contacted after the competition is over. As winner, only your nickname and prize information will be released to the public. TechPowerUp! shall not accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by you or any other participant entering the Competition or as a result of accepting any prize. TechPowerUp! is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telecommunications network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the competition. TechPowerUp! also reserves the right to change or amend the Rules if necessary. Feel free to ask any questions you may have in this thread. Last edited by W1zzard; Dec 11, 2006 at 11:46 PM.

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Dec 11, 2006, 11:12 PM	#2
pt not a suicide-bomber Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 5,877 (2.24/day) Thanks: 106 Thanked 219 Times in 193 Posts System Specs	put the link in here when you cna w1z __________________ [img disabled]http://apax.eveonlinekb.com/?a=sig&i=39051&s=zealot[/img]

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Dec 11, 2006, 11:24 PM	#3
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,768 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	which link? edit: frontpage news post added

Dec 11, 2006, 11:32 PM	#4
pt not a suicide-bomber Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 5,877 (2.24/day) Thanks: 106 Thanked 219 Times in 193 Posts System Specs	can someone explain how to post something __________________ [img disabled]http://apax.eveonlinekb.com/?a=sig&i=39051&s=zealot[/img]

Dec 11, 2006, 11:46 PM	#5
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,768 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	http://reference.techpowerup.com/TPU...ce:Quick_Start quick start article i'm writing right now added video tutorial Last edited by W1zzard; Dec 12, 2006 at 12:49 AM.

Dec 12, 2006, 12:14 AM	#6
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Dec 12, 2006, 01:18 AM	#8
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Dec 12, 2006, 02:49 AM	#9
Nyte Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto ON Posts: 185 (0.06/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 34 Times in 18 Posts System Specs	Very good contest And we also learn things too! __________________ Nyte - The iconic Battlefield 2 sniper (Google me!)

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Dec 12, 2006, 06:57 AM	#10
Track Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 300 (0.12/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Wait, so u want us to actually WRITE DOWN every piece of information abt PCs in the world? Thats crazy.. it would take weeks to write every single article.

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Dec 12, 2006, 09:22 AM	#12
DanTheBanjoman Señor Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, The kingdom of the Netherlands Posts: 8,498 (2.58/day) Thanks: 41 Thanked 1,453 Times in 1,077 Posts System Specs	I'm adding some stubs so people get an idea of topics to write about. Of course I will fill them up myself as well over time. Also mr W1z, can you add an option to show/hide stubs? And show only stubs. If people feel like writing they could select "show only stubs" and they get a list of stuff to write about. Nm the last comment, stubs is a category, search them that way. Last edited by DanTheBanjoman; Dec 12, 2006 at 09:31 AM.

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Dec 12, 2006, 02:35 PM	#13
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.66/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Nice idea W1zz - the Wiki wasn't getting quite as much input as it should've been.

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Dec 12, 2006, 09:53 PM	#17
n-sanity Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 69 (0.03/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My absolutely ultimate fan guide http://reference.techpowerup.com/Fans Everything you need to know. Is there an action we have to perform to submit our contribution, or does the wiki track that ??? Also, great thing we have a wiki - with this many members, it has a good chance of growing to collosal proportions.

Dec 12, 2006, 10:04 PM	#18
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,768 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	wiki tracks everything you could ever want

Dec 12, 2006, 10:08 PM	#19
XooM Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Close to FrozenCPU.com Posts: 478 (0.15/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	what about those of us who have already written some pretty extensive articles? __________________ “yeah i'm sorry .. i'm not so good at programming.. i just started” -W1zzard

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Dec 12, 2006, 10:26 PM	#21
XooM Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Close to FrozenCPU.com Posts: 478 (0.15/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	mmmh, brownies!!! __________________ “yeah i'm sorry .. i'm not so good at programming.. i just started” -W1zzard

Dec 13, 2006, 10:29 AM	#23
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,768 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,215 Times in 3,159 Posts System Specs	lol http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...-8&sa=N&tab=wi even though lore has it that it could also come from sticking up your nose someone's brownie ummm

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