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Welcome to the '''Quizbowl Wiki''', a compendium of information on Quizbowl, from middle school up to the masters level. If you wish to edit pages, you must have an account and be logged in. Please direct any questions to [mailto:jonah+qbwiki@jonahgreenthal.com Jonah Greenthal].
 
Welcome to the '''Quizbowl Wiki''', a compendium of information on Quizbowl, from middle school up to the masters level. If you wish to edit pages, you must have an account and be logged in. Please direct any questions to [mailto:jonah+qbwiki@jonahgreenthal.com Jonah Greenthal].
  
If you are new to Quizbowl, you might want to start with the "Introduction to Quizbowl" series, beginning with the article on [[Quizbowl]] itself, and the many pages considered to be [[:Category: Quizbowl basics]]. We also have specific articles on [[How Collegiate Quizbowl Works]] and [[How Quizbowl Works, For Journalists]]. Once you start getting involved, useful information can be found at [[How to Get Good at This Game]], [[How to Write Questions]], and [[How to run a high school tournament]].
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If you are new to Quizbowl, you might want to start with the "Introduction to Quizbowl" series that you can see to the right.
 
 
Some of the most important organizations in Quizbowl are [[ACF]], [[NAQT]], [[HSAPQ]], and [[PACE]].
 
 
 
The most important Quizbowl website is the [[Quizbowl Resource Center]] (formerly known as Hsquizbowl.org). There is an article on [[Computer-related things in quizbowl]].
 
 
 
==Stylizing QBWiki==
 
 
 
'''I've launched a discussion of how to name pages at [[Quizbowl_Wiki:Naming_conventions]]. Please go there and discuss it. --[[User:Fred Morlan|Fred Morlan]] 02:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)'''
 
  
'''I've launched a discussion of how to format tournament pages at [[Quizbowl_Wiki:Tournament_page_conventions]]. Please go there and discuss it.--[[User:Dwight Wynne|Dwight Wynne]] 20:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
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The most important organizations in Quizbowl are [[ACF]], [[NAQT]], [[HSAPQ]], and [[PACE]].
  
==Improving QBWiki==
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The most important Quizbowl website is the [[Quizbowl Resource Center]] (formerly known as Hsquizbowl.org). There is an article here on [[Computer-related things in quizbowl]].
For those of you looking for free advice on how to improve this site, the first thing you should do is make sure that articles on topics you know firsthand are informative and updated. If an article on an important topic or person does not exist, feel free to create one. Also, place a high priority on the articles linked to above.
 
  
Many of the pages we would like to see improved are listed at [[:Category:Stubs]]. Some of the priorities are [[Brookwood]], [[Detroit Country Day]], [[Dwight Kidder]], [[Eric Huff]], [[Graham Moyer]], [[Montgomery Blair]], [[Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet]], [[Novi]], [[Olmsted Falls]], and [[Seven Lakes]].
 
  
Many of the pages we would like to see created are listed [[Special:WantedPages|here]].
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'''Improving QBWiki'''
  
If you'd like to add results to tournaments who are missing part of their results, you can check [[High school tournaments with missing results]] for those pages.
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For those of you looking for free advice on how to improve this site, the first thing you should do is make sure that articles on topics you know firsthand are informative and updated. If an article on an important topic or person does not exist, feel free to create one. Many of the pages we would like to see improved are listed at [[:Category:Stubs]]. Many of the pages we would like to see created are listed [[Special:WantedPages|here]].
  
 
Unlike Wikipedia, there is no conflict of interest policy on QBWiki; you may and should write from firsthand experience, as long as what you write is true and doesn't violate anyone's privacy, etc.
 
Unlike Wikipedia, there is no conflict of interest policy on QBWiki; you may and should write from firsthand experience, as long as what you write is true and doesn't violate anyone's privacy, etc.

Revision as of 15:43, 10 July 2013

Welcome to the Quizbowl Wiki, a compendium of information on Quizbowl, from middle school up to the masters level. If you wish to edit pages, you must have an account and be logged in. Please direct any questions to Jonah Greenthal.

If you are new to Quizbowl, you might want to start with the "Introduction to Quizbowl" series that you can see to the right.

The most important organizations in Quizbowl are ACF, NAQT, HSAPQ, and PACE.

The most important Quizbowl website is the Quizbowl Resource Center (formerly known as Hsquizbowl.org). There is an article here on Computer-related things in quizbowl.


Improving QBWiki

For those of you looking for free advice on how to improve this site, the first thing you should do is make sure that articles on topics you know firsthand are informative and updated. If an article on an important topic or person does not exist, feel free to create one. Many of the pages we would like to see improved are listed at Category:Stubs. Many of the pages we would like to see created are listed here.

Unlike Wikipedia, there is no conflict of interest policy on QBWiki; you may and should write from firsthand experience, as long as what you write is true and doesn't violate anyone's privacy, etc.