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! End Date
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==What is a Moodle Hack-a-thon?==

A Hack-a-thon is a period of intense community contribution to the Moodle project. Participants are rewarded for their involvement. There is a competitive aspect to the Hack-a-thon to encourage greater involvement.

==Categories of work==

The following categories are specifically targeted as areas of work for the Hack-a-thon.

===Bugs patched===

This category is for the most bugs resolved.

There are two groups in this category, each with separate prize pools.

* Recognised developers (in the [[Tracker#Tracker_groups_and_permissions|jira-developers]] Tracker group)
* New developers (not in the [[Tracker#Tracker_groups_and_permissions|jira-developers]] group)

Moodle HQ employees are excluded from competing.

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! Points
| 5 points for every bug + 1 point for every VOTE on that bug (so vote for your favourite bugs!) + 2 points for fixing on all supported branches
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! Reporting
| Participants should add themselves and links to their issues to [[Hack-a-thon_2013/Bugs_resolved]]. Participants should provide Git branches on the issue.
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! Verification
| Each reported fix will be reviewed by an authorised developer. Fixes may be allowed minor fixes after reviewing.
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! T-shirt standard
| 1 verified bug fix
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===Dud issues identified===

A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dud dud] issue is one that is open, but should be closed, for one of the following reasons.
* It is a duplicate of another issue in the tracker (either a pre-existing issue or an active issue reported later; the point is that we end up closing one).
* It was an issue that has been fixed in current versions.
* It is an issue that has become obsolete because of changes present in current versions.
* It is not able to be replicated in any reasonable supported environment.

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! Points
| 3 points per identified issue (1 point for each additional duplicate after the first)
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! Reporting
| Participants should add themselves and links to their issues to [[Hack-a-thon_2013/Dud_issues_closed]]. Participants should comment on each issue they report.
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! Verification
| Each reported issue will be checked and closed by authorised person.
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! T-shirt standard
| 5 dud issues identified and verified as duds
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===Docs updated===

* Most Moodle [[Main_Page|Dev Docs]] API pages updated.

There are numerous API features that are undocumented or out of date.

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! Points
| 1 point for each API page updated. 3 points for each API page created.
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! Reporting
| Participants should add themselves and links to their updates to [[Hack-a-thon_2013/Docs_updated]]
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! Verification
| Each reported page or update will be checked and verified. Changes should be necessary and more than corrections of grammar or spelling.
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! T-shirt standard
| 3 updates or 1 page created
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===Plugins updated===

* Most Contributed plugins updated

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! Points
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! Reporting
| Participants should add themselves and links to their plugins to [[Hack-a-thon_2013/Plugins_updated]]
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! Verification
| ???
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! T-shirt standard
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==Prizes and recognition==

Each participant who fulfils the minimum t-shirt standard will receive a limited edition Hack-a-thon t-shirt.

Cash prizes will be awarded for each category (including two prizes for bug fixing). Prizes will be awarded as follows.

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| First prize
| AU$200
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| Second prize
| AU$100
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| Third prize
| AU$50
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Cash prizes will be paid via Paypal.

Winners in each category will be named in a news item on moodle.org, a feature story on moodle.com and recorded here in the Docs.

The judges decision is final. We reserve the right to disqualify someone if it becomes obvious they are cheating the system (eg. by filing fake reports, setting up fake accounts, reassigning bugs from other people after they are done etc.). 

==See also...==

* [[Bugathon]] 2007