Once again, I should be in bed.
| The contributions will be judged considering not only the quantity and quality of the contributed code, but taking in consideration also how well the competition participants use the #dotgnu irc channel, the mailing lists and the wiki for coordinating their coding efforts, and for helping newcomers with getting started. |
(emphasis mine)
These are the judging criteria for the DotGNU International Collaborative Coding Competition. I’m accustomed to the notion of judging code based on quality (although, it is an elusive thing to define), but the community aspect of this is fascinating. Unlike many other programming contests, they’re explicitly judging the participants on their ability to communicate and share their ideas and frustrations with the greater community. I especially like the fact that a good participant is also one who spends time bootstrapping newbies into the community.
Still. That’s a twist.