RuneScape:Wikifest

The Wikifest is a seasonal wiki community event held in-game for members of the RuneScape Wiki. Wikifests are held to celebrate the wiki's progress and each user's contributions to the wiki, to help the community grow closer, and most of all, for the enjoyment of all. A wikifest is essentially an in-game festival at which wiki members can participate in activities which are traditional party events in RuneScape.

The first wikifest was Summer 2007, which was held on 24 June 2007. The next Wikifest will be in Winter 2009.

Organisation
Wikifests are organised entirely by volunteer wiki members, and there is a lot of planning and preparation leading up to each one.

Event schedule


Each wikifest follows a schedule of events which is pre-organized by volunteer wiki members. The schedule may vary slightly for each wikifest, but is usually similar to previous schedules.

Drop party
Drop parties used to be held at all wikifests, at which wiki members who have volunteered to donate items to the drop party share their wealth with the community. All wiki members were encouraged to donate.

However, since the change to the drop limits, Party Pete's advertising of larger drop parties, and restriction of drop parties to only a few worlds, this is no longer practical.

Competitions
All wikifests include some form of games or competitions. Such games could include variations on hide and seek, costume competitions or even trivia quizzes.

Moderators/volunteers
Each Wikifest is managed by several volunteers who regulate the events and control them so that everything goes as scheduled. While all wiki members are welcome to participate, volunteer, and help out with planning and organizing, moderators have additional responsibilities. Moderators may perform as judges and give out rewards in contests and other events. While any user can volunteer to be a moderator, they must be approved by the current moderators.

Note: Volunteers are not the same as wiki administrators. While moderators are often administrators, this is not a requirement to be a moderator. The only requirement to be a moderator is to be trusted and active within the wiki community.