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It is important that before starting new entries you take the time to ensure that articles meet
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Take extra care to avoid paraphrasing and copyright. If producing a lot of content it is sometimes difficult to avoid sentences at times which don't resemble something in a source but it is important that the articles are without problems and will stick around on
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Contestants must fill out the bingo card by creating new qualifying articles or qualifying edits for 5 artists of their choice (or 4 using the free space) on
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Articles/edits must be published by the end of the competition period. Contestants are welcome to work on articles in AFC, draft space, their sandboxes or off-wiki in advance but the new articles have to be in the mainspace during the duration of the
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No automated, semi-automated tools, scripts, or manual templates to mass generate content are permitted for the contest. Any indication that editors are cheating by using a cookie-cutter template or script to mass generate through lists may lead to
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similar format and facts, the articles submitted must demonstrate original text and that some time has been taken to write them. If using public domain sources this must be rewritten to comply at least if you're competing in the contest.
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BLT's BINGO Contest is a national contest that celebrates the work of Black artists by working to increase information about them across
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