Talk:Mathcounts

message: Some of the source links no longer work, would it be possible to find some new ones? AlanZhu314159265358979 (talk) 02:30, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Outdated Sources

message: I don't know if the ciphering round is necessary, and it almost certainly doesn't have many reliable sources. Would it be possible/good to remove it? AlanZhu314159265358979 (talk) 21:01, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Ciphering Round

message: Sandbox, ur answeres are wrong, i had to fix one of yours, and thats the only one i looked at.. o yea dont erase it richard ni's gonna win (2007)
Just being watchful: Those problem examples don't happen to be copyrighted, do they? If they're copyrighted, they have to go. Mike Church 01:40, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Am I sure? No, absolutely not. I'm probably thinking of something else. Fix it if you know it's wrong. Aerion 00:35, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It's typically the newest TI model, regardless of line. The 84-silver was the prize last year, I believe - I got a TI-92 in... 1996? (feeling old) (ESkog)(Talk) 00:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What is called an Alternate in this article is becoming known as an Individual- I was an "Individual" in 2005, and there was a bit of confusion about what to call it. to quote the Mathcounts website:
"A school may register one team of four and up to four individuals for a total of eight participants."
This is what my school did, and called them, but we also had several two or three alternates, whose scores did not count at all, unless one of the top eight was unavailable. Individuals' scores are counted, but are not part of the team score unless one of the top four is unavailable. Anyone else think this distinction should be added to the article?
-lioness713
We had a team of 4, and 6 individuals, as well as 2 alternates. Maybe this has changed recently? Twelvefortyeight (talk) 01:42, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individual vs. Alternate 

message: In the comment above (at the top, from two years ago), there was a question about whether they were copyrighted. That question still applies, but I think they can be used as fair use if the source is given. (Or even if they are now public domain, one should give the source for the sake of verifiability.) Does anyone know where they came from? Are they from a particular year's exam, or given as samples of the sort of level to be expected? One may as well give the answers, too (as footnotes, perhaps). Rigadoun 15:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Problem examples source?

message: I realized that some lists are old-to-new (1984-2006) and some that are new-to-old (2007-2002. I think they should all probably be old-to-new, but give me your thoughts. FruitMart 02:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronology Problems 

message: I just deleted a section from the article.  Until someone can verify that he did appear on Regis & Kelly, that section will have to stay out of the article. RJaguar3 03:18, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind.  I just found a verifiable source. RJaguar3 01:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kevin Chen on Regis & Kelly? 

message: This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of January 6, 2008, compares against the  six good article criteria:
:1. Well written?: There are some typos, like a space omission in "Countdown Round" (which I fixed), and some others. Also, a few more wikilinks throughout the article would be helpful. (I know that there isn't a lot to link in this article, but try to incorporate more links.) 
:2. Factually accurate?: There are some uncited statements, most notably the "Examples of problems" section. Perhaps it should be removed, as Wikipedia is not a resource for math problems; an external link to example problems could be given in the "External links" section. Also, one of the cited links, , redirects to , which requires special membership to access; such links should be avoided. 
:3. Broad in coverage?: Please provide information on its history; how did it all begin? (I don't mean a list like Timeline of Mathcounts, but rather a description.) 
:4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
:5. Article stability? Pass
:6. Images?: I would advise that you provide a photo of people competing at a MATHCOUNTS competition. Readers will wonder: What is the atmosphere like? Also, on the description page for :Image:MathCounts trophy.jpg, there is a deprecated  tag, which should be replaced with something more specific.  
When these issues are addressed, the article can be renominated.  If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it have it reassessed.  Thank you for your work so far.</div> King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: GA review (see here for criteria)
#It is reasonably well written.
#:a (prose):  b (MoS): 
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#It is factually accurate and verifiable.
#:a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
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#It is broad in its coverage.
#:a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
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#It follows the neutral point of view policy.
#:Fair representation without bias: 
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#It is stable.
#:No edit wars etc.: 
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#It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
#:a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
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King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Completely done. I'm resubmitting for GA now... Nousernameslefttalk and matrix? 03:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed "good article" nomination

message: The article has addressed all issues that were brought in its last nomination, I can not see a reason why it can not be promoted to GA now. One note though, I'd prefer to see some more pictures in this article to improve its visual attractiveness.
Λua∫Wise (talk) 15:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA

message: Is it MATHCOUNTS, Mathcounts, or MathCounts? Let's have some continuity. SpencerT♦C 00:44, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Commonly written MathCounts (though that's wrong), on the logo and the website it's MATHCOUNTS, per MOS it should be Mathcounts in every instance it occurs in this article. Nousernamesleft (talk) 02:04, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If they call themselves MATHCOUNTS, why are we not using that case? DMacks (talk) 04:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahah, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks)#General rules looks pretty applicable, and indeed would give Mathcounts. DMacks (talk) 04:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: This topic is moderately notable, but not quite prominent enough to make it onto the Version 0.7 release. Walkerma (talk) 02:16, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Version 0.7

message: Shouldn't there be some sort of explanation of what the spirit stick award is somewhere in the article? Jumping straight into it in the recent results section is confusing.
68.238.252.115 (talk) 23:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spirit stick award? 

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thread_title: File:MathCounts trophy.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: I think the title should be MATHCOUNTS, not Mathcounts.
Davidkim2106 (talk) 16:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: MOS:TMRULES says to use standard word/title/sentence-case even if the official name of something is all-caps. DMacks (talk) 03:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title Change 

message: In  some state-names in the "State-team winner" column are followed by a parenthetical number. What does it mean? DMacks (talk) 22:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers after state-name in winners table 

message: Mathcounts is canceled this year(2020) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Initially, all state rounds that had not occurred were canceled, and they were working on a new way to qualify people for nationals, and then they canceled nationals as well. Twelvefortyeight (talk) 01:45, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mathcounts Cancellation 2020