Good morning to everybody.
I am looking for a few people interested in contributing to the creation of an article about “Top8 at professional events”.
This article will be published on our JudgeBlogs and the ultimate goal is to make it the reference for its topic (it will be updated whenever needed).

The range of activities can be quite large, and can include:
- Looking for articles on the web about the topic
- Looking for photos on the web about the topic or for pictures that might be added to the articles
- Searching the judge forums (Competitive REL, Tournament Operations, Article Discussion) for useful information about the topic
- Searching the appropriate JudgeBlogs (for example Battlefield Forge) for useful links and information about the topic
- Proofreading and editing the English article
- Translating the article into other languages
- Taking photos at your next events
- Formatting the files available for download
- … and anything that can come to your mind
The amount of time and energy to be put in this activity will depend on your preference, of course; this is a volunteer activity, and our desire is that you find it interesting and involving.

At the end of this message, you can find the planned structure of this article and of all the articles in the same section.
For your general knowledge (as an extra to give you a broader picture of the planned activities behind the scenes), you also find an approximate timeline for writing, collecting feedback, advertising, getting feedback from tournaments and updating it.
If you are interested in contributing to this, please send me a mail (riccardo.tessitori@gmail.com) before July, Wednesday the 8th and we will organize our activities in the next week.
There will be other topics and other requests for leaders of other living articles in the next week (current plan is to start the process of an article every two weeks).

Thanks!

Riccardo

STRUCTURE
Description
A general, short description of what the topic is, with the goal of giving to the reader (who might also not be an expert judge) an overview of the area we will be discussing

Goal
Each document and each activity have a goal. Explaining the goal is a good starting point and a way to get the reader (again, without assuming that only expert judges will read it) interested.

Download
In addition to a comprehensive document, the plan is to offer a few ONE-page files to download. Depending on the topic, there might be one page with “recommendations” for the lead, one page with “instructions” for the team members, other documents widely used in tournaments, software associated to the activities or…. whatever will be considered useful

Article
Here we have the core of the article. It’s intended to be as comprehensive as possible and as long as the writer will want (we have the short version in the “download” area, haven’t we? ^__^).

Photo gallery
Pictures are an excellent tool for conveying a message.
Sometimes a photo clarifies a long series of sentences, sometimes it offers a better memory (as many of us keep in mind an image better than a speech), and sometimes it stimulates thoughts and innovation.

Useful links
As the topic has nothing secret (otherwise we wouldn’t write about it, right? ^__^), there are surely other article on the web about it. This area contains links to many of the resources available on the internet about this topic. They can be other judge articles, tournament reports, pages that have no connection to the Magic judge program or… whatever we will find useful.

Contacts
This article is intended to be a living article, and it’s useful to send feedback to its owner.


TIMELINE
JULY
1 week: recruitment of lead and participants
1 week: organization of the activities of the participants

Mid-JULY to mid-AUGUST
1 month: writing of the core article

Second part of AUGUST
1 week: editing
1-2 weeks: gathering of feedback (from selected people outside the working group) before publishing

SEPTEMBER
1 week: publishing and advertising the first version
2 months: gathering of feedback from tournaments

NOVEMBER
2 weeks: updating
1 week: publishing and advertising the “final” version
(Merry Christmas ^__^)

Note: this timeline is approximate; times and activities may vary, depending on the topic and especially on the preferences of the author.