October 2011 Coding Challenge/October 26 Update

= Copy for the update email to participants of Code Challenge =

Hello, challenge participant! We hope that you are making great progress towards completing your contest entry. Here are some things to keep in mind as you push forward with your work:


 * To view your contest page, be sure that you are logged into mediawiki.org. When you log in and visit the challenge page, you will automatically be redirected to your contest page.


 * Unlike other code challenges, we encourage collaboration; part of being a great Wikipedia coder is knowing how to work together with the broader Mediawiki community. As you run into problems, feel free to ask questions on the wikitech-l mailing list and the IRC channels -- and feel free to help other contestants as well!  Collaborative ability is one of the judging criteria.  It's not all about the code.


 * Release early, release often. You don't have to wait until the final deadline to submit your code; you may upload your code to one of the acceptable repositories immediately and link to it from your contest page.  You can then update your code right until the deadline.  (Updates after the deadline will simply be ignored.)

If you have any questions that you do not feel comfortable asking on the mailing lists or IRC, you can always send your question directly to codingchallenge@wikimedia.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Happy hacking!