AoPS Wiki:Contest Problems Standards

The following standards should be followed when adding contest problems and solutions to the AoPSWiki. Art of Problem Solving community member chess64 made an AoPSWiki problem uploader on his website which is highly recommended.

Structure of the contest problem pages

When going through this, it is helpful to be looking at an example such as the 1983 AIME.

• On the main page of a contest there should be link to the [[Contest X Problems and Solutions]] page where Contest X is the name of the contest.
• The Problems and Solutions page should contain links to each year for which the competition has problems. These links should be named using the form [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X]] where the round number is inserted only when applicable.
• On the Year Y [Round Z] Contest X page there should be the following links:
  • [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X Problems]]
    • This page should contain all of the problems from the test as they appeared on the test. There should be no links within the problem statements.
    • Immediately after each problem there should be a link to [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X/Problem W | Solution]] where W is the number of the problem. On these pages the key terms in the problem statements should be linked to other articles in the wiki.
  • [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X/Answer Key | Answer Key]]
  • [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X Problems/Problem 1 | Problem 1]]
  • [[Year Y [Round Z] Contest X Problems/Problem 2 | Problem 2]]
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    • On each of the individual problem pages, there should a link to the previous problem, the next problem, and the whole exam. See 1983 AIME Problems/Problem 8 for an example.
• Finally, at the bottom of the page there should be proper links in the See also section.

Quick tips

• Don't add template pages (i.e. don't create a page for a problem unless you are ready to put the problem statement on it.

Categorizing problems

It helps to categorize problems by their type and difficulty. The following table provides the codes for all of the possible categories for problems.

Introductory Problems	Intermediate Problems	Olympiad Problems
[[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Algebra Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Algebra Problems]]
[[Category:Introductory Combinatorics Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Combinatorics Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Combinatorics Problems]]
[[Category:Introductory Complex Numbers Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Complex Numbers Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Complex Numbers Problems]]
[[Category:Introductory Geometry Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Geometry Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Geometry Problems]]
[[Category:Introductory Number Theory Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Number Theory Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Number Theory Problems]]
[[Category:Introductory Trigonometry Problems]]	[[Category:Intermediate Trigonometry Problems]]	[[Category:Olympiad Trigonometry Problems]]

See also

• Table of Contents