The Judge Candidate Textbook
This team is writing a book that can help judge candidates to learn the rules
| Project Manager: | Salvatore La Terra |
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| Public: |  |
| Looking For: | Editors, Translators, UX Designers, Web Developers |
Project Description
Judge candidates currently have two official sources to learn rules: the bulky and intimidating Comprehensive Rules and the scant Basic Rulebook. The purpose of this project is to create a document that covers the middle ground between these, a document that is friendly, inviting to read and easy to grasp, but at the same time teaches aspiring judges all the rules they’ll need in their activity within stores.
We’ll be using a wiki to develop this project, but don’t let the software fool you: we’re not doing an encyclopedia here, nor a reference sheet of eminent rules. We’re writing a book, intended to be read from cover to cover, and then referenced as need arises.
The final result should be a book available in a number of languages (ideally, all the languages Magic is sold in) and in a plethora of formats: HTML, ePub, PDF, and maybe as dedicated apps on iOS and Android.
This project will be very challenging and complex, and a wide array of skill sets will be needed. Here are all the positions we need to fill, with a list of skill required for each. Of course, you’re welcome to apply for more than one role!
- Section Lead. The material will be split in four major sections, with the possibility to add more in case we decide to expand on it. Each section will be supervised by a Lead Editor, whose role will be to guide and harmonize the effort of people working on that section. The skills you need to fill this role are: motivate others, lay down a structure and overview. (Currently, all sections have a leader.)
- Contributor. Editors will be assigned a topic (for example, “triggered abilities” or “combat phase”) and a generic outline, and will have to produce an informative article. The estimate time needed to write an article is between three and five hours. The skills you need to fill this role are: good rules knowledge (however, you don’t need to be a guru), good use of written English, ability to work on a schedule. (All articles have already been written.)
- Copy Editor. The average judge is quite good with English, but our writing style will always have a shade of our language in it. After each article is written, we’ll need a native speaker to review it and tweak the language. The skills you need to fill this role are: strong mastery of English as a native language, good knowledge of Magic jargon, ability to follow a style guide.
- Translator. English is a lingua franca in our community, but many aspiring judges who approach us are scared off by the English documents they’re supposed to study. After each article is written, we’ll need to translate it in as many languages as possible, to make it accessible to all candidates. The skills you need to fill this role are: good English comprehension, strong mastery of your native language, ability to follow a style guide
- User Experience Designer. The final document will need to have a strong identity and offer as less friction as possible to the reader. In particular, we’ll need to distance ourselves from Wikipedia and facilitate reading on mobile devices. The skills you need to fill this role are: knowledge of UX principles, ability to produce mock-ups and guide developers.
- Web Developer. The document will live on a wiki platform, and we’ll need to customize it according to the vision of the designers and the needs of the editors. The skills you need to fill this role are: knowledge of PHP and/or HTML, CSS and Javascript, ability to debug code both yours and others’, ability to provide a schedule and respect it.
Project Members
| Name |
|---|
| Matteo Callegari |
| Salvatore La Terra |
| saverio adamo |
| Javier Alvarez |
| Michael Anderson |
| Daniel Araya |
| Iwika Ble |
| Sylvain BOISBOURDIN |
| Bernd Buldt |
| Minqi Chen |
| Adena Chernosky |
| Francesco Cinelli |
| Ashley Coatl |
| Travis Coffman |
| Federico Matias Compeano |
| Anna Cotti |
| Fabrizio Curato |
| Giovanni D'Amelio |
| Mary Angel Davila |
| Tom Davis |
| Nicolas De Bonis |
| Antonello Dimola |
| Nicola DiPasquale |
| Laura Ellis |
| James Fields |
| Gary Freedman |
| Riccardo Gallori |
| Francesco Giorgio |
| Fabrício Gomes |
| Jack Hesse |
| Ron Edward Joson |
| Yonatan Kamensky |
| Tom Kunc |
| Irina Kuzmina |
| Joseph Kyle |
| Ciro Lamberti |
| Thomas Lando |
| Chris Langston |
| Emmanuel Leal |
| James Do Hung Lee |
| Jason Long |
| Luca Magni |
| Martina Malvisi |
| Thomas Marchiori |
| Nelson Mendoza Moral |
| Callum Milne |
| Janit Mindis |
| Shawn Moore |
| José Moreira |
| Luca Morelli |
| Alessandra Mottini |
| Bob Narindra |
| Antonio Neri |
| Claudio Martín Nieva Scarpatti |
| Sophie Pages |
| Pablo Paolo |
| Marco Pettinari |
| Elliot Raff |
| Danilo Raineri |
| Jordan Randolph |
| Enrico Riccardi |
| Mauro Ricciardi |
| Jonathan Rizzo |
| Gregory Rome |
| Francesco Rossi |
| Jennifer Scott |
| Renato Spinelli |
| Amanda Stevens |
| Mackenzie Stratford |
| Jacopo Strati |
| Anastacia Tomson |
| Juan M Tourret |
| Giuseppe Tufo |
| Florencia Valle |
| Federico Verdini |
| Mitchell Waldbauer |
| Chaim Weinberg |
| Jarrod Williams |
| Chris Worrell |
| Lucy Wyatt |
| Zhaoben Xu |
| Adam Zakreski |
| David Záleský |
| Yacin Zouhair |