Directing SOWPODS tournaments - Revision history

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ moved link

2026-01-26T17:07:59Z

‎WESPA ratings: moved link

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ Fixed email

2026-01-26T17:07:22Z

‎WESPA ratings: Fixed email

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ updated WESPA submission

2026-01-26T17:06:36Z

‎WESPA ratings: updated WESPA submission

Judycole: changed acronym to NWL

2025-02-13T01:51:21Z

changed acronym to NWL

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ Spelled RATED correctly

2025-02-07T04:54:05Z

‎WESPA ratings: Spelled RATED correctly

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ Updated ratings levy information

2023-01-13T14:40:39Z

‎WESPA ratings: Updated ratings levy information

Judycole: /* NASPA ratings */ No difference in submitting results

2023-01-13T14:33:56Z

‎NASPA ratings: No difference in submitting results

Judycole: /* Rules */ Changed rules to not reference specific page numbers of old rules manuals

2023-01-13T14:33:10Z

‎Rules: Changed rules to not reference specific page numbers of old rules manuals

Judycole: /* Sanctioning */ Cleaned up language and removed link to levy

2023-01-13T14:29:06Z

‎Sanctioning: Cleaned up language and removed link to levy

Judycole: /* WESPA ratings */ Changed Jackman to Broersma

2022-10-18T16:57:22Z

‎WESPA ratings: Changed Jackman to Broersma

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 WESPA rating requires the submission of a ratings file and the payment of a ratings levy.
-* The results must be submitted to the WESPA Ratings Committee ([mailto:ratings@wespa.org ratings@wespa.org]) by email as a .TOU file.
+* The results must be submitted to the WESPA Ratings Committee by email ([mailto:ratings@wespa.org ratings@wespa.org]) as a .TOU file.
 ** If you indicate that your tournament will be WESPA rated when you submit it for sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will prepare and submit the .TOU file for you, upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
 * The director (or his/her designate) must pay the WESPA ratings levy directly via this [https://buy.stripe.com/5kQfZi2FZ0eB3Hp7ta7Vm01 link] within 14 days of the event.

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 WESPA rating requires the submission of a ratings file and the payment of a ratings levy.
-* The results must be submitted to the WESPA Ratings Committee ([mailto:ratings@wespa.org]) by email as a .TOU file.
+* The results must be submitted to the WESPA Ratings Committee ([mailto:ratings@wespa.org ratings@wespa.org]) by email as a .TOU file.
 ** If you indicate that your tournament will be WESPA rated when you submit it for sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will prepare and submit the .TOU file for you, upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
 * The director (or his/her designate) must pay the WESPA ratings levy directly via this [https://buy.stripe.com/5kQfZi2FZ0eB3Hp7ta7Vm01 link] within 14 days of the event.

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 WESPA rating requires the submission of a ratings file and the payment of a ratings levy.
-* The results must be submitted to the WESPA ratings officer (currently [mailto:broersma.jason@gmail.com Jason Broersma]) by email as a .TOU file.
+* The results must be submitted to the WESPA Ratings Committee ([mailto:ratings@wespa.org]) by email as a .TOU file.
 ** If you indicate that your tournament will be WESPA rated when you submit it for sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will prepare and submit the .TOU file for you, upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
-* The director (or his/her designate) must pay the WESPA ratings levy directly to the WESPA treasurer (currently [mailto:broersma.jason@gmail.com Jason Broersma]).
+* The director (or his/her designate) must pay the WESPA ratings levy directly via this [https://buy.stripe.com/5kQfZi2FZ0eB3Hp7ta7Vm01 link] within 14 days of the event.
 ** The ratings levy is $1 per player ($10 minimum).
 ** The ratings levy is a flat $10 for 1-day Early/Late/Night Birds if the Main Event is also WESPA-rated.

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 specifically about the differences and commonalities
 between Collins ([[SOWPODS]]) and
-regular ([[OTCWL]]) [[tournaments]].
+regular ([[NWL]]) [[tournaments]].
 The information also applies to
 separate Collins events within

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 === WESPA ratings ===
-When you request sanctioning for the tournament, indicate if you want the tournament to be WESPA ratd.
+When you request sanctioning for the tournament, indicate if you want the tournament to be WESPA rated.
 The [[Tournament Committee]] will forward this information to the WESPA liaison for further action by WESPA.

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 === WESPA ratings ===
-To have the tournament rated by WESPA, please notify the Tournament Committee when submitting the event for sanctioning, and include the following information with your sanctioning request:
+When you request sanctioning for the tournament, indicate if you want the tournament to be WESPA ratd.
+The [[Tournament Committee]] will forward this information to the WESPA liaison for further action by WESPA.
 WESPA rating requires the submission of a ratings file and the payment of a ratings levy.
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 ** If you indicate that your tournament will be WESPA rated when you submit it for sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will prepare and submit the .TOU file for you, upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
 * The director (or his/her designate) must pay the WESPA ratings levy directly to the WESPA treasurer (currently [mailto:broersma.jason@gmail.com Jason Broersma]).
-If you are using [[Tsh|TSH]], note that the 'event_name' configuration parameter will be passed
+If you are using [[Tsh|TSH]], note that the 'event_name' configuration parameter will be passed onto the WESPA rating officer instead of the default city and state/province.
 If you do not provide notice of WESPA rating when seeking tournament sanctioning, the following methods may be used to generate a .TOU file:
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 *# Start tsh and verify that it loads the .t file without errors.
 *# Execute the AUPAIR command to create the .TOU file.
-* Ask John Chew to create the .TOU file for you while processing your NASPA ratings.  John can also submit this file directly to Bob if you have so requested.
+* Ask John Chew to create the .TOU file for you while processing your NASPA ratings.
+<br>
-Regardless of the method, one should verify the
+Regardless of the method, you should verify the
 spellings of the names of all participants.
-A number of players have spelling diffferences between
+A number of players have spelling differences between
 their NASPA and WESPA rating records.
 tsh can convert certain player names, but not all possible current and future player names.

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 === NASPA ratings ===
-Currently, the choice of the rating system
+The results submission process is the same.
 === WESPA ratings ===

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 == Rules ==
-The [[Official Tournament Rules]] may be used
+The [[Official Tournament Rules]] should be used
-with the change of only rule III.A.1 to
+with the changes noted in Section VI - Play Using the International Lexicon.
-Optionally one may also change the challenge penalty
+Typically in international tournaments, the penalty for an unsuccessful
-rule in section IV.I.3 p. 15 to any of the choices listed
+challenge is 10 or 5 points per challenged word but no loss of turn.  The choice should be indicated in all tournament announcements.
-On a case-by-case basis, the adoptation of
+On a case-by-case basis, the adoption of certain other WESPA rules may be approved.
 == Results ==

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 between tournaments that use different lexicons.
-All parameters specific to the
+All parameters specific to the tournament should be specified at this time,
 including:
-* that the current Collins ([[SOWPODS]]) lexicon will be used,
+* that the NASPA Collins rating system will be used,
-* that NASPA Collins rating system will be used,
+* if [[WESPA]] rating will also be sought (and, if so, including the additional required information)
 * which variation of the challenge penalty will be in effect (see Rule VI.B.).
-If the director is also seeking WESPA ratings,
+<br>
-and the tournament meets all [http://www.wespa.org/tournaments/criteria.shtml WESPA ratings criteria], the director should notify the tournament committee when sanctioning is requested (see below).  The director must also pay the [http://www.wespa.org/ratings/levy.shtml WESPA ratings levy] directly, after ratings data is submitted to WESPA.  If you indicate that the tournament will be WESPA rated when seeking sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will submit your ratings data to WESPA upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
+The director must also pay the WESPA ratings levy directly after ratings data is submitted to WESPA.  If you indicate that the tournament will be WESPA rated when seeking sanctioning, NASPA ratings officer John Chew will submit your ratings data to WESPA upon receipt of the NASPA ratings data.
 == Lexicon ==