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Answers to common questions about ArtaQuest — how publishing, the reproducibility checklist, challenges, coins, sponsors, and donations work — and how to reach us.

ArtaQuest ye mun ye?

A social feed of citable, reproducible work. Every submission — survey, dataset, model, article, 2D or 3D illustration, 2D or 3D animation, 2D or 3D game, or music — is a public Kaggle notebook that has been run. The author pastes the URL of the notebook's output page, picks which of its output files to publish, and an exhaustive reproducibility checklist runs against Kaggle's public API before the author publishes the work from their own inbox. Published files land in the Library, where any member can attach them to their posts. Reading everything is free, no account needed.

Ne bɛ se ka baara dɔ bɔ cogo di?

Paste a Kaggle notebook URL, pick the files to publish, read the checklist, request publication, then confirm from your inbox. That is the whole flow. The checklist's blocking checks all have to pass; then a single-use secret goes to your own registered email, and your click plus your device passkey signature is what publishes the work and mints its permanent DOI short link. Every step is free.

How is a work checked?

It is checked, not judged — nothing here is scored, ranked or graded. A reproducibility checklist runs about twenty deterministic checks in four groups: can anyone open it, can anyone re-run it, did that run produce these files, how repeatable is the result. Every check names the exact evidence it read from Kaggle's public API. Blocking checks must all pass; warnings are shown loudly and never block. Because the Kaggle pages the checklist reads answer without a login, the whole checklist is a public assertion anyone can re-run and contradict.

Why must every work be a public Kaggle notebook?

Because that is what makes it checkable by a stranger. Reproducible here means anyone can hit Copy & Edit then Run All on Kaggle, from public inputs, and get this — weaker than a byte-for-byte guarantee, stronger than taking our word for a run on our own machine. Kaggle runs the notebook and enforces the internet switch; we read and report what its record says. The Kaggle kernel is the provenance, and the DOI short link (artaquest.com/d/n<id>) is the citation of record, because a kernel is owner-editable and deletable and a DOI is not.

Yala ne mago bɛ jatebɔsɛbɛn na wa?

You can read, play and listen to everything without one — and re-run any work yourself on Kaggle. A free account is needed to post, heart, publish and enter challenges. Signing up takes under a minute and needs only an email address; there are no passwords, ever.

Yala ne bɛ se ka fara a kan ni ne si tɛ san 18 bɔ wa?

Mɔgɔ minnu si bɛ san 13 la ka tɛmɛ o kan, olu bɛ se k’u tɔgɔ sɛbɛn ni bangebagaw walima u ladonbagaw ka sɔn ye. Arta Coins sanni, walima wari sarali wɛrɛ, o b’a ɲini jatebɔsɛbɛntigi fɛ a ka kɛ san 18 ye walima ka tɛmɛ o kan, walima bangebaga walima a ladonbaga walasa ka jago in dafa.

Gɛlɛyaw bɛ baara kɛ cogo di?

A challenge is founded by a member: pick a kind, a sitewide topic and a full-moon deadline, set the entry fee, and open it with your own notebook — the founder pays in like everyone else. Every entrant's fee goes straight into the pool, and at the full moon the most-hearted entry takes the whole pool; an exact tie splits it evenly. The Foundation never takes a cut.

Ne bɛ se ka don gɛlɛya dɔ la cogo di?

With your own work of the challenge's kind — a public Kaggle notebook that has cleared the checklist and that you have published from your own inbox. Pay the entry fee — all of it goes into the pool — one entry per member per challenge. At the deadline only the hearts decide.

Mun na dusukunw sanni ka wuli ni duguma wotew?

Sabula dumuni duman mago tɛ ko jugu si la. I bɛ min kanu i dusukun na — dusukun kelen bɛ mɔgɔ kelen-kelen bɛɛ la jaabi walima baara kelen na, i yɛrɛ ta tɛ abada — wa jatew bɛ tɔnw bila jɔyɔrɔ la. Foyi tɛ yen ka downvote kɛ : kɔnɔkow minnu bɛ jago kɛ koniya walima siran na, olu bɛ ɲɛnabɔ ArtaMod fɛ, a tɛ kɛ ni pile-ons ye, wa fɛn tɔw bɛɛ ka kan ka jɔ kanuya kan a bɛ min sɔrɔ. Dusukun bɛɛ ye foroba ye Data explorer kɔnɔ.

Danfara jumɛn bɛ warijɛ ni poyi cɛ?

Fɛn fila minnu tɛ kelen ye. Arta Coins ye wari ye — sanu bɛ min na, a bɛ se ka musaka kɛ, a bɛ se ka kɛ wari ye; i bɛ se sɔrɔ u kan ni gɛlɛya pooli ta ye. Points are standing — i ye min dɛmɛ i ka ɲɛnamaya bɛɛ kɔnɔ min b’i ka jɔyɔrɔ sigi (Quester to Legend). I bɛ jate sɔrɔ ni dabɔli ye (baarakɛtaw bɔli), i sendonli (point kelen i bɛ jaabi kelen-kelen bɛɛ bila), ka bolomafara di (point kelen warijɛ kelen dilen), ani ka i yɛrɛ di (bolomafaraw ɲɛnabɔlenw, jatebɔw, cikanw). Warijɛ musaka tɛ i ka jatew dɔgɔya abada.

Ne bɛ se ka bolomafara di cogo di?

Taga Donate ɲɛ kan, ka wari hakɛ dɔ ta walima k’a sɛbɛn, ka taa a fɛ ka wari bila. Sara ni Interac e-Transfer walima karti ye; aw bɛna wari saracogo cikanw ye o yɔrɔnin bɛɛ. An bɛ sɔrɔli dafa baarakɛdon 1–2 kɔnɔ.

Arta Coin (₳) ye mun ye?

Arta Coin (₳) is ArtaQuest's currency. Each coin is a claim on one milligram of real gold, and the Reserve page publishes the live ratio of gold held to coins issued — so you can check the backing yourself instead of taking our word for it. A coin is worth the same in every country. You win coins by taking challenge pools, and you can buy or cash them out at the live gold rate from your Wallet.

Mun na bolomafara bɛ CAD kɔnɔ?

Fondation bankiw bɛ Kanada, o la, waribɔ bɛ kɛ Kanada dɔrɔmɛ la. Karti sarali bɛ i ka sigida wari sɛmɛntiya i yɛrɛma; Interac ye Kanada banki jatew ye.

Ne bɛ se ka mun kɛ ni Arta Coins ye?

Found or enter challenges, donate them to the member fund (which also earns you donor points), or cash them out for ordinary money at the live gold rate from your Wallet. Every coin is a claim on one milligram of gold; the live backing ratio is on the Reserve page.

Yala ne bɛ se ka impositi sɛbɛn sɔrɔ wa?

Not an official one, and we would rather say so plainly than leave you to find out at tax time. ArtaQuest Foundation is a Canadian non-profit corporation, not a registered charity, and CRA does not permit a non-profit to issue official donation receipts — so a gift to us is not tax-deductible. Every donation does trigger an email confirmation you can keep as a record, and every cent of it appears in the Foundation’s published books, on the Finances page.

Yala ne bɛ se ka n ka bolomafara sɔrɔ kokura wa?

Bolomafaraw tɛ se ka segin u bɛɛ lajɛlen na (aw ye wari seginni sariya lajɛ), fo ni wari seginna siɲɛ fila walima ni yamaruya ma di. Warijɛ minnu dilannen don walasa ka bolomafara segin u ma, olu bɛ kɔsegin.

Burukinafaga ye mun de kama?

So that cost never decides who takes part. Through the Sponsors programme, donors earmark Arta Coins to a community, and bursaries draw on that fund. Where it stands today: the bursary form still covers the retired course fee, not a challenge entry, so it cannot pay a challenge fee yet — we would rather say so than send you to a form that cannot help. Every coin in the fund is public in the ledgers meanwhile.

Ne mago bɛ sɔrɔ dalilu jumɛn na walasa ka bursi sɔrɔ?

Sɛbɛn kelen bɛ bɔ: CRA ka jateminɛ kunnafoni, gɔfɛrɛnaman ka nafasɛbɛn (AISH, Alberta Works, Income Support, walima a ɲɔgɔnna), juruko jatebɔ rapɔɔri min b’i ka sɔrɔ jate dɔgɔya, walima sɛbɛn wɛrɛ min sɛgɛsɛgɛra ni seko ye.

Yala ArtaQuest ye jɛkulu ye min tɔgɔ sɛbɛnna wa?

Awɔ. ArtaQuest Foundation ye Kanada tɔn ye min tɔgɔ sɛbɛnna, a tɛ tɔnɔ ɲini. A bɛ baara kɛ kalanko dɔrɔn de kama, wa a tɛ tɔnɔ si tila tɔndenw cɛ. Jɛkulu min tɛ tɔnɔ ɲini, o ye laɲini ye — a bɛ plateforme ka yɛrɛmahɔrɔnya lakana walasa a kana sɔrɔ, ka wari sɔrɔ, walima ka bɔ a ka cidenyabaara la ni dususuma ye.

ArtaQuest jɔyɔrɔ ye mun ye AI kan?

AI degecogo b’a ka jaabi kelen di i ma min ka ca ni tɔw bɛɛ ye — ka seko ni dɔnko diɲɛ dɔ bin ka kɛ kelen ye. I n’a fɔ baarakɛminɛn, o fanga ka bon. I n’a fɔ miirili nɔnabila, a bɛ mɔgɔw dalen bɛ min na ko a bɛ se ka kɛ, o bɛ dɔgɔya ni dususuma ye, wa a bɛ sara di ka sɔn jaabi cɛmancɛ ma ka tɛmɛ jaabi kelen baara kan. A bɛ fanga caman fana jeni. ArtaQuest jɔra jaabi la — a ma kɛ fɛɛrɛko kɛlɛli la, nka hadamaden ka seko de kama a tɛ se ka bila a nɔ na : se ka miiri i yɛrɛ ye, ani ka ɲininkali dɔ bonya masin ye min dɔgɔya.

Yala ArtaQuest bɛ hakilina walima diɲɛnatigɛ jateminɛ kɛrɛnkɛrɛnnen dɔ yiriwa wa?

Ayi, an tɛ laada, diinɛ, walima politiki jɔyɔrɔ si lafasa, wa an tɛ sɔn wari si ma min bɛna an sama ka taa o la. An bɛ na ni dɔnniya fu ye min ka fisa ni dɔnniya tɔw bɛɛ ye, an bɛ se ka min sɔrɔ, ka ko lakika barikama jira aw la jɔyɔrɔw kan minnu bɛ ɲɔgɔn sɔsɔ, ani k’a to aw ka se aw yɛrɛ ka dantigɛli ma sanni ka dɔ di aw ma. Siranya tɛ, koniya kuma tɛ, propagande tɛ.

ArtaQuest ka nafolo bɛ bɔ min?

Donations. Submitting, checking and publishing are all free, and challenge pools are never touched: 100% of entry fees returns to the winning entrants. Every gift, every coin and every gold figure is in the open ledgers — see the live Reserve and the Data explorer.

Yala ArtaQuest ye dɛmɛnjɛkulu ye impositi sɔrɔta la wa?

No. We are incorporated as a Canadian non-profit and rely on the paragraph 149(1)(l) income-tax exemption; we have not obtained charitable registration from the Canada Revenue Agency, and until we do we cannot issue official donation receipts. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.