FAQ & xiriir
Answers to common questions about ArtaQuest — how publishing, the reproducibility checklist, challenges, coins, sponsors, and donations work — and how to reach us.
Waa maxay ArtaQuest?
- 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.
How do I publish a work?
- 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.
Ma u baahanahay xisaab?
- 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.
Ma ku biiri karaa haddii aan ka yarahay 18 jir?
- Xubnaha da'doodu tahay 13 iyo wixii ka weyn way iska diiwaan gelin karaan ogolaanshaha waalidka ama masuulka. Iibsashada Arta Coins, ama lacag bixin kasta oo kale, waxay u baahan tahay qofka akoontiga haysta inuu ahaado 18 ama ka weyn, ama waalid ama masuul si uu u dhamaystiro wax kala iibsiga.
Sidee caqabaduhu u shaqeeyaan?
- 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.
Sideen u galayaa tartanka?
- 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.
Waa maxay sababta qalbiyada halkii ay kor iyo hoos u codayn lahaayeen?
- Sababtoo ah dhadhanka uma baahna wax xun. Wadnaha waxa aad jeceshahay - hal qalbi xubintiiba jawaab ama shaqo, waligaa adigaa iska leh - oo tirinta ayaa kala saraysa guddiyada. Ma jirto wax la dhimi karo: nuxurka ka ganacsiga nacaybka ama cabsida waxaa gacanta ku haya CartaMod, ma aha mid lagu dul-qaato, wax kasta oo kalena waxay mudan yihiin inay ku istaagaan jacaylka ay kasbanayaan. Wadnaha kastaa waa u furan yahay xogta sahamiyaha.
Waa maxay faraqa u dhexeeya qadaadiicda iyo dhibcaha?
- Laba shay oo kala duwan. Qadaadiicdii Carta waa lacag - dahab lagu taageeray, la bixin karo, la qaadan karo; waxaad ku guulaysataa adigoo qaadanaya barkad tartan. Dhibcuhu waa taagan yihiin - wadar ahaan noloshaada waxa aad ku darsatay ee dejinaya darajadaada (Quester to Legend). Waxaad ku kasbatay dhibco adiga oo abuuraya (shaqo daabacaad), ka qaybqaadasho (dhibic jawaab kasta oo aad soo dhejiso), ku deeqida (dhibcaha qadaadiic kasta oo la bixiyo), iyo tabaruc (wax ku biirinta la xaliyay, saamiyo, tixraac). Kharashaadka qadaadiicda marnaba hoos u dhigin dhibcahaaga.
Sideen wax ugu deeqaa?
- Tag bogga Donate, soo qaado ama geli qadar, oo sii wad si aad u hubiso. Ku bixi Interac e-Transfer ama kaarka; waxaad arki doontaa tilmaamaha lacag bixinta isla markaaba. Waxaan ku xaqiijineynaa helitaanka 1-2 maalmood oo shaqo gudahood.
Waa maxay Carta Coin (₳)?
- Arta Coin (₳) waa lacagta ArtaQuest. Lacag kastaa waa sheegasho hal milligram oo dahab ah oo dhab ah, iyo bogga kaydka ayaa daabacaya saamiga nool ee dahabka lagu hayo qadaadiicda la soo saaray - si aad u hubiso naftaada taageerada halkii aad ka qaadan lahayd ereygayaga. Lacag qadaadiic ah waa isku mid wadan kasta. Waxa aad ku guulaysataa qadaadiicda adiga oo qaadanaya barkadaha tartanka, oo waxa aad ka iibsan kartaa ama ka soo saari kartaa qiimaha dahabka nool ee jeebkaga.
Waa maxay sababta deeqda CAD?
- Bangiyada aasaasiga ah ee Kanada, markaa hubinta waxa lagu qiimeeyaa doolarka Kanada. Lacag bixinta kaadhka ayaa si toos ah u beddesha lacagta deegaankaaga; Interac waxaa loogu talagalay xisaabaadka bangiyada Kanada.
Maxaan ku samayn karaa Lacagta Carta?
- La helay ama geli caqabado, ku deeq sanduuqa xubinta (kaas oo sidoo kale ku kasbaya dhibco deeq-bixiyayaasha), ama ku soo bixi lacag caadi ah oo ah heerka dahabka nool ee jeebkada. qadaadiic kasta waa sheegasho hal milligram oo dahab ah; saamiga taageerada tooska ah wuxuu ku yaalaa bogga kaydka.
Ma heli karaa rasiidh cashuureed?
- 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.
Miyaan soo celin karaa deeqdaydii?
- Deeqaha lama soo celin karo guud ahaan (fiiri Siyaasadda Lacag-celinta), marka laga reebo lacag-bixinno nuqul ah ama aan la oggolayn. Qadaadiicdii lagu shubay deeqda la soo celiyay waa la rogaa.
Waa maxay bursary?
- Markaa qiimahaasi marna ma go'aamiyo cidda ka qayb qaadanaysa. Iyada oo loo marayo barnaamijka kafaala-qaadayaasha, deeq-bixiyayaashu waxay u qoondeeyaan Arta Coins bulshada, oo lacag-ururintu waxay ka soo qaataan sanduuqaas. Meesha ay maanta taagan tahay: foomka gunnada ayaa weli daboolaya khidmadda koorsada hawlgabka ah, ma aha gelitaanka tartan, sidaas darteed weli ma bixin karto lacag tartan ah - waxaan jeclaan lahayn inaan sidaas dhahno intii aan kuu soo diri lahayn foom aan ku caawin karin. Shilimaad kasta oo sanduuqa ku jira waa mid guud oo ku jira buug-gacmeedka.
Waa maxay caddaynta dakhliga aan u baahanahay si aan u qaato lacag-ururin?
- Hal dukumeenti ayaa ku filan: Ogeysiiska Qiimaynta CRA, warqad faa'iido dawladeed (AISH, Alberta Works, Support Income, ama wax u dhigma), warbixinta qiimaynta deynta oo dakhligaaga u kala saaraya mid hooseeya, ama dukumeenti kale oo macne la tijaabiyay.
ArtaQuest ma tahay urur diiwaangashan?
- Haa ArtaQuest Foundation waa hay'ad Canadian ah oo aan macaash doon ahayn oo ka diiwaan gashan. Waxay u shaqeysaa si gaar ah ujeeddooyin waxbarasho oo wax faa'iido ah uma qaybiso xubnaha. Qaab dhismeedka aan faa'iido doonka ahayn waa mid ula kac ah - wuxuu ka ilaaliyaa madax-bannaanida madal in la helo, lacag lagu sameeyo, ama si deggan looga leexiyo hawsheeda.
Waa maxay booska ArtaQuest ee AI?
- AI waxaa loo tababaray inuu ku siiyo jawaabteeda kaliya ee ay u badan tahay - si aad u burburiso adduun suurtagal ah oo mid ah. Qalab ahaan, taasi waa mid awood leh. Beddelka fikirka, waxay si aamusnaan ah u soo koobtaa waxa ay dadku aaminsan yihiin inay suurtogal tahay, waxayna abaal-marin ku siinaysaa aqbalaadda jawaabta celceliska ah ee ka shaqeynta mid ka mid ah. Waxa kale oo ay gubtaa tamar aad u badan. ArtaQuest waxaa loo dhisay jawaab-celin - ma ahan mid ka soo horjeeda tignoolajiyada, laakiin xagga bini'aadamka ma beddeli karto: awoodda aad adigu naftaada u malaynayso, iyo inaad ballaariso su'aasha mashiinka ayaa soo koobay.
ArtaQuest ma kor u qaadaa fikir ama aragti gaar ah?
- Maya. Uma doodno dhaqan, diin ama mawqif siyaasadeed, mana aqbalno maalgelin noo soo jiidanaysa mid. Waxaan kuu keenaynaa aqoonta ugu fiican ee bilaashka ah ee aan ku heli karno, waxaan soo bandhignaa kiis daacad ah oo ugu xooggan ee jagooyinka tartamaya, oo aan kuu ogolaano inaad gaarto gabagabadaada halkii aad mid ku siin lahayd. Ma jiro cabsi-abuur, ma hadal nacayb, ma dacaayad.
Halkee ayay ka timaadaa maalgelinta ArtaQuest?
- Deeqaha Soo gudbinta, hubinta iyo daabacaadda dhamaantood waa lacag la'aan, barkadaha tartankana waligood lama taaban: 100% khidmadaha gelitaanka waxay ku soo noqdaan kuwa guulaystay. Hadyad kasta, qadaadiic kasta iyo sawir kasta oo dahab ah ayaa ku jira buug-gacmeedyada furan - eeg Kaydka tooska ah iyo sahaminta xogta.
ArtaQuest ma leedahay xaalad samafal oo rasiidh cashuureed?
- 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.