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Basically, lots of links to computery quizbowly stuff. Feel free to edit or help out in any way.
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==Question/packet databases==
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==Tournaments==
===Search engines===
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;[[acfdb|ACFDB]]
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===Tournament database===
:[http://www.carloangiuli.com/acfdb/ Home page]
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*[http://hsquizbowl.org/db Quizbowl Resource Database] (called the HSQB Tournament Database from 2008-2011)
:Jun 05, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5733 ACFDB - a new tossup database]
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;[[Gyaankosh]]
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===Tournament writers===
:[http://www.gyaankosh.com/ Home page]
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*[https://qems2.grapesmoker.net/ QEMS2]
:Sep 21, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6389 Some new question database]
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**Packetizing solutions based on QEMS2 include [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=23039 QuizDroid PacketBuilder] and [https://github.com/hbunker/gamayun Gamayun].
:Feb 25, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7331 Gyaankosh?]
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*[https://www.packetizor.com/open/ Packetizor]
;[[QBDB]]
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*[[NAQT]] has proprietary software called Ginseng.
:[http://www.grapesmoker.com/qbdb/ Home page]
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:May 18, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2745 Quizbowl tournament database, alpha version]
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===Tournament automation and management===
:Jan 13, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4891 return (sorta) of the question database]
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*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16642 qams] and [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27254 qams²] (set completion, contribution tracking, packet templates)
:May 03, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5471 QBDB thread]
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**Packetizing solutions based on qams (or other compatible answerline spreadsheets) include packetizer (not publicly published)
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*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26177 Wordcounter] (character/word counting)
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*[https://github.com/aseem-keyal/autoPG autoPG] (pronunciation guides)  
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*[https://github.com/cvoight/quizbowl-utilities/tree/main/qpd qpd] (pronunciation guides)
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*Packet Cover Sheet Generator (not publicly published)
  
====Comparison of search engines====
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:;Superseded
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;"
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
|-
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*[https://gitlab.com/alistairgray42/packet-skels Packet Skeletons]
! style="width: 12em" | Name
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*NSC Sudoku, a manual template for NSC packetization from QEMS2 (used for 2018 and some other number of NSCs)
! Creator
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*[https://github.com/cvoight/quizbowl-utilities/tree/main/Packet%20Templates Packet Template Generator] (used for 2021 Illinois Open)
! Released
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*[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=113877#p113877 Question Mixer]
! Updated
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</div>
! Questions
 
! Tournaments
 
! Tagging?
 
! Rating?
 
! Types of questions
 
! Technology
 
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! [[ACFDB]] ([http://www.carloangiuli.com/acfdb/ visit])
 
| [[Carlo Angiuli]]
 
| June 2008
 
|
 
| 13339 [http://www.carloangiuli.com/acfdb/index.php]
 
|
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
| [http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/archive.php ACF Question Archive] only
 
| PHP and MySQL
 
|-
 
! [[Gyaankosh]] ([http://www.gyaankosh.com/ visit])
 
| [[Arnav Moudgil]]
 
| September 2008
 
| Late 2010
 
| 50898 [http://www.gyaankosh.com/search/]
 
| 99 [http://www.gyaankosh.com/browse/]
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
| Both collegiate and high school
 
| Django (Python and MySQL)
 
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! [[QBDB]] ([http://www.grapesmoker.com/qbdb/ visit])
 
| [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
| May 2006
 
| Early 2010
 
|
 
| 37
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
| Collegiate only
 
| PHP and MySQL
 
|}
 
  
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===Tournament schedulers===
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*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=23356 Quizbowl Schedule Generator]
  
===Archives===
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===Software for Online Tournaments===
;HS QB Packet Archive
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*[[Qblitz]]
:http://quizbowlpackets.com/
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*[https://www.quizbowlreader.com/demo.html Moderator Assistant for Quizbowl (MODAQ)] [https://github.com/alopezlago/MODAQ (source code)]
;Collegiate Packet Archive
 
:http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/
 
;[[Stanford Archive|Stanford Packet Archive]]
 
:http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/
 
;ACF Question Archive
 
:http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/archive.php
 
;[[Wastebin]]
 
:http://www.doc-ent.com/trash/
 
:http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9100
 
  
 
==Stats==
 
==Stats==
===Stats programs===
 
;[[SQBS]]
 
:[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page]
 
;[[QBSQL]]
 
:[http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/ Google Code page]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6548 New web-based quizbowl stats software project]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8486 Round Report on Stats]
 
;[[Taft]]
 
:[http://www.taftqb.com/ Home page]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4340 Taft launching soon...]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7251 Taft now supports playoff brackets]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft]
 
;[[BEeS]]
 
:[http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2]
 
;Tournament Central
 
:[http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page]
 
;QBTPS
 
:<del>[http://qbtournaments.org/ Home page]</del>
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8782 I needed a database project]
 
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)]
 
;Tournament Director
 
:<del>[http://www.tournamentdirector.org Home page]</del>
 
:[http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtd/ SourceForge page]
 
:[https://github.com/puls/tournament-director GitHub page]
 
;Livestat
 
:[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page]
 
;JAGUARS
 
:[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaguars/ SourceForge page]
 
;Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
 
:[http://web.me.com/cdcarter/iApps/acf_score/index.html Home page]
 
:https://github.com/cdcarter
 
;Excel score sheets
 
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6742
 
:[http://sites.google.com/site/hchsquizbowl/Home/excel-scoresheets Excel Scoresheets on Hunter]
 
  
====Comparison of stats programs====
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===Tournament Statistics===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 85%; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;"
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:;[[SQBS]]
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:*[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page] – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament"
! style="width: 12em" | Name
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:;[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=22932 Yellowfruit]
! Creator
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:*[https://github.com/ANadig/YellowFruit/releases/ Download from here]
! Released
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:;[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=18220 Neg 5]
! Updated
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:*[https://neg5.org/ Home page]
! Version
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:;QBSQL
! Price
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:*[http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/ Google Code page] – "online stats program for running quizbowl tournaments"
! Output formats
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:*Oct 09, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6548 New web-based quizbowl stats software project]
! Documentation
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:*Sep 13, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8486 Round Report on Stats]
! Platforms
 
! Technology
 
! License
 
|-
 
! [[SQBS]] ([http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/index.html visit])
 
| [[Chris Sewell]]
 
| 2004 or earlier?
 
| February 2010
 
| 4.0
 
| Free
 
| SQBS, HTML
 
| [http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/sqbs4doc.htm] [http://www.naqt.com/stats/using-sqbs.html] [http://www.pace-nsc.org/?p=651]
 
| Windows only
 
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! [[QBSQL]] ([http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/ visit])
 
| [[Avram Lyon]]
 
| October 2008
 
| February 2010
 
| 0.7.1
 
| Free
 
| SQBS, HTML
 
| [http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/wiki/InstallationInstruction]
 
| All; web server required
 
| PHP and MySQL
 
| GNU GPLv2
 
|-
 
! [[Taft]] ([http://www.taftqb.com/ visit])
 
| [[Evan Silberman]]
 
| January 2007
 
| February 2010
 
| Discontinued
 
| $25 per event
 
| SQBS, HTML
 
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| All
 
| Ruby on Rails
 
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|-
 
! [[BEeS]] ([http://www.beesqb.com/ visit])
 
| [[Sean Skaar]], [[Andrew Hart]]
 
| Not yet
 
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|
 
| TBA
 
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|
 
|
 
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===Rankings===
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===Historical Statistics===
;NAQT Statistics Database
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*[https://hdwhite.org/qb/stats/ Quizbowl TDB Search]
:http://www.naqt.com/stats/
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*See also Tournament Results from [https://www.naqt.com/ NAQT]
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6159
 
;Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients
 
:http://byko.servehttp.com:6174/bqbq/
 
  
*Feb 17, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3641 computer-assisted quiz bowl]
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===Scoresheets===
*May 16, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5560 LaTex and packets]
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:''Main page: [[scoresheets]]''
*Jun 09, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7964 Better Stats]
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:;Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
*Feb 14, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9478 Stats programs and you]
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:*[http://web.me.com/cdcarter/iApps/acf_score/index.html Home page]
*Oct 05, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10657 statkeeping and online scoresheets (split from ACF Fall 2010)]
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:*https://github.com/cdcarter
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:;Official [[NAQT]] scoresheet in Excel format
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:*https://www.naqt.com/downloads/scoresheet-electronic.xlsx
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:;NAQT Scoresheet for Android
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:*[https://github.com/mhahnenberg/NAQT-Scoresheet-for-Android GitHub page]
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:*[https://market.android.com/details?id=com.naqtscoresheet&feature=search_result Android Market page]
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:*Aug 03, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11872 Theres an app for that.]
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:;Excel score sheets
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:*[http://sites.google.com/site/hchsquizbowl/Home/excel-scoresheets Excel Scoresheets on Hunter]
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:*Nov 09, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6742 Excel quiz bowl scoresheets]
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:*Oct 10, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12210 Virtual Scoresheets?]
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:;Google Spreadsheets
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:*Jun 08, 2013 <del>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14525 Online spreadsheet scorekeeping]</del>
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:*Nov 01, 2014 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=16646 Online Scorekeeping with Google Spreadsheets]
  
===Parsing===
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===Stats data formats===
;QB Toolbox
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:;SQBS
:http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/
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:*[[SQBS data file]]
;[[QBML]]
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:;Tournament schema
:Jul 09, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4228 QBML: wouldn't it be nice?]
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:*[https://schema.quizbowl.technology/ Website with technical specification]
:Aug 18, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4325 Packet archive project...what you can do to help]
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:*[https://github.com/quizbowl/schema GitHub repository]
:May 16, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5560 LaTeX and packets]
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:;Tournakit
;Alejandro's Packet Parser
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:*Aug 21, 2013 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14786 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit]
:Dec 26, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10975 Packet Parser]
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====Old or Abandoned====
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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:;Livestat
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:*[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page]
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:;QBTPS
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8782 I needed a database project]
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)]
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:;JAGUARS
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:*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaguars/ SourceForge page]
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:;Tournament Central
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:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100618155746/http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page (archived)]
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:;Taft
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:*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080622002023/http://www.taftqb.com/ Archived home page] – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament"
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:*Dec 17, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software]
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:*Jun 15, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon]
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:*Aug 22, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4340 Taft launching soon...]
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:*Feb 11, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7251 Taft now supports playoff brackets]
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:*Feb 28, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft]
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:;[[BEeS]]
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:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202110605/http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page (archived)]
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:*Jan 03, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program]
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:*Mar 21, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2]
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</div>
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==Questions==
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===Question databases===
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:''Main page: [[question databases]]''
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:;[[Hsquizbowl.org|Quizbowl Resource Database]]
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/ Home page]
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/packetsearch.html Google Search]
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:;[[packet archive|HS QB Packet Archive]]
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:*[http://quizbowlpackets.com/ Home page]
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:;[[packet archive|Collegiate Packet Archive]]
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:*[http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/ Home page]
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:;[[QuizDB]]
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:*[http://www.quizdb.org/ Home page]
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:*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=20407 discussion]
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:;[[Stanford Archive|Stanford Packet Archive]]
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:*[http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/ Home page]
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:;[[Wastebin]]
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:*[http://www.doc-ent.com/trash/ Home page]
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:*deprecated in favor of the [[packet archive]]'s [https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/ Trash section]
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===Practice tools===
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:;[[Protobowl]]
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:*[http://protobowl.com/hsquizbowl Home page]
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:*[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=13478 discussion]
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:*use is discouraged due to rampant racism and owners' lack of interest in any attempt at working on it
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:;QuizBug 2
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:*[http://quizbug2.karangurazada.com/ Web page]
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:*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=21571 discussion]
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:;Geoffrey's [[QBReader]]
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:*[https://qbreader.org/ Home page]
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:*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25289 discussion]
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:;[[Power QB]]
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:*[https://powerqb.org/ Home page]
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:*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=392954#p392954 discussion]
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===Buzzer software===
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:''Main article: [[Online buzzer]]''
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:;[[Buzzman]]
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:*[https://www.buzzman.live/ link]
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:;[[Buzzin.live]]
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:*[https://buzzin.live/ link]
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===Packet formats and parsing===
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:;QB Toolbox
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:*http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/
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:;[[QBML]]
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:*Jul 09, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4228 QBML: wouldn't it be nice?]
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:*Aug 18, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4325 Packet archive project...what you can do to help]
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:*May 16, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5560 LaTeX and packets]
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:;Alejandro's Packet Parser
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:*Dec 26, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10975 Packet Parser]
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:;Mike Bentley's QEMS Question Formatter
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:*Aug 27, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11977 QEMS Question Formatter]
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:;"Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
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:*http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/
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:*http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7364
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:;Yet Another Packet Parser (YAPP)
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:*[https://github.com/alopezlago/YetAnotherPacketParser/releases/ Download]
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:*Used by MODAQ, which calls a YAPP API directly
  
==Tournaments==
 
===Tournament writing/management===
 
;QED (Question Editing Database)
 
:http://www.aegisquestions.com/qed/
 
;Tournament Question Database
 
:http://www.scobo.net/qdb.aspx
 
  
===Tournament databases===
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*Packet file formats: Word, ODF, RTF, PDF, HTML, QBML (unstandardized; many variations exist), plain text, lightweight markup languages (Markdown, etc.; many variations exist), QBBot, LaTeX, QEMS (for HSAPQ)
;2005 tournament database
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*Packet formatting rules: [http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/documents/formatting.php ACF], NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc.
:Aug 22, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1986 Tournament database feedback]
 
;HSQB Tournament Database
 
:[http://hsquizbowl.org/tdb hsquizbowl tournament database]
 
:Aug 29, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6217 New tournament database for all quizbowl events]
 
  
==Other==
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==Miscellaneous==
===IRC and stuff===
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===Recording===
*irc://irc.slashnet.org/#quizbowl
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:;Audio Match Hosting Software
*irc://irc.slashnet.org/#scobowl
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:*Aug 12, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1970 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software]
;TriviaBot
 
:http://www.aegisquestions.com/triviabot/
 
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8147
 
:http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~alopezlago/qbbot/
 
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2981
 
:http://code.google.com/p/qbbot/
 
;Quizzy
 
:http://code.google.com/p/quizzy/
 
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8871
 
  
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===AI Quizbowl Player===
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*[[QANTA]]
  
;"Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
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===No Longer Existing or Maintained===
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/
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*For writing tournaments: Jerome, QED, Tournament Question Database, [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=40170#p40170 ItALX]
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7364
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*For tournament direction: Taft
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*Packet readers: Abacus
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*Match scorekeepers: WUStL
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*Stats tools: QBStatGen
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*Team rankings: Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients, Excelsior Rankings
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*Question archives and search engines: ACF Question Archive, ACFDB, QBDB, [[Quinterest]], Gyaankosh
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*Practice tools: [http://code.google.com/p/qb-reader/ QB reader] (and [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11566 forum post]), TriviaBot, Quizzy, Quiz Bowl Tester
  
===Study guides===
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===Never Existed===
*http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/
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*For tournament direction: BEeS
*http://www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow/
 
*http://acequizbowlcamp.com/free-stuff/
 
  
===Organizations===
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[[Category:Internet]]
;[[PACE]]
 
:http://www.pace-nsc.org/
 
;[[ACF]]
 
:http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/
 
;[[NAQT]]
 
:http://www.naqt.com/
 

Latest revision as of 12:15, 15 February 2024

Tournaments

Tournament database

Tournament writers

Tournament automation and management

  • qams and qams² (set completion, contribution tracking, packet templates)
    • Packetizing solutions based on qams (or other compatible answerline spreadsheets) include packetizer (not publicly published)
  • Wordcounter (character/word counting)
  • autoPG (pronunciation guides)
  • qpd (pronunciation guides)
  • Packet Cover Sheet Generator (not publicly published)
Superseded

Tournament schedulers

Software for Online Tournaments

Stats

Tournament Statistics

SQBS
  • Home page – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament"
Yellowfruit
Neg 5
QBSQL

Historical Statistics

Scoresheets

Main page: scoresheets
Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
Official NAQT scoresheet in Excel format
NAQT Scoresheet for Android
Excel score sheets
Google Spreadsheets

Stats data formats

SQBS
Tournament schema
Tournakit

Old or Abandoned

Questions

Question databases

Main page: question databases
Quizbowl Resource Database
HS QB Packet Archive
Collegiate Packet Archive
QuizDB
Stanford Packet Archive
Wastebin

Practice tools

Protobowl
  • Home page
  • discussion
  • use is discouraged due to rampant racism and owners' lack of interest in any attempt at working on it
QuizBug 2
Geoffrey's QBReader
Power QB

Buzzer software

Main article: Online buzzer
Buzzman
Buzzin.live

Packet formats and parsing

QB Toolbox
QBML
Alejandro's Packet Parser
Mike Bentley's QEMS Question Formatter
"Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
Yet Another Packet Parser (YAPP)
  • Download
  • Used by MODAQ, which calls a YAPP API directly


  • Packet file formats: Word, ODF, RTF, PDF, HTML, QBML (unstandardized; many variations exist), plain text, lightweight markup languages (Markdown, etc.; many variations exist), QBBot, LaTeX, QEMS (for HSAPQ)
  • Packet formatting rules: ACF, NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc.

Miscellaneous

Recording

Audio Match Hosting Software

AI Quizbowl Player

No Longer Existing or Maintained

  • For writing tournaments: Jerome, QED, Tournament Question Database, ItALX
  • For tournament direction: Taft
  • Packet readers: Abacus
  • Match scorekeepers: WUStL
  • Stats tools: QBStatGen
  • Team rankings: Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients, Excelsior Rankings
  • Question archives and search engines: ACF Question Archive, ACFDB, QBDB, Quinterest, Gyaankosh
  • Practice tools: QB reader (and forum post), TriviaBot, Quizzy, Quiz Bowl Tester

Never Existed

  • For tournament direction: BEeS