User talk:Canuck85

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[edit] WikiProject

I noticed your hockey article edits and I was wondering if you had any interest in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey? It could use a lot more good editors. Croat Canuck 06:18, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Just as a help to us, if you create or find any hockey related pages that don't have the Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey tag on their talk pages, could you add it?
{{ice hockey}}
(just as it looks here, not how it shows in 'edit' mode for this page).
THANKS ColtsScore 05:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canucklehead

Whipped up this the other day. Interested? The Tom 04:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 17:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do hyphenated nationalities work?

Hi Canuck85,

With regards to hyphenated nationalities, is it (place of birth/ethnic origin)-(place of residence), or can it be the other way around?

Out of curiosity, how did you detect Dale Begg-Smith so soon after its creation? Thanks, Andjam 12:36, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Football Aid

I've noticed you did an edit on Owen Hargreaves back a while ago. I nominated the article at Football Aid/Article Improvement. Maybe you can help out by voting and do more edits. Kingjeff 00:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Canadian people by ethnicity and Category:Canadian-New Zealanders

Hello. Jason, you ve put Category:Canadian-New Zealanders under Category:Canadian people by ethnicity when they belong in a Category:New Zealand people by national origins category (which doesn t currently exist). i m gonna change it back again. Matthew. Mayumashu 04:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, again. I don t understand why you ve put this cat page back under this supra-cat page - these people are New Zealanders of Canadian descent and the supra-cat lists Canadians of other various descents. i m gonna reverse the change again Mayumashu 13:48, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyrighted text

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Mitch Berger, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! ×Meegs 18:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Your article Shaun Suisham also seems to be taken from an NFL web page. If there are any other such pages that you've made, would you please find them and have them deleted at Wikipedia:Copyright problems? Thanks. ×Meegs 19:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "born on" vs. "born"

Is there a particular reason why you are changing the first sentence of articles from "born" to "born on"? Croat Canuck 00:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

(the guidelines at WP:MOSDATE#Dates of birth and_death instruct "born") ×Meegs 01:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Micronation

Would you like to join my micronation eh?

[edit] List of family relations in the National Hockey League

Hello C85, I removed your entry of Des Smith. Couldn't find anything where he was an NHL player, coach, GM, owner or agent, scout. GoodDay 17:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello again, you were right about Des Smith being a former NHL player. However you had him wiki-linked to the wrong Des Smith. I corrected the wiki-link. Sorry to have bugged you. GoodDay 17:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about article

Hello

I have a question about the article Al Cabrera
Do you have any other references for it?
Trade2tradewell 09:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alfred Young (cricket)

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Alfred Young (cricket), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Ferdie33 04:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cecil Sturgeon

Cecil Sturgeon has been proposed for deletion. An editor felt this person might not be notable enough for an article. Please review Wikipedia:Notability (people) for the relevant guidelines. If you can improve the article to address these concerns, please do so.

If no one objects to the deletion within five days by removing the "prod" template, the article may be deleted without further discussion. If you remove the prod template, the article will not be deleted, but if an editor is still not satisfied that it meets Wikipedia guidelines, it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. NickelShoe (Talk) 17:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Dave Davidson

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[edit] Notability of Mike Nickeas

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[edit] WikiProject NASCAR

I notice that you've create several NASCAR related articles. You are welcome to join me in Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR. I am way up north (nort), but it's ok if you're north of the border. Thanks for your contributions in any case! Royalbroil 20:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Please add the stub template {{NASCAR-bio-stub}} for stub (short) biographies of NASCAR drivers. You can also add any driver with at least one start in one of the big three NASCAR series to the WikiProject by adding the following to their talk page: {{WikiProject NASCAR|class=stub|importance=low}} . If they are larger than stub you can replace "stub" with "start". I doubt there are any NASCAR drivers without an article who are above "low" importance. All people should get the biography disclaimer on their talk page which is {{WPBiography|living=yes|class=stub}} . Replace "yes" with "no" if they are dead. Royalbroil 18:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] June 2007

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. I'm asking you to do this because it's considered good form, and when I'm browsing through my watchlist (yours should be here), I can see exactly what you did without digging for the diff. Thanks!! Evilclown93(talk) 01:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey August 2007 Newsletter

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Canuck85! You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up as a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey. The purpose of this newsletter is to update on the goings on of the project, as there have been major changes, and a lot of new recognized content in the past few weeks. If you are an inactive user, you probably won't recognize the new and improved state of the WikiProject!

From the project, Maxim.

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New recognized content

By Maxim
There have been a lot more Good and Featured articles written in the past few weeks. Here is a list:[1][2][3][4]

Featured articles
Good articles
Featured lists[5]
Notes
  1. ^ All articles are in order of promotion, as written on the main WikiProject page; FA's have official dates of promotions.
  2. ^ A star represents a featured article or list
  3. ^ A green circle represents a good article
  4. ^ Stanley Cup is an A-Class article
  5. ^ The lists system differs from articles, and doesn't give an official date of promotion
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Article Improvement

By Maxim

Upon some discussion on the WikiProject talk page, the Article Improvement Drive page was revamped by Krm500 and Maxim. It was renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Article Improvement, and it includes two section. The first section is called articles in dire need of improvement. It list articles, usually important, that are in very poor shape. The second section is called requested help. Users list an article they request help improving a certain article, which will facilitate collaboration, which is the aim of any WikiProject. There is one article currently listed there, Henrik Lundqvist, here. The goal is to at least get it to Good article status.

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Diacritics

By Maxim

In the past few weeks, there has been quite heated discussion about the use of diacritics in article name. The current guideline is using diacritics in the pages of articles of all player names which require them, but redirects are exempt.

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Task forces

By Maxim
There have been two new task forces started within the WikiProject to coordinate major topics.

Sweden Ice Hockey task force

This task force was initiated by Krm500. Its current goal is to improve Henrik Lundqvist to Good or Featured article status. It covers all Swedish clubs, leagues and competitions and associated articles, players and coaches that are Swedish, or have played/coached for a Swedish club, and arenas in Sweden. They plan to eventually operate as a sort of a sub-project, which will have its own articles for creation, ranking importance and quality of articles, and co-ordinate article improvement. Its current members are Krm500, Bamsefar75, and CLAES.

New Jersey Devils task force

This task force was initiated by Bsroiaadn. Its goal is to improve New Jersey Devils to Featured Topic status. Although it currently meets the required article count, the task force wishes to improve it further. Its area of coverage is very similar to the Sweden Ice Hockey task force. Its members are Bsroiaadn, JHMM13, FutureNJGov, Sportskido8, Michael Greiner, JRWalko, and Soxrock.

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Requested Images

By Maxim
After discussion on the WikiProject talk page, Serte created a page for Requested Images. The page encourages users to license images for use on articles. The page also has section to request images for players, arenas, game situations, miscellaneous, and team and league logos. The page has been quite popular; since it was created on July 21, there have been six completed requests. There are four currently outstanding requests:

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Article assessement completed

By Maxim
On July 12, Kaiser matias announced that he had completed assessing all the articles with a {{ice hockey}} tag, sorting them into Category:Unassessed Ice Hockey articles. Kaiser matias has ranked about 9000 articles in that category, and most were stubs, and "have no information at all", according to him. Everybody is encouraged to expand the stubs into real articles. This effort took around 5 months. A big thanks goes to Kaiser matias from me and all the project.


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--Djsasso 21:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)==Stubs== Hey good work on your NHL player stubs, just a few format issues I would like to address, just so you know these things for future editing. See my changes to the Craig Endean article... just little things but they are important. Thanks. Croat Canuck Say hello or just talk 20:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I totally agree with Croat Canuck. Love the stubs. Only thing you might want to do is actually mark them as stubs so that those of us who expand articles can see that they need expanding. --Djsasso 21:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pimp userbox deletion

Someone proposed the pimp userbox (that I made) that's on your userpage for deletion at [[1]], even though it's a userbox (and therefore doesn't have to be encyclopedic) and does not meet any userbox content restrictions as per Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content_restrictions. Please help me prevent it from being deleted. SteveSims 00:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{Albertaproject}}

Could you please assess the articles too when you add {{Albertaproject}}. The typical Edmonton neighbourhood would be {{Albertaproject| class=Stub|importance=Low}}. Thanks. --Qyd 15:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey newsletter

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Canuck85! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been more new thing going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in August, there's been great changes. Read on to find out! Maxim(talk)

This just in:
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has just been promoted to featured list status, while the bot was delivering the newsletter. Maxim(talk) 02:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

And I've just promoted Art Ross Trophy. And Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is at FLC. This should be the last update. Maxim(talk) 00:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
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New recognized content

By Maxim

Especially due to the featured topic drive, there have been many new featured lists promoted concerning NHL awards. Here's the full list of all the 13 FL's promoted since the last newsletter.[1][2]

  1. Featured article Hart Memorial Trophy
  2. Featured article James Norris Memorial Trophy
  3. Featured article Vezina Trophy
  4. Featured article Conn Smythe Trophy
  5. Featured article Frank J. Selke Trophy
  6. Featured article Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
  7. Featured article Lester B. Pearson Award
  8. Featured article Calder Memorial Trophy
  9. Featured article Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
  10. Featured article King Clancy Memorial Trophy
  11. Featured article Jack Adams Award
  12. Featured article Presidents' Trophy
  13. Featured article List of Calgary Flames players

There have been no new good articles or featured articles. Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has been given A-Class status due to multiple issues raised at FLC.

  1. ^ The last one, List of Calgary Flames players, is the only one not associated with the featured topic drive.
  2. ^ At the time of publishing, there were 5 lists at WP:FLC and 2 lists in the "Holding cell", as there's been an accepted guideline to not put more that 5 trophy lists at the same time to, "compensate for the sanity of the reviewers".
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Did You Know?

By Maxim
There have been 4 new articles featured in the Did You Know section? on the Main Page since August.

...that Wally Tatomir, head equipment manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, holds four patents on ice hockey-related equipment?

...that ice hockey player Mark Major attained 355 penalty minutes during the 1997-98 AHL season for the Portland Pirates, where he averaged 4.5 penalty minutes a game and still holds the club record?

...that Garth Butcher was a member of Canada's first-ever gold medal team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships before becoming a pest and setting team records for penalty minutes in the National Hockey League?

..that the AMP NHL Winter Classic is scheduled to be the first regular-season outdoor National Hockey League game in the United States?

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Featured Topic Drive

By Maxim

Started by User:Scorpion0422, the aim of this drive is to make NHL awards a featured topic. A featured topic is basically a set of very high quality articles (good articles and featured articles/lists). In this case, the topic is NHL awards. Many users have helped, including Scorpion0422, Resolute, Serte, Hasek is the best, Maxim, Croat Canuck, Spike Wilbury, FutureNJGov, and T Rex/Dinosaur puppy. The progress has been very good; there are 12 featured lists promoted, and 2 good articles:

  1. Featured article Hart Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  2. Featured article James Norris Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  3. Featured article Vezina Trophy (Scorpion)
  4. Featured article Conn Smythe Trophy (Serte)
  5. Featured article Frank J. Selke Trophy (FutureNJGov)
  6. Featured article Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  7. Featured article Lester B. Pearson Award (Scorpion)
  8. Featured article Calder Memorial Trophy (Croat Canuck)
  9. Featured article Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Maxim)
  10. Featured article King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Maxim)
  11. Featured article Jack Adams Award (Maxim)
  12. Featured article Presidents' Trophy (Scorpion)
  13. Good article Stanley Cup (Earlier collaboration, very many involved)
  14. Good article Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup (Maxim)

Check the project page if you are interested in helping out. Although it's closer to being done than not, there's still work to be done. The next topic that might be tackled is Stanley Cup, but this remains purely speculative and in discussion.


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[edit] Your edit to Katie Melua

I've reverted your edits to Katie Melua as she is of Canadian ancestry.See this link --Hera1187 06:13, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Albert's Family Restaurant

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Albert's Family Restaurant, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of the page. Oo7565 20:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed the deletion tag. Seems notable enough to me. Travb (talk) 08:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An Invite to join Saskatchewan WikiProject

Hi, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Saskatchewan WikiProject! The Saskatchewan WikiProject is a fairly new WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to creating, revising, and expanding articles, lists, categories, and Wikiprojects, to do with anything Saskatchewan.
As you have shown an interest in Circle Drive we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.
Please assist with any ongoing requests
You might like to take an extra interest in our To Do list
Another project dedicated to Saskatchewan is the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways Wikiproject
Also, a descendant project for Saskatchewan is the WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods
We look forward to welcoming you to the project! SriMesh | talk 17:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

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SriMesh | talk 00:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Broadway Avenue

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[edit] Notability of Andrew Ebbett

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[edit] Happy 22nd Birthday

Happy 22nd birthday, Jason!

Say...coming to think of it, did you know that there was a Muppet Babies episode that aired in 1985 on your birthdate? Pretty lucky to be born on that day, eh? It was called "When You Wish Upon a Muppet." SchfiftyThree (talk) 09:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 7 - December 2007

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Christmas wishes for others!
  1. Wishing you'se all a happy, joyous holiday season! SriMesh | talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Thanks for all your work. All the best in the New Year! Delzen (talk) 18:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  3. Add your greetings here!
New Year Resolutions

Pop into the 2008 first edition for January and add your new year's resolutions online at Wikipedia Saskatchewan! WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 8 - January 2008. SriMesh | talk 03:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
What's New?

The Assessment Department is new. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada wikiproject template {{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }} along with the Assessment guidelines.

See also wikiproject template for other work groups with their wikiprojects as well as provinces which can be added to the Canadian template

The new template and assessment table worklist is produced periodically and was created by Arctic Gnome. Thank you very much! Please take a moment to send an award or other recognition

New Template Saskatchewan

  • AT Bot requests, another very kind user has also offered to help with the transition process (Thank you also to Ρх₥α )

The request conglomerated together the following tasks to help show the quantity / quality of Saskatchewan related articles:

  1. tag all articles in Category:Saskatchewan and all of its subcategories with {{WikiProject Canada |sk = | class=| importance=}} and if {{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
  2. all articles which have a Saskatchewan related stub Saskatchewan-politician-stub / Saskatchewan-stub / Saskatchewan-geo-stub to be tagged in their talk pages for wikiproject Saskatchewan and be classified as stub as such: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=stub| importance=}}
  3. add GA or FA to to the class parameter of {{WikiProject Canada}} articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
  4. add stub to the class parameter if a stub tag is present on the article page.
  5. Replace the old tag {{Saskatchewanproject}} with the new parent wikiproject tag: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=| importance=}} and if {{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
  6. add to the class area FL for any Featured-class lists articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
  7. add to the class area List if the Saskatchewan related item in category:Saskatchewan articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.

Watch Arctic Gnome's assessment table worklist for progression undertaken by Ρх₥α. It is a very exciting time. Please take a moment to send an award or other recognition

Progress Report

Unassessed Saskatchewan Articles See this category: Unassessed Saskatchewan articles which bear the old template, and also this page Unassessed SK Articles

Want to add a new article/image to Portal Saskatchewan? Help Page!

What's New?:Portal:Saskatchewan has a new section! This new section gives access to complete instructions on adding articles and images directly into the portal - step by step. The Saskatchewan Portal was created via instructions in creating a box portal. Clicking the edit button on the main Saskatchewan Portal page does not help at all to add to the various sections as is usually the case with creation of wikipedia articles. The instruction page give immediate access to the transcluded pages which need to be accessed to change additions to the Saskatchewan Portal!
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Welcome and Seasons Greetings!:

  • This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's seventh full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. The actual WikiProject Saskatchewan began on April 19, 2007, with its first newsletter delivered in June, and the Saskatchewan Portal with its randomly featured articles and images of Saskatchewan was created August 18, 2007. As the year 2007 comes to an end, Saskatchewan has a stronger presence on wikipedia and we look forward to exciting innovations and expansion in 2008.

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  • Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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Wikipedia talk WP SK :

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Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

New template See Template:WikiProject Canada for the full template, however for Saskatchewan roads, add {{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes |road =yes}} to the talk pages.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads
Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods - There goes the neighbourhood!

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods


See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

Signed..Mr. C.C. 08:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC).
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New Articles

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[edit] Adam Comrie

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 1 - January 2008

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Happy New Year! Member's personal resolutions.

A time to reflect on 2007 and prepare for the future bringing in the new 2008 year. Personal wikipedia Saskatchewan members new year's resolutions are here:

  1. Learn something new about Saskatchewan. SriMesh | talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. To be more involved in the project. Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 22:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  3. Add your one or several Personal member New Years Resolutions here!
Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project New year's resolution

If the Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project pages could talk - what would they wish for - the types of growth and changes for 2008 for Wikipedia Saskatchewan pages.

  1. Develop a bizzilion awesome articles about Saskatchewan so the WWW visitor is wowed by our province ( and survive those silly AFD tags!!! ) SriMesh | talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Add your one or several Wikiproject New Years Resolutions here!
  3. Develop quality articles. Increase the amount of good and Featured articles about Saskatchewan related content.
  4. Develop top importance articles about Saskatchewan such as those about crown corporations. the provincial government and its several departments. From the Saskatchewan wiki meeting held back on 23 June 2007 it was discussed to develop an article on Health in Saskatchewan, and to improve to feature status articles: Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Regina.
  5. The University of Saskatchewan became a good article to celebrate the 2007 anniversary of campus, and should now have a peer reveiw to continue on to becoming a feature article. The List of University of Saskatchewan alumni was developed to assist this article and help would be appreciated providing citations for each entry, and to help add to the list.
What's New?

What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles please check out our new Saskatchewan related articles - of which there are an assorted variety numbering close to 50 new items since the last news letter!
Member News
Other News

Tagged articles

  • Improve articles of Saskatchewan quality which have been tagged. Some of these are listed [[2]] and have been compiled with AWB.

Outreach

Highway Picture Template

  • Just as there is only one image needed for upload for Saskatchewan locator maps, and then various towns can be updated upon this image. So, too there should be a highway picture template, so that the various numbered highways 1, 33, 34, 58, 913, 914, etc can all have their own image without needing to create a bizzilion numbered images online.

2004 Election

  • Our 2004 Saskatchewan election has resulted in an amazing number of politician biographies coming online! This was an awesome achievement, and something to be proud of!
  • Qyd (talk · contribs) and Arctic.gnome (talk · contribs) are editors of a wide variety of Canadian related articles, and of note as of this date is the enormous amount of work they have undertaken to help amalgamate all the various provincial wikiprojects and Canadian sub projects into one umbrella assessment department. This unique assessment department means that Saskatchewan related articles can be assessed for their own provincial merit, and also belong to the Canadian wikiproject as well. It also means that editors from both Canada wikiproject and Saskatchewan wikiproject can unite in their efforts to provide banners and ratings to articles. This will result in a huge improvement in quality on wikipedia, resulting in Saskatchewan's spotlight award for Qyd (talk · contribs). January 2008 newsletter Please pop into the Spotlight Department and read all the brief introductory Wikipedia Saskatchewan bio. Congratulations are sent out to Qyd (talk · contribs)] and Arctic.gnome (talk · contribs) at this time.
  • Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing
The Editor's Desk

Welcome and Happy New Year!:

  • Just as panic begins to settle in as to what in the world the next newsletter should mention, new areas of development and growth come about. The coming year of 2008 should provide not only more Saskatchewan articles, but also more articles with higher ratings with the assistance of more editors, and a new assessment department umbrella. The highways and roads project has given a good base for development, and to strengthen the presence and notability of roads and highways and effort is being called upon to help these articles improve, now that they too are under the assessment umbrella.
  • Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
News Article

Wikipedia talk WP SK :

  • For more new updates of new items happening amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

Saskatchewan Roads and Highways The WikiProject Canada Roads is undergoing an overhaul. It is aiming to produce some Good articles and Featured articles of highway content pertaining to Canada, and for the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways for Saskatchewan highways. As Saskatchewan is still a work in progress this is a challenging endeavour for as the guidelines are followed as laid out at either Highway wikiproject, they become red link farms because wikilinked articles have not been developed regarding the communities, provincial and regional parks and rural municipalities which the highways meander through. Please keep apprised of the progress, and if any Saskatchewan articles rise above stub we will list it on the main page.

There is also discussion started about assessment and navigation boxes on the talk page. Please peek in to add any comments you may have.

If you want to add your name as a particpant to the Canada Roads wikiproject [here]. To join the Saskatchewan Roads wikiproject sign on the main here please.

Recently articles Saskatchewan Highway 1, 33, 34, 58, 913, 914 have been improved, but they need more help so they can become articles nominated as Good articles. Please help out if you are able, even to create community and rural municipality articles for these Highway articles would be an enormous help.

To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right. See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads
Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods - There goes the neighbourhood!

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page Communities & Neighbourhoods

The List of ghost towns in British Columbia has given a base to create a new article named Ghost towns in Saskatchewan. Please help to contribute, as Saskatchewan has about 1/5 the number of towns that it had in its heyday between the boom years of the 1920's and the industrial revolution of the 1940's. Signed..Mr. C.C. 08:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC).
Editors of January 2008


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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 2 - February 2008

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Happy Valentine's Day! Articles we Love

We hope you'll enjoy visiting our WikiProject. Our Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are featured by our editors.
Welcome to our We Love Saskatchewan Valentine Day Contest.

Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.

Place a Saskatchewan related article up for peer review, good article nomination or Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the talk page letting us know.

Or write in to our editors or leave a note on the talk page letting us know of stubs, or other short articles that have expanded fivefold and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!!

I Love Saskatchewan Award
The editor will receive this award on their user page, as well as an announcement in the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 2008 newsletter !!!
Congratulations are extended out to Victor D!


Congratulations! Your image Image:Elizabeth II Sask.jpg was the random picture of the day for October 7, 2007. It looked like this:

Random picture of the day

Image credit: Victor D (talk)

Statue of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building

Image credit: Victor D (talk)

. Again, Congratulations! - Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 11:46, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations are extended out to Victor D! (October 8, 2007) Congratulations! Your image Image:Sask Legislative Bldg.jpg was the random picture of the day for October 8, 2007. It looked like this:

Random picture of the day

Image credit: Victor D (talk)

The Saskatchewan Legislative Building

Image credit: Victor D (talk)

. Again, Congratulations! - Presidentman
Did You Know?
Updated DYK query On 24 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transportation in Saskatchewan Did you know...that 250,000 kilometers (150,000 miles) of roads complement air, pipeline, hiking trail, and waterway travel to provide transportation in Saskatchewan?. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Looking forward toward more to contributions from you! Happy Editing
The Editor's Desk

Welcome and Happy Valentine's Day!!:

  • This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's ninth full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
  • Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Portal Saskatchewan is now under peer review for improvements.
What's New?

What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At WikiProject Saskatchewan New articles please check our new Saskatchewan related articles. There are approximately 50 new articles since the last news letter!
News Article

Wikipedia talk WP SK :

  • For more updates and current new items amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

Saskatchewan Roads and Highways To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right. See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads. Input is requested relating to notablity and which SK roads and highways merit articles.

There have been two highway articles up for peer review. Saskatchewan Highway 11, Saskatchewan Highway 58 and Saskatchewan Highway 1 are still at highways peer review. Saskatchewan Highway 913 could go for a good article nomination. Achievement of good article or Feature article status would give direction for the project to follow.
Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods - There goes the neighbourhood!

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

There has been quite a number of Saskatchewan community articles created as of late. Experienced editors are requested to help improve articles to good article or feature article status.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page Communities & Neighbourhoods
Member News
Template {{Saskatchewan topics}}
  • {{Saskatchewan topics}} template needs new articles such as Tourism in Saskatchewan. The template currently wikilinks to articles, lists and categories. The lists and categories should be replaced with new articles where appropriate.
Quality growth. Phase II
  • Drm310 (talk · contribs) is our current editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award. Drm310 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through creation. Articles already existing have seen improved lead paragraphs, sections, section headings, consistency and standardized formatting. Drm310 has tirelessly contributed to the expansion and improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to Drm310 at this time. Pop by and give Drm310 a pat on the back for their work on WikiProject Saskatchewan.
  • Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
Editors of March 2008

SriMesh | talk 06:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

....Your participation will contribute enormously to the success of future newsletter editions! We look forward to working with you and thank you for your support.


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Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on WikiProject Saskatchewan Subscribers

There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the New articles section to keep updated.

Provide us with your news tips here on the talk page for current issues and/or Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter issues.

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Hope this delivery is finding you well!SriMesh | talk 02:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SteveMason

Hello, Canuck85. Your recent changes to the Steve Mason article were false. Steve Mason is not currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets, he is only drafted. Right now he is playing for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. I just wanted to let you know. Cheers, 1bevingtonco (talk) 17:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jordan Eberle

Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article Jordan Eberle, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 20:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Feb March Saskatchewan Newsletter Award Announcement

I Love Saskatchewan Award
The editor will receive this award on their user page, as well as an announcement in the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 2008 newsletter !!!
  • Thank you for your several contributions! SriMesh | talk 02:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 2008

[edit] List of current American hockey players by US state

Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article List of current American hockey players by US state, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 16:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hockey Articles

Hi Jason. I noticed you are the originator of an article about a professional hockey player named Jack Lancien. I am his grandson and have added some information to the article about his career and personal life. I also have a good photo of him in his hockey uniform I plan to add in the future. Just wanted to say thanks a ton for getting his article started. It inspired me to add more detail and (in a very small way) enrich the Wiki hockey project.

Thanks again and take care! —Preceding unsigned comment added by I Am The Dad (talk • contribs) 07:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Canuck85! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been many more new things going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in October, there have been many new changes. I'm hoping to make this newsletter a bit more regular; Kaiser matias and Skudrafan1 asked for a new issue a week ago, but sadly, I've been a bit lazy and committed to other things hence this other delay. --Maxim(talk)

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New recognized content

Wayne Gretzky; this picture is featured

By Maxim
There has been numerous new recognized content, so much that it's too time-consuming to sift through the "trophy cases" on WP:HOCKEY. Some interesting achievements:

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Task forces

By Maxim

There was a new taskforce created within the WikiProject to deal with topics related to the Boston Bruins. It was originally founded as a separate WikiProject, but was quickly turned into a taskforce within WikiProject Ice Hockey. The list of participants is located here. Located at WP:BRUINS, the taskforce's goals are to make Boston Bruins and Bobby Orr featured articles. Good luck!

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New Administrators

By Maxim
Since October, there have been three new admins promoted within the project:

A previously admin-only feature has been made available for all users. The rollback feature allows a user to quickly revert vandalism with one click. If you wish to have rollback, contact an active admin or post a request to WP:RFR.

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Featured Topic Drive

By Maxim

The original featured topic drive, initiated by Scorpion0422, has concluded succesfully. National Hockey League awards is now a featured topic, with 24 articles in total. Of them, 20 are featured lists, one is a featured article, and the other three are trophy articles that were too short to become featured lists. Eight users signed up to help out, shown here. The next Featured Topic hasn't been decided upon, and the ideas and organization for it fell apart. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them at WT:HOCKEY.

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Notes

  • More editors are needed to help out with the newsletter. Maxim doesn't have an infinite nor perfect supply of ideas, and thus he might omit some interesting news.
  • Portal:Ice hockey is being considered for featured status. Feel free to nominate features at Portal:Ice hockey/Suggestions.
  • Should Chris Pronger have been suspended for more than eight games for stomping on Ryan Kesler? Vote here!

Note: You have received this because your name is on Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Newsletter/List. If you no longer wish to receive this message, remove your name. MonoBot (talk) 18:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Prairieland Park

Prairieland Park has received some notability tags and etc., as you have been a contributing editor can you read what they concern, and help to revise the article so it doesn't get deleted? There are quite a few Canadian articles being listed by notability concerns...notability listing Thank youSriMesh | talk 01:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008

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