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[edit] Minnesota
I am trying to get the Minnesota article to featured status and could use some help. The sports section is nothing but a list of teams in Minnesota. Do you think you could take that section on as a project? -Ravedave 04:59, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Awsome thanks. I am not sure we should do college teams on that page though, as every college will want their teams there, 30 colleges * 5-10 sports each = too many... -Ravedave 15:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunatly I am a Huskies fan, so I definitly can't allow only the U on there :) -Ravedave 02:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
- Can you work on the section in a sandbox so as not to leave the article in an unfinished state? Thanks, -Ravedave 02:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Minnesota Baseball
Since you are a baseball nut I thought you might like this, plus it would probably make an great wiki reference [1]. -Ravedave 03:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Polisario Front
I'm not trying to get into any sort of article dispute here. I simply was reverting an edit that I recognized as clearly NPOV. I have no opinions regarding this article. In fact, I don't even fully understand the issue. I was only here reverting something NPOV, and am not trying to participate in any argument. (Note: This was also posted on the article's talkpage for the sake of posterity, but I figure this is more of a note to you than a note to the dispute.) Mo0[talk] 01:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] regarding User:24.94.126.250
My block of this user was not for his/her comments on the article or talk page of Polisario Front. Instead I blocked this user because of the following edits userpage vandalism[2] [3] [4] [5]. But what made me block them was the fact that this user made a threat in an edit [6]. My block would not have been so long, if not for the numerous previous blocks before mine. This user needs to learn a lot about editing on wikipedia. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 02:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moved from your user page
User talk:172.129.15.184 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
False Prophet: Do not revert others changes with your misperception of vandalism. I put together the Eagle Heraldry page from scratch and edited the poor alterations later inserted by the others. I will try again. Examine changes carefully next time. Do not change unless what you do is meaningful. Thanks.
Thank you for experimenting with the page Eagle (heraldry) on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. False Prophet 03:17, 4 July 2006 (UTC) This is the discussion page for an anonymous user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an anonymous user and feel that irrelevant comments have been directed at you, please create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other anonymous users. If you're concerned with privacy, registering also hides your IP address. [RIR WHOIS lookup: America — Europe — Africa — Asia-Pacific — Latin America/Caribbean]
[edit] Minnesota Sports
If you are trying to add sports info about the state of Minnesota, the biggest news ever is probably Lindsay Whalen. She practically turned the Golden Gopher program around single handedly and shattered every record. She is a minnesota basketball icon, IMHO even bigger than Kevin Garnett. Starze 01:43, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'd be glad to help with the outstate college teams, just let me know when the project starts to take shape, and if their is a specific format for information that you would like to me to follow (Nice to see another Gophers fan as well!) --Colslax 22:46, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner
- Davodd 05:45, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Novels WikiProject Newsletter July 2006
Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter.
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue II - July 2006
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- Project news
- The project's automatically generated worklist Novels without Infobox has been worked through giving infoboxes to most of the {{mystery-novel-stub}}s. This is about to get a regeneration probably with new genres.
- In addition to the raft of articles on the Simon Templar as The Saint novels added last month, then the Modesty Blaise series and now starting on Matt Helm series. All the inital work of one editor!
- One editor has been putting in sterling work coverting novel articles from "yyyy books" categorization over to "yyyy novels".
- Again notice that the {{Infobox Book}} now has a new field for "illustrator" for indicating the name of someone who has illustrated the majority of the novel (or book).
- Member News
- The project has currently 104 members, 16 joined since the last newsletter in mid June 2006.
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- From the Members
Welcome to the second issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
Particularly as this is only the second issue; any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Auto list news
- Currently we have two lists that are up and running. Undergoing testing, the third list will contain articles that have incomplete infoboxes. The new list is at NovelsInCompleteInfobox and will be very active as both a new list and a new format are being tested out at the same time. (probably ready for use by 8th July 2006) Eagle talk
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- Current debates
- New book related notability proposals have been started and are to be seen at Wikipedia:Notability (books), please take a look at these and comment. These are NOT active yet, although at first sight they seem a good basis.
- Categorization of novels debate is currently ongoing. Further input would be very welcome.
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- Current proposals
- You may have seen proparations going on behind the scenes with a view to establishing a format "Assessment Department". The aim of this will be to aid our efforts in improving novel articles particularly in tune with WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP methdology.
- There has been a small amount of interest in a Collaboration of the Week/Fortnight/Month, but to be viable we would need support.
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:: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Minnesota Swarm are in the National Lacrosse League not Major League Lacrosse Smith03 00:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Attck at
He hit the Dunkin' Donuts article of all places, a user tagged him as WOW. I rasied the Defcon as a precaution, Just in case these was more. Seems to have settled down now. Aeon Insane Ward 02:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I disagree to your assumption with the Bears article
If these sections are not necessary in the article then the Arsenal F.C. article should be removed from the featured articles list because it has a section involving Arsenal in popular culture. The history section is not as descriptive as the Patroits history because the Bears franchise history is twice as long, and that is why there is a separate daughter article detailing the Bears franchise history. The history section is just a summary. Thanks for reading this --Happyman22 02:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- I kind of see what people are trying to point out, but is the question calling for the merging of ownership, uniforms and logos into the history section the only obstacle preventing this article from achieving featured status? --Happyman22 03:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I have merged the ownership section into the history section and I am about to expand and divide the history section. I see what you are saying and I will probably get rid of or merge the Honey Bears into the history section. --Happyman22 19:03, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Petition
I agree somewhat. I won't sign it because I don't know if it's anti-wiki. Or, I don't know if anti-wiki is bad. Your petition is trying to address broader issues. My comment is not that it's antiwiki but that it seems like a shoddy method and more convoluted. Something like this needs a long discussion and at least in the short term no stable version should be the first thing people see... unless there is a system. So, I don't want to sign it because I don't agree with it all. I was curious if you would ever support a system that let people choose which version they see as the main version. gren グレン 06:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks!
But you need to take out the petition link in your signature. I had it in mine and Cyde told me to remove it because editors (such as Karmafist) have been blocked for that. GangstaEB (sliding logs~dive logs) 11:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] show/hide problems
Essjay asked me to take a look at your show/hide problem on your user page. I believe I have fixed it. The transcluded items have to have some blank space and they also seem to be order dependent. You had membership twice so I removed one copy. I reorged membership and put the userbox for the Fascism project on instead of the link, hope that's OK. I also added some blank lines to the music subpage. I thinhk it's fixed now. Good luck. ++Lar: t/c 03:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC) (refactored to keep threads together)
- Thanks for fixing some of it, but the Affiliations section and the babel section still dont work right. Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me Improve Me 03:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- I didn't fix those, I just fixed the first broken one I spotted. Hopefully you can do a diff on the two transcluded sections I changed and try the same changes yourself and be all sorted, once you see what it was I did (and why). Good luck. I'll watch this page for a while to see your replies. ++Lar: t/c 03:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks for the barnstar. I take it you were able to suss out what needed fixing. glad to have been of help. Happy editing! ++Lar: t/c 04:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] You're invited :)
[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006
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[edit] Novels WikiProject Newsletter August 2006
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue III - August 2006
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- In the northern hemisphere this is traditionally the season for holiday's - if you are due for one - enjoy the rest.
- Quiet work is going on trying to improve the coverage of Infoboxes in Novel articles and adding vital information to those Infoboxes. Those that make the most contribution do get noticed!
- We now have a Collaboration of the Month (see below).
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) should be looked at. It was adopted recently, but discussion is still going.
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- The project has currently 114 members, 10 joined since the last newsletter in early July 2006.
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Welcome to the third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all member to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
- Announcing our new Collaboration of the Month which for the month of August is The Mystery of the Yellow Room. This is our first and has already been worked on seeing substantial change (and hopefully improvement). Please get involved and submit other novel titles for future collaborations. If this is successful we can really improve these articles and we may increase the frequency of the title change.
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- New book related notability proposals are to be seen at Wikipedia:Notability (books), if you have not seen these do take a look. The debate and level of change has slowed so thi may mean that a concensus is near!
- Discussion about adding two new fields, Film adaptation and Based on film, to the {{Infobox_Book}} template is going on in the WP:BOOKS talk page.
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[edit] RfA Standards
Um, False Prophet, is there some reason you reverted back my changes to my RfA Standards, or was this a simple error? Thε Halo Θ 00:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
That's quite alright, I put it back up ;) If there's anything I can help you with in the future, please, don't hesitate to contact me. Yours, Thε Halo Θ 11:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WoW comment
Yeah it may have been a little premature... maybe 2 or 3 months ago... I wasn't going to leave because of the just wait or more contribs or even the pathetic didn't answer the questions as good as he should (why is that a reason to oppose?). I left because of the We might be admining WoW here comment. And then some people obviously believed it because the last vote on my RfA was oppose per all above. GangstaEB help me improve! 11:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Seau - Pats Roster
I understand all the jazz about only posting 'official' information, and am glad to see Seau officially labeled 55 on the template now, but I do take offense at being told my edits 'compromise the integrity of pages'. The NFL official team sites are notoriously slow to update when compared to breaking-news blogs, especially one with the integrity of Mike Reiss'. I believe it fair to invoke Wikipedia standards and rules, which you did earnestly and in truth, but to invoke 'the integrity of pages' was a low blow, and a mark of arrogance. 24.60.119.35 03:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue VI - August 2006
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Issue VI - August 2006
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[edit] Don't spam me!
If you wish to talk to me, send your own messages. Do not send me auto-generated spam. Yakuman 02:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RfAery
I don't entirely understand the comment on the RfA subpage. Is this for me as I am now, or would this (If passed) "kick in" when I confirmably registered. 68.39.174.238 01:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- "dismissed" as in, voted down, or what? 68.39.174.238 02:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Hezbollah mediation
School absolutely comes before Wikipedia. However, I think that things are actually getting worse rather than better and JiHy is veering into a lot of personal attacks. Elizmr 15:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Response to the message on my talk page left on Mediation page. JiHymas@himivest.com 03:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your fine efforts in bringing this mediation to a successful conclusion JiHymas@himivest.com 18:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Yes, thanks False Prophet! Elizmr 23:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mediation case on JumpTV
I noticed that you have closed the case. Actually, the issue has long been settled out of band. You might have noted that there were no message exchanges after the first day. That's because later, JumpTV's director of marketing sent email messages to me and Jimbo saying that his employee will not edit the articles further, and the edits in question will stop thereafter. If you want, I can forward you the emails. So, your recommendation of RFArb based on the assumption that the case was unresolved, should be changed. Thank you. --Ragib 17:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV (September 2006)
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue IV - September 2006
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- The project has currently 126 members, 13 joined & 1 leaver since the last newsletter at the start of August 2006.
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Welcome to the fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
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[edit] Question on my RFA
Greetings, False Prophet! I have answered your very good question on my RFA; hopefully it'll be good enough for your standards. —this is messedrocker (talk) 05:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I noticed you put a support vote in the oppose section. Did you mean to put it in the support section, or was it an oppose vote, or what? Just letting you know. —
this is messedrocker (talk) 17:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] My RFA
Thank you, False Prophet, for liking how I answered your questions and then voted "support" on my RFA. It's good to see that even though I may have banned someone back at Wikinews, I can still be trusted. I hope I can trustworthy on Wikipedia too! —this is messedrocker (talk) 21:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Mediate us?
Hi False Prophet,
I saw you successfully mediated the Hezbollah page conflict; I haven't been able to get a mediator yet for a dispute I'm in over on the Hong Tran page. Would you mind stepping in? The mediation page is: [7]
Thanks, Emcee 23:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi False Prophet,
Although Nottingham is refraining from editing the Hong Tran page while it is in AfD, his recent edits to the Washington United States Senate election, 2006 page make it seem like this conflict could bleed into other pages, and is likely to start back up on the Tran page after the AfD is closed. Given what I've seen thus far, I'm not optimistic that mediation will lead to a collaborative attitude from Nottingham, but I'm willing to give it a try (and I think I need to before an RfA). Could you begin talking with us on this? Btw, Bobblehead and I have differences of opinion on these articles as well, and in my opinion he was a participant in (and perhaps even the one who started) the edit war on the Hong Tran page, but it looks more to me like he and I will be able to work in a civil and sane manner on continuing disagreements. I will leave it up to you as to whether you want to include him in the mediation discussions.
Thanks, Emcee 19:41, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Please help
Sorry to bother you, but as an Inclusionist wikipedia things are getting desperate and I need to appeal to your for help. We are facing a situation where a deletionist admin is free to declare inclusionist arguments "absurd" and ignore them at will. If you don't agree with this situation, please share your opinion here. Kappa 02:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copy of deleted article
Since you indicated you would be interested in seeing what the deleted article looked like I have put a copy of it in User:JoshuaZ/Sandbox. I would however make the preliminary statement that DRV is not AfD take 2 but is supposed to be about whether the process was followed (although this DRV is getting to be such a mess I doubt anyone will mind yet another user [[WP:IAR|deciding that it is better to ignore that). JoshuaZ 03:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Military history Newsletter - Issue VII - September 2006
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[edit] Visible Changes
Hi. I'm new here, so I'm just wondering, aren't changes already visible immediately? I'm not sure how it works. Just wondering. Thanks. Temp
I note that you have indicated that the project listed above is "abandoned." I wonder if by that you mean the project should be considered discontinued, and possibly whether the page should be deleted. I ask because I am in the process of compiling a master list of all the projects, active and inactive, out there, and I would like to know whether you think the project page should continue to exist and thus be listed or not. I will list it until and unless you indicate that you believe it should not be. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 00:17, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Minnesota meetup
A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 22:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 16:23, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - October 2006
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue V - October 2006
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- Our project has been working on novel articles for sometime now and has just passed the 4000 articles tagged as part of the project. Already we are on 4441 as of today.
- The /Assessment department has been making progress with discussions on the top priority level of novels. These are those articles that should be present in any version of this encyclopedia.
- The "Members" list has been modified (preparatory to removing the inactive ones to an archive or "inactive" list).
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- The project has currently 142 members, 16 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of September 2006.
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Welcome to the fifth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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[edit] WikiProject Minnesota Twins
Hey False Prophet, I hope you don't mind, but some of the templates and such didn't have "Twins" capitalized, so I went ahead and moved some things. I didn't change the links to the templates on your user page, because I don't think I should go around editing other people's user pages. If you disagree with my changes please let me know.
I am a Twins fan, but I probably won't join the project since I already spend too much time doing other things on WP. I wish you luck, though! --Akhilleus (talk) 20:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Aargh, my move(s) screwed things up even more. To follow the standard, the name should be WikiProject Minnesota Twins. I didn't capitalize "Project". Fixing... --Akhilleus (talk) 20:34, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I think I fixed everything, but I went back on what I said earlier and edited your userbox, because I created a double redirect. Again, I hope that I didn't do anything you disagree with. --Akhilleus (talk) 20:59, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- Got your message, am working on it. I don't really know what I'm doing yet, so we'll see if I get things to work or not. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think I got it--see Category:WikiProject Minnesota Twins member. If I screwed something up in the process, let me know. --Akhilleus (talk) 04:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
If this project doesn't take off for whatever reason, you might consider trying to see if the Baseball project would be willing to take on sub-projects, task forces, work groups, call them what you will. That is, of course, if they haven't already said no to that idea. In any event, good luck with the project. Badbilltucker 16:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hi, just letting you know that the "show/hide" buttons didn't work properly on my browser (IE on XP), making the boxed disappear behind the titles of the other sections. --SidiLemine 09:08, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue VI - November 2006
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue VI - November 2006
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- Project news
- Due to the diligance of many editors we now have more than 5000 articles tagged as part of the project.
- The /Assessment department has been making progress with discussions on the top priority level of novels. These are those articles that should be present in any version of this encyclopedia.
- The "Members" list has been modified with a short archive or "inactive" list).
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- The project has currently 170 members, 28 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of October 2006. Of these 7 have been moved to a short "Inactive" list due to not contributing to Wikipedia for at least six months. They are free to reactivate themselves at any time, of course!
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Welcome to the sixth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- The NovelsInCompleteInfobox has been regenerated at the start of October and was shown to have grown rather than shrunk! So this month I have concentrated my efforts (with some help from Grey Shadow (talk · contribs)) on the novels missing "genre" tags. These "genre-less" have now "all" been dealt with. Hopefully we can break the back of this load of work, but it will need help. It would be nice to get these worklists to a state where they can monitor the newly created articles rather than cleaning the retrospective material.
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- The Collaboration of the Month is going well. October's collaboration was slightly compromised by the removal of our notice early on; however there were still nearly 80 edits to improve the article. This months Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Doctor Zhivago (novel)
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- We have a project structure that allows for the formation of special interest task forces (al la "WP:MILHIST".) This is useful for identifying groups of Novels editors who have a common interest. (i.e. Science fiction novels, Crime Novels, Children's novels, Classic literature, Russian novels etc.) Would there be interest out there in setting one or more of these up. Comments please to the General Forum.
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Last months Liponym challenge was met by Springeragh (talk · contribs), but the article is still a "very" small stub.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This months' article is Lawrence Durrell's novel Clea.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue VII - December 2006
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue VII - December 2006
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- Project news
- The project Scope has been slightly expanded to include the shorter narrative prose fiction of Novelettes and Short stories.
- Due to the diligance of many editors we now have more than 5000 articles tagged as part of the project.
- Keeping the Novels announcements page up to date and fresh is in need of a volunteer who can keep an eye on it and keep it's content fresh and lively. Please let us know if you are able to help with this. It doesn't involve much, but it needs to be looked at regularly.
- Member news
- The project has currently 178 members, 9 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of November 2006.
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Welcome to the seventh issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Auto list news
- Plenty of work has been done on articles included in the "auto lists" in the last couple of months. Particluarly so for the NovelsInCompleteInfobox list, which is constantly being worked on by a number of editors and most of those missing "genre" entries and quite a number with missing "ISBN" entires have been dealt with. A re-run of this list is due soon, courtesy of user Eagle.
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- A new policy proposal has been started and the various points are to be seen at Wikipedia:Speedy deletion criterion for unsourced articles, please take a look at these and comment. This is a vital subject and all editors should consider the implications. These are NOT active yet, but could have wide reaching consequences. Please contribute your views.
- We have a project structure that allows for the formation of special interest task forces (al la "WP:MILHIST".) This was mentioned last month and a few have indicated interest. This is useful for identifying groups of Novels editors who have a common interest. (i.e. Science fiction novels, Crime Novels, Children's novels, Classic literature, Russian novels etc.) Would there be interest out there in setting one or more of these up. Comments please to the General Forum. Currently I am considering starting with "Crime Novels" and "Russian Novels" to see what can be achieved.
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Last months Lawrence Durrell's novel Clea challenge was met by Hurrah (talk · contribs), who was "very" quick off the mark. As with the previous months it is now a very small stub in need of "loving care".
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is paranoid fiction.
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It's me! XINOPH | TALK 16:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Admin coaching, etc.
Are you ready to get started?
The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.
The current topic of discussion is vandalism, and our guest writer is Budgiekiller.
All discussions are open-ended, so all previous discussion topics and classroom assignments are still there for viewing and further participation. There are also sections for posting miscellaneous topics and questions, requesting coaching assistance, etc.
In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.
You are cordially invited to participate.
Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.
I hope to see you there. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue VIII - January 2007
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- Project news
- Welcome to a new calendar year (for most of us!)
- During this year we have seen huge a growth in the number of editors contributing to the project and a massive increase in the number of articles linked to the project. We have managed to raise the quality of significant numbers of articles. But with this ever changing beast that is wikipedia there is no room of complacency and there is a mountain of editing work still to do. The member project space has developed and the latest developments are more Outreach options for your use and the establishment of the first "Task Force" for special interest areas within the overall purview of the project.
- There are now well over 7000 articles taged as part of the project!
- Member news
- The project has currently 192 members, 15 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of November 2006.
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Welcome to the eighth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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Last months paranoid fiction challenge was met by the surreal chess playing, manga reading user Breed Zona (talk · contribs) with an accurate stub.
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The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect seven coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 11!
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[edit] Novels newsletter : Issue IX - February 2007
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue IX - February 2007
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- Project news
- The month has been a quiet one for the project with little obvious interaction, although editors have been very busy working on article improvement, recategorisation, and assessments. The Short story task force have been slowly adding staff and working mostly in the early stages to tag existing "short story" and "short story collection" articles.
- Member news
- The project has currently 204 members, 13 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of January 2007
- Other news
- The Short story task force now has 6 participants, do join in if you have an interest. Also do let us know if other Task Forces could be established.
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- NovelsInCompleteInfobox worklist has been worked through, mainly due to the efforts of Jask99; it has now only the most difficult to complete. Please give it a look and if you can complete an infobox, please do. We should soon get a rerun with the latest article additions generated courtesy of user Eagle.
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These two lists have been culled from the main Wikipedia but others thought they would serve as a good worklist for the project to use as article hitlist, so they are here for your pleasure.
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Welcome to the ninth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last months Fictional locations challenge was met by the user Loom91 (talk · contribs) with a modest start that rapidly got expanded a short stub that survived tagging for deletion and then expanding by a number of editors to something quite useful. Along the way it got (correctly!) renamed to Fictional location.
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[edit] WikiProject Military History elections
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XII - February 2007
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XII - February 2007
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- Project news
- The new consolidated review department—combining the existing project peer review and A-Class review with a listing of project articles undergoing various external featured content candidacies and reviews—is now operational.
- Two new templates have been introduced:
- An effort is being made to have task forces maintain annotated bibliographies for their topic areas; several task forces have already begun to construct them.
- The project reached two important milestones this month: 500 active members and 30,000 articles in the assessment system.
- A military version of Wikipe-tan has been created; a new userbox featuring one of the images is available for interested project members.
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The third project coordinator elections have now concluded. Seven coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months:
- Carom (talk · contribs)
- FayssalF (talk · contribs)
- Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs)
- Kyriakos (talk · contribs)
- LordAmeth (talk · contribs)
- Petercorless (talk · contribs)
- Wandalstouring (talk · contribs)
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project!
Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
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- {{Infobox National Military}} is being developed to replace the old {{Military}} template; comments on the draft version are welcome.
- A proposal to introduce a category tree for military campaigns, as well as a number of associated classification guidelines, is being discussed; comments would be very appreciated.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue X - March 2007
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue X - March 2007
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- Project news
- We are on the cusp of having 9000 novel and other narrative prose articles tagged as part of the project. With this volume of articles, we need all the editorial help we can get.
- Now there are three Task Forces ("Short story", "Science Fiction" & "Crime") - see below
- Member news
- The project has currently 214 members, 8 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of February 2007
- Other news
- The Assessment department has managed to assess (in some form) nearly all the main articles. The emphasis will now change to identifying needed article improvement, however keeping a watch on newly tagged articles with a view to properly assess those.
- A new Peer review department has kicked off with one of my early articles as a starting point. Please do give it a look, start reviewing and suggest other articles that you believe could benefit from another pair of eyes.
- The Children and Young Adult Literature portal was created by User:KGV, go take a look.
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- Currently stalled - if anyone has the means to help out here with re-generation of these list - please do!
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- The End of Fair Use? is notification of a serious debate going on across WikiPedia.
- Another possible problem hasn't really got going as a debate but maybe should have. It highlights a need to put in content to articles that asserts "notability" and gives proper referencing to articles.
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- Volunteers needed - if any members feel able to take on project tasks such as leading Task Forces, editing this Newsletter, monitoring and maintaining the Announcements template, heading up Outreach activity, managing Collaboration or Assessment activity or anything else you believe needs special attention, please let us know.
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Welcome to the tenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last months A Taste for Death challenge was met by the user Barbara Osgood (talk · contribs) with a brief stub .... again this could still handle some development.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Ivan Turgenev's - On the Eve.
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIII - March 2007
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Issue XIII - March 2007
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- The project's scope has been updated to include depictions of military history in cultural media.
- The Spanish military history task force has been created.
- The project now has a publication department, which will work on producing collections of military history articles for offline publication.
- There is now a list of military-related deletion nominations available.
- Two new sets of guidelines have been introduced:
- Two new templates are now available:
- {{Infobox National Military}}, a primary infobox for use on articles about an entire nation's military establishment.
- {{Service record}}, an auxiliary infobox for documenting a military unit's or ship's service history.
- The old requested articles page and the automation department have been discontinued.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XI - April 2007
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XI - April 2007
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- Project news
- The project has now passed the 10,000 article tagged as in scope. It is hoped to see much more effort going into the improvement of these articles. Those of particular concern are those of "high" or even "top" importance/priority that are still only stubs. If any of these are about anything you know about or can quickly research please add what you can.
- Member news
- The project has currently 217 members, 5 joined & 2 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of March 2007
- Other news
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- We now have five administration Departments which now include an Automation Department which is the home for support and administration of automated update activity. Anyone with such experience and can get involved look in here for work ideas and to make suggestions.
- The three task forces are gradually growing but need support to succeed. Also if you have further such ideas for co-operation - also let us know.
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- Our Auto Generated lists appear to have lost the editor who created and supported them. If any other editors have the ability and are willing to have a stab at producing replacement updates, please let us know.
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Welcome to the eleventh issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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Last month's On the Eve challenge was met by the user TAnthony (talk · contribs) (who is possibly from the planet Arrakis) with a nice stub ....
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is the genre Political thriller.
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Although, you'd be surprised... I have a madly common name. --DNL
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIV (April 2007)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XIV (April 2007)
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- Current proposals and discussions
- A fresh discussion about the by-nation category system for military personnel has begun; suggestions are very welcome!
- The use of flag icons in templates is currently being discussed.
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New featured articles:
- Battle of Shiloh
- Battleship
- British anti-invasion preparations of World War II
- Domenico Selvo
- Knights Templar
- Lochry's Defeat
- Puerto Ricans in World War II
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
- Thomas Crisp
New A-Class articles:
- Benjamin Franklin Tilley
- Cambodian Campaign
- List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
- Operation Igloo White
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
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Issue XII - May 2007
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- Project news
- The peer review department of the Novels WikiProject is running well after the start in February, having 2 new articles under review: So You Want to Be a Wizard and To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Our article count has leapt again rising to over 11500. Do get stuck in and assist in improving this rising tide of narrative prose related material. A statistical count of articles can be found here.
- We have a new project page for Article Style Guidelines which has had a few editors work on it. Currently based on our existing article template it needs some extra eyes to hone any rough edges.
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- Member news
- The project has currently 229 members, 12 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of April 2007
- Other news
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- Our Auto Generated lists appear to have lost the editor who created and supported them. If any other editors have the ability and are willing to have a stab at producing replacement updates, please let us know.
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- Current debates
- Of crucial importance to our progress and the way we edit is a debate on the Main Article Template which is strongly recommended for every editor who can, getting involved with. We have worked with the existing template for well over a year now and this debate proposes making radical changes.
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Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIII - June 2007
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Issue XIII - June 2007
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- Project news
- This newsletter was unfortunately delayed till now - my apologes for that - I needed to respond to a whole host of image challenges that appears on my personal talk pages. So, if you have uploaded non-free book covers that are being used under fair use terms, please add your own "Fair Use Rationale" to the images.
- Member news
- The project has currently 236 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of May 2007
- Other news
- The Brothers Karamazov (nom.) was demoted from Featured Article status for concerns over sources, structure, and coverage/focus.
- The 2007 Wikipedia Selection for schools, targeted around the UK National Curriculum, included 39 novels. Volunteers at Wikipedia had suggested articles considered valuable and relevant for inclusion. See here and the WP Signpost news.
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Shantaram to marry Princess Gregory David Roberts, author of Shantaram, a reformed Australian convicted armed robber has just announced his engagement to Princess Francoise Sturdza of Switzerland, who he plans to marry soon. His life has changed dramatically for the best after the release of his first novel four years ago, which depicted his life in India after escaping from prison. A movie based on his novel is planned for production later this year, starring Johnny Depp in the lead role. [8]
Shannara series purchased by Warner Bros The film rights to The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks have been picked up by Warner Bros. They plan to first develop The Elfstones of Shannara, the second book in the series as the opening movie and writers are now being sought for the adaptation. The first book The Sword of Shannara, was published in 1977 and was the first fantasy book to reach, and then top, the New York Times Best Seller list. [9]
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Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIV - July 2007
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Issue XIV - July 2007
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- Project news
- The demand for fair use rationales for book covers has generated a discussion among wikipedians and also WP:NOVELS members. See the discussion here it has some potentially very important ideas to consider and possibly contribute to.
- Member news
- The project has currently 247 members, 11 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of June 2007
- Other news
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What is a novel? What are the elements that must be found in any piece of writing for it to be considered a novel? I think it fair to say that traditional definitions of the word “novel” work along these lines: A novel is a fictitious prose story of book length. In my view, a novel has six basic elements: 1) It must have a society of characters; 2) They must be undergoing transformations; 3) And those must be in the course of a sustained prose narrative; 4) The sustained prose narrative must be impelled by a plot; 5) And it must be unified by clearly discernible central themes; 6) And to the extent possible, it must be universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata. If I write those six basic elements into a single definition, I come up with this: A novel is a society of characters, undergoing transformations, in the course of a sustained prose narrative, which is impelled by a plot, unified by clearly discernible central themes, and universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata.
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- After lengthy discussions about the {{Infobox_Book}} it has settled down at a possibly permanent layout. Any suggestions are still of course welcome.
- Also the important book cover debate mentioned first above.
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Welcome to the fourteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XV - August 2007
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Issue XV - August 2007
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- Project news
- During July we passed the 13,000 mark for articles tagged as within the scope of the WikiProject.
- Member news
- The project has currently 248 members, 8 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of July 2007
- Other news
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- On {{Infobox_Book}} we have new debates on ISBN format and coding ideas. Also we have the possibility of making or asserting COinS usage, for those who know more about this please get involved.
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Welcome to the fifteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XVIII (August 2007)
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- Project news
- The fourth project coordinator elections have now concluded. Nine coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months: Kirill Lokshin, Carom, FayssalF, LordAmeth, Kyriakos, TomStar81, Cla68, Eurocopter tigre, and Roger Davies. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project!
- The contest department has completed another month of competition. The leader for this month, with 23 points, is Blnguyen; JKBrooks85 is in second place, with 17 points, and Carom is in third place, with 13 points. Carom is also the overall leader, with 45 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries.
- The project's article tagging and assessment drivecontinues; project members are cordially invited to assist with this effort.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Attack on Sydney Harbour
- Augustus
- Cædwalla of Wessex
- Confederate government of Kentucky
- Ine of Wessex
- Harry S. Truman
- Hispanic Americans in World War II
- Ironclad warship
- Pham Ngoc Thao
- Victoria Cross for New Zealand
New featured lists
- Surviving veterans of World War I
New A-Class articles:
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham
- Enfield revolver
- Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.)
- Ho Chi Minh Campaign
- Jacques Le Gris
- Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Current proposals and discussions
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- Awards and honors
- Wandalstouring was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and dedicated service as a project coordinator and his many contributions to the structure and operations of the project.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XVI - September 2007
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Issue XVI - September 2007
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- Project news
- During August we signed up to the WikiProject advertising facility {{wikipedia ads}} initiative.
- Our tagged articles now number over 14,000 and more are being added every day. In reality the article count for our project scope is likely to be much higher so the more who can get involved and assist the process of improving the quality of the articles the better.
- Member news
- The project has currently 261 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of August 2007.
- A number of editors have signed up to our "task forces" without signing to the main project so the figure could be slightly higher.
- Other news
- Although many editors are doing sterling work actually working on writing and maintaining articles we could always do with more volunteers to assist with the project wide tasks.
- Our Collaboration of the Month is in need of more suggested articles for our attention and more votes for those already proposed.
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Welcome to the sixteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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Issue XIX (September 2007)
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- Project news
- The Taiwanese military history and War films task forces have been created.
- The contest department has completed its sixth month of competition. The leader for this month, with 57 points, is JKBrooks85; Kyriakos is in second place, with 16 points, and Blnguyen and Woodym555 are tied for third place, with 10 points each. The overall results for the past six months show JKBrooks85 in first place, with 92 points, followed by Carom, with 45 points, and Blnguyen, with 38 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries.
- A stress hotline is now available for project members' use.
- The bulk of the project's guidelines have been moved to a separate subpage.
- New guidelines for flag icon use have been adopted.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
- Battle for Henderson Field
- Battle of Greece
- Battle of Ramillies
- Egbert of Wessex
- Frederick Russell Burnham
- Freedom Monument (Riga)
- Issy Smith
- Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Omaha Beach
- Victoria Cross (Canada)
- Winfield Scott Hancock
New A-Class articles:
- Barton S. Alexander
- Battle of Barrosa
- Byzantine-Arab Wars
- Cleomenean War
- Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.)
- Fort Corcoran
- Fort Runyon
- George Jones (RAAF officer)
- Jean de Carrouges
- Operation Passage to Freedom
- Smolensk War
New Featured lists:
- Army Groups of the National Revolutionary Army
- Puerto Ricans Missing in Action in the Korean War
New Featured topics:
- Victoria Cross
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- Current proposals and discussions
- A proposal to formalize the project's style guide as part of Wikipedia's Manual of Style has been made and is being discussed; comments and suggestions would be very appreciated!
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- Awards and honors
- SandyGeorgia was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the instrumental role she plays in the featured article process, both by checking the project's featured article candidates to ensure that citations are formatted correctly, and by helping clear out the backlog of featured articles that no longer meet the criteria. Sandy is the first non-member of the project to receive this award.
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XX (October 2007)
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Issue XX (October 2007)
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- Project news
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
- BAE Systems
- Battle of Barrosa
- Prince Louis of Battenberg
- Second Ostend Raid
- Thomas C. Hindman
New A-Class articles:
- Alexandru Averescu
- Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
- Fort Jackson (Virginia)
- Richard Williams (RAAF officer)
- Tet Offensive
- Wallachian Revolution of 1848
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- Current proposals and discussions
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- Awards and honors
- JKBrooks85 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his diligent efforts to improve our coverage of fortifications in the American Civil War, and, in particular, his creation of a substantial number of A-Class articles.
- Tony the Marine has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his considerable efforts in raising Puerto Rican- and Hispanic-related military history articles to featured status.
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Just... adopt-a-range from the available worklists then keep track of your tally on participants' list. The tagging is easy, just follow the simple instructions. Afterwards, as our way of thanking you, you'll be presented with service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you process. Remember... the ranges are broken down into sub-sections of ten articles, so you work through them at twenty or thirty articles a day if you wish. To make Tag & Assess 2007 a success, we need your help. Please sign up now. Thanks.
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Issue XXI (November 2007)
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- Project news
- The military history style guide has been integrated into Wikipedia's Manual of Style.
- The contest department has completed its eight month of competition. The leader for this month, with a massive 92 points, is Blnguyen; Woodym555 is in second place, with 32 points, and Cla68 and TomStar81 are tied for third place, with 15 points each. Overall, Blnguyen is now in first place, with 140 points, followed by JKBrooks85, with 120 points, and by Woodym555, with 63 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries.
- The American Revolutionary War and Baltic states military history task forces have been created.
- Tag & Assess 2007—the project's first major article tagging and assessment drive—is continuing; all project members—and anyone else who's interested—are invited to assist with this effort.
- The number of articles tagged as being within our scope has now exceeded 50,000.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Red Cliffs
- James II of England
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross
- Pre-dreadnought battleship
- Thomas C. Hindman
- USS Kentucky (BB-66)
New featured lists:
- List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients
- List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
New featured portals:
- Military of Greece
New A-Class articles:
- 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
- Battle of the Gebora
- Battle of Vaslui
- Le Quang Tung
- Morotai Mutiny
- Phan Dinh Phung
- Truong Dinh
- USS Illinois (BB-65)
- Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
- Yen Bai mutiny
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIX - December 2007
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XIX - December 2007
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- Project news
- A fairly quiet month in November. However we had a fairly successful COTM with the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland article with 85 modifications made. The success of which I will leave to your assessment.
- Member news
- The project has currently 290 members, 8 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007
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- Task force news
- The Fantasy task force has got off to a really good start with now 13 members. Do cooperate one with another and make it really work for us.
- If any group of editors sees a need for a new "task force" then let us know. Also we can link a WikiProject in as a task force (as Australian task force), this has the benefit of reducing the level of effort dissipation and also advertising interest areas in more than one location.
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Welcome to the nineteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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Last month's challenge (The Barracks) was completed by WikiProject Novels participant Blathnaid.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (hint).
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXII (December 2007)
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- Project news
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Albuera
- Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
- Battle of the Gebora
- Constantine II of Scotland
- Francis Harvey
- Vasa (ship)
- Wulfhere of Mercia
New A-Class articles:
- 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing
- Evacuation of East Prussia
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- Current proposals and discussions
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- Awards and honors
- Blnguyen has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles.
- Woodym555 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic.
- For their outstanding efforts as part of Tag & Assess 2007, Bedford, TomStar81, and Parsival74 have been awarded the gold, silver, and bronze Wikis, respectively.
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Tag & Assess 2007 is now officially over, with slightly under 68,000 articles processed. The top twenty scores are as follows:
- 1. Bedford — 7,600
- 2. TomStar81 — 5,500
- 3. Parsival74 — 5,200
- 4. FayssalF — 3,500
- 5. Roger Davies — 3,000
- 6. Ouro — 2600
- 7. Kateshortforbob — 2250
- 8. Cromdog — 2,200
- 9. BrokenSphere — 2000
- 9. Jacksinterweb — 2,000
- 9. Maralia — 2,000
- 12. MBK004 — 1,340
- 13. JKBrooks85 — 1,250
- 14. Sniperz11 — 1100
- 15. Burzmali — 1000
- 15. Cplakidas — 1000
- 15. Gimme danger — 1000
- 15. Raoulduke471000
- 15. TicketMan — 1000
- 15. Welsh — 1000
- 15. Blnguyen — 1000
Although the drive is officially closed, existing participants can continue tagging until January 31 if they wish, with the extra tags counting towards their tally for barnstar purposes.
We'd like to see what lessons can be learned from this drive, so we've set up a feedback workshop. Comments and feedback from participants and non-particpants alike are very welcome and appreciated.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XX - January 2008
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XX - January 2008
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- Project news
- Welcome to a new calendar year (for most of us!)
- During 2007 we have seen membership grow from just below 200 to just below 300. Also our tagged article count now runs at about 16,000 considerably up on this time last year. It highlights the message given from last year that there is much work to do improving and caring for this corner of our "wikiworld". Sadly our Auto-list editor moved on and we sorely need an able replacement. On a more positive note we have seen the establishment of task forces, style guidelines and peer review. Our latest outreach initiative is the Novels Job Centre.
- Member news
- The project has currently 299 members, 9 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007
- n.b. this graph copy has been included as a "one off" example just for this newsletter to let you see the addition to our membership page.
Novels WikiProject Members
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- Task force news
- The Australian task force (i.e. WikiProject Australian literature) is always welcoming new participants interested in Australian fiction.
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twentieth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last month's challenge (Belinda) was completed by new member User:Nick mallory.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Beryl Bainbridge's award-winning Master Georgie.
- All 2007 challenges were met, congratulations to all writers. Click show for the complete list.
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[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! TomStar81 (Talk) 03:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIII (January 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIII (January 2008)
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- Project news
- The project coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14!
- The contest department has completed its tenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 44 entries. The top scorer this month is Dreamafter, with 95 points, followed by Cla68, with 42 points, and Ed! and Woody, with 21 points each. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 182 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries.
- A new auxiliary infobox, {{operational plan}}, is now available.
- A new page for military history essays has been created; project members are encouraged to post their own advice and opinions on matters within the project's purview.
- New guidelines concerning precision and ship pronouns have been added to the style guide.
- Featured picture candidates and picture peer reviews are now accessible through the project's review department.
- An effort to convert deprecated infoboxes has begun; any assistance is welcome!
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
- Battle of Musa Qala
- George Jones (RAAF officer)
- Italian War of 1542–1546
- Jim Bowie
- Józef Piłsudski
- Matanikau Offensive
- Offa of Mercia
- Suleiman the Magnificent
- USS Illinois (BB-65)
New featured lists:
- List of Knight's Cross recipients
- Order of battle at the Glorious First of June
New A-Class articles:
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- Cold War
- Hans-Joachim Marseille
- Krulak Mendenhall mission
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- Current proposals and discussions
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- Awards and honors
- Bwmoll3 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his superior contributions to a variety of articles about the United States Air Force, including a great number of those dealing with wings and installations.
- Bedford has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to the project's organization by going above and beyond the call of duty in tagging, assessing, and classifying a massive number of articles during the 2007 assessment drive.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXI - February 2008
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXI - February 2008
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- Project news
- We have had a solid month with an increase of project tagging work. We now have a bit of a backlog of assessments needed.
- Member news
- The project has currently 305 members, 6 joined & 0 leavers since the start of January 2008.
- The member page has been reorganized with it being noted that many member are largely inactive. However this is not unusual for WikiProjects and we have a very loyal core of editors who work diligently away often without recognition.
- Other news
- Many book cover images were tagged for deletion because of missing or incorrect fair use rationales in January. Several notes on this subject were placed on the General Forum.
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- Task force news
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
- The short story taskforce talk page has a discussion relating to the (non)inclusion of articles on stories by well known authors. Find the debate here.
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twenty First issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last month's challenge (Master Georgie) was completed by member User:Nick mallory again. Although is worth mentioning that much of the current content is the work of User:Yllosubmarine.
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIV (February 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIV (February 2008)
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- Project news
- The fifth project coordinator election has now concluded. Roger Davies has been elected to serve as the project's Lead Coordinator, and Blnguyen, Eurocopter tigre, Kyriakos, LordAmeth, Nick Dowling, TomStar81, Wandalstouring, and Woody will occupy the eight Assistant Coordinator positions. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated!
- In the simultaneous referendum on project organization, you voted almost unanimously for a primus inter pares structure. As a tangible reflection of this, Assistant Coordinators are now known as Coordinators.
- The contest department has completed its eleventh month of competition, which saw 10 entries. The top scorer this month is Dreamafter, with 28 points, followed by Smsarmad, with 13 points, with Blnguyen, Ed! and jwillbur also fielding entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
- The National militaries task force has been created.
- A new automatically-generated clean-up list is available to track articles that have various clean-up tags applied to them.
- A new logistics department has been created. The aim is to provide a pool of useful article creation skills that anyone can draw on. These include copy-editing, photograph retouching, and reference material sourcing. If you can contribute, please do so.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
- Carlson's patrol
- Coenwulf of Mercia
- Glorious First of June
- Koli Point action
- Operation Camargue
New featured lists:
- List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality
New A-Class articles:
- 51st Army (Soviet Union)
- Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999)
- Le Paradis massacre
- Military of East Timor
- USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
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- Breaking news
- A new B-Class Assessment Drive ("BCAD") will go operational no later than 11 March. Of great interest to experienced wiki-gnomes, it is small in scope, about 4,500 articles, and will be supported by the usual awards, including a golden wiki. To keep up to date with developments, and to get off to a flying start when it opens, add WP:MHA-BCAD now to your watchlist.
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- Awards and honors
- Kirill Lokshin has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding organizational work, his painstaking maintenance work, and his unstinting advice, throughout his two years of project leadership.
- MBK004 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding effort to improve our compliment of naval ships by updating infoboxes, replacing deprecated infoboxes, and locating sources for ships in the employment of their respective countries' navies.
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXII - March 2008
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXII - March 2008
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- Project news
- An election has been proposed to elect a council that will govern the whole project for a month or more, if you would like to debate this, go to the general discussion forum here
- Member news
- The project has currently 312 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the start of February 2008.
- Other news
- Last months collaboration brought few improvements it would be nice if more got involved with the one for this month.
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- Task force news
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
- The debate on "studying literature" is now taking place here. Please have a look and add to the debate.
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twenty Second issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last month's challenge (The Field of Vision) was completed by member User:Elizabennet as a fairly basic "stub" if anyone knows more to enhance it, please do.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Norman Douglas' perhaps most famous work South Wind (LE).
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[edit] WikiProject Novels - 1st Coordinators Election
An election has been proposed and has been set up for this project. Description of the roles etc., can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators. If you wish to stand, enter your candidacy before the end of March and ask your questions of anyone already standing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators/May 2008. Voting will start on the 1st April and close at the end of April. The intention is for the appointments to last from May - November 2008. For other details check out the pages or ask. KevinalewisBot (talk) 12:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Twins ubx
I made a userbox for the Twins project, and was wondering if you'd like to see it. Basketball110 04:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXV (March 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXV (March 2008)
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- Project news
- The Crusades task force has been created.
- The main project talk page is now automatically archived; MiszaBot II will archive any sections that have had no comments for 21 days.
- The contest department has completed its twelth month of competition, which saw 13 entries. The top scorer this month is Woody, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter with 13 points, with Ed!, jwillbur, Redmarkviolinist and Borg Sphere also fielding entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
- A Sources section has been added to the Logistics department, for help tracing and locating JSTOR articles and other source material.
- A Linguistics section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with non-English language sources and translation of snippets. It supports 19 languages so far.
- An Administrators section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with admin related tasks. Administrators willing to help out are cordially asked to list their names in the section.
- Reminder: Editors are always needed to review various military history articles at all levels.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Æthelred of Mercia
- Cannon
- HMAS Melbourne (R21)
- Huldrych Zwingli
- Timor Leste Defence Force
- USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
New featured lists:
- List of countries without armed forces
- List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima
- List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
New featured topics:
- Atlantic campaign of May 1794
New A-Class articles:
- Armia Krajowa
- Heuschrecke 10
- USS Siboney (ID-2999)
- William Stacy
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- Awards and honors
- Kirill Lokshin has been appointed coordinator emeritus to reflect his on-going involvement in the project. The appointment ends concurrently with the other coordinators' terms in September 2008.
- The following editors have been awarded the Content Review Medal for their work on reviews at various levels of military history articles: Carom, Cam, Blnguyen, Howard C. Berkowitz, Kevin Myers, Maralia, MrPrada, SoLando, and Wandalstouring. Similar awards were made last December to: Buckshot06, Cla68, Eurocopter tigre, Hawkeye7, Ian Rose, Jackyd101, JKBrooks85, Kyriakos, LordAmeth, Nick Dowling, Roger Davies, The Land, TomStar81 and Woody, most of whom are still active reviewers.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIII - April 2008
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- Project news
- Elections are now taking place for coordinators of the project for the next three months. Any editors interested in seeking a coordinator position, or who want a say in who is selected, should indicate as much here.
- Member news
- The project has currently 381 members, 69 joined & 0 leavers since the start of March 2008.
- Other news
- The project's long-time lead coordinator, Kevinalewis, has announced he is not standing as a candidate for another term in that capacity. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to him for the extraordinary work he has done for this project.
- To Kill a Mockingbird was promoted to Featured Article status on April 3. This brings our FA count to 13!
- It has been suggested that WikiProject Sword of Truth be merged into WP:NOVELS, perhaps as a task force.
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- Task force news
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
- There is a discussion regarding further task forces for other genres of fiction now taking place here.
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last month's challenge (South Wind) was completed by member User:Blathnaid with a nice starting stub.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Kate Christensen's 2008 PEN/Faulkner award winner The Great Man.
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXVI (April 2008)
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- Project news
- Tag & Assess 2008 launched on 24 April and will run until 4 July. We have around 60,000 articles to check, so all assistance is very welcome. As usual, there are barnstars galore and service awards for contributing editors.
- The project scope has been amended to include specific reference to historically accurate video games. Songs and music with long military associations are also now included.
- The Contest department has completed its thirteenth month of competition, which saw 27 entries. The top scorer this month is Ed! with 37 points, followed by Cam with 22 points. Woody, Howard C. Berkowitz, Redmarkviolinist, Nousernamesleft and Outdawg also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
- The coordinators have "adopted" task forces to act as prime point of contact. A list of which coordinators have adopted which task forces is here.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
- Lazare Ponticelli
- Maximian
- Peterloo Massacre
- The Third of May 1808
- USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
- USS Siboney (ID-2999)
New featured lists:
- List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients
- Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island
New featured portals:
- Portal:American Civil War
New A-Class articles:
- 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States)
- Battle of Bonchurch
- Battle of Tassafaronga
- Early thermal weapons
- HMS Cardiff (D108)
- USS Comfort (AH-3)
- USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
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- Current proposals and discussions
- An interesting proposal to set up teams to deal with specific tasks, like taking the Top Ten most frequently read military history articles to featured articles status is here.
- The coordinators are exploring ways of developing and improving our fifty or so task forces. More information is here.
- All editors are invited to contribute to a discussion about the naming of military operations in an endeavor to reach consensus.
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- Awards and honors
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIV - May 2008
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- Project news
- Member news
- The project has currently 380 members, 1 joined & 2 leavers since the start of April 2008.
- Other news
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- Task force news
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
feydey (talk), Temporary Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
Last month's challenge (The Great Man) was completed by our member User:MeegsC .
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[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIV - May 2008
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- Project news
- Member news
- The project has currently 380 members, 1 joined & 2 leavers since the start of April 2008.
- Other news
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- Task force news
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- Novel related news
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- Current debates
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- From the Members
Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
feydey (talk), Temporary Editor
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- Collaboration of the Month
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- Newsletter challenge
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVII (May 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXVII (May 2008)
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- Project news
- Editors needed for Tag & Assess 2008. To coincide with the summer holidays, it will be gearing up from 15 June. As usual, barnstars galore!
- Partner peer reviews: for a thirty-day trial period, we'll be running joint peer reviews with Wikiproject Video Games. The idea is simple: we help with their reviews; they help with ours. This way both wikiprojects benefit from new reviewers and new ideas!
- We're notable: A new book, Simon Fowler's 2007 Guide to Military History on the Internet (UK:Pen & Sword, ISBN 9781844156061) rates Wikipedia as "the best general resource" for military research (p. 7). Of the military pages, he says: "The results are largely accurate and generally free of bias" (he also suggests people join the wikiproject). When rating WP as the No. 1 military site (p. 201) he says "Wikipedia is often criticised for its inaccuracy and bias, but in my experience the military history articles are spot on."
- A-Class reviews: the usual four-day review period may now be extended by up to three days (ie seven days in total) in the following circumstances:
- the article has no opposes but has insufficient support for promotion or
- the article's nominator requests more time to resolve matters arising during the review.
- The full text is here.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Tassafaronga
- Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
- HMS Cardiff (D108)
- Krulak Mendenhall mission
- Le Quang Tung
- Operation Passage to Freedom
- Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi
New featured lists:
- List of Texan survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
- List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
- List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army
New A-Class articles:
- Battle of the Kalka River
- Battle of Verrières Ridge
- Brian Horrocks
- Byzantine navy
- Erich Hartmann
- Montana class battleship
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- Current proposals and discussions
- A discussion has been opened into the structuring of top level operational categories, starting with Category:World War II. All interested editors are invited to help establish a consensus.
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- Awards and honors
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