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Contents 1 Wikipeep 494's Talk 1.1 Counter? 1.2 Article assessments 1.3 :) 1.4 One year younger.... 1.5 Wikimedia Pennsylvania 1.6 Up for deletion 1.7 League of Copyeditors roll call 1.8 Tagalog Wikipedia 1.9 WikiProject Pennsylvania

[edit] Wikipeep 494's Talk

Hey Wikipedians, if you wanna say something to me, go ahead, uhm, say stuff, and I'll reply on your talk page.

[edit] Counter?

Just swipe the code, EG. "<div class="usermessage">95 [[Wikipedia]] users want 68.39.174.238 to get an account.</div>". They key is obviously the "class="usermessage"" part. 68.39.174.238 19:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article assessments

I noticed you have added assessments to some biography articles. There is a formal process for designating articles as Good articles, which involves more than just tagging articles with that rating. Articles such as Lloyd Owusu do not meet Good article standards yet, since it has zero references among other issues. Take a look at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment for more details on the assessment levels. --Aude (talk) 18:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Murali Kartik is a good article, as noted on the talk page as well as in the WP India and WP Cricket boxes on the talk page. I'm sure Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography needs help in assessing articles, but I suggest having someone there explain more about how they do it and help you out. I'm not involved in the process, so don't know 100% how they do things either, except that I'm aware of how good articles work. With some help from them, I'm sure you will quickly learn and be a help to them. `--Aude (talk) 18:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I left a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Assessment. Someone who is more knowledgeable (than myself) can help explain more about how assessments are done. Thanks. --Aude (talk) 18:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, articles need to be nominated for Good article status. There are specific criteria that articles must meet to be designated good articles. There are also standards expected for B-class articles, and lesser requirements for start-class as outlined on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment. --Aude (talk) 18:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit]  :)

I thought I was the only wikipedian that's 13 years old and has to use a slow 5 year old computer... Anyways, if you're confused with any of the assessment procedures just leave a note on my talk page about it and I'll try to answer it as soon as possible. --Psychless 14:21, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll go through each one and explain it as well as I can...

• FA – To get this rating an article must meet the Featured Article criteria. It has to be nominated for FA status at the featured article candidates page. There, people either support or oppose the nomination, usually leaving comments if they oppose. To show you the hell of getting an article to FA see this nomination.
• A – This is a step above GA and easier to get than FA. It has to go through an A-class review. More information on this can be found here. Articles are generally Good Articles before they get A class.
• GA – Easier version of FA. It has to meet the Wikipedia:Good article criteria. It has to be nominated for GA status, then a person will look over the article and either pass it, fail it, or put it on hold if the changes needed can be made in a timely manner. More info on this can be found here.
• B – This is the highest rating you can give an article without formal review. A B article covers the subject well, it's a decent article. An article should have references to get this rating, but it doesn't have to.
• Start – Article looks like it's still under construction. Probably has no references and gaps of information. e.g. An article on a soccer player covers his soccer career well but doesn't talk about his early and personal life.
• Stub – Barely a paragraph long that talks briefly about what they were most famous for. If it's very short and has references, it's still a stub. Here's two stub articles: Jakub Wujek and Maxim Jakubowski. If it's full of lists that don't really tell much about the person it's still a stub. See Jakup Mato.

I hope this helped clarify things. It probably isn't completely necessary to put the "this article can be improved..." thing on every talk page. I personally don't think it really helps anyone but if you think it does then you can ignore me :). Regards, Psychless 18:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One year younger....

Anyway, I'm just 11. I'm younger than you in only ONE YEAR.......camille32 12:38, 25 June 2007 (UTC)User_talk:Camille32 20:45, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

• Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
• Join our mailing list
• Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 04:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Up for deletion

Hey, Allentown, PA in popular culture is up for deletion. Please see the notice on the article page for link to chime in with your feedback. Obviously, please oppose deletion. Alphageekpa 18:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] League of Copyeditors roll call

Greetings from the League of Copyeditors. Your name is listed on our members page, but we are unsure how many of the people listed there are still active contributors to the League's activities. If you are still interested in participating in the work of the League, please follow the instructions at the members page to add your name to the active members list. Once you have done that, you might want to familiarise yourself with the new requests system, which has replaced the old /proofreading subpage. As the old system is now deprecated, the main efforts of the League should be to clear the substantial backlog which still exists there. The League's services are in as high demand as ever, as evinced by the increasing backlog on our requests pages, both old and new. While FA and GA reviewers regularly praise the League's contributions to reviewed articles, we remain perennially understaffed. Fulfilling requests to polish the prose of Wikipedia's highest-profile articles is a way that editors can make a very noticeable difference to the appearance of the encyclopedia. On behalf of the League, if you do consider yourself to have left, I hope you will consider rejoining; if you consider yourself inactive, I hope you will consider returning to respond to just one request per week, or as many as you can manage. Merry Christmas and happy editing, The League of Copyeditors.

Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 17:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagalog Wikipedia

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Finally, Wikipedia is the 7^th most visited site in the Philippines. Then why is it that the Tagalog Wikipedia, the Wikipedia in your own language remains unknown to most of the Filipinos? The mission of this campaign is to change that. Will you join us?

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[edit] WikiProject Pennsylvania

Hi Wikipeep 494. You currently have yourself listed as a participant in the Pennsylvania WikiProject. If you are still active in the project then ignore this message. However if you are busy or no longer wish to be involved, please remove yourself from the list so we can get an updated count on the number of active members. Thank you! Monobi (talk) 19:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)