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Wikipedia Signpost — 2 March 2009

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 9, which includes these articles:

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 13 March!
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Country outlines project update – 2009/03/08

Remember "Around the World"?

Well, we've been around the World, and around again (virtually speaking, on Wikipedia), on this project.

Things have been slowing down again, so it's time for a big push...

We've gone live

This project needed a shot in the arm. Also, its draft pages have been littering Wikipedia's categories for months. The time seemed right to move all the country outline drafts to article space.

WHAT???

Well, the drafts had been sitting in Wikipedia space for a year.

WHAT???

Development has been moving at a snail's pace and we could use the help of the Wikipedia community at large (who are more likely to find these if they are in article space).

WHAT???

Yes, we've gone live.  :)

This puts pressure on us to get the blatantly incomplete elements of these outlines done. The only glaring problem is the government branches sections. These need to be corrected ASAP.

I've mentioned THE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES SECTIONS many times to many people over the past year, but the problem just doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. So let me put it another way:

HELP!!! I need your help on this now. Almost all the countries have a government with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. The links for these branches need to be completed for each country outline:

Here's a convenient list you can use WP:LINKY on to access and edit these quickly. Please copy the list's link to the top of your talk page so that you can access it easily.

If you spot any standardization in links, and ways we can automate parts of this process, or for groups of countries that have links in common, please let me know!

Administrative support for outlines

There has been growing pressure on me to write up the administrative pages for outlines – their instructions, guidelines, etc. Therefore, I'm now in the process of composing these. Fortunately, it is mostly a matter of gathering material from messages I've written to you guys over the past year. Still, this is taking up most of my time, and I will be buried in these for the foreseeable future.

Traffic control

The next big task after the government branches sections are cleaned up is link support for the outlines.

There's quite a list of links and notices that need to be put in place around Wikipedia, providing access to them to readers, and alerting editors to the need to develop and maintain these pages. This will keep our bot people very busy (and happy).

But the most important thing right now is to get the government branches sections completed. So please, put your bots aside, roll up your shirt sleeves, and start typing.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    03:21, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 9 March 2009

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:

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WikiCup Newsletter

17:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 17:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Geography WikiProject update – 03/15/2009

You commented on the awards effort when it was just getting started a long while back – I thought you might like to see the end results...

The award images are complete!

After months of toil and attention to detail, Penubag has completed the set of images for this WikiProject's awards!

There are five race ribbons:

There's an engraved medallion:

And by far the hardest to create, a golden trophy:

If you have any ideas about awards these images can be placed upon, and how to award them (to show appreciation and to attract participants), please let me know.

And be sure to pop by Penubag's talk page to let him know what you think of his graphics artistry.

The Transhumanist    22:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


The Wikipedia Signpost  — 16 March 2009

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My page was deleted by you

Can I get a copy of the text in it? I would like to save what it did say, if nothing but for posterity. The page was Bak 2 Bassikz. Thanks again... Guszy 15:22, 18 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guszy (talk • contribs)

Thank you. Guszy 11:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guszy (talk • contribs)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. We will be selecting coordinators from a pool of eighteen to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on Saturday, 28 March! Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 23 March 2009

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Deletion review for Ill Na Na 2: The Fever

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ill Na Na 2: The Fever. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Andrewlp1991 (talk) 04:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 30 March 2009

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:09, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter
Round I, Issue 10 – March 31, 2009

Archive before | Archive after

Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

Rank User LF TF D
1 Mexico Durova 1713 1932 219
2 Mitchazenia 951 1167 216
3 Iceland Scorpion0422 683 788 105
4 Colombia ThinkBlue 291 386 95
5 Wales Shoemaker's Holiday 791 873 82
6 Sweden Theleftorium 990 1060 70
7 Switzerland Sasata 513 581 68
8 Thailand Rlevse 224 290 66
9 Vanuatu Matthewedwards 630 695 65
10 New South Wales 97198 314 360 46
  • LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
  • A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps
From the Judges

What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, an commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!

As has been stated before, Round 2 begins Wednesday, April 1 2009. I hope you are all ready!

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

Pool winners

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

Pool A
  1. Toronto Gary King (1154)
  2. Philippines Spencer (377)
Pool B
  1. Wales Shoemaker's Holiday (1055)
  2. Texas La Pianista (74)
Pool C
  1. Iceland Scorpion0422 (944)
  2. Denmark Candlewicke (806)
Pool D
  1. Colombia ThinkBlue (444)
  2. New South Wales 97198 (374)
Pool E
  1. Switzerland Sasata (604)
  2. Antarctica X! (216)
Pool F
  1. Thailand Rlevse (405)
  2. Confederate States of America Bedford (331)
Pool G
  1. Northern Cyprus Sunderland06 (236)
  2. Luxembourg Ceranthor (190)
Pool H
  1. Republic of Ireland Juliancolton (686)
  2. England Dendodge (220)
Pool I
  1. Sweden Theleftorium (1107)
  2. Mexico Durova (961)
Pool J
  1. Mitchazenia (1180)
  2. Vanuatu Matthewedwards (702)
Wildcard winners
  1. United States Useight (659)
  2. Cambodia Paxse (507)
  3. Principality of Sealand Rambo's Revenge (333)
  4. Michigan the_ed17 (330)
  5. Isle of Man J Milburn (302)
  6. Alberta Climie.ca (265)
  7. Spain Catalan (256)
  8. Maryland Ottava Rima (190)
  9. Japan Wrestlinglover (169)
  10. India Tinucherian (162)
  • All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
20:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


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WikiCup Newsletter XI

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 6 April 2009

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 13 April 2009

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WikiCup Newsletter XII

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WikiCup Newsletter XIII

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 20 April 2009

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WikiCup Newsletter XIV

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 27 April 2009

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WikiCup Newsletter XV

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The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 11 May 2009

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:-(

Sorry to see you go. I still remember how much you helped me out when I was a n00b. Best of luck in whatever you decide to do IRL. J.delanoygabsadds 23:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Oops, sorry! I'm not really leaving; when I put "bye", I was sorta talking to my messages by saying "bye" to them as I archived them. :P Sorry for the confusion.   JJ (talk) 00:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Oh, good :D J.delanoygabsadds 00:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Haha, I would never leave completely from here :)   JJ (talk) 00:47, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Ah, that's good to hear. :-) — RyanCross (talk) 07:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are listed as a GA reviewer. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:26, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Moth General Articles

Hi, I noticed that you're creating a good number of moth genera stubs. The problem is, they seem to be devoid of references. Do you plan on adding them? Or are you just leaving them as is? Regards, ƒingersonRoids 23:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Technically, since they're only stubs, they don't require references, although I do intend on adding them if/when I add more content.   JJ (talk) 23:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Really? I have to say I've never run across that policy. Can you point me to it? Thanks, ƒingersonRoids 23:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Don't know if there is one one way or the other- it's more of an "unwritten rule" IIRC. (not everything is written in a clear-cut policy...) However, feel free to prove me wrong if you find a link somewhere- I'll go back and add refs if need be. It just never seemed to be a problem in the past.   JJ (talk) 23:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, I'd have to say the first sentence of WP:SOURCES pretty much says that there should be references. ƒingersonRoids 23:36, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Hmm? Howso? Keep in mind these are one-sentence stubs meant as almost placeholders for articles to be written at some point, not entire articles in themselves... if I were to add any more content, then yes, I would add refs. With the current lack of anything that should referenced at the moment, though, I still don't see anything to convince me why I should reference the stubs thus far... hope I said that all correctly, it got a bit confusing. :)   JJ (talk) 23:57, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, it's not really a big deal, since there's no material in there that would be disputed and probably nothing that's factually wrong, unless you made a mistake on the whole article, which I doubt would happen. I guess I'm just saying that it would be nice if you put refs up to show that the genera actually exist, something like what is expected for articles on towns or cities.ƒingersonRoids 00:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Ah, OK, I see what you mean now. :) But yeah, I'll see if I can incorporate some additional info with refs when I create those in the future.   JJ (talk) 00:26, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XVI

Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 09:11, 18 May 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.