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WikiProject Films March 2009 Newsletter
The March 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Should have thought of that myself actually, particularly adding thanks to Secisek for doing the interview. Do you want to add it yourself, or would you prefer I did it? John Carter (talk) 19:32, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
John, I just tried substing the page on my sandbox and found that the template wasnt closed properly. Can you kindly fix it plz ? -- TinuCherian - 06:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
The big news of course was the seventh project coordinator election covering the period ending 30 September. The quality of the candidates was extremely high, with some of the project's top content builders running alongside highly experienced backroom people. Of the eighteen candidates, sixteen were finally appointed, giving us probably the most rounded coordination team so far.
The C-class referendum, held at the same time, produced a slight majority of votes for introduction, but was insufficient to demonstrate a clear consensus. So, for the time being at least, therefore, the project will continue without C-class. Otherwise, focus is likely be on the Academy and the development of courses to develop reviewing, copy-editing and article-building skills. Some review of our task forces is also probable, perhaps consolidating some of the smaller, quieter, ones. As ever, input from everyone is not only welcomed but positively encouraged.
The coordinators' gratitude goes not only to those who participated in the election and referenda but also to everyone who works quietly and conscientiously away to make participation in this project rewarding, successful and productive. Milhist is very fortunate in its membership! Thank you all, Roger Daviestalk16:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
The start of Round 2 has been in some respects an explosive one, with one user in particular almost in the triple figures after just a week. There are obviously contestants with no points or very few, but as it is so early in the round this can probably be excused. Keep it up everyone!
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Mitchazenia has been eliminated from the contest. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Wrestlinglover (36)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (8)
Pool C
Ceranthor (80)
Pool D
Candlewicke (28)
Pool E
Ottava Rima (30)
Pool F
Scorpion0422 (36)
Current Wildcards
Climie.ca (30)
Matthewedwards (22)
J Milburn (16)
Rlevse (15)
Paxse (14)
Useight (12)
Theleftorium (10)
All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
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A Food and drink banner, and the following message has been placed on every breed of chicken talk page:
"WikiProject Food and drink Tagging
This article talk page was automatically added with {{WikiProject Food and drink}} banner as it falls under Category:Food or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. The bot was instructed to tagg these articles upon consenus from WikiProject Food and drink. You can find the related request for tagging here . Maximum and careful attention was done to avoid any wrongly tagging any categories , but mistakes may happen... If you have concerns , please inform on the project talk page -- TinucherianBot (talk) 07:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)"
I think that cross categorizing everything in category "Chicken breeds" was a mistake. These are animals not foods (some breeds like Phoenix (chicken) and many others are exhibition breeds, pets, and otherwise not really used for food, or they produce eggs. Additionally, by this rationale if you tag all agriculture articles or all things related to food, food production, or which is potentially used for food you should tag plough, horse, donkey, alligator, soil, garden, dog, cat, and seed. I don't have hours to untag all the chicken articles, please adjust TinucherianBot to undo this crazyness. I will post this on Food and Drink projct page as well. Thanks. Earthdirt (talk) 02:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 65 FAs, 7 FLs, and 146 GAs. That is a wonderful number, particularly of the GAs. Thanks to all those who worked on these articles!
Secisek was interviewed by the Wikipedia Signpost in their 9 March 2009 issue here. Thank you for your great work in getting more attention to the project!
Member news
Our membership continues to expand. We are currently at a stunning 278 registered members. A profound thank you to all of you. Without your support and work, this project, and wikipedia itself, would not exist.
Other news
We have recently started a separate subpage of the project dedicated to keeping the members informed of the latest activities regarding FA and GA status, requests for peer review and comment, proposed deletions, and other article related activity. That information can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Article alerts. Please feel free to look at the page frequently and respond to any and all items posted there that you wish.
Related projects news
The Iglesia ni Cristo work group, Syriac Christianity work group, and Oriental Orthodoxy project are all currently being considered for restructuring. Any and all members of any of those groups are welcomed and encouraged to take part in the discussions.
Welcome to the Seventh, admittedly delayed, issue of the WikiProject Christianity 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.
Yes, it's been more than a bit of a rough time for some of us, okay, me, for a while here. Several things, most of them not real pleasant, kept coming up. I think most of that is over with know. I hope and pray as much anyway. Easter is the church's time of rebirth, and I hope it's a good time for the rebirth of this newsletter. I hope that the project grows in numbers and effectiveness as the church itself has over the years. Thanks again for all your efforts to date. Oh, yes, and please note that this section is entitled "From the Members". That means you, all of you. If any of you have any comments you'd like to share with the other members in this section, please feel free to let us know, and we'll put them in the next issue. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. 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. Thanks again.
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (156)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (79)
Pool C
Theleftorium (88)
Pool D
J Milburn (46)
Pool E
Durova (136)
Pool F
Sasata (131)
Current Wildcards
Ceranthor (82)
Ottava Rima (82)
Wrestlinglover (77)
Rlevse (63)
the_ed17 (49)
97198 (43)
Useight (41)
Scorpion0422 (41)
Candlewicke (38)
Matthewedwards (33)
All scores are accurate as of 15:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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Indian villages
The Geography Barnstar
Hello Tinucherian! I award you this barnstar for your recent work creating missing articles of populated Indian villages in Karnataka state! Rosiestep (talk) 15:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (268)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (94)
Pool C
Rlevse (200)
Pool D
Candlewicke and (86)
Pool E
Durova (182)
Pool F
Sasata (201)
Current Wildcards
Theleftorium (193)
the_ed17 (142)
Wrestlinglover (128)
Ottava Rima (123)
Ceranthor (90)
Useight (72)
Gary King (61)
J_Milburn (59)
97198 (53)
All scores are accurate as of 21:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, Tinucherian. As an experienced editor who is familiar with Thiruvananthapuram, you seem to be a good choice to ask about this new article Venkatachalapathy Temple, Trivandrum. There appear to be some dubious statements made -- and I'm not familiar enough with the topic nor the language to parse my google search results. The real problem is that there are no references and requests from the creator have gone unanswered. Could you have a look at it? I'd rather get an expert opinion before PRODding it. Cheers. — CactusWriter |needles06:23, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
It does exists , but I am sure of the notablility criteria for temple. But looks like it is an old temple of which article is worth keeping and yea of course, the article needs cleanup -- TinuCherian - 06:34, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response. I did assume it existed (although the wikimapia can't be used as a source since anyone can tag and add info there). My problem is trying to locate any reliable source. I am also unable to find it on simple lists like List of Hindu temples in Keralaoron this list. And, although the article states it, I am quite certain it isn't one of these. Obviously my total lack of language skill puts me at a disadvantage here -- it seems the temples have a multitude of names and spellings dependent upon the translation -- and I can't be certain that I am simply failing to spot it as a name variation. If you come across any source (non-English is fine) that would be great. By the way, let me ask you something for my own personal knowledge: a 100-year-old structure in places like the US might be considered old. But I would think that a temple in Trivandrum or elsewhere in India that is called "one of the oldest" would be centuries old if not over a thousand years. Could you enlighten me about that? — CactusWriter |needles07:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Another big week sees new leaders in many of the pools. Many of the wildcards are in triple figures so others might want to pick up the pace to make it through!
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (346)
Pool B
Mitchazenia (202)
Pool C
Theleftorium (232)
Pool D
Paxse (174)
Pool E
Durova (234)
Pool F
Sasata (464)
Current Wildcards
Rlevse (227)
Wrestlinglover (186)
Useight (178)
the_ed17 (154)
Candlewicke (142)
Scorpion0422 (130)
Ottava Rima (123)
ThinkBlue (104)
Ceranthor (92)
Gary King and Juliancolton (71)
All scores are accurate as of 12:33, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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I am not using a bot for the creation of the articles but some tools like AWB and CSV loader. The repeated villages are villages with the same name in the same district. Once I finish creating the articles , I will disambigate all the names in the template too. Thanks -- TinuCherian - 13:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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