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Peer Review Suggestion
Hey AndyZ, awesome script, when the program does the auto-formatting per MoS, it replace can't to can not, and don't to do not. I'm not sure if it is possible but would it be possible to stop if from changing that when the words are inside "quotations". once again, i don't know if this is possible, just a thought.
Once again awesome script, DTGardner 15:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
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autoPR David Connolly
just wondering, can u do an automated PR on this article again? David Connolly seems to be fixed up pretty much already thanks --Xaiver0510 14:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- AndyZ is not around as much lately, so I took the liberty of running the script for you - pasted it in the article's talk page, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- no problems thanks --Xaiver0510 16:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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Misleading suggestions
I complained to User:Piotrus about deceptive, misleading suggestions wrt date linking on Talk:Belarus and he pushed it off on you. My comment is at Talk:Belarus#Some bot suggestions. Gene Nygaard 21:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer Installation
Hi there! For some reason, I'm unable to install the PR into my monobook.js file. I have inserted the line "{{subst:js|User:AndyZ/peerreviewer.js}}" and bypassed my cache over and over again, but the "peer review" button does not appear in an edit mode of an article. I'm very puzzled; there is no other script in my .js file, and I have repeatedly cleared my cache until I went insane. Could you help me? Thanks! --PostScript 15:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Questions
Hi Andy, there was a suggestion on Wikipedia_talk:Content_review/workshop, specifically here to modify the message left by the PR script from the current version to something like "A script has been used to generate a semi-automated review of the article for minor issues of grammar and house style. If you would find such a review helpful, please click here."
Also I was wondering if I should run the script on other PR pages (different Wikiprojects) or are these all transcluded on the regular WP:PR page? Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, I just ran the script as AZPR and noted the change - I think "house style" was wikilinked to WP:MOS in the original suggestion. Also I did the October requests first, then made the November PR/A page, then tried the November requests, but the auto link was still to the October PR/A page. What I am doing wrong? As for the auto transcluded PR requests from other projects, I will ask at Talk PR. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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James Strang article suggestions
Thanks so much for your suggestions on the Strang article. I've taken care of the first five, and will be working on the others as I get the time. I deeply appreciate your help with this! - Ecjmartin 05:31, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
The Ayyavazhi article
Sir, As suggested by you I clicked the link here. And I found Ayyavazi article listed here. Now what is to be done? Pls healp, as i don't know much and too weak in correct usage of english, Thanks. - PaulRaj 20:13, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to follow your suggestions and I just added a infobox to U.B._Funkeys, but the rules for uploading photos confuses me. I am tring to add a picture of the USB Hub to the infobox, but the rules for images are so confussing, I don't know what I can or cannot add, much less what I have to do to referece, cite, or add what I need to to prove it's a free image. --MahaPanta 18:25, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
ACID Atom
The article Atom, which you voted for the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive on August 31, and was removed on September 11, because on one got around to choosing it as the winner, has been renominated and needs votes. Zginder 16:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Hezbollah
Hi, I've nominated this article for peer review[1] and we tried to improve it on the basis of the suggestions. But there's some disagreement about two points of it which I've put on hold tag in front of them. Please help us with participating in the discussion on Talk:Hezbollah#Disagreements. --Seyyed(t-c) 04:28, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Peer review script
I'm hoping you'll revisit this statement in the peer review script:
- Consider adding more links to the article; per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) and Wikipedia:Build the web, create links to relevant articles.[?]
I'm encountering a lot of WP:OVERLINKing, perhaps because editors believe they need to add links ... just for the sake of adding links. I just finished delinking a lot of WP:OVERLINKing at Rotavirus, and the author got a peer review script telling him to add more links :-) Overlinking lately is as big a problem as underlinking, so perhaps you can refer to WP:OVERLINK. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:18, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Classification of admins
Hi AndyZ. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/c 23:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Recommendation regarding peer review script
I would like to suggest that you remove this statement from the peer reviews: "There may be an applicable infobox for this article." Infoboxes are not mandatory and including this suggestion makes it seem like the article should have one. Editors should decide whether or not an infobox is justified. For a long time I thought infoboxes were required, although that isn't stated anywhere, simply because of scripts like this and templates that list whether articles have infoboxes or not. It seemed a natural conclusion to draw. I was surprised to discover that infoboxes were not required. Thanks. Awadewit | talk 11:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
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Suggestion of the automated peer reviewer
Run this tool to see if there are any broken external links. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 06:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks and sorry
Thanks for your support of my RfA and sorry for the confusion, I meant I didn't think you had made any edits with the AZPR account since September. I'll tweak my comment there next, ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!
I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your user subpage at User:AZPR/c, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's user page policy. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here? I'd appreciate hearing your views, such as your reasons for wanting this particular page and any alternatives you might accept.
There are several options available for resolving this matter:
- If you can relieve my concerns through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
- If you decide to delete the page yourself, please add
{{Db-userreq}}
to the top of the page in question and an administrator will delete it. - If the two of us can't agree on what needs to be done, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's user pages for discussion, which may result in the page in question being deleted.
Thank you.--12 Noon 2¢ 23:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Peer review/Gimme More
Three reviews were done and the others were not yet. One is the lead and the copyediting. Please check the lead if its fine. Tell me if its not yet there. Thank you very much. --βritandβeyonce (talk•contribs) 08:31, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting my RFA
<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 62/0/0 yesterday!
I want to thank Snowolf and Dincher for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and since you are reading this, I haven't yet deleted your talk page by accident!). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be of assistance, and keep an eye out for a little green fish with a mop on the road to an even better encyclopedia. Thanks again and take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:32, 15 December 2007 (UTC) |
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Automated PR
Thanks for the PR of Sid Barnes. The script picked up a number of contractions that are indeed outside of quotes, but each is in the title of a book and therefore italicised. You could consider telling the bot to ignore italicised contractions? Just a thought. Anyway, thanks. --Dweller (talk) 11:32, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Dear AndyZ, I wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year! Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Peer reviewer
I've added the script to my monobook.js but nothings happened, I've bypassed my cache and I can't think of anything alse to do? Can you help me please! if it helps I've tried it on firefox and safari. Harland1 (t/c) 14:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
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realizability of flexible polyhedra
I attempted to add some info on the subject but was reverted in a few hours with: "rv (makes no sense to me)". On Dec 28 I provided my rationale on the Talk page and so far have not seen any reaction to it. Does it still make no sense? Being new to Wikipedia, I do not understand whether I am now engaged in some kind of an ongoing procedural process. Should I patiently wait? What are my options? Please help. Thank you. 128.174.192.194 (talk) 18:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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AZPR tweak
Hi Andy, Peer Review has changed somewhat in that the reviews are now bot generated. The WP:PR page no longer has the reviews - they are now transcluded from User:VeblenBot/C/Requests for peer review. Would it be possible to make the AZPR script run on the VeblenBot page? I have been adding the notice to PR requests one at a time for now, but the batch "add notices" would be nicer / easier. Hope you have a Happy New Year, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, just let me know if you are able to fix the script. If not, opening the reviews themselves one at a time still works fine. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- This was left on my talk page by User:Binarymoron. "Does the bot count "vague terms of size" that are within quotes too? If this is the case I have a good logic that can solve this problem, I am not familiar with programing languages other than C++ or VB so I dont know the coding in Perl or Python. Basically make the bot count all the double quotes before the word is encountered, if the number of counts(of double quotes) is even then the word is outside the qoutes and should be considered but if the number of counts is odd then the word is within the quotes and should be ignored." Thought it might be useful, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sigh* oh well then.... hope you find a better solution. Binarymoron (talk) 07:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Wormshill
Hi, since Raul has rebooted the above's FAC, I'd be grateful if you'd take another look and see whether your previous concerns have been addressed. Many thanks Dick G (talk) 06:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Peerreviewer workaround
Hi. I was wondering if there is any easy fix to allow your script to work for pages that are not in the mainspace. I know that this isn't often needed, but it came up when I was attempting to use the tool for an article I am writing in a sandbox and then saw the tool wasn't accessible. I assume the reason is that it is disabled for anything starting with "user" or "user talk". Thanks in advance.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:51, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
PR semibot
Wow, the peer reviewing script is amazing! That must have taken a ton of work. Thanks for doing all that! delldot talk 19:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hi! I think I have addressed all the issues listed in Peer Review for this article and would like to renominate it for GA. Could you do that bot thing that you previously did before that generated those comments on the peer review page? I just want to see if I have missed anything. Thanks! NancyHeise (talk) 07:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Butting in - I run the PR script as AZPR too, so I saw this and reran it. I pasted it into the previous semi-automated peer review section (we put them in a separate section to cut down on size of the main peer review). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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Andy, can you please run your review script on this article? I want to nominate for FA and think I have a decent article but would like some comments before I throw myself on my sword. Regards, Daysleeper47 (talk) 21:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Endashes
Can you add an endash check on the script? When I see an article like Peyton Manning appear at FAC, I just feel bad for all the work the nominator has to do to fix all those dashes. And can you get the script to detect when cite templates have an empty or non-existent publisher field? Filling in all those publishers at Peyton Manning will take a huge effort. It would be great if the script could pick up some of these things. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
AZPR new bug
Hi Andy, the Peer Review requests are now all named with "/archiveN" at the end, so when the script runs it links to the wrong file in WP:PR/A. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Andy, GeometryGuy has been updating the peer review process and has some ideas for the semi-automated peer review process that I would appreciate your feedback on here. I think it would fix the bug, Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC) PS I emailed you too.
- Not sure if this is the same bug but the post to Wikipedia:Peer_review/Tax_protester_constitutional_arguments/archive2 for the automated peer-review links to nothing. I can't find it on the lined page anywhere. It doesn't look like the automation reviewed anything for this article. Morphh (talk) 23:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi
I am new. Poosebag (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
PR error
Hi Andy. I've tried to install your peer reviewer but am having trouble getting it working. I did clear the page cache and the other scripts I've tested seem to work find, but I don't see the "peer review" button or the "add to WP:PR" tag. Also, I just noticed that I'm getting a "Too much recursion" error in Firefox's Java Console whenever I load an edit page. Is this the sign of a bug or am I missing something stupid? Thanks! --jwandersTalk 07:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
- I also want to chime in and say that Peer Review does not work for me, even after I empty out my monobook.js file, and I have the same problems as mentioned above. Gary King (talk) 23:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Hacked around in the code; deduced that this is a memory error (taking enough of MOS_format() "fixed" it; didn't seem to matter which parts I removed). Not sure how to tell Firefox to allocate javascript more mem, or whether this is a problem unique to my system (Firefox 2.0.0.12, Mac 10.4.11, 1GB Ram) or a leak in the script. --jwandersTalk 07:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
- My system is Mac OS X 10.5.2 with Firefox 2.0.0.12 and 2 GB RAM. I have a feeling that OS X is where the problem lies; Windows users probably don't have issues with this script. Gary King (talk) 15:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Run script
Could you run your script on PHP and Milton Friedman please? Thanks in advance Gary King (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
- I ran both, PHP is in its Peer Review and MF is in its talk page since it is at FAC. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
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Could I have another automated review of this page please. --Seahamlass (talk) 12:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- AndyZ is not around as much, so I took the liberty of running it and pasted it into the article's talk page. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Run PR bot on Channel Tunnel please
Hey AndyZ, could you run AZPR bot on Channel Tunnel to check for grammar and house style? Cheers, --Commander Keane (talk) 02:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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To answer objections, I changed all the links to inline citations, because I think this deserves to be a featured article. Can you review and help advance it?--Parkwells (talk) 21:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Andy is not very active right now - why not submit this to Peer Review for some feedback? I will comment on it if you submit it there, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Apollo 9
See if some of the edits I made are better in auto-review —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bender razz (talk • contribs) 20:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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Automating semi-automated peer reviews
Hi Andy, archiving at Peer Review is now done by a bot and there are plans to totally automate the process of peer review, including the SAPRs. Please see User_talk:CBM#Semi_Automated_Peer_Review. I see you have not made any contributions for a few months, so I will email you too. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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Request
- Hi!, I saw your peer review bot thing. I was reading it but I have a short attention span. Would you mind using it on Lockdown (2008) for me? It would be a big help. It is currently under a peer review but I've been told there are alot of problems with with it. So I would like to get rid of a few of those. I just found out about the bot today. I would install the software but I have a bad Internet connection.--WillC 05:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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AZPR script change
Hi Andy, the semi-automated peer review script says that "years with full dates should be linked", however the MoS has been altered to make this optional within any given article - perhaps the script should be changed to just remove the notice in question? Please see Wikipedia talk:Peer review too. Hope you are well. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Simple suggestion
The script should check whether an article has a category and suggest adding one if it doesn't. I guess that doesn't come too often, but I've just run it on an article w/out categories and discovered to much surprise the script ignored this problem. I am not sure if the script checks whether the last two elements of the article are categories and interwikis? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 4,675 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
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This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- GA Sweeps Process
The GA Sweeps process has recently reached its first year anniversary. If you are unaware of what GA Sweeps is, it is a process put in place to help ensure the integrity of the ever-growing number of GAs, by determining if the articles still meet the GA criteria. Experienced reviewers check each article, improving articles as they review them, and delisting those that no longer meet the criteria. Reviewers work on a specific category of GAs, and there are still many categories that need to be swept. In order to properly keep track of reviews, a set date was used to determine what articles needed to be reviewed (since any future GAs would be passed according to the most recent GA criteria).
The number of GAs that were to be reviewed totals 2,808. Since the beginning of Sweeps, the progress has reviewed 981 by the end of July 2008 (or exempted them). For a table and chart breakdown of the current progress, see here.
With more than twenty editors reviewing the articles, progress is currently a third of the way done. At this rate, it will take another two years to complete the Sweeps, and active involvement is imperative to completing on time. We are always looking for new reviewers, and if you are interested in helping in speeding up the Sweeps process and improving your reviewing skills, please contact OhanaUnited.
- Did You Know...
- ... that the goal of GA Sweeps is to reviewed all articles listed before 26 August 2007?
- ... that the entire category of, "Meteorology and atmospheric sciences" has been swept?
- ... that of all subcategories, "Recordings, compositions and performances" in the Music category has the most articles (240 articles in total)?
- ... that the GA project was recently mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt," on Wikipedia on August 8, 2008?
- From the Editor
Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor)
- OhanaUnited (GA Sweeps Correspondent)
- Nehrams2020 (Article Correspondent)
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
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• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
- WikiProject Good articles newsletter (last updated January 2013)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (August 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 1
26 August 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Reboot of Wikiproject New Jersey has certainly stirred up some new activity at the project. Discussion on several improvements and new initiatives have been going on at the talk page. There has been an involved discussion regarding our 105 unassessed articles, especially those on municipalities. The current goal is to review and assess all 566 New Jersey muncipality articles by September 30.
A suggestion has been made to intiate Wikipedia Takes New Jersey to begin clearing the large backlog of articles needing photos. Let's all grab our cameras and head out into the vast wilds of the Garden State. Town Halls, High Schools, Historic Places - every article deserves a picture.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none at this time
Good Article nominees:
New Jersey Collaboration news
New WPNJ members
WPNJ member Mm40 has volunteered to coordinate a new WPNJ Collaboration project. It's been a while since we used the NJCOTW and new volunteers are needed. Join the discussion to volunteer.
Battle of Trenton was recently proposed as a Featured Article candidate. It was not promoted, but has now been nominated for A-Class review through the Military History WikiProject. Take a look at their A-Class FAQ. As we need to set up our own process for reviewing A-Class articles, it may be worth watching the process.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- User:WTGDMan1986 joined on August 20
Reboot progress report
Help Wanted
The redesign has been well received. There are still some things left to do. This newsletter was one big check mark off the list. Hopefully this can be continued on a regular basis. There are literally thousands of articles in Category:New Jersey that have not been tagged as part of the project, and stub sorting hasn't been run in 10 months. We will need to identify some friendly bot operators to help with these projects. An outreach department (which includes the newsletter) needs to be formalized. Creating an invitation template for easy placement on userpages will also be part of that effort.
There are lots of best practices described at the WikiProject Council with ideas of how to make our project more responsive, welcoming, active, and effective. Task forces? Peer review? Other ideas welcome!
- New member recruiters
- Style guideline writers
- Newletter writers
- A-class article reviewers
- Portal crew members
- Many more
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
I just wanted to say that the response to my bold makeover of WPNJ has been gratifying, but nothing will improve the project as much as more activity, and that means more members. There are lots of things to do in this new setup, and everyone with an interest should be able to find a way to contribute to the collaboration. I want to thank you all for the patience, the appreciation, and the effort. - Jim Miller
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)
Automated peer review problem
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2
26 September 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist.
Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Wikipedia Release version 0.7
New WPNJ members
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
Article News
Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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- Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
PLEASE READ: If you do not wish to receive future WikiProject Good Articles newsletter's on your talk page, please remove your self from this list. If you are viewing this newsletter from the WikiProject Good Articles page or on someone else's talk page and want to receive future newsletters on your talk page, please add your name to the list linked above.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
ThinkBlue (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for July, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. ThinkBlue had a whopping 49 reviews during the month of July! ThinkBlue was also one of our two reviewers of the month from June, and has been editing Wikipedia since December 1, 2006, and is interested in articles dealing with Friends, Will and Grace, CSI:Miami, Monday Night Raw, Coldplay. Congratulations to Giggy (talk · contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month! Other outstanding reviewers during the month of July include:
Also, with 17 nominations, Mr.crabby (talk · contribs) is the nominator of the month.
There are now 223 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 7 new members that joined during the month of July:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! |
The GA Sweeps process has recently reached its first year anniversary. If you are unaware of what GA Sweeps is, it is a process put in place to help ensure the integrity of the ever-growing number of GAs, by determining if the articles still meet the GA criteria. Experienced reviewers check each article, improving articles as they review them, and delisting those that no longer meet the criteria. Reviewers work on a specific category of GAs, and there are still many categories that need to be swept. In order to properly keep track of reviews, a set date was used to determine what articles needed to be reviewed (since any future GAs would be passed according to the most recent GA criteria). The number of GAs that were to be reviewed totals 2,808. Since the beginning of Sweeps, the progress has reviewed 981 by the end of July 2008 (or exempted them). For a table and chart breakdown of the current progress, see here. With more than twenty editors reviewing the articles, progress is currently a third of the way done. At this rate, it will take another two years to complete the Sweeps, and active involvement is imperative to completing on time. We are always looking for new reviewers, and if you are interested in helping in speeding up the Sweeps process and improving your reviewing skills, please contact OhanaUnited.
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (August 2008)
Volume I - Issue 1 | 26 August 2008 |
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A suggestion has been made to intiate Wikipedia Takes New Jersey to begin clearing the large backlog of articles needing photos. Let's all grab our cameras and head out into the vast wilds of the Garden State. Town Halls, High Schools, Historic Places - every article deserves a picture.
Featured Article candidates:
- none at this time
Good Article nominees:
Battle of Trenton was recently proposed as a Featured Article candidate. It was not promoted, but has now been nominated for A-Class review through the Military History WikiProject. Take a look at their A-Class FAQ. As we need to set up our own process for reviewing A-Class articles, it may be worth watching the process.
- User:WTGDMan1986 joined on August 20
There are lots of best practices described at the WikiProject Council with ideas of how to make our project more responsive, welcoming, active, and effective. Task forces? Peer review? Other ideas welcome!
- New member recruiters
- Style guideline writers
- Newletter writers
- A-class article reviewers
- Portal crew members
- Many more
- Ask a question, make an offer
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)
Automated peer review problem
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2
26 September 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist.
Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Wikipedia Release version 0.7
New WPNJ members
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
Article News
Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
- Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
- Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients
- Editorial: EyeSerene discusses "Writing neutrally for Wikipedia"
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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- Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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- Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Zeebrugee and Afghanistan
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
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- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
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At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
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Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)
Automated peer review problem
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2
26 September 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist.
Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Wikipedia Release version 0.7
New WPNJ members
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
Article News
Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military Historian of the Year
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
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- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
This message has been sent to users signed up for the Good articles newsletter. Add or remove your name from the list to subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates. Alternatively, to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. -- For the drive co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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Automated peer review problem
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2
26 September 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist.
Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Wikipedia Release version 0.7
New WPNJ members
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
Article News
Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2
26 September 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist.
Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Wikipedia Release version 0.7
New WPNJ members
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
Article News
Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
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• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
Volume 1 - Issue 2 | 26 September 2008 |
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Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.
Featured Article candidates:
- None at this time
Good Article nominees:
- None at this time
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended.
- Shirulashem (talk) 4 September 2008
- Spartacusprime (talk) 8 September 2008
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 105 articles that have not been assessed.
- Newsletter delivery by xenobot 16:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
PR bot, Raphael
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
You are receiving this newsletter as a member of WikiProject New Jersey. To stop receiving these messages, remove your name here.
- Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
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Military Historian of the Year
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
Image:AZbutton_PR.PNG listed for deletion
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3
29 October 2008
Project News
Article Alerts
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request
New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles:
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page
Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
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Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
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Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
Volume I - Issue 3 | 29 October 2008 |
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Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
- none at this time
"The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in."
See the WPNJ talk page for more information.
- Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
- Recruit new members
- Article Assessments
- Ask a question, make an offer
- Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:22, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
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In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
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Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
- Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
- Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients
- Editorial: EyeSerene discusses "Writing neutrally for Wikipedia"
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
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WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
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Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
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GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
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- Newsletter writers and editor
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- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
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- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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Madia Gond
Please run the programme one more time. I have tried to comply with the suggestions. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Madia Gond again.
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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Peer review ... more pictures?!
- The peer reviewer only looks for images using the "Image:" keyword:
[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
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- none currently
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Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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[[Image:Imagename.jpg|...]]
and not the "File:" keyword. [[File:Imagename.jpg|...]]
. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)Automated peer reviewer and lists
GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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GA Sweeps invitationHello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. 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) 07:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Peer review thing
History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
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- none currently
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Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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History of Portugal (1777–1834) FAR
Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
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• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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Shivaji
Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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- Newsletter writers and editor
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- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
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New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
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All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
- WikiProject Good articles newsletter (last updated January 2013)
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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (December 2012)
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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- Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot · 12 February 2012
Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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Implementing PR bot at WP:GAN/WP:FAC/WP:FLC
- This is not a bot, but a semi-bot at best. I have to run it by hand (it is an automated script) every night for WP:PR as User:AZPR (which AndyZ gave me access to before he became inactive). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
- Photographers
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
- Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
- Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients
- Editorial: EyeSerene discusses "Writing neutrally for Wikipedia"
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
- Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results
- Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
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• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
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- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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- Okay, then could you also run it on GAN/FAC/FLC? Would there be a way to fully automate this, if you can't do it yourself, perhaps the bots group could?Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, that would be very nice of you. The script has a few bugs / quirks (see comments above - for one it does not recognize File and so thinks articles have no images). I would be glad to provide comment on the bot request. User:CBM does the Peer review bot and should know about this too (so the two bots can interact well together). I think FAC SAPRs could be on the FAC talk page. Same for FLC. Not sure about GAN. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:19, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- K, I'll ask the bots people. Want me to request PR to be bot-handled as well? This would free some of your time. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 18:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- I should have made clear that the PR bot links the semi-automated peer reviews (SAPRs) once I paste them into the directory, this month at WP:PRA/JL09. I also use the number of SAPRs in each month's directory for the PR stat at WP:FAS. So if this is done, it would work best in a separate directory (so as not to confuse the bot or mess up the PR stats). If I were to do this, it would be much more work as I would presumably have not only put the SAPRs in the directory, but add some sort of link to them in the FAC / FLC / GAN. I did not see any disucssion of this at GAN. The discussions at FLC and FAC seemed lukewarm at best. I am limited in the amount of time I have and respectfully decline. I do note that anyone can add the script to their monobook and generate a SAPR for any article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Bot request to further automate the SAPR process
NJ Portal Userbox
Hi, I added the userbox {User Wikiproject New Jersey}* to my user page and only the "This user is part of the New Jersey WikiProject." part shows up. Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey (under participation) it shows "This user lives in the state of New Jersey." and "This user grew up in the state of New Jersey." I live in NJ and grew up in NJ so I would like those user boxes too. How can I get them?
- correct code is used on userpage.
Christopher 02:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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Want to do more to help WikiProject New Jersey? Here are some suggested pages to add to your watchlist:
- Newsletter writers and editor
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- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
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In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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NJ Portal Userbox
Peer review script suggestions
- This page's header indicates the user has not been active recently; not sure if anyone is updating the code.
I have also noticed this script may not consider the Chemistry MOS, e.g. Palladium and Silver. 23:06, November 7, 2009 (UTC) + 23:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC) + MornMore (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
(<- Un-indented) Piotrus has opened a centralized discussion here.--MornMore (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 1
12 November 2009
Project News
Article Alerts
Education Task Force - The conversion of the former WikiProject Education is New Jersey has been completed. New Jersey education-related articles are now supported by the Education task force. The project banner has been updated to fully support the task force with independent importance ratings.
No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
Municipality template compromise; School Districts (almost) complete
New WPNJ members
Legislative templates in municipal articles - A rather lengthy discussion ran from the end of August until the end of October regarding the use of our legislative district templates in articles about local municipalities. Many WPNJ members commented on the concept, and a proposed compromise seems to have been reached. The templates will require some adjustments to fit the new wording, but should result in more directly relevant sections about County, State, and Federal representation in our articles on cities, towns, villages, townships, and boroughs. Hopefully, more dicussions like this can result is some kind of Manual of Style to bring greater standardization to all of these articles.
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
Watch These Pages
Help Wanted
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Editor's Notes
Editor's news. OK, so I am going to try this again. It's been a little over a year since our last edition, and activity at the project was a bit slow during that time. Things have picked up again over the last few months, so once more into the breech I go. I will try to produce this newsletter on a regular basis (bi-monthly?) to see if we can get some more activity going at WPNJ. Help is always appreciated, and there is plenty to do. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume II - Issue 2
25 January 2010
Project News
Article Alerts
New Statistics Table There has been an upgrade to the WP 1.0 bot that updates our project's summary table. The new table lists all page classes including Portal-class, Redirect-class, and Disambig-class. We now have a better picture of the scope of the WikiProject and the pages that we cover.
New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
All BLP, All the Time
New WPNJ members
BLP Issue Boils Over There are discussions all over the 'pedia about deleting close to 50,000 unreferenced Biographies of Living People. We won't get into a rehash here, but let's just look at what we can do. There is a new item on the project task list for sourcing BLPs. All articles that are in both Category:People from New Jersey and Category:All unreferenced BLPs are now available on this work list. These articles need to be sourced, PRODded, or sent to AfD.
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
In NJ, politics means article updates
Help Wanted
New Leaders in NJ Government Over the past 2 weeks, new legislators have been sworn in, the legislature has new leadership, the 55th Governor of New Jersey has been inaugurated, and we have our first Lt. Governor. All new members of the Legislature have at least stub articles, and many of the templates have been updated.
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Editor's news Must have been some winter holiday season in New Jersey, because the project talk page has been unusually quiet. I thought with all that snow, many of us would be inside and doing things here at WP. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying a healthy and happy 2010!! - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jones (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Pilkington (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
- Project News: From the editors
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- Editorial: EyeSerene discusses "Writing neutrally for Wikipedia"
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 16:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
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Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
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Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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- Nevermind, the Chemistry MOS does not appear to contradict the primary. Though perhaps requested, was puzzling to find Silver article suggestions in both a monthly peer review summary and the Chemistry peer review.
WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)
Volume II - Issue 1 | 12 November 2009 |
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No More Comments - A proposal at the Village Pump has resulted in the deprecation of comments subpages. These were usually found at Talk:Article title/Comments and contained little more than assessment notes. These pages were not widely watched, and are often a hidden location for vandalism and BLP violations. WPNJ has 104 articles that used these pages. A complete list of them, along with their contents, can be viewed at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/Deprecation of comments. It is up to the members of WPNJ to decide what to do with this information.
Featured Article candidates:
- none currently
Good Article nominees:
School District articles now comprehensive - WPNJ Founder Alansohn recently reported that almost all of New Jersey's school districts now have articles - "I have created the article for the last missing (non-vocational) school district in the state." Congrats to Alansohn, who I am sure would love more members at the Education task force to help maintain these articles!
- A Stop at Willoughby 10 November 2008
- Andrewmin 17 November 2008
- cryptod 10 January 2009
- marksdaly 15 March 2009
- Aki Mononoke 23 May 2009
- N2icv 14 June 2009
- mannybrown1 24 June 2009
- Madr1000 14 July 2009
- Mr. Matté 15 July 2009
- Christopher 17 August 2009
- Rttam 11 October 2009
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)
Volume II - Issue 2 | 25 January 2010 |
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New York Times to charge for access The New York Times is an invaluable resource for properly referencing articles, but especially due to its extensive archives and coverage of New Jersey issues. The announcement that metered content will be started in 2011 has the potential to make article sourcing much more difficult. It also causes a need to update linked sources in articles before all of the NYT links go dead. Any link can be archived on demand by using WebCite. We can help avoid dead links by archiving any article sources from the NYT.
Featured Article/List candidates:
Good Article nominees:
An ounce of prevention Unreferenced BLPs are one of the catgories regularly listed in the WPNJ Cleanup listing. New articles are also a prime location to find articles that do not yet have references. You can keep an eye on the New Articles list to help prevent the workload from getting any larger. Can we do more? There are bots that will automatically add the WPNJ Project Banner to all articles in our designated categories if we have consensus to request it. Join the discussion here.
- No new WPNJ members since the last issue!
Updating templates Many New Jersey articles utilize stadardized templates to convey information. With elections happening as often as they do in this state, January is always a good time to review these templates and update them with new information. Does your town or county have new elected officials? It's maintainance time on many of our articles on municipalities and counties as well.
- Outreach Run across any new editors on New Jersey-related articles? Invite them to join WPNJ!
- Ask a question, make an offer
- Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:44, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
peerreviewer problem
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
Nomination of Jones (Animal Farm) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Jones (Animal Farm), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
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Nomination of Pilkington (Animal Farm) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilkington (Animal Farm) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Anonymax (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
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Military Historian of the Year
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
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- Reassessment:
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Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
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- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
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- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
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At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.
If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
PLEASE READ: If you do not wish to receive future WikiProject Good Articles newsletter's on your talk page, please remove your self from this list. If you are viewing this newsletter from the WikiProject Good Articles page or on someone else's talk page and want to receive future newsletters on your talk page, please add your name to the list linked above.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
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- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
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At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name here and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
PLEASE READ: If you do not wish to receive future WikiProject Good Articles newsletter's on your talk page, please remove your self from this list. If you are viewing this newsletter from the WikiProject Good Articles page or on someone else's talk page and want to receive future newsletters on your talk page, please add your name to the list linked above.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
- Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject
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- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
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Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
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- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume III, No. 1 – October 2012
September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011 | November 2012
- Project News[1]
- There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!
- The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.
- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.
- There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!
- Member News
- There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!
- This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
- If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.
- GA Task forces
- There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.
- Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.
- Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
- A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.
- Good Articles of the Month
Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.
- Some Tips About References/Sources
Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.
The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.
Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.
Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.
Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
- From the Editor
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.
Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!
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- Contributors to this Issue
- Dom497 (Editor of this Issue)
- Did You Know...
- ... that 2,100 articles have been reviewed during all backlog elimination drives combined?
- ... that out of 4,055,039 articles on Wikipedia, only 15,846 are good articles?
- ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?
- Notes
- ^ As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).
- ^ Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.
Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!
WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
- Nominations:
Sophia Reid-Gantzert | start review)
• Reggie Barnes (skateboarder) | start review)
• Exile (American band) | start review)
• Blackpink | start review)
• John Rudge | start review)
- Reassessment:
Mario Kart: Double Dash •
Fallout 3 •
Muhammad in Islam •
Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion •
- Task forces:
Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup
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Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012
In This Issue
- Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions!
- Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives
- Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment
- Good Articles of the Month
- GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC
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- Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives
- Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN.
- Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions.
- GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC
- Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting
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The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December!
- GA Task Forces: Results from the drive
- Member News: Two crucial users leave the project
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013
In This Issue
- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
- Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment.
- Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January!
- GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month
- Member News: Member news
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
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GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012
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Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth. The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.[2] For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use this tool as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing. Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed. Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article. Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."
After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page. Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!! PLEASE READ: If you do not wish to receive future WikiProject Good Articles newsletter's on your talk page, please remove your self from this list. If you are viewing this newsletter from the WikiProject Good Articles page or on someone else's talk page and want to receive future newsletters on your talk page, please add your name to the list linked above.
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- Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21.
- Project News: A record, and issue and a future.
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013
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- Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21.
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.
Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.Nomination for deletion of Template:User USCOTM
MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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MfD nomination of Template:User USCOTM
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
To receive future GA Cup newsletter, please add your name to our mailing list.
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
Good article drive notice
Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
This message has been sent to users signed up for the Good articles newsletter. Add or remove your name from the list to subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates. Alternatively, to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. -- For the drive co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
-
WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
- Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
- Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
- Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 4 June 2013 (UTC)Nomination for deletion of Template:USCOTMnom
DYK RfC
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
-
Wikipedia:GALLERY listed at Redirects for discussion
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:USold
Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:5th NY Volunteer memorial.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.
This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.
At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.
Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.
Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!
If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.
Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTW-invite
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJCOTWcur
User group for Military HistoriansGreetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
cabrassu origen y geografia
Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
The March 2021 GAN Backlog Drive begins on March 1, and will continue until the end of the month. Please sign up to review articles and help reduce the backlog of nominations!
This message has been sent to users signed up for the Good articles newsletter. Add or remove your name from the list to subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates. Alternatively, to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. -- For the drive co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
-
WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives
-122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan
Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Andy Z,
I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do.
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Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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Discrepancy in data given at a Wiki article you editedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1842
Please note the discrepancy between the total and the majority numbers given for the seats in the House of Representatives:
-All 223 seats to the United States House of Representatives -122 seats needed for a majority
If the total was 223, then the majority was 112; if the majority was 122, then the total number of seats was 243; or both numbers are wrong.
I don't have the correct numbers; I'm just calling this to your attention.
Steve Sullivan Stony Brook University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.97.120 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Anthony Colve
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
Nomination of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jacona (talk) 13:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC) Hello Andy Z, I tried installing the Peer reviewer bit it says that there is an error in my Vector.js and I do not see the button next to Log Out. Please tell me what to do. SparrowHK (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK
Nomination for deletion of Template:NJnom
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey/NJCOTW
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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Kemin45 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Functional clothing
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Peer Reviewer is giving confusing results about last few sections.
- Aha! There's a (not-top-level) heading 'City history' in the article, which matched the string
== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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== Cit
. Whew; it was a false positive. Maybe the script should use regex searches--it's much easier to look for ^==\s?Cit(e|ation)
than to expand something like that out. grendel|khan 18:07, 21 June 2018 (UTC)Draft:Functional clothing
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