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Car numbers
[edit]As a favor to WP:NUM, when you get a chance, could you formulate a policy on which numbers relating to NASCAR are worthwhile including in the articles on numbers (e.g., is the fact that Bobby Hamilton, Jr. drives #32 in the Nextel Cup series important enough to mention in the article about thirty-two?). Thanks in advance. PrimeFan 20:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC) P.S. For jersey numbers in sports like baseball, the policy is that it's worth mentioning if the number has been retired by the team.
- Your criterion sounds good. Please give us the full list. Also feel free to edit the WP:NUM section "Numbers in sports." PrimeFan 22:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Edit Summary
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WikiProject NASCAR proposed standards
[edit]WikiProject NASCAR needs your help! We are in the process of forming our proposed standards which, when complete, will hopefully become a Wikipedia guideline. The guidelines will help editors understand Wikipedia consensus about things like which NASCAR-related articles meet notability standards. Please stop by and let us know what you think! Recury 22:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Welcome!
[edit]Welcome to the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject! We're looking forward to any future edits you can make to tropical cyclones, and we're happy to have you on board. Current projects include bettering the existing articles on retired hurricanes to GA or FA status. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Here's the latest version of our monthly newsletter. Enjoy!
The Hurricane Herald
This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the activities of the WikiProject over the past month and upcoming events over the next month. In addition monthly tropical cyclone activity will be summarized.
You have received this as you are a member of the WikiProject, please add your username in the appropriate section on the mailing list. If you do not add your name to that list, the WikiProject will assume you do not wish to receive future versions of The Hurricane Herald.
Storm of the month
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Other tropical cyclone activity
- Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.
New and improved articles
- New storm articles include: Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Storm of October 1804, Typhoon Chanchu (2006) and Cyclone Olaf.
- New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique and List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones.
- New Featured articles: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Irene (2005) and Hurricane Claudette (2003)
- Articles which became A/GA class: Hurricane Katrina (A), Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (A), Hurricane Felix (1995) (GA), Cyclone Percy (A), Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (A), List of New Jersey hurricanes (A), Hurricane John (1994) (A), Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) (GA), Tropical Storm Odette (2003) (GA)
New articles and improvements wanted
- An article is requested on subtropical ridge
- The current collaboration of the fortnight is Hurricane Gilbert, please help improve this article.
- Improvements are requested to Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew.
- The WikiProject is likely to submit Hurricane John (1994) and Hurricane Katrina to Featured Article Candidates in the near future, so please help improve them to featured standard.
Member of the month
The May member of the month is TitoXD. The WikiProject awards this to him for his brilliant work in improving articles. TitoXD joined the WikiProject in October just after it had been founded. Since then he has contributed substantially to many articles, for example Hurricane Nora (1997), which is currently a Featured Article Candidate. He is also actively involved in the assessment of articles and so helps to improve many more articles.
Explanation of content
If you have a topic which is not directly related to any specific article but is relevant to the WikiProject bring it up on the Newsletters talk page, and it will probably be included in a future edition of The Hurricane Herald.
These two sections are decided by the community on the newsletter's talk page:
- Storm of the month: This is determined by a straw poll on the page. While all storms will be mentioned on the newsletter, the selected storm will be described in more detail.
- Member of the month: Nominations are made on the talk page, voting is by secret ballot; read the talk page for details. The winner receives the WikiProject's barnstar (when we make it).
Main Page content
- 2005 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 1.
- Hurricane Floyd will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 17.
- Entries from Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Typhoon Chanchu (2006), and Storm of October 1804 appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May.
- Entries from 5 other articles relating to tropical cyclones had appeared in the Did you know column earlier in 2006.
Storm article statistics
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| B | 62 | 66 | 82 |
| Start | 154 | 177 | 168 |
| Stub | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Total | 240 | 263 | 282 |
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69.6 | 71.6 | 63.1 |
The assessment scale
- The cyclone assessment scale is one of the bases of the new assessment scale for Version 1.0 of Wikipedia. It splits articles into several categories by quality, to identify which articles are "finished" and which ones still need to be improved.
- The assessment scale by itself counts of several grades:
- FA: reserved for articles that have been identified as featured content only.
- A: this grade is given to articles that are considered ready for Wikipedia:peer review. The way to get this grade assigned to an article is by asking other cyclone editors at the WikiProject's assessment page.
- GA: reserved for articles that have passed a good article nomination.
- B: these articles are "halfway there", and have most of the details of a complete article, yet it still has significant gaps in its coverage.
- Start: articles that fall in this category have a decent amount of content, yet it is weak in many areas. Be bold and feel free to improve them!
- Stub: these articles are mostly placeholders, and may in some cases be useless for the reader. It needs a lot of work to be brought to A-Class level.
- The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ({{hurricane|class=B}} as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log.
Here's some pointers to making a good tropical cyclone article. Dear Tropical cyclone editor,
As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.
- Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
- Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
- Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
- Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
- Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
- Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
- Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
- Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.
Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.
Again, don't worry about asking questions, and I'll see you around. Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
David Gilliland
[edit]I nominated the fact that, according to Hermie Sadler, David Gilliland's win was the biggest upset in Busch Series history as per Gilliland's article. I thought that was interesting. Good work! --D-Day I'm all ears 14:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
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Related Pages & Archive
[edit]1) It might be time for you to archive your talk page. It's getting kind of long. (If you need help, just ask).
2) After you've created a NASCAR article, be sure to add it and its talk page to here. It helps us keep track of it. Thanks! --D-Day I'm all ears How can I improve? 12:10, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2
[edit]The July issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:56, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject NASCAR Related Changes
[edit]Hi! I'm glad you asked, as it's actually quite a simple process. All you need to do is add the article to Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Related Pages, and it will show up on the related changes page from then on. DomRem | Yeah? 05:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
NC Roads Wikiproject
[edit]You should be a part of the NC Roads Wikiproject. --TinMan 18:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Final state highway naming conventions debate
[edit]DaNASCAT, your participation is welcome in the Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.
Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3
[edit]The August issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Full name?
[edit]I recommand you to remove your full name from your userpage because of identity theft, well at least the last name.
Michaelas10 09:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #4
[edit]The September issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 01:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
North Carolina Highways Naming Convention
[edit]This has finally come to an end. All we need now from the WP:NCSH project members is a vote on which convention we should use at the National State Route Naming Convention Poll. If you would, please go to Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll#North Carolina and cast your vote. This should be the last time we should ever have to do this. Supermajority will decide what we should do. --TinMan 17:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:1977_51x.jpg
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U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #1
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Hello, J'ai vu que vous parlez le français.
Je m'appelle Guy Quievryn, né en France en 1958 à Roubaix, fils de Roger QUIEVRYN né à Roubaix en 1923, petit fils de Delphin QUIEVRYN, frère de Louis QUIEVRYN né en France parti aux states à 17 ans aux débuts des années 20. Sommes nous de la même famille ? Il y a très très peu de Quievryn en France et même dans le monde. Le frère ainé de delphin et louis (7 enfants dans la famille) s'appelait Oscar QUIEVRYN mort près de Verdun en 1917. Louis Quievryn a eu un premier fils aux states avec sa première épouse qui avait gardé le nom de QUIEVRYN. Son deuxième fils Bob, avecsa deuxième épouse, s'appelle SMITH.
J'habite en France, près de Roubaix (où je suis né) au 19 rue Léonard de vinci 59115 LEERS. J'ai une fille Amandine née en 1983 et un fils Rémi né en 1983.
Mon adresse email GuyQUI58@aol.com
See You Guy
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[edit]Hello, DaNASCAT. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:USRD, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list and off the respective road projects as well. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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a frostback NASCAR fan?! what's wrong with ya? it's for the south lol
[edit]If you ever need help on a NASCAR article Zero Col can always try to help he loves my NASCAR. and if Zero Cool ever needs help he'll come to you. Dan on behalf of --Zero Cool 19:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
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Invite
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Fair use rationale for Image:Nnws.gif
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An important letter
[edit]Dear roads editor,
You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.
This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.
After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.
The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.
In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.
For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.
In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.
All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.
In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.
Regards,
- Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)
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USRD Inactivity check and news report
[edit]Hello, DaNASCAT. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:
- Please update your information at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants, our new centralized participant list. Those who have not done so by October 20th will be removed.
- There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.
Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
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USRD inactivity notification
[edit]You have been declared inactive at USRD. If this is in error, feel free to restore yourself to the list, but only if you are truly active at USRD. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 21:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
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Motto of the day
[edit]Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.
When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.
If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for File:1935 6.jpg
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Hello DaNASCAT! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 6 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 408 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:
- Kevin Conway (NASCAR) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Kelly Denton - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Scot Walters - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- J. R. Patton - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Marty Houston - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Damon Lusk - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 04:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
You're invited!
[edit]Hello, DaNASCAT,
You are invited meet with your fellow Wikipedians by attending the Montréal meetup scheduled on Sunday, June 27, 2010; between 1500 - 1700 to be held at the Comité Social Centre Sud (CSCS), located at 1710 Beaudry, in Montréal. You can sign up at the meetup page.
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USRD WikiProject Newsletter, Winter 2012
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WikiProject C-SPAN?
[edit]Greetings fellow Wikipedia editor -
I am leaving you this note because I have reason to believe that you are interested in C-SPAN. (I may have made this assumption based on your C-SPAN user box, or perhaps for some other reason.) If this is not an interest of yours, please feel free to read no further and delete this message.
If you are in fact someone who is interested in C-SPAN, then let me put forward an idea that I have been kicking around for a while. What if we started a C-SPAN WikiProject?
The parameters of this (potential) project are up for discussion, but it could include some or all of the following (as well as things that may occur to you that have not occurred to me):
- Creation, maintenance, and improvement of articles and lists directly related to C-SPAN and its programming.
- Use of C-SPAN programming in citations for various topics
- Inclusion of unique and targeted C-SPAN video links for various articles. (Doing this with respect for established guidelines at Wikipedia:External links.) (Example: If you are interested in the submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), then having easy access to the eight hours of programming taped while a C-SPAN crew were guests on that submarine could also be of interest to you.)
- Inclusion of (and possible further creation of) templated links such as {{C-SPAN|laurabush}}, that will easily take article readers to a link of all C-SPAN Video Library links for the person about whom the article is about.
- What else?
I don't know exactly how far we may want to go, nor in what directions, but I do believe (as I have long noted on my user page) that C-SPAN and Wikipedia are both...
...fantastic vehicles for the free exchange of ideas and information in a non-sound-bite manner, and they both invite the participation of any parties (expert or amateur) who are interested in taking the time to absorb and/or contribute to the ideas and information offered. C-SPAN and Wikipedia go together like peanut butter and jelly, and I want to help give other Wiki users easy access to the great work that C-SPAN has done on a variety of topics.
Now, I should mention that I have never started a WikiProject before, and I do not know the best way to go about it. (Perhaps one of you do?) Let me offer one of my sandbox pages, User:KConWiki/sandbox/Wikiproject C-SPAN?, as a gathering area for comments until such time as we gather enough steam to start our own WikiProject page.
Thanks for reading this far, and I hope that you will give some consideration as to whether this is something we ought to attempt. Please feel free to pass this message on to others you know whom might be interested, and please let me know your thoughts and comments.
KConWiki (talk) 04:19, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Motto of the Day Help Request April 2014
[edit]Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months.
Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
- This message has been sent by pjoef on behalf of Motto of the Day to all editors of the English Wikipedia who are showing MOTD's templates on their pages, and to all the participants to MOTD: (page, template, and category).
NC roads format
[edit]Hey DaNASCAT,
Thank You for your efforts on the North Carolina Highway system. I would like to tell you that after editing your article North Carolina Highway 103 I have a couple of friendly tips to make your articles better:
1. We use a format like this:
Route Description (instead of termini)
History
Junction List
2. You also might want to use more references for your articles.
Thanks for your time and have a great day.
Sincerely,
--Ncchild (talk) 23:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Leo Breithaupt
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The article Leo Breithaupt has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Article has no references
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. AlanS (talk) 14:38, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Tim!
[edit]Hey Tim, where've you been editing on Wikipedia? I've seen you on Wikia, but not going to edit there anymore! How are you? --Allen talk 04:02, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:36, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
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You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here! |
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:39, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
Please resist
[edit]Adding masses of unsourced material, as you did at Guy Noir, even if the article is bad in this way before you come to it. Material added that is based on personal experience violates WP:OR, and all unsourced factual material violates WP:VERIFY, and as it pertains to living persons, violates policies regarding BLP editing as well. No source, no material, please. It just moves articles away from being encyclopedic. Cheers. 209.252.28.98 (talk) 17:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2021
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2021
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: October 2021
[edit] It is with sadness that we note the passing of Jim Howes. Throughout his life, Jim worked to make the world a better place. WikiProject Scouting now has no administrators listed as willing to help the WikiProject. If you are an administrator and are willing to help, please let us know here. Things to watch for:
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2022
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2022
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: August 2022
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: January 2023
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: March 2023
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2023
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024
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