November Esperanza Newsletter

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Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
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Stieff Silver

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I tried to improve the Stieff Silver article. If it survives the AfD process, the article should probably be moved to Kirk Stieff Company or Kirk Stieff. Could you please take another look at it? --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 21:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

{{Vermont-school-stub}}

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Hi - I've reverted your changes to the vermont-school-stub template and re-deleted the category. The category was deleted not that long ago as being seriously undersized by the requirements of stub categories. Please, in future, if you wish to change the existing workings of a stub template and/or category, first propose the changes at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. If a stub template categorises articles in a particular way, there is usually a very good reason for it doing so. Grutness...wha? 04:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry. I thought it was simply a mistake that this category did not exist. NauticaShades 11:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar thanks

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Thanks for the barnstar. It's been a while since I got one. :) howcheng {chat} 17:44, 6 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

FP handling

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Thanks for taking care of some Featured Picture promotions and delistings. I just wanted to remind you to update the FP count on WP:FP when you do so. You missed it for the last couple of times, but luckily you did a promotion and then a delisting, so they cancelled each other out. :) howcheng {chat} 17:32, 7 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

RfA thanks

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Thank you for participating in my RfA discussion! I appreciate you contributing your voice to the debate and its outcome. I hope how I wield the mop makes you proud. Thanks!


Marc Cécillon

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Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by VJS (talkcontribs)

FPC Promotion

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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Tamias-rufus-001.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Mailer Diablo 19:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
 
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Ferrofluid Magnet under glass edit.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. -- tariqabjotu 16:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
 
POTD
 
POTD

Hi NauticaShades,

Just to let you know that the Featured Pictures you nominated Image:Tamias-rufus-001.jpg and Image:Ferrofluid Magnet under glass edit.jpg are due to make appearances as Picture of the Day on February 24, 2007 and February 25, 2007 respectively. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the captions at Template:POTD/2007-02-24 and Template:POTD/2007-02-25. Thanks! howcheng {chat} 18:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

RfA thanks

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  Hi Nauticashades, and thanks very much for your support during my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 64/0/0. I am grateful for the overwhelming support I received from the community, and hope I will continue to earn your trust as I expand my participation on Wikipedia. It goes without saying that if you ever need anything and I can help, please let me know. Wait, I guess it does go with saying. ; ) --cholmes75 (chit chat) 15:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 7, November 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 007 – November 2006

Issue of the Month

Again, the issue of the month is inline citations. A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night (song), and Get Back have all been defeatured, as they failed to satisfy criterion 1(c) of What is a featured article?, and other song FAs are due for the chopping block. Inline citations are an important aspect of articles—they ensure verifiability and reliability, and they remove original research. Additionally, they give readers the option to read the original source material and view it within context.

Basically:

  1. All direct quotations attributed to Beatles members pooled from interviews need full inline citations.
  2. All critical comments about songs or albums need full inline citations to notable music critics, magazines opinions, or reviews, as opposed to being merely comments by Wikipedians.
  3. Inline citations need: author name, article name, publication date, and name of publication. Such info is still preferable even if quoting from an interview posted upon a website; when this is the case, place the URL link at the end of the citation with the date it was last accessed. (This will help editors retrieve the page using the Wayback Machine, should the link go dead in the future.)
Beatles News
  • The Beatles are due to release a soundtrack album, LOVE, at the end of November, as a companion to their Cirque du Soleil adaptation of the same name. It will feature remastered and remixed versions of their previously released songs, including some new medleys.
  • Paul's getting a divorce. Pain, arguing, and fighting abound.
Project News
  • The Wings tours are really nicely documented now (see Category:Wings tours), but Category:The Beatles tours is almost empty. Kingboyk and the rest of us would love to see (and read) articles on each Beatles tour, including the pre-fame tours of the UK—and the Hamburg trips, of course!
  • The hottest Project page this month has been Paul McCartney, involved in the Featured Article drive, as mentioned above.
Member News
  • Our project members are too modest to report any awards they may have given or received.
From the Editors

Wherever possible, editors should help to trim down on list-like prose within Beatles articles. They should convert list-like sections into fluent, cohesive prose which ties an article's sections together. Lists make articles disjointed, awkward, and difficult to read.

Be sure to take part in the Featured Article drive, and don't forget those inline citations!

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 008 – December 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Contributors to this Issue
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Thanks for your input

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Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 13:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Dalbury's RfA

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My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 02:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Shiny new buttons

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  Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use.
~ trialsanderrors 06:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
 

Steely Dan project

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Hmm. I would definitely support the creation of such a project, although I'm not so sure I could really contribute (my main contribution to SD-related articles so far has been shooting down the FA nomination). I have mainly focused on geography-related projects.

But I might be able to do something here or there. Daniel Case 17:53, 17 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

No problem. Thanks for signing up, though.NauticaShades 18:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)Reply


Encyclopædia Britannica

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Hi

Did you ever report Bramlet Abercrombie for violation of WP:3RR as you wanted to? [1] What was the result?

Did you notice he slyly reverted again and without any explanation or even an edit summary? [[2]] He definitely wants to hide things and is not interested in an unbiased and objective article. --Espoo 10:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

When I said I was goingto report him, I meant I would if he did it one more time. The second diff is him removing it as per consensus on the talk page. He's not a bad guy, he just felt it was POV, which I suppose in a way it was. Anyhow, we decided that we should remove it, but added the inforamtion elsewhere in article (as you can in the diff). Thanks for trying to help, though. NauticaShades 10:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

RfA thanks

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I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) Reply

Discussion Award

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Just to say that some new images have been uploaded and there is a slightly better explanation of the award. Simply south 19:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, I'll check it out. NauticaShades 07:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your support at RFA

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I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me at RFA, and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 22:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

RfA thanks

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Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

POTD notification

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This is to let you know the Featured Picture you uploaded and/or nominated Image:050817-N-3488C-028.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the day on December 28, 2006, when it will be featured on the Main Page. Congratulations! howcheng {chat} 17:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks!

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  Thanks for your support at my RfA, which succeeded. I've got a lot to learn, but your words of support mean a lot! Any advice is welcome as I learn to use the new tools. Thanks again, and forgive my use of this dorky message box :) -- Renesis (talk) 00:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)Reply  

Orphaned fair use image (Image:TheOffice Josh.png)

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Thanks for uploading Image:TheOffice Josh.png. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Fritz S. (Talk) 11:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Image:Hills south west of Sanandaj near the village of Kilaneh.jpg

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Hello; Image:Hills south west of Sanandaj near the village of Kilaneh.jpg is up for delisting on FPC nomination page. [3] Please give us your opinion, or try to solve the problem the majority have with the picture. I think it deserves to stay FP. Thank you. ;-) --Arad 19:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply


Nice vandalism-catching!

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Good work on naked short selling. I left a comment on your editor review. This is majorly vandalized place so please keep watching.--Mantanmoreland 23:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

RfA

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Hint: Amalas is a girl. :) Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 23:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Oops, sorry. Forgive my assumption. NauticaShades 23:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
Welcome to the club. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 00:00, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

FPC voting

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Whoops, my bad. I'll try to correct it in the future. Sharkface217 03:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

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Thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded. I appreciate your support. Thanks again! =) -- Gogo Dodo 05:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Since you commented on the Hinduism barnstar proposal I recommend you looking at the new designs introduced by User:Priyanath. Thank you. GizzaChat © 22:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 8, December 2006

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 008 – December 2006

Issue of the Month

Wikipedia's standards are improving all the time, with the result that many articles in The Beatles Wikiproject are being nominated for review of their FA and GA status - and many are losing that accolade. It is difficult, with such a large number of articles and the ease with which editors may make changes which are detrimental, to maintain the standard of articles, let alone improve them. As ever, members efforts are both appreciated and needed to keep the Project on course.

Beatles News
  • A Beatles compilation called "Love", featuring tracks remastered by George Martin (with his son Giles), has been released and has made number 1 in Canada.
  • The impending divorce between Paul McCartney and the former Heather Mills continues to make the pages in the tabloid press in the UK.
Project News
  • The hottest Project page this month has been Paul McCartney (see above and below).
Member News
From the Editors

If one is to be mercenary about the subject, it should be noted that Paul McCartney is going to be more noteworthy than usual in the near future as his divorce case comes to court. In that case it is great to note that a small group of Project Members (plus another individual who does not feel compelled to register himself despite important contributions) have worked very hard, and in an atmosphere of good humour, to take the McCartney piece to a succesful Good Article nomination. Perhaps this is the method to use for future articles, a small dedicated team concentrating on one subject at a time. Of course, all members are invited to join any existing group or even go about forming their own. Please note any such action in the Project Log.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 009 – January 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

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Discussion Award closing near

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Thank you for voting orginally and the additional comments. I have posted on the proposals page a closing subsection with a couple of minor issues. I would apreciate comment. The issues are title and image. See the Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/New Proposals#Closing discussion. Do you have any preference for image as i know that you were meaning opposing the first image? Simply south 22:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Editor review

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Thanks for having requested an editor review. A month has passed since it has been posted there, and it has been archived. You can find it at Wikipedia:Editor review/Nauticashades/Archive2, where you may read last minute additions. We would really appreciate your help in reviewing a random editor. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 01:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

POTD notification

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This is to let you know the Featured Picture you uploaded and/or nominated Image:SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the day on January 22, 2007, when it will be featured on the Main Page. Congratulations! howcheng {chat} 00:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 9, January 2007

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 009 – January 2007

Beatles News
  • The ongoing divorce proceedings between Paul McCartney and the former Heather Mills continues to occupy the attention of the media - Heather Mills reportedly receiving unspecified death threats.
  • The British Post Office have released a series of stamps depicting various Beatles album covers.
Project News
  • The Paul McCartney article is being primped and primed for submission as a Featured Article candidate.
  • The good folk who have been working on the above article have turned their attention to the John Lennon page. Everyone is, of course, invited to contribute.
  • The hottest Project page this month has been the Macca (Paul for those not in the know!) article, again.
  • Other Project news... Please let the editors know if anything is happening, or just contribute it to the next newsletter.
Member News
Issue of the Month

The question of capitalising of the letter "t" in The of The Beatles has been raised again. It appears that UK style references (here and here) also maintains that the letter should be in lower case. If the Project is to be appear professional then it may have to change the format. Polite discussion is invited at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles/Policy. If possible, please provide sources/references to support your position.

From the Editors

It has been a fairly quiet time with regard to the Project (or at least that is how it seems). If you are reading this and wondering why your efforts in respect of a Beatles article has not been mentioned, it may be that you haven't told any editor. This is your Newsletter, which means you can contribute to it, so please do!

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 010 – January/February 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Contributors to this Issue
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Thank you!

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Thank you for the welcome you left on my page. I am still working on getting the hang of this, and hope I do not mis-step too often. Thanks again.Happy cricket 18:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:TheOffice Josh.png)

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Thanks for uploading Image:TheOffice Josh.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 13:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 10, February 2007

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 010 – February 2007

Beatles News
  • George Harrison's handwritten lyrics to the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps have fetched $300,000 (£152,552) in a Scottsdale (Arizona, United States) memorabilia auction (15 January). It contained lines omitted from the final version of the song. Specifically :
I look from the wings at the play you are staging
While my guitar gently weeps
As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging
Still my guitar gently weeps

On the reverse of the page appears the lyrics to Hey Jude in the hand of Mal Evans.

Project News
  • The Project lead article (The Beatles, for those not paying attention) has had its Good Article status reviewed, and the consensus was 'keep'. The efforts of User:Andreasegde in supplying the requested citations, and other editors in helping with general editing, and the strength of arguments for retaining the grade sufficiently impressed the reviewers.
  • After a great deal of work Paul McCartney was promoted as a Featured Article candidate. Unfortunately it failed to succeed. Among other comments, including the correct length of dash (or hyphen), from reviewers was that the article was too long and also that it needed further information included in some of the sections(!?) The promotor, and driving force behind the insertion of a great many references, citations and facts (and the remover of unwanted text, and splitter of information into daughter articles), Andreasegde vigorously argued the case for promotion but was unsuccessful.
  • Mimi Smith was successfully nominated for WP:Good article status. The major editor to whom accolades should be directed is... Andreasegde.
The Beatles' Influence on Recording Music by Apepper and Wings 1973 UK Tour by Danthemankhan.
  • The hottest Project page this month was possibly, despite the Article Status related issues regarding both The Beatles and Paul McCartney mentioned above, the third attempt to delete The Beatles trivia in less than a year. As was the case for the second attempt at AfD the result, after an energetic discourse, was keep but with a suggestion that the article be retitled to reduce the incidence of deletion requests. Editors are invited to discuss possible new titles, and/or the need for same, at Talk:The Beatles trivia.
  • Other Project news - Lar did a bit of a purge of the subscription list during last month's newsletter delivery. Some folks were kept (and are at the active list), some who clearly are not active on wikipedia at all were removed with a "you've been removed" message left (and are at the inactive list), and some folks who were less active but not as clearly completely inactive were given a "this may be your last newsletter" message (and are at the possibly inactive list). A more nuanced subscription list is now here (in several subpages as outlined above), and anyone who wants to tweak their status (moving one's self back is a clear cut sign that we should deliver the newsletter to you!) should feel free. Please respect the rather spartan formatting though, this list is used by WP:AWB currently, and may be used by other automation in future.
Issue of the Month

Hottest issue or concern for this month is the perennial matter of Project articles losing their Good or Featured Article status. The main Project page now includes a status board that gives the current ratings of some of the more important articles. Let's make sure the core articles (The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) reach or retain Good Article status, if not Featured Article. If you are aware of another major article whose status is at risk, add it to the board.

Issue of last Month

Since there has been no response in the matter of the use of lowercase for the initial letter of the when applied with Beatles from the opponents, it is likely that the case for using lowercase only will be adopted as Project policy by default. User:LessHeard vanU will draw up a recommendation and submit it to the Policy talkpage in a few days.

From the Editors

We are pleased to welcome the contributions of Alexcalamaro to this newsletter. Any editor can include an item of interest or news; this medium can be an excellent tool for getting a comment seen by a great number of project members. As it says below, this is your newsletter.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Member News

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 011 – March 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Contributors to this Issue


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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 11, March 2007

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WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 011 – March 2007

Beatles News
  • On February 5, 2007, the Beatles' Apple Corps and Apple, Inc. (Apple Computer) announced a settlement of their latest trademark dispute involving use of the Apple trademark on the iTunes Music Store. In May of 2006, the High Court ruled in favor of Apple, but Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, vowed to appeal. Evidently, in the intervening months, the two companies negotiated a settlement. The settlement is discussed in this AP story. For background on the case, see Apple Corps v. Apple Computer. For fans, this may mean that Beatle music will be available someday on iTunes. Despite rumors of a February 2007 release, the material is still unavailalble.
Project News
  • There were no Project article adoptions for the month of February.
  • Project Policy has now been altered to reflect that the use of lowercase for the letter "t" of the word "the" in the Beatles is now considered the correct rendition.
Member News
  • New members to the project since the last issue include (although the first is a long time contributor who apparently has only just found the Participants section);
Tvoz
Freshacconci
Liamshaw
John Cardinal
Mezlo
ErleGrey
Captain Waters
Hey jude, don't let me down
Issue of the Month

See below. There is genuine concern that the Newsletter is getting stale in terms of content and variety, and that the same individuals are featured each month. Furthermore, lack of "news" is hindering the timely distribution as the editors wait for something to report. All Project editors are encouraged to give their news, suggestions and thoughts to keep the 'Letter vital and interesting. If making direct contributions do not appeal, please give a mention on the Newsletter talkpage and it will be incorporated!

From the Editors

Help is needed for the job of putting future Newsletters together. The present incumbent is finding it difficult to reflect the breadth of the Project, focusing on much the same individuals and articles each month, and has decided to beg for contributions from other individuals. Interested persons need only start working on next months issue to qualify. It really is that simple!

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 012 – April 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

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delivered by ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 00:09, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

EB at FAC

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Hi Nautica,

You're probably away, but I just wanted to drop you a little note, alerting you that Encyclopædia Britannica is now a featured article candidate. If you have time, your vote would be very welcome! Willow 16:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Artemis Fowl needs your help!

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WP:FOWL has only four users who contribute regularly! It would be fantastic if you started editing within the WikiProject again, as we need all the help we can get. Reply here if you would rather not, or on the WikiProject's talk page under the section "Returning Editors" if you would like to rejoin! Laptopdude 16:18, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

FPC nom

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Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I took the liberty of editing and nominating one of the images from your gallery (Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower - NOAA edit.jpg) at FPC. Thanks! CillaИ X♦C [dic] 00:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

 
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Vespa crabro germana with prey Richard Bartz Crop.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 03:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
 
POTD

Hi NauticaShades,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Vespa crabro germana with prey Richard Bartz Crop.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 5, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-01-05. howcheng {chat} 19:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

FPC nom closure....

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Richard_Bartz#Wikipedia_FP_Promotion ???? --Fir0002 06:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject The Beatles

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Your user name is on the “Inactive, or have just popped out for a cup of tea...” list on the Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles page. You can move it back to the “Participants” list if you feel this is not the case. :) -- WikiProject The Beatles 15:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Karen Filippelli\Rashida Jones image

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Could this image that u added http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TheOffice_Karen.png be used 2 show Rashida Jones. I've been told that unless u put it on its image page, it can't. Thx.
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Roll Call for WikiProject Artemis Fowl

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POTD notification

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POTD

Hi NauticaShades,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Cirsium arvense with Bees Richard Bartz.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 11, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-01-11. howcheng {chat} 17:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Roll Call for WikiProject Artemis Fowl

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WikiProject Council roll call

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I am confused with your promotion overturn. Can you explain your rationale behind this drastic change? OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:51, 6 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I'm not supporting nor opposing the nomination. I was writing Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-05-09/Features and admins so I was confused with the nomination and I had to remove that entry subsequently. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:05, 10 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
 
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Image-Schloss Nymphenburg Munich CC edit3.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 11:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)Reply