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Volume 2, Issue 49 — 4 December 2006

Archives·Newsroom·Tip line·Single-page·Subscribe

WikipediaWeekly 7 December 2006 – Episode 8

Esperanza

Various article milestones, including the 1.5 million of en.wikipedia. Danny's new contest (a WikipediaWeekly exclusive right now). Citizendium update, standardizing warning templates, wikimarkup and more.

[edit] Notices

The Physics article has been undergoing an (arduous) review. Editors involved in the process now have (after much discussion) three lead section proposals. A request for votes from the wikipedia community is now required to gain a broader base of opinion on what the lead section of the Physics article should be. Voting page and lead proposal links are located here, votes and comments welcomed.

The Graphics Lab has just been set up. Based on its successful French counterpart, the Graphics Lab is a place for users propose images for clean-up and request the creation of SVG maps and diagrams. Everything is in place now, but there is an urgent need of users who can clean up photos, create SVG diagrams and maps!

The new topic of discussion at the Virtual Classroom is Budgiekiller, on vandalism. Both questions and answers are welcome.

A proposal for a new policy designed to replace the current vandalism warning policy has been started by Azer Red.

[edit] New project pages seeking contributors

WikiProjects	Portals and Collaborations
Notability Graphic Lab Greece Golf Nebraska Mythology Extra-Long Article Committee Transport in Scotland Asian Americans Ballet	Adopt-a-User program Minnesota Philosophy of science

[edit] Active collaborations

In order to improve the quality of articles which are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community takes part in collaborations to expand articles.

[edit] Collaboration of the week

Help edit Lee Smith (baseball), Wikipedia's current collaboration of the week! Please help to bring it up to featured article standard.

Lee Arthur Smith (born December 4, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana) was a pitcher in Major Leagues. Smith played for eight teams in both the NL and AL in his 18-year career, beginning with the Cubs in 1980. Smith led the league in saves four times during his career and by the time of his retirement in 1997 (with the Expos), he was the all-time leader with 478 saves. Smith used his fastball and size (he stood 6'6") to intimidate batters during the late innings of the game and became one of the premier closers of the 1980's and early 1990's.

You can still help with last week's article, Textile (see improvements), or help pick next week's article.

[edit] Article Creation and Improvement Drive

The Article Creation and Improvement Drive works on an article that needs a lot of help before reaching featured-article standard. The subject of this week's article improvement drive is Cactus:

The name cactus has been traditionally given to any member of the flowering plant family Cactaceae. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants.

Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants which have adapted to extreme arid environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures containing the chlorophyll necessary for life and growth, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are so well known.

You can still help with last week's article, Rosetta Stone, or help pick next week's article.

Volume 2, Issue 49 — 4 December 2006

Archives·Newsroom·Tip line·Single-page·Subscribe

[edit] New featured content

Articles recently awarded "featured" status

Lists recently awarded "featured" status

Pictures recently awarded "featured" status

P-51 Mustang (November 30)
B-25 Mitchell production (December 3)
Carta Marina (December 3)
Australian Pelican (December 3)
Fred Meyer supermarket shelves (December 4)
Vernier caliper (December 4)
Internet map (December 8)
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde (December 8)
Strabismus surgery (December 8)

Portals recently awarded "featured" status

[edit] Collaborations by topic

Africa (Swahili literature)
Anime and manga (Kunio Okawara)
Article Creation and Improvement Drive (Cactus)
Australia (Torres Strait Islanders)
Bedfordshire (South Bedfordshire)
Canada (Toronto)
Catholicism (Theology of the Body)
Cetaceans (Cetacea)
Comics (Peanuts)
Computer Science (Computer Security) (inactive)
Dinosaurs - (Diplodocus)
Football (soccer) (Ajax Amsterdam)
Gaming (X-Men vs. Street Fighter)
Good Articles (Photosynthetic reaction centre)
Hinduism (Hinduism)
History of science (Science wars)
India (Sarod)
Indonesia (Indonesian War of Independence)
Judaism (Ghetto mentality)
Medicine (Malaria)
Military history (Battle of Jarama)
Mormon (Family_Home_Evening)
New Zealand (New Zealand literature)
Rugby union (Frank Hadden)
Science (Gene)
Sharks (Great white shark)
Spanish Translation (Threshing-board)
United States (North Carolina)
United States Congress (Mel Hancock, Missouri's 7th congressional district, Establish boilerplate for congressional district articles)

[edit] Things to do

Respond to a request for comment.
Can you draw or take pictures? Make a requested image.
Peer review or assess some articles.
Offer your thoughts and ideas on proposed policies.
Can you use GIS tools? Help make requested maps.
Can you speak another language? There are articles that need translation into English.
Would you like to respond to more requests?
Comment on the wisdom of new bot proposals.
Can you code? Code a useful bot or update an offline report.
Proofread a finished translation.
Become a Wikipedia tipster

Or...

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Here are some tasks you can do:

Wikify: Banshee (Warcraft), James Glenn Henderson, Samuel Watson, Coefficient of utilization, Miles and Misra method, Backlog...
Cleanup: Wild Jimmy Spruill, Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad, Politics of Manchukuo, Backlog...
Stubs: Sportscaster, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Continental Europe, City of license, Marche, Aube, Brig, More...
Verify: Badr Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Jalawi al-Saud, Mark Falco, Nihilism, Chiminea, Endowment tax, Gerrus, Backlog...
Update: Labour and Social Justice Party, First Battalion, Abdul Razzaq, Liberalisterne, 2005-2006 Thai political crisis, More...
Neutral Point of View (NPOV): Katherine Albrecht, Production car racing, Axis of evil, Outcome-based education, Modern Taiwanese Language, Backlog...
Copyedit: Workflow recovery, Paul Abbott, Vanda Miss Joaquim, Necessary and sufficient conditions, Kildare GAA, Samsun, More...
Merge: Jang Keum-song, Mechagodzilla, Joseph Bismuth, Gain (detergent), Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Backlog...
Style: Royal Doulton, JS Clayden, WKT Sealant, Tannirubhavi Beach, Ash Comic Convention, ENKA Schools, BibliOZ, More...
Expand: Craig Morgan (album), APXS, Dysentery, University of Calgary, Chandpur District, More...
Requests: Magic Edge, Harrod-neutral, Interior solution, Charlse S. Wright, Pasillo, Merengue tipico cibaeno, SVAR, More...
Mediation Cabal: Mitrokhin Archive, false attribution, LaRouche intro, Alan Oakley, Metropolis Magazine, Second Life, More...
Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged

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[edit] Ongoing projects

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