Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/02-18-2007

Welcome to inaugural edition of the Wine Project Newsletter! Feedback is always welcome. Please consider dropping a comment on the Newsletter talk page to let us know how we improve future editions.

In this edition:

[edit] News & Notes

• Wine Project Article Assessment guide kicks into gear

As of Feb 18th, the Wine Project has 801 articles tagged and 70 of them assessed. On the Wine Project main page, nominations are being taken on which articles should be deemed of Top Level Importance for the project. These would be the articles that, as a project, we would like to make a priority to dedicate our editors and resources towards improving. Any wine related article can be nominated for consideration. Just include the article in the list on the main page. If 5 Wine Project members endorse it, then it will be elevated and noted on the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Top Level Importance.

• New Essay Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a wine guide aims to develop POV and Notability guidelines for wine related articles

This essay, first created on Jan 30th, 2007, is still in its infancy and all Wine Project members are encouraged to give their input. The aim of the essay is to define guidelines that deal with wine related articles and the particular application of Wikipedia's WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:RS and WP:V policies. This includes topics like including notable vintages and tasting notes. The essay also delves into Notability of wineries and references the guideline WP:CORP.

• Wine related Requested Move on the Judgment of Paris

There is a discussion going on the Talk:Judgment of Paris (disambiguation) page about moving the page to the spot filled by the redirect Judgment of Paris.

• Wine related AfD on Goosecross Cellars

In an early application of winery notability in WP:WINEGUIDE, Goosecross Cellars was put up for AfD as being a non-notable winery.

[edit] Wine Sub-projects

Feel free to list your sub-project and an update on Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Sub-projects

[edit] Bordeaux Sub-project

• Call for Bordeaux label images

Château Haut-Batailley 2000

Hello all. I'm working towards standardizing the pages for the 61 Medoc Châteaux in the 1855 Crus Classés list.

Some pages currently have little content (recently created) while others are much more developed. My immediate sub-sub-project is to get an image of the grand vin label onto each page and am calling for help doing so. If you have a label you can provide please upload!!

Preferably, the label should be flat. The placement (for now) should be as follows

(wikilink)Image:HAUTBAT.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Château Haut-Batailley 2000(/wikilink)

See Château Haut-Batailley for an example.

At some point we may want an infobox for each page, but getting labels there now is a good start. Again, if anyone has an available image please upload and insert to the relevant page. Ask me if you need assistance or have other questions. Thanks! Steve.Moulding 15:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki-Winos - User:Charleenmerced

What got you first interested in wine?

• I loved drinking wine at special dinners when I was a kid. I really enjoyed it and started drinking wine and reading about wine.

What brought you to Wikipedia?

• Whenever I did a search I always found Wikipedia very helpful. So, I started fixing typos and I soon found myself creating new articles. It's kind of an addiction now.

What type of wine articles do you enjoy editing?

• I haven't started but will soon.

What non-wine related activities do you also enjoy on Wikipedia?

• Editing TV and Literature articles.

What is your favorite wine? Least favorite wine?

• Fave: Cabernet or Carmenère for red and Sauvignon Blanc for white; least fave Merlot and Chardonnay

What is the most under appreciated wine, in your opinion?

• Carmenère

Be sure to hide the ice cube tray when Charleenmerced is visiting :)

Have you ever had a "Wine snobbish" moment? If so, tell us about it.

• My own - when a friend was about to add ice to her wine I nearly screamed bloody murder and proceeded to tell her that she must never add ice to wine. Also, when people serve red wine chilled.

What area of the wine project would you like more editors to focus on? '

• Carmenère

Charleenmerced 17:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced

[edit] Wine Improvement Drive - Carmenère

In honor of this week's Wiki Winos, we will share some love on the under appreciated grape Carmenère whose article is essentially a stub. In the next two weeks, lets work on improving this article up to GA quality. Some major needs include images like the grape or a glass of the wine.

[edit] Grab a bottle

Sometime during the next two weeks, Wine Project members are encouraged to grab a bottle of Carmenère to enjoy and share your thoughts about it on the talk page of this edition of the newsletter. This will also present the perfect opportunity to take a picture of this wine in the glass for use in the article. If we have several photos submitted, we will take a vote among project members for which one is the best. Be sure to properly license and tag any photos that you upload with {{GFDL-no-disclaimers}} .