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Selected articles on Portal:F1

Hello again.

I dropped notes round a while back to those who have listed themselves at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One to ask for suggestions for selected articles on portal:Formula One. There was a pretty good response, both in terms of how it might work and of articles suggested. Damon Hill came out with the most support and was brought up to Good Article standard after a lot of work by Skully Collins and others before going on as the F1 portal selected article a couple of weeks ago. It is now at Featured Article Candidates as a Featured Article candidate (why not drop by and see if you can help polish it further?).

Several people who responded to the original request suggested that a monthly or bi-weekly 'Selected Article' could act as a catalyst for an improvement drive to get more articles up to a higher standard. Although it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I started, this seemed to work pretty well for the Damon Hill article, so I've drafted up a process for doing this more regularly. See Portal_talk:Formula_One/Management_of_selected_articles for details. Essentially the suggestion is that we vote for an article to improve every couple of weeks and at the end of the improvement process the article goes on the portal as the new 'Selected Article'. I'd be grateful for any comments on how this might work - I'm sure some of you are more familiar with things 'Wiki' than me - as well as your votes for the next candidate (by 16 July).

You may also want to help with the article Gilles Villeneuve, which was the next most popular after Damon Hill. The idea is to try and get it up to GA standard by 16 July and then put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. I hope you can help! 4u1e 18:12, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Weird WikiProject categories

Please don't create strangely named categories like Category:Pages been edited by WikiProject Blackadder.

The normal structure is:

Thanks. --kingboyk 15:37, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Star Wars newsletter

Project updates
Greetings, Star Wars editors! Deckiller here. It's the first edition of the WikiProject Star Wars newsletter, and yes, it's a semi-ripoff of the Esperenza newsletter. I think it's important to begin with some good news: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Jabba the Hutt have reached featured article status! Kudos to the editors who helped obtain these achievements!

WikiProject Star Wars is also on a mission to improve Star Wars articles using the following ideas:

  • An out of universe perspective versus an in universe perspective (see Wikipedia:Writing about fiction and the future ammendments to our manual of style)
  • Evolving lists into regular articles
  • Moving excess information and specifics to Wookieepedia (and providing links to Wookieepedia per the "see also" and/or "external links" sections)
  • Enhanced communication amongst WikiProject members
  • More to come

These should provide the basic steps needed to improve and "encyclopedia-fy" the Star Wars series of articles.
Things to do
There are plenty of Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars/things to do. An update to the page is coming very soon, and it will represent the new and exciting changes that Star Wars pages will be receiving!
Out-of-universe versus in-universe perspectives
Although details are forthcoming, I would like to take this time to explain the gist of this concept. Wikipedia has generally agreed that fictional articles should write about the topic from a "real world" perspective, focusing on real world issues and topics, with a section or two for plot synopsis and so on. Jabba the Hutt is a solid character example, and Clone Wars (Star Wars) is quickly moving toward an out of universe perspective.
Article evolution

As many of you know, lists of minor Star Wars-related themes are very common on Wikipedia; however, since these may be seen as violations of Wikipedia policy (and having seperate articles would breach even more policies), the tentative solution is to create general articles on a list's topic (for example, turning List of Star Wars devices into Technology of Star Wars, which allows us to cover everything from hyperspace to comlinks in a general encyclopedic fashion). This can be very tough for some broad topics, so the key is organization. I encourage all editors to list their ideas on the WikiProject talk page. It will be a very difficult — but tangible — effort.

For an example, let me point you to the Final Fantasy WikiProject. Some of us over at that WikiProject decided to turn various components of Final Fantasy X, such as Pyreflies, Yevon, and the backstory — into an article describing the world of Spira. Location descriptions were given a List of locations in Spira article, and the details themselves were placed on the Spira (Final Fantasy X) page. This is a decent template to follow — however, we will need to place priority on out-of-universe, "real life" topics and perspectives in realtion to the article.

Sounds confusing, eh? It won't, for examples will be popping up left and right in the near future!
Signed...
— Deckiller 03:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed myself from Dad's Army WikiProject

I've decided to leave the Dad's Army WikiProject. All I've really done was the one template, and that's about it. I've removed myself from the members list. Thanks for you concern. ISD 19:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

That enough?

Just done the profile for Getting The Bird. A funny episode, half remebered. For now I would like to focus on other things, but have done that to stop getting pressured. I prefer character/actor work, if there's any going. I want to feel I'm pulling my weight, but if I carry on with episodes, I'd have to search for another episode I've seen, can remember, that hasn't been done and that has a title I recognise. I would point out I created the pages for John Laurie and James Beck, practically created the page for Arthur Lowe. I will work on the episodes, but in time. Cheers to our very own Captain Manwaring.--Crestville 20:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Plugging away at Dads Army

I've done several episodes already, and will do continue to do more. Sjrsquared 12:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I made The Cricket Match, but in doing so I noticed some of the dates List of Dad's Army radio episodes seems to be wrong (I think). The list says the dates for the Cricket Match were 16 July 1974 for recording and 11 February 1975 for broadcast. However this website has the dates 1st May 1975 for recording, and 27th July 1976 for broadcast. I think you've done most of the work on the list so maybe you check, thanks! Tim! 17:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Unblock request on User_talk:212.219.82.35

Someone claiming to be you posted a request on this page. I've unblocked the IP and reblocked it for use by registered users only, so you should be able to edit from there now provided you login. --pgk(talk) 17:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Naughty

Naughty Edward, editing in core tech. --Jawr256 11:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but I've finished DiDA and have nothing to do --Jawr256 11:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Dad's Army radio episodes

I think that you should but the station on which the radio episodes were transmitted on their respective pages --Jawr256 11:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Box

Glad you liked it :) I thought about adding occupation to it as well: Mainwaring - bank manager, Jones - grocer, Frazer - funeral director etc. ? Tim! 21:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia: WikiProject Fawlty Towers

Hello, you signed up for the Fawlty Towers wikiproject, and it is up and running (only just) - may need a hand to start with because I'm not too familiar with wikiprojects, (stubs and templates in particular). Hope you are satisfied join me and improve the standard of articles related to unarguably one of the most influencial television programmes of all time! Regards! Foxearth 11:00, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:Dadsarmy question

Hi, I was just wondering why you have removed the template from Things That Go Bump in the Night - I have put the template on every episode pages to aid navigation around the articles without going back to the main Dad's Army page each time. Bob 17:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello again, no problem about that. It's certainly coming together now, this project - I hope you don't mind my suggestion about the radio episodes. Bob 19:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes - I think I replied on there. As for DVD/Audio, it would certainly be useful to have a list of DVD and Audio releases available on the main page, but probably not as a separate page. After all, featured article requirements ask for a list if possible, so perhaps that could be it. I'm of the same opinion for the missing episodes - after all, their plots can be expanded on the individual episode pages, and we do not want to remove too much text from the main page if we intend it to be featured. After all, there are a lot of missing Doctor Who episodes, but only a few Dad's Army episodes. Bob 20:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I haven't heard many of those, so I'm probably not the man to expand it - I caught a few on BBC7 a while back, but I can't remember that much about them, now. Bob 20:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Meuserpage

What was the edit you did on me user page?--Crestville 11:50, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok then, ta--Crestville 22:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Deleted templates

Template:User archie, Template:User WPHitchhikers, Template:User WPBlackadder These templates have been deleted, as requested.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  12:44, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Blackadder

Hi, well I'm a big fan of Blackadder, but to be honest I'm not sure how much I can contribute that has not already been said - I don't have any reference books on it, for example. The other thing was that there is so much already out there, it seemed a bit daunting to try and sort it all out. However, I suppose I could write a few episode entries. I'll perhaps rejoin if you like - I'm not as busy as I was when I crossed myself out. Bob 19:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Username Edit

Can you change all references to my username, as I have changed from Jwm2004 to BlackRicoh

--BlackRicoh 18:23, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

A Jumbo Sized Problem

Hello, I think that could work quite well - I must admit I haven't heard the radio equivalent of that episode, although, as you point out, it sounds as if there is a big difference. Therefore, it will be quite interesting to compare the TV version to the radio version when the full plots are written. Perhaps the link to A Jumbo Sized Problem could then link directly to that section on the list of radio episode article. Bob / Talk 22:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message about The Cricket Match/The Test. I made it into a redirect rather than deleting it though. Tim! 16:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

The cross-space redirect to Wikipedia:Userboxes was deleted via WP:RFD and deletion was confirmed via WP:DRV. Please do not recreate it. Thank you, Kusma (討論) 11:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

To do list

Hello, um, did you mean to delete the "to do" list from the Dad's Army project page? Bob talk 20:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Aha, I see what you've done now. As you were, lol Bob talk 20:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

A Desperate Drive, and other thing

Hello again, with regards to the layout, it's not too bad, although in some ways I feel the TV episode is better having the priority, with the radio episode being a subheading. That said, I don't mind either way. As for the other thing, yes I would be quite happy to help, although I'm not that bothered about having a 'position' - "admin" might be confusing, so perhaps something like "WikiProject sub-coordinator" would be better. Thanks. Bob talk 11:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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Star Wars WikiProject Roll call

Hello!

Thank you for contributions. You have signed as a member of the Star Wars WikiProject there is a Roll Call going on currently at the Star Wars WikiProject talk page. Please sign if you still want to help out.

Again, Thank you for your help!--Team6and7 01:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Disused railway lines

Hi, when you add new disused station articles for disused lines in England can you please add more details than just the name and a few words. I've just been through the entries you've created for the Eryholme-Richmond branch line and added much more details beyond that they were stations in Yorkshire such as saying where they served, for which the village articles exist. Even just saying that there were stations and not are stations would be better as they are listed as part of a disused line and are obviously no longer railway stations. Plus where did you get the info as your asumed layout of the branch is wrong? --Achmelvic 23:20, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, same comments as above really for the Bala Ffestiniog Line, I have just corrected the order of stations on the line and amended a lot of present tense references to past tense since the line closed 45 years ago. Counterlanguage 00:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject query

Hello, I am cleaning up old proposals at the list of WikiProject proposals and I am wondering if you are going to create the BBC sitcom project? I would like to archive your proposal since it has been several months. --Aguerriero (talk) 15:19, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Dad's Army episodes

Hi, did you mean to remove the plot summaries from the first series of the List of Dad's Army episodes? I must admit I think it's better how it was - the short summary is useful in distinguishing what the episode is about, and then a viewer can read further by clicking the link. Bob talk 13:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hitchhiker's userbox

Hi. your page is really great. however, i've been trying to add a Hitchhiker's user box, using the code as it appears on the project page. It doesn't seem to be working. i put all my user at the bottom of my talk page, by the way. Could you please help? i really appreciate it. thanks. --Sm8900 22:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

never mind, got it. didn't realize I should retain your username in the code. it's fine now. thanks. --Sm8900 22:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

BBC-sitcoms-stub

Hi - it has come to our notice that you have recently created a new stub type. As it clearly states at WP:STUB, at the top of most stub categories, on the template page for new Wikiprojects and in many other places on Wikipedia, new stub types should be proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and whether better use could be made of a WikiProject-specific talk page template.

In the case of your new stub type, it is already covered by existing stub types, it is not named according to stub naming guidelines, it does not the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and your WikiProject would be far better served byf a WikiProject-specific talk page template. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any reason why this stub type should not be proposed for deletion at WP:SFD. And please, in future, propose new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 23:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)