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Hello Omghgomg, I've added some comments at the FLC for Carrie Underwood discography. Hope they're useful. Feel free to get in touch with me should you need anything more. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:32, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Hey there. Yes, it's a difficult one when there's a dispute over content, moreover it's arguably worse when it's about presentation as that can be highly subjective. All I can recommend you do right now is to try to get some consensus for what you think the right approach to the article is (I noticed there seemed to be a couple of other editors working on the article) and perhaps speak with User:Drewcifer3000 who seems to be quite experienced with discography articles. Keep the dialogue going with the editor in question, communication is the key. As an admin I can do nothing here until edits either break the WP:3RR or things become heated... sorry! Good luck, let me know if there's anything else I can do. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- I really disagree that you keep changing the formats to fit your style, and don't let others change them since you began to edit. I'm going to hold a vote on format issues on featured list discussion page. again, my main point is on the FORMAT, I won't argue about other charted songs again. for format change, I will include certifications, note under albums, dashes, and the position of the albums on singles and songs (I like left better). again, if you dislike "my way of format", I will continue arguing.
- by Langdon (talk) 23:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)i7114080
- I've set the vote here. Please vote. byLangdon (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)i7114080
[edit] Image source problem with Image:Celine-andrea-pavrotti.jpg
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[edit] Carrie Underwood
If I were you, I'd speak to User:Scorpion0422, he usually closes the FLC's down. Sorry it hasn't worked out for you this time, let me know if you need anything further. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
- You're very welcome, give me a shout when the dust settles and you want to pursue the FLC again! All the best.. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Carrie Underwood (Last Name)
I had thought that Radio and Records and Billboard were one and the same now. Since "Last Name" is at #46 on Radio and Records, I figure that it would be that on Billboard. The only possible way to find out if "Last Name" is at #46 on Billboard is when Billboard publishes its chart on Thursday on the web and that way we will know if it is that chart number in Billboard. Another possibility is that "Last Name" may have been released early for the country charts and possibly the April 7th release date is for adds on Pop, AC, and other formats. BravesFan2006 (User talk:BravesFan2006|talk) 06:42, CDT, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you have the Billboard magazine (the one by subscription) for the chart week of March 29, 2008 at hand? What does it show at #46 on there? Another thing is that on Saturday, CMT puts a news section on what's number one on the Billboard country charts and the debuts that have entered this week. (User talk:BravesFan2006|talk) 07:20, CDT, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Actually, if you take a look at my posts, I was completely against the idea of a vote, and suggested bringing the discussion (not the vote) to a broader venue, such as WPP:MUSIC. Voting usually doesn't accomplish anything, in my experience. Drewcifer (talk) 17:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Corrs FAC
I've gone through the article as you asked, but I'm unusure whether or not it's comprehensive so I've had to oppose. I've left a comment on the FAC. Chwech 16:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 06:07, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 3,647 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 185 unreviewed articles. Out of 237 total nominations, 42 are on hold, and 10 are under review. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!
- GA Sweeps Update
Two members joined the sweeps team this month. They are Jwanders and jackyd101. Jwanders swept Physics sub-category quickly and is now sweeping "Astronomy and astrophysics". Meanwhile, jackyd101 is sweeping "Armies, military units and legal issues".
During February, 66 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 33 were kept as GA, 21 delisted, 17 currently on hold or at GAR, and 1 was exempted as they are now Featured Articles.
- Reviewer of the Month
Blnguyen is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for February, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Blnguyen is from South Australia and has been editing Wikipedia since 2005. He was also the reviewer for the month of December 2007, so this marks the second time that he has been GAN's Top Reviewer for the Month. Congratulations to our GAN Reviewer of the Month for February!
Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include:
- Member News
There are now 185 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 9 new members that joined during the month of February:
- Did You Know...
- ...that the shortest timespan for a GA to be listed and subsequently delisted is 8 minutes? (The article is Project Chanology and currently listed on WP:GAR)
- ...that the current nominations system started on March 10, 2006?
- ...that in May 2006, number of GA surpassed number of FA? This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- One GA Requirement - The Lead Section
In this issue, we will focus on one of the requirements for good articles: a good article article should follow Wikipedia's guideline on lead sections. So what does this guideline say, why does it say what it does, and how can good article reviewers help?
The lead section is particularly important, because for many readers, it is the only part of the article which they will read. For instance, they may have come to the article by following a wikilink in another article simply to obtain a quick overview before they continue reading the original article. They may only read the first paragraph, or even the first sentence. On the other hand, one of the joys of Wikipedia is the way that embodies the endlessly branching tree of knowledge; if a lead is well written, it may encourage even such a reader to read on and learn something new.
This is reflected in the terminology: "lead" is a word taken from journalism, where it recognized that many readers will only read the beginning of a newspaper article, and so it is important to convey the key points first, before going into detail. Note that "lead", in this sense, is pronounced as in "leading question" and is sometimes spelled as "lede" by journalists to distinguish it from lead, the metal, which was once very important in typesetting. Wikipedia supports both spellings.
Wikipedia:Lead section is written with all this in mind, and describes two different roles for the lead: first, it should introduce the topic; second it should summarize the article. This is not always as easy as it seems; indeed, it is almost impossible to write a good lead if the article itself does not cover the topic well. It has a side benefit that an article which satisfies this guideline is probably also broad: if the lead is both a good introduction and a summary, then the article probably covers the main points.
The good article process is often the first place in which an article is judged against this criterion, yet many current good articles may not meet it. A common fault is that the lead is purely an introduction, while the rest of the article contains other information, which should be summarized in the lead, but isn't.
So, how can reviewers help to improve this? One approach is to read the rest of the article, and not the lead, first. Make a note of the significant points discussed in the article. There is usually at least one important issue in each section. Then, go back to the lead and ask the following questions:
- Does the first sentence of the lead define the topic, as described in the article?
- Is the most important information mentioned in the first paragraph?
- Is the lead a suitable length for the article? The lead guideline recommends 2–4 paragraphs depending on the article length, but judgment is more important than counting.
- Are each of the significant topics that you noted mentioned in the lead?
If the answer to each of these questions is "yes", then the article probably meets the guideline. If not, you may be able to fix it yourself by summarizing the article. If you can't, then it suggests that there are not only problems with the lead, but also the rest of the article. That is the beauty of Wikipedia:Lead section.
Finally, there isn't universal agreement on whether the lead should contain inline citations. As long as the material in the lead is developed and cited elsewhere in the article, then inline citation is not required. There are exceptions, the most significant being quotations and controversial material about living persons.
Good luck helping more articles meet this important criterion!
- From the Editors
Well, this is somewhat GA-related but at the same time not totally GA-related. However, I think this is important. Thanks to everyone who supported me at my 2nd RfA. It passed unanimously at 79 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral. As many are impressed by my work in Good Articles processes, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone giving me a very enjoyable time at GA. There are 2 people that I want to explicitly say thank you to. They are Nehrams2020 and Epbr123. They patiently taught me how to do GA reviews properly in summer 2007. I couldn't achieve better without them. Now that I have the mop and the bucket, some of my time will be working on reducing Commons image backlog. Nevertheless, you will still see me once in a while in matters related to GA.
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[edit] Image source problem with Image:TheCorrs-group.jpg
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[edit] Carrie Underwood Last Name
Just dropping you a note to let you know that R&R merged with Billboard in 2006. Therefore, "Last Name" is currently at #46 on both Billboard and Radio & Records. The country chart posted to R&R's website is exactly the same as the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 17:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- Also, keep in mind that Billboard doesn't update until Thursday, while R&R updates on Wednesday. Bravesfan2006 (talk · contribs) and I are getting our info from the R&R chart highlights page, which is here. Every chart position listed on that page is for the R&R chart dated for 3/21, which corresponds exactly to the Billboard chart for 3/29. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:13, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- One more comment: R&R didn't merge into Billboard until after Don't Forget to Remember Me hit #1 on the "old" R&R charts (i.e. the chart that's now called Mediabase). I will change that song's footnote to reflect this. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 05:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's okay. You're not the first user to get the whole R&R/Billboard/Mediabase thing mixed up. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 05:45, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Did not chart"
On second thought I believe you're right about "did not chart". It may be a little confusing but I guess it works. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 00:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Carrie Underwood discography
I'll see what I can do. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- Promoted. Congratulations on your hard work and patience. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 04:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Project News
- There are currently 3,868 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 267 total nominations, 57 are on hold, 13 are under review, and 2 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of March, a total of 92 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 74 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 18 were delisted. There are currently 14 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. Congratulations to Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), who sweeped a whopping 51 articles during the month! Jackyd101 (talk · contribs) also deserves congrats for sweeping a total of 26 articles!
- Reviewer of the Month
Dihydrogen monoxide is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for March, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen monoxide hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, and has been editing Wikipedia since April 6, 2007. He has contributed to 8 Featured articles and is an avid reviewer and contributor to the Good articles program. Other reviewers should check out his Noob's Guide to GA Reviewing. Congratulations to Dihydrogen monoxide!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of March include:
- Member News
There are now 195 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 13 new members that joined during the month of March:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- To delist or not to delist, that is the question
So you’ve found an article that, on the face of it, does not merit its good article status. What next? Especially where there are many glaring issues that need addressing, it’s tempting to just revoke its GA status and remove it from the list, but although we are encouraged as editors to be bold, this approach (known to some as "bold delisting") is not recommended good practice. There are many reasons why a listed article might not meet the assessment criteria—it’s always possible that it never did, and was passed in error, but more likely the criteria have changed or the article quality has degraded since its original assessment. Either way, we should treat its reassessment with no less tact and patience than we would a fresh nomination.
This, in fact, provides a good starting point for the delisting process. Approach the article as though it has been nominated for GA review. Read it and the GA criteria carefully, and provide a full reassessment on the article talk page. Explain where and why the article no longer meets the criteria, and suggest remedies.
Having explained why the article no longer meets current GA criteria, allow its editors time to fix it! In keeping with the above approach, it may help to treat the article as on hold. There is no need to tag it as such, but give editors a reasonable deadline, and consider helping out with the repair work. Bear in mind that more flexibility may be required than for a normal hold—the editors did not request or expect your reassessment and will probably have other projects taking up their time. They may not have worked on the article for months or even years, and at worst the article may have been abandoned and its authors no longer active. As always, communication is the key. It sometimes helps to post messages to relevant WikiProjects (found at the top of the article talk page), or to contact editors directly (this tool is useful for identifying active editors for any given article).
Only once the above process has run its course, and sufficient improvement has not been forthcoming, is it time to think about delisting the article. Communicate your final decision on the article talk page, even if there was no response to your reassessment and hold, and take the time to fill in the various edit summaries on the article talk and GA list pages to ensure the delisting is transparent and trackable. If you have any doubts about your final decision, you can list the article at Good article reassessment or contact one of the GA mentors, who will be happy to advise.
Article reassessment is perhaps the single most controversial function of our WikiProject, and the one with the most potential to upset and alienate editors. Yet it is one of the most necessary too, since without the ability to revoke an article’s status we would be unable to maintain quality within the project. However, if we approach reassessment sensitively and with the goal of improving articles to the point where sanctions are unnecessary, we will ensure that delisting is the last resort, not the first.
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As we near the 4,000 Good Articles milestone, the project continues to grow and to gain respect in the Wikipedia community. Nevertheless, we continue to have a large backlog. If every member of WikiProject Good Articles would review just one article each day during the month of April, the backlog would be eliminated!
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[edit] WikiProject Christianity Newsletter
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Issue IV - April 2008
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[edit] Carrie Underwood
I noticed you edit warring over including "Before He Cheats" in the "Other charted singles" column. Personally, I say leave it out of the "other charted singles", since it went directly from unofficial to official — as opposed to, say, "Every Other Weekend" or "Shiftwork", which charted as an album cut, fell out for a significant amount of time, and then re-entered as a single. Just my opinion. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'm just saying that I think (as you apparently do) that "Before He Cheats" shouldn't be in the "other charted singles" field, because it went seamlessly from being an album cut to a single. If it were a case like Shiftwork, which entered as an album cut, fell out, and then re-entered once it became a single, then I'd say list it separately. I was kind of sleepy when I typed that so maybe my word choice wasn't so hot. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Although the song seemlessly become a single from an album cut, it was still once "other charted songs," and we have to put it into separated column. Whether seemlessly or not, IT WAS STILL AN OTHER CHARTED SONG! So I'll change back no matter what. by Langdon (talk) 01:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)i7114080
- Why don't you file a request for comment on the talk page? That would get the attention of other users and maybe help you settle the dispute. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- Content disputes like this don't call for page protection — furthermore, that would be basically using a page protection to gain an advantage. Even though I agree with your side of the issue, I still think that RFC would be the best way to go here. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WP:Discog
Cool man, good to have you on board! I started putting the project together just a few days ago. It's still got a long way to go until it's totally operational though... Why do you ask? Drewcifer (talk) 06:56, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Just noticed that you have withdrawn your membership from Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity. May we know the reason why ? Is there anything we could do to get you back on board ? - Tinucherian (talk) 11:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC) from WikiProject Christianity
[edit] Discographies
Hey thanks for the message. The Delta Goodrem discography looks really good, nice work :) it deserves to be a FL candidate. Yeah I will help with editing anytime I can. Lillygirl (talk) 06:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] B-sides
You've done a great job but I have an issue with removal of b-sides on the Delta Goodrem discography page.
When people visit Wikipedia discography pages, it is expected that a list of the aritst's b-sides will be there. If you're going to get rid of b-sides, you may as well get rid of the "music video" section to. Remember it was you who originally got rid of the seperate b-sides/unreleased page and merged it into this article because you said it was "part of the discography". Now you've got rid of it all together without consulting other users who put time into creating that section. Either have the b-sides on the discography page, or on a seperate page like they originally were before you merged them. Thankyou.
Peter2012 06.06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Night Before (Life Goes On)
I'm considering speedy redirecting The Night Before (Life Goes On) to Some Hearts, as that's the common procedure for non-notable individual tracks. Mind if I do that and close the AfD? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- But seriously, what is there to merge? There isn't any information that is necessary to the Some Hearts article. σмgнgσмg(talk) 07:30, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- You're right, there really is no content that can easily be merged. Just making it into a redirect would be fine, though, since redirects are cheap. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 16:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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Noble Story (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Wikipedia on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk · contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
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Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article.
There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth.
Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories.
Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Uncategorized good articles is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter.
That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
- Did You Know...
- ...that there are slightly less than twice as many Good Articles as Featured Articles?
- ...that the total number of Good Articles and Featured Articles combined is 6,085?
- ...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses
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Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process.
- From the Editors
There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page.
Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.
- Contributors to this Issue
- Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor)
- OhanaUnited (Article, GA Sweeps and Did You Know correspondent)
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[edit] WikiProject Christianity Newsletter
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The Christianity WikiProject Newsletter!
Issue V - May 2008
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- Article News
- Project News
- Member News
- Our membership continues to expand. It is currently at 223 users. 39 new users have joined the WikiProject in the month of April 2008. Please make them feel welcomed!
Christianity Articles by Quality
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To do list of the Project
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- Requests: Abolition and the churches; Abundant Living Christian Fellowship; African Universal Church; Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America; Alpha and Omega Christian Church and Bible School; Altar Fellowship; Amended Christadelphians; American Board of Missions to the Jews; American Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New York; American Christian Commission; American Missiology Society; American Mission for Opening Churches; American Rescue Workers; Antiochan Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Mexico; Apostolic Faith (Hawaii); Apostolic Faith (Kansas); Apostolic Faith Bible College; Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God; Asbury Bible Churches; Asian-American Protestants; Assemblies of Yahweh (Michigan); Assembly of the Called Out Ones of Yah; Assembly of Yahvah (Alabama); Assembly of Yahvah (Oregon); Associated Brotherhood of Christians; Associated Churches of God; Association of Fundamental Gospel Churches; Association of Independent Methodists; Association of Seventh Day Pentecostal Assemblies; Association of United Baptists (Green River, Kentucky); Banner Herald (Progressive); Baptist Missionary Association; Barefoot Ministries; Beacon Hill Press; Benjamin Fay Mills; Berachah Church; Berean Bible Society; Bethany Bible Church; Bethel Ministerial Association; Bible Holiness Movement; Bible Protestant Church; California Evangelistic Association; Calvary Chapel Church; Calvary Ministries, Inc.; Charles M. Alexander; Christian Holiness Association; Christian Identity Church (currently a redirect); Christian Millenial Church; Christianity and the American Revolution; Christ's Church (Mormon); Christ's Sanctified Holy Church; Church of Antioch (Liberal Catholic); Church of Christ (Holiness); Church of Christian Liberty; Church of Daniel's Band; Church of God Evangelistic Association; Church of God (Jerusalem Acres); Church of God of the Mountain Assembly; Church of God (Sanctified Church); Church of God (Seventh-Day, Salem, West Virginia); Church of God (World Headquarters); Church of Israel; Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly; Church of the Bible Covenant; Church of the Living God (Christian Workers for Fellowship); Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth; Church of the Trinity (Invisible Ministry); Churches of God (Independent Holiness People); Community of the Love of Christ (Evangelical Catholic); Congregational Bible Church; Davis Swing; Defenders of the Faith (page currently is for a Judas Priest album); Deliverance Evangelical Centers; Divine Science Federation International; Edward Scribner Ames; Emmanuel Association; Emmanuel Holiness Church; Emmanuel's Fellowship; Evangelical Friends Alliance; Evangelical Friends Church, Eastern Region; Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church; Evangelical Methodist Church of America; Evangelical Orthodox (Catholic) Church; Federation for Authentic Lutheranism; Federation of St. Thomas Christian Churches; Forked Deer Association (Regular); Frank Nathan Daniel Buckman; Free Church of Berkeley; Free Will Baptist Church of the Pentecostal Faith; Friends United Meeting - Western Yearly Meeting; Full Gospel Minister Association; Fundamental Fellowship; General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church; General Council of the Churches of God; Gospel Assemblies (Sowder); Gospel Mission Corps; Grace and Hope Mission; Grace Gospel Fellowship; Herbert Lockwood Willett; Holiness Christian Church (currently a redirect); Holiness Today; Holy Synod in Resistance; House of Prayer for All People; Hungarian Reformed Church; Independent Assemblies of God International; Independent Christian Churches International; International Evangelism Crusades; International Ministerial Fellowship; James Harvey Garrison; James Martin Gray; Jesus People Church; Johan Conrad Beissel; John William McGarvey; Kehukee (North Carolina) Association (Predesinarian); Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association; Ketocton (North Carolina) Association (Regulars); Last Day Messenger Assemblies; Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States; Liberty Fellowship; Lillenas; Maranatha Christian Churches; Mariavite Old Catholic Church - Province of North America; Megiddo Mission; Metropolitan Church Association; Mid-American Yearly Meeting; Midwest Congregational Christian Church; Miracles Experiences, Inc.; Mission Corp; Missionary Methodist Church; Mount Zion Sanctuary; National Association of Holiness Churches; National Council of Congregational Churches; National Holiness Association; Nazarene Compassionate Ministries; Nazarene Youth Conference; Nazarene Youth International; New Bethel Church of God in Christ; New Order of Glastonbury; North American Old Roman Catholic Church; Ohio Bible Church; Old Catholic Church (Hamel), Congregation of St. Paul; Old Catholic Church in America; Old Holy Catholic Church, Province of North America; Oriental Missionary Society Holiness Conference of North America; Orthodox Church of Canada - Orthodox Church of the New World (USA); Pacific Yearly Meeting; Pan African Orthodox Christian Church; Pentecostal Church of Zion; Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church; Phoenix Institute (Church of Man); Prophetic Bible Conference of 1914; Prophetic Herald Ministry; Renaissance Church of Beauty; Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting; Seventh Day Baptist General Conference; Seventh Day Church of God; Soldiers of the Cross of Christ; Sons Ahman Israel; Sucarnochee River (Mississippi) Association (Black); Sudat School Ministries; Sydney Ahlstrom; Syro-Chaldean Church of North America; Tayu Fellowship; True Church of Christ, Restored (Roberts); Union Association of Regular Baptist Churches; Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ; United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic); United Church of Religious Science (currently a redirect to a list); United Evangelical Churches; Universal Christian Spiritual Faith and Churches for All Nations (National David Spiritual Temple); Universal Industrial Church of the New World Comforter (One World Commune); Universal Peace Mission Movement; Upper Country Line (North Carolina) Association (Predestinarian); Walter Scott (Disciples of Christ); Wesleyan Tabernacle Association; Wesleyan Tabernacle Association of Churches; Youth in Mission;
- Copyedit: All Saints Church, West Dulwich, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary; Blessed Virgin Mary; Christian mysticism in ancient Africa; Fresh Expressions; Nazarene Caravan; Sacraments of Initiation; Soul; The Gift of God;
- Wikify: Nazarene Missionaries;
- Merge: Atonement (governmental view); Christian Church; Christian perfection; Christianity by country; Church; Eucharistic discipline; Oecumene; Open communion; Religions by country; Sinless perfection;
- Verify: Albert Outler; All Saints Church, West Dulwich; Antinomianism; Apocalypticism; Asbury College; Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary; Awesome God; Catholic; Christendom; Christian; Christian counseling; Christian Science; Christian terrorism; Christianity in the Middle East; Christmas Conference (Methodism); Church; Church architecture; Connexion (religion); Darrel R. Falk; Deuteronomic Code;Evangelical Church (ECNA); Fresh Expressions; George Rapp; Georgia District Church of the Nazarene; Gideon B. Williamson; Historical Christianity; Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre; Hyperdispensationalism; Jacob Albright; James Dobson; John Humphrey Noyes; Justification (theology); List of churches in London; List of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in North America; Louis Agassiz; Manchester Higher Openshaw; Mary Baker Eddy; Methodism; Methodist Federation for Social Action; Nazarene Caravan; Nazarene International Education Association; Nazarene Publishing House; Nazarene Theological College, Manchester; O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing; Paradise Community Church; Paul Cunningham; Postdenominationalism; Predestination (Calvinism); Righteous indignation; Sacraments of Initiation; Samaritan Institute; Soul; The Bible in Spain; The Gift of God; Theotokos; William Clowes (Primitive Methodist); The Salvation Army in Manchester; Stone of Scone; William J. Prince; World Day of Prayer;
- Cleanup: Christendom; Christian teaching about the Devil; Christian terrorism; Connexion; Crossley Hospital; Georgia District Church of the Nazarene; Holiness movement; Hyperdispensationalism; Lord's Day; Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia; Primitive Methodism; World Day of Prayer;
- Expand: Apocalypticism; Christianity in the Middle East; Conservative Evangelicalism
- Update: Calvinistic Methodists; Karl Ullmann
- NPOV: Bill Gothard; Christian Hebraist; Christians United for Israel; List of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in North America; Mary Baker Eddy; Nazarene Missionaries; Semi-Arianism
- Other: Stanley Rader; Christian mysticism in ancient Africa; Consecration; NYUK; Phoebe Palmer; Sacrament; Sanctification; Seneca Falls Convention; Thomas Jay Oord; World Day of Prayer; Family Radio; Biblical hermeneutics
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[edit] my twinkle edit
Sorry if my edit on The Corrs article was a bit "rough". It was unsourced info dealing with living persons, so I had to revert it. Now I think i should've hit "rollback normal" so i could type up a justification. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 05:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Good articles newsletter
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- Project News
- There are currently 4,266 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.
- The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 157 unreviewed articles. Out of 215 total nominations, 44 are on hold, 13 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
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- The oldest unreviewed articles are: Choctaw, One Night Stand (2007), Justin Tuck, Tristan Tzara, The Stake Out (Seinfeld episode), Impalement arts, Backlash (2007), Adelaide Rams, and Sam Cowan.
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- The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (31), Sports and recreation (31), Transport (24), Music (13), and Art and architecture (11)
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- The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 4 articles up for re-review.
- GA Sweeps Update
The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of May, a total of 82 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 71 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 11 were delisted. There are currently 15 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions.
We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.
- GAN Reviewer of the Month
Giggy (talk · contribs) (a.k.a. Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs)) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for May, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Giggy had a whopping 45 reviews during the month of May! Congratulations to Giggy (talk · contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month!
Other outstanding reviewers during the month of May include:
Also, with 19 nominations, Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) is the nominator of the month, followed by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with 8 nominations submitted.
- Member News
There are now 216 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 6 new members that joined during the month of April:
This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!
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- New GA Review Process - Review Subpages
In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The {{GA nominee}} template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. [[Talk:Article/GA#]], where '#' is the current number of GA reviews conducted for the article, incremented automatically, starting with 1). The primary reason for this change is to address some concerns made by several Wikipedians that previous GA reviews are not easily accessible in archives, the way that featured article reviews and peer reviews are, since the review is conducted on the article's talkspace, instead of in a subpage of the featured article space or peer review space. The reason we opted to move GA reviews to article talkspace (instead of GA space) is to better maintain the personal relationship between editor(s) and reviewer(s) by keeping reviews done in an area where editors can easily access it. Nonetheless, we still desired to have better archiving and maintenance of past reviews, so that GA ultimately becomes more accountable.
When an article is nominated, the nominator adds the template using a substitution, by adding {{subst:GAN|subtopic=<name of subtopic for article at GAN>}}, as well as lists the article (as usual) at WP:GAN in the appropriate category.
When a reviewer initiates a review of an article, all that needs to be done is to read the template on the article's {{GA nominee}} template on its talk page, and click on the link to start the review. When the reviewer clicks on that link, they will also see some instructions on how to start a review of a GAN. For new reviewers, there's also a link to the Good Article criteria, as well as to the Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles page and the mentors list. Once an article is reviewed, the GA review page should be transcluded onto the main article talk page, by adding {{Talk:Article/GA#}} to the bottom of the talk page. This is to ensure maintain the transparency of the GA process, as well as to make editors of the article in question aware that the review is taking place. When an article is either passed or failed, there's really nothing different to do in the process, although reviewers are encouraged to utilize the {{ArticleHistory}} template, linking to the GA review subpage with the 'action#link' parameter.
- Did You Know...
- ... that there are slightly more than twice as many Good Articles (4,266) as there are Featured Articles?
- ... that Giggy has some really neat and useful tools to assist reviewers in conducting their reviews?
- ... that there are ten experienced reviewers listed on the GA mentors list that can offer assistance or a second opinion in reviewing articles?
- From the Editors
A GA working party has initiated discussion on ways to improve the Good Article project and processes. The goal of the working party is to come up with suggestions for improvement based on recent issues and concerns raised in the past, primarily in the wake of the Great Green Dot Debate of May 2008. The discussion can be found here. Members of the working party include: Dank55 (talk · contribs), Derek.cashman (talk · contribs), EyeSerene (talk · contribs), Giggy (talk · contribs), Gwinva (talk · contribs), LaraLove (talk · contribs), Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), and OhanaUnited (talk · contribs).
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