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Volume 4, Issue 23 — 2008-06-02

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A proposal to rename all of the lists of basic topics to something more representative and professional is under discussion at the Village Pump. This will affect hundreds of pages (see the rest here).
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[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 Collaboration and Improvement Drive

The Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive works on an article that needs a lot of help to reach featured-article standard. The subject of this week's article improvement drive is Aang:

A picture of Aang and Momo

Aang is a fictional character and the main protagonist for Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. He is voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen.

Twelve-year-old Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple, and is a supercentenarian at the incarnation age of 112.^[1] He is the current incarnation of the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form. Aang, as the Avatar, controls the elements and is tasked with keeping the Four Nations at peace.

Aang is the series' reluctant hero and comic, spending a century in suspended animation before joining new friends Katara and Sokka on a quest to master the elements and save their world from the war-hungry imperialist Fire Nation.

You can still help with last week's article, World War I, or help pick next week's article.

Volume 4, Issue 23 — 2008-06-02

Board elections open

WikiWorld: "Facial Hair"

Wikipedia in the News

Dispatches: Style guide and policy changes

Features and admins

Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

The Report on Lengthy Litigation

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

[edit] New featured content

Articles	Pictures	Lists
PowerBook 100 Benjamin Franklin Tilley Thoroughbred Calgary Hitmen Nimrod Expedition Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Common Treecreeper White-winged Fairy-wren Madman Muntz "Baby Boy" (song)	Topological knots Hoodoos in Pink Cliffs Trial by Jury Sadhu man Mount Everest Paper wasp Leucanthemum paludosum Formation of F-4 Phantom II jets Pelopidas mathias Rhagio scolopaceus	List of Nine Inch Nails tours Faith No More discography List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex List of schools in Northland, New Zealand List of Buffalo Sabres head coaches List of New York Jets head coaches List of highways in Warren County, New York List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands The Strokes discography Boston Red Sox seasons

Portals

Sounds (media help)

Topics

Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Kimi ga Yo 1930

[edit] Collaborations by topic

Alternative music (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
Anglicanism (Essays and Reviews)
Australia (Murrumbidgee River)
Biography (Ali)
Birds (Cockatiel)
Chicago (List of Chicago Landmarks update)
Dinosaurs (Herrerasaurus)
Education in Australia (Corpus Christi College, Perth)
European History (Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights)
History (List of history topics)
India (Air India)
History of science (Louis Pasteur)
Homeschooling (Tim Tebow)
LGBT studies (LGBT symbols)
Lutheranism (Augsburg Confession )
Malaysia (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party)
Mammals (Primate)
Mathematics (Group (mathematics))
Medicine (Physiotherapy)
Novels (Cities in Flight)
Oregon (PSU stuff & Applegate Trail)
Rugby union (Rugby union)
Science (Carbon)
Spanish Translation (Joaquín Torres García)

[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

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Here are some tasks you can do:

Wikify: Don Angell, Sergio Berlioz, Gene Clark, Maravilla, Alhamiri, Backlog...
Cleanup: Tourism in the United States, List of music prodigies, Harry T. Burn, 1990 in association football, Software quality, Purwokerto, Backlog...
Stubs: 1928 in radio, Capitalist Roader, Cable box (outside), CEVNI, Ajeeb, Academic institution, 112, More...
Verify: Language demographics of Quebec, Pirates in popular culture, Angel, Backlog...
Update: British Columbia Highway 99A, Australian Senate, Ansari X Prize, BBC One, Bright House Networks, More...
Neutrality: E. Lee Spence, History of Latinos and Hispanics in the United States, Cod, Jack Dann, Liang-Jie Zhang, Backlog...
Copyedit: Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, OC Transpo Route 95, Naidu, Sorcerer Hunters, Gienger, More...
Merge: Mendez Middle School, Elgin tablets, Institute of Scientific Instrumentation, Backlog...
Style: Evolution of belief, CD-R, Gladiators (British TV show), Mercer County Park, Henry V (play), More...
Expand: Bone Against Steel, Jed Buchwald, 1593 in music, Dan Balz, 1962 NFL Draft, The Artist at Work, 1975 Minnesota Twins season, 4G, Michael Curry, More...
Requests: Interim efficient, Internal knowledge spillover, Linear pricing schedule, Market power theory of advertising, Metaproduction function, More...
Articles to be split: A Separate Peace, AMV (TV station), Abu Suhail an-Nafi, Adam's Bridge, Afro-Mexican, More...
Mediation Cabal: help mediate an open case!
Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged

Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it's probably listed at Wikipedia:Maintenance.

[edit] Help: news and information

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[edit] News departments

Wikipedia in the media · Village pump (for news or updates that need discussion) · Announcements · Press releases · Stats · Milestones · Regional notice boards

[edit] Public watchlist

[edit] Surveys

[edit] Ongoing projects

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
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