Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics/Outreach

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Here are some tasks you can do: Update: Begin tagging and assessing all related robotics articles with project banner, located on the Template page. Infobox: Make Infoboxes for Robotics articles which need robotics standards

The outreach department of WikiProject Robotics is a centralized work area for project recruitment and member interaction efforts. The new programs currently underway are a monthly project newsletter and a welcoming message for new members of the project; further ideas are always welcome, of course!

Contents 1 An open letter to our new members 2 Newsletter 2.1 Current issue 2.2 Archives 2.3 Delivery options 2.3.1 Full contents 2.3.2 No delivery 2.3.3 Non-members 2.4 Instructions 3 Inviting new members 4 Invite to WP:ROBO 5 Welcoming new members 6 Project advertisements

[edit] An open letter to our new members

If you would like to write articles on robotics, please join us by adding your username to our Participants page. If English is not your native language, you might prefer to work on articles with us at the Simple English Wikipedia. Robotics is a difficult subject, but you don't have to be a genius and you don't need to know much about Wikipedia. You do need to read the pages WP:V and WP:OR, in order to understand what kinds of newspaper articles and other sources you'll need to support your point. Admins have suggested that you probably want at least two good sources before you start a new robotics article...and don't be disappointed if they delete your article even if you do have sources that you think are good, just tell us about it, and we'll try to fix the problem. It's also very important not to write about anything that would help you or people you know if it got published in Wikipedia...so don't write about the robot you created, or your school's robotics team and how great they are, or work your grandfather did in robotics. But it's completely alright to leave a message for us, or leave a message on the discussion (talk) page of an article, telling us where to find your information, or inviting someone else to write the article because of your conflict of interest. Even if you don't have a direct connection to what you want to write about, it's important to maintain a Neutral point of view, as best you can.

There are many experienced editors involved in this project, and we will be happy to answer any questions you have and help you write your articles. And it's worth the trouble: Wikipedia is the top .org site in the world by number of hits, and the number one site in the world in credibility and goodwill. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 21:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Note to people I referred to this page: I am no longer involved with WikiProject Robotics. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 18:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Newsletter

This newsletter was created in February 2008 and is based on the WikiProject Universities newsletter. Each issue will be published twice a month summarizing the happenings in the past two weeks. Feel free to help with the process!

[edit] Current issue

The WikiProject Robotics Newsletter Issue I (February 2008) This newsletter is not complete. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!
Project news Project now covers 400 articles on Wikipedia and is continuingly growing in coverage and in members		Articles of note New Featured articles: None — Make an article featured! New Good articles: None — Nominate a good article!
Current proposals and discussions A new assessment protocol Peer Review committee that is separate from the Article Assessment committee.
Awards and honors Not Applicable — at least not yet. A new barnstar is in the process of being created.
The current Robotics Collaborations of the Fortnight are: Editor Nominated Topic Robotics B-Class Improvement Drive FIRST Robotics Start/Stub Improvement Drive Home automation Every fortnight three robotics-related topics, stubs, or red linked articles are chosen for you to improve. Be bold! This COTF is organized by WikiProject Robotics. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.) This WP:ROBO/COTF is effective: Feb 29, 2008 ~ Mar 13, 2008.		Things to do Gain consensus for article guidelines Continue upkeep of Robotics Portal Assign a class to unassessed articles Place {{WikiProject Robotics}} on every related talk page.
To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here.

[edit] Archives

[edit] Delivery options

By default, we will provide a link to the current issue of the newsletter on your talk page when it comes out. If you would prefer, you may choose to have the contents delivered to you directly (in other words, to have the full newsletter added to your talk page), or to not receive the newsletter in any form.

If you are not a member of the project but would like a copy of the newsletter, for whatever reason, you may add you name here as well.

[edit] Full contents

[edit] No delivery

[edit] Non-members

[edit] Instructions

Link-only delivery

{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics/Outreach/Newsletter link|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} —~~~~

Full content delivery

{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics/Outreach/Newsletter {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} —~~~~

[edit] Inviting new members

To invite members who actively contribute to robotics articles (note: please do not spam), paste: {{subst:Invite User WikiProject Robotics}} along with your signature.

Sample Output

[edit] Invite to WP:ROBO

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Robotics, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Robotics. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

[edit] Welcoming new members

To welcome new members using this message, paste: {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics/Outreach/Welcome|—~~~~}}

[edit] Project advertisements

Paste [[Image:Wikiprojectrobotics.png]] to use this banner

Our ad is now in the Wikipedia Ads circulation. Help promote WikiProject Robotics by displaying this image on your userpage, or to place Wikipedia Ads to your user page, you may add {{wikipedia ads}}.

• Display only certain ads: Here's the script to only display certain ads (so you can have people see our Robotics ad more often (or just only display this ad only). Note: WikiProject:Robotics Ad is #116.

{{Wikipedia ads|ad={{#switch:{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 12}} <!-- mod 12 is the number of ads total-->
|0=24  <!--Change the the ad number of your choice here.  Remember, -->
|1=45  <!--this is an array, so the count starts with 0, and ends   -->
|2=73  <!--with one number lower than the total number of ads.  :-) -->
|3=77 |4=86 |5=94 |6=104 |7=106 |8=116 |9=116 |10=116 |11=116}}}}