Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/Newsletter/June 2008

Canadian Rivers Day

• Canadian Rivers Day occurs on the second Sunday of June, this year, June 8, 2008. Please help commemorate this special day by expanding existing SK river articles or creating Sk river articles which do not yet exist!

Father's Day

• Help to celebrate Father's Day, June 15, 2008, by writing a biography about someone's father. Some men who are listed at Sk Requests are...Members of parliament, Members of the Legislative Assembly, Speakers or Senators. Here is a conversation in regards to standardization of MLAs and MPs. Please feel free to add to this listing at requests

Summer Solstice

• In 2008, the solstice occurs and summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 at 7:59 p.m. EDT or 6:59 p.m. CST. Help celebrate summer in Saskatchewan by taking pictures of various communities in Saskatchewan as things are greening up and submitting them to wikicommons with the proper Saskatchewan category.

National Aboriginal Awareness Day

• June 21 is National Aboriginal Awareness Day in Canada. In order to celebrate, honour and acknowledge the culture, heritage and achievements of Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan, please create the needed articles at Indian reserves in Saskatchewan.

July 1 Canada Day

• Help to celebrate Canada day in Saskatchewan by completing a National Historic Site in Saskatchewan article!

For those elementary schools which cannot stand alone due to notability, The information about current schools can be written up in the locality in the manner prescribed by WP Education in Canada. The school article title would then have a redirect to the locality such as Saskatoon Public School Division.

What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot at Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles. Come welcome to members to wikipedia, send an invite to join Saskatchewan wikiproject, and help rate new articles by added the Saskatchewan banner to the talk pages.

• The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 32 members.
• The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 11 members.
• The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members.

Saskatchewan Assessment

• Please help to rate Unassessed Saskatchewan articles. Table showing progress form the end of May 2008 compared to April 2008.

Saskatchewan articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		1	1	2		4 was 5
	FL			3	1		4 was 5
	GA		1	2	4		7 was 6
	B	2	23	27	42		94 was 89
	Start	1	17	140	373	6	537 was 505
	Stub		4	504	1032	10	1550 was 1503
	List			17	11		28 was 27
	Assessed	3	46	694	1465	16	2224
	Unassessed					8	8 was 0
	Total	3 was 2	46 was 40	694 was 652	1465 was 1444	24	2232 was 2138

WikiProject Sports facilities

• Gwguffey (talk) writes:

  I am attempting to revive WP:WikiProject Sports facilities... I want to invite you stop back by the project and participate in getting things going, again.

Barnstar Contest

• Would you like to receive or present a barnstar to someone? Enter a challenge or task for Saskatchewan at the Award Center. View this page as an awarder and/or an awardee.
• Check out the Sk Hwys Contest and win awards!

Infobox settlement vs infobox neighborhood

• TfD nomination of Template:Infobox neighborhood Infobox settlement vs infobox neighborhood Template:Infobox neighborhood has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. from Template talk:Infobox neighborhood

Welcome to summer, and WikiProject Saskatchewan!!:

• This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's thirteenth full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. Archives: Volume 2, Issue 5, May 2008, Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2008,Volume 2, Issue 3, March 2008, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2008, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2008 Volume 1, Issue 7, December 2007, Volume 1, Issue 6, November 2007, Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2007, Volume 1, Issue 4, September 2007, Volume 1, Issue 3, August 2007 Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2007Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2007

• Add to WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008

• This is your newsletter and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips here on the talk page for current issues and/or on the Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter edition - Volume 2, Issue 7, July 2008.

• If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

• Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

Wikipedia talk WP SK :

• Creativity Help - Does anyone feel creative and wish to replace the Saskatchewan emblem which was on the Wikiproject user box template with another image?
• For more new updates of new items happening amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK

Saskatchewan Roads and Highways To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right. See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page Communities & Neighbourhoods

Signed..Mr. C.C. 08:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC).

• #M@sk (talk · contribs) and Bohunk8283 (talk · contribs) have each been creating a plethora of new article on wikipedia in relation to Saskatchewan. M@sk has been filling in some requested articles and gaps in existing templates which is much needed. Bohunk828 has been creating a wide variety of Saskatchewan articles. A thank you and Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight goes out to both of you at this time.
• Creativity Help - Does anyone feel creative and wish to replace the Saskatchewan emblem on the spotlight award with another image?
• Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.

• The winner/s of the Wikiproject Saskatchewan Trivia contest - Trivia Question #2- will be announced in the next newsletter. To win this months trivia barnstar submit your answer to -Trivia Question #2- before the end of June. The answer to Trivia Question #2 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008 newsletter.

• Trivia Question #1: Gillies, District of Saskatchewan, North West Territories established in 1903, is now known as which community of Saskatchewan?

Answer Trivia Quesion #1: Blaine Lake, Sasaktchewan. (From May Newsletter )

• Trivia Question #2: Bonnington, Assiniboia, North West Territories is now known as which community of Saskatchewan?

• Trivia Question #3: Does anyone wish to submit the third trivia question to Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008.

		? SK Trivia Award ?
		The correct editor/s will receive this award on their user page, as well as an announcement in the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008 newsletter !!!

Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on WikiProject Saskatchewan Subscribers

There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the New articles section to keep updated.

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