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[edit] When articles have been reviewed

Should reviewed articles be actually removed from the list or merely marked with strikethrough? I've been removing the ones I do, but I see that Neutrality and ke4roh have both been using strikethrough. It seems more logical, to me, to completely remove reviewed articles. 81.168.80.170 16:38, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

First a strikethrough, then after a week or so they ought to be moved to a subpage with a "done" list.--GeneralPatton 19:23, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

From a theoretical standpoint, the review process seems broken because there's nothing that really indicates an article actually has been reviewed. If there was a 'to be reviewed page/list' to which a captioned article is moved when a new caption is written, and then the article link was struck through on that page/list once it was reviewed, then there'd be a guarentee that at least one person had actually looked at the new caption. As it is now a new caption sits around with it's link struckout on the list and then gets archived after a week whether or not anybody actaully reviews the caption. At least that's how I read the instructions. Now, whether or not review is actually needed is a different question. --Kop 23:30, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Standard image types

Moved to Wikipedia:Captions#special situations

[edit] When a caption isn't appriopriate

On the Battle of Aljubarrota page there is a large battle plan. Would be best way to deal with this be to remove it from this page and leave it in the article only as a link to the image page and to write a full description on the image page? I feel it will be impossible to gain any meaning from a thumbnail sized image. I will also post this suggestion on the article discussion, but thought it worth asking here too.

That one may be best without a caption. What else is there to say besides "This is the battle plan - which you can read about in the article?" See also Wikipedia_talk:Captions#Standard image types -- ke4roh 18:55, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Similarly, the one image on the ISO 8859 page is a symbol table which is discussed in the text. Is a caption worthwhile in this case? I don't think it would add much. AdamH 15:35, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Already captioned article

The article MKULTRA has a good image caption, which i gather was added after the article was added to this list, by someone not in this project. In such a case, should I just strikethrough the article on the list and say "done" in the editing comment? Deepak 17:19, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I think so. AdamH 15:39, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] New to Writing Captions

I've read through Wikipedia:Captions, but I'm new to Wikipedia. Is it okay if I just jump in and update the captions on a topic I'm familiar with (Tokyo—I lived there from 2001–2002) or should I get more official approval from someone in the Writing Captions project? --Che Fox 17:44, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

  • I didn't see any responses, so I think I'll just pitch in. --Che Fox 7:48, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hello Che Fox, it's great to have you join. As long as you've read the guidelines for a good caption and gone through the showcase examples, you're fine. You dont have to restrict yourself to topics you're familiar with. Sometimes a quick read of the article and a dash of google, gives you enough material for the caption. Deepak 16:46, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Thanks Deepak. I've revamped the captions for Tokyo. Comments appreciated! --Che Fox 06:55, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
   Wow. Great work there on Tokyo. Im going to be submitting it for Featured article status. Deepak 13:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 14:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)