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Newsletter

The main goal of The Inside Corner is to highlight some of the best work by WikiProject Baseball, and thus attract editors to help out with editing baseball articles. Along the way we hope to have some fun!

If you would like to encourage a new editor to contribute to baseball-related articles, consider writing an invitation on their talk page to help out, while including a hand-delivered summary of the latest issue of The Inside Corner (see the bottom of the newsletter for instructions).

Next issue

Volume 3, issue 3: no date scheduled (on hiatus)

To all contributors:

  • If you are writing something that fits under the existing headings of the draft newsletter: please go ahead and update the draft page.
  • If you have something else in mind: please add a link to your proposed content under #Works in progress. (Note "7th inning stretch" is not a regular part of the newsletter as it is a catch-all category, so any content proposed for this area should be placed under the "Works in progress" section on this page.)

Contributors

If you would like to help out with future newsletters, please signup below and place this page (the newsletter desk) on your watchlist. If you have a specific area you plan to work on, please sign up under #Sections.

Sections

= Baseball news (Around the horn) =

A roundup of news and upcoming events in the baseball world.

Contributors:

  • ... sign up here ...

= Project news and updates =

A summary of WikiProject Baseball news, including the project talk page, and updates on various tasks underway.

Contributors:

  • Summary of WT:BASEBALL: ... sign up here ...
  • ... indicate area (e.g. task force) ... : ... sign up here ...

= Showcase =

A showcase of the best content within the scope of WikiProject Baseball.

Queue for showcase articles and images: holding area for the showcase items

To help avoid duplication: Items that have already been showcased

Contributors:

  • Articles to showcase: Seattle (talk) 02:18, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
  • Image to showcase: ... sign up here ...

Note a fair-use rationale for an image cannot be used to display an image in the newsletter. Only public domain images or images licensed for use with terms compatible with Wikipedia's license can be shown within the newsletter.

= Editor spotlight =

  • Interviewer: ... sign up here ...
  • Future subjects: to be determined

= Opinion =

Opinion pieces related to baseball.

Contributors:

  • Predictions:
  • A day at the ballpark:

= Miscellaneous (7th inning stretch) =

Items not fitting under the other sections.

Contributors:

Works in progress

Holding area for links to any work in progress.

Templates

Templates used by the various methods to subscribe to the newsletter:

Stats

Volume 2, issue 5: 84 views from July 27–August 31, 2014

  • issue-specific page: 48 — 25 in July; 23 in August; 19 on July 27, no other day exceeding 4 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201407/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_05 July], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201408/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_05 August])
  • current issue number page: 5 — 2 in July; 3 in August (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201407/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number July], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201408/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number August])
  • current newsletter page: 37 — 6 in July; 31 in August; no day exceeding 5 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201407/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter July], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201408/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter August])

Volume 2, issue 6: 90 views from September 2–27

  • issue-specific page: 43 views from September 2–30; 33 views on September 1 (includes copy-editing); no other day exceeding 6 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_06 September])
  • current issue number page: 10 views from September 1–27; 6 views on September 1 (probably 1 related to copy-editing) (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number September])
  • current newsletter page: 37 views from September 1–27; 1 view on September 1 (probably related to copy-editing); 8 views on September 3; 7 views on September 23 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter September])

Volume 2, issue 7: 64 views from September 29–October 31

  • issue-specific page: 31 views from September 29–October 31; 6 views from September 29–30; 38 views on September 28 (includes copy-editing); 25 views in October (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_07 September], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201410/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_07 October])
  • current issue number page: 12 views from September 29–October 31; 5 views in September, all on September 28 (probably 1 related to copy-editing); 7 views in October (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number September], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201410/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number October])
  • current newsletter page: 21 views from September 29–October 31; 3 views in September (probably 1 related to copy-editing); 18 views in October (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201409/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter September], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201410/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter October])

Volume 2, issue 8: 63 views from November 4–27

  • issue-specific page: 35 views from November 4–27; 18 views on November 3 (includes copy-editing); 18 views (!) on November 16 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201411/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume_02_issue_08 November])
  • current issue number page: 6 views from November 4–27 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201411/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Current_issue_number November])
  • current newsletter page: 22 views from November 4–27 (from stats.grok.se: [http://stats.grok.se/en/201411/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter November])

(note: stats for the following dates are skewed by views related to copy-editing: September 1, 2014; September 28, 2014)

Administrative procedures

= Starting a new issue =

  • Create a new page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume xx issue yy
  • Place the following content on the page: {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter template|volume=xx|issue=yy|date=Month zz, wwww}}
  • Note the volume and issue arguments should be two digits, padded with a leading zero if necessary.
  • Update #Next issue so it points to the issue in progress.
  • Review the contributors in #Sections and send them reminders if necessary to submit their contributions.
  • Solicit new contributors on the WikiProject Baseball discussion page.

= Publishing a newsletter =

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