Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/Newsletter/April 2008

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Obtain this awesome javascript code from this page,(not the edit page ) to help assess articles. It will supply the banner template, allow you to place your default rating in, and show the current rating of the article on the article page if any banners have rated the article. So you are allowed to check out the talk page banner from viewing the article page. Install the following code on your User:YourUserName/monobook.js file page.

see full code for Canada talk page banners on this talk page

For these and other helpful scripts see WikiProject User scripts

100px It is time to award the April Fools barnstar to April Fool pranksters who have made an April Fool prank in good faith...From April Fools' Day; Quotes about April Fools' Day; :"April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — ^{Mark Twain}

• [http://www.ahajokes.com/saskatchewan_jokes.html Top 10 Reasons To Live In Saskatchewan, Canada]
• [http://waltonfeed.com/self/email/toolong.html You've lived in small town Saskatchewan too long when...]
• [http://www.canadaka.net/modules.php?name=Jokes&file=print&sid=78 40 Things seldom heard in Saskatchewan]

What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles please check out our new Saskatchewan related articles - of which there are an assorted variety numbering close to 50 new items since the last news letter!

• The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 33 members. Please welcome Pustelnik (talk) to the project!
• The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 11 members. Please welcome Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day to the wikiproject!
• The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members. Please welcome Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day to the wikiproject!

Wikipedia launches new project!!

• There is now a Wiki for left handed viewers of wikipedia. Please help to edit our right handed articles for the new left handed wikipedia! The new format will be ready to view on April 1, 2008! Please help rotate all content on existing Saskatchewan related articles from the left side of the article to the right side of the article by 180 degrees for ease of clicking on links and handling article content for left handed viewers.

New Talk Page Banner Addition

• The Saskatchewan communities has been joined by Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities. Now all communities, neighbourhoods, cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rural municipalities, and any place name can have a rating within the Canada talk page banner. In this way, all articles can be rated as belonging to Canada, and any province or territory as well as any demographic can have their own rating.

• The full Canada template is located at Template:WikiProject Canada. When rating articles for Saskatchewan related content, add supporting work groups also such as: cangov, ppap, riding, canlaw, education, tvshow, music, road, sport, geography, and now community!!

Hackers have infiltrated Saskatchewan related articles

• Hackers have "hacked" into Wikipedia, and into this wikiproject site, breaking through our security. For some time now the hacker who was named ap®1L_f001$’ has been making attempts to break through our security on this site, and has now gained access and has made changes to website articles on wikipedia and wikiproject Saskatchewan articles. Please see this article for how you can help.

Wikinews

• Does anyone have the notion to be a news reporter for Saskatchewan events. Saskatchewan wikinews content has very historical news reports.

Notability

• Prairieland Park, Brant Kersey, Steven Woods, and Mary MacIsaac all have received a notability tag. Can anyone help to tweak these articles or merge them with another article? The quantity of wikiproject Canada articles with their notability questioned is very high as per this notable listing. For more help see this note

Portal Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan content has been every increasing new articles and some new editors. Please also improve the quality of the articles by using a few suggestions from Article collaboration and improvement so that they may be added to the Saskatchewan Portal.

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Welcome and April's Fools!!:

• This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's eighth 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 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 5 - May 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 - WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 5 - May 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 :

• 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 {{tlu|Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{tlu|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

• New highway change for Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan adopted the International metric system in 1971, and even though school trustees would like the imperial system returned to the [http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/11/30/metric001130.html classrooms], there is a new change intended for Saskatchewan. The latest news to hit the province of Saskatchewan is to adapt the new traffic directionality concept that Saskatchewan drivers will undertake. As of the beginning of the month, drivers will begin driving on the left side of the road rather than the right side. [http://www.i18nguy.com/driver-side.html Which Side Of The Road To Drive On? Left Or Right] For more information on changes to Saskatchewan Highways.

• Please help to expand articles about the major highways in Saskatchewan, for good article nominations. Trans Canada SK 1, Veteran's Memorial Highway Sk 2, Louis Riel Trail SK 11, Yellowhead Highway Sk 16, The Saskota Flyway Sk 9 and the CanAm Highway; SK 35, Sk 39, Sk 6, Sk 3, as well as Sk 2.

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

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

Prince Albert is one of the Saskatchewan city articles which has been growing by leaps and bounds. Many communities are being created and are picked up by the new article robot. Please help to tag these and all community articles with the new assessment talk page banner at Template:WikiProject Canada. *Stub class just barely introduces the topic, much is missing.

• Start class gives a bit more knowledge but it shows one of these to expand upon a stub article;
• a particularly useful picture or graphic
• multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
• a subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
• multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article

• B-Class checklist
• 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.
• 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.
• 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.
• 4. It is free from major grammatical errors.
• 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams.

• advancement tips, Wikipedia:Good article nominations, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates

• 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.

This months Spotlight Award goes to {{User|SriMesh}}. She is the creator of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan, the project newsletter, and countless other departments within the project including starting the Saskatchewan portal. She has also took it upon herself to start, edit, revamp many Saskatchewan based articles. As well, she is an active member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods. SriMesh has tirelessly worked towards improving the quality of Saskatchewan related Wikipedia articles.

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