Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/Newsletter/August 2008

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has undergone a new facelift and revamping just in time to putter away at new civic articles on the August civic holiday, the first Monday of August. Drop by and see the new colour scheme which corresponds to the provincial colours. The assessment department provides quality ratings to articles via the talk page. At the current moment the assessment department combines the communities project with the province on the Canada talk page bannerr. There is a request out to make an assessment table from the parent talk page banner or if a new banner is advised. The challenge has been met! User:CBM figured out the coding necessary! A number of various editors and administrators puttered at applying the code, and it works!! Thank you very much.

• C class assessment is the newest addition for articles which need more TLC before being assessed as B class such as citations or wiki clean up. The article is more useful than a start class article, but isn't quite as rounded as a B class article.

• A class articles will need more than one reviewer for reaching A class article criteria.

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 for instance is a new list List of company towns. Saskatchewan company towns could be added to this list as well. Coal in Canada is another new article, which could be added to with the new coal development near Hudson Bay. Also check out the new Higher educaiton task force

• The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 37 members.
• The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 13 members.
• The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 6 members.

List of basic Canada topics

• Chcek out the List of basic Canada topics which brings to the forefront a grouping of material about Canada for the WWW surfer. The variouse lists of basic topics has recently been undergoing an overhaul.

Automate Deletion sorting to Candidates for Deletion

• Canadian related articles for deletion have been listed here to encourage article development and conversations at the AFD talk page. There is now discussion to identify such articles via robot similar to Australia's notice board, to enable a better canvassing of deletion tags on articles. Should there also be discussion started for a robot notification of Saskatchewan articles for deletion? A new proposal by Wolterding encompassing Article alerts would identify tagged as well as promoted articles to give a rolling new view of articles moving forwards as well as articles in need of TLC.

Ghost towns

• Please contribute to the converstation regarding ghost towns of Saskatchewan, as there is a robot deleting pages from the Category:Ghost towns

Barnstar Contest

• Check out the Sk Hwys Contest and win awards! Some wonderful new maps have been added to Saskatchewan Highway articles for the latest addition. In return, work of equal kind was offered to the Alaska Portal and a barnstar offered to this contributor.

Trivia Question

• The winner/s of the Wikiproject Saskatchewan Trivia contest will be announced in the next newsletter. To win this months trivia barnstar submit your answer before the end of August 2008. The answer to Trivia Question #4 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 9 - September 2008 newsletter.

• Trivia Question #3:, Where is Canada's longest pedestrian bridge and what is it named?

:Answer Trivia Quesion #3: , Saskatchewan. (From July Newsletter -Answer the [http://www.town.outlook.sk.ca/skytrail/skytrail-1.html Skytrail] in Outlook a part of the Trans Canada Trail

• Trivia Question #4: The current question for August 2008, is which park in Saskatchewan is celebrating its 80th year anniversary in August of 2008?

• Trivia Question #5: Does anyone wish to submit the next trivia question to Volume 2, Issue 10 - October 2008.

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Welcome to summer, and WikiProject Saskatchewan!!:

• Add to WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 9 - September 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 9, September 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!

• 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.

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

• There is conversation covering the usage of exit list guides ELG's and junction tables ({{tl|jctint}} Please join this M of S conversation!

Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

• The SKCN navigation template has been slightly re-designed. The colours have been changed. Let us know what you think.

• The assesment template for SKCN is still in the works. Stayed tuned for more developments on this issue.

• The Assesment Department has been undergoing some updates, additions, and changes. The new sections have of the Assesment Department have modeled after the WP: Saskatchewan Assesment Department. Many articles need assesments or re-assesments. Go to the Requesting an assesment of Assesment Department to see what needs an assesment.

• As always, we are looking for new members. Don't hesistate to join WP: SKCN. We look forward to welcoming you to the project.

Signed..Mr. C.C. .

Articles with error tags Felix Douma, Saskatoon railway station and Carlos Windiz need citations. The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre for the Study of Canada needs citations and categories, and added to the U of S article. James Curry needs to be wikified and citations. Father Mercredi High School needs expansion and is orphaned.

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