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The WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and Saskatchewan Wikipedia / Wikimedia activity as known/reported.
Please comment about the formation of a new concept - a Saskatchewan Portal
Take a peek at the
Canadian Portal. There are four provinces,
BC,
ON,
PQ, and
Nunavut. There are also four Canadian cities with portals of their own as well.
Portals are pages intended to serve as "Main Pages" for specific topics or areas. Portals may be associated with one or more WikiProjects; unlike WikiProjects, however, they are meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution.[1]
A unique concept by Portal India was to add a quiz as well
India/Quiz
Portals introduce the Wikipedia reader to new developments by the wikiproject showing selected biographies, articles, pictures to feature periodically, and archive the previous suggestions. The portal may list information introducing the portal subject, categories, did you know, to do, other wikiprojects and news features as well.
Whereas Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan is an organization created to promote Saskatchewan usage and participation in Saskatchewan article editing and development.
As New articles are created check the wiki link at the bottom of the article title 'What Links Here. Here related articles and biographies are listed which should have reciprocal links or information upon the newly created main article page.
Northern Saskatchewan Focus'
For the northern areas of Saskatchewan these are newly created articles:
Ajawaan Lake,
Nistowiak Falls. There are major expansions made to
Prince Albert National Park,
Churchill River. These are primarily natural areas, landforms etc. If others have this interest, there is a lot to do such as obvious entries such as
Lac La Ronge (and the
provincialSaskatchewan parks ), and some of the famous lakes in the north, some named for explorers and fur traders.
Fremte 03:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)reply
SuggestBot uses your prior contributions to predict other articles you might want to edit. This robot may give you some recommendations you may like to attempt. SriMesh |
talk 01:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Quite a few of the topics of debate have been addressed by visiting editors who have helped in various ways to address
ongoing concerns. Requests for assistance with online existing Wikipedia Saskatchewan articles were given improvements / changes where needed.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
This would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's third full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. Archives:
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!
When looking through some
Saskatchewan Highway articles (especially those containing intersection lists), you may notice that there are red links to potential Saskatchewan road articles (especially Range and Township Roads). However, many of these roads do not appear on the
List of Saskatchewan provincial roads. If you happen to read over any highway articles, and you notice a red link to a road that does not appear on the
provincial roads list, please add the road's name to the appropriate section on that list. Eventually, I believe that we will have a list of all known Saskatchewan rural roads. Thank you. Ultraflame |
talk 01:35, 7 August 2007
There are still articles needing attention and please pick one at the
Adopt-An-Article department of the the Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods project.
If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created or substantially expanded article, then please suggest it on the
"Did you know?" talk page.|
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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A template you created,
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here and feel free to remove the {{
deprecated}} tag from the template. If you feel the deletion is appropriate, no further action is necessary. Thanks for your attention. --
MZMcBride 05:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)reply
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The Assessment Department is new. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada
wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }} along with the
Assessment guidelines.
See also
wikiproject template for other work groups with their wikiprojects as well as provinces which can be added to the Canadian template
The new template and assessment table worklist is produced periodically and was created by
Arctic Gnome. Thank you very much! Please take a moment to send an
award or
other recognition
New Template Saskatchewan
AT
Bot requests, another very kind user has also offered to help with the transition process (Thank you also to Ρх₥α )
The request conglomerated together the following tasks to help show the quantity / quality of
Saskatchewan related articles:
tag all articles in
Category:Saskatchewan and all of its subcategories with {{WikiProject Canada |sk = | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
all articles which have a Saskatchewan related stub Saskatchewan-politician-stub / Saskatchewan-stub / Saskatchewan-geo-stub to be tagged in their talk pages for wikiproject Saskatchewan and be classified as stub as such: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=stub| importance=}}
add GA or FA to to the class parameter of {{
WikiProject Canada}} articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add stub to the class parameter if a stub tag is present on the article page.
Replace the old tag {{Saskatchewanproject}} with the new parent wikiproject tag: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
add to the class area FL for any Featured-class lists articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add to the class area List if the Saskatchewan related item in category:Saskatchewan articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
What's New?:
Portal:Saskatchewan has a new section! This new section gives access to complete instructions on adding articles and images directly into the portal - step by step. The
Saskatchewan Portal was created via
instructions in creating a
boxportal. Clicking the edit button on the main
Saskatchewan Portal page does not help at all to add to the various sections as is usually the case with creation of wikipedia articles. The instruction page give immediate access to the
transcluded pages which need to be accessed to change additions to the
Saskatchewan Portal!
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 would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's seventh full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. The actual
WikiProject Saskatchewan began on
April 19,
2007, with its first newsletter delivered in June, and the
Saskatchewan Portal with its randomly featured articles and images of
Saskatchewan was created
August 18,
2007. As the year 2007 comes to an end, Saskatchewan has a stronger presence on wikipedia and we look forward to exciting innovations and expansion in 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!
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
New template See
Template:WikiProject Canada for the full template, however for Saskatchewan roads, add {{WikiProject Canada |class=
|importance= | sk=yes |road =yes}} to the talk pages.
A pilot project has also started in the creation of the
to do listing. This project helps to narrow down the scope of Wikipedia's tags which relate to existing Saskatchewan articles.
Did You Know
The will help to identify articles which should be noted on the
"Did you know?" talk page. Those articles selected should be added to
Portal SK Did you know creation page. Just click on a red link, and add the DYK question. This will make the new DYK article randomly appear on the main
portal page.
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Kardashev Scale
Hi, recently the
Kardashev scale entry has gone through some major reverts, I'd like to talk about the reinstatement of the material. I've looked around and have seen that you've made some major contributions to the article and are interested in it's progress. I feel we need to talk about the reverts and reinstatement and talk about whether either are justified.
Talk:Kardashev scale If you could help or add your two cents I'd really appreciate it. Thanks--
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A time to reflect on 2007 and prepare for the future bringing in the new 2008 year. Personal wikipedia Saskatchewan members new year's resolutions are here:
Learn something new about Saskatchewan.
SriMesh |
talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Add your one or several Personal member New Years Resolutions here!
Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project New year's resolution
If the Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project pages could talk - what would they wish for - the types of growth and changes for 2008 for Wikipedia Saskatchewan pages.
Develop a bizzilion awesome articles about Saskatchewan so the WWW visitor is wowed by our province ( and survive those silly AFD tags!!! )
SriMesh |
talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Add your one or several Wikiproject New Years Resolutions here!
Develop quality articles. Increase the amount of
good and
Featured articles about Saskatchewan related content.
Develop top importance articles about Saskatchewan such as those about crown corporations. the provincial government and its several departments. From the Saskatchewan
wiki meeting held back on 23 June 2007 it was discussed to develop an article on
Health in Saskatchewan, and to improve to feature status articles:
Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon,
Regina.
The
University of Saskatchewan became a good article to celebrate the 2007 anniversary of campus, and should now have a peer reveiw to continue on to becoming a feature article. The
List of University of Saskatchewan alumni was developed to assist this article and help would be appreciated providing citations for each entry, and to help add to the list.
What's New?
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!
Improve articles of Saskatchewan quality which have been tagged. Some of these are listed [
[1]] and have been compiled with AWB.
Outreach
Create a
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways outreach template to help new members become informed about the presence of this project online.
Highway Picture Template
Just as there is only one image needed for upload for Saskatchewan locator maps, and then various towns can be updated upon this image. So, too there should be a highway picture template, so that the various numbered highways
1,
33,
34,
58,
913,
914, etc can all have their own image without needing to create a bizzilion numbered images online.
2004 Election
Our 2004 Saskatchewan election has resulted in an amazing number of politician biographies coming online! This was an awesome achievement, and something to be proud of!
Qyd (
talk·contribs) and Arctic.gnome (
talk·contribs) are editors of a wide variety of Canadian related articles, and of note as of this date is the enormous amount of work they have undertaken to help amalgamate all the various provincial wikiprojects and Canadian sub projects into one umbrella assessment department. This unique assessment department means that Saskatchewan related articles can be assessed for their own provincial merit, and also belong to the Canadian wikiproject as well. It also means that editors from both Canada wikiproject and Saskatchewan wikiproject can unite in their efforts to provide banners and ratings to articles. This will result in a huge improvement in quality on wikipedia, resulting in Saskatchewan's spotlight award for
Qyd (
talk·contribs).
January 2008 newsletter Please pop into the
Spotlight Department and read all the brief introductory Wikipedia Saskatchewan bio. Congratulations are sent out to Qyd (
talk·contribs)] and Arctic.gnome (
talk·contribs) at this time.
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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
Just as panic begins to settle in as to what in the world the next newsletter should mention, new areas of development and growth come about. The coming year of 2008 should provide not only more Saskatchewan articles, but also more articles with higher ratings with the assistance of more editors, and a new assessment department umbrella. The highways and roads project has given a good base for development, and to strengthen the presence and notability of roads and highways and effort is being called upon to help these articles improve, now that they too are under the assessment umbrella.
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!
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
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
The
WikiProject Canada Roads is undergoing an overhaul. It is aiming to produce some
Good articles and
Featured articles of highway content pertaining to Canada, and for the
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways for Saskatchewan highways. As Saskatchewan is still a work in progress this is a challenging endeavour for as the guidelines are followed as laid out at either Highway wikiproject, they become red link farms because wikilinked articles have not been developed regarding the communities, provincial and regional parks and rural municipalities which the highways meander through. Please keep apprised of the progress, and if any Saskatchewan articles rise above stub we will list it on the main page.
There is also discussion started about assessment and navigation boxes on the talk page. Please peek in to add any comments you may have.
Recently articles
Saskatchewan Highway 1,
33,
34,
58,
913,
914 have been improved, but they need more help so they can become articles nominated as
Good articles. Please help out if you are able, even to create community and rural municipality articles for these Highway articles would be an enormous help.
The
List of ghost towns in British Columbia has given a base to create a new article named
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan. Please help to contribute, as Saskatchewan has about 1/5 the number of towns that it had in its heyday between the boom years of the 1920's and the industrial revolution of the 1940's.
Signed..Mr. C.C. 08:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC).reply
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We hope you'll enjoy visiting our
WikiProject. Our
Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are featured by our editors.
Welcome to our We Love Saskatchewan Valentine Day Contest.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.
Place a Saskatchewan related article up for
peer review,
good article nomination or
Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know.
Or write in to our editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know of stubs, or other short articles that have expanded fivefold and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!!
On
24 January,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transportation in Saskatchewan Did you know...that 250,000 kilometers (150,000 miles) of roads complement air, pipeline, hiking trail, and waterway travel to provide transportation in Saskatchewan?. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
Did you know? talk page.
Looking forward toward more to contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
This would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's ninth full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
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!
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At
WikiProject Saskatchewan New articles please check our new Saskatchewan related articles. There are approximately 50 new articles since the last news letter!
There has been quite a number of Saskatchewan community articles created as of late. Experienced editors are requested to help improve articles to
good article or
feature article status.
{{
Saskatchewan topics}} template needs new articles such as
Tourism in Saskatchewan. The template currently wikilinks to articles, lists and categories. The lists and categories should be replaced with new articles where appropriate.
Drm310 (
talk·contribs) is our current editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award.
Drm310 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through creation. Articles already existing have seen improved lead paragraphs, sections, section headings, consistency and standardized formatting.
Drm310 has tirelessly contributed to the expansion and improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the
Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to
Drm310 at this time. Pop by and give
Drm310 a pat on the back for their work on
WikiProject Saskatchewan.
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.
....Your participation will contribute enormously to the success of future newsletter editions! We look forward to working with you and thank you for your support.
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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Hope this delivery is finding you well!
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These aforementioned editors have made considerable additions and improvements to the content and quality of Saskatchewan related articles, and have received an I love Saskatchewan award on their talk pages.
Article Improvement Drive
Article Improvement Drive: Articles can now be assessed, and this is the showing for top rated GA and FA class articles as well as stub articles. Please help rate articles, and contribute to improved status.
There are currently about no Saskatchewan articles at WP:GAN waiting to be reviewed. :-( If you have not considerably edited one of the articles, you can perform a review by following these instructions.
There are currently no Saskatchewan related articles waiting to be assesed for feature article... :-(
FACs.
Please help B class articles move into GA class and GA class articles move toward Feature status.
Add content to stub articles to improve their status.
In December there were over 797 articles which needed template changes from the original Saskatchewan talk page banner to the new Canada - provincial talk page banner. This has been completed!!!
Wikiproject Saskatchewan now has 0.5% FA articles 0.22% GA articles, about 5% B class articles, about 35% Start class articles and 68% stub class articles.
Saskatchewan related articles contribute 1,799 / 19,566 articles, or 9.19 % of Canadian related articles!!!
Please help to tag articles! On the
assessment page are the actual articles listed which have been tagged with Canadian projects and Saskatchewan content. The result is...please, if you read this, help to tag Saskatchewan sports articles with both
Saskatchewan, and
Canadian sports project templates checked off as yes! Some sports articles may also need the appropriate general
sports wikiproject talk template or a
Wikiproject biography talk template as well.
There are 6 articles written which overlap both the 1850 tagged
Saskatchewan and the 870 tagged
Canadian Music articles.
Canadian Federal Government articles which relate to Saskatchewan are the following 14 articles, a couple of which are rated FA.
The most tagged articles are Saskatchewan communities.
Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods comprise 551 articles - tagged with both the Saskatchewan communities and neighbourhoods template, as well as the new Canadian - provinces template.
The
Portal Saskatchewan peer review has produced some excellent suggestions, many of which have been enacted. Some of the portal categories should be added to Saskatchewan wikiproject such as the
instructions on how to add content to a box portal concept.
To go forward to apply for PORTAL feature status, 10 articles, 10 biogrphies, 10 images which are qualified as good or feature should be added to the portal in the various areas.
Shanemcd (
talk·contribs) has contributed to the organization of which placenames are town, villages, hamlets, etc by going above and beyond the call of duty. Sorting out
List of communities in Saskatchewan and the various section lists have shown significant improvements. Consistency and attention to detail on the various incorporation dates, and status of the many and several communities is producing more accurate lists for visitors to wikipedia viewing Saskatchewan articles. This provides an improvement in quality on wikipedia and so a large thank you goes out to
Shanemcd at this time.
So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate 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.
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Rschen7754 commented about Highways notability guidelines in the latest
USRD newsletter. To see how discussion is coming along, and how it may affect Canadian / Saskatchewan roads and highways see:
The several new templates, and template revisions have been included in the highway template for standardization and improvements for highway articles.{{
subst:Saskatchewan Highways}}
Saskatchewan There is a new Saskatchewan related article on Wikiquote. If you know of any notable quotations which refer to Saskatchewan, please add them to
Wikiquote.
Wikinews Saskatchewan
Category:Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan news articles entered into wikinews are also now a part of the Saskatchewan Portal. If you know of a late breaking news story that would be awesome to add to Wikinews, and would like to try being a wiki-reporter, add it to
Wikinews!
Wikicommons Saskatchewan
2007 Grey Cup There are new Saskatchewan images on WikiCommons! Please let us know of anymore images which have been added. If you are a photographer or artist and would like to add Saskatchewan related media, sign in to
Wikicommons. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when uploading images for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikisimple Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan There are some Saskatchewan articles on Wikisimple! If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, add the content to
Simple English using easy words and shorter sentences. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when adding new articles for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikitionary / Simple English Wiktionary: Saskatchewan
Wiktionary: Saskatchewan and
Simple English Wiktionary There is a definition on Wiktionary for Saskatchewan. If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, and have used a term unique to Saskatchewan, add the definition to either wiktionary.
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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
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
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!
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.
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!
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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
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.
Which Side Of The Road To Drive On? Left Or Right For more information on changes to Saskatchewan Highways.
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.
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
SriMesh (
talk·contribs). 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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing! !
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
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May Day, May 1, marks the end of the uncomfortable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere. To celebrate May Day in Saskatchewan expand
Geography of Saskatchewan climate section with photos or articles of spring weather. Expand or create some
festival articles to fill out the
Saskatchewan festival template.
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!
Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles about curling, crown corporations, Government ministries, aviation pioneers, and communities are a small sampling of the newest arrivals about Saskatchewan!
Assessment of articles has shown improvements since the last update in the March newsletter. At that time there were 1,799 assessed articles, compared to 2,138 today; a 119% increase. Feature articles and lists were at 5, and have climbed to 8 articles. 4 GA class articles for Saskatchewan have increased to 6 at GA. 39 B class articles have increased to 89 at B Class, a 228% increase. Start class are currently at 505, Stub at 1,503, and List class at 27. There are currently 2 articles which rate top importance, 40 at high, 652 at mid, and 1,444 articles rated as low importance.
Canadian Projects which overlap with Saskatchewan articles have been listed. The Canadian projects are:Music, Television, Geography, Governments of Canada, Education, Electoral Districts, Politics, Law, Roads, Communities, Military History, Sport and CFL. There are now more than 31 sports articles with both Saskatchewan and the sports project tagged. The Saskatchewan communities have both the Saskatchewan and community tag upon several articles. The Saskatchewan TV section is the shortest listing. Please help out discussing if
Electoral districts in Canada should be merged with
WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada. The discussion is here...
Merge Proposal
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.
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 Sunday May 18. The answer to Trivia Question #1 will be published in the
Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #1: Gillies, District of Saskatchewan, North West Territories established in 1903, is now known as which
community of Saskatchewan?
Trivia Question #2: Does anyone wish to submit the second trivia question to
Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008. Pre-requisite: the answer shouldn't be in the top 10 google results. :-)
The
WikiProject and
newsletter keep members up to date with new research and articles, helps to expand their wikipedia editing skills and provide an outline for article creation in various Saskatchewan topics.
WP SK is growing, both in terms of the range and variety of topics available about Saskatchewan, and the number of subscribers willing and able to assist. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated on how we could improve our newsletter in the coming months. This spring issue is being created during an April blizzard, very Saskatchewan for our spring months ;-)
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If you would like to get involved, we welcome feedback on existing newsletters, and suggestions for further topics. Any and all contributions to the
Newsletter are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
There is a
discussion started for
M of S procedures when providing
rural municipalites in a listing, infobox or template. Please feel free to add your two cents to the discussion as well.
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.
Wyldkat (
talk·contribs) has contributed several articles about the province of Saskatchewan amongst these have been
Politics of Saskatchewan,
Fort Carlton,
Fort Carlton, and
Malcolm Norris to name a few. As well,
Wyldkat keeps an eye on existing articles, categories and listings and brings them into line with many of Wikipedia's policies and Manual of Style proceedings. Presently
Wyldkat has been maintaining talk page banners and initiates the rating system. For the past few years
Wyldkat has provided coherency and standardization for Saskatchewan related articles.
Bot newsletter delivery
On May 1, 2008, the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletters will be delivered by
ENewsBot which uses a program called AutoWikiBrowser. This is one of the several bots suggested at
Newsletters Wikiproject Council. Let an
editor know if there are any problems with the new delivery, however, they have had past successes with newsletter delivery. It will be sent out using the new condensed format with show / hide features for your talk page if your are signed up to any of these lists:
WP Sk Members,
WP SK C&N Members and
WP Sk Roads Members.
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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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!
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!
Saskatchewan Elementary Schools
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
#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.
Trivia Question
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?
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WikiProject Saskatchewan Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008 |
Next Issue July special events • Sk error tags • Image moving • Work the wiki • Quick links template • Canada commons wikiproject and Canada wikimedia • Higher Education in Saskatchewan • Spotlight • Road news - Trans Canada • Community news - Two million new articles • Trivia question
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated
July 1,
2008. Please help develop our members of parliament articles, and
National Historic Site in Saskatchewan articles!
July 18 is defined as Canada's Parks Day across the nation, and July 12 to 18 as Parks Week in Saskatchewan. "Take A Hike" is the theme in 2008. Please take time to read a
parks article, edit or create an article on
Saskatchewan parks and hiking trails.
Work the Wiki Saskatchewan is an independent article about wikipedia and writing Saskatchewan articles for this encylopedia. Are there any comments in regards to work the wiki web site.
Saskatchewan quick links template
Add this template {{
Saskatchewan quick links}} to your user page to give editors more information about Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. This template has been modeled after the {{
Canadian quick links}} template.
Please assist students of this
Class project to wikify and produce citations for the various provincial articles coming online. The article for Saskatchewan has been started, and if there is any assistance you may be able to offer the students please mention it on the appropriate
talk page. Watch also for tags on the articles such as
AFD and guide the students for Wikipedia principles. Thank you.
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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing! !
If you've just joined, add your name to the
Members section of
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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!
The user template: {{
user Saskatoon}} needs some TLC as its image has disappeared! If someone has some photographic / image manipulation talents, and a good idea to improve the user template, it is much appreciated.
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 to Trivia question #3 before month end. The answer to Trivia Question #3 will be published in the
Volume 2, Issue 7 - August 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #3: Where is Canada's longest pedestrian bridge and what is it named?
Answer Question #3: Will be announced August 1, 2008
Trivia Question #2:Bonnington, Assiniboia, North West Territories is now known as which
community of Saskatchewan? from the
June Newsletter
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WikiProject Saskatchewan Subscribers
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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 the 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.
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.
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?
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Members section of
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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!
Mitchazenia (
talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Mitchazenia. Even though he might not be heavily involved all things Saskatchewan, one area he is greatly involved in is roads and highways. Not only that he started the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways WikiProject. His other edits don't go un-notice. So much so that he was even awarded the WP: Sask Barnstar for his contributions to highway and road articles of Saskatchewan.
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 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.
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Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated on new articles related to Saskatchewan.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 103 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the
Saskatchewan article to feature status. Please leave a note on the
tip line, if you are able over the next month to make improvements to the provincial article.
A class reviews
Some of the larger wikiprojects are doing their own peer reviews to pass articles from GA to A. See the introduction at
A class reviews Is Saskatchewan membership large enough for this undertaking? Should there be a collaboration with Canada wikiproject in this regards?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
Leafschik1967 (
talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Leafschik1967 . Amongst several editors, it was again hard to select only one for representation in this latest edition of the newsletter. This editor is diverse, editing a variety of SK sports related articles, SK communities and SK flora articles, helping out with Good article nominations and contributing to talk pages. Thank you for your assistance as Saskatchewan grows on wikipedia.
Most Commonly Visited Pages
To help keep Saskatchewan current and visited at wikipedia... The Beijing Olympics, Summer Games and athletes were amongst the
most commonly visited wikipedia pages last month. It would be good to have articles about our Saskatchewan Olympic competitors started, upgraded, and tagged on the talk pages as belonging to SK wikiproject. As well as Saskatchewan competitors in the upcoming September paralympics.
Saskatchewan at olympics. Up and coming in the news is the
international interest in the Arctic waters, and Greg Poelzer, associate professor of Political Studies has related that there will be growth in the
Mining sector of northern Saskatchewan during this impetus.
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Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
The election has now been called, so as with all elections we'll need to keep a close eye on the
main article, party articles and candidate articles to make sure everything is conforming to policy (read: NPOV) and to watch out for likely edit wars.
Of course it will all be nothing compared to what happens on election night, October 14th, as packs of anon editors update ridings according to who won the first 1% of the vote, so mark that date on your calendar too. -
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T) 18:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC) -
Canadian Federal Election 2008reply
Selected picture:'55 Bel Air dragster 'Touch 'N' Go' at
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated.
Individual categories for each rural municipality are being created. It would be good to gather consensus as to which articles should be tagged with an individual RM category. The places names which an RM provides rural government for should be within the individual category for the RM. However, should these areas also be added into the individual RM category: political divisions, points of interest, notable people from the RM, towns with their own urban governments which host the RM office?
Add your comments.
Masalai (
talk·contribs) The November 2008 award is presented to Masalai for continuous contributions to several articles focusing mainly upon southern Saskatchewan. The knowledge Masalai brings to these articles combines statistical data with diverse notable events pertinent to the topic. Thank you and in this regards please receive a Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight award.
Spotlight Award
Extinct Settlements proposed wikiproject
A new wikiproject is being proposed ....
Extinct Settlements. Please feel free to add your comments, support or opposition for such a project on wikipedia. There was initially also conversation begun
here on WP Cities as well as at
WP SK communities.
Curling Wikiproject work group proposal
A
Curling task project is being proposed.... As curling is
Saskatchewan's provincial sport it may help out some of our community pages. Please feel free to join the
discussion with comments, your support or non-support.
Hallowe'en was mild, above seasonal norm for temperatures, and without snow this year!!! On this note a new a new
Saskatchewan Communitiessubstitution template has been done up adding the weather statistical table.
SriMesh |
talk 00:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
A posting from
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads A bot is going around tagging various articles for missing coordinates. One recent tagging was on
Highway 8 (Ontario) (see
[2]). Given that a road will have numerous coordinates, what sort of coordinates should be defined for Canadian road articles, if any? Terminus points, perhaps control cities would be obvious candidates.
Dl2000 (
talk) 02:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)reply
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Proposed deletion of K34HI
A
proposed deletion template has been added to the article
K34HI, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's
criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "
What Wikipedia is not" and
Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{
dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on
its talk page.
Get acquainted with the characteristics of Good Articles and help a fellow member get an article to
WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter. Add a tidbit that has helped you create an article on a Saskatchewan topic such as research materials, and ideas.
Help out another Saskatchewan editor and provide a peer review on their articles. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write.
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
According to the
December 2007 newsletter, it is one year since Saskatchewan articles have had an assessment department which enable Saskatchewan articles to be rated for importance and quality. The Canadian banner was modified one year ago to help improve Saskatchewan content. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada
wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }}
One year ago the new article department was also established. This new articles department introduces new wikipedia editors who are interested in Saskatchewan and also helps to monitor the expansion of Saskatchewan related articles. The new article department also alerts editors to fledgling articles which may receive tags for improvement.
Natural resources of Saskatchewan
A request has been sent out for information regarding natural resources of Saskatchewan. Can there be an organisation of articles, categories or a list in this regards to satisfy the query?
Saskatchewan Wikiproject facelift request
There will be a Saskatchewan barnstar sent out to any editors who can provide a facelift to the Saskatchewan wikiproject over the next few weeks. There has been a large influx of material to the wikiproject since its inception, and now the material should be re-organised and re-distributed for ease of access.
Maps as reliable sources
There is a l-o-o-ong discussion on the use of maps as reliable primary or secondary sources for wikipedia articles at
Regarding maps as primary sources. This has a direct influence on highways and roads articles as well as town and placename articles.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
Cocopie (
talk·contribs) The December 2008 award is presented to Cocopie who has set up various categories and populated those categories with articles. Cocopie has updated and started various Saskatchewan articles and has also been able to start their talk pages with the wikiproject banner. Thank you for your various contributions to SK related topics.
So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate 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.
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.
Signed up the wikiproject for
article alerts via B. Wolterding robot. They should show up on the bottom of the main wikiproject page when detected by the robot.
Spotlight Award
Skookum1 (
talk·contribs) The January 2009 award is presented to Skookum1 who has diligently upgraded articles in compliance with references, point of view and other wikipedia standards. This generally enriches the quality of articles providing more enhanced encyclopaedic content.
January 2009 newsletter
Standardisation for Saskatchewan school division naming
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
We hope that you're enjoying regular updates about the goings on of WikiProject Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. Comments and suggestions on improving this newsletter are always welcome, and help us at the wikiproject improve it on a monthly basis. Keep contributing and editing articles, the portal, the project and the newsletter. Don't hesitate to contact any wikiproject member or post on the
WikiProject Saskatchewan talk page if you need help or just want someone to look over your
article. Please put a new sample picture into the next 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.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.
Place a Saskatchewan related article up for
peer review,
good article nomination or
Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know. We hope you'll enjoy visiting our
WikiProject. Our
Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are selected by our editors.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Biography Just How Much You Care On Family Day.
Write in to our editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know of notable upgrades or additions of Saskatchewan biography and receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Saskatchewan biographies are harder to find unless they have a category relating to Saskatchewan or the wikiproject Saskatchewan banner on the talk page.
Check point for changes related to Saskatchewan articles
Jwkozak91 (
talk·contribs) is a new editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award.
Jwkozak91 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through updates of current information mainly to political articles joining the editorial crew there.
Jwkozak91 has shown significant additions to the improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the
Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to
Jwkozak91 at this time. Pop by and give
Jwkozak91 a pat on the back for their work on
WikiProject Saskatchewan.
Bearcat (
talk·contribs) The February 2009 award is presented to Bearcat who has kept abreast of political party and people (PPAP) articles and their content. Bearcat not only improves and updates politically inclined articles but provides guidance and coaches others in their edits of political articles as well. Swing on over to the talk page of
Bearcat and present them with a barnstar or two, along with a thank you or two for their contribtions to wikipedia as a veteran editor, and for keeping articles with dated content up to date.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
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.
T. Mazzei (
talk·contribs) The March 2009 award is presented to T. Mazzei who upgrades and creates numerous Saskatchewan articles on a regular basis. It is good to have an editor monitoring articles, and adding wikilinks where needed. A thank you is extended for your consistent efforts.
Please add to the newsletter
Feel free to add to the newsletter, the blank format for the following month is at
April issue. Any additions about the direction of the wikiproject, assessment, task forces, issues and opportunities or article improvements are welcome.
Saskatchewan photographs
when you are traveling or looking through old pictures, if there are any of Saskatchewan roads, highways or Saskatchewan highway signs that you would wish to upload to wikimedia commons, it would be appreciated. It would be good to show our highways in various seasons as well as with various geographical terrains. Of especial import when getting involved with photographing highways are junctions, scenic points of interest, historical markers, intersections, divided highways, road crews, historical road crews, historical travel on highways, overpasses, underpasses and road signs showing
concurrencies between various highways.
If you have started an article for Saskatchewan, and wikimedia commons does not have a related
Saskatchewan image, then place this code on the article's talk page below the banner for Saskatchewan {{reqphotoin|Saskatchewan}} and your request will be added to the above category.
If you have added a request for a map, there are now locator maps for Saskatchewan available which should alleviate some of the requests added at
Wikipedia requested maps in Saskatchewan For example see
Saskatoon for a locator map in use.
Coordinators and A Class Review
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new
WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.
All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. — Delievered by
§hepBot (
Disable) on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 06:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
. The video games wikiproject took some time to devleop what was important within the scope of their wikiproject for the importance assessment.
TO DO
Saskatchewan clean up and
SK communities and are lists of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles.
Place this
articles for deletion page on your watchlist to know if any Saskatchewan articles are under discussion. Likewise if there are issues with improvements for Saskatchewan check out
articles to improve periodically. At the moment this article name has been changed
Rural Division has been changed to
Saskatchewan Rivers School Division(NPOV) and there has been discussion if placenames require the added note that it is Foo, Saskatchewan or if the article can remain as the placename name: Foo. In this regards this article which needs disambiguation has not been reduced to placename title only.
Regina -->
Regina, Saskatchewan
Please welcome new editors to wikipedia who are trying their hand at writing articles, at
new Saskatchewan articles
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.
Participate in
Wikimania 2009. Wikimania 2009 will be held August 26-28 in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina at the
San Martín Cultural Center. They are accepting presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects. Deadlines are April 15 and April 30. Would anyone like to assemble a poster about WP SK?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
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.
Place Saskatchewan articles on your watchlist to help prevent vandalism. Peek in on the newly created high school articles periodically as well as the
Saskatoon article.
Saskatoon
There is a renovation and upgrade project being tackled on the
Saskatoon article. Please
Be bold and join the
discussion or help promote the article to
GA.
Caronport, Saskatchewan
Please expand city, town, village and hamlet articles especially if you have first hand knowledge of them, which would develop facts and help in knowing where to find resources, citations and sources. For example
Caronport, Saskatchewan is a recent
request
Please register new DYK, GA, FA, news articles and any photographs or media at the
WP talk page,
newsletter tips or the
Portal talk page for inclusion into the Portal and the next news letter. The
portal has been through peer review, and is awaiting more inclusion to proceed to Featured Portal nominations.
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.
Please vote on the featured article status of this article, as it was promoted to FA quite awhile ago, and FA status requirements have changed. The above list was merged into the
List of universities in Canada.
Use the
Outreach welcome template and extend a welcome to new users who are writing about Saskatchewan.
Biographies
With father's day upcoming, focus is on writing up some biographies on some notable Saskatchewan people. Please categorise these with one of the sub categories from
Category:People from Saskatchewan and use the
talk page banner and check off Saskatchewan=yes as biographies are harder to trace for inclusion than other Saskatchewan titular articles. With such categories-banners being used, the articles are more likely to be found and expanded by other Saskatchewan users. Take some time to find biographies of Saskatchewan folk on wikipedia currently and categorise-banner them as well.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
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.
Amidst
summer festivals,
tourism and
agricultural activities, the July newsletter is out amongst us. While you are out and about, take a festival photog, or photograph a visit to the park, or perhaps a flax field. Perhaps, add an article about your favourite festival or Saskatchewan tourism destination, increase what is online about our national, provincial or regional sites.
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated
July 1,
2009. Please help develop articles about our members of parliament articles, and
National Historic Sites in Saskatchewan!
Museums
Several community museums are only open during the summer months in Saskatchewan, please visit them, ask questions, take photographs, place them on wikipedia.
Virtual Museum of Canada - Calendar of Events - Discover events which are offered during the summer months.
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.
It has been one year since the
WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods underwent a facelift and assessment banner update. The Banner helps to identify the quality of placename articles and which to focus attention on, and the wikiproject helps to coordinate the efforts of all interested editors! Thank you very much.
This is your newsletter and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips on the
Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter edition.
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.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 104 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the
Saskatchewan article to feature status or add main Saskatchewan topical articles or improve topics of Saskatchewan articles.
The
Portal:Saskatchewan is undergoing its second anniversary showcasing to the WWW wikipedia articles about Saskatchewan content which have achieved good or featured class criteria. Please add more contributions to wikipedia and to the portal itself. If you have suggestions for the portal or want help with the "box formatting style of programming" drop a note on the
portal talk page.
With fall and school starting up this late August and early September, it is time to start or upgrade the various secondary and post secondary
education and
Higher education in Saskatchewan articles for Saskatchewan or help with
requests . Ensure that principals, vice principals, and current curricula and extracurricular activities are accurate for the 2009-2010 school year. Notable changes in curricula and extracurricular activities could be added to a history section. The newest education article seems to be an
U of S article on the
University of Saskatchewan Physical Activity Complex.
List of universities in Canada this article was recently demoted from Featured list status. If anyone can work on this article and the new requirements to get it re-instated this would be awesome.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
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.
If there was a collaboration department, then the
North-West Rebellion, and its several child articles such as its
battles and
people would be excellent articles to find references for, expand and achieve
GA or
FA status. In the words of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Christine Tell who proclaimed, that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie
Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today."[1]
At this time, as well, the articles
Aboriginal peoples in Canada and
First Nations are undergoing
GA review. For an idea of updating the Northwest Rebellion articles watch these two articles or assist with their upgrade.
Feature articles are being re-called due to a lack of "
alt tags" for the images included in the articles, as in the ongoing screening of FA articles;
Canada and
Territorial evolution of Canada. When beginning or updating a Saskatchewan related article, ensure the use of alt tags, which will save time later when upgrading the article.
Please make use of
Wikipedia School and University projects and
project instrutions on wikipedia, inform fellow students, classes, or school instructors.
Higher education in Saskatchewan, was a part of a project that encompassed higher education in all the provinces and territories of Canada. As well students in public schools have been working on Saskatchewan town articles in the past.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
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.
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.
This is the third December newsletter for the Saskatchewan wikiproject, and two years since we inaugurated the assessment template! It is also how the anniversary of our Saskatchewan new article robot page which helps to identify new articles with Saskatchewan content and future contributors.
2007,
2008
Holiday greetings to everyone editing on wikipedia and especially those helping
Saskatchewan find its niche so others on the WWW can know something of this prairie province of Canada. Please invite a fellow editor for a
nice cup of tea and a sit down
Photography city scavenger hunts
In the same vein as this
Wikipedia Takes The City Scavenger Hunt Contest, please roam around Saskatchewan taking important photographs of your local area, city or neighbourhood or town, school, park, forest, statue, memorial, main street, cityscape view which are needed for various wikipedia articles. If you wish just use this
online tool to help upload available
public domain and fair use images to wikimedia commons.
Assessment
With 2,442 stubs, there are 73% of articles relating to Saskatchewan which are stubs, describing the province in minimal detail. There are 6 articles and lists which reached feature status. These detailed, and informative feature quality sections amount to 0.2% of the Saskatchewan content. It would be nice if these percentages could be reversed. Everyone's help is requested to make the drive a success.
Portal Saskatchewan
Please make regular visits to the
portal and perhaps make it your browser home page. Nominations for selected articles and pictures for the portal are always welcome, and can serve as a great way to show off that new article you just worke on to achieve Good Article status or the super picture you took the last time you attended a festival in Saskatchewan.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue!(January 2010 - Post your news years resolution) Comments and suggestions on improving the newsletter are always welcome, and help improve it in the coming new year. Keep contributing and editing articles, and don't hesitate to contact the wikiproject talk page if you need help. Any and all contributions are welcome.
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Hello and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter! I,
User:Presidentman, am the new editor. You may see some changes due to the fact it's my first newsletter. I'm just going easy on myself, but it will get more complex as time goes on.
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We’re excited to announce that
User:Presidentman has joined
WikiProject Saskatchewan as our Editor in Chief. Presidentman will oversee editorial content and the Saskatchewan Wikiproject community contributions on the Wikiproject newsletter. Presidentman has also successfully developed the
Picture of the Day project and has been active on wikipedia for close to three years in a plethora of projects enriching wikipedia with close to 3,000 contributions. The transition between our old editor and the new has been smoother than any of us could have hoped for — SriMesh wrote their last newsletter article for
January, 2010, and Presidentman started up without missing a beat for February 2010. The previous years for SriMesh, the past editor, had been richly rewarding, seeing subscriptions grow, informing interested editors of developments and changes to the Saskatchewan wikipedia community and supporting activities on the Saskatchewan Wikiproject. It is now time for me to move to new writing projects to finish, and further responsibilities which are vying for my attention. Please join me in welcoming Presidentman to the their new position! Presidentman is working on a host of new features and an updated look, which will take things to a new level. It is wonderful to have a new editor to bring in the new year! Expect great things.
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Hello, and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Sorry about the last two months, I have just been very busy with exams and the end of my studies. Now that summer is here, hopefully I'll do better.
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Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Canada Day to all!
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August 2 is Saskatchewan Day!
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The WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and Saskatchewan Wikipedia / Wikimedia activity as known/reported.
Please comment about the formation of a new concept - a Saskatchewan Portal
Take a peek at the
Canadian Portal. There are four provinces,
BC,
ON,
PQ, and
Nunavut. There are also four Canadian cities with portals of their own as well.
Portals are pages intended to serve as "Main Pages" for specific topics or areas. Portals may be associated with one or more WikiProjects; unlike WikiProjects, however, they are meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution.[1]
A unique concept by Portal India was to add a quiz as well
India/Quiz
Portals introduce the Wikipedia reader to new developments by the wikiproject showing selected biographies, articles, pictures to feature periodically, and archive the previous suggestions. The portal may list information introducing the portal subject, categories, did you know, to do, other wikiprojects and news features as well.
Whereas Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan is an organization created to promote Saskatchewan usage and participation in Saskatchewan article editing and development.
As New articles are created check the wiki link at the bottom of the article title 'What Links Here. Here related articles and biographies are listed which should have reciprocal links or information upon the newly created main article page.
Northern Saskatchewan Focus'
For the northern areas of Saskatchewan these are newly created articles:
Ajawaan Lake,
Nistowiak Falls. There are major expansions made to
Prince Albert National Park,
Churchill River. These are primarily natural areas, landforms etc. If others have this interest, there is a lot to do such as obvious entries such as
Lac La Ronge (and the
provincialSaskatchewan parks ), and some of the famous lakes in the north, some named for explorers and fur traders.
Fremte 03:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)reply
SuggestBot uses your prior contributions to predict other articles you might want to edit. This robot may give you some recommendations you may like to attempt. SriMesh |
talk 01:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Quite a few of the topics of debate have been addressed by visiting editors who have helped in various ways to address
ongoing concerns. Requests for assistance with online existing Wikipedia Saskatchewan articles were given improvements / changes where needed.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
This would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's third full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. Archives:
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!
When looking through some
Saskatchewan Highway articles (especially those containing intersection lists), you may notice that there are red links to potential Saskatchewan road articles (especially Range and Township Roads). However, many of these roads do not appear on the
List of Saskatchewan provincial roads. If you happen to read over any highway articles, and you notice a red link to a road that does not appear on the
provincial roads list, please add the road's name to the appropriate section on that list. Eventually, I believe that we will have a list of all known Saskatchewan rural roads. Thank you. Ultraflame |
talk 01:35, 7 August 2007
There are still articles needing attention and please pick one at the
Adopt-An-Article department of the the Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods project.
If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created or substantially expanded article, then please suggest it on the
"Did you know?" talk page.|
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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deprecated}} tag from the template. If you feel the deletion is appropriate, no further action is necessary. Thanks for your attention. --
MZMcBride 05:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)reply
A template you created,
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MZMcBride 01:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC)reply
The Assessment Department is new. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada
wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }} along with the
Assessment guidelines.
See also
wikiproject template for other work groups with their wikiprojects as well as provinces which can be added to the Canadian template
The new template and assessment table worklist is produced periodically and was created by
Arctic Gnome. Thank you very much! Please take a moment to send an
award or
other recognition
New Template Saskatchewan
AT
Bot requests, another very kind user has also offered to help with the transition process (Thank you also to Ρх₥α )
The request conglomerated together the following tasks to help show the quantity / quality of
Saskatchewan related articles:
tag all articles in
Category:Saskatchewan and all of its subcategories with {{WikiProject Canada |sk = | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
all articles which have a Saskatchewan related stub Saskatchewan-politician-stub / Saskatchewan-stub / Saskatchewan-geo-stub to be tagged in their talk pages for wikiproject Saskatchewan and be classified as stub as such: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=stub| importance=}}
add GA or FA to to the class parameter of {{
WikiProject Canada}} articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add stub to the class parameter if a stub tag is present on the article page.
Replace the old tag {{Saskatchewanproject}} with the new parent wikiproject tag: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
add to the class area FL for any Featured-class lists articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add to the class area List if the Saskatchewan related item in category:Saskatchewan articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
What's New?:
Portal:Saskatchewan has a new section! This new section gives access to complete instructions on adding articles and images directly into the portal - step by step. The
Saskatchewan Portal was created via
instructions in creating a
boxportal. Clicking the edit button on the main
Saskatchewan Portal page does not help at all to add to the various sections as is usually the case with creation of wikipedia articles. The instruction page give immediate access to the
transcluded pages which need to be accessed to change additions to the
Saskatchewan Portal!
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 would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's seventh full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. The actual
WikiProject Saskatchewan began on
April 19,
2007, with its first newsletter delivered in June, and the
Saskatchewan Portal with its randomly featured articles and images of
Saskatchewan was created
August 18,
2007. As the year 2007 comes to an end, Saskatchewan has a stronger presence on wikipedia and we look forward to exciting innovations and expansion in 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!
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
New template See
Template:WikiProject Canada for the full template, however for Saskatchewan roads, add {{WikiProject Canada |class=
|importance= | sk=yes |road =yes}} to the talk pages.
A pilot project has also started in the creation of the
to do listing. This project helps to narrow down the scope of Wikipedia's tags which relate to existing Saskatchewan articles.
Did You Know
The will help to identify articles which should be noted on the
"Did you know?" talk page. Those articles selected should be added to
Portal SK Did you know creation page. Just click on a red link, and add the DYK question. This will make the new DYK article randomly appear on the main
portal page.
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BetacommandBot (
talk) 14:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Kardashev Scale
Hi, recently the
Kardashev scale entry has gone through some major reverts, I'd like to talk about the reinstatement of the material. I've looked around and have seen that you've made some major contributions to the article and are interested in it's progress. I feel we need to talk about the reverts and reinstatement and talk about whether either are justified.
Talk:Kardashev scale If you could help or add your two cents I'd really appreciate it. Thanks--
Sparkygravity (
talk) 01:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Conservation.png
Thanks for uploading Image:Conservation.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at
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A time to reflect on 2007 and prepare for the future bringing in the new 2008 year. Personal wikipedia Saskatchewan members new year's resolutions are here:
Learn something new about Saskatchewan.
SriMesh |
talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Add your one or several Personal member New Years Resolutions here!
Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project New year's resolution
If the Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project pages could talk - what would they wish for - the types of growth and changes for 2008 for Wikipedia Saskatchewan pages.
Develop a bizzilion awesome articles about Saskatchewan so the WWW visitor is wowed by our province ( and survive those silly AFD tags!!! )
SriMesh |
talk 02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Add your one or several Wikiproject New Years Resolutions here!
Develop quality articles. Increase the amount of
good and
Featured articles about Saskatchewan related content.
Develop top importance articles about Saskatchewan such as those about crown corporations. the provincial government and its several departments. From the Saskatchewan
wiki meeting held back on 23 June 2007 it was discussed to develop an article on
Health in Saskatchewan, and to improve to feature status articles:
Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon,
Regina.
The
University of Saskatchewan became a good article to celebrate the 2007 anniversary of campus, and should now have a peer reveiw to continue on to becoming a feature article. The
List of University of Saskatchewan alumni was developed to assist this article and help would be appreciated providing citations for each entry, and to help add to the list.
What's New?
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!
Improve articles of Saskatchewan quality which have been tagged. Some of these are listed [
[1]] and have been compiled with AWB.
Outreach
Create a
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways outreach template to help new members become informed about the presence of this project online.
Highway Picture Template
Just as there is only one image needed for upload for Saskatchewan locator maps, and then various towns can be updated upon this image. So, too there should be a highway picture template, so that the various numbered highways
1,
33,
34,
58,
913,
914, etc can all have their own image without needing to create a bizzilion numbered images online.
2004 Election
Our 2004 Saskatchewan election has resulted in an amazing number of politician biographies coming online! This was an awesome achievement, and something to be proud of!
Qyd (
talk·contribs) and Arctic.gnome (
talk·contribs) are editors of a wide variety of Canadian related articles, and of note as of this date is the enormous amount of work they have undertaken to help amalgamate all the various provincial wikiprojects and Canadian sub projects into one umbrella assessment department. This unique assessment department means that Saskatchewan related articles can be assessed for their own provincial merit, and also belong to the Canadian wikiproject as well. It also means that editors from both Canada wikiproject and Saskatchewan wikiproject can unite in their efforts to provide banners and ratings to articles. This will result in a huge improvement in quality on wikipedia, resulting in Saskatchewan's spotlight award for
Qyd (
talk·contribs).
January 2008 newsletter Please pop into the
Spotlight Department and read all the brief introductory Wikipedia Saskatchewan bio. Congratulations are sent out to Qyd (
talk·contribs)] and Arctic.gnome (
talk·contribs) at this time.
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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
Just as panic begins to settle in as to what in the world the next newsletter should mention, new areas of development and growth come about. The coming year of 2008 should provide not only more Saskatchewan articles, but also more articles with higher ratings with the assistance of more editors, and a new assessment department umbrella. The highways and roads project has given a good base for development, and to strengthen the presence and notability of roads and highways and effort is being called upon to help these articles improve, now that they too are under the assessment umbrella.
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!
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
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
The
WikiProject Canada Roads is undergoing an overhaul. It is aiming to produce some
Good articles and
Featured articles of highway content pertaining to Canada, and for the
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways for Saskatchewan highways. As Saskatchewan is still a work in progress this is a challenging endeavour for as the guidelines are followed as laid out at either Highway wikiproject, they become red link farms because wikilinked articles have not been developed regarding the communities, provincial and regional parks and rural municipalities which the highways meander through. Please keep apprised of the progress, and if any Saskatchewan articles rise above stub we will list it on the main page.
There is also discussion started about assessment and navigation boxes on the talk page. Please peek in to add any comments you may have.
Recently articles
Saskatchewan Highway 1,
33,
34,
58,
913,
914 have been improved, but they need more help so they can become articles nominated as
Good articles. Please help out if you are able, even to create community and rural municipality articles for these Highway articles would be an enormous help.
The
List of ghost towns in British Columbia has given a base to create a new article named
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan. Please help to contribute, as Saskatchewan has about 1/5 the number of towns that it had in its heyday between the boom years of the 1920's and the industrial revolution of the 1940's.
Signed..Mr. C.C. 08:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC).reply
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
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We hope you'll enjoy visiting our
WikiProject. Our
Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are featured by our editors.
Welcome to our We Love Saskatchewan Valentine Day Contest.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.
Place a Saskatchewan related article up for
peer review,
good article nomination or
Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know.
Or write in to our editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know of stubs, or other short articles that have expanded fivefold and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!!
On
24 January,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transportation in Saskatchewan Did you know...that 250,000 kilometers (150,000 miles) of roads complement air, pipeline, hiking trail, and waterway travel to provide transportation in Saskatchewan?. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
Did you know? talk page.
Looking forward toward more to contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
This would be
WikiProject Saskatchewan's ninth full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
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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!
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At
WikiProject Saskatchewan New articles please check our new Saskatchewan related articles. There are approximately 50 new articles since the last news letter!
There has been quite a number of Saskatchewan community articles created as of late. Experienced editors are requested to help improve articles to
good article or
feature article status.
{{
Saskatchewan topics}} template needs new articles such as
Tourism in Saskatchewan. The template currently wikilinks to articles, lists and categories. The lists and categories should be replaced with new articles where appropriate.
Drm310 (
talk·contribs) is our current editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award.
Drm310 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through creation. Articles already existing have seen improved lead paragraphs, sections, section headings, consistency and standardized formatting.
Drm310 has tirelessly contributed to the expansion and improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the
Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to
Drm310 at this time. Pop by and give
Drm310 a pat on the back for their work on
WikiProject Saskatchewan.
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.
....Your participation will contribute enormously to the success of future newsletter editions! We look forward to working with you and thank you for your support.
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These aforementioned editors have made considerable additions and improvements to the content and quality of Saskatchewan related articles, and have received an I love Saskatchewan award on their talk pages.
Article Improvement Drive
Article Improvement Drive: Articles can now be assessed, and this is the showing for top rated GA and FA class articles as well as stub articles. Please help rate articles, and contribute to improved status.
There are currently about no Saskatchewan articles at WP:GAN waiting to be reviewed. :-( If you have not considerably edited one of the articles, you can perform a review by following these instructions.
There are currently no Saskatchewan related articles waiting to be assesed for feature article... :-(
FACs.
Please help B class articles move into GA class and GA class articles move toward Feature status.
Add content to stub articles to improve their status.
In December there were over 797 articles which needed template changes from the original Saskatchewan talk page banner to the new Canada - provincial talk page banner. This has been completed!!!
Wikiproject Saskatchewan now has 0.5% FA articles 0.22% GA articles, about 5% B class articles, about 35% Start class articles and 68% stub class articles.
Saskatchewan related articles contribute 1,799 / 19,566 articles, or 9.19 % of Canadian related articles!!!
Please help to tag articles! On the
assessment page are the actual articles listed which have been tagged with Canadian projects and Saskatchewan content. The result is...please, if you read this, help to tag Saskatchewan sports articles with both
Saskatchewan, and
Canadian sports project templates checked off as yes! Some sports articles may also need the appropriate general
sports wikiproject talk template or a
Wikiproject biography talk template as well.
There are 6 articles written which overlap both the 1850 tagged
Saskatchewan and the 870 tagged
Canadian Music articles.
Canadian Federal Government articles which relate to Saskatchewan are the following 14 articles, a couple of which are rated FA.
The most tagged articles are Saskatchewan communities.
Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods comprise 551 articles - tagged with both the Saskatchewan communities and neighbourhoods template, as well as the new Canadian - provinces template.
The
Portal Saskatchewan peer review has produced some excellent suggestions, many of which have been enacted. Some of the portal categories should be added to Saskatchewan wikiproject such as the
instructions on how to add content to a box portal concept.
To go forward to apply for PORTAL feature status, 10 articles, 10 biogrphies, 10 images which are qualified as good or feature should be added to the portal in the various areas.
Shanemcd (
talk·contribs) has contributed to the organization of which placenames are town, villages, hamlets, etc by going above and beyond the call of duty. Sorting out
List of communities in Saskatchewan and the various section lists have shown significant improvements. Consistency and attention to detail on the various incorporation dates, and status of the many and several communities is producing more accurate lists for visitors to wikipedia viewing Saskatchewan articles. This provides an improvement in quality on wikipedia and so a large thank you goes out to
Shanemcd at this time.
So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate 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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing! !
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Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
Rschen7754 commented about Highways notability guidelines in the latest
USRD newsletter. To see how discussion is coming along, and how it may affect Canadian / Saskatchewan roads and highways see:
The several new templates, and template revisions have been included in the highway template for standardization and improvements for highway articles.{{
subst:Saskatchewan Highways}}
Saskatchewan There is a new Saskatchewan related article on Wikiquote. If you know of any notable quotations which refer to Saskatchewan, please add them to
Wikiquote.
Wikinews Saskatchewan
Category:Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan news articles entered into wikinews are also now a part of the Saskatchewan Portal. If you know of a late breaking news story that would be awesome to add to Wikinews, and would like to try being a wiki-reporter, add it to
Wikinews!
Wikicommons Saskatchewan
2007 Grey Cup There are new Saskatchewan images on WikiCommons! Please let us know of anymore images which have been added. If you are a photographer or artist and would like to add Saskatchewan related media, sign in to
Wikicommons. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when uploading images for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikisimple Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan There are some Saskatchewan articles on Wikisimple! If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, add the content to
Simple English using easy words and shorter sentences. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when adding new articles for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikitionary / Simple English Wiktionary: Saskatchewan
Wiktionary: Saskatchewan and
Simple English Wiktionary There is a definition on Wiktionary for Saskatchewan. If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, and have used a term unique to Saskatchewan, add the definition to either wiktionary.
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
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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
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
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!
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.
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!
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
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.
Which Side Of The Road To Drive On? Left Or Right For more information on changes to Saskatchewan Highways.
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.
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
SriMesh (
talk·contribs). 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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing! !
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
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May Day, May 1, marks the end of the uncomfortable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere. To celebrate May Day in Saskatchewan expand
Geography of Saskatchewan climate section with photos or articles of spring weather. Expand or create some
festival articles to fill out the
Saskatchewan festival template.
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!
Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles about curling, crown corporations, Government ministries, aviation pioneers, and communities are a small sampling of the newest arrivals about Saskatchewan!
Assessment of articles has shown improvements since the last update in the March newsletter. At that time there were 1,799 assessed articles, compared to 2,138 today; a 119% increase. Feature articles and lists were at 5, and have climbed to 8 articles. 4 GA class articles for Saskatchewan have increased to 6 at GA. 39 B class articles have increased to 89 at B Class, a 228% increase. Start class are currently at 505, Stub at 1,503, and List class at 27. There are currently 2 articles which rate top importance, 40 at high, 652 at mid, and 1,444 articles rated as low importance.
Canadian Projects which overlap with Saskatchewan articles have been listed. The Canadian projects are:Music, Television, Geography, Governments of Canada, Education, Electoral Districts, Politics, Law, Roads, Communities, Military History, Sport and CFL. There are now more than 31 sports articles with both Saskatchewan and the sports project tagged. The Saskatchewan communities have both the Saskatchewan and community tag upon several articles. The Saskatchewan TV section is the shortest listing. Please help out discussing if
Electoral districts in Canada should be merged with
WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada. The discussion is here...
Merge Proposal
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.
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 Sunday May 18. The answer to Trivia Question #1 will be published in the
Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #1: Gillies, District of Saskatchewan, North West Territories established in 1903, is now known as which
community of Saskatchewan?
Trivia Question #2: Does anyone wish to submit the second trivia question to
Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008. Pre-requisite: the answer shouldn't be in the top 10 google results. :-)
The
WikiProject and
newsletter keep members up to date with new research and articles, helps to expand their wikipedia editing skills and provide an outline for article creation in various Saskatchewan topics.
WP SK is growing, both in terms of the range and variety of topics available about Saskatchewan, and the number of subscribers willing and able to assist. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated on how we could improve our newsletter in the coming months. This spring issue is being created during an April blizzard, very Saskatchewan for our spring months ;-)
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!
If you would like to get involved, we welcome feedback on existing newsletters, and suggestions for further topics. Any and all contributions to the
Newsletter are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
There is a
discussion started for
M of S procedures when providing
rural municipalites in a listing, infobox or template. Please feel free to add your two cents to the discussion as well.
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.
Wyldkat (
talk·contribs) has contributed several articles about the province of Saskatchewan amongst these have been
Politics of Saskatchewan,
Fort Carlton,
Fort Carlton, and
Malcolm Norris to name a few. As well,
Wyldkat keeps an eye on existing articles, categories and listings and brings them into line with many of Wikipedia's policies and Manual of Style proceedings. Presently
Wyldkat has been maintaining talk page banners and initiates the rating system. For the past few years
Wyldkat has provided coherency and standardization for Saskatchewan related articles.
Bot newsletter delivery
On May 1, 2008, the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletters will be delivered by
ENewsBot which uses a program called AutoWikiBrowser. This is one of the several bots suggested at
Newsletters Wikiproject Council. Let an
editor know if there are any problems with the new delivery, however, they have had past successes with newsletter delivery. It will be sent out using the new condensed format with show / hide features for your talk page if your are signed up to any of these lists:
WP Sk Members,
WP SK C&N Members and
WP Sk Roads Members.
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
Sk WP Members,
SK WP C&N Members and
Sk WP Roads Members. If you do not wish the new condensed format of the WP SK Newsletter, send an e-mail to an editor or write a note
here.
Provide us with your news tips on the
Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter issues.
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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!
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!
Saskatchewan Elementary Schools
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
#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.
Trivia Question
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?
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WikiProject Saskatchewan Subscribers
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Next Issue July special events • Sk error tags • Image moving • Work the wiki • Quick links template • Canada commons wikiproject and Canada wikimedia • Higher Education in Saskatchewan • Spotlight • Road news - Trans Canada • Community news - Two million new articles • Trivia question
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated
July 1,
2008. Please help develop our members of parliament articles, and
National Historic Site in Saskatchewan articles!
July 18 is defined as Canada's Parks Day across the nation, and July 12 to 18 as Parks Week in Saskatchewan. "Take A Hike" is the theme in 2008. Please take time to read a
parks article, edit or create an article on
Saskatchewan parks and hiking trails.
Work the Wiki Saskatchewan is an independent article about wikipedia and writing Saskatchewan articles for this encylopedia. Are there any comments in regards to work the wiki web site.
Saskatchewan quick links template
Add this template {{
Saskatchewan quick links}} to your user page to give editors more information about Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. This template has been modeled after the {{
Canadian quick links}} template.
Please assist students of this
Class project to wikify and produce citations for the various provincial articles coming online. The article for Saskatchewan has been started, and if there is any assistance you may be able to offer the students please mention it on the appropriate
talk page. Watch also for tags on the articles such as
AFD and guide the students for Wikipedia principles. Thank you.
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.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing! !
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!
The user template: {{
user Saskatoon}} needs some TLC as its image has disappeared! If someone has some photographic / image manipulation talents, and a good idea to improve the user template, it is much appreciated.
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 to Trivia question #3 before month end. The answer to Trivia Question #3 will be published in the
Volume 2, Issue 7 - August 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #3: Where is Canada's longest pedestrian bridge and what is it named?
Answer Question #3: Will be announced August 1, 2008
Trivia Question #2:Bonnington, Assiniboia, North West Territories is now known as which
community of Saskatchewan? from the
June Newsletter
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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 the 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.
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.
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?
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Mitchazenia (
talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Mitchazenia. Even though he might not be heavily involved all things Saskatchewan, one area he is greatly involved in is roads and highways. Not only that he started the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways WikiProject. His other edits don't go un-notice. So much so that he was even awarded the WP: Sask Barnstar for his contributions to highway and road articles of Saskatchewan.
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 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.
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Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated on new articles related to Saskatchewan.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 103 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the
Saskatchewan article to feature status. Please leave a note on the
tip line, if you are able over the next month to make improvements to the provincial article.
A class reviews
Some of the larger wikiprojects are doing their own peer reviews to pass articles from GA to A. See the introduction at
A class reviews Is Saskatchewan membership large enough for this undertaking? Should there be a collaboration with Canada wikiproject in this regards?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
Leafschik1967 (
talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Leafschik1967 . Amongst several editors, it was again hard to select only one for representation in this latest edition of the newsletter. This editor is diverse, editing a variety of SK sports related articles, SK communities and SK flora articles, helping out with Good article nominations and contributing to talk pages. Thank you for your assistance as Saskatchewan grows on wikipedia.
Most Commonly Visited Pages
To help keep Saskatchewan current and visited at wikipedia... The Beijing Olympics, Summer Games and athletes were amongst the
most commonly visited wikipedia pages last month. It would be good to have articles about our Saskatchewan Olympic competitors started, upgraded, and tagged on the talk pages as belonging to SK wikiproject. As well as Saskatchewan competitors in the upcoming September paralympics.
Saskatchewan at olympics. Up and coming in the news is the
international interest in the Arctic waters, and Greg Poelzer, associate professor of Political Studies has related that there will be growth in the
Mining sector of northern Saskatchewan during this impetus.
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Image copyright problem with Image:ERCAlogo.gif
Thanks for uploading
Image:ERCAlogo.gif. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of
fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets
Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an
explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check
That there is a
non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.
We would like to ask you to review the
articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at
Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at
Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations.
A
list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with
copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.
We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at
this project's subpage of
User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team,
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Articles selected for Saskatchewanreply
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
The election has now been called, so as with all elections we'll need to keep a close eye on the
main article, party articles and candidate articles to make sure everything is conforming to policy (read: NPOV) and to watch out for likely edit wars.
Of course it will all be nothing compared to what happens on election night, October 14th, as packs of anon editors update ridings according to who won the first 1% of the vote, so mark that date on your calendar too. -
Royalguard11(
T) 18:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC) -
Canadian Federal Election 2008reply
Selected picture:'55 Bel Air dragster 'Touch 'N' Go' at
SIR
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Individual categories for each rural municipality are being created. It would be good to gather consensus as to which articles should be tagged with an individual RM category. The places names which an RM provides rural government for should be within the individual category for the RM. However, should these areas also be added into the individual RM category: political divisions, points of interest, notable people from the RM, towns with their own urban governments which host the RM office?
Add your comments.
Masalai (
talk·contribs) The November 2008 award is presented to Masalai for continuous contributions to several articles focusing mainly upon southern Saskatchewan. The knowledge Masalai brings to these articles combines statistical data with diverse notable events pertinent to the topic. Thank you and in this regards please receive a Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight award.
Spotlight Award
Extinct Settlements proposed wikiproject
A new wikiproject is being proposed ....
Extinct Settlements. Please feel free to add your comments, support or opposition for such a project on wikipedia. There was initially also conversation begun
here on WP Cities as well as at
WP SK communities.
Curling Wikiproject work group proposal
A
Curling task project is being proposed.... As curling is
Saskatchewan's provincial sport it may help out some of our community pages. Please feel free to join the
discussion with comments, your support or non-support.
Hallowe'en was mild, above seasonal norm for temperatures, and without snow this year!!! On this note a new a new
Saskatchewan Communitiessubstitution template has been done up adding the weather statistical table.
SriMesh |
talk 00:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
A posting from
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads A bot is going around tagging various articles for missing coordinates. One recent tagging was on
Highway 8 (Ontario) (see
[2]). Given that a road will have numerous coordinates, what sort of coordinates should be defined for Canadian road articles, if any? Terminus points, perhaps control cities would be obvious candidates.
Dl2000 (
talk) 02:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)reply
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Proposed deletion of K34HI
A
proposed deletion template has been added to the article
K34HI, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's
criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "
What Wikipedia is not" and
Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{
dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on
its talk page.
Get acquainted with the characteristics of Good Articles and help a fellow member get an article to
WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter. Add a tidbit that has helped you create an article on a Saskatchewan topic such as research materials, and ideas.
Help out another Saskatchewan editor and provide a peer review on their articles. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write.
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
According to the
December 2007 newsletter, it is one year since Saskatchewan articles have had an assessment department which enable Saskatchewan articles to be rated for importance and quality. The Canadian banner was modified one year ago to help improve Saskatchewan content. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada
wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }}
One year ago the new article department was also established. This new articles department introduces new wikipedia editors who are interested in Saskatchewan and also helps to monitor the expansion of Saskatchewan related articles. The new article department also alerts editors to fledgling articles which may receive tags for improvement.
Natural resources of Saskatchewan
A request has been sent out for information regarding natural resources of Saskatchewan. Can there be an organisation of articles, categories or a list in this regards to satisfy the query?
Saskatchewan Wikiproject facelift request
There will be a Saskatchewan barnstar sent out to any editors who can provide a facelift to the Saskatchewan wikiproject over the next few weeks. There has been a large influx of material to the wikiproject since its inception, and now the material should be re-organised and re-distributed for ease of access.
Maps as reliable sources
There is a l-o-o-ong discussion on the use of maps as reliable primary or secondary sources for wikipedia articles at
Regarding maps as primary sources. This has a direct influence on highways and roads articles as well as town and placename articles.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
Cocopie (
talk·contribs) The December 2008 award is presented to Cocopie who has set up various categories and populated those categories with articles. Cocopie has updated and started various Saskatchewan articles and has also been able to start their talk pages with the wikiproject banner. Thank you for your various contributions to SK related topics.
So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate 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.
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated.
Signed up the wikiproject for
article alerts via B. Wolterding robot. They should show up on the bottom of the main wikiproject page when detected by the robot.
Spotlight Award
Skookum1 (
talk·contribs) The January 2009 award is presented to Skookum1 who has diligently upgraded articles in compliance with references, point of view and other wikipedia standards. This generally enriches the quality of articles providing more enhanced encyclopaedic content.
January 2009 newsletter
Standardisation for Saskatchewan school division naming
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
We hope that you're enjoying regular updates about the goings on of WikiProject Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. Comments and suggestions on improving this newsletter are always welcome, and help us at the wikiproject improve it on a monthly basis. Keep contributing and editing articles, the portal, the project and the newsletter. Don't hesitate to contact any wikiproject member or post on the
WikiProject Saskatchewan talk page if you need help or just want someone to look over your
article. Please put a new sample picture into the next newsletter!!
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.
Place a Saskatchewan related article up for
peer review,
good article nomination or
Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know. We hope you'll enjoy visiting our
WikiProject. Our
Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are selected by our editors.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Biography Just How Much You Care On Family Day.
Write in to our editors or leave a note on the
talk page letting us know of notable upgrades or additions of Saskatchewan biography and receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Saskatchewan biographies are harder to find unless they have a category relating to Saskatchewan or the wikiproject Saskatchewan banner on the talk page.
Check point for changes related to Saskatchewan articles
Jwkozak91 (
talk·contribs) is a new editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award.
Jwkozak91 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through updates of current information mainly to political articles joining the editorial crew there.
Jwkozak91 has shown significant additions to the improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the
Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to
Jwkozak91 at this time. Pop by and give
Jwkozak91 a pat on the back for their work on
WikiProject Saskatchewan.
Bearcat (
talk·contribs) The February 2009 award is presented to Bearcat who has kept abreast of political party and people (PPAP) articles and their content. Bearcat not only improves and updates politically inclined articles but provides guidance and coaches others in their edits of political articles as well. Swing on over to the talk page of
Bearcat and present them with a barnstar or two, along with a thank you or two for their contribtions to wikipedia as a veteran editor, and for keeping articles with dated content up to date.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated.
T. Mazzei (
talk·contribs) The March 2009 award is presented to T. Mazzei who upgrades and creates numerous Saskatchewan articles on a regular basis. It is good to have an editor monitoring articles, and adding wikilinks where needed. A thank you is extended for your consistent efforts.
Please add to the newsletter
Feel free to add to the newsletter, the blank format for the following month is at
April issue. Any additions about the direction of the wikiproject, assessment, task forces, issues and opportunities or article improvements are welcome.
Saskatchewan photographs
when you are traveling or looking through old pictures, if there are any of Saskatchewan roads, highways or Saskatchewan highway signs that you would wish to upload to wikimedia commons, it would be appreciated. It would be good to show our highways in various seasons as well as with various geographical terrains. Of especial import when getting involved with photographing highways are junctions, scenic points of interest, historical markers, intersections, divided highways, road crews, historical road crews, historical travel on highways, overpasses, underpasses and road signs showing
concurrencies between various highways.
If you have started an article for Saskatchewan, and wikimedia commons does not have a related
Saskatchewan image, then place this code on the article's talk page below the banner for Saskatchewan {{reqphotoin|Saskatchewan}} and your request will be added to the above category.
If you have added a request for a map, there are now locator maps for Saskatchewan available which should alleviate some of the requests added at
Wikipedia requested maps in Saskatchewan For example see
Saskatoon for a locator map in use.
Coordinators and A Class Review
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new
WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.
All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. — Delievered by
§hepBot (
Disable) on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 06:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
. The video games wikiproject took some time to devleop what was important within the scope of their wikiproject for the importance assessment.
TO DO
Saskatchewan clean up and
SK communities and are lists of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles.
Place this
articles for deletion page on your watchlist to know if any Saskatchewan articles are under discussion. Likewise if there are issues with improvements for Saskatchewan check out
articles to improve periodically. At the moment this article name has been changed
Rural Division has been changed to
Saskatchewan Rivers School Division(NPOV) and there has been discussion if placenames require the added note that it is Foo, Saskatchewan or if the article can remain as the placename name: Foo. In this regards this article which needs disambiguation has not been reduced to placename title only.
Regina -->
Regina, Saskatchewan
Please welcome new editors to wikipedia who are trying their hand at writing articles, at
new Saskatchewan articles
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
New articles section to keep updated.
Participate in
Wikimania 2009. Wikimania 2009 will be held August 26-28 in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina at the
San Martín Cultural Center. They are accepting presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects. Deadlines are April 15 and April 30. Would anyone like to assemble a poster about WP SK?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
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.
Place Saskatchewan articles on your watchlist to help prevent vandalism. Peek in on the newly created high school articles periodically as well as the
Saskatoon article.
Saskatoon
There is a renovation and upgrade project being tackled on the
Saskatoon article. Please
Be bold and join the
discussion or help promote the article to
GA.
Caronport, Saskatchewan
Please expand city, town, village and hamlet articles especially if you have first hand knowledge of them, which would develop facts and help in knowing where to find resources, citations and sources. For example
Caronport, Saskatchewan is a recent
request
Please register new DYK, GA, FA, news articles and any photographs or media at the
WP talk page,
newsletter tips or the
Portal talk page for inclusion into the Portal and the next news letter. The
portal has been through peer review, and is awaiting more inclusion to proceed to Featured Portal nominations.
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.
Please vote on the featured article status of this article, as it was promoted to FA quite awhile ago, and FA status requirements have changed. The above list was merged into the
List of universities in Canada.
Use the
Outreach welcome template and extend a welcome to new users who are writing about Saskatchewan.
Biographies
With father's day upcoming, focus is on writing up some biographies on some notable Saskatchewan people. Please categorise these with one of the sub categories from
Category:People from Saskatchewan and use the
talk page banner and check off Saskatchewan=yes as biographies are harder to trace for inclusion than other Saskatchewan titular articles. With such categories-banners being used, the articles are more likely to be found and expanded by other Saskatchewan users. Take some time to find biographies of Saskatchewan folk on wikipedia currently and categorise-banner them as well.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for
B-class before advancing on to
GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are
Military History FAQ,
Ships WP FAQ and
WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of
a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as
described here.
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.
Amidst
summer festivals,
tourism and
agricultural activities, the July newsletter is out amongst us. While you are out and about, take a festival photog, or photograph a visit to the park, or perhaps a flax field. Perhaps, add an article about your favourite festival or Saskatchewan tourism destination, increase what is online about our national, provincial or regional sites.
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated
July 1,
2009. Please help develop articles about our members of parliament articles, and
National Historic Sites in Saskatchewan!
Museums
Several community museums are only open during the summer months in Saskatchewan, please visit them, ask questions, take photographs, place them on wikipedia.
Virtual Museum of Canada - Calendar of Events - Discover events which are offered during the summer months.
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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.
It has been one year since the
WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods underwent a facelift and assessment banner update. The Banner helps to identify the quality of placename articles and which to focus attention on, and the wikiproject helps to coordinate the efforts of all interested editors! Thank you very much.
This is your newsletter and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips on the
Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter edition.
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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.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 104 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the
Saskatchewan article to feature status or add main Saskatchewan topical articles or improve topics of Saskatchewan articles.
The
Portal:Saskatchewan is undergoing its second anniversary showcasing to the WWW wikipedia articles about Saskatchewan content which have achieved good or featured class criteria. Please add more contributions to wikipedia and to the portal itself. If you have suggestions for the portal or want help with the "box formatting style of programming" drop a note on the
portal talk page.
With fall and school starting up this late August and early September, it is time to start or upgrade the various secondary and post secondary
education and
Higher education in Saskatchewan articles for Saskatchewan or help with
requests . Ensure that principals, vice principals, and current curricula and extracurricular activities are accurate for the 2009-2010 school year. Notable changes in curricula and extracurricular activities could be added to a history section. The newest education article seems to be an
U of S article on the
University of Saskatchewan Physical Activity Complex.
List of universities in Canada this article was recently demoted from Featured list status. If anyone can work on this article and the new requirements to get it re-instated this would be awesome.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to
Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into
GA or
FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
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.
If there was a collaboration department, then the
North-West Rebellion, and its several child articles such as its
battles and
people would be excellent articles to find references for, expand and achieve
GA or
FA status. In the words of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Christine Tell who proclaimed, that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie
Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today."[1]
At this time, as well, the articles
Aboriginal peoples in Canada and
First Nations are undergoing
GA review. For an idea of updating the Northwest Rebellion articles watch these two articles or assist with their upgrade.
Feature articles are being re-called due to a lack of "
alt tags" for the images included in the articles, as in the ongoing screening of FA articles;
Canada and
Territorial evolution of Canada. When beginning or updating a Saskatchewan related article, ensure the use of alt tags, which will save time later when upgrading the article.
Please make use of
Wikipedia School and University projects and
project instrutions on wikipedia, inform fellow students, classes, or school instructors.
Higher education in Saskatchewan, was a part of a project that encompassed higher education in all the provinces and territories of Canada. As well students in public schools have been working on Saskatchewan town articles in the past.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
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.
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.
This is the third December newsletter for the Saskatchewan wikiproject, and two years since we inaugurated the assessment template! It is also how the anniversary of our Saskatchewan new article robot page which helps to identify new articles with Saskatchewan content and future contributors.
2007,
2008
Holiday greetings to everyone editing on wikipedia and especially those helping
Saskatchewan find its niche so others on the WWW can know something of this prairie province of Canada. Please invite a fellow editor for a
nice cup of tea and a sit down
Photography city scavenger hunts
In the same vein as this
Wikipedia Takes The City Scavenger Hunt Contest, please roam around Saskatchewan taking important photographs of your local area, city or neighbourhood or town, school, park, forest, statue, memorial, main street, cityscape view which are needed for various wikipedia articles. If you wish just use this
online tool to help upload available
public domain and fair use images to wikimedia commons.
Assessment
With 2,442 stubs, there are 73% of articles relating to Saskatchewan which are stubs, describing the province in minimal detail. There are 6 articles and lists which reached feature status. These detailed, and informative feature quality sections amount to 0.2% of the Saskatchewan content. It would be nice if these percentages could be reversed. Everyone's help is requested to make the drive a success.
Portal Saskatchewan
Please make regular visits to the
portal and perhaps make it your browser home page. Nominations for selected articles and pictures for the portal are always welcome, and can serve as a great way to show off that new article you just worke on to achieve Good Article status or the super picture you took the last time you attended a festival in Saskatchewan.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue!(January 2010 - Post your news years resolution) Comments and suggestions on improving the newsletter are always welcome, and help improve it in the coming new year. Keep contributing and editing articles, and don't hesitate to contact the wikiproject talk page if you need help. Any and all contributions are welcome.
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There has been a surge of growth in communities around and about Saskatchewan. Please look at the
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Hello and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter! I,
User:Presidentman, am the new editor. You may see some changes due to the fact it's my first newsletter. I'm just going easy on myself, but it will get more complex as time goes on.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
We’re excited to announce that
User:Presidentman has joined
WikiProject Saskatchewan as our Editor in Chief. Presidentman will oversee editorial content and the Saskatchewan Wikiproject community contributions on the Wikiproject newsletter. Presidentman has also successfully developed the
Picture of the Day project and has been active on wikipedia for close to three years in a plethora of projects enriching wikipedia with close to 3,000 contributions. The transition between our old editor and the new has been smoother than any of us could have hoped for — SriMesh wrote their last newsletter article for
January, 2010, and Presidentman started up without missing a beat for February 2010. The previous years for SriMesh, the past editor, had been richly rewarding, seeing subscriptions grow, informing interested editors of developments and changes to the Saskatchewan wikipedia community and supporting activities on the Saskatchewan Wikiproject. It is now time for me to move to new writing projects to finish, and further responsibilities which are vying for my attention. Please join me in welcoming Presidentman to the their new position! Presidentman is working on a host of new features and an updated look, which will take things to a new level. It is wonderful to have a new editor to bring in the new year! Expect great things.
We need to begin recruiting membership & spreading the word about our WikiProject. Help out!
The best way to do this is the place the
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Hello, and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Sorry about the last two months, I have just been very busy with exams and the end of my studies. Now that summer is here, hopefully I'll do better.
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Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Canada Day to all!
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Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Saskatchewan Day to all!
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August 2 is Saskatchewan Day!
Everyone have a Happy Saskatchewan Day!
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Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Labour Day to all!
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WikiProject Saskatchewan Volume 3, Issue 12 - December 2009
WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter February 2010
Template:User WikiProject Golden Horseshoe Roads has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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