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WikiProject Robotics July Newsletter

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The WikiProject Robotics Newsletter
Issue I (July 2008)


Project news
  • Project now covers 1000 articles on Wikipedia and is continuously growing in coverage and in members
  • New article assessment drive! Please help by assessing articles with no class assessment or importance rating!
  • New {{Robotics Barnstar}}! Give it to someone who has improved significant portions of robotics articles or WikiProject Robotics!
  • Four new DYKs were featured this month.
Articles of note

New Featured articles:

New Good articles:

Current proposals and discussions
  • Discussion on whether to add subcategories into this WikiProject and whether to create separate task forces per subcategory.
Awards and honors
  • User:Jiuguang Wang was recently awarded the Wikipedia Barnstar for his continued efforts in the article assessment drive.
The current Robotics Collaborations of the Fortnight are:
Editor Nominated Topic Robotics
B-Class Improvement Drive FIRST Robotics
Start/Stub Improvement Drive Home automation

Every fortnight three robotics-related topics, stubs, or red linked articles are chosen for you to improve. Be bold!
This COTF is organized by WikiProject Robotics. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.)
This WP:ROBO/COTF is effective: February 29, 2008—March 13, 2008.


Things to do
  1. Continue upkeep of Robotics Portal
  2. Assign a class and importance level to unassessed articles
  3. Place {{WikiProject Robotics}} on every related talk page.

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

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Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter


Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]