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WikiProject roller coasters
Hi there, just to let you know that WP:ROCO has been given an overhaul. As you are listed as a participant, I just thought I'd let you know that there's a new to-do section and much clearer guidelines for roller coaster articles. Hope to see you over there! Seaserpent85Talk 09:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, December 2007
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Welcome to the new WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! Until now, in spite of a decent number of members signed up to the WikiProject, we have had no regular progress updates or information as to how much of a difference our contributions are making. This monthly newsletter aims to provide an overview of all the work that is being done behind the scenes and to celebrate the successes that would otherwise pass by unseen. Any suggestions for future additions and general help with the newsletter will be greatly appreciated. |
As can be seen on the assessment page, we are so close to finishing off assessment. If all current members of the WikiProject assessed just 2 articles, the backlog of unassessed-quality articles would be eliminated. The vast majority of articles are currently assessed as stubs, which is probably to be expected as many contain an infobox and nothing else. Getting these up to start-class is incredibly easy, many simply need references and tidying up. Even if you have very little knowledge on the article subject, this task should be fairly straightforward and is the first step in raising overall article quality. The following articles reached B-class quality during November: |
The Amusement Park Portal is now automatically linked to from the roller coaster infoboxes. It's important to remember that we need to integrate our articles with those covered by the Amusement Park WikiProject. When working on a roller coaster article, it's always a good idea to ensure that there is a wikilink from the relevant amusement park article, otherwise no-one will even know the article exists! |
During November the WikiProject was joined by 3 new members, bringing the total number up to 49. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments. |
Just to get the idea out there, I'd like to propose a monthly article drive. With the poor state of most of the articles, it's unreasonable to suggest even a GA-drive, so a B-class drive would be more realistic. Any suggestions for January's article can be brought up on the WikiProject Talk Page. Suggested articles should be presently at start or stub class and have sufficient reliable sources available to work from. |
Thanks for reading, any feedback would be hugely appreciated! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
Delivered 12th December, 2007 by Seaserpent85. If you would rather not receive this newsletter, please place a * after your username on the members page. Seaserpent85 22:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, January 2008
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Welcome!
Welcome to the second WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! December has seen some real progress in terms of bringing up the quality of roller coaster related articles on Wikipedia. Assessment and tagging of articles is almost completely done and efforts are now being focussed on quality and improving articles. This month also sees the start of the new B-class drive, a brilliant way to get involved with the WikiProject and achieve something together. |
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Articles and Assessment
As far as assessment goes, the backlog from last month was cleared almost immediately after the last newsletter went out, almost single-handedly by Alton! A progress chart can be seen on the assessment page that shows we are slowly dragging up the quality of the articles covered by the WikiProject.
The following articles reached B-class quality during December:  • Magnum XL-200 • Maverick (roller coaster) • Nemesis (roller coaster) • SheiKra |
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Amusement Parks Portal
The Amusement Parks Portal has been significantly expanded over the past month and is currently a candidate for featured portal. Any suggestions for featured articles and pictures can be put forward on their respective sections. |
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Membership News
During December the WikiProject was joined by 2 new members, bringing the total number up to 49 after 2 inactive users were removed from the member list. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments. |
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B-class Drive
This month's B-class Drive: Arrow Dynamics
So here is the first article improvement drive for the WikiProject, Arrow Dynamics. There isn't a huge amount that needs doing apart from the addition of references, formatting and a copyedit. For any outstanding contributions there are barnstars available which can be given to and by anyone! Any suggestions for February's B-class Drive can be brought up on the talk page, so if there's a particular article you feel could benefit from more input then feel free to suggest it. |
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Once again, thanks for reading! As always suggestions and offers of help are much appreciated. |
Seaserpent85 14:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, February 2008
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Welcome!
Welcome to the WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! January has seen a number of milestones being passed in the WikiProject. We've achieved our first good article, brought a portal up to featured portal status and successfully collaborated together on the first Article Improvement Drive, amongst other achievements. Let's carry on with the good work and continue bringing up the standard of all articles covered by the WikiProject! |
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Articles and Assessment
We hit a milestone in January with our first GA-class article, Speed Monster! This shows just how easy it is improve articles by including references and increasing readability. Collaboration has got off to a good start, with the first chosen article, Arrow Dynamics, improving enough to reach B-class. The following articles reached GA-class or B-class quality during January: |
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Membership News
During January the WikiProject was joined by 6 new members, bringing the total number up to 55. A very warm welcome to Etf, CPGACoast, RickMarkestein, Emackert, Onewayroad2home and Suttna08. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments.
A discussion is taking place regarding the best way to organise information about roller coaster records and the history of roller coasters. All members' opinions are welcomed; the discussion can be found here.
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Article Improvement Drive
This month's Article Improvement Drive: Roller coaster
Why not start at the top?! The main article is already at B class and, with a little help, isn't too far away from GA class. Please see the collaboration page for further information. Any suggestions for March's Article Improvement Drive can be brought up on the talk page, so if there's a particular article you feel could benefit from more input then feel free to suggest it. |
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...and finally... Once again, thanks for reading! As always suggestions and offers of help are much appreciated. |
Seaserpent85 20:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you added this category to some articles. This is fine, but you probably shouldn't add it to articles that don't cite accidents w/ reliable sources (which are missing in Flight Deck, for example). Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 20:57, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- I'm working from Incidents at Cedar Fair parks as the basis for that and it's listed and cited there (although the cite goes to a now non-existent news story now that I follow that cite. I definitely agree that come of these articles need to have the information and sources from Incidents at Cedar Fair parks transferred and cited there. Eastshire (talk) 21:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds good. :) IronGargoyle (talk) 21:06, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
CfD nomination of Category:Roller coasters with serious accidents
I have nominated Category:Roller coasters with serious accidents (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for merging into Category:Amusement park accidents (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — ξxplicit 04:17, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations!
I hope someday to be the same kind of "shill". :-) — BQZip01 — talk 22:40, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
I see you commented on my RfC
Am I permitted to discuss this with you? Glkanter (talk) 19:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
- As far as I know, you can. I don't know that I have much to add to my Outsider's View though. Eastshire (talk) 19:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
- On the MHP, I'm an all or nothing guy. First, thank you for your contribution to the RfC. It was nice of you to take the time.
- I'd like to convince you that calling us both 'uncivil' is what the news media sometimes does, it's called a 'false equivalency'. Do you mind if I bend your ear a little, and ask you to read a couple of brief sections? Glkanter (talk) 19:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
I think we need to be on the discussion page.
- "Reminder to use the talk page for discussion
- "All signed comments and talk not related to an endorsement should be directed to this page's discussion page. Discussion should not be added below. Discussion should be posted on the talk page. Threaded replies to another user's vote, endorsement, evidence, response, or comment should be posted to the talk page." See you there? Glkanter (talk) 19:46, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
- I agree that the RfCU discussion page is the appropriate venue. Eastshire (talk) 19:55, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Non Free Images in your User Space
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How to hyphenate ship class names
Eastshire, thanks for your note. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ships) carefully (as I mentioned in my comments when I made the move). The relevant part, under "Ship classes," reads, "Articles about a ship class should be named (Lead ship name) "class" (type); for example, Ohio-class submarine." You can help me to rename these pages according to that standard! The standard is consistent with universal conventions for hyphenation. Thanks! (If you can figure out a way to rename the incorrectly-hyphenated templates, please let me know.) Holy (talk) 16:34, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Link to Dave Ramsey-related story (referenced by article of same name) is a malware trap.
Thought you'd want to know about this: Talk:Dave Ramsey#URGENT: Apparent malware attack on clicking (current) ref. [13] linking to site freeby50.com ("Suze Orman Smacks Down Dave Ramsey").
Hoping you can come up with a safe alternative. Thanks, IfYouDoIfYouDon't (talk) 07:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)