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WikiCup 2012 June newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 11:04, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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• Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism

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WPF1 Newsletter (June)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year V · Issue 6 · June 4, 2012 – July 2, 2012 Previous month's issue
New users New members – Urbanoc (talk · contribs) (June 5) L. Zheng Wei (talk · contribs) (June 7) GyaroMaguus (talk · contribs) (June 19) F1fan1000 (talk · contribs) (June 26) TheOriginalSoni (talk · contribs) (June 27) New recipients – L. Zheng Wei (talk · contribs) (June 8) New editors – WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news The newsletter is now being delivered by EdwardsBot.	Article developments Formula One articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 3 7 13 FL 1 2 1 4 A 2 2 GA 3 6 10 6 25 B 18 27 40 48 133 C 6 36 43 95 180 Start 16 101 185 687 1 990 Stub 18 130 1,522 1 1,671 List 2 8 18 4 32 Category 523 523 Disambig 8 8 Portal 35 35 Project 67 67 Redirect 21 21 Template 173 173 NA 37 37 Assessed 49 201 436 2,362 865 2 3,915 Unassessed 1 1 Total 49 201 436 2,363 865 2 3,916 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts Failed Featured List Candidates - List of Formula One polesitters Completed Peer Reviews – 2012 Formula One season Ongoing Peer Reviews – List of Formula One circuits
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors – Midgrid (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 – Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Alf Francis ([1]), Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Steve Tarrant, Intertechnique, Elf Masters Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. Lewis Hamilton extended the 2012 season's record by becoming the seventh different winner is as many races at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix. At the following race in Valencia, Fernando Alonso broke the sequence by taking his second win of the year. New images 2012
Article of the month – List of Formula One circuits, currently listed for Peer Review Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform. The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The first Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 68 circuits have hosted a Grand Prix. Circuits such as the Nürburgring have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations. The first race at the circuit used the 22 kilometres (14 mi) circuit, but concerns over safety meant that more recent Grands Prix have used a shorter, safer circuit. F1 circuits were predominately in Europe during the early years of the championship, as the sport has expanded so has the location of its circuits. New circuits have been used in Asia and America, the change has been a recent occurrence. Of the 20 circuits that will host a Grand Prix in 2012, nearly half were not on the calendar before 1999. The Autodromo Nazionale Monza has hosted the most Grands Prix; it has been used as the circuit for the Italian Grand Prix 61 times. The only season it did not host a race was in 1980, when the Italian Grand Prix was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. The most recent circuit to have hosted a Grand Prix was the Buddh International Circuit, which hosted the Indian Grand Prix in 2011. The Circuit of the Americas is set to become the latest different circuit to host a Grand Prix; when the United States Grand Prix is staged there in 2012, at Austin, Texas. The Pescara Circuit is the longest circuit to have hosted a Grand Prix. The 25.800 km (16.031 mi) long circuit normally held the Coppa Acerbo race, it hosted one World Championship race, the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix. As some circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations, the most recent configuration used is listed in the table below. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Fernando Alonso Ferrari 111 2nd Mark Webber Red Bull 91 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren 88 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 85 5th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 75 6th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 73 7th Romain Grosjean Lotus 53 8th Jenson Button McLaren 49 9th Sergio Pérez Sauber 39 10th Pastor Maldonado Williams 29 11th Paul di Resta Force India 27 12th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 21 13th Michael Schumacher Mercedes 17 14th Nico Hülkenberg Force India 17 15th Bruno Senna Williams 16 16th Felipe Massa Ferrari 11 17th Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 4 18th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 2 19th Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 0 20th Vitaly Petrov Caterham 0 21st Timo Glock Marussia 0 22nd Charles Pic Marussia 0 23rd Narain Karthikeyan HRT 0 24th Pedro de la Rosa HRT 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Red Bull Racing RB8 176 2nd Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 137 3rd Lotus F1 Team E20 126 4th Scuderia Ferrari F2012 122 5th Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W03 92 6th Sauber F1 Team C31 60 7th Williams F1 Team FW34 45 8th Sahara Force India F1 Team VJM05 44 9th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 6 10th Caterham F1 Team CT01 0 11th Marussia F1 Team MR01 0 12th HRT F1 Team F112 0 See 2012 Formula One season for more information
Canadian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:32:29.586 2nd Romain Grosjean Lotus + 2.513 3rd Sergio Pérez Sauber + 5.260 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 7.295 5th Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 13.411 6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 13.842 7th Mark Webber Red Bull + 15.085 8th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 15.567 9th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber + 24.432 10th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 25.272 Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel 1:15.752, on lap 70 Canadian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:13.784 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:14.087 Row two Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:14.151 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:14.346 Row three Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:14.411 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:14.465 Row four Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:14.645 Paul di Resta Force India 1:14.705 Row five Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.812 Jenson Button McLaren 1:15.182 Friday Practice 1 – Hamilton sets the Montreal benchmark Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton heads Ferrari duo Saturday Practice – Vettel pips Alonso in Montreal Qualifying – Vettel cruises to Canada pole Race – Seventh time lucky for Hamilton in Canada
European Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:44:16.649 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 6.421 3rd Michael Schumacher Mercedes + 12.639 4th Mark Webber Red Bull + 13.628 5th Nico Hülkenberg Force India + 19.993 6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 21.176 7th Paul di Resta Force India + 22.866 8th Jenson Button McLaren + 24.653 9th Sergio Pérez Sauber + 27.777 10th Bruno Senna Williams + 35.961* Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg 1:42.163, on lap 54 European Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38.086 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:38.410 Row two Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:38.475 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:38.505 Row three Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:38.513 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.623 Row four Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:38.741 Nico Hülkenberg Force India 1:38.752 Row five Jenson Button McLaren 1:38.801 Paul di Resta Force India 1:38.992 * Pastor Maldonado (10th, + 34.630) was given a 20-second time penalty post-race for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton, and for failing to rejoin the track in a safe manner. Maldonado penalised over Hamilton clash Friday Practice 1 – Maldonado sets Valencia standard Friday Practice 2 – Vettel leads tight Valencia field Saturday Practice – Button edges charging Lotuses Qualifying – Vettel bests the rest to secure Valencia pole Race – Alonso triumphs in Valencia thriller

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July Metro

Issue 43: July 2012 Previous edition · Next edition

London Transport News July 300th hybrid bus introduced to London's fleet, helping to improve air quality Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy CBE takes to Twitter to answer questions about transport at Games-time Traffic through Kingsway Tunnel to be reversed from this weekend as part of build and preparations for the Olympic Route Network Mind the app! WiFi arrives at over 40 London Underground stations TfL offers to share any additional bus revenue from London 2012 Games with bus staff Sporting legend Iwan Thomas warms up commuters to help them avoid Games-time travel disruptions June 40,000 households and businesses updated on proposed Northern line extension Olympic Route Network road markings introduced in London this weekend, but no operation and enforcement until 25 July Mayor's plan to plough more than £100m into big improvements to London's suburban rail services London 2012 Games handbook to help taxi drivers and private hire operators make the most of the Games New figures show progress continues to be made in making London's roads safer Passenger satisfaction in London Overground continues to soar since being taken over by the Mayor Boarding passes ready as first Emirates Air Line flight takes off 'White van man' turned Olympian urges van drivers not to get caught out by failing to plan for Games-time Benchmarking report makes case for continued Tube investment Mayor welcomes major step forward for proposed Silvertown Tunnel New night bus N113 links Mill Hill, Watford Way and Hendon Way with central London Latest figures show TfL maintains Tube reliability achievements Road users urged to plan their Games travel now as final version of planning tool released Passengers to benefit from improvements at Paddington station More trams more often in massive upgrade of Croydon tram services Strike occurs TfL sets out plans and important travel advice for London 2012 Games Road Events Businesses - and their employees - offered London 2012 Games travel advice live on Twitter London bus staff recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours TfL advises road users to avoid The Mall and surrounding roads as LOCOG begins construction of London 2012 Games venues Emirates Air Line to open to passengers from end of June BBC Radio 1 star shares top tips to avoid travelling home at the busiest times during the Games Services on some of the Capital's busiest bus routes will be enhanced and some routes will be placed on diversion during the London 2012 Games. Team GB hockey hopeful Simon Mantell leads the way in encouraging Londoners to swap to cycling this summer Join in the celebrations across the capital this summer with a limited edition Summer Oyster card TfL sets out plans to implement Olympic Route Network and begin operation on 25 July Green light for London to charge utility companies who dig at the busiest times and cause congestion Transport for London (TfL) has published its draft Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 Daily weekday River Bus services to treble between Putney and Blackfriars New Big Ben artwork for Gloucester Road Tube station Transport for London issues Countdown 'Live Bus Arrivals' API to the TfL Developers' Area and London Data Store London's business leaders urged to check that their staff are acting on Games-time travel plans First stations named for London Underground WiFi launch Project News Articles 1910 London to Manchester air race, appeared as Today's Featured Article on the Main Page on 9th March Baker Street and Waterloo Railway appeared as Today's Featured Article on the Main Page on 10th March, the 106th anniversary of the line's opening List of London Underground stations appeared as Today's Featured List on the Main Page on 30th April British Airways underwent a successful Good Article Reassessment Metropolitan Railway has been promoted to Good Article and was subsequently nominated as a Featured Article Candidate The Good Article History of British Airways was added to the project Herne Hill railway station and Bow Back Rivers have been promoted to Good Articles, Herne Hill has subsequently been promoted to Featured Article status Midland District Railway, Emirates Air Line (cable car) and London Underground S Stock have been WP:RMrequested for moving Project discussions Within the project, discussions included how two project articles appeared on TFA in quick succession, a RfC on inclusion of particular viewpoint on future lengthening of certain trainsets on British Rail Class 458,assessment of London Underground's electric locomotives and the Hammersmith & City line navbox Within other related projects, relevant discussions included were on major railway stations in Britain, a new London train wiki and the notability of railway magazines Requests If you want to post a request for help with an article, finding a photograph or seeking reference material, contact the editor Things to do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Lists of articles needing cleanup Expand : These top 10 favourite articles to Good Article: J. P. Morgan  · Heathrow Airport  · River Thames  · London Bridge  · London Underground  · London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)  · Gatwick Airport  · London Congestion Charge  · Tube map  · Tower Bridge These top importance articles to Good Article: 7 July 2005 London bombings  · Buses in London  · Crossrail  · London Passenger Transport Board  · London Transport (brand)  · London Transport Museum  · Transport for London  · Transport in London Photo : Upload your non-copyrighted London transportation images to Wikimedia Commons Stubs : Improve a stub article Update : London low emission zone, London congestion charge Other : Suggest: A Did You Know...? fact here or an Anniversary fact here. Patrol: Recent changes Join: Become a member of WikiProject London Transport or encourage others Membership Number of participants is 82. Recent Activity of Project participants Editorial Editor: Simply south Special thanks to founders Unisouth (talk · contribs) and Bluegoblin7 (talk · contribs) for setting up the newsletter Also special thanks to DavidCane for the new, simpler, fresher look We hope you like the new fresher look, styled to coordinate with the Portal page All suggestions for improvements to the newsletter are welcome at feedback page or Simply south Best Articles Featured articles (34) 1910 London to Manchester air race • Albert Bridge, London • Aldwych tube station • Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield • Baker Street and Waterloo Railway • Battersea Bridge • Brill Tramway • Brill railway station • Central London Railway • Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway • Chelsea Bridge • City and South London Railway • Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway • Great Western Railway War Memorial • Green Park tube station • Herne Hill railway station • Charles Holden • London Necropolis Company • London and North Western Railway War Memorial • Marchioness disaster • Metropolitan Railway • Moorgate tube crash • RAF Northolt • Frank Pick • Sinking of SS Princess Alice • Quainton Road railway station • Richmond Bridge, London • Underground Electric Railways Company of London • Vauxhall Bridge • Waddesdon Road railway station • Wandsworth Bridge • Westcott railway station • Wood Siding railway station • Wotton railway station (Brill Tramway) Featured lists (6) List of former and unopened London Underground stations • List of London Underground stations • List of London Monopoly locations • List of works by Charles Holden • London station group • Timeline of the London Underground Featured topics (2) Brill Tramway • Underground Electric Railways Company of London Good articles (111) A1 in London • M25 motorway • A215 road • Acton Town tube station • Angel tube station • Arnos Grove tube station • William Henry Barlow • Becontree tube station • Blackfriars station • Blackwall Tunnel • BOAC Flight 712 • Bond Street • Boston Manor tube station • Bow Back Rivers • Bow Street • Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway • British Airways • British Rail Class 700 • Broad Street railway station (England) • Cannon Street station • Charing Cross railway station • Chesham branch • Chiswick Bridge • City Thameslink railway station • Coventry Street • 2016 Croydon tram derailment • Dartford Crossing • Denmark Street • District Railway • Down Street tube station • Earl's Court tube station • East Finchley tube station • Elephant & Castle tube station • Embankment tube station • Euston Road • Euston railway station • Euston tube station • Fenchurch Street railway station • Finchley Central tube station • Fleet Street • Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet • Gants Hill tube station • Gloucester Road tube station • Great Marlborough Street • Hammersmith & City line • Hammerton's Ferry • High Speed 1 • Highgate tube station • History of British Airways • Holborn Viaduct railway station • Holborn tube station • Hounslow West tube station • Kennington tube station • Kensington (Olympia) station • Kilburn tube station • King's Cross Thameslink railway station • King's Cross St Pancras tube station • Leicester Square • Murder of Deborah Linsley • Liverpool Street station • London Bridge station • London Country North East • London King's Cross railway station • London Necropolis Railway • London Necropolis railway station • London Paddington station • London Ringways • London Underground departmental stock • London Victoria station • London Waterloo station • M11 link road protest • Marylebone station • Moorgate station • Morden tube station • Newbury Park tube station • North Circular Road • Northern line extension to Battersea • Northumberland Avenue • Old Kent Road • Old Street station • Oxford Circus • Oxford Circus tube station • Oxford Street • Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) • Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) • Pall Mall, London • Park Lane • Charles Pearson • Pentonville Road • Piccadilly • Piccadilly line • Pimlico tube station • Regent Street • St Pancras railway station • South Circular Road, London • South Kensington tube station • Strand, London • Tillingbourne Bus Company • Trafalgar Square • Upminster Bridge tube station • Vauxhall station • Victoria line • Vine Street, London • Warren Street tube station • Waterloo East railway station • Westminster tube station • Westway (London) • Whitechapel Road • Whitehall • Wimbledon and Sutton Railway • Woolwich Ferry Good topics (1) Wikipedia:Good topics/List of London Monopoly locations Featured Portal (1) Portal:London Transport Good articles (111) A1 in London • M25 motorway • A215 road • Acton Town tube station • Angel tube station • Arnos Grove tube station • William Henry Barlow • Becontree tube station • Blackfriars station • Blackwall Tunnel • BOAC Flight 712 • Bond Street • Boston Manor tube station • Bow Back Rivers • Bow Street • Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway • British Airways • British Rail Class 700 • Broad Street railway station (England) • Cannon Street station • Charing Cross railway station • Chesham branch • Chiswick Bridge • City Thameslink railway station • Coventry Street • 2016 Croydon tram derailment • Dartford Crossing • Denmark Street • District Railway • Down Street tube station • Earl's Court tube station • East Finchley tube station • Elephant & Castle tube station • Embankment tube station • Euston Road • Euston railway station • Euston tube station • Fenchurch Street railway station • Finchley Central tube station • Fleet Street • Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet • Gants Hill tube station • Gloucester Road tube station • Great Marlborough Street • Hammersmith & City line • Hammerton's Ferry • High Speed 1 • Highgate tube station • History of British Airways • Holborn Viaduct railway station • Holborn tube station • Hounslow West tube station • Kennington tube station • Kensington (Olympia) station • Kilburn tube station • King's Cross Thameslink railway station • King's Cross St Pancras tube station • Leicester Square • Murder of Deborah Linsley • Liverpool Street station • London Bridge station • London Country North East • London King's Cross railway station • London Necropolis Railway • London Necropolis railway station • London Paddington station • London Ringways • London Underground departmental stock • London Victoria station • London Waterloo station • M11 link road protest • Marylebone station • Moorgate station • Morden tube station • Newbury Park tube station • North Circular Road • Northern line extension to Battersea • Northumberland Avenue • Old Kent Road • Old Street station • Oxford Circus • Oxford Circus tube station • Oxford Street • Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) • Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) • Pall Mall, London • Park Lane • Charles Pearson • Pentonville Road • Piccadilly • Piccadilly line • Pimlico tube station • Regent Street • St Pancras railway station • South Circular Road, London • South Kensington tube station • Strand, London • Tillingbourne Bus Company • Trafalgar Square • Upminster Bridge tube station • Vauxhall station • Victoria line • Vine Street, London • Warren Street tube station • Waterloo East railway station • Westminster tube station • Westway (London) • Whitechapel Road • Whitehall • Wimbledon and Sutton Railway • Woolwich Ferry Promotions or Assessments none Recently Promoted Featured Articles, Lists or Topics Herne Hill railway station Recently Assessed Good Articles History of British Airways Bow Back Rivers Herne Hill railway station Metropolitan Railway Featured Article and Good Article candidates Metropolitan Railway Gallery Selected by Simply south (talk · contribs) Wikipedia ads file info – #137 If you want to unsubscribe from this newsletter or, if you are visiting this user page and want to sign-up, then please visit this page. 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The Signpost: 09 July 2012

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2012

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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The Signpost: 16 July 2012

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Ichthus: July 2012

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July 2012

Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 336 active members. We would like to welcome User:Emilymadcat, User:Toa Nidhiki05, User:DonutGuy, and User:RCNesland, Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

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Church of the month

by User:JaGa

Mission Santa Clara de Asis

Vote for the project mascot
We had last month asked our members to help "bring into the fold" Wikipe-tan as the project's mascot. Voting will take place this month for which image we should adopt at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/Wikipe-tan. Please take a moment to review the images and vote for whichever is your favorite, or, if you so prefer, suggest an additional one.

By John Carter

Calendar
Thie coming month (mid-July through mid-September) includes days dedicated to the honor of Mary Magdalene, James, son of Zebedee, Ignatius Loyola, Saint Dominic, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Transfiguration of Jesus.

Featured content and GA report
Grade I listed churches in Cheshire was recently promoted to Featured List status. This picture was recently promoted to Featured Picture status. Bartolome de las Casas and Edmund the Martyr were promoted to GA level this past month. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.

Wikimedia Foundation report

Wikibooks welcomes the development of textbooks of all kinds, children's books, recipes, and other material. It currently has just under 2500 books, including several Wikijunior books for the 12 and under population. There is, at present, not even a book on Christianity. Anyone interested in helping develop such a textbook is more than welcome to do so.

By John Carter

Christian art

The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger.

By John Carter

Spotlight
A new WikiProject relating directly to Christian history is being developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian history. Anyone interested in assisting with the development of these groups and topics is more than welcome to do so.

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I believe
... in the tradition of Thomas the Apostle, Mar Addai, and Saint Bartholomew. I believe that Jesus had two essences (or natures), human and divine, unmingled, that are everlastingly united in one personality. I am a member of the Assyrian Church of the East.

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The Signpost: 23 July 2012

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (July 2012)

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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 16 2 26 B 30 57 52 11 150 C 22 38 51 23 134 Start 26 116 371 317 4 834 Stub 17 53 304 611 2 987 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 127 144 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 91 93 Template 2 15 8 4 56 85 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 302 863 981 303 6 2,557 Unassessed 1 1 Total 102 302 863 981 303 7 2,558
Picture of the Month The Plymouth Superbird stock car that Ramo Stott raced in mainly USAC Stock Car between 1970 and 1972. He also used the car in some NASCAR Winston Cup and ARCA events.	Article Developments New Good Articles: 1998 Pepsi 400 New articles: 1971 Kingsport 300 Casey Elliott 1970 National 500 C. E. Falk 1964 Savannah 200 2012 Coke Zero 400 1979 Firecracker 400 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Jon Denning ML Motorsports 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 2012 Brickyard 400 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 1998 Pepsi 400, a new Good Article The 1998 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on October 17, 1998 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Originally scheduled to be held on the Fourth of July, the race was postponed until the fall due to widespread wildfires in central Florida; it was the first superspeedway race to be held at night. Contested over 160 laps, it was the thirtieth race of the 1998 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his eleventh win of the season, while Bobby Labonte finished second and Mike Skinner finished third. Gordon retained his point lead on the way to his third Winston Cup championship title. (Read more...)
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WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)