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GOCE April 2013 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter We have completed our March backlog elimination drive. The drive wrap-up newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the April blitz! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:59, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 April 2013

• Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia?

• WikiProject report: Special: FAQs

• Featured content: What the ?

• News and notes: Grants given for Wikipedia Library, six others; April Fool's Day ructions

• Arbitration report: Three open cases

• Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 15:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 April 2013

• Wikizine: WMF scales back feature after outcry

• WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes

• News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer

• Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History

• Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry

• Technology report: Testing week

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 09:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 April 2013

• Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?

• WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: South Africa

• News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops

• Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear

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The Signpost: 22 April 2013

• In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention

• News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag

• Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea

• Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban

• Technology report: A flurry of deployments

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GOCE April 2013 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2013 events newsletter We finished the April blitz and are preparing to start our May backlog elimination drive. The April 2013 events newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the May drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (April 2013)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 10 –March 26, 2013 –April 25, 2013 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles
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 2013 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 Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens 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 17 2 27 B 30 55 51 12 148 C 23 40 56 29 148 Start 26 122 420 415 4 987 Stub 17 57 306 612 2 994 List 12 53 3 1 69 Category 1 2 4 10 155 172 Disambig 4 1 1 17 23 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 105 107 Template 2 15 8 4 66 95 NA 3 3 Assessed 103 312 918 1,088 361 7 2,789 Unassessed 1 5 6 Total 103 312 918 1,089 361 12 2,795 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,576 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month Joey Logano during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway.	Article Developments New articles: SR² Motorsports 2002 EA Sports 500 Erik Jones Ben Kennedy (racing driver) 2013 Aaron's 499 2013 NRA 500 2013 STP 400 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 2013 Toyota Owners 400 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400, a Good Article The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 1, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the tenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Kyle Busch maintained the lead after the start of the race. Kyle Busch would eventually lead to the race high of 226 laps. Afterward, Gordon became the leader during the final laps. He remained the leader until Kyle Busch passed him with four laps remaining. Kyle Busch crossed the finish line first to clinch his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway. There were six caution flags and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kyle Busch up two spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 109 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and ten ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eighteen points points ahead of Toyota and thirty ahead of Ford, with twenty-six races remaining in the season. (Read more...)
New Images Newsletter contributers: Nascar1996 and The Bushranger Want to help? Leave a message at the department's talk page.

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