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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter:
: Volume 3, Issue 10 - October 2009

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Volume 3, Issue 10 - October 2009
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North-West Rebellion
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]

^ "Tourism agencies to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance/Rebellion". Home/About Government/News Releases/June 2008. Government of Saskatchewan. June 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-20.

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.

Protected areas
- Updating articles on Saskatchewan national historic sites would benefit from some editorial attention, besides the ones mentioned above. There are a few still at red link status. See this interview regarding the United States National Register of Historic Places WikiProject or the protected areas WP for further ideas on expansion concepts.

Alt Tags
- 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.

Regarding images generally, FA criteria states that articles should have images that follow the image use policy and other media where appropriate, with succinct captions, brief and useful alt text when feasible, and acceptable copyright status. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly.

School projects
- 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.

Member news
The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 45 members.

The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 13 members.

The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members.

Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads

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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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: : Volume 3, Issue 10 - October 2009

WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter:
: Volume 3, Issue 10 - October 2009