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Request for comment on Biographies of living people
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Be careful about the meaning of "holiday"
I recently updated the Holiday article to mention the fact that in Australia, the word holiday is used only to refer to days which involve time away from work or school for most people. Days such as Valentines Day, Ash Wednesday, Yom Kippur, Halloween, etc, which do not involve time away from work or school, are NOT described as holidays in Australia.
The definition on the Portal:Holidays page implies that the same meaning is used right across the English speaking world. Clearly that is wrong. Unlike the editor(s) who made the original incorrect claim for the whole English speaking world, I don't pretend to know enough about other cultures to be sure about the situation in other places. There could be other places similar to Australia, and there could be other differences. Can I ask that editors take these known and possible differences in meaning into consideration when using the word holiday in articles?
HiLo48 (talk) 20:52, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Halloween task force
Consensus has been reached (several months ago) to merge WikiProject Halloween into WikiProject Holidays as a task force similar in scope to the Christmas task force. Unless someone from WP Holidays objects, I'll begin moving the Halloween task force into it's new home. -Mabeenot (talk) 07:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The meaning of the word "holiday"
In the United States and possibly Canada too, the word holiday means a specific day or days to observe a particular occasion or event. These days include Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines day, etc. To take a break from work, the term "vacation" is used.
In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the word "holiday" is more likely to mean taking a break from work, and the term vacation is not used at all. When you think about it, the American holiday is usually a day off work, so maybe that is the more sensible term.
If you would like more explanation or a nice Australian holiday/vacation, check out http://www.discountreservationsaustralia.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.206.4 (talk) 02:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Christmas articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Holidays articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Request for comment on Biographies of living people
Hello Wikiproject! Currently there is a discussion which will decide whether wikipedia will delete 49,000 articles about a living person without references, here:
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Since biographies of living people covers so many topics, many wikiproject topics will be effected.
The two opposing positions which have the most support is:
- supports the deletion of unreferenced articles about a living person, User:Jehochman
- opposes the deletion of unreferenced articles about a living person, except in limited circumstances, User:Collect
Comments are welcome. Keep in mind that by default, editor's comments are hidden. Simply press edit next to the section to add your comment.
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Ikip 09:09, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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Be careful about the meaning of "holiday"
I recently updated the Holiday article to mention the fact that in Australia, the word holiday is used only to refer to days which involve time away from work or school for most people. Days such as Valentines Day, Ash Wednesday, Yom Kippur, Halloween, etc, which do not involve time away from work or school, are NOT described as holidays in Australia.
The definition on the Portal:Holidays page implies that the same meaning is used right across the English speaking world. Clearly that is wrong. Unlike the editor(s) who made the original incorrect claim for the whole English speaking world, I don't pretend to know enough about other cultures to be sure about the situation in other places. There could be other places similar to Australia, and there could be other differences. Can I ask that editors take these known and possible differences in meaning into consideration when using the word holiday in articles?
HiLo48 (talk) 20:52, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Halloween task force
Consensus has been reached (several months ago) to merge WikiProject Halloween into WikiProject Holidays as a task force similar in scope to the Christmas task force. Unless someone from WP Holidays objects, I'll begin moving the Halloween task force into it's new home. -Mabeenot (talk) 07:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The meaning of the word "holiday"
In the United States and possibly Canada too, the word holiday means a specific day or days to observe a particular occasion or event. These days include Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines day, etc. To take a break from work, the term "vacation" is used.
In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the word "holiday" is more likely to mean taking a break from work, and the term vacation is not used at all. When you think about it, the American holiday is usually a day off work, so maybe that is the more sensible term.
If you would like more explanation or a nice Australian holiday/vacation, check out http://www.discountreservationsaustralia.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.206.4 (talk) 02:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Christmas articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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We would like to ask you to review the Christmas articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.
We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!
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Holidays articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.
We would like to ask you to review the Holidays articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.
We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!
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WP Holidays in the Signpost
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Baby Jesus theft - AFD
Just a heads up the article Baby Jesus theft is currently at AFD.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 16:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Has wiki been kidnapped?
I thought this was a forum for truly all of us humans to present our common human information, but I found a political caveat instead. The word Christmas is not of a single origin (just ask yourself why no other European language has the word Christ in their translation of the word Christmas). How come the English Wiki on the word Christmas is totally dominated (dictated) by Anglo-American-Christian mainstream with only showing some easily acceptable sidies, and the page then locked (Wow!). Locking in this case equals caving in politically to one side. Only when all sides are represented, only then do we have a final wiki. District-election thinking is dumb. Wiki is, must and should be proportional; it should show real human nature in its results.
I feel sorry for Jimmy Wales. He probably did not expect his sites to become politically-entrenched niches. Are you interested in what I am talking about in this particular case? Just google 'kerstmas' (choose first on the list). Wiki is broad. Anyone believing wiki should be narrow probably also believes in Santa.
FredrickS (talk) 07:33, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
File:WikiProjectHolidaysCategories.PNG listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:WikiProjectHolidaysCategories.PNG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 08:51, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Feast of the Hunter's Moon
We're missing an article about the Feast of the Hunter's Moon. Currently a dab page resides, linking to the calendrical lunar event, and an album. It would be good to convert the dab page into an article, with a hatnote to the album instead. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 14:14, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Request for input in discussion forum
Given the closely linked subjects of the various religion, mythology, and philosophy groups, it seems to me that we might benefit from having some sort of regular topical discussion forum to discuss the relevant content. I have put together the beginnings of an outline for such discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/2011 meeting, and would very much appreciate the input of any interested editors. I am thinking that it might run over two months, the first of which would be to bring forward and discuss the current state of the content, and the second for perhaps some more focused discussion on what, if any, specific efforts might be taken in the near future. Any and all input is more than welcome. John Carter (talk)
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Thanksgiving
The usage of Thanksgiving is under discussion at Talk:Thanksgiving, with the proposal that US usage should be placed at the primary location. 65.94.45.160 (talk) 10:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Category structure international (mostly) global holidays
Worker day, Chrismas, flag day, new year, independency day, and most holidays with UN sponsor that are follow in most of the world should be categorizing as it and have a template about --Feroang (talk) 02:45, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night
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Discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night#Requested move
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Discussion at Talk:Bonfire Night (disambiguation)#Requested move
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Old Twelveth Night
Hi, I have just started a page on Old Twelveth Night, based on my copy of Patricia Morell's book "Festivals and Customs". I would be grateful if any one could expand it. Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
The "Loyalty Day" article still contains incorrect information
As far as I can determine, a Proclamation has been issued every year Here are the proclamation numbers for the "no proclamation" years cited by the article:
1959 proclamation 3282 1960 proclamation 3343 1966 proclamation 3716 1967 proclamation 3745 1968 proclamation 3845 1969 proclamation 3904 1970 proclamation 3975 1971 proclamation 4036 1972 proclamation 4118 1973 proclamation 4201 1974 proclamation 4277
I do not know why the "Presidency Project" footnote 7 in the article is missing these I found all the proclamations mainly in subirectories of www.gpo.gov, but there is no single search I have found that contains all the info, so I have not corrected the article text. 98.14.207.223 (talk) 18:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Proposed MOS for Religion
There is now a proposed general Manual of Style for Religion and other articles relating to ethoses or belief systems at Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/Manual of style. Any input would be welcome. I personally believe at least one of the reasons why many articles in this field have been as contentious as they have been is because of lack of such guidelines, and would very much welcome any input from others to help come up with some generally acceptable solutions to some of these problems. John Carter (talk) 21:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Pagemove request
I have filed a pagemove request on the page White Christmas. You can view it here. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:47, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
GAR
Christmas tree cultivation, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 20:16, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Stamp CA 1973 8c Xmas.jpg
image:Stamp CA 1973 8c Xmas.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:49, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
"Imlek"
The usage of Imlek (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see Talk:Imlek (company) -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:58, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
One of your project's articles has been featured
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FYI. -- 签名 sig at 10:38, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
The usage of Veterans Day (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Veterans Day (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and {la|Veterans Day (United States)}} is under discussion, see talk:Veterans Day (United States) -- 76.65.131.217 (talk) 04:25, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Naming
Are these pages suppose to be the official name of the holiday or the common name? We have Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, officially " Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr." and we have Washington's Birthday, which is commonly called President's Day. Why no standard? CTF83! 11:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Christmas controversy Norway and Sweden
There is a talk page discussion about whether controversy in Norway and Sweden about public schools attending Advent/Christmas masses in Church belongs in the article. As we are currently only two disputans, any input from other users would be appreciated. Regards Iselilja (talk) 14:40, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Please see above. -- 签名 sig at 09:48, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Request for help
I would like to request that the members of WikiProject Holidays please take a look at this discussion, found here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Days of the year#Articles for each day of the year. Please let me know if – and how – we can proceed with this? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:32, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
GAR notification
Freedom from Want (painting), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
One of your articles is this week's article for improvement!
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Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Freedom from Want (painting)/archive1 which is a notable painting and the FAC has no comments after over 3 weeks.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:30, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
Major holidays
User:John Carter/Holidays contains a compiled list from the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, by Timothy L. Gall, 2009, Gale, ISBN 978-1-4144-4893-0, of the holidays listed in the "Major holidays" sections of all their articles on 200 or so cultures/peoples in total. Do the rest of you think these references to these holidays as "major holidays" is sufficient for us to describe them as such?John Carter (talk) 20:03, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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How is it that no Jewish holidays seem to be included? Or Muslim?
I agree with the person who suggested that this be completely rewritten. It's just not very complete or thorough or up to the usual Wikipedia standards. Carol Brown 3 November2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8:B180:406:80BD:5DE:A8B7:319B (talk) 01:46, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
- What exactly are you criticising? What needs to be rewritten? HiLo48 (talk) 05:36, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Christmas and holiday season has been proposed to be renamed, for the discusssion, see talk:Christmas and holiday season -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 05:02, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
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Category:Holidays and observances by duration (1 day)
Category:Holidays and observances by duration (1 day), which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
- More category discussions with respect to the following categories:
- Moveable holidays (US Constitution Day date based).
- Holidays and observances by scheduling (may vary).
- Holidays and observances by scheduling (to be determined).
- Two more discussions on May 28.
- Three more discussions on May 29.
- Marcocapelle (talk) 11:55, 25 April 2015 (UTC) / Marcocapelle (talk) 13:12, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia Primary School invitation for Children's Day article
Hi everybody. On behalf of the teams behind the Wikipedia Primary School research project, I would like to announce that this article was selected a while ago to be reviewed by an external expert. We'd now like to ask interested editors to join our efforts and improve the article before October 31, 2015 (any timezone) as they see fit; a revision will be then sent to the designated expert for review. Any notes and remarks written by the external expert will be made available on this page under a CC-BY-SA license as soon as possible, so that you can read them, discuss them and then decide if and how to use them. Please sign up here to let us know you're collaborating. Thanks a lot for your support! -- Anthere (talk) 17:35, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
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420 collaboration
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8 pagan festivals info
Hello everybody! I see some pagan holidays included in the article and was so happy. So here I can tell you about all 8 pagan holidays and you can put them into the list if you want to. Pagans generally start their year at Nov 1, but I'll use the regular way, Jan 1st. Many pagans are polytheist, but I've left the gods out because there are so many. Imbolc - Feb 1st. This day celebrates the promise that spring will come. The lengthening days become noticeable, snowdrops (bulb plantings) emerge, and ewes begin to give milk, in anticipation of lambing soon. Spring Equinox (sometimes called Ostara) - about March 21st. This day celebrates the equal day/night, and marks the turning into the "light half" of the year where daylight hours exceed hours of dark. Beltaine - May 1st. This day celebrates literally "the birds and the bees", but also any act of creation (children generally celebrate through the arts). A sacred union of the sun and the earth ensures a good harvest. Planting takes place in earnest. Summer Solstice (sometimes called Midsummer) - about June 21st. This day celebrates the Triumph of light. The longest day, with the (bittersweet) realization that days will now grow shorter. Lammas - Aug 1st. This day celebrates the first harvest. It is also sometimes called Loaf-mass, and celebrates the start of reaping. The shortening days become noticeable, and preparations for winter's scarcity become important. Autumn Equinox - about Sept 21st. This day celebrates equal day/night as well as the height of harvest. All around is abundance from the earth. It also marks the turning point from the light half to the dark half of the year, hours of dark exceed hours of daylight. Samhain - Oct 31/Nov 1st. This day marks the "pagan new year" as pagans generally mark time as beginning at sunset with Nov 1st the shortening days are very noticeable, and would be "sunset" on an annual scale. Many pagans celebrate ancestors or their dead at this time of year It is the last harvest. Winter Solstice - about Dec 21st. This day celebrates the longest night, the triumph of the dark, but with the (happy) realization that days will now begin to lengthen. Commonly celebrated as the "rebirth of the Sun" Thank-you everybody for the time you took to read this. 2601:185:302:605A:9011:1997:172E:A34C (talk) 13:43, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Neutral notification of move discussion
There is a discussion underway to move the article Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (with a single comma) to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Please share your opinion on the matter at Talk:Martin Luther King, Jr. Day#Requested move 22 April 2016. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:10, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Infobox tracking category nominated for deletion
I have nominated "Category:Articles with Infobox holidays" for deletion. Comment there if you are interested. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:13, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
Requesting reassessment
Dear fellow contributors, I am requesting a reassessment of the article Transfer of merit, which also deals with holidays. Thanks.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 21:55, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
Rename "Summer holidays" / "Winter holidays "
- @Michael Bednarek: and others--
- Here Bednarek argues that Christmas that is both a Category:Summer holidays and Category:Winter holidays -- and thus adds it to both-- because December is Summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
- While this is sound logic-- and could be done with any international holiday of this sort-- and would make the Category much less useful (and the two nearly the same).
- I propose we rename them Category:December to February holidays and Category:June to August holidays. tahc chat 20:04, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Ichthus May 2018 is available
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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia holidays
Well, today is my first day here. I'm very new and want to partake in the development of this section of Wikipedia. I'd like that you guys add me and make me a participant. Please, if there is any advice or something you'd like or me to know. Please feel free to tell me.MargeIn (talk) 20:46, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Clarifying that Santa Claus does not exist should be part of this project.
All references to Santa Claus should make it clear that he does not exist, as it was discussed on Talk:Santa Claus that Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. When kids come to Wikipedia, they need to learn the truth and straight-up facts. Wikipedia is not censored to protect anyone's feelings. Félix An (talk) 18:53, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- For the record, I'm older than Wikipedia and I believe. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 03:18, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
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The article Public holidays in Yugoslavia has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Fails WP:V and WP:GNG There are no references, my search for references did not find any WP:RS. The two other language articles have similar content and no reference.
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Assistance on List of Christmas carols article
Hello, I am writing about the List of Christmas Carols article which requires immediate attention. The article has since gone into disrepair and I and others have been trying to bring it back to the status others had achieved, however, there is one particular editor who has continually reverted any edits made and who is currently serving out a block due to this type of behaviour on another article and who insists popular Christmas songs such as The Christmas Song, Silver Bells and others are Christmas Carols (A better understanding will be got by observing the talk page in recent years), which contradicts the consensus many editors reached some years ago on the defining of which type of songs would be present on the list. I would be grateful if all could collaborate and return the article to its pristine state that others had achieved in the past. Also, I would be grateful if everyone could give the articles Christmas carol and Carol a look over too. I would like to see the articles achieve Wikipedia:Featured articles status in advance of the holiday. Thank you 37.18.134.184 (talk) 16:37, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
What Constitutes a Christmas carol discussion
There is currently a discussion on List of Christmas Carols on what constitutes as a Christmas carol. To participate [here] 37.18.134.184 (talk) 12:04, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
"Christmas parade car crash" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Christmas parade car crash. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 23#Christmas parade car crash until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 65.92.246.43 (talk) 21:59, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
The name of Santa Claus parade (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:Santa Claus parade -- 65.92.246.43 (talk) 05:13, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
"Christmas parade" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Christmas parade. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 9#Christmas parade until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 65.92.246.43 (talk) 03:39, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Discussion at Talk:This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)
The Jess Glynne version of "This Christmas" is discussed at Talk:This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)#Removed Jess Glynn section. Your inputs are welcome there. George Ho (talk) 23:04, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
Jews and Christmas
Input and contributions will be appreciated at Draft:Jews and Christmas, where work is ongoing. Thank you! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 17:04, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Decoration Day (Appalachia and Liberia)#Requested move 20 December 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 13:45, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
FAR notice
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Requested move at Talk:Bataan Day#Requested move 31 January 2022
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bataan Day#Requested move 31 January 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 15:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Heathen holidays#Requested move 10 March 2022
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Heathen holidays#Requested move 10 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:01, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
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User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)
and turns it into something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
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Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.
No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.
However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:38, 11 April 2023 (UTC)