Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-14/2000th FA

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Hea, Ral, I know you didn't write this wording, but I find it strange ...

The Wikipedia team that carries out the assessment and quality control before conferring the status of featured articles promoted five ...

Wikipedia team? FAC is a process, but there isn't a "team" per se, and "quality control"? ... I'm a bit confused by this wording ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Out of 12 articles chosen as part of the project, five are currently GAs and one is an FA. Before the project began, a few of the twelve, including El Presidente, did not exist.

And two more are currently at WP:FAC (Mario Vargas Llosa and The General in His Labyrinth). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you can wikilink to the Dispatch discussing the other four articles here:

... before conferring the status of featured articles promoted five articles to FA status at the same time ...

That's all from me :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ral, I went ahead and made these adjustments; not sure if you intend for others to edit this page, but I'm sure you've busy. Revert me if needed. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By all means, feel free. Thanks. Ral315 (talk) 07:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"312 Spanish Literature class"

I know what a "Spanish Literature class", but what's the "312"? --Dweller (talk) 10:14, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's the course number. Let's see if I can fix that... --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Is this a (US? international?) standardised numbering system? Intriguing. Bet we have an article on it. --Dweller (talk) 10:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Found Course Reference Number (CRN), which is horrid, but specifically refers to five digits. I'll keep looking. --Dweller (talk) 10:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I give up. --Dweller (talk) 10:47, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict:) Nah, I think each university devises its own system, but there are often broad overlaps and similarities. North American courses are often three digits: 100 level being first year; 200, second year, and so on. "101," for instance, is often the most basic course in a particular subject. Hence one might refer to "Wikipedia 101." --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've heard that "101" usage and intuitively understood what it meant, without getting its derivation. Presumably the way Americans tend to understand terms that derived from cricket, like "I'm stumped" etc. OK. --Dweller (talk) 11:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]