This is an archive of past discussions with User:Shootmaster 44. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
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Sports in Saskatchewan
Can you improve/edit/update this new article please? I see you have created an article about lacrosse in SK. TXS SriMesh | talk06:05, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Wow! Your improvements to this article were absolutely awesome...!!! I will add references to the paragraphs over the next while. Started somewhat in this process already. This is truly a field you have contributed a lot in. I hope you don't mind that I started the article with links to your already started articles to get it going. Again, Thank you!!!! SriMesh | talk18:27, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello again...I tried to select references that wouldn't go away in a few weeks. They might not go into all your comments, but they help to verify that there was a (defunct or current) team in this league in this year and set up of league and that sort of info. My interest currently is attending football games or other sports games. I am not too much of a TV sports fan, but I love live games -roughriders, hilltops, huskies esp, some storm and blade games.... I also do history and genealogy, so, I too have to dig up my notes, as they say which teacher implemented the first SK track and field day, which teacher implemented the first SK basketball game and team. The Mendel Art Gallery/Kinsmen park area was once a horse track, so I have to dig up info about that and the horse racing of the French counts. I think the community local history books of 1981 that tell of one room school house sports and community events suggest that the kids played football means that they played soccer and they called it football. This part is confusing which sport they would be referring to at the turn of the century - early 1900's...will have to do more research about which sport... soccer/football it was. so will improve the history section over time....as far as history goes...most early 1900 sports were not full of equipment, and outdoors (no early arenas) as the immigrant families fashioned what they could-homemade not much brought over from the home country, and monies went to proving the homesteads and getting settled. It was also interesting those small town kids who would excel at sports in the early 1900's especially baseball to win some much needed monies to bring back home. ... but need to find sources. Thank you again for everything, you are a genius! SriMesh | talk04:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
An Invite to join Saskatchewan WikiProject
Hi, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Saskatchewan WikiProject! The Saskatchewan WikiProject is a fairly new WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to creating, revising, and expanding articles, lists, categories, and Wikiprojects, to do with anything Saskatchewan.
Thanks for uploading Image:Lithium.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
Hi, would you consider to rename the Image, because there are several Wiki-Projekts (also Commons) using this name for the Element Lithium - Thanx 80.228.182.53 (talk) 20:24, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
SJHL
Why bother having both WP Canada and WP Saskatchewan templates on the SJHL talk page? Seems like overkill. Also, the SJHL teams would be served more appropriately with the Sask template than the Canada one in my opinion. DMighton (talk) 02:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I figure that both are different Wikiprojects, so you might as well include them in both. Plus it adds to the articles listing for each. I see no harm in having both. If its that big of a deal you can remove the Canadian one, but it does fall into the scope of both projects. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 03:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I always figured an article is best served by its most direct project group... in the case of Canadian hockey.... the Ice Hockey WP and the "Province" WP seemed to be sufficient... just my thoughts. DMighton (talk) 22:59, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I figure the more people contributing to an article the better it gets. So if you place it in several groups, the article can always improve. But like I say if you feel its inappropriate to do so, you can definitely remove them. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 06:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Blackstrap Ski Hill
Hi. Thanks for your contribution of Blackstrap Ski Hill. Sounds like an interested project indeed. I noticed that the last sentence of the article was similar to the text on [1], so I re-worded it. Please remember that contributions to Wikipedia must be original - copying from other sources in any quantity is not allowed. Please read WP:COPYRIGHT for reasons why. Again, thanks for your contribution. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:36, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
The Riders are terrible for not updating their roster. In fact, the entire time he's been with the Riders he was never listed on Riderville.com However, take a look at CFL.ca's transactions for the Riders today, you will noticed that it says SGD next to his name. I've been following the Riders transactions all season (as I update the Riders Wikipedia page) and when a player is released the CFL transaction shows a UNS next to the name. When a player is transferred to the Active Roster they use SGD.Shootmaster 44 (talk) 06:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Read WP:NOR and you'll learn quite a bit. I am in the process of trying to take the page to featured status, and it will never reach that with the records, so they have to go. -- Scorpion042216:42, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Updating rosters
Here's a hint on updating rosters: As opposed to deleting the inactive player, use comment marks to hide it! Insert "<!---" before the player, and then "--->" after the player. It's a big time saver. Have a look at Hartford Wolf Pack for an example. Flibirigit (talk) 08:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
The Assessment Department is new. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }} along with the Assessment guidelines.
See also wikiproject template for other work groups with their wikiprojects as well as provinces which can be added to the Canadian template
The new template and assessment table worklist is produced periodically and was created by Arctic Gnome. Thank you very much! Please take a moment to send an award or other recognition
New Template Saskatchewan
AT Bot requests, another very kind user has also offered to help with the transition process (Thank you also to Ρх₥α )
The request conglomerated together the following tasks to help show the quantity / quality of Saskatchewan related articles:
tag all articles in Category:Saskatchewan and all of its subcategories with {{WikiProject Canada |sk = | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
all articles which have a Saskatchewan related stub Saskatchewan-politician-stub / Saskatchewan-stub / Saskatchewan-geo-stub to be tagged in their talk pages for wikiproject Saskatchewan and be classified as stub as such: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=stub| importance=}}
add GA or FA to to the class parameter of {{WikiProject Canada}} articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add stub to the class parameter if a stub tag is present on the article page.
Replace the old tag {{Saskatchewanproject}} with the new parent wikiproject tag: {{WikiProject Canada |sk =yes | class=| importance=}}and if{{WikiProject Canada | class=| importance=}} already exists, then can just |sk=yes be added to the Canada template?
add to the class area FL for any Featured-class lists articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
add to the class area List if the Saskatchewan related item in category:Saskatchewan articles if any other template has such a parameter value on the talk page.
What's New?:Portal:Saskatchewan has a new section! This new section gives access to complete instructions on adding articles and images directly into the portal - step by step. The Saskatchewan Portal was created via instructions in creating a boxportal. Clicking the edit button on the main Saskatchewan Portal page does not help at all to add to the various sections as is usually the case with creation of wikipedia articles. The instruction page give immediate access to the transcluded pages which need to be accessed to change additions to the Saskatchewan Portal!
Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's seventh full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us. The actual WikiProject Saskatchewan began on April 19, 2007, with its first newsletter delivered in June, and the Saskatchewan Portal with its randomly featured articles and images of Saskatchewan was created August 18, 2007. As the year 2007 comes to an end, Saskatchewan has a stronger presence on wikipedia and we look forward to exciting innovations and expansion in 2008.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
For more new updates of new items happening amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
New template See Template:WikiProject Canada for the full template, however for Saskatchewan roads, add {{WikiProject Canada |class=
|importance= | sk=yes |road =yes}} to the talk pages.
A pilot project has also started in the creation of the to do listing. This project helps to narrow down the scope of Wikipedia's tags which relate to existing Saskatchewan articles.
Did You Know
The will help to identify articles which should be noted on the "Did you know?" talk page. Those articles selected should be added to Portal SK Did you know creation page. Just click on a red link, and add the DYK question. This will make the new DYK article randomly appear on the main portal page.
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A time to reflect on 2007 and prepare for the future bringing in the new 2008 year. Personal wikipedia Saskatchewan members new year's resolutions are here:
Add your one or several Personal member New Years Resolutions here!
Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project New year's resolution
If the Wikipedia Saskatchewan Project pages could talk - what would they wish for - the types of growth and changes for 2008 for Wikipedia Saskatchewan pages.
Develop a bizzilion awesome articles about Saskatchewan so the WWW visitor is wowed by our province ( and survive those silly AFD tags!!! ) SriMesh | talk02:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Add your one or several Wikiproject New Years Resolutions here!
Develop quality articles. Increase the amount of good and Featured articles about Saskatchewan related content.
Develop top importance articles about Saskatchewan such as those about crown corporations. the provincial government and its several departments. From the Saskatchewan wiki meeting held back on 23 June 2007 it was discussed to develop an article on Health in Saskatchewan, and to improve to feature status articles: Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Regina.
The University of Saskatchewan became a good article to celebrate the 2007 anniversary of campus, and should now have a peer reveiw to continue on to becoming a feature article. The List of University of Saskatchewan alumni was developed to assist this article and help would be appreciated providing citations for each entry, and to help add to the list.
What's New?
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles please check out our new Saskatchewan related articles - of which there are an assorted variety numbering close to 50 new items since the last news letter!
Improve articles of Saskatchewan quality which have been tagged. Some of these are listed [[2]] and have been compiled with AWB.
Outreach
Create a Saskatchewan Roads and Highways outreach template to help new members become informed about the presence of this project online.
Highway Picture Template
Just as there is only one image needed for upload for Saskatchewan locator maps, and then various towns can be updated upon this image. So, too there should be a highway picture template, so that the various numbered highways 1, 33, 34, 58, 913, 914, etc can all have their own image without needing to create a bizzilion numbered images online.
2004 Election
Our 2004 Saskatchewan election has resulted in an amazing number of politician biographies coming online! This was an awesome achievement, and something to be proud of!
Qyd (talk·contribs) and Arctic.gnome (talk·contribs) are editors of a wide variety of Canadian related articles, and of note as of this date is the enormous amount of work they have undertaken to help amalgamate all the various provincial wikiprojects and Canadian sub projects into one umbrella assessment department. This unique assessment department means that Saskatchewan related articles can be assessed for their own provincial merit, and also belong to the Canadian wikiproject as well. It also means that editors from both Canada wikiproject and Saskatchewan wikiproject can unite in their efforts to provide banners and ratings to articles. This will result in a huge improvement in quality on wikipedia, resulting in Saskatchewan's spotlight award for Qyd (talk·contribs). January 2008 newsletter Please pop into the Spotlight Department and read all the brief introductory Wikipedia Saskatchewan bio. Congratulations are sent out to Qyd (talk·contribs)] and Arctic.gnome (talk·contribs) at this time.
Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
Just as panic begins to settle in as to what in the world the next newsletter should mention, new areas of development and growth come about. The coming year of 2008 should provide not only more Saskatchewan articles, but also more articles with higher ratings with the assistance of more editors, and a new assessment department umbrella. The highways and roads project has given a good base for development, and to strengthen the presence and notability of roads and highways and effort is being called upon to help these articles improve, now that they too are under the assessment umbrella.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
For more new updates of new items happening amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
Saskatchewan Roads and Highways
The WikiProject Canada Roads is undergoing an overhaul. It is aiming to produce some Good articles and Featured articles of highway content pertaining to Canada, and for the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways for Saskatchewan highways. As Saskatchewan is still a work in progress this is a challenging endeavour for as the guidelines are followed as laid out at either Highway wikiproject, they become red link farms because wikilinked articles have not been developed regarding the communities, provincial and regional parks and rural municipalities which the highways meander through. Please keep apprised of the progress, and if any Saskatchewan articles rise above stub we will list it on the main page.
There is also discussion started about assessment and navigation boxes on the talk page. Please peek in to add any comments you may have.
Recently articles Saskatchewan Highway 1, 33, 34, 58, 913, 914 have been improved, but they need more help so they can become articles nominated as Good articles. Please help out if you are able, even to create community and rural municipality articles for these Highway articles would be an enormous help.
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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We hope you'll enjoy visiting our WikiProject. Our Portal showcases articles we love! Discover the wonderful new articles, images, news items and quotations that are featured by our editors.
Welcome to our We Love Saskatchewan Valentine Day Contest.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Article Just How Much You Care On Valentine's Day.
Place a Saskatchewan related article up for peer review, good article nomination or Feature article nomination, and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Write in to the editors or leave a note on the talk page letting us know.
Or write in to our editors or leave a note on the talk page letting us know of stubs, or other short articles that have expanded fivefold and automatically receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!!
On 24 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transportation in Saskatchewan Did you know...that 250,000 kilometers (150,000 miles) of roads complement air, pipeline, hiking trail, and waterway travel to provide transportation in Saskatchewan?. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Looking forward toward more to contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
This would be WikiProject Saskatchewan's ninth full-fledged edition of our Newsletter, and we'd like to start by saying we are very happy to have you among us.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At WikiProject Saskatchewan New articles please check our new Saskatchewan related articles. There are approximately 50 new articles since the last news letter!
There has been quite a number of Saskatchewan community articles created as of late. Experienced editors are requested to help improve articles to good article or feature article status.
{{Saskatchewan topics}} template needs new articles such as Tourism in Saskatchewan. The template currently wikilinks to articles, lists and categories. The lists and categories should be replaced with new articles where appropriate.
Drm310 (talk·contribs) is our current editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award. Drm310 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through creation. Articles already existing have seen improved lead paragraphs, sections, section headings, consistency and standardized formatting. Drm310 has tirelessly contributed to the expansion and improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to Drm310 at this time. Pop by and give Drm310 a pat on the back for their work on WikiProject Saskatchewan.
Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
....Your participation will contribute enormously to the success of future newsletter editions! We look forward to working with you and thank you for your support.
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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Invite To WikiProject Saskatchewan Commnunities & Neighbourhoods
I am extending this invitation as the creator of this WikiProject. I hope you consider this invitation in joining. We look forward to welcoming you to the project if you decide to join. You access the project here. Mr. C.C. (talk) 17:57, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
These aforementioned editors have made considerable additions and improvements to the content and quality of Saskatchewan related articles, and have received an I love Saskatchewan award on their talk pages.
Article Improvement Drive
Article Improvement Drive: Articles can now be assessed, and this is the showing for top rated GA and FA class articles as well as stub articles. Please help rate articles, and contribute to improved status.
There are currently about no Saskatchewan articles at WP:GAN waiting to be reviewed. :-( If you have not considerably edited one of the articles, you can perform a review by following these instructions.
There are currently no Saskatchewan related articles waiting to be assesed for feature article... :-( FACs.
Please help B class articles move into GA class and GA class articles move toward Feature status.
Add content to stub articles to improve their status.
In December there were over 797 articles which needed template changes from the original Saskatchewan talk page banner to the new Canada - provincial talk page banner. This has been completed!!!
Wikiproject Saskatchewan now has 0.5% FA articles 0.22% GA articles, about 5% B class articles, about 35% Start class articles and 68% stub class articles.
Saskatchewan related articles contribute 1,799 / 19,566 articles, or 9.19 % of Canadian related articles!!!
Please help to tag articles! On the assessment page are the actual articles listed which have been tagged with Canadian projects and Saskatchewan content. The result is...please, if you read this, help to tag Saskatchewan sports articles with both Saskatchewan, and Canadian sports project templates checked off as yes! Some sports articles may also need the appropriate general sports wikiproject talk template or a Wikiproject biography talk template as well.
There are 6 articles written which overlap both the 1850 tagged Saskatchewan and the 870 tagged Canadian Music articles.
Canadian Federal Government articles which relate to Saskatchewan are the following 14 articles, a couple of which are rated FA.
The most tagged articles are Saskatchewan communities. Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods comprise 551 articles - tagged with both the Saskatchewan communities and neighbourhoods template, as well as the new Canadian - provinces template.
The Portal Saskatchewan peer review has produced some excellent suggestions, many of which have been enacted. Some of the portal categories should be added to Saskatchewan wikiproject such as the instructions on how to add content to a box portal concept.
To go forward to apply for PORTAL feature status, 10 articles, 10 biogrphies, 10 images which are qualified as good or feature should be added to the portal in the various areas.
Shanemcd (talk·contribs) has contributed to the organization of which placenames are town, villages, hamlets, etc by going above and beyond the call of duty. Sorting out List of communities in Saskatchewan and the various section lists have shown significant improvements. Consistency and attention to detail on the various incorporation dates, and status of the many and several communities is producing more accurate lists for visitors to wikipedia viewing Saskatchewan articles. This provides an improvement in quality on wikipedia and so a large thank you goes out to Shanemcd at this time.
So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing!!
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the Newsletter. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
Rschen7754 commented about Highways notability guidelines in the latest USRD newsletter. To see how discussion is coming along, and how it may affect Canadian / Saskatchewan roads and highways see:
The several new templates, and template revisions have been included in the highway template for standardization and improvements for highway articles.{{subst:Saskatchewan Highways}}
Saskatchewan There is a new Saskatchewan related article on Wikiquote. If you know of any notable quotations which refer to Saskatchewan, please add them to Wikiquote.
Wikinews Saskatchewan
Category:Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan news articles entered into wikinews are also now a part of the Saskatchewan Portal. If you know of a late breaking news story that would be awesome to add to Wikinews, and would like to try being a wiki-reporter, add it to Wikinews!
Wikicommons Saskatchewan
2007 Grey Cup There are new Saskatchewan images on WikiCommons! Please let us know of anymore images which have been added. If you are a photographer or artist and would like to add Saskatchewan related media, sign in to Wikicommons. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when uploading images for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikisimple Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan There are some Saskatchewan articles on Wikisimple! If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, add the content to Simple English using easy words and shorter sentences. Remember to include a category for Saskatchewan when adding new articles for any Saskatchewan related content.
Wikitionary / Simple English Wiktionary: Saskatchewan
Wiktionary: Saskatchewan and Simple English Wiktionary There is a definition on Wiktionary for Saskatchewan. If you have written an in-depth article on a Saskatchewan related topic, and have used a term unique to Saskatchewan, add the definition to either wiktionary.
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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Dear Shootmaster 44/Archive 4! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been many more new things going on at WP:HOCKEY; this newsletter will be sent every two weeks/months.
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By The Pancake of Heaven!
There has been numerous new recognized content, so much that it's too time-consuming to sift through the "trophy cases" on WP:HOCKEY. Some interesting achievements:
2016 NHL Draft has been newly created and has immediately become a GA status article.
We are working to create a new task force within the WikiProject to deal with topics related to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It hasn't been created yet; but it aims to expand articles based on former and current Pittsburgh Penguins players and articles. Good luck!
The original featured topic drive, initiated by Scorpion0422, has concluded succesfully. National Hockey League awards is now a featured topic, with 24 articles in total. Of them, 20 are featured lists, one is a featuredarticle, and the other three are trophy articles that were too short to become featured lists. Eight users signed up to help out, shown here. The next Featured Topic hasn't been decided upon, and the ideas and organization for it fell apart. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them at WT:HOCKEY.
More editors are needed to help out with the newsletter. The newsletter creator doesn't have an infinite nor perfect supply of ideas, and thus he might omit some interesting news.
Obtain this awesome javascript code from this page,(not the edit page ) to help assess articles. It will supply the banner template, allow you to place your default rating in, and show the current rating of the article on the article page if any banners have rated the article. So you are allowed to check out the talk page banner from viewing the article page. Install the following code on your User:YourUserName/monobook.js file page.
see full code for Canada talk page banners on this talk page
It is time to award the April Fools barnstar to April Fool pranksters who have made an April Fool prank in good faith...From April Fools' Day; Quotes about April Fools' Day; :"April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — Mark Twain
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles please check out our new Saskatchewan related articles - of which there are an assorted variety numbering close to 50 new items since the last news letter!
There is now a Wiki for left handed viewers of wikipedia. Please help to edit our right handed articles for the new left handed wikipedia! The new format will be ready to view on April 1, 2008! Please help rotate all content on existing Saskatchewan related articles from the left side of the article to the right side of the article by 180 degrees for ease of clicking on links and handling article content for left handed viewers.
New Talk Page Banner Addition
The Saskatchewan communities has been joined by Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities. Now all communities, neighbourhoods, cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rural municipalities, and any place name can have a rating within the Canada talk page banner. In this way, all articles can be rated as belonging to Canada, and any province or territory as well as any demographic can have their own rating.
The full Canada template is located at Template:WikiProject Canada. When rating articles for Saskatchewan related content, add supporting work groups also such as: cangov, ppap, riding, canlaw, education, tvshow, music, road, sport, geography, and now community!!
Hackers have infiltrated Saskatchewan related articles
Hackers have "hacked" into Wikipedia, and into this wikiproject site, breaking through our security. For some time now the hacker who was named ap®1L_f001$’ has been making attempts to break through our security on this site, and has now gained access and has made changes to website articles on wikipedia and wikiproject Saskatchewan articles. Please see this article for how you can help.
Wikinews
Does anyone have the notion to be a news reporter for Saskatchewan events. Saskatchewan wikinews content has very historical news reports.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
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New highway change for Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan adopted the International metric system in 1971, and even though school trustees would like the imperial system returned to the classrooms, there is a new change intended for Saskatchewan. The latest news to hit the province of Saskatchewan is to adapt the new traffic directionality concept that Saskatchewan drivers will undertake. As of the beginning of the month, drivers will begin driving on the left side of the road rather than the right side. Which Side Of The Road To Drive On? Left Or Right For more information on changes to Saskatchewan Highways.
Prince Albert is one of the Saskatchewan city articles which has been growing by leaps and bounds. Many communities are being created and are picked up by the new article robot. Please help to tag these and all community articles with the new assessment talk page banner at Template:WikiProject Canada. *Stub class just barely introduces the topic, much is missing.
Start class gives a bit more knowledge but it shows one of these to expand upon a stub article;
a particularly useful picture or graphic
multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
a subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
B-Class checklist
1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.
2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.
3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.
4. It is free from major grammatical errors.
5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams.
Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
This months Spotlight Award goes to SriMesh (talk·contribs). She is the creator of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan, the project newsletter, and countless other departments within the project including starting the Saskatchewan portal. She has also took it upon herself to start, edit, revamp many Saskatchewan based articles. As well, she is an active member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods. SriMesh has tirelessly worked towards improving the quality of Saskatchewan related Wikipedia articles.
Looking forward toward more contributions from you! Happy Editing
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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May Day, May 1, marks the end of the uncomfortable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere. To celebrate May Day in Saskatchewan expand Geography of Saskatchewan climate section with photos or articles of spring weather. Expand or create some festival articles to fill out the Saskatchewan festival template.
What's New?:
The new articles are now being identified by a robot, and new members are being invited. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles please check out our new Saskatchewan related articles - of which there are an assorted variety numbering close to 50 new items since the last news letter! Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles about curling, crown corporations, Government ministries, aviation pioneers, and communities are a small sampling of the newest arrivals about Saskatchewan!
Assessment of articles has shown improvements since the last update in the March newsletter. At that time there were 1,799 assessed articles, compared to 2,138 today; a 119% increase. Feature articles and lists were at 5, and have climbed to 8 articles. 4 GA class articles for Saskatchewan have increased to 6 at GA. 39 B class articles have increased to 89 at B Class, a 228% increase. Start class are currently at 505, Stub at 1,503, and List class at 27. There are currently 2 articles which rate top importance, 40 at high, 652 at mid, and 1,444 articles rated as low importance.
Canadian Projects which overlap with Saskatchewan articles have been listed. The Canadian projects are:Music, Television, Geography, Governments of Canada, Education, Electoral Districts, Politics, Law, Roads, Communities, Military History, Sport and CFL. There are now more than 31 sports articles with both Saskatchewan and the sports project tagged. The Saskatchewan communities have both the Saskatchewan and community tag upon several articles. The Saskatchewan TV section is the shortest listing. Please help out discussing if Electoral districts in Canada should be merged with WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada. The discussion is here...Merge Proposal
Barnstar Contest
Would you like to receive or present a barnstar to someone? Enter a challenge or task for Saskatchewan at the Award Center. View this page as an awarder and/or an awardee.
The winner/s of the Wikiproject Saskatchewan Trivia contest will be announced in the next newsletter. To win this months trivia barnstar submit your answer before Sunday May 18. The answer to Trivia Question #1 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #1: Gillies, District of Saskatchewan, North West Territories established in 1903, is now known as which community of Saskatchewan?
Trivia Question #2: Does anyone wish to submit the second trivia question to Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 2008. Pre-requisite: the answer shouldn't be in the top 10 google results. :-)
The WikiProject and newsletter keep members up to date with new research and articles, helps to expand their wikipedia editing skills and provide an outline for article creation in various Saskatchewan topics. WP SK is growing, both in terms of the range and variety of topics available about Saskatchewan, and the number of subscribers willing and able to assist. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated on how we could improve our newsletter in the coming months. This spring issue is being created during an April blizzard, very Saskatchewan for our spring months ;-)
If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!
If you would like to get involved, we welcome feedback on existing newsletters, and suggestions for further topics. Any and all contributions to the Newsletter are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
There is a discussion started for M of S procedures when providing rural municipalites in a listing, infobox or template. Please feel free to add your two cents to the discussion as well.
Please feel free to sign up as a Spotlight administrator and nominate more excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.
Wyldkat (talk·contribs) has contributed several articles about the province of Saskatchewan amongst these have been Politics of Saskatchewan, Fort Carlton, Fort Carlton, and Malcolm Norris to name a few. As well, Wyldkat keeps an eye on existing articles, categories and listings and brings them into line with many of Wikipedia's policies and Manual of Style proceedings. Presently Wyldkat has been maintaining talk page banners and initiates the rating system. For the past few years Wyldkat has provided coherency and standardization for Saskatchewan related articles.
Bot newsletter delivery
On May 1, 2008, the WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletters will be delivered by ENewsBot which uses a program called AutoWikiBrowser. This is one of the several bots suggested at Newsletters Wikiproject Council. Let an editor know if there are any problems with the new delivery, however, they have had past successes with newsletter delivery. It will be sent out using the new condensed format with show / hide features for your talk page if your are signed up to any of these lists: WP Sk Members, WP SK C&N Members and WP Sk Roads Members.
Please add new articles and as the newsletter acquires new information an update will be sent out to all subscribers signed up on Sk WP Members, SK WP C&N Members and Sk WP Roads Members. If you do not wish the new condensed format of the WP SK Newsletter, send an e-mail to an editor or write a note here.
Provide us with your news tips on the Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter issues.
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New condensed format delivered by: ENewsBot. Thank you!
→ Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page. → This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 11:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. -NatureBoyMD (talk) 17:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
