[edit] WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - June 2009
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The WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter
Issue XI - June 2009
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- Project News
- There are now over 2,800 articles associated with the project (100 more than last month) and all are assessed. If you happen to see a Eurovision related article without the {{EurovisionNotice}} template on the article's talk page, please add it. You can also read Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment if you would like to help reassess articles in our project if you see that they have outgrown their current assessment.
- Following recent disputes relating to sourcing in Eurovision articles, an RfC has been opened on the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#RfC on reliable sources for Eurovision articles. The dispute particularly focuses on use of ESCToday and Oikotimes as sources in articles. The RfC is suffering from lack of participation; all project members are encouraged to state their opinion.
- Project members are reminded that text and images in articles must follow Wikipedia's copyright policies. Text must not be copied out or copied and pasted into articles from websites whose material is not under a Wikipedia compatible free license. Fully copyrighted text includes that from the EBU (Eurovision.tv), ESCToday, and Okiotimes. Images must also not be uploaded onto Wikimedia Commons for use in Eurovision articles unless they are under a free license, this does not include most images on the internet or TV screen shots even if they were taken by the uploader. Copyrighted images may be uploaded onto the English Wikipedia (not Commons) for use in Eurovision articles if a valid claim of fair use can be made, note that the criteria are strict.
- Eurovision News
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- Page Milestones
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- From the Members
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter!
Things are beginning to quiet down now that the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest is behind us, which is the project's busiest time of year. A few of us however still had to slow down during this period, including myself, as May and June also happens to be exam season in multiple parts of the world. There is much still to be done in any case with preparations for the 2010 Song Contest now well under way, and the host city, Oslo, now confirmed.
There are several items that this project needs to debate including choices of sourcing and what contests come under the banner of this project. The first of these items is already being addressed at a new RfC (see left). Further ideas that could be developed include creation of some article guidelines for Eurovision articles. This could start as an advisory essay and then later, if consensus permits, become an official Wikipedia guideline. Examples of these already in existence include Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines and Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines.
Happy editing, Camaron · Christopher · talk
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- Member News
- The project currently has 71 members.
- Want to invite new members? Place our invitation template on the talk page of anyone you would like to invite to our project.
- New Members
We would like to welcome the new member who joined in June. (by date joined)
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If you are no longer interested in WikiProject Eurovision then please remove your name from this list. This Newsletter was delivered by Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 02:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Amazing Race
Hiya. Are you still up for playing? If so our first challenge has been posted at User:Shappy/Amazing Race Wikipedia/Matthewedwards and Garden. We have to either write two 5×expansion DYKs, or one WP:FL.
Do you have any preference as to which you'd rather do? An FL would be easier for me, I think, but I'm sure we can find some stubby articles to expand so I'm open to either. Matthewedwards : Chat 05:47, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Absolutely. I'd be more willing to do the DYK thing (I have a few ideas already actually) so you can do the FL if you like (should be easier for you! :) ) Cheers, PUBLIC GARDEN 12:59, 1 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Public Garden (talk • contribs)
- It's one or the other, as far as I know. We'd better get our skates on. From what I gather from User talk:Shappy/Amazing Race Wikipedia#Round 1, some people have already completed it, and we both have to work on the pages: "Do keep in mind that you do need to work together. ;) Meetare Shappy Cunkelfratz! 7:09 am, Today (UTC−7)" Matthewedwards : Chat 16:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- They have to be five x expansions, rather than new pages. Have you seen any stubs around that might be worth doing up? Matthewedwards : Chat 18:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Possibly. Let me have a play later today and I'll let you know how its panning out. Matthewedwards : Chat 18:57, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- WT:DYK#less_esoteric_DYKs. Shubinator (talk) 19:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Wow, thanks for that! :D weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 27 - June 2009
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- "The only confusion was, I think we all thought they were women. Kim was obviously a woman, but they all had this shaved-headed, pretty, soft look. And there were lots of lesbian bands at the time, and we always got booked with them, so we just thought the Pixies were another, like maybe they were like angry divorcees or somthing that formed a band.'" - Kristin Hersh
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- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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SoxBot (talk) 22:48, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki Cup Country
Hi,
Can I use a nation that has gone, or a flag that was for nations that still exist (i.e. GB - England, Scotland, Wales flag of 1606)?
Clyde1998 (talk) 11:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
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- Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:
- Pool A
 Sasata (442)
- Pool B
 Scorpion0422 (389)
- Pool C
 Candlewicke (367)
- Pool D
 Theleftorium (486)
- Wildcard leaders
 Mitchazenia (290) Juliancolton (253) Ottava Rima (241) Wrestlinglover (228)
- Content Leaders
As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:
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- WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:
This combines with the Round 1 totals and the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:
- Biggest Jumps
The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:
| Rank |
User |
LF |
TF |
D |
| 1 |
Sasata |
311 |
442 |
131 |
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Mitchazenia |
160 |
290 |
130 |
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Ottava Rima |
134 |
241 |
107 |
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Theleftorium |
409 |
486 |
77 |
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Scorpion0422 |
316 |
389 |
73 |
| 6 |
 ThinkBlue |
142 |
206 |
64 |
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Candlewicke |
319 |
367 |
48 |
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Wrestlinglover |
183 |
228 |
45 |
| 9 |
Juliancolton |
232 |
253 |
21 |
| 10 |
 Gary King |
11 |
17 |
6 |
- LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
- This was generated from this diff.
- From the Judges
Some did well this week, but a lot of you didn't move much. Some are still hanging under the 200 mark. Our current top 8 are all over 200, so if you are below that line, get moving! There is a poll up at the talk page about the rest of this year's competition. If all of you could give your opinion there, it would be very much appreciated.
'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew talk at, and The Helpful One
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Delivered by –Juliancolton | Talk 16:29, 5 July 2009 (UTC).
[edit] RfA Thanks
Hi Garden. I just wanted to thank you for contributing to my RfA. It wasn't one of the best RfA's held, but I've learned a lot from the experience. Sorry for sending you the message today, and not last week when my RfA was closed. I've been very busy the last time. Thanks once again! Kind regards, LouriePieterse 10:21, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Galactik Football
Hay jsut wondering if i tidy up the article include new informaiton with soruce and remove unneccassry informaiton any chance could you rewite it? my english is mince but i do know the show and i do have quite a few sources for it. hopefully i could get he article to B class or higher although i would need to find MOS for that type of page to make suire i set it otu right.--Andy (talk - contrib) 11:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit]  Wikipedia Signpost: 6 July 2009
Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 02:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
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