Hello, Bohunk8283, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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.
As you have shown an interest in Leofeld, Saskatchewan we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.
Thank you for adding Minnichinas Hills, could you support it with a reference as well. There is a template that is a copy and paste here...Wikipedia:Citation templates for use within the article. Then just copy and paste this code to add the reference section at the bottom of the article!
==References== <!-- ---------------------------------------------------------- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for a discussion of different citation methods and how to generate footnotes using the <ref>, </ref> and <reference /> tags ----------------------------------------------------------- --> {{reflist|2}}
Canadian Rivers Day occurs on the second Sunday of June, this year, June 8, 2008. Please help commemorate this special day by expanding existing SK river articles or creating Sk river articles which do not yet exist!
In 2008, the solstice occurs and summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 at 7:59 p.m. EDT or 6:59 p.m. CST. Help celebrate summer in Saskatchewan by taking pictures of various communities in Saskatchewan as things are greening up and submitting them to wikicommons with the proper Saskatchewan category.
National Aboriginal Awareness Day
June 21 is National Aboriginal Awareness Day in Canada. In order to celebrate, honour and acknowledge the culture, heritage and achievements of Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan, please create the needed articles at Indian reserves in Saskatchewan.
July 1 Canada Day
Help to celebrate Canada day in Saskatchewan by completing a National Historic Site in Saskatchewan article!
Saskatchewan Elementary Schools
For those elementary schools which cannot stand alone due to notability, The information about current schools can be written up in the locality in the manner prescribed by WP Education in Canada. The school article title would then have a redirect to the locality such as Saskatoon Public School Division.
What's New?
What's New?: The new articles are now being identified by a robot at Wikipedia:WikiProject Saskatchewan/New articles. Come welcome to members to wikipedia, send an invite to join Saskatchewan wikiproject, and help rate new articles by added the Saskatchewan banner to the talk pages.
I am attempting to revive WP:WikiProject Sports facilities... I want to invite you stop back by the project and participate in getting things going, again.
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.
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!
Creativity Help - Does anyone feel creative and wish to replace the Saskatchewan emblem which was on the Wikiproject user box template with another image?
For more new updates of new items happening amongst editors of Wiki Project Saskatchewan stay tuned at: Wikipedia talk WP SK
#M@sk (talk·contribs) and Bohunk8283 (talk·contribs) have each been creating a plethora of new article on wikipedia in relation to Saskatchewan. M@sk has been filling in some requested articles and gaps in existing templates which is much needed. Bohunk828 has been creating a wide variety of Saskatchewan articles. A thank you and Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight goes out to both of you at this time.
Creativity Help - Does anyone feel creative and wish to replace the Saskatchewan emblem on the spotlight award with another image?
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.
Trivia Question
The winner/s of the Wikiproject Saskatchewan Trivia contest - Trivia Question #2- will be announced in the next newsletter. To win this months trivia barnstar submit your answer to -Trivia Question #2- before the end of June. The answer to Trivia Question #2 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #1: Gillies, District of Saskatchewan, North West Territories established in 1903, is now known as which community of Saskatchewan?
Answer Trivia Quesion #1: Blaine Lake, Sasaktchewan. (From May Newsletter )
Trivia Question #2:Bonnington, Assiniboia, North West Territories is now known as which community of Saskatchewan?
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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Hello there! Great job on adding more Saskatchewan articles. They are a great introduction to these areas. I added an infobox, categories, and template to the main article space to keep in line with wikipedia styling. On the talk pages, if a WP banner is added, more folks are aware of the article who have similar interests, to help expansion. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk01:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading Image:Gallery019Sm-1-.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.
As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
Thanks for uploading Image:SaskatoonSmokinGuns96-1-.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 19:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Invite To WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods
WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has undergone a new facelift and revamping just in time to putter away at new civic articles on the August civic holiday, the first Monday of August. Drop by and see the new colour scheme which corresponds the the provincial colours. The assessment department provides quality ratings to articles via the talk page. At the current moment the assessment department combines the communities project with the province on the Canada talk page bannerr. There is a request out to make an assessment table from the parent talk page banner or if a new banner is advised. The challenge has been met! User:CBM figured out the coding necessary! A number of various editors and administrators puttered at applying the code, and it works!! Thank you very much.
C class assessment is the newest addition for articles which need more TLC before being assessed as B class such as citations or wiki clean up. The article is more useful than a start class article, but isn't quite as rounded as a B class article.
A class articles will need more than one reviewer for reaching A class article criteria.
Chcek out the List of basic Canada topics which brings to the forefront a grouping of material about Canada for the WWW surfer. The variouse lists of basic topics has recently been undergoing an overhaul.
Canadian related articles for deletion have been listed here to encourage article development and conversations at the AFD talk page. There is now discussion to identify such articles via robot similar to Australia's notice board, to enable a better canvassing of deletion tags on articles. Should there also be discussion started for a robot notification of Saskatchewan articles for deletion? A new proposal by Wolterding encompassing Article alerts would identify tagged as well as promoted articles to give a rolling new view of articles moving forwards as well as articles in need of TLC.
Ghost towns
Please contribute to the converstation regarding ghost towns of Saskatchewan, as there is a robot deleting pages from the Category:Ghost towns
Barnstar Contest
Check out the Sk Hwys Contest and win awards! Some wonderful new maps have been added to Saskatchewan Highway articles for the latest addition. In return, work of equal kind was offered to the Alaska Portal and a barnstar offered to this contributor.
Trivia Question
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 the end of August 2008. The answer to Trivia Question #4 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 9 - September 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #3: , Where is Canada's longest pedestrian bridge and what is it named?
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!
Mitchazenia (talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Mitchazenia. Even though he might not be heavily involved all things Saskatchewan, one area he is greatly involved in is roads and highways. Not only that he started the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways WikiProject. His other edits don't go un-notice. So much so that he was even awarded the WP: Sask Barnstar for his contributions to highway and road articles of 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.
The SKCN navigation template has been slightly re-designed. The colours have been changed. Let us know what you think.
The assesment template for SKCN is still in the works. Stayed tuned for more developments on this issue.
The Assesment Department has been undergoing some updates, additions, and changes. The new sections have of the Assesment Department have modeled after the WP: Saskatchewan Assesment Department. Many articles need assesments or re-assesments. Go to the Requesting an assesment of Assesment Department to see what needs an assesment.
As always, we are looking for new members. Don't hesistate to join WP: SKCN. We look forward to welcoming you to the project.
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
Please look at the New articles section to keep updated on new articles related to Saskatchewan.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 103 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the Saskatchewan article to feature status. Please leave a note on the tip line, if you are able over the next month to make improvements to the provincial article.
A class reviews
Some of the larger wikiprojects are doing their own peer reviews to pass articles from GA to A. See the introduction at A class reviews Is Saskatchewan membership large enough for this undertaking? Should there be a collaboration with Canada wikiproject in this regards?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
Leafschik1967 (talk·contribs) This months spotlight award to goes to Leafschik1967 . Amongst several editors, it was again hard to select only one for representation in this latest edition of the newsletter. This editor is diverse, editing a variety of SK sports related articles, SK communities and SK flora articles, helping out with Good article nominations and contributing to talk pages. Thank you for your assistance as Saskatchewan grows on wikipedia.
Most Commonly Visited Pages
To help keep Saskatchewan current and visited at wikipedia... The Beijing Olympics, Summer Games and athletes were amongst the most commonly visited wikipedia pages last month. It would be good to have articles about our Saskatchewan Olympic competitors started, upgraded, and tagged on the talk pages as belonging to SK wikiproject. As well as Saskatchewan competitors in the upcoming September paralympics. Saskatchewan at olympics. Up and coming in the news is the international interest in the Arctic waters, and Greg Poelzer, associate professor of Political Studies has related that there will be growth in the Mining sector of northern Saskatchewan during this impetus.
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.
Hello there. Thank you for the introduction to the Saskatoon Stallions. Could you mention what they are. I surmise they may be a sports team and not a bunch of horses. I don't know what sport they play, what professional / age level, what venue etc. Kind Regards.... SriMesh | talk02:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We would like to ask you to review the articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations.
A list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.
We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at this project's subpage of User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, SelectionBot23:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC) - Articles selected for Saskatchewan[reply]
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
The election has now been called, so as with all elections we'll need to keep a close eye on the main article, party articles and candidate articles to make sure everything is conforming to policy (read: NPOV) and to watch out for likely edit wars.
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.
Individual categories for each rural municipality are being created. It would be good to gather consensus as to which articles should be tagged with an individual RM category. The places names which an RM provides rural government for should be within the individual category for the RM. However, should these areas also be added into the individual RM category: political divisions, points of interest, notable people from the RM, towns with their own urban governments which host the RM office? Add your comments.
Masalai (talk·contribs) The November 2008 award is presented to Masalai for continuous contributions to several articles focusing mainly upon southern Saskatchewan. The knowledge Masalai brings to these articles combines statistical data with diverse notable events pertinent to the topic. Thank you and in this regards please receive a Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight award. Spotlight Award
Extinct Settlements proposed wikiproject
A new wikiproject is being proposed .... Extinct Settlements. Please feel free to add your comments, support or opposition for such a project on wikipedia. There was initially also conversation begun here on WP Cities as well as at WP SK communities.
Curling Wikiproject work group proposal
A Curling task project is being proposed.... As curling is Saskatchewan's provincial sport it may help out some of our community pages. Please feel free to join the discussion with comments, your support or non-support.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
A posting from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads A bot is going around tagging various articles for missing coordinates. One recent tagging was on Highway 8 (Ontario) (see [1]). Given that a road will have numerous coordinates, what sort of coordinates should be defined for Canadian road articles, if any? Terminus points, perhaps control cities would be obvious candidates. Dl2000 (talk) 02:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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.
Get acquainted with the characteristics of Good Articles and help a fellow member get an article to WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter. Add a tidbit that has helped you create an article on a Saskatchewan topic such as research materials, and ideas.
Help out another Saskatchewan editor and provide a peer review on their articles. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write.
Happy Birthday!
According to the December 2007 newsletter, it is one year since Saskatchewan articles have had an assessment department which enable Saskatchewan articles to be rated for importance and quality. The Canadian banner was modified one year ago to help improve Saskatchewan content. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }}
One year ago the new article department was also established. This new articles department introduces new wikipedia editors who are interested in Saskatchewan and also helps to monitor the expansion of Saskatchewan related articles. The new article department also alerts editors to fledgling articles which may receive tags for improvement.
Natural resources of Saskatchewan
A request has been sent out for information regarding natural resources of Saskatchewan. Can there be an organisation of articles, categories or a list in this regards to satisfy the query?
Saskatchewan Wikiproject facelift request
There will be a Saskatchewan barnstar sent out to any editors who can provide a facelift to the Saskatchewan wikiproject over the next few weeks. There has been a large influx of material to the wikiproject since its inception, and now the material should be re-organised and re-distributed for ease of access.
Maps as reliable sources
There is a l-o-o-ong discussion on the use of maps as reliable primary or secondary sources for wikipedia articles at Regarding maps as primary sources. This has a direct influence on highways and roads articles as well as town and placename articles.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
Cocopie (talk·contribs) The December 2008 award is presented to Cocopie who has set up various categories and populated those categories with articles. Cocopie has updated and started various Saskatchewan articles and has also been able to start their talk pages with the wikiproject banner. Thank you for your various contributions to SK related topics.
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.
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.
Signed up the wikiproject for article alerts via B. Wolterding robot. They should show up on the bottom of the main wikiproject page when detected by the robot.
Spotlight Award
Skookum1 (talk·contribs) The January 2009 award is presented to Skookum1 who has diligently upgraded articles in compliance with references, point of view and other wikipedia standards. This generally enriches the quality of articles providing more enhanced encyclopaedic content. January 2009 newsletter
Standardisation for Saskatchewan school division naming
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
We hope that you're enjoying regular updates about the goings on of WikiProject Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. Comments and suggestions on improving this newsletter are always welcome, and help us at the wikiproject improve it on a monthly basis. Keep contributing and editing articles, the portal, the project and the newsletter. Don't hesitate to contact any wikiproject member or post on the WikiProject Saskatchewan talk page if you need help or just want someone to look over your article. Please put a new sample picture into the next newsletter!!
The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 41 members. Please welcome Wyldkat and Xorthan to the project!
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.
You've uploaded File:SaskatoonStallions-1-.gif, and indicated that it's used under Wikipedia's rules for non-free images. However, it's not presently used in any articles. Wikipedia policy requires that non-free images be either used or deleted, so if this image isn't used in an article in the next week, it will be deleted.
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. 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 selected by our editors.
Show Your Favorite Saskatchewan Biography Just How Much You Care On Family Day.
Write in to our editors or leave a note on the talk page letting us know of notable upgrades or additions of Saskatchewan biography and receive an I Love Saskatchewan Award!! Saskatchewan biographies are harder to find unless they have a category relating to Saskatchewan or the wikiproject Saskatchewan banner on the talk page. Check point for changes related to Saskatchewan articles
Jwkozak91 (talk·contribs) is a new editor to receive the Spotlight Saskatchewan Award. Jwkozak91 has contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia through updates of current information mainly to political articles joining the editorial crew there. Jwkozak91 has shown significant additions to the improved quality of articles, which is the current focus of the Wikproject. A large thank you goes out to Jwkozak91 at this time. Pop by and give Jwkozak91 a pat on the back for their work on WikiProject Saskatchewan.
Bearcat (talk·contribs) The February 2009 award is presented to Bearcat who has kept abreast of political party and people (PPAP) articles and their content. Bearcat not only improves and updates politically inclined articles but provides guidance and coaches others in their edits of political articles as well. Swing on over to the talk page of Bearcat and present them with a barnstar or two, along with a thank you or two for their contribtions to wikipedia as a veteran editor, and for keeping articles with dated content up to date.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
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.
T. Mazzei (talk·contribs) The March 2009 award is presented to T. Mazzei who upgrades and creates numerous Saskatchewan articles on a regular basis. It is good to have an editor monitoring articles, and adding wikilinks where needed. A thank you is extended for your consistent efforts.
Please add to the newsletter
Feel free to add to the newsletter, the blank format for the following month is at April issue. Any additions about the direction of the wikiproject, assessment, task forces, issues and opportunities or article improvements are welcome.
Saskatchewan photographs
when you are traveling or looking through old pictures, if there are any of Saskatchewan roads, highways or Saskatchewan highway signs that you would wish to upload to wikimedia commons, it would be appreciated. It would be good to show our highways in various seasons as well as with various geographical terrains. Of especial import when getting involved with photographing highways are junctions, scenic points of interest, historical markers, intersections, divided highways, road crews, historical road crews, historical travel on highways, overpasses, underpasses and road signs showing concurrencies between various highways.
If you have started an article for Saskatchewan, and wikimedia commons does not have a related Saskatchewan image, then place this code on the article's talk page below the banner for Saskatchewan {{reqphotoin|Saskatchewan}} and your request will be added to the above category.
If you have added a request for a map, there are now locator maps for Saskatchewan available which should alleviate some of the requests added at Wikipedia requested maps in Saskatchewan For example see Saskatoon for a locator map in use.
Coordinators and A Class Review
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.
All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. — Delievered by §hepBot (Disable) on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 06:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
. The video games wikiproject took some time to devleop what was important within the scope of their wikiproject for the importance assessment.
TO DO
Saskatchewan clean up and SK communities and are lists of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles.
Place this articles for deletion page on your watchlist to know if any Saskatchewan articles are under discussion. Likewise if there are issues with improvements for Saskatchewan check out articles to improve periodically. At the moment this article name has been changed Rural Division has been changed to Saskatchewan Rivers School Division(NPOV) and there has been discussion if placenames require the added note that it is Foo, Saskatchewan or if the article can remain as the placename name: Foo. In this regards this article which needs disambiguation has not been reduced to placename title only. Regina --> Regina, Saskatchewan
Please welcome new editors to wikipedia who are trying their hand at writing articles, at new Saskatchewan articles
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.
Participate in Wikimania 2009. Wikimania 2009 will be held August 26-28 in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the San Martín Cultural Center. They are accepting presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects. Deadlines are April 15 and April 30. Would anyone like to assemble a poster about WP SK?
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
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.
Place Saskatchewan articles on your watchlist to help prevent vandalism. Peek in on the newly created high school articles periodically as well as the Saskatoon article.
Saskatoon
There is a renovation and upgrade project being tackled on the Saskatoon article. Please Be bold and join the discussion or help promote the article to GA.
Caronport, Saskatchewan
Please expand city, town, village and hamlet articles especially if you have first hand knowledge of them, which would develop facts and help in knowing where to find resources, citations and sources. For example Caronport, Saskatchewan is a recent request
Please register new DYK, GA, FA, news articles and any photographs or media at the WP talk page, newsletter tips or the Portal talk page for inclusion into the Portal and the next news letter. The portal has been through peer review, and is awaiting more inclusion to proceed to Featured Portal nominations.
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.
Please vote on the featured article status of this article, as it was promoted to FA quite awhile ago, and FA status requirements have changed. The above list was merged into the List of universities in Canada.
Use the Outreach welcome template and extend a welcome to new users who are writing about Saskatchewan.
Biographies
With father's day upcoming, focus is on writing up some biographies on some notable Saskatchewan people. Please categorise these with one of the sub categories from Category:People from Saskatchewan and use the talk page banner and check off Saskatchewan=yes as biographies are harder to trace for inclusion than other Saskatchewan titular articles. With such categories-banners being used, the articles are more likely to be found and expanded by other Saskatchewan users. Take some time to find biographies of Saskatchewan folk on wikipedia currently and categorise-banner them as well.
Saskatchewan B Class articles and Importance ratings
An opportunity to Be bold and find out what is required to raise an aritlce past B class into GA or FA. Some information is included below about how to raise an article to B-class
For B-class articles the pre-requisites have been posted also at a few wikiprojects for the minimums required for B-class before advancing on to GA. Some wikiprojects offering B class outlines are Military History FAQ, Ships WP FAQ and WP UK roads The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.
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.
Amidst summer festivals, tourism and agricultural activities, the July newsletter is out amongst us. While you are out and about, take a festival photog, or photograph a visit to the park, or perhaps a flax field. Perhaps, add an article about your favourite festival or Saskatchewan tourism destination, increase what is online about our national, provincial or regional sites.
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated July 1, 2009. Please help develop articles about our members of parliament articles, and National Historic Sites in Saskatchewan!
Museums
Several community museums are only open during the summer months in Saskatchewan, please visit them, ask questions, take photographs, place them on wikipedia. Virtual Museum of Canada - Calendar of Events - Discover events which are offered during the summer months.
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.
It has been one year since the WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods underwent a facelift and assessment banner update. The Banner helps to identify the quality of placename articles and which to focus attention on, and the wikiproject helps to coordinate the efforts of all interested editors! Thank you very much.
This is your newsletter and we want you to be part of it as well. Provide us with news tips on the Newsletter tip line for future beginnings of the next newsletter edition.
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.
Labour Day & Saskatchewan's Anniversary Article Drive
Labour Day is Monday September 1, and Saskatchewan celebrates its 104 anniversary of joining confederation on September 4, 1905. Goal would be to improve the Saskatchewan article to feature status or add main Saskatchewan topical articles or improve topics of Saskatchewan articles.
The Portal:Saskatchewan is undergoing its second anniversary showcasing to the WWW wikipedia articles about Saskatchewan content which have achieved good or featured class criteria. Please add more contributions to wikipedia and to the portal itself. If you have suggestions for the portal or want help with the "box formatting style of programming" drop a note on the portal talk page.
With fall and school starting up this late August and early September, it is time to start or upgrade the various secondary and post secondary education and Higher education in Saskatchewan articles for Saskatchewan or help with requests . Ensure that principals, vice principals, and current curricula and extracurricular activities are accurate for the 2009-2010 school year. Notable changes in curricula and extracurricular activities could be added to a history section. The newest education article seems to be an U of S article on the University of Saskatchewan Physical Activity Complex. List of universities in Canada this article was recently demoted from Featured list status. If anyone can work on this article and the new requirements to get it re-instated this would be awesome.