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File:Lorrette Cemetary.JPG		Milhist Coordinator elections
		Thank you very much for your much appreciated support in the recently concluded September 2008 Military History Wikiproject Coordinator Elections. I was thoroughly surprised to walk away with a position of Coordinator. Thank-you for your support, and I assure you that I will do my best to serve this spectacular project well. Esteemed Regards, Cam (Chat) 01:05, 1 October 2008 (UTC) Notre Dame de Lorrette Cemetary - Arras, France

Are you looking for a project you can really sink your teeth into?

I noticed you are a member of the Geography WikiProject. I thought you might be interested in this...

A huge collaboration is underway, in which participants all work on 247 pages at a time. That's right, there are 247 pages in the set, and we're all working on all of them! We kind of cheat, by using advanced wikitools like AWB and Linky that let you load or switch between pages quickly (and other tricks).

We're building a geography reference aid for Wikipedia covering every country of the world. Organized as topic outlines (a type of structured list), these pages present maps, pictures, basic information on each country, and links to essential articles about each country on Wikipedia. We have created 247 drafts (one for every country of the world), 28 of which have been completed enough that they've been moved to article space already (so people can make use of them, even though they're still under construction). The rest are getting pretty close.

Each of these pages in turn form part of Wikipedia's outline of knowledge, and when completed, this branch of the outline will be the best general navigation aid for browsing country-related information on Wikipedia.

We're looking for users who love geography, and who use or would like to start using:

• WP:AWB, or
• Firefox, with the Linky add-on, or
• similar tools and/or other tricks

...to edit many pages fast.

While some of us work on completing one country page at a time, most of the work we do entails completing a particular knowledge item on all of the pages. For example, filling in the population figures for each country, or creating redirects to "bluelink" standard link names used throughout the set, or placing a specific type of map on each page, etc. etc.

Working in this way is kind of like traveling around the world, since you get to visit the page of each country of the world to work on it.

Tasks range from the simple (filling in blanks, search/replace, copy/paste) to the more complex (Customizing sections to each country, Google searches of Wikipedia to find relevant articles, etc.).

This project is very important, because information is only useful if you can find it, and these pages show you what's here on Wikipedia without you having to guess at what to type in a search box.

To give you an idea of what these pages will look like when complete, here are the most complete ones so far:

• Topic outline of France
• Topic outline of Iceland
• Topic outline of Japan
• Topic outline of Thailand
• Topic outline of Taiwan

If you are interested in joining in on the fun, please drop me a note.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist    03:17, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

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Out of curiosity...

Are you registered to use WP:AWB?

Do you have Firefox, with the Linky add-on?

And do you have WP:WikEd installed? (great for on-the-fly search/replaces, and therefor is perfect for making lists of links to use Linky on).

The Transhumanist    20:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

AWB Search/Replace request

I don't currently have access to a computer that can run AWB (I'm at a library).

Could you do a search/replace for me? Here it is:

On all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list, please change:

• Economic rank:

To:

• Economic rank (by nominal GDP):

(use the wikicode itself for the search/replace)

Be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now. Please make sure AWB does the search/replace only and nothing else.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    21:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I got approved for AWB 2 days ago, tried to install it, but was unsuccessful on this computer. Will have another go on it over the weekend on my other one. Sorry if I didn't clarify previously that I'm approved for AWB but not using it yet. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

No problemo. This weekend would be fine. By the way, I've used AWB a lot, so if you have any questions when you start using it, feel free to ask me. The Transhumanist    21:13, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Parkyns Hoppner

On 9 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Parkyns Hoppner, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 02:03, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Webaman

I agree, I actually thought about doing a speedy delete... but was unsure V. Joe (talk) 14:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Mollo culture

On 12 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mollo culture, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 11:26, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Fostoria Glass Company

On 16 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fostoria Glass Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

sorry, couldn't wait for November 4th Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:24, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

{{Arctic-stub}}

Hi Rosiestep - not sure why you're adding {{Arctic-stub}} to geographic features, but you shouildn't be. As made clear ion the discussion of {{Arctic-stub}} at WP:WSS/D, it should not be used for geographic features - those would naturally get stubs relating only to their actual location. It should only be used for items which are not geographic, such as expeditions, regulations, history of the arctic and the like. Grutness...wha? 00:52, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough - thought I'd better mention it to you in case you hadn't. To cut a long story short, geo-stubs are regarded as largely separate from other stub types (simply because there are so many of them) and work as strictly as possible on a by-country basis. Also, there's little point adding arctic-stub to something that already has, say, a nunavut-geo-stub, since being marked with a nunavut-geo-stub by itself indicates it's arctic-related. Grutness...wha? 23:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, true - and even more so with some other places (Norway-geo-stub, for instance), but anyone looking for geographical articles on the Arctic will still have a pretty reasonable place to start looking with the current geo-stub categories. Grutness...wha? 23:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Nevada County, CA NRHP table?

Hi Rosiestep ... I've been working on National Register of Historic Places listings in California and the related county NRHP lists. Back on August 19, you removed the Nevada County table from the main state list (here's the diff), but I can't find it anywhere. The "refer to" note under Nevada County in the state list just points right back to the state list (it's a circular reference). Do you remember where you put Nevada County table? I looked through your edit history, but didn't see anything that looks like the table in question. Thanks in advance for any assistance. --Sanfranman59 (talk) 02:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

No worries ... I assumed that it was just an oversight, but I didn't just want to recreate the table if it's out there somewhere and possibly has had some edits applied to it. I'm going to work on bringing the state article down to a more reasonable size by removing additional county lists. I don't quite get why most of the listings are presented in both the table format and in the old-style list format, but I'll remedy that along the way also. --Sanfranman59 (talk) 03:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

The old style lists below the tables are there because I inserted the tables, and i meant to go through the old lists and check them before deleting them. I meant to check them to ensure all of their items were covered in the table, and to ensure that any disambiguation or other info in them was properly captured in the corresponding table entry. However, since then i have been bogged down in doing that kind of work in New York state county list-tables, and i haven't gotten back to California yet. doncram (talk) 18:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

History of Kodaikanal

Rosiestep, Thank you for noticing the article, the Amazing Barnstar and the DYK nomination.

Another cat lover, Marcus (talk) 18:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Geography WikiProject update

We've been steadily developing the set of country outlines, and they are getting close to being ready to move to article space. There's over two hundred of them, so when the move takes place it will be a pretty big event.

Penubag has been hard at work creating the images for awards for this project, in preparation for a collaborative contest we will be hosting that is expected to attract new editors to the team.

In the meantime, I and a few others have been working on 3 fronts:

1. On the 28 country outlines that have already been moved to article space to complete them so they will be the best examples that they can be for editors working on the rest of the set.
2. Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.) in the overall set. This is the main type of work participants in "the contest" will be doing. The reason we're doing some of this now is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task.
3. Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

The main thing that needs to be done to the outlines so that they can be moved to article space is correct and complete the government branches sections, many of which include incorrect information that was placed there as temporary data by a template when these pages were created (in order to match the most countries and cut down on the work load).

We're looking for editors who love to work on lots of pages fast, who use or would like to use advanced tools like AWB and Linky. Most of the tasks entail working on a specific item on all of the pages in the set.

We're having a blast, but we're spread pretty thin and could sure use your help.

If you'd like to join in on the fun, drop me a note.

The Transhumanist    00:31, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Foxe Basin

When you have a second, can you take a look at the recent edit of Foxe Basin? What's this guy talking about? Thanks! Cbaer (talk) 19:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

Thanks for the improvements for the article. I had been focusing on Dorfsman, but it was clear that Gastrotypographicalassemblage deserved an article of its own and I know nothing about the visual arts. Thanks again for taking the time to expand the article. Alansohn (talk) 18:46, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Another country outline moved to article space!

Topic outline of Zimbabwe is now in article space. It still needs images and some bluelinking, and is undoubtedly missing some relevant links.

Please take a look at it. You will no doubt spot things you can easily fix that I overlooked.

The Transhumanist    19:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Karla Jessen Williamson

On 2 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Karla Jessen Williamson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 02:22, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Journal of Indigenous Studies

On 2 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Journal of Indigenous Studies, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Sorry for not giving the credit for this earlier. It appears to have been overlooked that it was a double nomination. Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 05:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC) ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 05:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Hello, I inform you that I requested move for the article at J. M. G. Le Clézio to go back to the original title, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Since you has shown interest in the article, I would appreciate your input in the discussion. The discussion for move has very a few participants so far, so more people's opinion on this matter would be really necessary. Regards.--Caspian blue 14:40, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for tribal colleges and universities

On 4 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article tribal colleges and universities, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

- And thanks for your assistance at DYK :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK request

User Rosiestep, hi! I am sorry to bother you, and I am not sure that this request is seemly, so please feel free to ignore this request if you wish. I note that you recently went through some of the Template talk:Did you know entries and checked them. One of those DYK's is for an article I did (political foundation at European level) - it's my first DYK nom, so I'm kinda on tenterhooks at the moment. As of this moment, nobody has put one of those thingies next to it, and I'm concerned that it may be overlooked. Could I ask you therefore to look over it and mark it accordingly? (Obviously I can't do it myself - I wrote it). Of course, if you're busy, please feel free to ignore me, but if you do look over it, thank you for your time - the concept is new and poorly understood, but is currently the subject of media interest in Ireland [1], so wider dissemination is of interest to the Irish polity. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:43, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your intervention: I'm very pleased. Yay! Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 14:36, 8 November 2008 (UTC)