Peterloo Massacre was nominated for FAC on 6 April. So far it has received support for FAS but feel free join the discussion here.
The reduction of WP:GM GAs, mentioned in the last issue, has been tackled with Buckton Castle and Oasis (band) being passed on 9 March and Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester on 7 April. We now have 13 GAs due to hard work of our contributors. Well done!
WP:GM still is still the leading local British WikiProject. As far as featured content goes, we have a lead of 6 on London and Yorkshire who have 15 FAs each. Although taking the lead in FAs, WP:GM is still lacking GAs and falls behind London by 6. This topic was at the front of the new aims discussion (here) and is an important issue for WP:GM.
As mentioned above, new aims have been decided. See the right hand column for more details.
Member News
There are now 44 members of WikiProject Greater Manchester! A warm welcome to the 5 new members that have joined us since March:
Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome!
New Aims
The completion of all but one of the short term aims set last December resulted in a discussion on WT:GM to set new aims for the WikiProject. They are:
Obtain GA status for a third of Greater Manchester's Metropolitan Boroughs.
It took us four months to get our last aims completed, why not try and see if these can be done in less time than before! All input is welcome but if anyone has any books or photos etc specifically related to these topics, they would be extra-specially welcome.
But before rushing ahead with these new aims, let's not forget the one that got away last time: to obtain B -> GA status for Rochdale, Wigan, Bury, Bolton and Stockport. Most of these articles are in poor condition and in need of repair. Good quality images are urgently needed also. Let's make sure that this aim doesn't stay off our radar much longer.
Don't Forget...
Images! The shortage of good images was mentioned in the last issue and still hasn't been resolved! A good place to start would be the requested photographs category but please remember that there are many articles not within this category that have the same need in common.
Assessment "Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress" is one of our mid-term aims. At the present moment, there are only 43 unassessed articles. This task could be completed well before the next newsletter is out.
Hi, Joshii, I've approved you for use of this tool. You need to download & install it as per the instructions page. Let me know if there's any problem. Cheers. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 17:20, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can you explain this edit to my userpage? I prefer to keep the message bar at the top of mypage to help prevent vandalism to the page. But before I add it in, did you remove it because of a policy violation? If so, I won't add it in. Cheers, SpencerT♦C19:00, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WP:HOAX says that it bars an "attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real". There's no way to check that a person's userpage has accurate information, and the policy only really refers to the article-space. See also: Wikipedia:User page#What may I not have on my user page?. Though I suppose that page it isn't all encompassing, this type of thing isn't shown to be like any of the list items on there. Also, I find the bar makes vandals (who want to vandalize my page after I warn them) think they have messages again and return to their page. Just today, when the bar was gone, my page was vandalized 5 times. When the bar was there, however, there was only two vandalizing edits over the past month. I think it helps. Cheers, SpencerT♦C22:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! We haven't been in touch for a while. I hope all is well with you?
Just thought I'd touch bases with you and see how things are. I've been making some "improvements" to the Milnrow article, which I thought you might be interested in. Hope you're OK. --Jza84 | Talk 21:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
