Hello, M@sk, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Kukini06:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I see you've been working on several articles about bridges in Saskatoon and elsewhere in Canada. If you're interested, you might want to check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Bridges, which is a project to standardize articles about bridges and improve the quality of those articles. I've been working on Minnesota bridges as part of the project (although I should probably take a break; I've probably edited about 40 bridge articles today.) Check it out! --Elkman - (talk)03:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed up the Victoria bridge article and will do the other in the next day or two. Thanks for the tip. --M@sk00:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good work so far on the bridges articles. Please take a moment to make note of changes I and others have made regarding grammar and spelling in the articles. Assuming that you will be creating articles on each bridge, please note that I have added one bridge to the list at the main Saskatoon article -- the Grand Trunk rail bridge -- plus the Idylwyld Bridge was renamed the Sidney L. Buckwold Bridge about 6 years ago so I have changed this accordingly in the article. Cheers. 23skidoo06:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the additions and edits. It will probably be a few days before they all apear but that was my plan. --M@sk00:15, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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.
There are now images in a gallery on the talk page of this article. If they are of any use in the article... I noticed you were adding info to airline articles...SriMesh | talk05:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have any good photos as of the moment, but t'would make a wonderful trip this week-end. 'Tis fun to put photos of Saskatoon online, some better than others, but I enjoy it. Digital cameras are fun. Will contact you after I pop out there. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk04:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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?
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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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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?
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Sorry that you received two issues of the newsletter, there was a glitch in the bot delivery system, which caused June to be delayed, and so a hand delivery and a bot delivery both were sent out. SriMesh | talk17:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages such as Saskatoon Club, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs17:27, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've restored the article for the time being. It will, however, require more proof of its notability than its age and mere existence. I work with the US National Register of Historic Places - what is the Canadian equivalent? Right now, it seems unremarkable, and others agree. There needs to be some historic event, historic register, or a similar distinction.
You've done a great deal of good work, but keep in mind that Wikipedia can be a tough environment - the editors who tagged and deleted the article were correct to do so, but I believe the article can be improved and saved if there are appropriate sources. Please do not allow your frustration to lead you to placing inappropriate messages in article space. Acroterion(talk)17:37, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have nominated Saskatoon Club, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saskatoon Club. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? SchuminWeb (Talk) 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I do hope you will consider continuing on Wikipedia. Saskatoon Club comment. You have contributed valuable insight, and articles to wikipedia as a whole, and the silly AfD's are part of the growing pains of Wikipedia establishing credibility in general on the internet. As was noted by several folks who are more familiar with Saskatoon and Saskatchewan, the discussion showed support of your work. I am sorry, I was sick and with mom at hospital during this time, or I would also have added my two cent worth as well. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk00:59, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Exceptional Newcomer Award
I SriMesh do hereby acknowledge your excellent contributions to Saskatchewan, its Crown Corporations, and Historic buildings. Good work
Thanks for the support, I will continue to make my contribution. Hope things are well with you and family. --M@sk (talk) 03:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Previous Issue | WikiProject Saskatchewan Volume 2, Issue 7 - July 2008 | Next Issue July special events • Sk error tags • Image moving • Work the wiki • Quick links template • Canada commons wikiproject and Canada wikimedia • Higher Education in Saskatchewan • Spotlight • Road news - Trans Canada • Community news - Two million new articles • Trivia question
Dominion Day now known as Canada Day is celebrated July 1, 2008. Please help develop our members of parliament articles, and National Historic Site in Saskatchewan articles!
July 18 is defined as Canada's Parks Day across the nation, and July 12 to 18 as Parks Week in Saskatchewan. "Take A Hike" is the theme in 2008. Please take time to read a parks article, edit or create an article on Saskatchewan parks and hiking trails.
Work the Wiki Saskatchewan is an independent article about wikipedia and writing Saskatchewan articles for this encylopedia. Are there any comments in regards to work the wiki web site.
Saskatchewan quick links template
Add this template {{Saskatchewan quick links}} to your user page to give editors more information about Saskatchewan on Wikipedia. This template has been modeled after the {{Canadian quick links}} template.
Please assist students of this Class project to wikify and produce citations for the various provincial articles coming online. The article for Saskatchewan has been started, and if there is any assistance you may be able to offer the students please mention it on the appropriate talk page. Watch also for tags on the articles such as AFD and guide the students for Wikipedia principles. Thank you.
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!!
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!
The user template: {{user Saskatoon}} needs some TLC as its image has disappeared! If someone has some photographic / image manipulation talents, and a good idea to improve the user template, it is much appreciated.
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 to Trivia question #3 before month end. The answer to Trivia Question #3 will be published in the Volume 2, Issue 7 - August 2008 newsletter.
Trivia Question #3: Where is Canada's longest pedestrian bridge and what is it named?
Answer Question #3: Will be announced August 1, 2008
Trivia Question #2:Bonnington, Assiniboia, North West Territories is now known as which community of Saskatchewan? from the June Newsletter
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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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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.
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.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. —Largo Plazo (talk) 12:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Another nomination for deletion. I do question why I should contribute to this community when attempts to do so discouraged in this way. Have a look at the talk page for this article. What criteria do we have on Wikipedia for adding pages about airlines .... --M@sk (talk) 13:23, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See WP:Notability, WP:Notability (companies). In the case of companies, as in the case of several other classes of topic, the article needs to *indicate* that the topic is notable. This article doesn't, and the likelihood that an airline with a single plane is notable seems small. Regarding the value of contributing to this community: I think it's good that the community is concerned with working toward a quality encyclopedia. Guidelines have been established by consensus to help with this by preventing it from becoming a repository for advertising, advocacy, personal reflection, and so forth, and by preventing large amounts of space by being taken up by topics of relatively little value. —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What criteria do you propose? Two aircraft? 10? 100? Do you want to weight average a a Boeing 737 is equivalent to 4-5 props or 1/2 a wide-body? --M@sk (talk) 13:53, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is no official threshold based on number of planes or weight. I cited the possession by the company of a single aircraft as an indication that notability is unlikely. For the most part, someone's purchase of some property (a plane, a taxi, a restaurant, an apartment building) for use in earning a living isn't a topic suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia.
I answered your previous question about the applicable criteria by providing you with links to two relevant articles. The answers are there. Please read them instead of trying to turn this into a confrontation between you and me. You might also look at WP:Welcome and WP:First article.—Largo Plazo (talk) 14:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When deleting the article you also missed the reference on the Edmonton Airport page. I was going to add a reference on the Fort McMurray airport page however there is little point in doing that at this point since the airline clearly does not warrant mention on Wikipedia.
I hope you don't take this as an attack on you. It is not. In the past few months I have had three articles including this one nominated for speedy deletion. In each case we have people waist their time debating the merits of deleting the article and then the article is reinstated. At this point I give up. Clearly the Wikipedia community does not appreciate the effort some of us have put in to making this encyclopedia more complete. You should note, I waited until they received Transport Canada approval before adding them, since once they are licensed there is some substance behind them. Perhaps I should have waited until they announced taking delivery of their second aircraft or third aircraft.... In any case at this point I will leave it to someone else to add it the article once it meets the high standard for notability that appears to be required. I would have assumed including them on the list of Canadian Airlines is something that Wikipedia would defer to Transport Canada, but it is probably best to be notable in these cases instead of complete. --M@sk (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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!
Birthday Cake
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!!
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:SaskPowerLogo.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.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:File:First.air.hercules.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. CambridgeBayWeatherHave a gorilla07:38, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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.
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
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.
If there was a collaboration department, then the North-West Rebellion, and its several child articles such as its battles and people would be excellent articles to find references for, expand and achieve GA or FA status. In the words of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Christine Tell who proclaimed, that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today."[1]
At this time, as well, the articles Aboriginal peoples in Canada and First Nations are undergoing GA review. For an idea of updating the Northwest Rebellion articles watch these two articles or assist with their upgrade.
Feature articles are being re-called due to a lack of "alt tags" for the images included in the articles, as in the ongoing screening of FA articles; Canada and Territorial evolution of Canada. When beginning or updating a Saskatchewan related article, ensure the use of alt tags, which will save time later when upgrading the article.
Please make use of Wikipedia School and University projects and project instrutions on wikipedia, inform fellow students, classes, or school instructors. Higher education in Saskatchewan, was a part of a project that encompassed higher education in all the provinces and territories of Canada. As well students in public schools have been working on Saskatchewan town articles in the past.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
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 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.
This is the third December newsletter for the Saskatchewan wikiproject, and two years since we inaugurated the assessment template! It is also how the anniversary of our Saskatchewan new article robot page which helps to identify new articles with Saskatchewan content and future contributors. 2007, 2008
Holiday greetings to everyone editing on wikipedia and especially those helping Saskatchewan find its niche so others on the WWW can know something of this prairie province of Canada. Please invite a fellow editor for a nice cup of tea and a sit down
Photography city scavenger hunts
In the same vein as this Wikipedia Takes The City Scavenger Hunt Contest, please roam around Saskatchewan taking important photographs of your local area, city or neighbourhood or town, school, park, forest, statue, memorial, main street, cityscape view which are needed for various wikipedia articles. If you wish just use this online tool to help upload available public domain and fair use images to wikimedia commons.
Assessment
With 2,442 stubs, there are 73% of articles relating to Saskatchewan which are stubs, describing the province in minimal detail. There are 6 articles and lists which reached feature status. These detailed, and informative feature quality sections amount to 0.2% of the Saskatchewan content. It would be nice if these percentages could be reversed. Everyone's help is requested to make the drive a success.
Portal Saskatchewan
Please make regular visits to the portal and perhaps make it your browser home page. Nominations for selected articles and pictures for the portal are always welcome, and can serve as a great way to show off that new article you just worke on to achieve Good Article status or the super picture you took the last time you attended a festival in Saskatchewan.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan wikiproject and Saskatchewan articles on wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue!(January 2010 - Post your news years resolution) Comments and suggestions on improving the newsletter are always welcome, and help improve it in the coming new year. Keep contributing and editing articles, and don't hesitate to contact the wikiproject talk page if you need help. Any and all contributions are welcome.
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.
Hi there! I'm glad to see someone has taken an interest in historic Canadian railway stations. However, I've noticed that you've gone around and tagged a bunch of stations as being "national historic sites" that are really "designated heritage railway stations". There is a difference, and WP is the kind of place where we care about those kinds of little errors. Just a heads up. Otherwise, keep up the good work! --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 03:31, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm here about the same issue, as there are a number of "stations" added which are only flagstops - not even a building, just a spot where the train will stop (if asked). Even with larger towns than Cedarvale, British Columbia, e.g. Houston and Smithers, there's no need at all for a separate "station" article, the category can simply be added to the town article. Unless there's a notable building I see no reason whatsoever for "Houston (British Columbia) railway station", Cedarvale railway station, Telkwa railway station. All such articles should be merged with their placename counterparts, as they have no valid reason to exist; architectural, historical significance etc are why they would be notable enough to have separate articles; but even in Silverdale railway station (again just a flagstop, but where Billy Miner robbed the train]], there's no need for a separate article from Silverdale, British Columbia. Also there are doubled articles - there's already Boston Bar adn North Bend station articles without the VIA name in their title and they should be merged with the ones you've created; in those two cases, North Bend in particular, there were (and maybe still are, abandoned or in ruins) actual railway station buildings.Skookum1 (talk) 15:18, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Also, Mission Harbour railway station got me curious, as the source says it's on Harbour Avenue in Mission, which is the waterfront; I haven't be in the home burg for a while but I can't see where this station would be, or what service it would be a station on, as the rail line adjacent to Harbour Avenue is the connector line to Abbotsford that uses the rail bridge. The old Mission CPR station, now a museum/cultural centre SFAIK, is on Railway Avenue, a couple of blocks west of teh West Coast Express station...but nowhere near Harbour Avenue.Skookum1 (talk) 15:18, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter! I, User:Presidentman, am the new editor. You may see some changes due to the fact it's my first newsletter. I'm just going easy on myself, but it will get more complex as time goes on.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
We’re excited to announce that User:Presidentman has joined WikiProject Saskatchewan as our Editor in Chief. Presidentman will oversee editorial content and the Saskatchewan Wikiproject community contributions on the Wikiproject newsletter. Presidentman has also successfully developed the Picture of the Day project and has been active on wikipedia for close to three years in a plethora of projects enriching wikipedia with close to 3,000 contributions. The transition between our old editor and the new has been smoother than any of us could have hoped for — SriMesh wrote their last newsletter article for January, 2010, and Presidentman started up without missing a beat for February 2010. The previous years for SriMesh, the past editor, had been richly rewarding, seeing subscriptions grow, informing interested editors of developments and changes to the Saskatchewan wikipedia community and supporting activities on the Saskatchewan Wikiproject. It is now time for me to move to new writing projects to finish, and further responsibilities which are vying for my attention. Please join me in welcoming Presidentman to the their new position! Presidentman is working on a host of new features and an updated look, which will take things to a new level. It is wonderful to have a new editor to bring in the new year! Expect great things.
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
You have created articles for dozens of railway stations throughout western Canada and now you are doing some for Rocky Mountaineer. For VIA you used "Infobox station" but for RM you are using "Infobox Historic building". Was there some reason for this? I have changed the infobox for Rocky Mountaineer Station and created a Rocky Mountaineer style. The gold colour is exactly the same as the logo, which I have also uploaded. The style can be changed if you think it is not suitable. Thanks for the work you have done. Secondarywaltz (talk) 20:33, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, and welcome back to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Sorry about the last two months, I have just been very busy with exams and the end of my studies. Now that summer is here, hopefully I'll do better.
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
Sorry about that I don't know what I was thinking. I should have made the names consistent with the one you started. I am going to create a North Vancouver Station article. --M@sk (talk) 23:16, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
At one point in time the run up to Whistler was advertised and sold as the Whistler Mountaineer. I need to check to see if they are still doing that. I don't think so. --M@sk (talk) 23:16, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I notice you have also named all the RM routes in the succession boxes in the station infoboxes without spaces. You should use the full correct name as on the website. Secondarywaltz (talk) 23:44, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Canada Day to all!
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Saskatchewan Day to all!
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
Hello, and welcome to the WikiProject Saskatchewan newsletter. Happy Labour Day to all!
Newsletter archives
Newsletter archives are listed since the conception of the wikiproject and show the evolution of Saskatchewan WikiProject and Saskatchewan articles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute to the Next Issue! Any and all contributions are welcome.
I made a few edits to Yorath Island, which included rewriting the references. You can go to edit mode to see exactly what I did. I recommend you have a look at Wikipedia:Citation templates - a particularly useful one is {{cite web}}. Not only do they make the references clearer, they also assist bots that look for dead links and salvage the reference with archive URLs. In the meantime, keep up the good work! --Drm310 (talk) 15:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if you want to re-use an existing citation further down the page, here's how to do it:
In the first instance of the citation, make sure it has a name enclosed in quotes, e.g. <ref name="citation1">{{cite web ...
Further instances of the citation can be used with this syntax: <ref name="citation1" />
Note the use of quotes, the space after and the trailing slash. That's the proper syntax so you don't need the </ref> tag. In the Reflist, the citation will appear with small letters (e.g. ab), where each one will jump to the appropriate place where the citation was used. You can read more about it at WP:REFNAME... hope that helps. --Drm310 (talk) 17:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Looking at this edit, where you add Queen Elizabeth II Court in Regina to a list of structures named after Queen Elizabeth II, is there anything odd about it, causing another editor to revert you twice? It seems pretty straightforward to me, and I'm always keen on defending good work. --Pete (talk) 00:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I just wanted to check in case I'd missed something. I've added a few more Canadian buildings named after the Queen, fixed a redlink or two. --Pete (talk) 02:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you worked on, Avord Tower, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
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I cannot find sufficient notable independent, substantive, multiple RS coverage of the notability of this 15-store, 131,000 sf mall on gnews or gbooks. Though it does have run-of-the-mill coverage.
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Back in December, you got either an AfD or PROD notification, which was part of the template testing project's experiments. If you could go here and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested (there are links to the templates), that would be very useful. (You can also email me at mpinchukwikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 20:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qwanlin Mall until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
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You, being the main contributor to List of mines in Canada, might be interested in my pet-project to organize, begin and determine lists of missing mines. I've created this userpage: User:ncboy2010/mines to attempt to organize what we do and don't have. Please take a look at that and let me know if there are anything I might be missing. The reason I ask you is because your one of the only other wikipedians who's worked on a list of mines before me. Thanks for any input! Ncboy2010 (talk) 17:49, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I have redirected the Algoma Central succession templates to CN to be more inclusive. Another line Canadian National Railway operates is the Kaoham Shuttle in BC. Do you know of any more? This system can also be used for defunct or historic CN lines. It also seems more logical when AC now shows up as a line of the CN system, when previously it was a one-trick pony. Secondarywaltz (talk) 17:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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