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Again, the issue of the month is inline citations. A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night (song), and Get Back have all been defeatured, as they failed to satisfy criterion 1(c) of What is a featured article?, and other song FAs are due for the chopping block. Inline citations are an important aspect of articles—they ensure verifiability and reliability, and they remove original research. Additionally, they give readers the option to read the original source material and view it within context. Basically:
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If one is to be mercenary about the subject, it should be noted that Paul McCartney is going to be more noteworthy than usual in the near future as his divorce case comes to court. In that case it is great to note that a small group of Project Members (plus another individual who does not feel compelled to register himself despite important contributions) have worked very hard, and in an atmosphere of good humour, to take the McCartney piece to a succesful Good Article nomination. Perhaps this is the method to use for future articles, a small dedicated team concentrating on one subject at a time. Of course, all members are invited to join any existing group or even go about forming their own. Please note any such action in the Project Log. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. 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 next issue (Issue 009 – January 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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map question
Hi Dan... In this map, you do not have the same countries colored as are supposèdly used as the source (here). Was this an oversight? Clearly, their map is not entirely in agreement with their list, since Spain is colored on their map, but not included in their list. However, explicity included in their list are North Korea and Ethiopia which, while not specifically meeting the criteria for inclusion in this dubious grouping of countries, are included nevertheless. If your map is an effort to correct inaccuracies in the source website, please review WP:OR and WP:NPOV. If this is a result of an oversight on your part, please consider fixing the map to match the source website. Cheers, Tomer 22:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
- Ya, no problem...I was confused. After a bit of reflection, it's possible that when he original map was created, it included Eritrea as part of Ethiopia, and North Korea as part of "Korea" as a whole...I think the 40th parallel almost exactly bisects the North. It is, nonetheless, included, as with Ethiopia, in their list there. What the deal is with Spain I'm not certain, but I think it's OK to leave it off, since it neither fits the description, nor does it make their country listing. That's all for now. :-) Cheers, Tomer 23:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Category versus categortization
Can you explain why Category is a not a good place to send people people to who click on "category" in the List of Greek words with English derivatives and why categorization should be a better place? --Lambiam 04:41, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Wikimania in Atlanta!
Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!
P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 07:01, 4 September 2007 (UTC)