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In need of your mentorship

Hi,

I need help from an experienced Wikipedian, and I saw your name over at WP:ADOPT.

I need your advice concerning WP:WPOOK, which I've been coordinating. The set of pages the project concerns is listed at Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge and Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Outline of knowledge#Projected outline, and has grown to about 500 articles in the encyclopedia.

The goals of the WikiProject are:

1. Increase awareness of readers of the existence of the outlines on Misplaced Pages
2. Complete the existing outlines
3. Create an outline for every subject that is exensive enough to benefit from having an outline (core subjects and major or extensive fields). There are thousands of these.
4. Recruit as many editors to work on these as possible (we need thousands of editors working on these)
5. Surpass portals in number by the end of the summer, and leave them in the dust by the end of the year
6. Get the major outline subject areas displayed on the Main Page (in place of or in addition to the portal links at the top of the page)
7. Increase the OOK to higher quality than Britannica's Outline of Knowledge (published in its Propaedia volume).

I was hoping you could comment on how to achieve the goals above.

Also I'm interested in every possible way of reaching readers and editors of Misplaced Pages. How can I get the most eyes and typing fingers on Misplaced Pages's outlines? Contacting editors directly without a reason relevant to them is spam, which I'd like to avoid. There are 75,000 regular editors on Misplaced Pages, and I want to contact all of them. So how do I do it? Directly or indirectly, I don't care which, piecemeal or all-at-once, all methods are fine with me. But I've got to find ways. I need your help.

I would also like to know how to find or attract editors to create new outlines. And I need advice on finding editors to help write the new outline article mentioned above (it needs to be fleshed out, completely referenced, and brought to featured article status).

Can you recommend anyone in particular who might be interested in sinking their teeth into a project like this? Or ways to reach groups of editors? Or ways to reach all editors? I welcome any and all advice you might have.

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist    03:20, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

DB icon

Hello, I coverted the Db icon File:DBZ_UBX2.png to vector graphics. --> , giving advantages such as clearness; tell me what you think on my talk page before I convert the other ones and possibly make a big mistake :) Bugboy52.4 | =-= 03:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter Issue XLIV - June 7, 2009 Issue XLIII | Issue XLV Project in Review As of June 2009: Professional wrestling articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 8 3 11 FL 17 20 37 GA 6 44 86 136 B 1 22 80 226 329 C 5 33 147 185 Start 2 54 260 1958 2274 Stub 21 467 488 List 4 31 642 1 678 Future 2 10 12 Assessed 3 91 496 3559 1 4150 Unassessed 1 1 Total 3 91 496 3559 2 4151 Changes to Featured and Good Content Promoted Featured articles: None Promoted Featured lists: List of PWG World Champions (review page) Promoted Featured topics: None Reassessed Featured content: None Promoted Good articles: None Promoted Good topics: None Reassessed Good content: None Other Project News —Articles List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (review page), List of Mexican National Trios Champions (review page), and List of PWG World Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates. Adam Birch, Armageddon (2008), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer, Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah, Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano, Leilani Kai, MNM, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Tag Team Championship, and TNA X Division Championship are current Good article nominees. Paul London and Brian Kendrick (review page) is a current Good topic candiate. The following article appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page: May 28: List of PWG World Champions May 29: PWG World Tag Team Championship May 30: List of PWG World Tag Team Champions June 5: List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions Deletion Discussions: Articles for Deletion Current: III (professional wrestling), Just Close Your Eyes, Melanie Cruise, and Pro Wrestling Entertainment. Deleted: All Out Mayhem, Edgar Meyer (Wrestler), Kimberley Kash, and Ryu Lee. Merged: May 2009 Pepsi Center double-booking controversy —Project As part of the project's New Year's Reolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 7, we are at 11.76%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve. Based on the members list, there are currently 222 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling. Events Calendar This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of June. 7 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents Extreme Rules 12 - Ring of Honor (ROH) presents Take No Prisoners 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Slammiversary 28 - WWE presents The Bash Recent Professional Wrestling News At Sacrifice on May 24, Sting defeated Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, and Kurt Angle in an Ultimate Sacrifice match by pinning Angle, which meant that he took over Angle's position as the leader of The Main Event Mafia. Mr. Kennedy made his return to WWE television on the May 25 episode of Raw, but was released four days later on May 29. On May 26, Ephesto defeated Rey Bucanero to win the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, after Bucanero suffered a legitimate knee injury. On May 28: John Tolos died in Los Angeles aged 78. Lisa Marie Varon made her TNA debut, and Shane Douglas and Raven returned to TNA. On June 1: WWE, THQ, and Yuke's announced that the development of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 had started. On WWE Raw: Kofi Kingston won the WWE United States Championship by defeating defending champion Montel Vontavious Porter. On June 2, Samoa Joe was diagnosed with a torn triceps and broken fingers. On May 5, it was announced that WWE had released developmental talents Dakota Darsow, Jon Cutler, and Lupe Santiago. On May 6: It was announced that WWE had also released developmental wrestler Kafu. Combat Zone Wrestling wrestler Nick Gage was injured in a match after taking a bump onto a light tube, suffering a severed artery and being airflifted to hospital. Editing Tips This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips. Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed here. Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view. All Misplaced Pages articles should be written from a neutral point-of-view. Contributors to this Issue NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs) TJ Spyke (talk · contribs) Truco (talk · contribs) Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs) Project Navigation PW Project main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk Style guide – talk PW Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup listing – talk Pay-Per-View Expansion – talk Stub article expansion – talk

Re: DB Icon

I used Inkscape, mostly because its free though. I'm glad that ya like it :), if you want me to do more, just give me the word. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 14:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

do you want to give me a list of any specific ones, or every one on wikipedia. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 20:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

I did the all of the other ones ones there (if you mean the ones in the userboxes). Bugboy52.4 | =-= 00:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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Dear Mentor,

Thank you for your advice. We're putting it to good use.

I've run into a situation, and need your valuable insight.

One thing I've tried to do with respect to the outlines is place a hatnote on subject articles leading to that subject's corresponding outline.

Two people complained, and form the basis of consensus not to do it.

The main concern was quality: a hatnote shouldn't be placed unless the outline is of at least the same or higher quality than the article the hatnote is being placed on. That sets up a catch-22, since we need the best linking we can to attract readers and editors in the first place. The more traffic, the more feedback and changes.

So quality is the focus.

Please have a look at the outlines.

What are the biggest quality issues? What do the outlines need done to them in order to improve their quality?

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist    22:40, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

WPOOK's advert banner is done!

Is it perfect? Can it be improved?

Penubag loves feedback. Please let him know if it can be further improved.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    23:06, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

NOTICE to all members of WikiProject Pokémon

Following a discussion on the Project's talk page, we will be updating WikiProject Pokémon's list of participants. To do this, all users previously listed as "Active" have been moved to the "Inactive" list; after this change anyone may add/re-add their name to the "Active" participants list. As your name was one of those on the Active members list, I am notifying you in case your active interest remains. Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts to keep our list of active participants as accurate and up-to-date as possible. ~ Amory (user • talk • contribs) 04:33, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Outline update - Full Steam Ahead! - 06/18/2009

Several members of the WikiProject have been hard at work.

Buaidh has been building and refining the outlines on the U.S. States, the states' historical outlines, and the Historical outline of the United States. Lately, his edits have dominated the project's watchlist readout. (I think he's overdue for a barnstar or two. hint hint)

Penubag has been working on medals for all the main branches of the OOK, and has completed the OOK WikiProject's animated advert banner (see below).

Highfields has been filling in the currencies for each country on their respective outlines.

NuclearWarfare and Thehelpfulone have been busy with WP:AWB, posting banners and notices, and helping our sister project, the Index WikiProject, get established. Indexes work hand-in-hand with the outlines and are prominently linked to from the top of most of them. And the outlines, which serve as tables of contents, are only as good as the pages they link to.

Since we started integrating (linking) the OOK and its support pages into the encyclopedia and into the Misplaced Pages community, activity on outlines has been increasing. Though there's still much left to do.

But I digress. There are a couple more...

Welcome our new members! Stefan and MacMed

Stefan is building the Outline of sharks.

MacMed has joined our advanced wiki-tools team, and is currently adding links to outlines in the corresponding subject articles' see also sections.

Be sure to stop by their talk pages and say "hi".

WPOOK's advert banner has gone live!

Penubag has finished this WikiProject's animated advert banner, and it is now being displayed on the Misplaced Pages ads template which in turn is displayed on about 2000 user pages. Each time someone access one of those pages, there is a 1 in 184 chance of them viewing this:

Misplaced Pages ads	file info – #184

If you'd like to display the banner on your userpage locked-on to the ad as above, use the following code:

{{Misplaced Pages ads|ad=184}}

(By the way, it's been awhile since we've barnstarred Penubag).

Watchers needed!

If you haven't already, please add the entire project's watchlist to your watchlist. Here's how:

From the edit window, copy and paste Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Watchlist into your raw watchlist.

Or go to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Watchlist using Related changes and click on "Related changes" in the toolbox menu in Misplaced Pages's sidebar on the left hand side of the screen.

Check the watchlist every time you log on!

I forgot to mention this step above.  :)

The OOK is in 5 other Wikipedias?

I can't make heads or tails of 'em, but these links were on Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge:

• ar:ويكيبيديا:مواضيع أساسية
• fa:پورتال:فهرست موضوعات پایه
• pl:Przegląd dziedzin wiedzy
• pt:Portal:Conteúdo/Esboço do conhecimento
• zh-yue:基礎課題表清單

Resurrected from the grave yard...

I discovered an AfD discussion on possibly the first article named "Outline of", which was called Outline of Islamic and Muslim related topics, and which was created 4 years ago. Of course they deleted it. But now it has many friends, and so it has risen from the dead.  :)

See the DRV discussion at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 June 7#Outline of Islamic and Muslim related topics.

A diamond buried in project space

• When G716 found the page "Learn" tucked away as a subpage of the Probability WikiProject, he thought "This deserves to be in the article space", and moved it to the encyclopedia. See Outline of probability.

Recruiting

Recruiters needed. Drop me a note if you are interested.

Advice from the mentors

• Astatine-210, Strdst grl, and Willscrlt - link to the outlines from the corresponding subject articles' see also sections - this is underway by MacMed (non-country outlines) and User talk:NuclearWarfare (counry outlines).
• Astatine-210 - add a link to the outlines to the disambiguation pages of the corresponding subjects - good idea. Since "Outline" is just the type of page, not the subject, I think these might qualify for inclusion on disambiguation pages. We need someone to look into the relevant guidelines on this.
• SimonTrew - provide a badge (userbox) for WPOOK members to add to their user pages - Penubag will have one for us soon.
• Zachary crimsonwolf - create a card explaining outlines, and send it to everyone you know, and make it viral (by including a request for the recipients to send the card to everyone they know) - this task has been split in three:

1. Creation of a "thank you for your interest" card which introduces (explains) outlines, to send to queriers, new participants to discussions, those who seem to be confused about outlines, etc.
2. Creation of a thank you card / invitation to the WPOOK, to send to users we see working on outlines, including a request for them to invite others whom they think might be interested

• weebiloobil - contact Wikignomes - OK...

3. Creation of an invitation to Wikignomes, with a brief rundown on the types of tasks there are for them to do on the outlines. The invitation will include a request for them to invite anyone they think would enjoy working on outlines.

• weebiloobil - add examples to Misplaced Pages:Outlines - more examples will be added as suitable outlines are completed
• weebiloobil - add a picture to Misplaced Pages:Outlines (it doesn't have to be relevant), to provide atmosphere and to break it up visually and add a splash of color - will do, and we'll add a caption to make it relevant, with a link to the outline on that subject. Thank you for the idea.
• Zachary crimsonwolf - ask Jimbo Wales to bestow the award(s) for the country outlines contest, once you get it going first - we'll give that a try
• Zachary crimsonwolf - ask everyone in the project to inform their acquaintances around Misplaced Pages about the OOK - will do, as soon as the cards
• UzEE - collaborate with all the WikiProjects you share scope with - we've placed a banner on their talk pages, and have placed task notices on some. We'll be posting more tasks, and plan to create a section on contents system development and maintenance for each WikiProject page itself.
• SriMesh - if you can't get outlines added to next year's WikiCup, then create your own WikiCup-like contest - there's 6 months left to this year to address reservations and work out the details at WikiCup. In the meantime, there's the 200-WikiProject contest, which needs input.

More outline tasks

• Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of chocolate draft - our current outline collaboration!
• Outline of psychology - someone moved a big chunk of this article to the talk page, leaving a big gap in the outline. Editors are needed to add subheadings and links.
• See also links - add {{main|Outline of x}} (where "x" is the subject) to the see also section of the corresponding subject article of each outline

New outlines in article space

• Outline of sharks - under construction in article space
• Outline of Hinduism (converted from "List of Hinduism-related topics")

New outline drafts

• Outline of chocolate
• Outline of Christianity

Main discussion pages

• Misplaced Pages talk:Outlines
• Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Outline of knowledge
• Portal talk:Contents/Outline of knowledge

Keep up the great work

I'm impressed with the level of enthusiasm and work going into the outlines. I'm proud to be working with each of you.

The Transhumanist    22:00, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter

The WikiProject Professional wrestling Newsletter Issue XLV - June 21, 2009 Issue XLIV | Issue XLVI Project in Review As of June 2009: Professional wrestling articles Importance Top High Mid Low Total Quality FA 1 7 3 11 FL 23 16 39 GA 6 45 86 137 B 1 22 81 225 329 C 5 35 153 193 Start 2 54 262 1957 2275 Stub 22 466 488 List 4 30 640 675 Future 3 9 12 Assessed 3 92 508 3555 4159 Total 3 92 508 3555 4159 Changes to Featured and Good Content Promoted Featured articles: None Promoted Featured lists: List of PWG World Tag Team Champions (review page) List of Mexican National Trios Champions (review page) Promoted Featured topics: None Reassessed Featured content: None Promoted Good articles: TNA X Division Championship (review page) Promoted Good topics: Paul London and Brian Kendrick (review page) Reassessed Good content: None Other Project News —Articles The TNA X Division Championship (review page) was withdrawn as a Featured article candidate. List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions (review page) and List of CZW World Tag Team Champions (review page) are current Featured list candidates. Adam Birch, Armageddon (2008), Beth Phoenix, Bruno Lauer, Debra Miceli, The Fabulous Moolah, Jillian Hall, Keiko Nakano, Leilani Kai, MNM, TNA Legends Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship are current Good article nominees. The following article appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page: June 7: List of FIP Tag Team Champions Deletion Discussions: Articles for Deletion Current: IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Jessie McKay, Kellie Skater, Madison Eagles, Pink Ladies (professional wrestling) and Tennille Tayla. Deleted: III (professional wrestling), Dingo (wrestler), Evan Evans (Pro Wrestler), IPW Armageddon Championship, Just Close Your Eyes, Melanie Cruise, Melisschif, Peter Stilsbury, Pro Wrestling Entertainment, Pro Wrestling Superstars, Suicide Blondes (professional wrestling) and The Experience (Wrestling) —Project As part of the project's New Year's Resolutions, there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 21, we are at 11.73%, with 488 articles currently in Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve. Based on the members list, there are currently 224 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling. The WP:PW cleanup listing was updated for the first time in three months. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list. There is an on-going discussion here regarding the "In wrestling" section of biographies, and what should and should not be included. All opinions are welcome. Events Calendar This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of vandalism and speculation: professional wrestling events from major promotions for the month of June. 21 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) presents Slammiversary 28 - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) presents The Bash Recent Professional Wrestling News At WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view on June 7: Chris Jericho won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for a record ninth time by defeating Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match. Tommy Dreamer won the ECW Championship by defeating the defending champion Christian and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Hardcore match. Batista won the WWE Championship by defeating Randy Orton in a steel cage match. Jeff Hardy defeated World Heavyweight Champion Edge in a Ladder match to win the title. Following the Ladder match, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On June 8: "Umaga" Eddie Fatu was released from his WWE contract for violating the WWE Wellness Program, and refusing to seek drug rehabilitation. On WWE Raw: Vickie Guerrero quit WWE, and thus, her position as the Raw brand's General Manager. Triple H returned to WWE television after a two-month hiatus. On June 9, WWE reported that Batista had suffered a complete torn left bicep. He underwent surgery to repair it the followingday, and is expected to have at least four months of rehabilitation. On June 13: Mitsuharu Misawa died at the age of 46, after becoming unconscious in the ring while wrestling during a Pro Wrestling Noah live event. Austin Aries defeated Jerry Lynn to win the ROH World Championship, making Aries the only person to hold the title more than once. At AAA's Triplemania XVII pay-per-view : Extreme Tiger defeated Alex Koslov, Crazy Boy and Alan Stone in a Four-Way Elimination Hardcore match for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated El Mesias for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. Gerald Brisco suffered a series of strokes before and during June 13 and 14, and is scheduled for surgery. On June 14: Jun Akiyama vacated Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship due to being diagnosed with spinal disc herniation in his lower back. Go Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship. On June 15 Referee Ted Tanabe died at the age of 46, after suffering a heart attack in the ring the previous night while officiating a match at a live event for Osaka Pro Wrestling. On Raw: Randy Orton defeated Big Show, John Cena, and Triple H in a Fatal-Four Way match to win the WWE Championship. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced Donald Trump as the new scripted owner of the Raw franchise. On June 17, Dos Caras, Jr. confirmed that he signed a three-year contract with WWE. On June 19, WWE released Candice Michelle and Jimmy Reiher, Jr. (Sim Snuka). On June 20, Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi in Osaka, Japan to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Editing Tips This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the Manual of Style and general editing tips. If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, tou can tag it for speedy deletion if the criteria apply, propose it for deletion, or nominate it at WP:AFD. Do not give undue weight to recent events in articles. If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain consensus from the project first. Avoid adding statements that will date quickly, for example "soon" and "now". Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to WP:RS when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources. Contributors to this Issue Afkatk (talk · contribs) NiciVampireHeart (talk · contribs) Truco (talk · contribs) TJ Spyke (talk · contribs) Wrestlinglover (talk · contribs) Project Navigation PW Project main pages Main project – talk Project category – talk Portal – talk Style guide – talk PW Project Departments Assessment – talk Cleanup listing – talk Pay-Per-View Expansion – talk Stub article expansion – talk

Outline collaboration #2: Outline of Gibraltar

This outline is approaching completion.

I added a bunch more links, finding them with the following Google site-specific searches of Misplaced Pages:

• "of" and "Gibraltar"

• "in" and "Gibraltar"

• "for" and "Gibraltar"

• with "Gibraltar" not at the end

(You can use the wikicode for the links above as the basis for new searches - just replace "Gibraltar" with any other country or region name).

Request: please redirect the redlinks! (bluelinking...)

The redlinks need to be bluelinked where possible. The most useful way is to create redirects leading to the material (which is usually included in a section of an article - see Misplaced Pages:Redirect#Redirects to page sections. That way, when the redirect pages are replaced by the actual articles, the links will already point to the right places.

Please take a crack at it, and bluelink a few.

Thank you.

Good luck.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    01:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: on an unrelated matter, where should the Outline of chocolate be placed on the OOK? -TT