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On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Equivalents, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I'm not sure why you reject the entry of Hwanbyeokdang for the reason that it is marked as "stub". In that case, reviewers simply removed the template if the article pass the minimum requirement. Besides, the previous reviewer already said it over 1600 characters. I would like you to retract the decline mark. Thanks.--Caspian blue19:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for verifying the article. I should've removed the template before nominating it, but totally forgot. With your effort and time, the article was successfully featured on the main age. Thanks a lot.--Caspian blue07:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath
On January 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lowfield Heath, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
December has been a very successful month, with lots of article promoted, and hopefully more to come in January:
Promoted articles:
Scout Moor Wind Farm
Scout Moor Wind Farm is England's largest onshore wind farm. Although it was opposed by environmentalists, the wind farm was opened on 26 September 2008 and provides enough power for 40,000 homes.
The B of the Bang is the sculpture that was erected to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth Games and for a while was the largest sculpture in the UK. And because of safety concerns, it may be dismantled.
Current nominations: January looks set to be very busy, with Chadderton, Cine City, Withington, and Nico Ditch at WP:GAN, the Greater Manchester portal up for Featured Portal status, and Sale a Featured Article Candidate. Please keep an eye on these articles and if any issues are raised in their reviews help to address them.
Abram featured in the DYK section of the front page last month. For details of the DYKs by the project that have appeared on the main page, see Did you know?
The project has a new tool, a watchlist of all our project's articles. This should help us keep an eye on them and spot new editors who might want to join our project. Also, Jza84 has developed a map of WP:GM's GAs and FAs. It shows a gap in coverage in the north west of the county, something we should try to change.
WikiProject Greater Manchester is still the leading local British WikiProject! As far as Featured and Good content goes, our lead is extending, with 10 and 16 more FAs than Yorkshire and London respectively, and 13 and 14 more GAs than Yorkshire and London! If you see an article that you think deserves to be a GA, don't hesitate to nominate it at WP:GAC!
WT:GM: The project's talk page is a forum for discussion and to keep up to date with the latest project developments and initiatives put it on your watchlist! Recently there have been discussions on articles to be deleted, the congestion charge, how to get members involved and working together, and plenty of other stuff.
Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.
Two of our aims were crossed off as Scout Moor Wind Farm became an FA, and Radcliffe, Greater Manchester a GA. If you think you can help improve an article, be bold and get editing! Although these are the project's explicit short term aims, we endeavour to "improving all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Greater Manchester", so every edit is valuable.
Member News
There are now 46 active members of WikiProject Greater Manchester (with a further 14 members inactive since 1 July 2008) as 1 new member joined the project in December:
Welcome from everyone, and let's remember to make new members feel included in the project! If you need help, you can go to the project talk page, or perhaps look at the list of members to see if anyone can help. The project is always looking for new members, and if you spot an editor who makes good changes to Greater Machester related articles why not invite them to join up by adding this template to their talk page: {{SUBST:Welcome WPGM}}.
Thanks
A big "thank you" goes to all the editors who help make this WikiProject what it is; no edit goes unnoticed.
Reminders...
Images! There are some good images around, but more are still needed if we're going to get a "lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county"! The requested photographs category lists some of the articles needing images.
Hi! Thanks for your initial review of Interstate 15 in Arizona.ogg. I've since re-recorded the article, reading out the complete exit list as you suggested. I've also improved the sound quality (notably making it sound less "tinny"), added additional information to the "closing credits" and imparted a more conversational style — techniques I developed during my (continuing) work on Greek mythology.
I've posted a new review request on WPSW, so if you have a chance to review the new recording, it'll be much appreciated. Cheers!
Thanks for getting in touch. I went back and reassessed the article, so it is no longer shown as stub-class. I guess I forgot to do that when I added the information before. GaryColemanFan (talk) 21:39, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Oh nooo... ;( does that mean I would have lost the record (if there was one) or does it no longer count as fourteen? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)12:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Really? Someone said the record was eleven... I couldn't locate any page that went into detail on it... I'm not entirely sure there is one but I thought I'd seen one around before... if so it doesn't appear to be included with the other stats... or does such an achievement just get passed around like some sort of legend or folk tale? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)13:36, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I've broken the "By number of hooks by a single author (creator) in a single update" record if I understand it correctly. I had ten (divided into 9+1) in one go yesterday... do these records get updated by the reviewers or do I fill it in myself? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)19:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Oh nooo... ;( does that mean I would have lost the record (if there was one) or does it no longer count as fourteen? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)12:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Really? Someone said the record was eleven... I couldn't locate any page that went into detail on it... I'm not entirely sure there is one but I thought I'd seen one around before... if so it doesn't appear to be included with the other stats... or does such an achievement just get passed around like some sort of legend or folk tale? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)13:36, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I've broken the "By number of hooks by a single author (creator) in a single update" record if I understand it correctly. I had ten (divided into 9+1) in one go yesterday... do these records get updated by the reviewers or do I fill it in myself? --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :)19:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Firstly, let me just say what great work you've done on Crawley articles over the last year or so. Sorry I've not been much help; work has more than taken over sadly!
Just wanted to run my thoughts about Charlwood Park past you. I notice you've commented on the moving of the county boundary in 1974, but I think you may have things the wrong way round. My understanding is that the building was originally in Surrey, but that when Gatwick was moved into the Crawley borough by the Local Government Act 1972, Charlwood Park was part of that move, enacted in 1974. The Charlwood and Horley Act 1974 actually only served to stop some portions of Surrey being moved into Sussex rather than actually moving any the other way. I don't think Charlwood Park was ever actually moved back, since it seems that it was south of the Charlwood Road which is an area still in the Crawley boundary, but razed to provide room for the building of the North Terminal in the 80s. Does that contradict something you'd found? Tafkam (talk) 21:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
On 28 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tab show, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
With the new(ish) year, I think it's right to look back over the year just gone. Last year was massive for our project, with lots of successes building on a successful 2007. In terms of featured content, we became the leading wikiproject in 2007, but 2008 saw us cement our status as one of the UK's leading wikiprojects: having started the year with most FAs (two more than London and Yorkshire), but falling behind in terms of GAs, we now have more FAs and GAs than any project under WP:UKGEO. While our aim is to improve all articles related to Greater Manchester, not collect trophies, we now lead the field by a long way and everyone deserves to feel proud for their part.
We've had articles featured on the main page, both in DYK? and as today's Featured Article, but success is more than a matter of numbers; the project has grown into a community where editors join together to provide information and improve Wikipedia. A great example of this is the work our project did on Denshaw. Back in April, it was targeted by vandals and as a result was featured in national news. We stepped in and improved and protected the article, showing what WP:GM is capable of. This is undoubtedly the noisiest project in the UK and it's strength comes from the wide range of interests of its many members. We've even been so successful that we were accused of forming a claque.
During 2008, our numbers have increased and, while some have left, we've welcomed many strong editors who will help bring the project more success. With so much emphasis on Good and Featured articles, it's sometimes easy to forget that a lot of effort goes into articles that don't get recognition. The table below shows that the number of B-class articles has increased since the start of 2008, and that the proportion of stub-class articles under our project has gone down.
My own experience of Wikipedia has been positive and enjoyable, especially due to WP:GM. I've worked on interesting subjects with nice people, and hopefully the experience is similar for others. We've covered subjects as varied and interesting as castles, mummies, computers, Olympic swimmers, and wind farms, stuff I probably wouldn’t know about if it wasn’t for Wikipedia. I enjoy being a part of this project, and as we approach the WP:GM's second birthday (24 February) I'm sure it will continue to go from strength to strength in 2009.
Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome!
Project News
January has been a very successful month, with lots of article promoted, and hopefully more to come in January:
Promoted articles:
View of Broadway in Chadderton
Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. It has a long and interesting history beyond that of its mill town façade; a Celtic hill fort, a medieval lordship and still an important industrial and metropolitan town.
Nico Ditch stretches from Ashton-under-Lyne to Stretford and according to legend was dug in a single night to defend against the Danes.
Article news: Cine City, Withington is at WP:GAN, please keep an eye on these articles and if any issues are raised in their reviews help to address them. Unfortunately, despite User:Joshii's effort the Greater Manchester portal did not become featured.
Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.
Member News
There are now 48 active members of WikiProject Greater Manchester (with a further 14 members inactive since 1 July 2008) as 2 new members joined the project in January:
Welcome from everyone, and let's remember to make new members feel included in the project! If you need help, you can go to the project talk page, or perhaps look at the list of members to see if anyone can help. The project is always looking for new members, and if you spot an editor who makes good changes to Greater Machester related articles why not invite them to join up by adding this template to their talk page: {{SUBST:Welcome WPGM}}.
Thanks
A big "thank you" goes to all the editors who help make this WikiProject what it is; no edit goes unnoticed.
Reminders...
Images! There are some good images around, but more are still needed if we're going to get a "lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county"! The requested photographs category lists some of the articles needing images.
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DYK for Old Punch Bowl
On February 4, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Old Punch Bowl, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.