Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Archive 2023

Incorrect categorization of newsletter

@Evrik and Nnadigoodluck: Hi there! The January 2023 and March 2023 editions of the newsletter incorrectly adds the user talk pages to Category:WikiProject Scouting newsletters - see my user talk page for an example. Is there something in the code of the newsletter or the method of delivery to prevent the categorization? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

GoingBatty, that's really surprising to see. Pinging xaosflux for assistance, Best. —Nnadigoodluck███ 16:57, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Nnadigoodluck - it may depend on exactly what you picked on Special:MassMessage. Generally for the message part on this you would do {{subst:NEWLETTERTODELIVER}}, then it will respect the noincludes. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:24, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

@Nnadigoodluck and @Xaosflux: Thank you both! What's the best way to remove the categorization from user talk pages? Simply delete the category, or resubstitute the newsletter template? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 18:11, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

@GoingBatty I'm running a bot job for it, the fix was to just remove the category, but because they are on user_talks, it really needs to be done with +bot,+minor: so that it doesn't trigger "you have new messages" notices for everyone. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:36, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

@Nnadigoodluck I suggest for next time, first make a MMS list of just yourself and when you go to send out the newletter send it to just you - make sure it looks perfect, then you can send to the main list. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:39, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

xaosflux, thanks a lot for the assistance, I'll be more careful next time. Best, —Nnadigoodluck███ 18:48, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done job done by Fluxbot. — xaosflux ^Talk 19:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Greg Wittine, who opened up the BSA to the severely disabled, has died

I created a draft for Greg Wittine. Any help would be appreciated. Best, Thriley (talk) 12:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:56, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Article reassessments

• The Scout Association has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Femke (alt) (talk) 09:50, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

• I have nominated Scouting for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

• A note of FA concern has just been placed at the Wood Badge article. North8000 (talk) 17:52, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

• A note of FA concern has just been placed at the Brownsea Island Scout camp article.North8000 (talk) 20:13, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

• @North8000: we need to figure out what to do about all of these. --evrik ^(talk) 18:03, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@Evrik: I've been involved in work that ended up being the lead on FA rescues but I'm not so sure about taking a deep dive on these. On those others I said that I wasn't concerned about FA status but enjoyed improving the coverage of the topic. I think that I'd be up for that again but since the issues on these look more like meticulous FA items I think that my kind of work would be secondary on these. North8000 (talk) 02:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter

This needs updating and I am prepared to have a go at doing that. However, I can not see where the original code is kept or indeed whether there is an original code. --Bduke (talk) 07:50, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

• This was on my todo list. I have a draft for next month, Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Newsletters/May 2022. Have any good content for it? --evrik ^(talk) 18:07, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

• Anyone have a nominations for Barnstars? --evrik ^(talk) 18:07, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
• Anyone want to help with taking some items to good or featured status? --evrik ^(talk) 21:42, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

The template for the June letter is up:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Newsletters/July 2023

Have any suggestions? --evrik ^(talk) 18:54, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Maybe just a post for here but Brownsea Island Scout camp is eyed for scrutiny regarding it FA status. I thought about working on it and thought about buying the few books on it but it looks like they are all out of print. Does anybody know a way to get any of them? North8000 (talk) 19:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

@North8000: Please list the books. --evrik ^(talk) 20:34, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

I was thinking about a general inquiry regarding any books regarding Scouting at Brownsea. Previously I found 2 promising looking books. Now so far I just found one: The Boys on the Island: A Brownsea Adventure Paperback by Luis Bernardo Pérez (Author), Glenn Gardner (Translator) I'd be happy to buy any available books at book type prices but not at collector item type prices. North8000 (talk) 21:05, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata

I'm going to update all WOSM NSO wikidata pages with basic updates, label, address, WOSM membership, scout association -Bogger (talk) 09:21, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

RIP, 4th Lord Baden-Powell

Farewell, then, Michael, 4th Lord Baden-Powell. Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell -RobinClay (talk) 20:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for your loss. -Bogger (talk) 09:25, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

There may not be enough for an article on David Robert Baden-Powell, 5th Baron Baden-Powell, but does anybody have more sources about him? According to WOSM, he's a member of Scouts Australia. Alansplodge (talk) 11:29, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Featured article review of Baden-Powell House

An article under this project's auspices is at featured article review. You can read the notes on the article and discuss its status as Wikipedia:Featured article review/Baden-Powell House/archive1. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 17:07, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Brownsea Island Scout camp Featured article review

I have nominated Brownsea Island Scout camp for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:50, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Scouts South Africa

Scouts South Africa has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:07, 21 December 2023 (UTC)