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The Tag & Assess drive has now concluded. Over 15 members helped to assess over 31,000 articles. During the drive, all of our Start and Unassessed class articles were reasssessed. The top three reviewers were Big Bird (5,200), Pjoef (2,650), and Peppage (2,390). Thank you to all who assisted with the drive.
The Spotlight cleanup listing could use more participation. The first 50 articles have been reviewed, but there are still several hundred left. The listing will ensure that our project's older GA/FAs still meet the good and featured criteria. Please choose an article and help with either the images, prose, or citations. Helping to find reliable revisions now will make it much easier to maintain the articles in the future. Help ensure that our project continues to present quality articles to readers and provide great examples for new editors. This important task should be undertaken by more than just a few editors. Instructions and examples can be found on the listing's page.
Our project currently has over 64,100 film-related articles, with 63,000 that have been assessed by our assessment department! Remember to always add the {{Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class. Many of our unassessed articles have been reviewed thanks to participation in the Tag & Assess drive. This month, let's try and get all of the unassessed article reviewed (we're currently at just over 1,000 articles). It has been awhile since our project had no unassessed articles, and with so many articles under our scope, it will be helpful to get it back under a manageable level.
Recipients of the WikiProject Films Award: Several members received WP:FILM-related awards for their efforts in the Tag & Assess drive.
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Agfa Ansco • Alienbrain • Animo (redirect should be deleted) • Antimatograph • aperture plate • Argentine Society of Cinematographers • Arriflex 16BL • Arriflex 16M • Arriflex 16ST • Arriflex 235 • Arriflex 35BL • Arriflex 765 • Arriflex II • Arriflex III • Arriscan • Arritechno 35 • Association of Brazilian Cinematographers • Association of Czech Cinematographers • Austrian Association of Cinematographers • Avid Cinema • Avid Interplay • Avid MCXpress • Avid Mojo • Avid Videoshop • Avid Xpress • backfocus • backlit animation • Belgian Society of Cinematographers • Birtac • British Film Commission • Bulgarian Society of Cinematographers • casting agency • Champion Motion Picture Company • Chimera (filmmaking) • Cinema Camera Club • Cinema Products • Danish Society of Cinematographers • DeLuxe Labs • Deutsche Universal-Film AG • Digital Cinema Distribution Master • Dolby Digital Surround EX • DS Nitris • DVCPROHD • Elite Optics • film composer • Finnish Society of Cinematographers • fluid head • Fusion camera • geared head • George Kleine Productions • high-speed filming • Hungarian Society of Cinematographers • image plane (dab this to computers as well) • In-Three • Indian Society of Cinematographers • International Pictures • Isco Optic • Israeli Cinematographers Association • Italian Society of Cinematographers • Iwerks 70 • Japanese Society of Cinematographers • Joe Dunton Camera • Kinarri 16 • Kinarri 35 • Korean Society of Cinematographers • film lighting • Matthews Studio Equipment • Mexican Society of Cinematographers • motion judder • negative cut list • Netherlands Society of Cinematographers • Norwegian Society of Cinematographers • Obie light • Onation Studios • Pathéscope • Photo-Sonics • Pick-up shot • Polish Society of Cinematographers • Prizmacolor • production buyer • Rex Motion Picture Company • Russian Guild of Cinematographers • Schneider Optics • scratch removal • scratch test (dab needed) • scrubbing • Slovenian Association of Cinematographers • Society of Cinematographers in Estonia • South African Society of Cinematographers • Sovcolor • Spanish Society of Cinematographers • Spirit Datacine • Static Club • SuperScope • SuperScope 235 • Swiss Cinematographers Society • Unity Isis • Unity MediaNetwork • universal capture • Viper FilmStream
Al limite • Tommaso Bianco • Catene (1925 film) • César Sforza; Cocco di mamma, Il • La fuga • Fuochi d'artificio • Hijos del viento • Il principe idiota • Elma Krimer • L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory • Yole Marinelli • Nino Martinengo; Medusa Film • Antonio Morabito • Adriana Novelli • Giacomino Origoni; Padre Speranza • Giulio Panicali • Su e giù per la scala • Tre per sempre
12th Fajr International Film Festival • 13th Fajr International Film Festival • 14th Fajr International Film Festival • 15th Fajr International Film Festival • 16th Fajr International Film Festival • 17th Fajr International Film Festival • 18th Fajr International Film Festival • 19th Fajr International Film Festival • 20th Fajr International Film Festival • 21st Fajr International Film Festival • 22nd Fajr International Film Festival • 23rd Fajr International Film Festival • Coma • Gharibaneh • Hasan Kachal • Jazireh Ahani • Ransomer • Takhti
It's been a month since the end of the coordinator elections, and I am proud to inform the project that the IX coordinator tranche is doing well. Our new coordinators are rapidly learning the ropes, and the last of the task forces under consideration for merging have been consolidated into a new task force which should increase productivity and improve quality article output.
At the moment the coordinators are discussing preliminary plans for an improved version of The Bugle, and are working with editors from the American Civil War task force who are in the process of organizing a new special project relating to that conflict. It is our hope to see these changes implemented in the upcoming month. Lastly, as many of our members are also in school, we extend our best wishes to all who will be taking final exams both this month and next. For the IX coordinator tranche, TomStar81 (Talk) 22:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
This month we're taking a look at the Military history WikiProject's special projects. At present we have three—Operation Great War Centennial, Operation Majestic Titan, and Operation Normandy—with, as Tom mentions in his introduction, a fourth coming on line as this newsletter goes out.
Officially the longest running of our special projects, this started in December 2008 with the ambitious goal of improving our core articles relating to the First World War by June 2014. As it states on the project's page, "the centenary of the start of World War I ... will doubtless be a mammoth commemoration of one of the most significant wars in history, attracting vast interest from schools, universities, veterans groups and the media. It offers us the chance to showcase what a brilliant resource Wikipedia is". With World War I receiving well over 20,000 page views per day on most days, the truth of these words is evident and the opportunity too good to miss. Operation Great War Centennial has compiled a list of over 300 articles covering topics such as battles, geographical areas, people, armaments, and technology; while some have achieved featured or good status, the majority are at B-Class or below, so there is plenty there for willing editors to get their teeth into.
The home of our much-respected and admired "Battleship Cabal", Operation Majestic Titan started in June 2009 with the aim of creating the "single largest featured topic on Wikipedia, centered around the battleships considered, planned, built, operated, canceled, or otherwise recorded." At time of writing the prolific Majestic Titan team has produced an impressive 33 featured articles, 19 A-Class, 60 good articles, three featured topics and six good topics. According to the project's working list, there are only 427 more articles to go...
Although it first appeared in Milhist's pages in March 2010, this project had been formerly operating out of Cam's userspace as the "Normandy Team" since May 2008, making it a contender for our longest-running unofficial special project. Operation Normandy is aiming to create a Featured Topic on the Second World WarBattle of Normandy by the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2014. With nine featured articles so far and 29 more to go, progress has been steady. More help, however, is always welcome.
Our fourth special project, American Civil War Sesquicentennial, is in the process of organising and at present lacks a name (see this discussion if you have any suggestions). The project will be looking to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the American Civil War by its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2011. The beginning of a drive is always an exciting time to get involved, so interested editors are strongly encouraged to drop by and sign up.
Special projects are a great way of organising a long-term collaboration with a specific end-point in mind, and tend to be more goal-oriented and focused than the general task forces or informal working groups. Joining a special project is also a fantastic way to work alongside like-minded editors with whom you'll undoubtedly develop close working relationships; by your third or fourth FA submission you'll hopefully be operating as part of a well-oiled team. Editor roles are many and varied: content writers, source material providers, image- and map-makers, copy editors, reviewers, MoS gurus, wikignomes, specialists and generalists... you're sure to find a job that suits you and benefits the team. If you have an idea for a special project or are already undertaking a collaboration that you think fits in with the ethos of those above, and you'd like to benefit from Milhist's support and infrastructure, consider dropping the coordinators a note. Personally I've found the synergy and teamwork of contributing to a special project (Operation Normandy in my case) to be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable aspects of my time here. I hope you will too. EyeSerenetalk 14:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Tinu Cherian, the article Namadhari naik belonging to Karnataka wikigroup, is edited by me and deals with the community history of the Namadharis/Halepaiks of Uttara Kannada. In creating this article i have referred to most of Kannada literature sources, some of which are really rare [ex; Bombay gazetteer in Karnataka: Dharwad,Belgaum,Bijapur and Kannara districts, Venkataramgo Katti; Kaada toreya jaadu: Autobiography of Kadidal Shamanna; Kagodu ondu nenapu, C.B.Chandrashekhar;The Nayakas of Ikkeri, K.D.Swaminathan;,Bimba-Pratibimba, Dr.L.R.Hegde;D.L.N Avara Ayda Lekhana, Kamala Hampana]. These form a necessary part of the glorious literary tradition of Kannada language and need to be seconded. hence i request you to kindly review the page.
offlate, i have been facing unilateral notices on the material without a proper knowledgable discussion on the topic. the member issuing notices seems to lack relevent knowledge in the subject and is defintely biased. but the warnings and unwarranted editing may lead to the page loosing out on the precious information derived from above mentioned sources. So i request neutral observers like you to review it and opinionate. thankyou
Back in April you mass created may stub articles. If your going to mass create these generic articles PLEASE be careful and ensure that the images you use actually exist. Right now Im cleaning up the mess you created with many red linked images. βcommand 18:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
If I remember correctly, I did create the articles with the existing images. Can you point me to one example ? Not sure whether the image was deleted later. Thanks -- TinuCherian - 09:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Hunter Kahn (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Two of last year's final 8, Theleftorium (submissions) and Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 20:55, 31 May 2010 (UTC)