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== StatisticianBot and GAN/R ==

Could you take a look at [[WT:GAN#section break|this discussion]] about combining the "on review" templates into one. I think it will break the operation of StatisticianBot. Would it be an easy fix? ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 12:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
: I'm not quite clear about what the (proposed?) change is. Is it just a new template for talk pages? SB only parses one page -- [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations]] -- and then writes to three other pages with the results. It doesn't parse each nomination's article or talk page. Is there going to be a change to the GAN page? &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 15:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
:: Yes, there's a proposal to change the GAN page review templates as well: see [[User:David Fuchs/layout]] for the proposed template. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 17:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::: So pretty much instead of the individual GAOnHold/GA2ndOpinion tags, there'd be one template with a parameter? If that's the case, the tags wouldn't be recognized when put to use, but it probably shouldn't be too much work to fix the bot once there is a finalized "syntax" for the template, assuming that there isn't one already. Is the new template not going to be given the article name like the old ones do? I'd keep the code to look for the old style tags too so that they are still recognized if used (although maybe put an entry in the malformed nominations list in that event). &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 18:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::::You got it. Thanks for raising the issue about the article name. I'll let you know when the template is finalized.
::::I should also probably mention that there are plans to completely automate [[WP:GAN]]. If that happens, your input would be very welcome, but I appreciate you are not active on Wikipedia these days, and understand if you would prefer someone else to take over the handling of GAN/R in that event. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 19:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::::: Interesting about automating GAN. I'd be glad to give input when or if that occurs, but I don't know if I'd have the time to take on automation myself. I have no problem continuing to maintain GAN/R, though. In any event, let me know when the GAN template changes are finalized so that I can update the bot. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 19:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::: Great, but the way we are planning to automate GAN will completely change things, because the GAN page itself will be static, and simply transclude data from elsewhere. Does StatisticianBot parse the html or the wikisource of the page? The html will not change much, but the wikisource will contain no useful information. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 19:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::::::: That's a good point, actually. SB currently works by parsing the wikisource, because, at least in the current page format, it makes things a lot simpler to parse. That being said, it's not like I am unable to change it to parse HTML. It doesn't sound like you're near this point at the moment, so when you are, let me know and we can evaluate how to proceed there. I'm rather interested in knowing details when they are finalized, though! &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 20:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Okay. I won't spoil the surprise, but just to hint at the plan, see [[Template:CF]]. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 20:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

==[[WP:WGA|WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter]]==
The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! [[User:Derek.cashman|Dr. Cash]] ([[User talk:Derek.cashman|talk]]) 05:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/March 2008}}

== List of roller coasters at Canada's Wonderland ==

Since the time you added "intensity ratings" and icons to the rides in [[List of roller coasters at Canada's Wonderland]], Canada's Wonderland has apparently changed the ratings scale. There is a summary table at the bottom of the article that lists what are apparently the current ratings, though without any citation, I don't know if they're correct. I changed the rating icons for each affected ride (most of them were) to reflect this summary table. Now the main problems are: 1. No "5" icon next to those rides rated 5, and 2. No citations. I was hoping you could take care of both issues, as you were the one who added the icons in the first place. --[[User:Skylights76|Skylights76]] ([[User talk:Skylights76|talk]]) 19:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
: Yah, I was aware last year that the ride ratings had been changed from 1-4 to 1-5, however, I haven't been to Wonderland in a couple years now and didn't have/couldn't find the proper information to make an image for "5" (and change 1-4 as necessary if they have been redesigned), or update to suit the new rankings (also, I don't seem to have the original files for the icons anymore, it seems). The original information came from a Wonderland park map a number of years ago; I don't know if current maps contain this information anymore. The other option would be to collect the information from the plaque that each ride has, but this obviously wouldn't be possible until the park opens, and I'm not sure how it'd be properly sourced, anyways. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 19:24, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

== Update on Wikification progress template ==

Hi Daniel. I promised to get back to you in a week or two ... this was in November 2007. I sincerely apologise for not getting back to you more quickly. I previously asked if you were able to update [[Template:Wikification progress]]. Please let me know if you are still interested in having either CbmBOT or StatisticianBot update it.

I previously mentioned a proposal for changing the format of the template. This was finalised just over a week ago. The new format of the template is based on the table at {{Cat|Cleanup by month}}, with only a few formatting differences. Most notably, each month on the table links to a corresponding "Wikify by month" category: e.g., "March 2008" links to {{Cat|Wikify from March 2008}}; the # of articles listed to the right reflect the number of articles in that "Wikify by month" category. The "Total" figure at the bottom is the sum of the numbers above it. The "Updated on ..." sentence above the table is itself updated using a timestamp (five tildes).

Now that the template format has been finalised, I should be able to respond to any queries within a day or two. Let me know if you need more information. Cheers again. <span style="font-family:Verdana">– [[User:Liveste|Liveste]] <small>([[User talk:Liveste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Liveste|edits]])</small></span> 10:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

: Hi, Liveste. I actually had completely forgotten about this, so don't worry about taking a while to get back to me. I can still do this task (it would fall under StatisticianBot -- CbmBOT really was supposed to be completely replaced by StatisticianBot a while ago, but I have yet had a chance to do so), and it seems like the output you are looking for is pretty close to {{Cat|Cleanup by month}} so it shouldn't be too hard. I can't say right now when I can start working on it, but possibly within the next week or so; as long as patience is no problem on your end, it's fine for me to take this on.
: Is it accurate to say that {{Cat|Articles that need to be wikified}} is an appropriate place to determine all the "... from [month]" categories that are being counted? I need to have some sort of central place for the bot to pick up the categories it needs to investigate, and that appears to be it, but I want to make sure. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 16:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

::I'd have some nerve to say that patience would be a problem. Take whatever time you need. You're correct in assuming {{Cat|Articles that need to be wikified}} contains the "Wikify by month" categories. Only the monthly categories should be included in the table. {{Cat|All pages needing to be wikified}} should not, nor should any of the articles in {{Cat|Articles that need to be wikified}} itself (take care not to confuse the two categories). 

::I should inform you that ''the very day'' that I got back you, a new feature of categories appeared that displays the total number of member articles (for some reason, it doesn't work with the "Wikify by month" categories). <nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY}}</nowiki> is a [[bugzilla:6943|proposed]] magic word that could parse this number onto a page, but I'm not sure if this would work with the "Wikify by month" categories, or on the wikification progress template. I'll try to keep you apprised of developments. Cheers. <span style="font-family:Verdana">– [[User:Liveste|Liveste]] <small>([[User talk:Liveste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Liveste|edits]])</small></span> 00:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

::: Yah, I was asking about that category as a "resource" for finding the montly subcategories. So it looks like I had the right place.
::: Interesting about <nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY}}</nowiki>. I don't quite understand how it works, or how it can be used. However, it seems that categories now report the number of pages contained within them, such as "The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ''x'' total" ... except for some reason this isn't showing up on the wikify by month cats?? Strange. If this stat is given, it make the bot need to parse a lot fewer pages, as it doesn't need to count each category page, it can just take the number from the stat. But if it's not showing up on the wikify subcats, for whatever reason, it might not be safe to try to use it... &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 03:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

== CbmBOT ==

Is CbmBOT running?  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 19:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
:Yes; however, the text on category pages that displays how many articles are on the page changed so the bot couldn't pick it up (it determined that there was an error). I've fixed it to use the new text and manually ran the bot, and it will start running as normal tonight. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 02:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
::Can you check the bot again, please.  Sorry to have to keep bugging you about this but I value the statistics it displays.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 15:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't worry, it's no bother. Obviously the bot runs for a reason which isn't fulfilled if it doesn't update properly or at all. It seems like the problem was that an article was removed from a category between the time that the bot found the link to go to the next page of the category and when it tried to go to that next page. As far as I can tell, as April 2006 now has less than 200 articles, the second category page no longer exists, and the bot could not find any articles on a page that it thought should have articles so gave an error and gave up. Freak occurrence, obviously. In any event, I've run the bot manually so it should be updated now. I have also added functionality to the bot to send me an email when it runs into an error so that I can take a look at it quicker (but feel free to continue letting me know here if something's up). &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 17:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

CbmBOT seems to be stuck again.  Are they making frequent changes to the layout tha keep throwing off the parser?  (I think they added a feature that tell how many total articles there are in the category, an overdue feature in my opinion.) [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 20:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
: Sorry, my last update left a syntax error in the bot, which caused it to obviously not be able to run (and therefore not email me, either). It's fixed now. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 06:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the bot is superseded by the magic word <nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:category}}</nowiki>. So the entire table can be updated real time if coded with some magic... No? [[User:Renata3|Renata]] ([[User talk:Renata3|talk]]) 09:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
:No idea. If you find out, let me know and I'll shut it off :) &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 14:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
::FYI, I added auto generated table on the talk page of the category. The bot is still more accurate, especially with the total. [[User:Renata3|Renata]] ([[User talk:Renata3|talk]]) 02:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay, well you might want to start a request for comments or something about if the bot should be superceded or not, but in my view, the big benefit of the bot is that empty categories will be automatically pruned, new categories will be automatically added, and it doesn't sound like you're sure about the accuracy of the magic word. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 05:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
::::I don't particularly care. I was passing by, noticed something interesting, dropped my 2 cents, and leave it up to you to decide what to do as I am moving along :) Sounds like I have ADD... Anyway, thought you should be aware of alternatives. [[User:Renata3|Renata]] ([[User talk:Renata3|talk]]) 09:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

==April GA Newsletter==
The April issue of the [[WP:WGA|WikiProject Good Articles]] Newsletter is now available. [[User:Derek.cashman|Dr. Cash]] ([[User talk:Derek.cashman|talk]]) 03:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/April 2008}}

== GAN templates have been changed ==

[[User:David Fuchs]] has (somewhat unilaterally, but the change may stay) changed the usage of templates at [[WP:GAN]], along the lines which I mentioned to you a month or so ago: this is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AGood_article_nominations%2Fguidelines&diff=205862903&oldid=205492641 diff]. Could [[User:StatisticianBot]] also support this format for second opinions and holds? I promise to report to you if this change is reverted or there is any other change. Plans for complete automation of the page are still in the minds of several people, but there are technical and editorial obstacles still to be addressed. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 22:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
:Hi, I've noticed that the bot is having a hard time with the oldest articles at GAN. It seems to have problems recognizing the templates, and the list needs fixing after every bot update (today, only 4 of the 10 oldest that it identified were actually unreviewed). Is this something that can be fixed, or is there a problem with recognizing the templates? Thanks, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 16:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

==[[WP:WGA|WikiProject Good Articles]] May Newsletter==
The May Newsletter for [[WP:WGA|WikiProject Good Articles]] has now been published. [[User:Derek.cashman|Dr. Cash]] ([[User talk:Derek.cashman|talk]]) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/May 2008}}

== Courtesy ping ==

[[User_talk:StatisticianBot#Issues_at_Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations.2Fbacklog.2Fitems]]. ''[[User:Dihydrogen Monoxide|dihydrogen monoxide]]'' <small>([[User talk:Dihydrogen Monoxide|H<sub>2</sub>O]])</small> 09:50, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for letting me know. I know that the GAN templates changed and that is what is causing this problem. Unfortunately, I have had next to no time to do anything lately, and updating StatisticianBot fell by the wayside. I will try to get it working again ASAP, but I can't say at the moment when that will be. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 12:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

==WikiProject Good articles newsletter==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/June 2008}}

Delivered by the automated [[User:Giggabot|Giggabot]] ([[User talk:Giggabot|<b>stop!</b>]]) 01:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== Stats doubled? ==

Can you check CbmBOT and see if it is reporting double the number of tagged articles?  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 15:16, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. As mentioned in the [[Category Talk:Cleanup by month#Jump in pages needing cleanup|CBM talk page]], the format of the page seems to have changed again, which caused there to be two links per category, which caused the bot to double up the stats. It's been fixed now and I've manually re-run the bot, so the page should be accurate again. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 16:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
::Thank you.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 13:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

==WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter==
Sorry about the delay. [[WP:AWB|AWB]] has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! [[User:Derek.cashman|Dr. Cash]] ([[User talk:Derek.cashman|talk]]) 20:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/August 2008}}

== cleanup pages by month statistics ==


The cleanups by month page is reporting "As of 08:33, 22 September 2008 (UTC), 35,128 articles were tagged for cleanup, or 11.71% of the English Wikipedia's 300,000 articles."

The number of total artiles seems to be off  causing the percentage to be off.  Was this just something where the bot read the number of articles wrong?  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 15:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

: The problem is that [[Special:Statistics]] seems to have changed formats, so the place where the bot was pulling the total before is no longer valid. I've updated the bot to be able to read the new format. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 20:12, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

== New page for [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report]]? ==

Could you possibly make a new page for [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report]] that shows all the GANs on one page, chronologically, without them being sorted in categories? <span style="font-family:Verdana;">[[User:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">Gary</span>&nbsp;<b style="color:#02b;">King</b>]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">talk</span>]])</span> 06:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

: How come the bot didn't run on yesterday? [[User:OhanaUnited|<b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b>]][[User talk:OhanaUnited|<b style="color:green;"><sup>Talk page</sup></b>]] 05:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

== invitation ==

{{Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good Article Collaboration Center/Invite}}
- -[[User:LukeTheSpook|The Spooky One]]  ([[User talk:LukeTheSpook|talk to me]]) 06:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

== StatisticianBot ==

StatisticianBot did not run the last two nights.--[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|c]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:LOTM]]) </small> 08:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
: Thanks for letting me know, I'm working on the issue now. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 18:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
::I don't see any edits since this response.--[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|c]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:LOTM]]) </small> 06:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
::: I know; I haven't had the time to fix it yet and unfortunately the bot stopped being able to write to wikipedia (I guess because of changes in the wikipedia code) so I need to get that working again. When I've done so, you'll know. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 17:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
::::Good luck with that Daniel, and thanks for all your efforts to support the GA process. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 09:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::The GAN/R updates are still greatly missed (certainly by me). I hope you will be able to fix it soon! ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 21:06, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::: I know, I apologize I haven't had time to get it fixed yet. I've been incredibly swamped with work and have had no time to do anything else :/ &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 05:25, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::::I sure do miss your bot, and I am so sorry you are overloaded with work. I can see that I have taken for granted the many services you have provided. I am very appreciative of whatever time you can spare. With many thanks for all you have already given, &mdash;[[User:Mattisse|<span style="color:navy;">'''Mattisse'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:19, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
::::::::Are you going to set {{u|StatisticianBot}} to run nightly?--[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|c]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:LOTM]]) </small> 04:32, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
::::::::: It should run tonight/this morning -- let me know if it doesn't or if it doesn't appear to be updating properly. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 06:21, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::It should have run by now, I believe.  It hasn't.--[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|c]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:LOTM]]) </small> 13:52, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::Sorry, I had a type in my cron job that caused the bot to not run properly. I've run the bot manually, and it should start automatic runs tomorrow morning. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 16:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

The bot has been running daily for the last two weeks or so until last night.  It did not run.--[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|c]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[WP:CHICAGO]]/[[WP:LOTM]]) </small> 14:38, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
: It looks like the server that the bot is hosted on might have gotten rebooted around the time the bot was supposed to run, which obviously would stop bot execution. It should run tonight, but let me know if there's a problem again. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 07:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Cleanup by month]] ==

Something is odd about the sort order in the summary of articles remaining at [[:Category:Cleanup by month]].  I checked some of the headings in the monthly cleanup categories (I think I've seen this set wrong be a problem before) and they look OK.  It doesn't seem to be sorting first by year.  Thank you.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 04:43, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
: Sorry about that, I've fixed the sorting and reran the bot, it should be fine now. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 14:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
::Thank you.  I really appreciate the summary and all the hard work you go through to keep the bot running.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 16:32, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

== StatisticianBot ==

Did Statisticianbot update [[:Category:Cleanup by month]]?   Seems to be a day behind or so.  Thank you.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 13:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
: A library file on the machine the bot is running on disappeared for some reason :/ Everything should be up again and I ran the bot manually. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 18:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
::Thank you.  [[User:RJFJR|RJFJR]] ([[User talk:RJFJR|talk]]) 13:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

==GA Sweeps invitation==
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|GA sweeps process]]'''. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps/Running total|running total]]''' has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps worklist|new worklist]]''' has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|GA sweeps page]]. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps worklist|list]], and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or [[User:OhanaUnited|OhanaUnited]] and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! [[User:Nehrams2020|Nehrams2020]] ([[User talk:Nehrams2020|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Nehrams2020|contrib]]) 08:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

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== [[WP:GAN/R]] ==

Hi Daniel. I hope your work isn't continuing to overload you, as it was in April. I believe many GA reviewers are missing StatisticianBot's wonderful analysis of the nominations page. I certainly am. If you have time to fix the problem, it would be much appreciated. If not, thanks again for your contribution. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 20:56, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

: Hi again: a request has been made for a bot to continue your work. If you have or are able to make your code open source, that would be an enormous help. Thanks, ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 23:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

:: Hi, Geometry guy. I want to sincerely apologize to you and to the entire GAC community for abandoning this bot. For whatever reasons, my life has become rather stressful and busy over the past year and I never did get a chance to come back to get StatisticianBot running again, and I feel bad for that, as it was not my intention to create a bot to solve a problem for you and then disappear when it needed repairs.
:: That being said, I would appreciate it if you could give me a couple days to try to get the bot up and running again. I fully understand that there has been a breach of trust due to my disappearance and thus if you'd rather have someone else take over the bot, I understand and would do my best to work with them as necessary/desired, but if it is okay with you, I would like to try to get things going again. Please let me know.
:: &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 16:18, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
::: If you can fix it in the next few days, that would be great!
::: For the long term stability, though, it would be really helpful if you could release the code under a free license. In particular, there are plans in place to automate GAN (see [[User:RFC bot/Sandbox 2]] for the demo) and the format may change slightly, interfering with the bots ability to parse the page. Any comments you have on this would be welcome. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 19:08, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

:::: I've got my own bot framework which StatisticianBot is built on already freely available via [[GitHub]], at [http://github.com/dvandersluis/wiki_bot] (though that's not completely up-to-date at the moment). When I'm done fixing up StatisticianBot, I can probably put the code for managing GAN up on GitHub as well.
:::: That's interesting having a bot generate GAN. Where is the data being collected from, is there somewhere that I can read about what RFCBot is doing? As long as the wikitext it generates (which is what StatisticianBot parses) is roughly similar to the current incarnation, it shouldn't be too hard to keep it in line. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 19:17, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
:::::I believe it looks for article talk pages transcluding [[Template:GA nominee]], then parses the template it finds there. But you can see for yourself, as the code is at [[User:RFC_bot/goodarticles.php]]. Discussion of the proposal can be found at [[Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations/Archive_13#Automatic_listing_of_nominees_at_WP:GAN]]. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 20:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your speedy work. I've added a (perhaps small, perhaps big) request on my user talk page. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 20:43, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
:Hi, I am glad that the bor is working but I have to report that it is not working corrcetly.  The bot keps re-adding [[Greco–Persian Wars]] to the top of the list of unreviewed artciles, but in fact that article has been under review since 19 October. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 16:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
:: I've made a change to how GAReview tags are handled so that the bot still tries to figure out what's going on with a malformed tag, which is what was going on here. Tomorrow's run should properly handle that nomination. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 19:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
:::Thanks - seems to be working fine now.  Thanks for your hrad work. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 23:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
::::Hi - me again, the bot isn't picking up the fact that [[Bill Harry]] is under review and on hold. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 21:30, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
::::: The reason it wasn't picked up is that it's [[Template:GAReview|GAReview]] template has a status of "hold" instead of "on hold", which the bot doesn't look for because it's not one of the specified status options listed on the template page. I've updated the bot to accept just "hold" so [[Bill Harry]] will be properly evaluated next time the bot runs. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 13:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

==Unreferenced BLPs==
[[File:Information.svg|30px]] Hello Dvandersluis! Thank you for your contributions. I am a [[WP:BOT|bot]] alerting you that '''1''' of the articles that you created   is tagged as an[[Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Sources| Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person]]. The [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]] policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure [[WP:VERRIFY|verifiability]], all biographies should be based on [[WP:RELIABLE|reliable sources]]. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current ''[[:Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:All_unreferenced_BLPs}}]]'' article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{tl|unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

# [[Lee Seng Tee]] - <small>{{findsources|Lee Seng Tee}}</small>
Thanks!--[[User:DASHBot|DASHBot]] ([[User talk:DASHBot|talk]]) 23:37, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

== StatisticianBot ==

Hi, just a note to say that the bot didn't produce the GAN reports this morning. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 13:09, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
: My apologies, the server that the script is run from was upgraded over the weekend and it looks like a library that the bot was depending on wasn't installed. I have contacted the admin and hope to get the bot back up and running ASAP. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 20:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
: The bot should be working again now. I ran it manually for today and normal automatic execution will resume overnight. Sorry for the inconvenience! &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 21:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
::Thanks for all of your work, much appreciated. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 21:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

== April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive ==

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|[[WP:WPGA|WikiProject Good Articles]] will be running a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/April 2010|GAN backlog elimination drive]]''' for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/April 2010#Participants|here]]'''. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
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–[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] <small>delivered by [[User:MuZebot|MuZebot]]</small> 17:30, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report]] ==

Hi, has the bot fallen over?  No report today at 09:00 (UTC). &ndash;&ndash; [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 09:07, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
: The MediaWiki API was updated; I'm working on getting the bot working again. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 07:22, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
: I've updated the bot and ran it manually. Regular operation should resume tomorrow morning. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 15:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

== Talkback ==

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== GAN/R ==

The listing format for [[WP:GAN]] has been changed, which may affect StatisticianBot's operation. [[User talk:harej|<span style="font-family:verdana; color: purple;">'''harej'''</span>]] 21:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
:[[User:Dvandersluis]] hasn't edited since 7 June. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 19:49, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
:: I was contacted by email by [[User:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]] and [[User:harej|harej]] about the GAN format change. I will be updating [[User:StatisticianBot|StatisticianBot]] as soon as I have a moment to do so. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 19:53, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Many thanks for fixing it! ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 15:29, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
::::You're fast, Geometry guy! I just posted a message about it on WP:GAN's talk page. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::That +36,450 on my watchlist was hard to miss :) ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 15:33, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
::::::Well I'm glad I could get the bot working again quickly; I know it went on a kind of long hiatus last year which I still feel badly about. Please let me know if you come across any issues with the update, but as far as I am aware, it should be working exactly the same as it was before the page format change. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 15:37, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I'm glad you could fix it quickly too. We're all volunteers here, so thanks are more important than criticism! I'll let you know if I spot anything amiss, as I'm sure others will! ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 15:54, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/March 2011|March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive]] a week away ==
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[[WP:WPGA|WikiProject Good Articles]] will be running a '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/March 2011|GAN backlog elimination drive]]''' for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/March 2011#Participants|here]]'''. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator [[User:Wizardman|Wizardman]], we hope we can see you in March. [[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] <small>delivered by [[User:MuZebot|MuZebot]]</small> 00:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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== Add number of reviews to StatisticianBot ==

Hi Dvandersluis. I was wondering if there was a way to add the number of reviews current Good Article reviewers have previously conducted to the bots tasks. There have been a number of socking accounts recently, plus it would be good to keep an eye on inexperienced reviewers. Some discussion can be found at [[Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations#Identifying Socks/Inexperienced Reviewers]]. If this is not possible I can ask at Bot requests. Unfortunately I know nothing on how these things work. [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 23:47, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

== Statistican Bot ==

Hi. The [[WP:GAN]] page has been updated and now {{user|StatisticianBot}} does not create the [[WP:GANR|report]] correctly. Is it possible to update the bot to fix this. [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 22:52, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
: Hey guys, sorry I've been out of contact. Life has been really busy and Wikipedia is unfortunately low on the priority scale. From what I can see, the bot seems to still be running, and updating the report page; I didn't check the page for validity though - what is it generating incorrectly?
: I'm thinking it might be best to throw the source up on github when I get a chance so that someone else can take over when the bot needs to be updated in the future as, despite my best intentions and liking being involved with the project in this capicity, I don't seem to be able to make time for it quickly nowadays. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 22:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
::Hi, thanks for the response. The format of the [[WP:GAN]] page was changed. Sub-sub categories were made for the Art section. Basically "Music" was divided into Album, Songs and other while Episodes were split out of TV. Statistician bot doesn't seem to recognise these changes and is not adding any articles categorised as Art to the [[WP:GANR|report]] or the [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/backlog/items|backlog]] pages. I have been conversing with {{user|Madman}} at the Bot requests board [[Wikipedia talk:Bot requests#Bot owner not responding]] and he may be willing to take over the bot. Recently more changes have been proposed for the format of the GAN page [[WT:GAN#Merging sub-sections]], which if instigated will probably cause more problems for the bot. [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 23:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
::This diff is of the change [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AGood_article_nominations&action=historysubmit&diff=472584221&oldid=472579019] [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 23:35, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
::: Do you happen to know what the next set of new changes might look like structurally (ie. in terms of the structure of the GAN page, which the bot uses to parse nominations). At the moment, the bot just knows to look two levels deep but assuming that the hierarchical structure remains somewhat the same, I should be able to update it to be able to parse however many levels of depth the page has, which should prevent future restructurings from distrupting bot activity. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 23:38, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
:::: If you don't mind, lets take this discussion to [[Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations]] - StatisticianBot section (the direct link isn't working for some reason) so it can all be present in one location. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 23:44, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Worked great, thanks for updating it. I, and many others, find it very useful. It looks like the next set of changes might be enacted soon. They just move around a few of the lists and merge some others. The level headers will just be 2 and 3 (ironically this change might have fixed the previous problem). I have copied the currently proposed restructuring below (level 2 headings in bold, level three in italics). [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 04:53, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
*'''Agriculture, food and drink:''' ''Agriculture, food and drink''
*'''Art and architecture:''' ''Art and architecture''
*'''Language and literature:''' ''Language and literature ''
*'''Engineering and technology:''' ''Computing and engineering''{{dot}}''Transport''
*'''Geography and places:''' Geography''{{dot}}''Places''
*'''History:''' ''World history''{{dot}}''Royalty, nobility and heraldry''{{dot}}''War and military''
*'''Mathematics:''' ''Mathematics''
*'''Music:''' Albums{{dot}}Songs{{dot}}''Other music articles''
*'''Philosophy and religion:''' ''Philosophy and Religion'' 
*'''Natural science:''' ''Biology and medicine''{{dot}}''Chemistry and materials science''{{dot}}''Earth sciences''{{dot}}''Astronomy and physics''
*'''Social sciences and society:''' ''Culture, sociology and psychology''{{dot}}''Education''{{dot}}''Economics and business''{{dot}}''Law''{{dot}}''Media and journalism''{{dot}}''Politics and government''
*'''Sports and recreation:''' ''Sports and recreation''
*'''Theatre, film and drama:''' ''Episodes''{{dot}}''Other theatre, film and drama episodes''
*'''Video games:''' ''Video games''
*'''Miscellaneous:'''
: StatisticianBot should be able to work properly on the page regardless of reorganizing the categories, as long as the headers go sequentially as previously discussed. If you want, we can put the new format on a sandbox page and let the bot take a test run at it, but again I do not foresee any issues. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 16:37, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
:: Have made a test page here [[User:Aircorn/GAN]] if you want to give it a try. [[User:Aircorn|AIR<span style="color:green;">'''''corn'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Aircorn|(talk)]] 13:06, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
::: I'm going to be out of town for most of the weekend, I'll try to run a test on Sunday if I can, otherwise I'll probably have a chance on Monday. At a glance, however, I do not anticipate any issues. &mdash;[[User:Dvandersluis|Daniel Vandersluis]]<sup>([[User talk:Dvandersluis|talk]])</sup> 17:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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== Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report ==

Hi, the bot didn't run this morning. [[User:Jezhotwells|Jezhotwells]] ([[User talk:Jezhotwells|talk]]) 16:02, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles|WikiProject Good articles]] (Participant Clean-Up) ==

Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles|WikiProject Good articles]]. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/participants|participants list]].

If you are still interested in being a participant for this WikiProject, please sign your user name [[User:Dom497/Active Good Article Participants|here]] and please help review some articles so we can reduce the size of the backlog. If you are no longer interested, you do not need to sign your name anywhere and your name will be removed from the participants list after the deadline. Remember that even if you are not interested at this time, you can always re-add your name to the list whenever you want. The deadline to sign your name on the page above will be November 1, 2012. Thank-you. 13:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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== WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - October 2012 ==
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; Project News<ref name=asof>As of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).</ref>

* There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at [[WP:GA]].

* The backlog at [[WP:GAN|Good Article Nominations]] is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are '''on hold''', 66 are '''under review''', and 4 are seeking a '''second opinion'''. Please go to [[WP:GAN]] and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!

::The oldest unreviewed articles are: [[General sejm]], [[Prime Minister of Vietnam]], [[Tanisha Thomas]], [[Kosta Pećanac]], and [[Jilly Kitzinger]].

::The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.

::There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Reassessment]]. Please help out and go to [[WP:GAR]] and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!

; Member News

*There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go [[Wikipedia:WGA#Participants|here]] and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!

*This WikiProject, and the [[WP:GA|Good Article program]] as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

*If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Active WP Good Article Participants|this list]] if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page. 

; GA Task forces

* There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions. 

*Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/June-July 2012|June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive]]. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.

;Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive

*A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's [[Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations#October/November Backlog Elimination Drive?|talk page]] on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.

; Good Articles of the Month

Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.

*[[Barry (dog)]]
*[[I Love Bees]]
*[[Miles Copeland (Home and Away)]]
*[[London Country North East]]
*[[The Daily Show]]

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; Some Tips About References/Sources

Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.

The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.<ref>Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing.</ref> For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks this tool] as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing. 

Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the [[iPhone 4s]] and the source is published by [[Apple]], it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those ''not'' published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed. 

Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|this article]].

Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."

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After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter|here]] or on the editors [[User talk:Dom497|talk page]].

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* ... that there are currently over 400 [[Wikipedia:Good articles/Video games|video game]] good articles?

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*Featured editorial: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/November 2012/FE|A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives]]
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== Good Article Nominations Request For Comment ==

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At this time, '''Proposal 1, 3, and 5''' have received full (or close to) support. 

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== WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre ==

{|{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Shell|introduction=Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:

*'''Recruiters:''' The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central#Becoming a Recruiter|this criteria]]. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre ''will not'' open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central#The Process|the process]] and add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/List of Recruiters|list of recruiters]]. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central#The Process|process section]] is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".

*'''Co-Director:''' The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact [[User:Dom497|me (Dom497)]].

*'' '''Nominators, please read this:''' '' If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central#Nominators That Are OK With A Recruitee Reviewing|this page]]. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to [[User talk:Dom497|contact me]]. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.

''A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.''--[[User:Dom497|<span style="color:#1F75FE">'''Dom497'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Dom497|<span style="color:#00308F">'''talk'''</span>)]]

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== DYK RfC ==

* As a listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/participants|GA participant]], you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Good Article RfC|here]], or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Good_Article_RfC&action=watch this link]. Thank you in advance. <span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|Contributions]]</span></span>02:53, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
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== GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive ==

{| {{WP:WikiProject Good articles/Shell|introduction=Hello! A [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/December 2013|GAN Backlog Drive]] will begin in less than 4 days!<br/>

In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate '''per review'''. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.<br/>

At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.</br>

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/December 2013|Backlog Drive talk page]]. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--[[User:EdwardsBot|EdwardsBot]] ([[User talk:EdwardsBot|talk]]) 03:06, 27 November 2013 (UTC)  }}
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== GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive ==

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If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!</br>

If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/December 2013|here]]--[[User:EdwardsBot|EdwardsBot]] ([[User talk:EdwardsBot|talk]]) 23:59, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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== March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive ==

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

*This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively. 
*Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
*The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
*An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/March 2014|the drive page]]. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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== WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive ==

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

[[User:TheQ Editor|TheQ Editor]] recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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== GA Cup ==

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the [[Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup]] is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup|click here]]. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup|here]]. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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== WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup ==

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WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup|'''GA Cup''']], from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing [[WP:GAN|Good article nominations]]; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type?  Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high.  It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup/Sign-up|Sign-ups]] will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup/FAQ|FAQ page]] and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from {{noping|NickGibson3900}}, {{noping|Dom497}}, {{noping|TheQ Editor}} and  {{noping|Figureskatingfan}}.

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== Bot using detailed edit summaries for the WikiProject GA Report ==

Hey there. One thing about [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report]] is that, besides manually viewing that page, there is no other way to keep track of the updates. There isn't any template to add to my dashboard and watchlisting doesn't help. I do watch one of my other project's Article alerts page where the bot gives edit summaries like this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Article_alerts&curid=20824062&diff=658809515&oldid=658150525 "Updating Article alert report: -1 AfD; +2/-1 PROD; +1 FLC; +1/-1 RM; 8 entries archived"]; thus, just watching it is enough to be in touch with the alerts. So isn't that better than StatBot's current [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AGood_article_nominations%2FReport&diff=658546754&oldid=657654519 "Daily WP:GAN report"]? Say something like "481 nominations; 417 not reviewed; On Hold x 19; Under Review x 44; 2ndOp x 1". Do I make sense? -[[User:Ugog Nizdast|Ugog&nbsp;Nizdast]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Ugog Nizdast|talk]]) 15:20, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
==Quixotic plea==
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== [[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]] ==

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== New 10,000 Challenge for Canada ==

Hi, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge]] is up and running based on [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]] for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Canada like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon|The Africa Destubathon]], which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Canada but fuelled by a contest such as [[Wikipedia:WikiProject North America/The North America Destubathon|The North America Destubathon]] to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. I would like some support from Canadian wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile! Cheers. --[[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 01:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
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== Bots Newsletter, April 2017 ==

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Greetings!

The ''BAG Newsletter'' is now the ''Bots Newsletter'', per [[Wikipedia talk:Bots/News#Enlarge scope?|discussion]]. As such, we've subscribed all [[:Category:Wikipedia bot operators|bot operators]] to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:
;Arbcom
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis/Proposed decision|Magioladitis ARBCOM case]] has closed. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis/Proposed decision#Motion to close|remedies of the case]] include:
*''Community encouraged to review common fixes''
*''Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits''
*''Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface''
*''Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope''
*''Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis''

;BRFAs
We currently have 27 [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|open]] bot requests at [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]], and could use your help processing!

;Discussions
There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular:
*[[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#WP:COSMETICBOT update|RFC on COSMETICBOT]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Check Wikipedia#Identifying cosmetic fixes|Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Bot owners' noticeboard#Requested move 10 April 2017|Requested move for the Bot Owners' Noticeboard]]
*A phabricator ticket {{phab|T162685}} has been made to have a "bots" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked

;New things
Several new things are around:
*A BAG Guide has been created ([[WP:BAGG]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group/Guide|discussion]]).
*Users now have the option to hide AWB from their watchlists via a script ([[WP:HIDEAWB]], [[User_talk:Evad37/Watchlist-hideAWB.js#Permanently hide AWB?|discussion]])
*The guidance on how to deal with bot issues has been overhauled ([[WP:BOTISSUE]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 25#Changes to "dealing with issues" section|discussion]])
*The bot policy has been updated to clarify that bot operators are required to register accounts. ([[WP:BOTACCOUNT]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Are/should IPs be allowed to run bots?|discussion]])

;Wikimania
[https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania 2017] is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, [[Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard#Wikimania 2017|let us know]]!

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