Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Newsletter/April 2008

The WikiProject Greater Manchester Newsletter
Issue VI - April 2008

Project News

• Since the last newsletter in March, our number of featured articles/lists has increased by 3, giving us a total of 21! List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford and Manchester City F.C. seasons were promoted to featured list status on 22 March along with Castles in Greater Manchester which passed FLC on 1 April. Well done to all those who contributed!

• Peterloo Massacre was nominated for FAC on 6 April. So far it has received support for FAS but feel free join the discussion here.

• The reduction of WP:GM GAs, mentioned in the last issue, has been tackled with Buckton Castle and Oasis (band) being passed on 9 March and Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester on 7 April. We now have 13 GAs due to hard work of our contributors. Well done!

• Hulme Arch Bridge was nominated for GAS on March 30.

• WP:GM still is still the leading local British WikiProject. As far as featured content goes, we have a lead of 6 on London and Yorkshire who have 15 FAs each. Although taking the lead in FAs, WP:GM is still lacking GAs and falls behind London by 6. This topic was at the front of the new aims discussion (here) and is an important issue for WP:GM.

• As mentioned above, new aims have been decided. See the right hand column for more details.

Member News

There are now 44 members of WikiProject Greater Manchester! A warm welcome to the 5 new members that have joined us since March:

• Attenboroughp (talk · contribs)
• Paypwip (talk · contribs)
• Liquidswords (talk · contribs)
• Azallen (talk · contribs)
• Man2 (talk · contribs)

No users left the WikiProject this month. Hooray!

Thanks

A big "thank you" to all the editors who help make this WikiProject what it is; no edit goes unnoticed.

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Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome!

New Aims

The completion of all but one of the short term aims set last December resulted in a discussion on WT:GM to set new aims for the WikiProject. They are:

• Obtain FA status for Greater Manchester.
• Obtain GA status for Salford.
• Obtain GA status for Kersal Moor.
• Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.
• Obtain FL status for List of railway stations in Greater Manchester.
• Obtain GA -> FA status for Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine.
• Obtain FL status for List of people from Bolton.
• Obtain GA status for a third of Greater Manchester's Metropolitan Boroughs.

It took us four months to get our last aims completed, why not try and see if these can be done in less time than before! All input is welcome but if anyone has any books or photos etc specifically related to these topics, they would be extra-specially welcome.

But before rushing ahead with these new aims, let's not forget the one that got away last time: to obtain B -> GA status for Rochdale, Wigan, Bury, Bolton and Stockport. Most of these articles are in poor condition and in need of repair. Good quality images are urgently needed also. Let's make sure that this aim doesn't stay off our radar much longer.

Don't Forget...

• Images!
  The shortage of good images was mentioned in the last issue and still hasn't been resolved! A good place to start would be the requested photographs category but please remember that there are many articles not within this category that have the same need in common.

• Assessment
  "Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress" is one of our mid-term aims. At the present moment, there are only 43 unassessed articles. This task could be completed well before the next newsletter is out.

• Last but not Least...
  Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion and the list of articles needing cleanup are in permanent need of attention. Please take a look and see what you can do.