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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - June 2013

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WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

 
Hello! Now, some of you might have already received a similar message a little while ago regarding the Recruitment Centre, so if you have, there is no need to read the rest of this. This message is directed to users who have reviewed over 15 Good article nominations and are not part of WikiProject Good articles (the first message I sent out went to only WikiProject members).

So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (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 this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with (at the time this message was sent out, 2 recruiters have volunteered), the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the 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 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".
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Hello

Please weigh in here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mariah Carey's fourteenth studio album.  — AARONTALK 16:32, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

URGENT HELP

The user who was engaged in an editing war with you by making those unconstructive edits to Cry Me a River has returned and this time he/she is doing the same thing to me with Timbaland production discography, please help. WillieLimpD (talk) 18:35, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for What Now (Rihanna song)

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CFD

Hello; you recently participated in a discussion about Category:Reissue albums, which I closed as "no consensus". The category has now been re-nominated for deletion; you may be interested in participating in this second nomination. The discussion is here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:16, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Oboi Me

 

The article Oboi Me has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable musical release. No evidence of charting, awards or in-depth coverage in independent reliable sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Oboi Me for deletion

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Oboi Me is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oboi Me until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Stuartyeates (talk) 19:58, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Cold Case Love GA review

Hey, I've reviewed Cold Case Love, and have made suggestions for improvements on its review page. I've placed it on hold for 7 days. Et3rnal 17:12, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Rihanna legacy

Yes, I'd be more than happy to help! I'll check it out in a sec. :) —JennKR | 17:46, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Haha, I'm about to go over it now. Beyoncé's bio needed some copy-editing so I was just finishing that. —JennKR | 19:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
All the quotes at the end of the legacy section would have to go to as it's just appraisal and not about her impact. What are you thoughts on The Wanted's "Walk Like Rihanna" single? Do you think it should be included here?
I'd agree. I'm still trying to find something on her impact on electronic dance music (EDM); she paved the way for its use during the 00s, especially with "We Found Love", so I think it deserves a mention.
I'll just add something on We Found Love and it should be good to go :-) —JennKR | 20:19, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
It looks good to go, it's much improved than what it is currently. Hopefully other page editors will see it's been updated and perhaps have some other good ideas. Thanks! —JennKR | 20:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cold Case Love

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Party

I thought that might be the case, but the discussion had revolved around the radio release. I'm happy to accept that. Thanks Adabow (talk) 09:45, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I have replied. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 16:28, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

What is your...

Skype name!? There's three, so I don't know which one's yours. Et3rnal 18:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

The three are mine lol haha however, add me on tomicamk11 :) — Tomíca(T2ME) 18:19, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

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