Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/006

WP:Diptera

Here’s a scoop. There’s a new ToL wikiproject, WikiProject Diptera. --Nessie (talk) 15:56, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

NessieVL, thanks for dropping by with the scoop. I'll figure out how to work this in, but let me know if you have thoughts on if it should be a full story, or if one of the stories this month should be an aggregation of news/updates from around the subprojects and include this tidbit. Enwebb (talk) 17:27, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Maybe an article on creating a new project? You also could talk to the WPMolBio folks about what they have done to combine a bunch of projects into a new one. --Nessie (talk) 19:14, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Nice plan, I think I'll do just that. Enwebb (talk) 00:56, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

The writing about new projects sounds interesting, and so does info on how to revive semiactive or inactive wikiprojects. I'm not sure if the graph makes sense? At first glance it looks like the number of projects that are active/inactive in that year, even though it isn't. starsandwhales (talk) 20:02, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Starsandwhales, sorry forgot to reply. Perhaps the title could be clearer, but it's "Tree of Life subprojects and task forces by start year and whether considered active or not ". So each year along the x column is when a project began, and the color relates to whether the project is still active or not. It was just the beginnings of an idea. Enwebb (talk) 16:19, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Story #2

Thanks for taking my suggestion Enwebb. I think it would also be helpful to have a "advice for a first time reviewer" for dyk/ga/fa. starsandwhales (talk) 20:02, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Drafts for this issue

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/006/Story 1
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/006/Story 2

Other ideas for this this month's issue could be

• WikiCup in round 5, with two TOL editors in final round
• Spooky species contest slated for month of October
• Suggestion below about very long article title

Perhaps this invites some sort of summary section where tidbits are presented in bullet style rather than one story to which several paragraphs are devoted. Enwebb (talk) 16:16, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

There could be three shorter stories?starsandwhales (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:52, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Interesting article

Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles. This is begging for a DYK, but is Newsletter worthy anyway. My work computer was upgraded about a month ago, and I lost a bunch of bookmarks in the process. The scientific article discussed in this Wikipedia article is one of two of the most obscure of my bookmarks that I made a point of recovering. It's nice there's a now a Wikipedia article for it.Plantdrew (talk) 03:55, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

It's also - by a long way - en.Wikipedia's longest article title; just two characters short of the technical limit. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:44, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@Plantdrew and Pigsonthewing: thanks for the heads up. There's lots of brief factoids this month that don't quite warrant a full story, so I'm thinking about combining them in some form. This would be a great addition. Keep an eye out for more interesting articles like this (or if you come across any vandalism that is particularly hilarious or extraordinary, that might be a nice addition as well). Enwebb (talk) 16:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Please don't encourage vandals by describing damage to volunteers' hard work, requiring more volunteer time - our most precious resource - to repair, as "hilarious", especially not in a newsletter. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:28, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Pigsonthewing, I viewed it more as a commiserating on a shared task of cleaning up articles that the small group of subscribers to this newsletter have. Vandalism happens, and I doubt posting about it on this very small and niche newsletter would encourage anything. I respect your point, though, and will consider this more thoroughly than in my above off-the-cuff comment. Enwebb (talk) 18:57, 16 September 2019 (UTC)