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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!

Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators, TomStar81

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Have a bacon-filled new year!

As a member of WikiProject Bacon, I'm wishing you a very happy New Year's Eve and a great 2015! May your new year be filled with positive experiences, great wiki contributions, and of course, well-smoked thin-cut bacon. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:25, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Spongie,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Henri of Luxembourg (2009).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 16, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-04-16. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Resurrection of Southern California Task Force

After moving from Los Angeles County to Kern County to San Luis Obispo County, I am finally realizing that there is life in California outside of L.A. and San Francisco, where I lived and grew up. Oh, I have also lived in San Diego, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Yolo and Sacramento counties, and I earned my undergraduate degree in Riverside County. I am trying to breathe life into the Southern California Task Force, and I hope you will join me. Could you visit our list of participants at the other end of this link and update your description of what you are interested in doing for us, assuming that you still want to be in the mix, that is.

In recompense, I will buy you a drink during the Wikipedia Welcome Week I am planning for Morro Bay on the Central Coast in July. Yours sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:49, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki-Chula Vista

I was wondering is Wikipedia editors from Chula Vista/San Diego ever meet. Wrote an article and need advice on the images, all of which were my creation, I was the developer of the Tijuana cross-border terminal from 1990-2006. Thank you, rniedersRnieders (talk) 13:59, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

November 2015 newsletter

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter Volume III, no. 3, September–November 2015 Note: To opt out from receiving future newsletters, please click here for instructions.
Project News Potential upcoming project page changes by WikiProject X. Category discussions at CfD. (more below) WikiProject X may begin pilot testing to refine WikiProject Food and Drink's project's pages. A recent discussion regarding this occurred at the project talk page here. During September–October 2015, several food and drink categories have been discussed at Categories for discussion. Notices for these discussions are sometimes posted at the project's talk page. Notice about a new discussion was recently posted at the project talk page on 8 November 2015. There are presently 3,658 unassessed Food and drink articles. Assistance in reducing this number would be appreciated. Please see the project's Tasks and To do sections for project and article tasks, and please update the lists by adding new entries and removing resolved or outdated ones. Recent Good article nominations are listed below. 04 Nov 2015 – Esparza's (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Another Believer (t · c); see discussion 03 Nov 2015 – Eagle Boys (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Clare. (t · c); see discussion 22 Oct 2015 – Grodziskie (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Neil916 (t · c); see discussion 18 Oct 2015 – Copia (museum) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ɱ (t · c); see discussion 18 Oct 2015 – Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); see discussion 14 Oct 2015 – The Culinary Institute of America (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ɱ (t · c); see discussion 14 Oct 2015 – The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ɱ (t · c); see discussion Article alerts Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Article alerts Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Curabitur pretium tincidunt lacus. Nulla gravida orci a odio. Nullam varius, turpis et commodo pharetra, est eros bibendum elit, nec luctus magna felis sollicitudin mauris. Integer in mauris eu nibh euismod gravida. Duis ac tellus et risus vulputate vehicula. Donec lobortis risus a elit. Etiam tempor. Ut ullamcorper, ligula eu tempor congue, eros est euismod turpis, id tincidunt sapien risus a quam. Maecenas fermentum consequat mi. Donec fermentum. Pellentesque malesuada nulla a mi. Duis sapien sem, aliquet nec, commodo eget, consequat quis, neque. Aliquam faucibus, elit ut dictum aliquet, felis nisl adipiscing sapien, sed malesuada diam lacus eget erat. Cras mollis scelerisque nunc. Nullam arcu. Aliquam consequat. Curabitur augue lorem, dapibus quis, laoreet et, pretium ac, nisi. Aenean magna nisl, mollis quis, molestie eu, feugiat in, orci. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Fusce convallis, mauris imperdiet gravida bibendum, nisl turpis suscipit mauris, sed placerat ipsum urna sed risus. In convallis tellus a mauris. Curabitur non elit ut libero tristique sodales. Mauris a lacus. Donec mattis semper leo. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vivamus facilisis diam at odio. Mauris dictum, nisi eget consequat elementum, lacus ligula molestie metus, non feugiat orci magna ac sem. Donec turpis. Donec vitae metus. Morbi tristique neque eu mauris. Quisque gravida ipsum non sapien. Proin turpis lacus, scelerisque vitae, elementum at, lobortis ac, quam. Aliquam dictum eleifend risus. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Etiam sit amet diam. Suspendisse odio. Suspendisse nunc. In semper bibendum libero. Proin nonummy, lacus eget pulvinar lacinia, pede felis dignissim leo, vitae tristique magna lacus sit amet eros. Nullam ornare. Praesent odio ligula, dapibus sed, tincidunt eget, dictum ac, nibh. Nam quis lacus. Nunc eleifend molestie velit. Morbi lobortis quam eu velit. Donec euismod vestibulum massa. Donec non lectus. Aliquam commodo lacus sit amet nulla. Cras dignissim elit et augue. Nullam non diam. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean vestibulum. Sed lobortis elit quis lectus. Nunc sed lacus at augue bibendum dapibus.	Feel free to welcome the new members who have recently joined the project. Onel5969 Valoem DangerousJXD The project currently has 83 active members. Some recent food and drink new articles and content: Oktoberfest tents (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Cho Sang-woo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Amira Nature Foods (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Category:Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places by state (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)> Category:Edible fish by habitat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Euryhaline edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Freshwater edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Almond production in Afghanistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Anti-café (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Jāņi cheese (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Diablo sandwich (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hill Farmstead Brewery (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hong Kong Food Festival (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Telstar (apple) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Dumelow's Seedling (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Hygrophoropsis mangenotii (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Goat water (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Landsberger Reinette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Food waste recycling in Hong Kong (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) Category:Marine edible fish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Fermented dairy products (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Category:Marine edible molluscs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) More new articles... Also see versions in the bot-generated list's Revision history for additional articles (e.g. 1 November 2015, 15 October 2015, 1 October 2015, etc.). Past newsletters
Food and drink articles by quality and importance There are currently 33,530 articles attributed to the project, including 10,438 stubs. There are 35 articles at Featured article class, 160 are at Good article class and 2 are at Featured list class. Article statistics Food and Drink WikiProject article assessment Food and drink articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 15 31 53 FL 2 2 4 FM 140 140 GA 18 29 75 278 400 B 56 234 340 704 81 1,415 C 77 404 994 3,555 523 5,553 Start 22 329 1,679 12,020 3,902 17,952 Stub 17 543 9,022 4,948 14,530 List 12 71 115 534 23 277 1,032 Category 8,923 8,923 Disambig 218 218 File 3,022 3,022 Portal 811 811 Project 440 440 Redirect 10 72 641 2,866 3,589 Template 1,044 1,044 NA 8 8 Other 200 200 Assessed 185 1,103 3,833 26,787 17,695 9,731 59,334 Unassessed 18 1,981 1,999 Total 185 1,103 3,833 26,805 17,695 11,712 61,333 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 204,197 Ω = 5.12 Assessment log and Guide to Assessment Help on Editing and Sourcing Articles

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:13, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter – March 2016

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter Volume III, no. 4, March 2016 Note: To opt out from receiving future newsletters, please click here for instructions.
Project News Food- and drink-related CfD discussions, Cat meat, New Liquor portal, Recent Good article promotions and Unassessed articles. (more information below) Many project-related categories are presently listed at Categories for discussion. See the project's Article alerts for more information and links. A discussion regarding cat meat is occurring at Talk:Cat meat § Legality in Canada section. The new Liquor Portal was created in late November 2015 for liquor related topics. The following food and drink articles have been promoted to Good article-class in 2016: Carrot soup Crab dip English Cuisine Esparza's Grodziskie Lemon Drop Pizza cheese Plum cake Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management Royal Stag There are presently 3,575 unassessed articles. Additional attention from the project's assessors is necessary and would be appreciated to reduce this backlog. Article alerts Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Article alerts Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Curabitur pretium tincidunt lacus. Nulla gravida orci a odio. Nullam varius, turpis et commodo pharetra, est eros bibendum elit, nec luctus magna felis sollicitudin mauris. Integer in mauris eu nibh euismod gravida. Duis ac tellus et risus vulputate vehicula. Donec lobortis risus a elit. Etiam tempor. Ut ullamcorper, ligula eu tempor congue, eros est euismod turpis, id tincidunt sapien risus a quam. Maecenas fermentum consequat mi. Donec fermentum. Pellentesque malesuada nulla a mi. Duis sapien sem, aliquet nec, commodo eget, consequat quis, neque. Aliquam faucibus, elit ut dictum aliquet, felis nisl adipiscing sapien, sed malesuada diam lacus eget erat. Cras mollis scelerisque nunc. Nullam arcu. Aliquam consequat. Curabitur augue lorem, dapibus quis, laoreet et, pretium ac, nisi. Aenean magna nisl, mollis quis, molestie eu, feugiat in, orci. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Fusce convallis, mauris imperdiet gravida bibendum, nisl turpis suscipit mauris, sed placerat ipsum urna sed risus. In convallis tellus a mauris. Curabitur non elit ut libero tristique sodales. Mauris a lacus. Donec mattis semper leo. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vivamus facilisis diam at odio. Mauris dictum, nisi eget consequat elementum, lacus ligula molestie metus, non feugiat orci magna ac sem. Donec turpis. Donec vitae metus. Morbi tristique neque eu mauris. Quisque gravida ipsum non sapien. Proin turpis lacus, scelerisque vitae, elementum at, lobortis ac, quam. Aliquam dictum eleifend risus. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Etiam sit amet diam. Suspendisse odio. Suspendisse nunc. In semper bibendum libero. Proin nonummy, lacus eget pulvinar lacinia, pede felis dignissim leo, vitae tristique magna lacus sit amet eros. Nullam ornare. Praesent odio ligula, dapibus sed, tincidunt eget, dictum ac, nibh. Nam quis lacus. Nunc eleifend molestie velit. Morbi lobortis quam eu velit. Donec euismod vestibulum massa. Donec non lectus. Aliquam commodo lacus sit amet nulla. Cras dignissim elit et augue. Nullam non diam. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean vestibulum. Sed lobortis elit quis lectus. Nunc sed lacus at augue bibendum dapibus.	Feel free to welcome the new members who have recently joined the project. 18 new members!CamV8AeonxKar2016Lee788OmotechoLeuven2015Rich FarmbroughChiswick ChapAnna FrodesiakAtsmePrimaPreussenErpertSueDonemOff-shellBogger GunkartaBwtranchDebbiesw The project currently has 100 active members. Some recent food and drink new articles and content: White Tiger's Milk (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Legacypac (talk · contribs · new pages (80)) started on 2016-02-26, score: 10 Olive Oil Times (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Janestreet350 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-02-22, score: 20 Terra Greens Organic (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Neetjash (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-02-19, score: 10 Category:Dairy products companies of Vietnam (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Namnguyenvn (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-01, score: 20 Mars Nederland Veghel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by DinosaursLoveExistence (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 10 Club Quilox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Eruditescholar (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 30 Boston Tea Party (café chain) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by LegereScire (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 10 Category:Food manufacturers of the Netherlands (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by DinosaursLoveExistence (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 20 Category:Morinaga & Company (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Lifeinfluxus (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 40 Category:Drinking establishments in Nigeria (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Eruditescholar (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2016-02-29, score: 20 Refermentation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rachelskit (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2016-02-28, score: 40 Graeme Burns (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Drchriswilliams (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2016-02-28, score: 10 Alex Brewster (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Drchriswilliams (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2016-02-28, score: 10 Category:Musicals by David A. Stewart (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Trivialist (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2016-02-27, score: 20 List of Georgian wine appellations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Biwom (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2016-02-27, score: 20 Tvishi (wine) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Biwom (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2016-02-27, score: 20 Wok to Walk (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Xaosflux (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-02-26, score: 10 Pepsi Spire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rowanlovescars (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-02-26, score: 20 Kill Time (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cattus (talk · contribs · new pages (160)) started on 2016-02-26, score: 10 Royal Dragon Vodka (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Onel5969 (talk · contribs · new pages (37)) started on 2016-02-25, score: 10 Arnbitter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Gardar Rurak (talk · contribs · new pages (25)) started on 2016-02-25, score: 10 Brian Petruzzi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PorridgeJohnson1 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-02-25, score: 20 2013 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sport and politics (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 20 2012 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sport and politics (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 2011 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sport and politics (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 2010 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sport and politics (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 2009 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sport and politics (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 O-Aew (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kwangkongkul (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 Category:Discoveries by Young-Beom Jeon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Rfassbind (talk · contribs · new pages (1124)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 20 Vazisubani (wine) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Biwom (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 20 Monterebro (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Onel5969 (talk · contribs · new pages (37)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 Predictive microbiology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MiriamRGarcia (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-02-24, score: 10 More... Past newsletters
Food and drink articles by quality and importance There are currently 34,340 articles attributed to the project, including 10,580 stubs. There are 38 articles at Featured article class, 176 are at Good article class and 3 are at Featured list class. Article statistics Food and Drink WikiProject article assessment Food and drink articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 15 31 53 FL 2 2 4 FM 140 140 GA 18 29 75 278 400 B 56 234 340 704 81 1,415 C 77 404 994 3,555 523 5,553 Start 22 329 1,679 12,020 3,902 17,952 Stub 17 543 9,022 4,948 14,530 List 12 71 115 534 23 277 1,032 Category 8,923 8,923 Disambig 218 218 File 3,022 3,022 Portal 811 811 Project 440 440 Redirect 10 72 641 2,866 3,589 Template 1,044 1,044 NA 8 8 Other 200 200 Assessed 185 1,103 3,833 26,787 17,695 9,731 59,334 Unassessed 18 1,981 1,999 Total 185 1,103 3,833 26,805 17,695 11,712 61,333 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 204,197 Ω = 5.12 Assessment log and Guide to Assessment Help on Editing and Sourcing Articles

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Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter – April 2016

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter Volume III, no. 5, Note: To opt out from receiving future newsletters, please click here for instructions.
Project News Recent Good article promotions for project-related articles. The following food and drink articles have recently been promoted to Good article-class: Applesauce cake Beurre Maître d'Hôtel Chips and dip Clementine cake Copia (museum) Dime Store (Portland, Oregon) Naem Old-fashioned doughnut Pancake machine Pink slime The Modern Cook For recent events regarding project-related articles, see Article alerts. Article alerts Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Article alerts Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Curabitur pretium tincidunt lacus. Nulla gravida orci a odio. Nullam varius, turpis et commodo pharetra, est eros bibendum elit, nec luctus magna felis sollicitudin mauris. Integer in mauris eu nibh euismod gravida. Duis ac tellus et risus vulputate vehicula. Donec lobortis risus a elit. Etiam tempor. Ut ullamcorper, ligula eu tempor congue, eros est euismod turpis, id tincidunt sapien risus a quam. Maecenas fermentum consequat mi. Donec fermentum. Pellentesque malesuada nulla a mi. Duis sapien sem, aliquet nec, commodo eget, consequat quis, neque. Aliquam faucibus, elit ut dictum aliquet, felis nisl adipiscing sapien, sed malesuada diam lacus eget erat. Cras mollis scelerisque nunc. Nullam arcu. Aliquam consequat. Curabitur augue lorem, dapibus quis, laoreet et, pretium ac, nisi. Aenean magna nisl, mollis quis, molestie eu, feugiat in, orci. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Fusce convallis, mauris imperdiet gravida bibendum, nisl turpis suscipit mauris, sed placerat ipsum urna sed risus. In convallis tellus a mauris. Curabitur non elit ut libero tristique sodales. Mauris a lacus. Donec mattis semper leo. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vivamus facilisis diam at odio. Mauris dictum, nisi eget consequat elementum, lacus ligula molestie metus, non feugiat orci magna ac sem. Donec turpis. Donec vitae metus. Morbi tristique neque eu mauris. Quisque gravida ipsum non sapien. Proin turpis lacus, scelerisque vitae, elementum at, lobortis ac, quam. Aliquam dictum eleifend risus. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Etiam sit amet diam. Suspendisse odio. Suspendisse nunc. In semper bibendum libero. Proin nonummy, lacus eget pulvinar lacinia, pede felis dignissim leo, vitae tristique magna lacus sit amet eros. Nullam ornare. Praesent odio ligula, dapibus sed, tincidunt eget, dictum ac, nibh. Nam quis lacus. Nunc eleifend molestie velit. Morbi lobortis quam eu velit. Donec euismod vestibulum massa. Donec non lectus. Aliquam commodo lacus sit amet nulla. Cras dignissim elit et augue. Nullam non diam. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Aenean vestibulum. Sed lobortis elit quis lectus. Nunc sed lacus at augue bibendum dapibus.	Feel free to welcome the new members who have recently joined the project. 6 new members!OnBeyondZebraxVMS MosaicMartinyoung2775Omni FlamesCAPTAIN RAJUEdwardx The project currently has 106 active members. Some recent food and drink new articles and content: National Identification Registration Authority (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Fsmatovu (talk · contribs · new pages (41)) started on 2016-03-31, score: 10 Domaine Tempier (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Needlepoint9 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-31, score: 20 Kill Time (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by In ictu oculi (talk · contribs · new pages (105)) started on 2016-03-30, score: 10 Indian Tea Association (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rohanrafaroger (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-30, score: 10 Tops Pizza (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Edwardx (talk · contribs · new pages (51)) started on 2016-03-30, score: 20 Kaspa's (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Edwardx (talk · contribs · new pages (51)) started on 2016-03-29, score: 20 Faktong Keang Buat (Pumpkin in Coconut Cream) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Woraveerinj (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-29, score: 20 Darra Goldstein (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jeffreyrubel (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-21, score: 10 Cervecería 100 Montaditos (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kanghuitari (talk · contribs · new pages (55)) started on 2016-03-29, score: 10 Potentilla simplex (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Ggpauly (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-29, score: 10 Burger urge (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lindsmay10 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-28, score: 10 B & D Burgers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bennyben1998 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 33 Beer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Legacypac (talk · contribs · new pages (63)) started on 2016-03-26, score: 10 F-Block Metallocene (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by YanwuShao (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 10 Bamboo Chicken (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Divyaappidi (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-23, score: 10 Category:Dutch chief executives in the food industry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by ATX-NL (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2016-03-29, score: 20 Jianbing (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jmps2016 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 Friends of Beer Party (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bedivere.cs (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 Miniature food (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Groupgg (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 English Tea House and Restaurant (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Molecule Extraction (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 Bazin (bread) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Northamerica1000 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 10 Cyprus Wine Routes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Euclidthalis (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-03-24, score: 10 Category:Lebanese desserts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Moldspaeries (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2016-03-27, score: 20 Taking Care of Business (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by The Dragooners (talk · contribs · new pages (87)) started on 2016-03-26, score: 10 Pastrami on rye (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Onel5969 (talk · contribs · new pages (19)) started on 2016-03-26, score: 30 Pictou County Pizza (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kelapstick (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-03-26, score: 10 Wasabi (restaurant) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Edwardx (talk · contribs · new pages (51)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 10 William S. Bloxsom-Carter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kcwatson55 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 20 List of the largest fast food restaurant chains (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cupido1234 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 10 Food - Weapon of Conquest (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bzuk (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-03-24, score: 20 Margot Henderson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Gareth E. Kegg (talk · contribs · new pages (25)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 10 Sam's Chicken (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Edwardx (talk · contribs · new pages (51)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 10 Deep Fried Oreo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cla1402group4 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-03-24, score: 10 Category:Works about beer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ringbang (talk · contribs · new pages (15)) started on 2016-03-25, score: 20 Past newsletters
Food and drink articles by quality and importance There are currently 34,474 articles attributed to the project, including 10,607 stubs. There are 38 articles at Featured article class, 185 are at Good article class and 3 are at Featured list class. Article statistics Food and Drink WikiProject article assessment Food and drink articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 15 31 53 FL 2 2 4 FM 140 140 GA 18 29 75 278 400 B 56 234 340 704 81 1,415 C 77 404 994 3,555 523 5,553 Start 22 329 1,679 12,020 3,902 17,952 Stub 17 543 9,022 4,948 14,530 List 12 71 115 534 23 277 1,032 Category 8,923 8,923 Disambig 218 218 File 3,022 3,022 Portal 811 811 Project 440 440 Redirect 10 72 641 2,866 3,589 Template 1,044 1,044 NA 8 8 Other 200 200 Assessed 185 1,103 3,833 26,787 17,695 9,731 59,334 Unassessed 18 1,981 1,999 Total 185 1,103 3,833 26,805 17,695 11,712 61,333 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 204,197 Ω = 5.12 Assessment log and Guide to Assessment Help on Editing and Sourcing Articles

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pius VII

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Sir Thomas Lawrence - Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:12, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pope Pius VI

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:50, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nils Olav

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:24, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Baselios Cleemis

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:27, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank You!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I have twice nominated the Animated Video of the 2011 North American Blizzard as shown from the perspective of a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite operated by the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for FP status, and on both occasions the only reason it failed to pass was because no one wanted to add the needed 4th support to get the required number of votes to qualify for FP status. On this, the third attempt, you were the one who provided the elusive 4th vote, and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please accept this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar as a small measure of appreciate for your participation in the FPC. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:00, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Niccolò Albergati

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Jan van Eyck - Kardinal Niccolò Albergati - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:33, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of a Cardinal (Raphael)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Portrait of a Cardinal, by Raffael, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:40, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Jan van Eyck - Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 08:17, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Equestrian Portrait of Charles V

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Carlos V en Mühlberg, by Titian, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. SSTflyer 03:08, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Self-Portrait (Dürer, Madrid)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Selbstporträt, by Albrecht Dürer, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:50, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charles IV of Spain and His Family

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:La familia de Carlos IV.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:54, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:37, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter (August 2016)

The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter Volume III, no. 6, August 2016 Note: To opt out from receiving future newsletters, please click here for instructions.
Project News New featured article: Borscht, Good Article nominations Borscht was promoted to featured article status on June 5, 2016. The following articles are nominated for GA status: Bean dip ReaLemon Carrot For recent events regarding project-related articles, see Article alerts. Article alerts Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Article alerts	Feel free to welcome the new members who have recently joined the project. 7 new members!MikeHikesThey Terk Err JerbsZefrsdlsy37bclavellinadtoled1Discott The project currently has 117 active members. Some recent food and drink new articles and content: Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Miyagawa (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2016-08-08, score: 10 Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Miyagawa (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2016-08-08, score: 10 Double Mountain Brewery (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Another Believer (talk · contribs · new pages (156)) started on 2016-08-08, score: 20 List of largest wastewater treatment plants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Calvin411 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-08-05, score: 10 Loch Duart (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Haseeb delpihero (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-08-03, score: 20 Henan Faria da Silveira (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Add92 (talk · contribs · new pages (36)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 10 Plutonocene (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CxHy (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 20 Neptunocene (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CxHy (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 10 Thorocene (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CxHy (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 20 Protactinocene (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CxHy (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 20 Satti (food) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Democratics (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2016-08-02, score: 10 Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bangaji (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-07-28, score: 20 Template:User WP Food and drink coordinator (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by The Pancake of Heaven! (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 40 Template:User WP Food and drink UM (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by The Pancake of Heaven! (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-08-07, score: 40 Milton L. Banks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dbanks1112 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-08-06, score: 10 Watercress soup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Northamerica1000 (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-08-05, score: 20 SuperMeat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by KDS4444 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-07-31, score: 20 Abu Talib Urban Farmer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Adjoajo (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 10 Fisherman's Basket (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rain and Keet (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 20 Daegu Chimac Festival (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kanghuitari (talk · contribs · new pages (130)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 20 Tokki Soju (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kanghuitari (talk · contribs · new pages (130)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 10 Numbers (Vancouver) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Another Believer (talk · contribs · new pages (156)) started on 2016-08-03, score: 10 Morning Call Coffee Stand (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MatthewVanitas (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2016-08-03, score: 10 Shinho (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moist Towels (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2016-08-01, score: 10 Category:Beer festivals in South Korea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Kanghuitari (talk · contribs · new pages (130)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 60 Category:Meat festivals (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Kanghuitari (talk · contribs · new pages (130)) started on 2016-08-04, score: 80 Category:LGBT drinking establishments in Canada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Another Believer (talk · contribs · new pages (156)) started on 2016-08-03, score: 20 Category:South African snack foods (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Discott (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2016-07-28, score: 20 Past newsletters
Food and drink articles by quality and importance There are currently articles attributed to the project, including 10,764 stubs. There are 40 articles at Featured article class, 209 are at Good article class and 3 are at Featured list class. Article statistics Food and Drink WikiProject article assessment Food and drink articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 15 31 53 FL 2 2 4 FM 140 140 GA 18 29 75 278 400 B 56 234 340 704 81 1,415 C 77 404 994 3,555 523 5,553 Start 22 329 1,679 12,020 3,902 17,952 Stub 17 543 9,022 4,948 14,530 List 12 71 115 534 23 277 1,032 Category 8,923 8,923 Disambig 218 218 File 3,022 3,022 Portal 811 811 Project 440 440 Redirect 10 72 641 2,866 3,589 Template 1,044 1,044 NA 8 8 Other 200 200 Assessed 185 1,103 3,833 26,787 17,695 9,731 59,334 Unassessed 18 1,981 1,999 Total 185 1,103 3,833 26,805 17,695 11,712 61,333 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 204,197 Ω = 5.12 Assessment log and Guide to Assessment Help on Editing and Sourcing Articles

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Military history WikiProject coordinator election

Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ferdinand VII of Spain (2nd nomination)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Francisco Goya - Portrait of Ferdinand VII of Spain in his robes of state (1815) - Prado.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:51, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lansdowne portrait

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Gilbert Stuart - George Washington - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:53, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:02, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Mexican Imperial Family

Template:Mexican Imperial Family has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 22:10, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Latin American 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin America/The 10,000 Challenge ‎ has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Latin American content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon. If you would like to see this happening for Latin America, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Latin America, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant!♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:53, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Spongie555. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Re: Football variants task force

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Voting for the Military history WikiProject Historian and Newcomer of the Year is ending soon!

Time is running out to voting for the Military Historian and Newcomer of the year! If you have not yet cast a vote, please consider doing so soon. The voting will end on 31 December at 23:59 UTC, with the presentation of the awards to the winners and runners up to occur on 1 January 2017. For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:02, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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2016 Year in Review

		The Oddball Barnstar
		For your Featured Picture nomination of Nils Olav, whose relationship with military history was unexpected (to say the least), you are hereby presented with The Oddball Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 06:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

		The WikiChevrons
		For your unexpected but welcome Featured Picture contribution of Nils Olav, you are hereby presented with the WikiChevrons. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 06:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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March Madness 2017

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election

Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:36, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians

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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Invitation to a bonfire

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seeking advice

Hi Spongie555. I see you were involved at the very start with the WikiProject: Bhutan. I am a researcher from University of Sydney, new to Wikipedia, and would like to ask about the project - is it still active? Doctor 17 (talk) 02:23, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
• updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

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You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

San Diego Wikimedians User Group October 2018 meetup invitation

Who: All members of the public

What: Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon in Mira Mesa, San Diego.

When: Sunday 7 October 2018, 1:00PM PST / 1300 until 3:00PM PST / 1500

Where: Mira Mesa Branch Library

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Have your say!

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Country Winners
• Diversity winner
• High quality contributors
• Gender-gap fillers
• Page improvers
• Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

Invitation for a Edit a thon in Chula Vista

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What: A Edit a thon in Chula Vista.

When: Sunday 11 November 2018, 2:00PM PST / 1400 until 4:00PM PST / 1600

Where: Chula Vista Public Library Civic Center Branch

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Your host: RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs)

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

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Invitation to attend a mini Unconference in Mission Valley

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What: San Diego mini Unconference.

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Where: Starbucks at Fenton Marketplace

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When: Sunday 3 March 2019, 2:00PM PST / 1400 until 4:10PM PST / 1610

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Invitation for a Edit a thon in Chula Vista

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Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire invitation

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Meetup-San Diego-September 2K19

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What: Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire.

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Where: La Jolla Shores

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MfD nomination of Portal:Bhutan

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Diversity winner
• Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Libya Wikiproject revamp

Hello, I am very knowledge able about the Middle East and MENA and its conflicts. I was very surprised to see that Wikiproject:Libya was not entirely as interactive and attractive as Wikiproject:Syria or Wikiproject:Israel and others for that matter. Please send me a message on your take or ideas on the matter, and if you want to join in. Max Pigeon (talk) 13:11, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Happy Dashain!

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File:Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal.jpg scheduled for POTD

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This is to let you know that the featured picture File:Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 15, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-06-15. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:06, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Baselios Cleemis (born 15 June 1959) is the current major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 November 2012. Cleemis is the first bishop of the Syro-Malankara Church, and the fifth Keralite, to be created a cardinal. He said it was a sign of the Pope's appreciation of Indian Catholics' "unity in diversity", and cited the witness, the defence of human life, and the example of authentic prayer given by Mother Teresa.

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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File:Jan van Eyck - Kardinal Niccolò Albergati - Google Art Project.jpg scheduled for POTD

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The Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati is an oil-on-oak-panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, dating to the 1430s. It is of considerable interest to art historians because van Eyck's preliminary drawing survives. The work depicts Niccolò Albergati, an Italian cardinal and a diplomat working under Pope Martin V, as a visibly ageing cleric, his face seamed with deep lines below the eyes; it is accompanied by notes on the colours to be used in the final painting. A comparison between this drawing and the portrait shows that van Eyck changed several details, such as the depth of the shoulders, the lower curve of the nose, the depth of the mouth and the size of the ear. The finished painting hangs at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, while the drawing is in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Artwork credit: Jan van Eyck

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Charles IV of Spain and His Family is a portrait of the royal family of Spain painted by Francisco Goya in 1800 and 1801. King Charles IV, his wife Maria Luisa of Parma, and his children and relatives are dressed in the height of contemporary fashion, lavishly adorned with jewelry and the sashes of the order of Charles III. The artist does not attempt to flatter the family; instead the group portrait is unflinchingly realist, both in detail and tone. The artist, seated at his easel, is visible in the background. The painting is in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

Painting credit: Francisco Goya

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Pope Pius VI (25 December 1717 – 29 August 1799) was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 until his death in 1799. He condemned the French Revolution and the resulting suppression of the Catholic Church in France. In 1796, French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the papal troops and occupied the Papal States. Refusing to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died in exile six weeks later in Valence, having reigned for longer than any previous pope. This 1775 oil-on-panel portrait of Pius VI by the Italian painter Pompeo Batoni is in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.

Painting credit: Pompeo Batoni

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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