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The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun!

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The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun. Please get started, as the drive aims to wikify over 2,000 articles this month. We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to join up as well. In case you didn't know, wikification is fairly simple: just add wiki markup, links, and similar formatting. Thanks for joining; we're looking forward to an exciting time this month!

Regards,

Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), and Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs).

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Hi Bearian!

I am glad that you liked the DYK fact, which had languished for 5 days before I de-glossed market failure.

Also, 20 minutes before your checking it off, I removed a notice ---that part of it had been lifted from the article on the Shapley–Folkman lemma---the new paragraphs triggered warnings that the article was too long. So the main content was on the other article for about a day. I lifted another paragraph or two from the SF-lemma, discussing non-convexities in consumer preferences.

The combination of the notice about the SF-lemma and the gloss of market failure combined to scare away other reviewers, I suppose. I am glad that you reviewed it.

If you liked the short article on non-convexity in economics, then you might like to look at the Shapley–Folkman lemma, which received GA status a few weeks ago, and I hope may receive A-level status well, if not in my time, and not in the time of my children, then possibly in the time of my (future) childrens' children ....

The article has an ongoing peer-review, with current concern about whether the lead be an exposition rather than a summary. (I wrote it to be understandable by non-mathematicians and non-economists, and so included examples in the lead.)

Best regards,  Kiefer.Wolfowitz  (talk) 02:18, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome! Bearian (talk) 19:12, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

George Anastaplo needs an article

There is a site about Anastaplo, but no WP article! I'd think that his Supreme Court case might inspire an article.  Kiefer.Wolfowitz  (talk) 03:52, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm working on several other articles right now, so that will have to be put off. Bearian (talk) 19:12, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Please stop spamming article

article "Rights of Englishmen". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shorsh1991 (talkcontribs) 09:28, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

I saw you've made some edits to Kirsten Gillibrand in the past. You may want to watch User:UpstateNYer/Gillibrand, where I'm conducting a rewrite in conjunction with a member of the Senator's campaign. That, and your review of what has been done so far could be useful. upstateNYer 21:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

OK. Be aware that I also worked on all three of her campaigns, have met her, and am friends with several past staffers of hers. Bearian (talk) 21:11, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Then you'll have good insight. Your COI isn't anything compared to the user I'm working with, anyway. I will play the COI litmus tester. upstateNYer 03:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
LOL, thanks. Bearian (talk) 15:13, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 7 February 2011

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Crisis of the Roman Republic

  • I'll see what I can do... Mandsford 01:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
>> Please revert me if I screw up.<< I've got no worries about that. The other night, I took an overview of adapting the other article over to this one, and it's going to be a task on integrating the two, though not monumental.

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011





This is the second issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.



  • Userboxes and profiles - Add an ambassador userbox to your page, and make sure you've added your mentor profile!
  • Be a coordinating ambassador - Pick and class and make sure no students fall through the cracks.
  • New screencasts - Short videos on watchlists and a number of other topics may be useful to students.
  • Updates from Campus Ambassadors - Ambassadors are starting to report on classroom experiences, both on-wiki and on the Google Group.
  • Other news - There's a new on-wiki application for being an Online Ambassador, and Editing Friday #2 is today!
  • Things you can do - This is just a sample; if you're eager for something to do, there's plenty more.

Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

please add your profile to the Online Ambassadors mentors page

Hi Bearian!

If you're still interested in being a mentor this term, please add your profile to Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors. If you have any questions about the ambassador role or what you're interested in doing as an Online Ambassador (whether mentoring, pitching in in other ways, or something else), please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:39, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 February 2011

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Muchas Gracchius, Señor

Bearian, sorry not to get back with you sooner-- great work on Crisis of the Roman Republic. Sorry that I've not been of much assistance on this one, and the only edits that I can offer might be to try to pinpoint more dates on this one and put some brackets around some terms to make them magically turn blue. The Romans were very good at making note of the month, day and year that their emperors got assassinated, probably not so much with tribunes and praetors and consuls and such. Anyway, excellent work. I'd give out a barnstar, but after all these years, I still can't figure out what a barnstar is. Mandsford 17:14, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I just sent an email to you about this article. Thanks! XinJeisan (talk) 17:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 February 2011

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The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!

Please help!

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is almost complete. Please help, as the backlog is still very large. Still exceeding 20,000 articles! The goal is 18,000 or less. Lets see if we can do it! We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to help as well.Thank you for all your help thus far!

Regards,

Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs), and WikiCopter (talk · contribs).

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