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* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Contest|Monthly contest, WikiProject Military history]].''' The contest department of the Military history WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in military history articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month. |
* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Contest|Monthly contest, WikiProject Military history]].''' The contest department of the Military history WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in military history articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month. |
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* '''Guild of Copy Editors' editing <!--blitz-->drive.''' <!--The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/June 2024|June 2024 editing blitz]]''' was a one-week-long effort by the '''[[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]]''' to reduce its backlog. The themes were: all articles on the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|GOCE Requests page]], and articles on the [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from February 2023|February 2023]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from March 2023|March 2023]] backlog.--> The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2024|July 2024 backlog drive]]''' is a one-month-long effort by the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors|'''Guild of Copy Editors''']] to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing: those carrying the {{tl|copy edit}} tag (also {{Tl|awkward}}, {{Tl|copy edit section}}, {{tl|inappropriate person}}, and {{Tl|copy edit inline}}, and their redirects) or are listed on the [[WP:GOCE/REQ|GOCE Requests page]]. <u>It will begin on 1 July, 00:00 (UTC), and end on 31 July, 23:59 (UTC).</u> <!-- Stay tuned for the next event. --> |
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* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red]] 2024 Events''': [[WP:WIR/EVENTS]] - updated monthly |
* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red]] 2024 Events''': [[WP:WIR/EVENTS]] - updated monthly |
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* '''[[Wikipedia:The 100,000 Challenge|The 100,000 Challenge]].''' The quest to bring about 100,000 article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions and countries. This is a loose challenge, a list will not be maintained here, but the components will function independently on each of the subpages. Will be updated every week or two. |
* '''[[Wikipedia:The 100,000 Challenge|The 100,000 Challenge]].''' The quest to bring about 100,000 article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions and countries. This is a loose challenge, a list will not be maintained here, but the components will function independently on each of the subpages. Will be updated every week or two. |
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Welcome to the community bulletin board, which is a page used for announcements from WikiProjects and other groups. Included here are coordinated efforts, events, projects, and other general announcements.
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- Monthly contest, WikiProject Military history. The contest department of the Military history WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in military history articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month.
- Guild of Copy Editors' editing drive. The July 2024 backlog drive is a one-month-long effort by the Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy editing: those carrying the {{copy edit}} tag (also {{awkward}}, {{copy edit section}}, {{inappropriate person}}, and {{copy edit inline}}, and their redirects) or are listed on the GOCE Requests page. It will begin on 1 July, 00:00 (UTC), and end on 31 July, 23:59 (UTC).
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red 2024 Events: WP:WIR/EVENTS - updated monthly
- The 100,000 Challenge. The quest to bring about 100,000 article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions and countries. This is a loose challenge, a list will not be maintained here, but the components will function independently on each of the subpages. Will be updated every week or two.
- The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge is a long term challenge to destub 50,000 articles on English Wikipedia for every country and topic. It may take decades to accomplish, it may take ten years, it all depends on how many people actively contribute.
Christchurch 31 | September 1, 2024 |
London 208 | September 8, 2024 |
Seattle meetup | September 17, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | September 22, 2024 |
San Diego 114 | September 23, 2024 |
London 209 | October 13, 2024 |
Seattle meetup | October 15, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | October 27, 2024 |
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- WikiProject Outlines news:
- Outline drafts nearing completion include:
- The Outline of the week is Outline of open educational resources.
- Please help improve them. —The Transhumanist 12:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- WikiProject Vocaloid's proposal is seeking editors with interest in any Vocaloid related topic to join the project.
- WikiProject Bendigo is currently seeking interested editors to join the project. Lotsw73 (talk) 05:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- WikiProject Operating systems (in proposal state) is looking for interested participants to support the creation of a regular WikiProject page.
- Revive WikiProject United States governors. This WikiProject is dedicated to the leaders of the 50 U.S. states. If you agree, post a message on the WikiProject talk page.
- WikiProject AI Cleanup has recently been started to combat the addition of problematic AI-generated content. Interested editors are encouraged to join! ARandomName123 (talk) 01:35, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
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