• Version 0.7 Saskatchewan articles

Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7.

We would like to ask you to review the articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations.

A list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.

We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at this project's subpage of User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, SelectionBot 23:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC) - Articles selected for Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan, Cougar, Gray Wolf, Louis Riel, Beaver, Leslie Nielsen , Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canoe, Canadian English, Bobcat, New France , Hudson's Bay Company, Moose, First Nations, Elk , Great Plains, Sitting Bull, Sioux, Wilfrid Laurier, Joni Mitchell, Reindeer, Northern pike , American Black Bear, Trans-Canada Highway , John Diefenbaker, American Bison, Muskrat , Cree, Bigfoot, Louisiana Purchase, Tommy Douglas, University of Saskatchewan, Taiga, White-tailed deer, Lloydminster, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Blackfoot, Ojibwa, Gordie Howe, Athabasca River , Métis people (Canada), Government of Canada, University of Regina, Wolverine , Rainbow trout, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Wendigo, American Beaver, Geography of Saskatchewan

• Corner Gas

  • Should development be made on the article Corner Gas in its last season and the necessary forms filled out for inclusion to Version 7?

• Community and Neighborhood Assessments

  There are now 769 community articles tagged and assessed for Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods using the new addition to the Canadian template.

• Canadian Election 2008

  • The election has now been called, so as with all elections we'll need to keep a close eye on the main article, party articles and candidate articles to make sure everything is conforming to policy (read: NPOV) and to watch out for likely edit wars.

Of course it will all be nothing compared to what happens on election night, October 14th, as packs of anon editors update ridings according to who won the first 1% of the vote, so mark that date on your calendar too. -Royalguard11(T) 18:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC) -Canadian Federal Election 2008

Selected picture:'55 Bel Air dragster 'Touch 'N' Go' at SIR

• Member news

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 38 members.

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 13 members.

  The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members.

• Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

  To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads

• Rural municpalities

  Individual categories for each rural municipality are being created. It would be good to gather consensus as to which articles should be tagged with an individual RM category. The places names which an RM provides rural government for should be within the individual category for the RM. However, should these areas also be added into the individual RM category: political divisions, points of interest, notable people from the RM, towns with their own urban governments which host the RM office? Add your comments.

• City naming / Missing coordinates

  Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/Cities - Per WP:NC, an incomplete review of which cities in Canada do or don't merit moves to their undisambiguated city names.

  Category:Canada articles missing geocoordinate data - Follow the instructions at Template:Coord to add co-ordinates to these articles.

Bearcat has made this announcement.

• Spotlight Award

  Masalai (talk · contribs) The November 2008 award is presented to Masalai for continuous contributions to several articles focusing mainly upon southern Saskatchewan. The knowledge Masalai brings to these articles combines statistical data with diverse notable events pertinent to the topic. Thank you and in this regards please receive a Saskatchewan wikiproject spotlight award. Spotlight Award

• Extinct Settlements proposed wikiproject

  A new wikiproject is being proposed .... Extinct Settlements. Please feel free to add your comments, support or opposition for such a project on wikipedia. There was initially also conversation begun here on WP Cities as well as at WP SK communities.

• Curling Wikiproject work group proposal

  A Curling task project is being proposed.... As curling is Saskatchewan's provincial sport it may help out some of our community pages. Please feel free to join the discussion with comments, your support or non-support.

• Featured Article Drive

  A new Featured article drive is being proposed here which hopes to produce WP:FAC articles for the 25 largest cities in the United States. See how the Top 25 Canadian Cities Classes rate as was the beginning for the US city assessment classes.

• Setting weather records

  Hallowe'en was mild, above seasonal norm for temperatures, and without snow this year!!! On this note a new a new Saskatchewan Communities substitution template has been done up adding the weather statistical table. SriMesh | talk 00:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• Use of coordinates?

  • A posting from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads A bot is going around tagging various articles for missing coordinates. One recent tagging was on Highway 8 (Ontario) (see [1]). Given that a road will have numerous coordinates, what sort of coordinates should be defined for Canadian road articles, if any? Terminus points, perhaps control cities would be obvious candidates. Dl2000 (talk) 02:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Selected picture:U of S Centennial Lily by Drm310

• Member news

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 38 members.

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 13 members.

  The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members.

• Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

  To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads

• Season's Greetings

  • Season's greetings are extended from the Saskatchewan wikiproject to you and yours over the holiday season.

• Holiday wiki-presents

  Give out barnstars, and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.

• Create a guide to stave off burnout and to help another wikipedian expand Saskatchewan topics.
• Participate in Saskatchewan Peer reviews or Community assessments.
• Get acquainted with the characteristics of Good Articles and help a fellow member get an article to WP:GA.
• Use the Newsletter. Add a tidbit that has helped you create an article on a Saskatchewan topic such as research materials, and ideas.
• Help out another Saskatchewan editor and provide a peer review on their articles. Feedback can range from brief comments after skimming through a page to a full blown dissection of grammar, structure, and references. Either way, every bit helps. Reviewing another editor's article can help sharpen your writing skills, which in turn can improve the articles you write.

• Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake

• According to the December 2007 newsletter, it is one year since Saskatchewan articles have had an assessment department which enable Saskatchewan articles to be rated for importance and quality. The Canadian banner was modified one year ago to help improve Saskatchewan content. Please help to assess via quality and importance Saskatchewan articles by using the parent Canada wikiproject template{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance= | sk=yes }}

• One year ago the new article department was also established. This new articles department introduces new wikipedia editors who are interested in Saskatchewan and also helps to monitor the expansion of Saskatchewan related articles. The new article department also alerts editors to fledgling articles which may receive tags for improvement.

• Natural resources of Saskatchewan

  • A request has been sent out for information regarding natural resources of Saskatchewan. Can there be an organisation of articles, categories or a list in this regards to satisfy the query?

• Saskatchewan Wikiproject facelift request

  There will be a Saskatchewan barnstar sent out to any editors who can provide a facelift to the Saskatchewan wikiproject over the next few weeks. There has been a large influx of material to the wikiproject since its inception, and now the material should be re-organised and re-distributed for ease of access.

• Maps as reliable sources

  • There is a l-o-o-ong discussion on the use of maps as reliable primary or secondary sources for wikipedia articles at Regarding maps as primary sources. This has a direct influence on highways and roads articles as well as town and placename articles.

Selected picture:Harris, SK grain elevator taken by Limulus

• Member news

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan now has 39 members.

  The WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods has 13 members.

  The WikiProject Canada Roads/Saskatchewan has 7 members.

• Saskatchewan Roads and Highways

  To keep updated on proposals, deletion debates, etc. add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/News|right}} to your userpage to produce the box of notices in the above right.

See this page for new areas of discussion: talk page WP SK roads

• Saskatchewan Spotlight

  • Cocopie (talk · contribs) The December 2008 award is presented to Cocopie who has set up various categories and populated those categories with articles. Cocopie has updated and started various Saskatchewan articles and has also been able to start their talk pages with the wikiproject banner. Thank you for your various contributions to SK related topics.

• • So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else to Saskatchewan related articles, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude? Nominate excellent and notable Saskatchewan editors on Wikipedia who deserve attention, and honour. For every wikipedia user who is mentioned in the spotlight department, they will receive a Wikipedia Saskatchewan Ribbon on their user pages for excellent service! Every newsletter will bring an update to the Spotlight Department, so please keep tuned for other excellent contributors.

• Help! Adopt me. Please.

  • Arnold Bernard Tusa, a stub biography has several tags for improvement.
  • Pride Week 1973 (Vancouver) has been tagged with renaming request as it refers to the Pride Week of various cities.
  • Can anyone add information regarding skating in Saskatchewan to Sports in Saskatchewan as the 2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships will be held in Saskatoon?
  • Tom Freda, Wiser's Small Batch, Nosehill forest - are being considered for deletion and are related in some way to SK. These others are also being considered for deletion at google search for SK articles being considered for deletion as well as these 18 articles which supposedly don't meet notability guidelines such as Arthur Bergan which should just be wikified.
  • Moose Jaw and Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology requires clean up. Strawberry Ridge, Saskatchewan needs wikifying...as well as these 31 articles
  • Meadow Lake Tribal Council (Saskatchewan) needs categories as well as these 9 articles
  • Time in Saskatchewan, Kylemore, Saskatchewan, Humboldt, Saskatchewan,Loon Lake, Saskatchewan , Redvers, Saskatchewan, Provisional Government of Saskatchewan, Oxbow, Saskatchewan, MacDowall, Saskatchewan, Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Assiniboine, Davidson, Saskatchewan , Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Manitou Lake (Saskatchewan), Benson, Saskatchewan, June Draude, List of University of Saskatchewan alumni, Fort de la Corne, James Isbister , Super Dave Osborne, James Smith First Nation, One Arrow First Nation, Muskoday First Nation, Gabriel Dumont , The Sheaf, Fennel, Athabasca Basin, Paul McCallum, Battle of Cut Knife, Peter Dmytruk, Omarr Morgan , Western separatism, James Nisbet , Ken Rasmussen, Medicine Hat , Yorkton Cardinals, John L. Climenhaga, Peter Pond , Tom Jackson (actor) , William G. Hobbs, Richardson's Ground Squirrel, Sandhoff disease, Boris Karloff , Ian E. Wilson, Conrad Swan, Wide Mouth Mason, West/Central Canadian English, Dust Bowl, Joni Mitchell, Jon Ballantyne, Colin McKay, Saskatoon Police Service, Art Linkletter, Jessica Robinson (country singer) , Ben Klassen, Selwyn Dewdney, Cree Summer , Mandy Meyer, Big 6 Hockey League, Ricky Kanee Schachter , and Saskatoon as well as about 200 oithers at google search for citation Saskatchewan tagged articles have been tagged for citations.