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WPF1 Newsletter (February)
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Jacques Villeneuve
Hi 4u1e, just wanted to discuss the Canadian/French-Canadian thing. I think, in general, on Wikipedia French-Canadians are referred to as simply "Canadian" in the intro, with their ancestry expanded later on if neccessary. See, for example - Celine Dion, Hubert Reeves, Jack Kerouac, etc. I think Jacques' article should follow the rule; it was only changed to "French-Canadian" in December, anyway, presumably by a French-Canadian editor. Best, Jonchapple (talk) 20:37, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Saruman
The article Saruman you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Saruman for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Over the Hill
I gathered. I'm just surprised my recall was as good as that. ;p  TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura 19:25, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter (March)
Apologies for the late delivery of this month's newsletter; the automated delivery system appears not to be working at present.-- Midgrid (talk)  20:12, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on May 2, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/May 2, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tb hotch *  ۩  ۞ 20:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

 

Brabham was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. Founded in 1960 by driver Jack Brabham and designer Ron Tauranac, the team won four drivers' and two constructors' world championships in its 30-year Formula One history. Jack Brabham's 1966 drivers' championship remains the only victory by a car bearing the driver's own name. In the 1960s, Brabham was the world's largest manufacturer of open wheel racing cars for sale to customer teams, and had built more than 500 cars by 1970. During this period, teams using Brabham cars won championships in Formula Two and Formula Three and competed in the Indianapolis 500. In the 1970s and 1980s, Brabham introduced innovations such as the 'fan car', in-race refuelling, carbon brakes, and hydropneumatic suspension, and was the first team to win a drivers' championship with a turbocharged car. British businessman Bernie Ecclestone owned Brabham during most of the 1970s and 1980s, and later sold to the Middlebridge Group, a Japanese engineering firm. Midway through the 1992 season, the team collapsed financially as Middlebridge was unable to meet loan repayments. In 2009 an unsuccessful attempt was made by a German organisation to enter the 2010 Formula One season using the Brabham name. (more...)


 * Great news this. I suppose more than four years after its promotion you would almost have given up hope it would make the main page? It will be good to see it on there. Apterygial talk 22:37, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries. Let me know if you need a hand with it. Apterygial talk 07:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If I didn't have time I wouldn't have offered. :) I should be able to get there tomorrow (which is hopefully not too late). Apterygial talk 04:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

I had a run-through, and made a few very minor changes. The prose seems quite solid (or is at least out of my abilities to improve) so it mostly consisted of punctuation and linking points, and some clarity fixes. I did, however, leave some points I picked up on on the talk page. I'm watching the article, and I'll try to keep an eye on it while it's on the main page, but the topic is slightly out of my field of expertise (I'm better with pre-WW2), so anything which isn't obvious vandalism I'll leave. Apterygial <font color="#006400">talk 11:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * 24.3k hits. Very respectable. <font color="#006400">Apterygial <font color="#006400">talk 07:08, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter (April)
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WPF1 Newsletter (June)
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WPF1 Newsletter (July)
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WPF1 Newsletter (August)
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