Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/Archive 1

Ways to send future issues
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 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Talk:Ikip?action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Article_Rescue_Squadron_invite&preloadtitle=Invitation
 * Also: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text "Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text" Ikip (talk) 07:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Delivered by User:Xenobot
Wikiproject Video games delivered by User:Xenobot. Ikip (talk) 09:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Offer to send: Ikip (talk) 17:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Mass mailing newsletter without using a bot
Sending with Autohotkey and Firefox's Snaplinks F1:: Send {tab} Send The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter (September 2009) Send {tab} Send Send !+S ; alt shift s Send ^{Tab} Ikip (talk) 10:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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Links with all current members, replace User:ikip/10 with the page you want in talk page comments, paste on page, use Firefox's Snaplinks

Ikip 08:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Contest
Examples: WikiCup Ikip  20:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

This area is for discussion regarding the drafts for Issue #3 of the ARS Newsletter

 * The sections "Feature", "Featured editor", "Featured administrator" and "Contest" are empty. I'm thinking about omitting the "Contest" portion for issue #3, because I'm not sure if there would actually be any participation in it. If anyone has the time to help out, a new newsletter could be ready for publishing relatively soon. Northamerica1000 (talk) 04:52, 29 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Created newsletter notice to send to subscribers (below) for Issue #3. Northamerica1000 (talk) 05:32, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Volume I, Issue III completed. Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:14, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Mailing the newsletter to ARS members

 * The newsletter recipient list is located at: WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/Recipients.
 * Category:Newsletter delivery bots
 * User:MessageDeliveryBot

— Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * User:EdwardsBot
 * User:EdwardsBot/Instructions

Newsletter notice template for user talk pages

 * Preserve these page as template drafts from which to base future issues. Copy and paste information from these pages to newly-created pages, customized for the next issue of the newsletter.
 * The newsletter recipient list is located at: WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/Recipients.
 * The links in the draft template below hotlink to draft pages.
 * This draft template (directly below) is located at WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter notice. Its style is used for notification on user talk pages about new ARS newsletters. It's referred to below as "Newsletter notice".


 * To post this style of template on user talk pages, the following type of code is used:

Instructions to create a customized Newsletter notice for new issues

 * Copy and paste information from the "Newsletter notice" link above to a newly-created page, customized for the next issue of the newsletter. Do not use the draft template "Newsletter notice" link above to notify users— create a new page customized for the new newsletter.
 * When creating the new "Newsletter notice" page, also create a new transclusion page for the table of contents section within the template. Be sure to include the new table of contents transclusion link within the new, customized "Newsletter notice" page. (See below for more information.)
 * When the next newsletter is ready, the links in the table of contents section on the template should be changed to link to the pages for the new newsletter. (See below for more information.)
 * To access this template draft directly, see: Wikiproject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/NotificationHeader2012. Do not alter the draft template— copy and paste the information to a new page, to be customized for the new newsletter.
 * Copy and paste information from "NotificationHeader2012" to a newly-created page customized for the new issue of the newsletter. If necessary, modify the fields in the table of contents section on the template to link to content in the new newsletter.
 * This new page will become the transclusion page for the new "Newsletter notice" page's table of contents.

Mailing

 * User:MessageDeliveryBot – to automatically mail the newsletter using the above wiki code. Example: (Again, do not use this draft template to mail, use a custom notice).

Additional newsletter pages
Preserve these page as template drafts from which to base future issues. Copy and paste information from these pages to newly-created pages, customized for the next issue of the newsletter. — Northamerica1000 (talk) 11:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Wikiproject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/Header2012 – Template draft header with transcluded links, used on individual newsletter pages. Not used on the main front cover page.
 * WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter header/2012 – Template draft header for the main front cover page.

This area is for discussion regarding the drafts for Issue #4 of the ARS Newsletter

 * To contribute to the newsletter, see its Draft page.