Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scottish Castles/Archive 3

Request
Your wish is my command. How can be of assistance, especially organisationally? (I am pretty committed elsewhere editing-wise.) One suggestion is that you could make use of the fun User:AlexNewArtBot, which generates lists of articles (e.g. User:AlexNewArtBot/ScottishIslandsSearchResult) that might be of interest. After the first flush of island-related article collecting I honestly didn't think there would be many, but they just keep coming. You don't use the 'importance' category for the assessment, although I can see that this my be of less interest. We have had some success with a "Collaboration of the month" at WP:ISLE, and although there are usually only two or three of us involved I think its useful. You could even propose a joint collaboration for August (or whenever) and suggest a castle on an island. Have a look at the WP:ISLE pages - if there is anything else there you think might be useful, just let me know. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  12:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

PS Neither Achanduin Castle nor Coeffin seem to be on your list. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  12:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Ben. Well spotted on those two castles - I still find the occasional one that's been missed too. Slink Pink - I'm not sure what you mean by "managing" the wikiproject? DO you mean how do we manage the workload? If so, I think Ben's sugegstion of collaboration is a good one, there are a few people working in this area, but it would be good to focus efforts to get some of the crummy articles up to a decent standard. Mind you, COTMs don't always succeed - the WP Architecture COTM has been the same article for months! I also like the to do list at WP:ISLE, maybe we could adapt that to see what needs to be done. But mostly I feel it's just a case of getting more and better information into some of the weaker articles. Incidentally, I'm currently working on Dirleton Castle, with a view to a GA nomination. I need to add some images, and anything else would be welcome too. Regards, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 08:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh I see Slink Pink has already put up a todo list! I have also requested a Cleanup listing from WolterBot, which generates a handy worklist - see the one for WP:Scotland. Regarsd, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 08:53, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Above mentioned bot just found Inveruglas Isle - a small but perfectly formed island with a ruined castle in Loch Laomainn. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  09:26, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. &mdash; Delievered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 06:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Utility of outlines to wikiprojects
Here's a discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

The Transhumanist 22:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Dingwall Castle
Hi I recently started a page on Dingwall Castle. A very important castle in the history of Scotland. Only a few facts so far so could do with some improvement. QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Popular pages
I have requested a list of popular pages be compiled to replace the manually researched list on the project page. The "request key" is f10a8b6. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 19:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Scottish Castles to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Scottish Castles/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 01:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)