Outline update 2011 01 18 and an invitation Robert Thank you for setting up the alerts page That should help a lot As you probably know I m in the process of getting the outline development team back up to speed I hope you will help keep an eye on things With that in mind here s a copy of the update on the project I ve been sending everyone followed by an invitation We ve undergone a name change the project has been simplified to WikiProject Outlines The current main focus is on increasing the availability of outlines If readers can t find the outlines the outlines can t help them We need to figure out the best places to put links and the best ways to attract external traffic directly to these pages While studying the link structure to outlines I came across a navigation aid I forgot we had that you might find useful If you d like to use the main page with outline links instead of portal links set Wikipedia Main Page alternative outline links as your default main page See the instructions Due to the occasional sniping attempt on outlines and their support pages outlines now have an alert page at Wikipedia WikiProject Outlines Article alerts Please go there now and add it to your watchlist and are working on a project to track traffic to outline pages Speaking of traffic A discussion on outline traffic analysis has been started on the Outlines WikiProject talk page You are cordially invited to participate Your input is greatly needed on possible ways to increase the availability of the outlines All ideas and feedback are welcome I look forward to seeing you there Sincerely P S don t forget to watchlist the alert page mentioned above Cheers TT P P S how goes the traffic tracking project