Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Reference Desk Article Collaboration

message: I think that it was originally suggested on the RD Talk page, but I think we need a template that says something like "This article was created thanks to a Reference desk question; support your local reference desk!" (or whatever) to reinforce a positive image of the RDs (that is often lacking) and spread the word about this project (including a link to it). We can then stick the template on the talk page of any new articles that we create. Could somebody with better design and wording skills than me take a crack at it? --Maelwys 15:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely. Please add your idea somewhere on the main page (To Do or wherever). --Justanother 15:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template

message: Is it just me or do others think that the below template is more trouble than it is worth. I suggest we remove it and just use bullet points or sub-headings. That is what we are used to and is easier, IMO.
Comments? --Justanother 19:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Remove it from our eyesight, please. Seriously. ---Sluzzelin 23:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  To-do to-go? 

message: **Sounds good. I would go with "Prison ministry" and I think there is nothing on it but a few specific churches. --Justanother 07:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think prison ministry is the preferable title - UK link http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/prison_life/religion/ 213.249.237.49 15:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you think of the title Prison religion? V-Man737 03:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or would that be a different subject? V-Man737 04:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Meh. I've titled it "Prison religion" for now; if it was too WP:BOLD of me, feel free to change it. V-Man737 05:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you mean where an organized outside church or pastor ministers to inmates by an outreach program or setting up some satellite church in the prison then that is called "prison ministry" (see http://prisonministry.net/ for example), IMO. What is "prison religion"? --Justanother 06:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See the article for full details; basically it is religion that is practiced in (and sometimes because of) prison. And hey!! I added that as an external link in the article!!!1 V-Man737 06:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So would it by then that it is a point-of-view issue? If an outside church sets up in a prison then it is "prison ministry" while "prison religion" might descibe the epiphany that some inmates have and any efforts to save others that results? --Justanother 06:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds about right. "Prison religion" is what the inmates experience or practice, and "prison ministry" is the organization of such. Do you think it is enough of a difference to elicit a separate article? V-Man737 01:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prison preacher/religion/ministry 

message: I have had a go at creating the following template to be added to questions that we wish to expand into articlespace: :Template:WPRDAC attention:
Again: comments, criticism, improvements? Rockpocket 09:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it might be a tad bit large (thus, distracting; I dunno, is it that bad to make a big deal out of a new article?) to stick right in the middle of a question; contrasted with my earlier request to make it catch the eye, this opinion must be really stupid looking... The template looks really nice, IMHO maybe we should try reducing its height by a line by changing the wording? V-Man737 09:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  How about this, pushing it to the right margin. This way it remains highly visible (which is what we want) but also doesn't break up the question and answers. Rockpocket 10:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The idea is great, the execution is nice and neutral (I really hate those orange and pink boxes), and I tend to agree with V-Man737, to make it even less bulky we could type it in small bold font .  Gotta love those little hats. ---Sluzzelin 12:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good idea, I have now changed it to reflect your idea. Rockpocket 17:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention! template 

message: *List of African-American inventors if there isn't anything similar (too tired to look right now). V-Man737 11:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[List of African-American inventors]]

message: Do you suppose it would be good to have a RDAC juicer user box made to put on our user pages? I'd like that very muchly. V-Man737 01:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed - AMP'd 03:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be sweeet! --Justanother 03:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Is  ok:
 
 
Rockpocket 06:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice!! I'm adding it! --Justanother 04:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Juice box

message: I stole the Google Queen's job and did a little search on wing walking. I foundthis. If someone less tired could work on adding that to the article that'd be peachy. - AMP'd 03:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm on it. Code four. Over and out. V-Man737 03:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Silly me, I got the one worser image from there and never looked to see what else there was. But then, wikipedia has been a bit exciting for me lately on my more "serious" front. Go get 'em, V-man! --Justanother 04:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wing walking 

message: Should I un-redirect that page right away, or should we wait? V-Man737 04:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Pull the redirect. The arch use is the major one; use an ? to direct to the record firm. --Justanother 04:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoops, you would use  as in  --Justanother 04:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Now let's wrangle us up some sauce!!!!!1 V-Man737 05:11, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Supadoopa! Check the Google link on the project page for a start. Who knows, something might drop out from it. --Justanother 05:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Breezeway]]

message: Hi. I just wanted to chat about how we can improve the project. I know that no-one thinks this is "my" (as in User:Justanother's) project but I want first to state that very definitely. This is not my project. This is our project. OK, that's done. I won't repeat myself on that point. So let's have social intercourse! What, a red link? Laff. --Justanother 19:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Water Cooler # 1 - Please come on by and chat! 

message: I suggested that culture club be created. I created it one time, but it was deleted because its notability had not been established. It seems to be a notable subject, though, and the information requested on the question that I linked to could be in the article. A.Z. 01:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culture club 

message: Is the creation of a category from a reference desk question a first? Have a look at Category talk:Death-related art, which now has a snazzy RDAC tag and link to the question (I will update when it gets archived). I must admit that I already had the category in mind when I asked the question, but the answers in the reference desk thread did contribute to the category. Carcharoth 21:44, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice idea! 

message: I'm proposing a removal of the list showing the 45 articles most recently improved. It's not maintained that frequently or easily, and the link to :Category:WikiProject_Reference_Desk_Article_Collaboration gives all articles (or their talk pages) that received the RDAC-template. Alternatively, we could maintain the list, but adding, moving, and removing entries really looks a bit cumbersome for the less savvy among us. Right now, the list is not up to date. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent improvements 

message: After discussing boiling oil at the Science desk a couple of weeks ago, someone suggested the Boiling oil stub be corrected.  Getting a bit carried away, I have turned that into Early thermal weapons, which is now up for GA review.  If any of you "collaborators" want to have a look, that'd be great.  It needs checking for typos, grammar, prose etc (I've stared at it so long I only see what I expect, not what's there).  It is also a work-in-progress, which could even be destined for greater things, perhaps.  So if you have any knowledge or references, then bring those along too; it's especially in need of 'later development' references (ie. how modern weapons relate to these early ones).  But do bring references: military history articles crave cites. Oh, also, there's a backlog at GA noms, so if anyone wants to review it, then that'd be good, too!!  Thanks. Gwinva (talk) 04:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early thermal weapons 

message: East Malling, West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling.
What is the etymology of "Malling"?  Can we include the information into the articles?174.3.123.220 (talk) 17:01, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eytomology 

message: It's ancient history and kind of peripheral, but way back in 2007 I remember creating Glass cutter, evidently just so I could link to it from this edit to a Science Desk question on "Lithium in oil". —Steve Summit (talk) 01:43, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  yet another RD-inspired article creation 

message: Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment on the WikiProject X proposal 

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject X is live! 

message: A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
:– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  A new newsletter directory is out!