The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
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In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
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This is no nolonger up for deletion as the questionable material has been removed. Darthgriz98
Scouting Barnstar
The Scouting Barnstar
- A hearty thank you for your steadfast, tireless, and quality contributions to Scouting articles, especially in the area of US Girl Scouts. Recruit more female Scouting editors! Rlevse01:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Taking Back Sunday Genre
I'd suggest not automatically reverting genre changes on Taking Back Sunday. Your one view on the subject may not be shared by others as a whole. We need to get veritable sources and/or the band themselves classifying their genre. Post-Hardcore is definately not the genre of the band however, if you've ever heard hardcore music. Perhaps an influence, but not the genre. I'd sugges tsomething along the lines of an alternative rock band with punk/hardcore/emo influences. Reply if you'd like to talk about this issue further --DieHard2k517:38, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Sounds good. I'd again suggest having what there record label, and music critics label as their main genre. And then having like influences, like I have added onto the page. Thanks for the quick reply! --DieHard2k518:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, well going by that. I'd say that alternative rock with punk/emo/hardcore influences would fit it pretty well. Any additions? --DieHard2k518:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
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The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
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GSUSA
I worked on this today. You may have the honor of listing it at WP:GAC. Let me know if you have questions or need help during the process. Rlevse17:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Not being a GSUSA expert, I'm not sure how much more I can do with this article. Let me know how far you want to go with it and what you feel you can do with the Review and Peer Review suggestions that are left. When you're done, let me know and I'll take a look at it again. Do you want to get it to A-class or even FA-class? Great work so far. Rlevse15:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Is there a picture available for the article of Girl Scouts actually doing something, like camping, canoeing, etc...ie, having fun? I think it need more than some girls sitting around a politician. Rlevse16:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately, a lot of articles don't get much action on PR any more, but some do. I thought it was worth a try. If you want to go ahead and list it for FA, delist it from PR and list for FA. Let me know if you need help. When you list for FA, say something like "Self-nomination. Current GA on Girl Scotuing in the USA. Had PR but little input received (link to its PR archive)." Many FA candidates get beat up. Try not to get upset if it does. The best thing to do is respond quickly to all inputs and improve the article. I'll help where I can, but I'm not a GS expert. It will likely have some objects, but the input we were looking for on PR will come out of it. Then we'll either work it to FA or delist it and then work on issues and relist for FA. Fingers crossed! Rlevse17:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
See what I did to help with the AHG stuff. You did good. Now work on the other cites and info he asks for. He makes valid points. Rlevse14:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
If you think you've met all of Gnagarra's (sp?) concerns, you can leave a msg on his/her talk page asking if there are additional ones. He may change his vote. Rlevse14:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You've earnt this for your efforts with quickley addressing the significant volume of critisms I left on the FAC for GSUSA. Well done Gnangarra12:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
See second concern of Rama's Arrow on the FAC page. I think I've dealt with the first concern. The only thing to do there may be to make a redirect from the spelled out version to the abbrev. Rlevse 21:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)...PS, I see a redirect already exists from the spelled out version and also GSA. Rlevse21:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Looking Good! Keep at it like this and you're in there. Note Eagle Scout will be on Main Page on 14 Nov! Rlevse00:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Congrats, Raul654 promoted it to FA today! You have your first FA and the project its first female-specific FA.Rlevse19:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Not they way I expected, would have thought you would allow at least a day before a direct copy/paste including typo, I have reworded slightly fixed typo, suggest that if true you note the photographer used your equipement say "took the photo at my request wih my camera" type comment implies that photographer has no ownship of negatives nor any intention to claim ownership and supports the irrvocable release in the license. Sorry to be so demanding on the image.Gnangarra15:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.
Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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Hi. I need a GG/GS expert and hope you can help. We've long wanted to get the Boy Scout and GG/GS articles structured the same. I've started on this. See the Project talk page. Can you help get Girl Guide and Girl Scout more in line with Boy Scout? Thanks. Rlevse20:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
As no one has objected to the name or Kingbird being the TF coordinator, I've creating this. See the the TF talk page and main page (on the project navigation pane. Rlevse 15:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)...go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting task force. One of the first things members should do is define your goals and scope. I and I'm sure others will help with templates, ideas, whatever you need, just let us know.Rlevse15:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day, Darthgriz98/Archive 4, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee, myself, and Bearly541! Congrats for staying with Wikipedia this long. Much too many people create new accounts, do a few minor edits, and just quit. Have a great day! --Randfan
Congratulations! It's been... 1.. 2.. 3.. ___(plug # in) years since your very first edit! Happy First Edit Day, Darthgriz98! Template:Smi Have a f-a-n-tastic day and keep up the good work on Wikipedia! Template:Smi
Sorry it's belated! Somehow I missed the 15th? -- 21:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
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Congrats on your first FA. — Deckiller 04:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
