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== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
<center><big><big><big><big>Wednesday August 10th, 2011<br /><br />
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hardy; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.
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'''Food, history of food, we are all food experts'''<br />
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But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!
'''Please enter your suggestions for the August topic [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon#New_Suggestions_and_Discussion|here]].'''</center>
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The next '''Write-a-Thon''' will take place on Wednesday Aug 10, 2011!


== When? ==
We know that not everybody has Wednesday at the same time though, so to make it fair '''our''' Wednesday lasts 48 hours! Therefore, '''Write-a-Thon''' starts on
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month.  The next Write-a-Thon is '''Wednesday, November 5, 2008'''.  Starts on October 4th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on October 6th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save The Date!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!
[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=5&year=2011&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Aug 10th, 1200 UTC], when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on  
[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=7&year=2011&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Aug 11th, 1200 UTC], when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.


Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count, though to be a ''bona fide'' partier, you have to write your new articles when it's that day in your part of the world.
== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hearty; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.


Our first Write-a-Thon took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.
But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!
 
== What are the rules? ==
Rules?  This is a party!  There are no rules!
 
Well, OK, maybe there are a couple rules:
* We'll have a Write-a-Thon the first Wednesday of every month.
* To participate, you only have to do two things: (1) start a ''new'' article (even just a stub will qualify, if not ''too'' short - and please remember to include the [[CZ:Subpages|subpages template]]!), and (2) make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's ''new'' article.  Then you can list your name here as a partier.  Until then, sign in as a porch-sitter, party-crasher, or total party poop.
 
==This month's Party Theme==
 
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 --
<center><font color="red"><big><big><big><big>'''National Parks</big></big></big></big></font></center>
... most countries have them but Citizendium doesn't...yet.
 
== The Partiers ==
 
Woo-hoo! [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] is the first partier!  Because he edited [[Volga Tatar language]], a language he's heard spoken some.  He has been to [[Kazan]]!  Then he went around the world to [[Denali National Park and Preserve]]...which he visited as a kid but never since...  :-(
 
[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] is joining [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry]] as the partiers, because she finds the [[Volga Tatar language]] fascinating. [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 22:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 
[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]], "to make a start more swift than weighty" (&mdash;Vikram Seth, ''The Golden Gate'' (1986)), started a new Biology Workgroup and Health Sciences Workgroup article, [[Allostasis and allostatic load]]. He wrote it initially in the Volga Tatar language, then machine translated it to AE. Added image to [[Denali National Park and Preserve]], hoping [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry]] can provide better description. --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 04:19, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 
Tres peu de partiers here! Does everyone have a post-election hangover?! [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford]] didn't have a hangover, although he was certainly pleased by the results of the election itself but was feeling grouchy about the bottle of what should have been a superb [[Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle]] that he had put on ice for the victory celebration -- it was bland and not very bubbly. Grrr. All the earlier bottles from the same case had been terrific. So, eventually, he made himself a martini for the victory lap. And today, sans ''gueule de bois'' and feeling fresh, he wrote the article about [[Sir Henry Merrivale]] and did a tiny bit of editing on [[Volga Tatar language]], just so that he could meet all the qualifications of being a full-blown partier.  Tomorrow he'll finish polishing the H.M. article... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 04:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 
:I think post-election this-or-that probably has a lot to do with it! --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 05:00, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 
==Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun==
 
 
== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ==
 
[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] is starting off the day by ... attempting to archive the last month's work. Oooh. Hope I succeeded. As today's theme is [[national parks]], she'll kick off the day with the [[Grampians National Park]] in Australia and [[Šumava National Park]] in the Czech Republic. For some collaborative work for others to contribute to, she is still chipping away at writing some articles for chemical elements; among them, [[uranium]], [[iodine]] and [[zinc]] (yes, soon those links will no longer be redlinks; she has to start work in a minute). Have a great write-a-thon everyone; see you at the party! [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 19:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
: Still porch-sitting after a hectic day at work, did indulge in a bit of geology by beginning a biography of [[Alfred Wegener]]. I guess continental drift doesn't have much to do with national parks, but it's all about the shaping of the earth in the end, isn't it? [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:57, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
::It's an excellent tie in, now we need [[James Hutton]] ([[James Hutton/Definition|def]])and [[Charles Lyell]]. A little closer to National Parks, [[ John Muir]] (a famous drop out from [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]], where I happen to work.  There is a bust of him in the Botany Department) would be a good one with his pioneering work in getting [[Yosemite]] to national park status. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 16:05, 5 November 2008 (UTC) <small>Notice all these Scottish connections</small>
[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth]] chipped in with [[Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park]] on a busy day, sorry can't join in more.[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 12:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
: No worries, Gareth, good to see you here and thanks for coming! [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:57, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm feeling rather ill today - not at all related to [[Barack Obama|good news from America]] - but I managed to summon up a few words on [[Web 2.0]]. No national parks for me, I'm afraid. --[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 23:10, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 
== Party crashers--article contributors who didn't create a new article ==
 
[[User:Chris Day|Chris]] crashed into [[Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park]] in the northern hemisphere and the ‎[[Grampians National Park]] in the southern hemisphere.
 
: Thanks for 'crashing' in with my contributions, [[User:Chris Day|Chris]], and filling in a lot of the gaps that I missed--when write-a-thonning in breaks at the office it can often be hours before I can check back on my own work and make sufficient edits. Really appreciate it :) [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:40, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 
==The shy ones, absent-minded profs, and other modest creatures==
 
== The total party poops ==
*[[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]] could not join this month's party due to various reasons but hopes to atone that in December!
 
: No probs, [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]]; I think it's a busy day for most people. Looking forward to seeing you next time! [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 
*[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel]] has to get offline now and probably won't make it back before the end of this Wednesday, but envisions to return to the subject of [[National park]]s on another occasion. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 16:54, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 
: Thanks for checking in regardless Daniel! See you next time around, we hope. [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 23:41, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


*[[user:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] was prevented from joining by a family emergency, and is extremely grateful to Larry for getting the party going and to Louise for [[Master of Ceremonies|emceeing]]. I feel more bonus points in Louise's future!
=== When? ===
:Meanwhile, where are all the Americans??? You can't all be <s>drunk</s>...er...<s>hung over</s>...er...completely drained and exhausted after hours of participating in the democratic process and heavy political analysis...?
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. It starts on Tuesday 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Thursday 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save the next month's date!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!
:[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 00:49, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


==Special Requests==
Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count!


While you're here and partying (or somewhere out there--I guess it's the elections?), please consider adding your testimony to [[CZ:Why I contribute to CZ]]. [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 08:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Our [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon/August_1%2C_2007|first Write-a-Thon]] took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.


== Questions ==
=== So how do I join in? ===
What workgroups should national parks articles go in??? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 21:59, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Joining in is really easy:
* First of all, show up on the first Wednesday of the month!
* Start a new article. Any new article is fine, although a suggested theme is given each month. Even just a stub will qualify, although the more substantive the article the better. Come back to this page and let everyone know you've started it! The earlier in the day you do this step, the better.
* Make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's ''new'' article! You might need to come back a little bit later in the day to do this, once people have had chance to make all those new articles. Then come back to this page and reply to the person who made the article.
* Optionally, but preferably, mention Write-a-thon in the Edit summary of any pages you create or edit for the party! It lets others who may have forgotten know it is here.
* Congratulations, you are an official Write-a-thon partier!


* Oooh. Good one. Geography, perhaps? Do we have a workgroup for recreation? (I should know the answer to this one, but ...) Any other WAT attendees have any suggestions? [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 23:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
==Join the fun!==
When you've created your new article (or improved an existing article, for that matter) on Wednesday 6th July, come and list it here! Don't forget to sign your name so everyone knows you've joined in. Then, when you've edited someone else's article come and let them know!
===<big><big><big>List your new articles here!</big></big></big>===
*[[History of pie]] - [[User:Mary Ash|Mary Ash]]
*[[Doenjang jjigae]] - [[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]]
:::The Greatest Contribution of All Time. (Why is everyone so apologetic?)
*[[Natural_Gourmet_Institute]] - [[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]]
** Sorry to miss the date--Wednesdays are too busy for me.  I've create an article one day later.  It is just a stub; it would have been more, but instead, I drained all my energy battling the article creation template.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 14:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
*[[Haggis]] - also late, sorry [[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 16:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
*[[Mozartkugel]] -- Rather small (and late) contribution. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 18:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)


:Obviously recreation, but hobbies or sports might be in the eyes of the beholder. Biology for the ecologically important parks, Earth Sciences for many, especially places like Yellowstone or Yosemite. Even anthropology or archeology for fossil or cultural artifacts. History for parks with a historical importance, civil war sites etc.  Most of these are too specific to be generalised. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 00:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
==Upcoming!==
 
*August 2011 - (theme still to be chosen--anyone?)
==It's a wrap!==
**Please enter your suggestions for the August topic [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon#New_Suggestions_and_Discussion|here]].


==Previous shindings==
{{CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon/Previous shindigs}}
{{CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon/Previous shindigs}}
== Official libations==
===2007===
* Inaugural - [[beer]]!
* September - [[champagne]]
* October - we were refurbishing the [[bar]] and only had [[coffee]]!
* November - made up for last month with more [[vodka]] than was good for us and plenty of [[rum]].
* December - [[eggnog]] and [[wine]]
===2008===
* January - [[Whisky]] and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', a [[pharisee (beverage)|pharisee]]
* February - [[schnapps]] and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', the [[caipirinha]] (considered the national drink of [[Brazil]])
* March - [[port wine]] (which should probably live at [[port (wine)]], no?  (Someone put that on their list, please....Oh, *someone* did--thanks, Ro) and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', a [[Dead Aunt]]
* April - [[Akpeteshie]] hot and fresh from Ghana.  And cool [[shandy|shandies]] and [[spritzer]]s if that took your fancy.  Lotsa staggering around the bar after this party!
* May - Was it [[champagne]]? ''No, we were dry, I think.''
* June - Were we abstaining yet again?
* July - [[Sherry]]
* August - [[pineapple]] [[juice]]  Well, that's all right, I guess!
* September - Given the music theme, i assume it was [[pop music|pop]]?
* October - [[Cranberry]] juice.  ''Some nut who shall remain nameless but whose initials are HP suggested [[Drano]], (i.e. what cleans better than Drano?) but....''
* November -
==Bonus point winners==


== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
''Go ahead and propose one!''
* History of food/foods. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 22:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 
* What about red links in [[Special:Random|Random pages]]? --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
* '''National Parks''' - most countries have them but Citizendium doesn't...yet.
*I suggest "Numbers".  [[User:Richard Pinch|Richard Pinch]] 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 
* "Hometown Heroes" - write about someone famous from your part of the world (either where you're from, or where you are now).
* I had a thought the other day - why don't we have a Subpages day - either separate or as a Write-A-Thon theme? There's tons of them Bibliographies, Related Articles and Definitions that need writing. --[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 11:48, 4 July 2008 (CDT)
* "Poles Apart" - find the spot directly on the other side of Earth from you, and write about someone or something in the vicinity. (Contributors on other planets, follow a similar procedure for whatever planet you're on. Contributors not on planetary bodies permitted to write about whatever they feel like.)
 
* Fill in an item from [[French_republican_calendar#Months_and_days|this interesting list of natural objects]]. Or [[Positivist_calendar#Commemorations|this interesting list of people]].
::It's a good thought, Tom, and I can see where the subpages need doing.  Trouble is, whenever the Write-a-Thon has been too narrowly restricted, particularly when the suggested 'theme' is really a codename for 'work', it doesn't go over well.  The WaT's great success is the fun, ''write-what-you-want'' atmosphere.
* All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance).
::Maybe a separate subpages initiative?
* Photo stubs - no minimum word length, no theme requirement, but must contain an image.
::[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:25, 4 July 2008 (CDT)
* Choose a random number from 1 to 500, then go to [[Special:WantedPages]] and start an article on the topic currently at that rank.[[User:Petréa Mitchell|Petréa Mitchell]] 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:::''Edited to add:'' Actually, why don't I add this in to October's spring clean?  The more options, the more likely people will find something they like doing.  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:33, 4 July 2008 (CDT)
*What will people most enjoy writing that could lead many different contributors to a short, but complete and interesting article that links to larger articles? Maybe "Events" could be a theme - pen-portraits of memorable sporting moments (see [[try]], or notable historical events - including tsunamis, eruption of Krakatoa, comet collision with Jupiter, the birth of Dolly the sheep, freeing of Nelson Mandela, the sinking of the Titanic, assassination of Martin Luther King, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the discovery of the Americas? Can I suggest asking that every new article should have at least one external link and links to other articles here?[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 12:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 
::*I like this idea.  Further, definitions and other subpages are preferable, even for stubs. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 17:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
* Could fall under the category of 'Attractions', and 'National Parks' also covers some of these too. Most countries also have at least one UNESCO Heritage Listed location--could well be worth a shot, as these locations would have a rich history as well as artistic/cultural significance. [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 20:16, 6 August 2008 (CDT)
:::Dare I suggest that even stubs can and should be non-orphans? Basic criteria: [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 
:::*Reachable from the front page or a core article/workgroup page
*May I suggest a separate theme for each workgroup, and a campaign to obtain a commitment from each member of each workgroup to start a new article, however stubby, but thoughtfully and excellently stubby.  A rhetorical question. Incidentally, CZ has no article on [[Rhetoric]], a fascinating subject with roots in antiquity and above-ground branches and fruit in the 21st century.  --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 19:31, 19 August 2008 (CDT)
:::*Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
::I really like this one.  Does anyone have an idea how to make it work?  Does anyone think it would conflict with workgroup weeks?  Speak now! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 19:06, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
:::*Have at least three other articles link to them
:::Should be pretty easy - we get Larry to send an e-mail out to everyone asking someone from each workgroup - an editor or author - to submit the name of an article to collaborate on, and then we put the list up on the Write-a-Thon page, and go to work. --[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 19:08, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
* I propose "childish things" as a topic. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 
::Er...you talkin' 'bout me again???  You can always tell who's got a toddler at home, huh, Larry?  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 02:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
* How about a 'retro' theme? Someone picks a decade and we all write articles about stuff that happened in that decade. I was born in the 80s, so I'd suggest we start with the 90s - [[fax machine]]s, [[OJ Simpson]], [[Nelson Mandela]]'s release from prison, the [[Belfast Agreement]], [[Pokemon]], the [[International Space Station]], [[Hale-Bopp]] and the [[Heaven's Gate]] cult, [[Dolly the sheep]], [[environmentalism]], [[Boris Yeltsin]], [[Princess Diana]], [[Monica Lewinsky]], [[Columbine]], ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', [[Tupac Shakur]], the [[culture wars]], [[CNN]] and so on. If you are old enough to write for the ''Citizendium'', you are old enough to remember the 1990s. —[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 07:56, 2 October 2008 (CDT)
*For this revival, to open it to lots of partiers, suggest theme: '<font color="darkred">Topic of Your Mind's Desire</font>', or, '<font color="darkred">Whatever</font>', or something in that vein, with the proviso that article be consistent with CZ standards. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 02:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 
:::It has been suggested that if you were old enough to remember the sixties, the drugs made you forget. Alas, I seemed to be allergic or immune to everything...[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 19:10, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
 
::I think a ''retro'' theme is a great idea, but I also think most CZers would expect that to be a little more than 10 years, Tom, at least for our first one!  I'll allow the 90s later, if you promise not to refer to that [[lady]] as "Princess Diana".  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:47, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
:::My original suggestion was going to be the 1860s, or perhaps the 1780s, but we could go for the 1980s. I'm surprised we haven't had a naming policy thread yet about royalty and names - technically, post-divorce she was "Diana Windsor, Princess of Wales", although what the Royals have done since, I couldn't say (or, as a republican, care). --[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 19:04, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
::::AAARRRRGH!!!!  (Tom said, 'I'm surprised we haven't had a naming policy thread yet about royalty and names....' [gasps for breath] You kidding???
::::We have a whole proposal about that floating around here someplace. Hmmm...didn't it make it into policy?  Guys?  Better ask ''The Other Anthony''.
:::: [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 19:12, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
 
* How about another Spring cleaning in March 2009? [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 08:20, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
::Not a bad idea at all, unless I get swamped with new, untried requests in the mean time. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:47, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
:::Possibly the theme could be subpages.  Some of them need a lot of housekeeping. Or getting some decent images for the articles we do have. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 19:17, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
 
* I've picked "Controversies".  Not just because it's an opportunity to show how we handle current ones, though that's an idea, too.  No, I was musing over how things can be controversial in one era, and not even raise an eyebrow in another.  Or how one can think a controversy is over, and then the social cycle changes, and all of a sudden it's controversial again. ''In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now God knows, anything goes!''.  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 19:06, 6 October 2008 (CDT)
 
===Future Theme Schedule===


*December - '''Retro!''' - I have to pick a decade....
:: Kinds of [[Phobia]]s, or [[mammal]]s, or [[insects]]s or [[arachnid]]s or [[butterfly]]s or [[flower]]s or [[medication]]s or [[symmetry group]]s or [[legends in sports]]. But wait, there are many [[tree]]s and [[automobile]]s and [[computer program]]s, and [[ice cream]] flavors. Sooo many choices, so little time. [[User:David E. Volk|David E. Volk]] 23:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
*January - '''Controversies'''


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[CZ:Weekly Wiki|Weekly Wiki]]
* [[CZ:Weekly Wiki|Weekly Wiki]]
* [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]
* [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]
* [[CZ:New Article of the Week|New Article of the Week]]
* [[Archive:New Draft of the Week|New Article of the Week]]


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Revision as of 05:02, 8 March 2024

Wednesday August 10th, 2011

Food, history of food, we are all food experts

Please enter your suggestions for the August topic here.

The next Write-a-Thon will take place on Wednesday Aug 10, 2011!

We know that not everybody has Wednesday at the same time though, so to make it fair our Wednesday lasts 48 hours! Therefore, Write-a-Thon starts on Aug 10th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Aug 11th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.

What's a Write-a-Thon?

It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing. It's like an online party! Heck no, it is an online party! It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hearty; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.

But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!

When?

Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. It starts on Tuesday 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Thursday 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save the next month's date! Put it on your calendar! Set yourself a reminder!

Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count!

Our first Write-a-Thon took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.

So how do I join in?

Joining in is really easy:

  • First of all, show up on the first Wednesday of the month!
  • Start a new article. Any new article is fine, although a suggested theme is given each month. Even just a stub will qualify, although the more substantive the article the better. Come back to this page and let everyone know you've started it! The earlier in the day you do this step, the better.
  • Make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's new article! You might need to come back a little bit later in the day to do this, once people have had chance to make all those new articles. Then come back to this page and reply to the person who made the article.
  • Optionally, but preferably, mention Write-a-thon in the Edit summary of any pages you create or edit for the party! It lets others who may have forgotten know it is here.
  • Congratulations, you are an official Write-a-thon partier!

Join the fun!

When you've created your new article (or improved an existing article, for that matter) on Wednesday 6th July, come and list it here! Don't forget to sign your name so everyone knows you've joined in. Then, when you've edited someone else's article come and let them know!

List your new articles here!

The Greatest Contribution of All Time. (Why is everyone so apologetic?)
  • Natural_Gourmet_Institute - Pat Palmer
    • Sorry to miss the date--Wednesdays are too busy for me. I've create an article one day later. It is just a stub; it would have been more, but instead, I drained all my energy battling the article creation template.Pat Palmer 14:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Haggis - also late, sorry Gareth Leng 16:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Mozartkugel -- Rather small (and late) contribution. --Peter Schmitt 18:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Upcoming!

  • August 2011 - (theme still to be chosen--anyone?)
    • Please enter your suggestions for the August topic here.

Previous shindings

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Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions

New Suggestions and Discussion

  • History of food/foods. Anthony.Sebastian 22:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
  • What about red links in Random pages? --Daniel Mietchen 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I suggest "Numbers". Richard Pinch 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
  • "Hometown Heroes" - write about someone famous from your part of the world (either where you're from, or where you are now).
  • "Poles Apart" - find the spot directly on the other side of Earth from you, and write about someone or something in the vicinity. (Contributors on other planets, follow a similar procedure for whatever planet you're on. Contributors not on planetary bodies permitted to write about whatever they feel like.)
  • Fill in an item from this interesting list of natural objects. Or this interesting list of people.
  • All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance).
  • Photo stubs - no minimum word length, no theme requirement, but must contain an image.
  • Choose a random number from 1 to 500, then go to Special:WantedPages and start an article on the topic currently at that rank.Petréa Mitchell 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
  • What will people most enjoy writing that could lead many different contributors to a short, but complete and interesting article that links to larger articles? Maybe "Events" could be a theme - pen-portraits of memorable sporting moments (see try, or notable historical events - including tsunamis, eruption of Krakatoa, comet collision with Jupiter, the birth of Dolly the sheep, freeing of Nelson Mandela, the sinking of the Titanic, assassination of Martin Luther King, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the discovery of the Americas? Can I suggest asking that every new article should have at least one external link and links to other articles here?Gareth Leng 12:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I like this idea. Further, definitions and other subpages are preferable, even for stubs. Chris Day 17:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Dare I suggest that even stubs can and should be non-orphans? Basic criteria: Howard C. Berkowitz 18:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Reachable from the front page or a core article/workgroup page
  • Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
  • Have at least three other articles link to them
  • I propose "childish things" as a topic. --Larry Sanger 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Er...you talkin' 'bout me again??? You can always tell who's got a toddler at home, huh, Larry? Aleta Curry 02:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
  • For this revival, to open it to lots of partiers, suggest theme: 'Topic of Your Mind's Desire', or, 'Whatever', or something in that vein, with the proviso that article be consistent with CZ standards. Anthony.Sebastian 02:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Kinds of Phobias, or mammals, or insectss or arachnids or butterflys or flowers or medications or symmetry groups or legends in sports. But wait, there are many trees and automobiles and computer programs, and ice cream flavors. Sooo many choices, so little time. David E. Volk 23:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

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