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<center><big><big><big><big>Wednesday August 10th, 2011<br /><br />
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'''Food, history of food, we are all food experts'''<br />
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'''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!
 
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
[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.
 
== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
== 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 hardy; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.
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!
But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!


== When? ==
=== When? ===
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. The next Write-a-Thon is '''Wednesday, January 6th, 2009'''.  Starts on January 5th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on January 7th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save The Date!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!
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, 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.
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 [[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.
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.


===Read all about it!! Let's try this again===   
=== So how do I join in? ===
By popular request, we'll be trialling '''Write-a-Thon II''', a Sunday session of the Write-a-Thon to accommodate those who work all week and have trouble making it in to the party room on Wednesdays. 
Joining in is really easy:
 
* First of all, show up on the first Wednesday of the month!
''Soooo''--if you worked Wednesday, if you had a bad day Wednesday and didn't get to come to the party or didn't get to do as much as you would have liked, or if you would just like another opportunity to join in the fun, come on along.  Starts on January 9th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Sunday in New Zealand, and ends on January 11th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Sunday in Hawaii.
* 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.
== What are the rules? ==
* 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.
Rules?  This is a party!  There are no rules!
* Congratulations, you are an official Write-a-thon partier!
 
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==
 
<center><font color="red"><big><big><big><big>'''Stubs'''</big></big></big></big></font></center>
<center> Create a stub, any stub--what could be easier?</center>
 
 
 
== The Partiers ==
*[[user:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] was all alone in the party room.  She decided that people who live in [[depression glass|glass houses]] couldn't throw stones.  Then her [[Internet Service Provider]] went down. She's gonna spend some time knocking on CZers' doors tomorrow. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 08:21, 6 January 2010 (UTC)  It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Australia, so Aleta came back to show people her [[antique]]s and [[collectible]]s. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 05:02, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:I should remind you of the relatively high-technology Polynesian society that learned to build virtual skyscrapers of grass. Unfortunately, their monarch tended to push his engineers to go beyond their conservative approach to structural safety.
:On the anniversary of his coronation, he threw a great feast in the grass palace, and, to get more room for celebration, ordered that his throne be moved into storage upstairs. Unfortunately, the drumming was such that it caused the floor to fail, and the throne fell, crushing the king. This proves that people who live in grass houses should not stow thrones. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 05:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
*[[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]] wonders how can [[user:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] maintain her level of [[energy]]. So he added a few topics needing [[definition]]s and vanished. [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten Sarbadhikari]] 09:44, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 
*Peter thought that it is still almost New Year's Day and started [[Neujahrskonzert (Wiener Philharmoniker)|New Year's Concert]] as a stub with some links that could lead to more (if time and energy permit). --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 11:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
::: One more related stub: [[Musikverein]]. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 14:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
::: Added [[Wiener Philharmoniker]] - there should be more, but unfortunately that will be the last for today. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 00:55, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 
*Well, to be sure I covered the Left as well as the Right, I turned the [[Sheila Jackson-Lee]] lemma into a developing article, although it needs polishing. May do [[Nancy Pelosi]] as well. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 20:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
:OK, [[stub network]] now done as a base article. There can be lots more development, such as [[stub area]] in hierarchical dynamic routing. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:28, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
*We're all snowed in here. So I started [[Liberty University]], [[Bruce Schneier]] and spruced up [[Twitter]]. –[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 20:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
::Oh, praise the Lord!  Someone's going explain 'twitter' to me, I'm still trying to figure out what computers have to do with birds' songs.  Thanks, Tom!   Will make [[hot toddy|hot toddies]] to help out with all that cold![[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 08:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
:::I would really like to understand, using the information disciplines of "push" and "pull", why Twitter is more useful that an alphanumeric two-way pager with multicast groups. Or, in fact, is that all it is under the hype? --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 17:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
::::Well, sort of. It's that, but it conforms to RESTful principles as any good Web citizen should. It's really not that bad - see [http://twitter.com/tommorris my account], [http://twitter.com/citizendium the CZ account], [http://twtitter.com/lsanger Larry's account], [http://twitter.com/EvoMRI Dan's account]. It's a lot less annoying than [[Facebook]] or [[MySpace]], for instance. –[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] 07:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::Sorry, but I'm not familiar with RESTful principles, and I consider myself an Internet citizen, not a Web citizen. I do use LinkedIn, but not MySpace or Facebook; I do make extensive use of mailing lists but routinely refuse invitations to create connections to social networks. I use content specific blogs and sign my real name; I have stopped using some restricted social networks when my friends basically stopped using them as well. In 40 years or so of Internet and pre-Internet experience, I'm eager to adopt technologies that improve my productivity, and firm on not using technologies that interrupt it. Instant messenger/chat services are great for back-channels during a teleconference, but I have found instant messaging incoherent -- my email client is always open, and it's trivially easy even to send a brief message there. While I have colleagues that want instant interruptions, I find them a desire for instant gratification that reflects the "Hive Mind" and interferes with thought.
:::::::Would you explain this to me 'I consider myself an Internet citizen, not a Web citizen.'
:::::::I'm not being funny at all; I have no idea what you mean. 
:::::::Go slowly.  Speak English.  Use small words. (And be concise, Howard, you know how you get!)
:::::::[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::Multicast texting has had enormous benefit in organizing real-time activities, such as the Phillipines political protests. Nevertheless, when there is opportunity for ambiguity, as in medical or military information passing, there are short messages, but they are always structured. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 13:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
*Stubs... well, I've created a ''few'' of those in my time. Perhaps I could do something on Broadway actor [[Stubby Kaye]] ( a stubby stub) or the infamous [[brown stubby]], the standard Canadian beer bottle back when I first came of age. Meanwhile, I've started in on [[telegraph]] -[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 01:37, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 
::In a most stubby way, I started [[stub network]] within the deadline, but need to add graphics, and then extend the concepts to other, more general ideas in [[routing]], such as stub areas in [[OSPF]] and Type 1 areas in [[IS-IS]]. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 17:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
:::Done. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:28, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
* On Sunday, continuing from Wednesday: Adding some more stubs around the [[Vienna New Year's Concert]]. There is the central piece, the [[Donauwalzer]] ([[Blue Danube]] waltz), and the [[Strauss family]]. (While [[orchestra]] and [[orchestral music]] have somehow magically appeared in the meantime.) --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 19:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:And our newest Citizen is doing [[superconductor]], so the [[orchestra]] can have a really good one. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
* Sunday, risking lynching by a mob of physicists, [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] started [[Matter (chemistry)]]. Linked [[Matter]], a physicist's perspective, as parent topic, and epigraphed it as 'See also:'. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 23:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:Does it really matter what other people think? (Paging Dr. Feynman) --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
* [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford]] had taken a brief sabbatical of not much more than a year to drink martinis, kibbitz other Authors, and play at being a Constable.  Finally, however, he laid down his martini shaker and other childish toys, picked up his quill pen, and wrote a brief article about a long-forgotten gentleman named [[Mercer Beasley]] (no, NOT the 1890 Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, you dummies, his *grandson*!) Now he'll go and find some other Partiers' new articles and do a little copyediting (just enough) to qualify himself as a full-time Partier for this festive month of January. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 04:05, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
::Okay, now I've made a major edit to the lede of [[Skull stripping]] -- I hope Daniel doesn't try to strip *my* skull as a consequence! [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 04:16, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:::PS -- it's hard to find a subject that ain't in WP, but we've now got an exclusive on old Mercer.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 04:34, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun ==
*Colonel Mustard had no challenges here. The [[gun]] was found in the [[ballroom]]. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 03:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
::Really?  I hadn't a [[clue]]! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
:::For you two, shouldn't it be as keen as Marmite? --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 04:23, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
::::Groaaaaan!  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:45, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ==
Daniel started off with [[skull stripping]]. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 11:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
:I really had to read that; I wasn't sure if it was a really far-out Goth erotic dance or Vlad the Impaler starting from the other end. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 20:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
::Okay, that sounds really freaky--dare I read this article?  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 08:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== Party crashers--article contributors who didn't create a new article ==
 
== Rather late and missed the boat! ==
 
== The shy ones, absent-minded profs, and other modest creatures ==
*I noticed [[user:Hayford Peirce|Hayford]] working away on WaTII on [[Mercer Beasley|this interesting human story]] [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:24, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
*Everyone say 'hello' to [[User:Tim Lovorn|Tim]], who's [[superconductor|conducting]] himself beautifully! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:05, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== The total party poops ==
 
 
== Special Requests ==
===Charter and constitution===
Please take a look at [[CZ:Charter_drafting|Charter]] and [[CZ:Fundamentals|Constitution]] and help to get them into shape for the drafting period.
:That was not what I had in mind &mdash; rather, I thought that we should start/ improve the [[charter]] and [[constitution]] articles to provide background for the above. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 
===Related pages===
We had a special request for people to start stubs from the Related Pages of existing articles.  A good idea which will help us to complete clusters.
 
===Definitions===
Please take a look at [[:Category:Need def]] and help to bring the number of items on that list down.
 
You can also go for this by Workgroups:
 
====Natural Sciences====
[[:Category:Astronomy need def]] ·
[[:Category:Biology need def]] ·
[[:Category:Chemistry need def]] ·
[[:Category:Earth Sciences need def]] ·
[[:Category:Mathematics need def]] ·
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====Arts====
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====Applied Arts and Sciences====
[[:Category:Agriculture need def]] ·
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[[:Category:Food Science need def]] ·
[[:Category:Healing Arts need def]] ·
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====Recreation====
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====Other====
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== Questions ==
==Join the fun!==
*Okay, apropos of nothing:  it's still Wednesday in Honolulu and Anchorage.  How can that be?  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 08:53, 7 January 2010 (UTC)  I should add that the reason I don't get it is because it's almost Friday in Suva.  Where's Phineas Fogg when you need him? It really *is* a mad, mad world. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 08:57, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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)


==It's a wrap!==
==Upcoming!==
Alas, it's no longer Sunday anywhere!  Time to wrap it up for another month.  Thanks, everyone! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
*August 2011 - (theme still to be chosen--anyone?)
**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 - [[Spring water]] (''Now Bruce just has to write it!'' [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC))
* December - [[Piña colada]] - get some light rum, mix it with pineapple and coconut cream. Instantly warp back to the eighties.
===2009===
* January - [[Bloody Mary]] - because, as Nietzsche said, we should only love that which is written with blood. Controversial enough?
* February - [[Absinthe]] - updates last month, but doesn't it make one forget? (No. Urban legend, except that 50-percent-plus alcohol does do its mite)
* March - [[Energy Drink]] - pump that caffeine into your system so you can burn through all those pesky definition subpages!
===2010===
*January - [[Hot toddy]] - for our friends in the Northern Hemisphere.
:Is there such a thing as a cold toddy? Just wondering... --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 21:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
::Another thing that makes you go:  'hmmm...?' [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
==Bonus point winners==
* I'm awarding 15,312 bonus points to Howard for his superlative efforts in keeping the Write a Thons going.  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 05:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
*2,112 points to the archivist, 'cause I was getting desperate. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 05:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
 
* 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)
* What about red links in [[Special:Random|Random pages]]? --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 
*I suggest "Numbers".  [[User:Richard Pinch|Richard Pinch]] 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
*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).
* "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.)
* "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.)
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* 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).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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)
* How about an alternate weekend date, say the Sunday after the official Write-a-Thon, for those of us who spend our Wednesdays working at places that frown on extensive personal use of company computers?  --[[User:Petréa Mitchell|Petréa Mitchell]] 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:There's a current forum thread on this-the proposal was to move the WaT to the weekend.  Your suggestion might pose a good compromise. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:33, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 
::I would be a lot more able to participate on weekends.  My weekday workdays are 11+ hours.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 02:51, 29 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?[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 12:31, 14 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?[[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)
::*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)
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:::*Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
:::*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
:::*Have at least three other articles link to them
* I propose "childish things" as a topic. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
* 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)
::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)
*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)


*Myths and mythology.  Every culture and every field of study has them! --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 15:36, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
:: Kinds of [[Phobia]]s, or [[mammal]]s, or [[insect]]ss 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)
 
*School.  Institutions at any level, government and non-government organizations, desk supplies, anything at or about school. --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 20:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
::See Drew for schools of [[fish]]. I've been working on [[madrassa]]. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 22:06, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 
*[[:Category:Developed Articles|Developed Articles]]. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 13:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Please take a look at [[:Category:Developed Articles]] and help to improve items on that list.
 
You can also go for this by Workgroups:
 
====Natural Sciences====
[[:Category:Astronomy Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Biology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Chemistry Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Earth Sciences Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Mathematics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Physics Developed Articles]]
 
====Social Sciences====
[[:Category:Anthropology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Archaeology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Economics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Education Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Geography Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Law Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Linguistics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Politics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Psychology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Sociology Developed Articles]]
 
====Humanities====
[[:Category:Classics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:History Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Literature Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Philosophy Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Religion Developed Articles]]
 
====Arts====
[[:Category:Architecture Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Music Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Theater Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Visual Arts Developed Articles]]
 
====Applied Arts and Sciences====
[[:Category:Agriculture Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Business Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Computers Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Engineering Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Food Science Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Healing Arts Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Health Sciences Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Journalism Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Library and Information Science Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Media Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Military Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Robotics Developed Articles]]
 
====Recreation====
[[:Category:Games Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Hobbies Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Sports Developed Articles]]
 
====Other====
[[:Category:Eduzendium Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Topic Informant Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Technical Team Developed Articles]]
 
===Future Theme Schedule===
*'''February''' - ''The Play's the Thing'' - both the ones you act in, and the ones in sports.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[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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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)

See also


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