Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Outreach/Newsletter August 2009

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We're looking for input on several topics this month — including whether we should change the period of time we work on collaboration articles from a month to a quarter, and whether we should change the authority for our species (and article) naming from Handbook of Birds of the World to the International Ornithological Committee's World Bird List. Be sure to add your two cents (or pence or rand or rupees or pesos or bolivars or whatever other currency is appropriate) to the discussions...

Articles of note

New

1. Macaroni Penguin
   (June 2)
2. Australian Magpie
   (July 7)
3. Ruff (July 14)

New

1. Alpine Chough
   (June 23)
2. Red-throated Diver
   (July 18)

New project members

• Dger (talk · contribs)
• Frosted Orange (talk · contribs)
• KnowledgeRequire (talk · contribs)
• talk · contribs
  )

Article statistics

Bird articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	19	61	153			235
FL	1		6	24			31
FM					618		618
GA	6	11	33	149		1	200
B	10	37	69	242			358
C	12	104	258	1,078	1	2	1,455
Start	5	112	829	6,232		3	7,181
Stub		16	1,302	7,880		2	9,200
List		12	75	747	105	1	940
Category				4	3,867		3,871
Disambig				2	195		197
File				1	305		306
Portal					57		57
Project					58		58
Redirect	1	14	99	231	2,026		2,371
Template				1	277		278
NA				3			3
Other					10		10
Assessed	37	325	2,732	16,747	7,519	9	27,369
Unassessed						10	10
Total	37	325	2,732	16,747	7,519	19	27,379
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 98,399			Ω = 5.28

Potential collaboration changes

The question has been raised as to whether we should change our collaboration article period from monthly to quarterly. Please weigh in on the debate — and be sure to list anything you'd like to have considered for possible collaboration efforts.

Project news

• A proposal has been made to change the standard source for species (and article) names from
  International Ornithological Committee's World Bird List. Do you agree or disagree? Comments and opinions are sought here
  .
• There's renewed interest in getting some of our nearly-there topics ready for a run at
  FA-class
  would enable us to put that one up for featured topic as well.
• Last month saw the start of an
  Outline of Birds
  , which should eventually provide a project index, allowing interested readers to more easily access all of the articles associated with WikiProject Birds. Help to populate the outline with any articles you find missing.

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