Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/Archive 1

Archive 1

Ways to send future issues

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Also: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text "Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text" Ikip (talk) 07:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Delivered by User:Xenobot

Wikiproject Video games delivered by User:Xenobot. Ikip (talk) 09:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Offer to send: [1] Ikip (talk) 17:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Mass mailing newsletter without using a bot

Sending with Autohotkey and Firefox's Snaplinks

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Ikip (talk) 10:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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Links with all current members, replace User:ikip/10 with the page you want in talk page comments, paste on page, use Firefox's Snaplinks

Ikip 08:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Contest

Examples: Wikipedia:WikiCup Ikip 20:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Issue Number 3

This area is for discussion regarding the drafts for Issue #3 of the ARS Newsletter

  • The sections "Feature", "Featured editor", "Featured administrator" and "Contest" are empty. I'm thinking about omitting the "Contest" portion for issue #3, because I'm not sure if there would actually be any participation in it. If anyone has the time to help out, a new newsletter could be ready for publishing relatively soon. Northamerica1000(talk) 04:52, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 

Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter

Volume I, Issue III
February 2012

To contribute to the next newsletter, please visit the Newsletter draft page.
ARS Members automatically receive this newsletter. To opt out, please remove your name from the recipients list.


Mailing the newsletter to ARS members

Northamerica1000(talk) 09:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Future newsletter creation

Newsletter notice template for user talk pages

 

Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter

Volume I, Issue IV, (month) (year)

To contribute to the next newsletter, please visit the Newsletter draft page.
ARS Members automatically receive this newsletter. To opt out, please remove your name from the recipients list.


  • To post this style of template on user talk pages, the following type of code is used: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter notice}}

Instructions to create a customized Newsletter notice for new issues

  • Copy and paste information from the "Newsletter notice" link above to a newly-created page, customized for the next issue of the newsletter. Do not use the draft template "Newsletter notice" link above to notify users— create a new page customized for the new newsletter.
  • When creating the new "Newsletter notice" page, also create a new transclusion page for the table of contents section within the template. Be sure to include the new table of contents transclusion link within the new, customized "Newsletter notice" page. (See below for more information.)
  • When the next newsletter is ready, the links in the table of contents section on the template should be changed to link to the pages for the new newsletter. (See below for more information.)
  • To access this template draft directly, see: Wikipedia:Wikiproject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter/NotificationHeader2012. Do not alter the draft template— copy and paste the information to a new page, to be customized for the new newsletter.
  • Copy and paste information from "NotificationHeader2012" to a newly-created page customized for the new issue of the newsletter. If necessary, modify the fields in the table of contents section on the template to link to content in the new newsletter.
  • This new page will become the transclusion page for the new "Newsletter notice" page's table of contents.

Mailing

  • User:MessageDeliveryBot – to automatically mail the newsletter using the above wiki code. Example: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron/Newsletter notice}} (Again, do not use this draft template to mail, use a custom notice).

Additional newsletter pages

Preserve these page as template drafts from which to base future issues. Copy and paste information from these pages to newly-created pages, customized for the next issue of the newsletter.

Northamerica1000(talk) 11:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Issue Number 4

This area is for discussion regarding the drafts for Issue #4 of the ARS Newsletter

  • To contribute to the newsletter, see its Draft page.