Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Outreach/Newsletter/October 2012

The WikiProject Animation Newsletter
October 2012

Scope and Mission of WikiProject Animation
WikiProject Animation aims to improves all articles about animation, including animation studios, animators, animation directors, animated television series, animated films, animated characters and so on. However, we acknowledge and are grateful for the work of other projects in the field, and will reserve the majority of our attention to that content which does not fall within the scope of other active projects. Currently, it has 23 work groups, 26 members, and it has over 22,900 articles and pages within the scope.
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Article of the month
Dan Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson
Dan Castellaneta, voice of Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson is a fictional main character that appears in the animated television series The Simpsons as the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip Life in Hell but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family got their own series on Fox that debuted December 17, 1989.

Animation portal
Our Animation portal is now a featured portal! It has 100 selected articles, 60 selected pictures, 26 selected biographies and 15 selected lists.
Things you can help with
  • Ideas for next months newsletter
  • Help with the Anniversaries in the portal
  • Help with the assessments
  • Help improve Animation-related articles getting into FA status.
Open tasks for WikiProject Animation

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Member news
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New articles
Featured article candidates
Hoodwinked!
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
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