Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/News

Tokyo

Refresh clocks

The Right Stuff is a member-published newsletter covering stories, events and reports related to WikiProject Conservatism. A new issue is published every month and covers the preceding month. Project members are automatically subscribed.

The Right Stuff welcomes submissions including position pieces, instructional articles, or short essays addressing important issues facing conservatism. Post submissions here.

The first issue of The Right Stuff was published in September 2011. Lionelt is the founding editor. The Right Stuff is an independent publication which is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. The contents of articles are that of their authors alone, and may not reflect the opinion of the Foundation. Unlike most Wikipedia pages, Right Stuff articles carry a byline to indicate the person responsible for what often amounts to original reporting.

Shortcut

WP:RIGHTSTUFF/N

Create next issue edit

1. The next issue is Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/News/June 2019. If this is not correct then change the pagename of the next issue:

2. Add articles to the issue

Features edit

There are no regular features. Features are included based on availability of stories on an ad hoc basis. Following are the most commonly used features:

Project news edit

"Project news" is a compilation of recent events affecting Conservatism at Wikipedia including major achievements, problems, announcements and member updates. Recognition is huge!

In the media edit

The "In the media" section reports coverage of conservatism issues in the media.

DuckDuckGo results for Wikipedia Why DuckDuckGo? Because Google sucks.
Wikipediocracy news feed
Wikipedia:Press coverage

Recent research edit

Academic studies done on Wikipedia or Wikimedia related to conservatism.

Articles report edit

Recognize individual editors who have recently contributed to the promotion of a Featured article, A-Class article or Good article. There are currently 8,695 conservatism articles in the English Wikipedia. This is the lightest of the regular sections and thus also carries the least serious tone, as its goal is to allow readers to marvel at recent advancements in core content on the English Wikipedia in a visually appealing, experiential way.

Arbitration report edit

The goal of the "Arbitration report" is to provide a summary of the most significant ongoing and recently closed cases at ArbCom. In general items about members are reported in Project News.

Discussion report edit

The goal of the "Discussion report" is to provide a summary of the most significant ongoing discussions and polls of Project relevance. This includes RfC, AfD, ANI, etc. In general items about members are reported in Project News.

Article alerts (history,archive)
Wikipedia:Dashboard
Articles recently mentioned at noticeboards

Op-ed edit

Submitted op-eds are published (or not) based on quality, originality, and relevance to the Project. Op-eds should be accompanied by an extended byline that briefly introduces the author and indicates why his or her opinion about the topic might interest the reader.

From the editor edit

From time to time the editor of The Right Stuff wishes to communicate information about the publication itself to the audience.

Traffic report edit

As with the "Featured content" section the "Traffic report", serving as a curated list, generally has a lighter tone compared to the rest of the publication.

Popular pages report: this report is run around the 4th of the month and data reflects the previous month.

Hot articles report edit

Another section with a lighter tone.

Hot articles report: this report lists the top 10 most edited articles on the conservatism topic area. The report is run weekly.

Publishing instructions edit

1. Add new members from (1) member roster and (2) member category (timestamps) to Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/News/Subscribe.

2. To publish the next issue request mass message delivery go here and click "add request." Use these parameters:

Mailing list: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Conservatism/News/Subscribe
Subject of mass mailing: ''The Right Stuff'' June 2019
Content of mass mailing: Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/News/June 2019
Requested delivery date: "any time"

3. Track the request, then update the subscription list per instructions.

4. Change the pagename of the current issue Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/News/July 2018. To edit click here.