Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/News

Wording

Does anybody else find the word "listed" confusing when used in the context of being nominated? I believe that by changing this to something else, e.g. "xxx is a current featured list candidate" (as used on the template on the articles' talk pages), it will be less confusing. Shall we change the news appropriately? G.A.S 09:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you on that one. Especially with the listed as a featured list one. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I think that sounds good, too. I actually wouldn't mind getting the wording hammered out for each possibility, and then updating all the news items to use them. —Dinoguy1000 19:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with that. "Listed" sounds a bit awkward to me. Itzjustdrama? 19:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Can I continue by updating the wording? G.A.S^talk 05:53, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Go for it! :) -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 05:57, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Along that line, I have some thoughts on the exact wording for a few (cough) items - comments are appreciated!

Featured topics

Current: X is listed as a featured topic.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to featured topic status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a featured topic.

Featured topic candidates

Current: X et al. have been nominated as part of a featured topic candidacy.

[Proposed by G.A.S (talk · contribs)] Y is a featured topic candidate.• ~

Alternate: X et al., as Y, are a featured topic candidate.

Today's featured article

Current: X is listed as today's featured article.

 Done [Proposed by G.A.S (talk · contribs)] X is today's featured article.• ~

Featured article review (failed)

Current: X is delisted as a featured article.

 Done Proposed: X is demoted from featured article status.• ~

Alternate: X is demoted from a featured article.

Featured articles

Current: X is listed as a featured article.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to featured article status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a featured article.

Featured article candidates

 Done Current: X is a featured article candidate.• ~

Proposed: —

Featured picture

Current: X is listed as a featured picture.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to featured picture status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a featured picture.

Featured picture candidate

 Done Current: X is a featured picture candidate.• ~

Proposed: —

Featured list removal candidates (failed)

Current: X is delisted as a featured list.

 Done Proposed: X is demoted from featured list status.• ~

Alternate: X is demoted from a featured list.

Featured lists

Current: X is listed as a featured list.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to featured list status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a featured list.

Featured list candidates

 Done Current: X is a featured list candidate.• ~

Proposed: —

A-Class assessment

Current: X is nominated for A-class assessment.

 Done Proposed: X is an A-class candidate.• ~

Good topics

Current: X is listed as a good topic.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to good topic status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a good topic.

Good topic candidates

Current: —

Proposed: Y is a good topic candidate. • ~

Alternate: X et al., as Y, are a good topic candidate.

Good article relisting

Current: X is re-listed as a good article.

Proposed: same as "Good articles"

 Done Alternate: X is re-promoted to good article status.• ~

Alternate: X is re-promoted to a good article.

Good article reassessments (passed)

Current: X finished a good article reassessment as keep.

 Done Proposed: X passed a good article reassessment.• ~

Good article reassessments (failed)

Current: X is delisted as a good article.

 Done Proposed: X is demoted from good article status.• ~

Alternate: X is demoted from a good article.

Good articles

Current: X is listed as a good article.

 Done Proposed: X is promoted to good article status.• ~

Alternate: X is promoted to a good article.

Good article candidates

 Done Current: X is a good article candidate.• ~

Proposed: —

Peer reviews

Current: X is put up for peer review.

Proposed: X is listed for peer review.

 Done Alternate: X undergoes a peer review. (this is the format that was originally used)• ~

This is pretty much everything I could find listed in our news log, feel free to add anything else if you think we'll ever have need of it. Thoughts? —Dinoguy1000 17:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

My preferences are indicated above (•). G.A.S^talk 05:59, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Good, anyone else? BTW, when I first wrote this list out, whether a proposed item was listed as "Proposed" or "Alternate" did not reflect my own preference (I meant to do that, but forgot to before saving). I have reordered them to do so now - "Proposed" is my preferred version, and "Alternate" is the secondary one. Oh, and one more thing, when e.g. "good article", "featured list candidate", "peer review" etc. are linked, I think they should link to the relevant discussion, as opposed to linking to the project pages on each thing. Anyone else agree? —Dinoguy1000 19:04, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I pretty much agree with G.A.S., but I marked them anyway (~). And yea, I believe the discussions should be linked instead of project pages. ~ Itzjustdrama? 21:17, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Agree with G.A.S's options and also agree, it would be much more useful to link to the actual discussion rather than the project page. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with linking to the discussion pages... There is little sense in linking to the project page, especially if you are looking the archives up, and with GA's having their own sub-pages now (we can use {{autolink}} to create the link once the sub-page is created). G.A.S^talk 05:34, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

All right, anyone feel up to linking to the discussions, then? I'd do it myself, but I think I may not have much time on the comp today, and I already spent too much time doing a bit of cleanup on Production I.G#Works... =P Of course, if no one else does it, I'll get around to it eventually anyways, so... —Dinoguy1000 17:47, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

At the earliest, I will be able to do this after the weekend, so if it is not done by then... G.A.S^talk 20:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I think we've probably got all the votes we're going to get on these, then, unless someone wants to mention this on the main talk page. In that light, I'm tentatively closing this vote with obvious results - all but two of my proposed updates (Good article relisting and Peer reviews) got everyone else's votes (counting mine, that's four votes each), and for the other two, the first alternate got everyone else's votes, so I suppose we can go through and update everything like that. —Dinoguy1000 18:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Main Page

Drawing of a revealing figure Sythatia with typical elements from manga and anime to illustrate the term ecchi.

File:Anime Girl.svg was selected as a picture of the day for 13 July 2009 at Wikimedia Commons. Should it be added to our news? G.A.S^talk 06:26, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I think it should :) It is within "our" realm. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:55, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, we should note anything on other wikis that we would note if it happened here. IMHO, the only reason we don't note such stuff for other language WPs is a lack of manpower/interest. At the very least, though, we should definitely make a point to include stuff from Commons, Meta, etc. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 21:58, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost

Should the following be added to the news? G.A.S^talk 05:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

• September 7, 2009 - An article about WikiProject Anime and manga appears in the Wikipedia Signpost.

But of course :) -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 05:26, 8 September 2009 (UTC)