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<center><big><big><big><big>Wednesday August 10th, 2011<br /><br />
* Do you want to jump to the [[#Next month's party|current party]]?
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'''Food, history of food, we are all food experts'''<br />
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'''Please enter your suggestions for the August topic [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon#New_Suggestions_and_Discussion|here]].'''</center>
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The next '''Write-a-Thon''' will take place on Wednesday Aug 10, 2011!
 
We know that not everybody has Wednesday at the same time though, so to make it fair '''our''' Wednesday lasts 48 hours! Therefore, '''Write-a-Thon''' starts on
[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=5&year=2011&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Aug 10th, 1200 UTC], when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on
[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=7&year=2011&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Aug 11th, 1200 UTC], when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.


== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hardy; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hearty; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.


But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!
But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!


=== When? ===
=== When? ===
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. It starts on Tuesday 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Thursday 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save the [[#Next month's party|next month's date]]!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. It starts on Tuesday 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Thursday 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save the next month's date!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!


Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count, though to be a ''bona fide'' partier, you have to write your new articles when it's that day in your part of the world.
Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count!


Our [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon/August_1%2C_2007|first Write-a-Thon]] took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.
Our [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon/August_1%2C_2007|first Write-a-Thon]] took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.


=== Read all about it!! Let's try this again ===
=== So how do I join in? ===
By popular request, we'll be trialling '''Write-a-Thon II''', a Sunday session of the Write-a-Thon to accommodate those who work all week and have trouble making it in to the party room on Wednesdays. 
Joining in is really easy:
 
* First of all, show up on the first Wednesday of the month!
''Soooo''--if you worked Wednesday, if you had a bad day Wednesday and didn't get to come to the party or didn't get to do as much as you would have liked, or if you would just like another opportunity to join in the fun, come on along.  Starts on Saturday, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Sunday in New Zealand, and ends on Monday, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Sunday in Hawaii.
* Start a new article. Any new article is fine, although a suggested theme is given each month. Even just a stub will qualify, although the more substantive the article the better. Come back to this page and let everyone know you've started it! The earlier in the day you do this step, the better.
 
* Make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's ''new'' article! You might need to come back a little bit later in the day to do this, once people have had chance to make all those new articles. Then come back to this page and reply to the person who made the article.
=== What are the rules? ===
* Optionally, but preferably, mention Write-a-thon in the Edit summary of any pages you create or edit for the party! It lets others who may have forgotten know it is here.
Rules?  This is a party!  There are no rules!
* Congratulations, you are an official Write-a-thon partier!
 
Well, OK, maybe there are a couple rules:
* We'll have a Write-a-Thon the first Wednesday of every month.
* To participate, you only have to do two things: (1) start a ''new'' article (even just a stub will qualify, if not ''too'' short - and please remember to include the [[CZ:Subpages|subpages template]]!), and (2) make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's ''new'' article.  Then you can list your name here as a partier.  Until then, sign in as a porch-sitter, party-crasher, or total party poop.
 
== Next month's party ==
=== February 3, 2010 ===
 
<center><font color="red"><big><big><big><big>'''The Play's the Thing'''</big></big></big></big></font></center>
<center> both the ones you act in, and the ones in sports </center>
 
'''Write-a-Thon''' starts on
February 2th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on
February 4th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.
<br>
'''Write-a-Thon II''' starts on
February 6th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Sunday in New Zealand, and ends on
February 8th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Sunday in Hawaii.
 
=== The partiers ===
*[[user:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] sends one thousand grateful thanks to this month's archivist and also thanks him/her for the formatting.  She thought she had a hundred brilliant ideas, but seems brain dead and needs coffee first. Decided to start with a [[play on words]].  [[Who's on First?|Who, exactly, *is* on First???]] [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 22:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
**Suggestion: This month's write-a-thon should have been devoted to the charter and citizens writing in comments, additions, and ideas to it. Then maybe we can make some headway on something which should have been up and running more than a year ago (according to the original CZ timeline at least). [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 00:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
***For the record, I strongly disagree.  Projects are projects, and that's what we have committees for.  Parties are parties.  Never mix business with pleasure,; or at least, never ''confuse'' business with pleasure. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 01:08, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
****I always write for pleasure. If CZ was business I would ask for money. Yes we do have committees but a charter written by a committee without any input from citizens is doomed to fail. PS. I didn't know you were in charge of these monthly write-a-thons - I must have wrongly assumed it was open to any citizen. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 02:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
***Not sure what you mean by all of this, Meg. Everything at CZ is open to any citizen, excepting possibly positions you have to be appointed or elected to.  I'm the M.C. for the write-a-thons, that's all.  Re: the charter, as far as I knew, everyone was invited to have input.  I thought that was the way we did things around here.  In any case, I'd much rather this discussion was moved to the charter talk page or the forum threads and I'd ask a CZ cop to do that, please.  Thanks! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 03:23, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
****If that's the case, count me out of future write-a-thons. I disagree with one person only making decisions on what should be written each month here. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 03:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
*****I had always thought that we take the ideas from the bottom of the page, after a consensus is reached? As to the Charter, it is a good idea to get people to comment.  i will make an effort to read it in full and add my comments tomorrow. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 04:28, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 
:::::What's the hoohah, cobber?  I don't understand a thing about the complaints in this thread.  I *know* that supposedly there *might* *possibly* be a stated thread to join contributions together, but, to my knowledge, from being here two and a half years, that has been observed totally in the breach.  I don't think I have *ever* written a WAT article that fell within the suggested guideline for that particular month. In other words, Aleta, or whoever, might state, somewhere, "It would be nice if we had a bunch of articles about Shellfish or Lady Olympic Skaters."  And *I* say, "If I'm gonna write an article this month, it's gonna be about what *I* want to write about.  And this month it's gonna be "Dr. Samuel Johnson and the Concept of Blockheads". (see http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Blockheads)  And if they don't like it, they can delete the article and throw me out of CZ.  Which so far, in two and a half years, hasn't happened. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 05:05, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
* Ahem, moving right along, I hear this month's topic is play. [[William Shakespeare|This Guy]] wrote a lot of them. -[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 05:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
* I went with [[Arthur Miller]], if for nothing else but to see Howard get cracking on the article for [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] :)  [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 06:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
* If we're going to play we need a [[Globe Theatre|playhouse]] -[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 09:06, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 
=== Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun ===
 
=== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ===
[[User:John_Stephenson|John]] decided to start ''[[Macbeth]]'', then head off... [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 07:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 
=== Party crashers--article contributors who didn't create a new article ===
 
=== Rather late and missed the boat! ===
 
=== The shy ones, absent-minded profs, and other modest creatures ===
 
=== The total party poops ===
 
=== Special requests ===
==== Charter and constitution ====
Please take a look at [[CZ:Charter_drafting|Charter]] and [[CZ:Fundamentals|Constitution]] and help to get them into shape for the drafting period.
:That was not what I had in mind &mdash; rather, I thought that we should start/ improve the [[charter]] and [[constitution]] articles to provide background for the above. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 
=== Questions ===
 
=== It's a wrap! ===
 
=== Bonus point winners ===
 
== Standing orders ==
 
===Related pages===
We had a special request for people to start stubs from the Related Pages of existing articles.  A good idea which will help us to complete clusters.


===Definitions===
==Join the fun!==
Please take a look at [[:Category:Need def]] and help to bring the number of items on that list down.
When you've created your new article (or improved an existing article, for that matter) on Wednesday 6th July, come and list it here! Don't forget to sign your name so everyone knows you've joined in. Then, when you've edited someone else's article come and let them know!
You will also find links for this by Workgroups!
===<big><big><big>List your new articles here!</big></big></big>===
*[[History of pie]] - [[User:Mary Ash|Mary Ash]]
*[[Doenjang jjigae]] - [[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]]
:::The Greatest Contribution of All Time. (Why is everyone so apologetic?)
*[[Natural_Gourmet_Institute]] - [[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]]
** Sorry to miss the date--Wednesdays are too busy for me.  I've create an article one day later.  It is just a stub; it would have been more, but instead, I drained all my energy battling the article creation template.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 14:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
*[[Haggis]] - also late, sorry [[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 16:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
*[[Mozartkugel]] -- Rather small (and late) contribution. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 18:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)


==== ====
==Upcoming!==
*August 2011 - (theme still to be chosen--anyone?)
**Please enter your suggestions for the August topic [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon#New_Suggestions_and_Discussion|here]].


==Previous shindings==
{{CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon/Previous shindigs}}
{{CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon/Previous shindigs}}
== Official libations==
===2007===
* Inaugural - [[beer]]!
* September - [[champagne]]
* October - we were refurbishing the [[bar]] and only had [[coffee]]!
* November - made up for last month with more [[vodka]] than was good for us and plenty of [[rum]].
* December - [[eggnog]] and [[wine]]
===2008===
* January - [[Whisky]] and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', a [[pharisee (beverage)|pharisee]]
* February - [[schnapps]] and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', the [[caipirinha]] (considered the national drink of [[Brazil]])
* March - [[port wine]] (which should probably live at [[port (wine)]], no?  (Someone put that on their list, please....Oh, *someone* did--thanks, Ro) and the ''Cocktail of the Month'', a [[Dead Aunt]]
* April - [[Akpeteshie]] hot and fresh from Ghana.  And cool [[shandy|shandies]] and [[spritzer]]s if that took your fancy.  Lotsa staggering around the bar after this party!
* May - Was it [[champagne]]? ''No, we were dry, I think.''
* June - Were we abstaining yet again?
* July - [[Sherry]]
* August - [[pineapple]] [[juice]]  Well, that's all right, I guess!
* September - Given the music theme, i assume it was [[pop music|pop]]?
* October - [[Cranberry]] juice.  ''Some nut who shall remain nameless but whose initials are HP suggested [[Drano]], (i.e. what cleans better than Drano?) but....''
* November - [[Spring water]] (''Now Bruce just has to write it!'' [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC))
* December - [[Piña colada]] - get some light rum, mix it with pineapple and coconut cream. Instantly warp back to the eighties.
===2009===
* January - [[Bloody Mary]] - because, as Nietzsche said, we should only love that which is written with blood. Controversial enough?
* February - [[Absinthe]] - updates last month, but doesn't it make one forget? (No. Urban legend, except that 50-percent-plus alcohol does do its mite)
* March - [[Energy Drink]] - pump that caffeine into your system so you can burn through all those pesky definition subpages!
===2010===
*January - [[Hot toddy]] - for our friends in the Northern Hemisphere.


== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
== Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
===New Suggestions and Discussion===
 
* History of food/foods.  [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 22:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
*What about red links in [[Special:Random|Random pages]]? --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
* What about red links in [[Special:Random|Random pages]]? --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 
*I suggest "Numbers".  [[User:Richard Pinch|Richard Pinch]] 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
*I suggest "Numbers".  [[User:Richard Pinch|Richard Pinch]] 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
* "Hometown Heroes" - write about someone famous from your part of the world (either where you're from, or where you are now).
* "Hometown Heroes" - write about someone famous from your part of the world (either where you're from, or where you are now).
* "Poles Apart" - find the spot directly on the other side of Earth from you, and write about someone or something in the vicinity. (Contributors on other planets, follow a similar procedure for whatever planet you're on. Contributors not on planetary bodies permitted to write about whatever they feel like.)
* "Poles Apart" - find the spot directly on the other side of Earth from you, and write about someone or something in the vicinity. (Contributors on other planets, follow a similar procedure for whatever planet you're on. Contributors not on planetary bodies permitted to write about whatever they feel like.)
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* All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance).
* All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance).
* Photo stubs - no minimum word length, no theme requirement, but must contain an image.
* Photo stubs - no minimum word length, no theme requirement, but must contain an image.
* Choose a random number from 1 to 500, then go to [[Special:WantedPages]] and start an article on the topic currently at that rank.
* Choose a random number from 1 to 500, then go to [[Special:WantedPages]] and start an article on the topic currently at that rank.[[User:Petréa Mitchell|Petréa Mitchell]] 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
* How about an alternate weekend date, say the Sunday after the official Write-a-Thon, for those of us who spend our Wednesdays working at places that frown on extensive personal use of company computers?  --[[User:Petréa Mitchell|Petréa Mitchell]] 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:There's a current forum thread on this-the proposal was to move the WaT to the weekend.  Your suggestion might pose a good compromise. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:33, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 
::I would be a lot more able to participate on weekends.  My weekday workdays are 11+ hours.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 02:51, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 
*What will people most enjoy writing that could lead many different contributors to a short, but complete and interesting article that links to larger articles? Maybe "Events" could be a theme - pen-portraits of memorable sporting moments (see [[try]], or notable historical events - including tsunamis, eruption of Krakatoa, comet collision with Jupiter, the birth of Dolly the sheep, freeing of Nelson Mandela, the sinking of the Titanic, assassination of Martin Luther King, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the discovery of the Americas? Can I suggest asking that every new article should have at least one external link and links to other articles here?[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 12:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
*What will people most enjoy writing that could lead many different contributors to a short, but complete and interesting article that links to larger articles? Maybe "Events" could be a theme - pen-portraits of memorable sporting moments (see [[try]], or notable historical events - including tsunamis, eruption of Krakatoa, comet collision with Jupiter, the birth of Dolly the sheep, freeing of Nelson Mandela, the sinking of the Titanic, assassination of Martin Luther King, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the discovery of the Americas? Can I suggest asking that every new article should have at least one external link and links to other articles here?[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 12:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
::*I like this idea.  Further, definitions and other subpages are preferable, even for stubs. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 17:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
::*I like this idea.  Further, definitions and other subpages are preferable, even for stubs. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 17:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
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:::*Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
:::*Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
:::*Have at least three other articles link to them
:::*Have at least three other articles link to them
* I propose "childish things" as a topic. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
* I propose "childish things" as a topic. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
::Er...you talkin' 'bout me again???  You can always tell who's got a toddler at home, huh, Larry?  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 02:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
::Er...you talkin' 'bout me again???  You can always tell who's got a toddler at home, huh, Larry?  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 02:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
*For this revival, to open it to lots of partiers, suggest theme: '<font color="darkred">Topic of Your Mind's Desire</font>', or, '<font color="darkred">Whatever</font>', or something in that vein, with the proviso that article be consistent with CZ standards. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 02:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)


*Myths and mythology.  Every culture and every field of study has them! --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 15:36, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
:: Kinds of [[Phobia]]s, or [[mammal]]s, or [[insect]]ss or [[arachnid]]s or [[butterfly]]s or [[flower]]s or [[medication]]s or [[symmetry group]]s or [[legends in sports]]. But wait, there are many [[tree]]s and [[automobile]]s and [[computer program]]s, and [[ice cream]] flavors. Sooo many choices, so little time. [[User:David E. Volk|David E. Volk]] 23:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 
*School.  Institutions at any level, government and non-government organizations, desk supplies, anything at or about school. --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 20:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
::See Drew for schools of [[fish]]. I've been working on [[madrassa]]. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 22:06, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 
*[[:Category:Developed Articles|Developed Articles]]. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 13:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Please take a look at [[:Category:Developed Articles]] and help to improve items on that list.
 
You can also go for this by Workgroups:
 
====Natural Sciences====
[[:Category:Astronomy Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Biology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Chemistry Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Earth Sciences Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Mathematics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Physics Developed Articles]]
 
====Social Sciences====
[[:Category:Anthropology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Archaeology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Economics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Education Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Geography Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Law Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Linguistics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Politics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Psychology Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Sociology Developed Articles]]
 
====Humanities====
[[:Category:Classics Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:History Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Literature Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Philosophy Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Religion Developed Articles]]
 
====Arts====
[[:Category:Architecture Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Music Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Theater Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Visual Arts Developed Articles]]
 
====Applied Arts and Sciences====
[[:Category:Agriculture Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Business Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Computers Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Engineering Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Food Science Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Healing Arts Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Health Sciences Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Journalism Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Library and Information Science Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Media Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Military Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Robotics Developed Articles]]
 
====Recreation====
[[:Category:Games Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Hobbies Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Sports Developed Articles]]
 
====Other====
[[:Category:Eduzendium Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Topic Informant Developed Articles]] ·
[[:Category:Technical Team Developed Articles]]
 
===Future Theme Schedule===


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[CZ:Weekly Wiki|Weekly Wiki]]
* [[CZ:Weekly Wiki|Weekly Wiki]]
* [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]
* [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]]
* [[CZ:New Article of the Week|New Article of the Week]]
* [[Archive:New Draft of the Week|New Article of the Week]]


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Latest revision as of 09:30, 24 July 2024

Wednesday August 10th, 2011

Food, history of food, we are all food experts

Please enter your suggestions for the August topic here.

The next Write-a-Thon will take place on Wednesday Aug 10, 2011!

We know that not everybody has Wednesday at the same time though, so to make it fair our Wednesday lasts 48 hours! Therefore, Write-a-Thon starts on Aug 10th, 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Aug 11th, 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.

What's a Write-a-Thon?

It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing. It's like an online party! Heck no, it is an online party! It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and party hearty; to exchange ideas with people we might not "meet" otherwise.

But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!

When?

Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. It starts on Tuesday 1200 UTC, when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on Thursday 1200 UTC, when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii. Save the next month's date! Put it on your calendar! Set yourself a reminder!

Any new article you create, and any edit you make to somebody else's Write-a-Thon article during that time period will count!

Our first Write-a-Thon took place Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.

So how do I join in?

Joining in is really easy:

  • First of all, show up on the first Wednesday of the month!
  • Start a new article. Any new article is fine, although a suggested theme is given each month. Even just a stub will qualify, although the more substantive the article the better. Come back to this page and let everyone know you've started it! The earlier in the day you do this step, the better.
  • Make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's new article! You might need to come back a little bit later in the day to do this, once people have had chance to make all those new articles. Then come back to this page and reply to the person who made the article.
  • Optionally, but preferably, mention Write-a-thon in the Edit summary of any pages you create or edit for the party! It lets others who may have forgotten know it is here.
  • Congratulations, you are an official Write-a-thon partier!

Join the fun!

When you've created your new article (or improved an existing article, for that matter) on Wednesday 6th July, come and list it here! Don't forget to sign your name so everyone knows you've joined in. Then, when you've edited someone else's article come and let them know!

List your new articles here!

The Greatest Contribution of All Time. (Why is everyone so apologetic?)
  • Natural_Gourmet_Institute - Pat Palmer
    • Sorry to miss the date--Wednesdays are too busy for me. I've create an article one day later. It is just a stub; it would have been more, but instead, I drained all my energy battling the article creation template.Pat Palmer 14:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Haggis - also late, sorry Gareth Leng 16:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Mozartkugel -- Rather small (and late) contribution. --Peter Schmitt 18:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Upcoming!

  • August 2011 - (theme still to be chosen--anyone?)
    • Please enter your suggestions for the August topic here.

Previous shindings

empty form

Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions

New Suggestions and Discussion

  • History of food/foods. Anthony.Sebastian 22:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
  • What about red links in Random pages? --Daniel Mietchen 10:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I suggest "Numbers". Richard Pinch 07:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
  • "Hometown Heroes" - write about someone famous from your part of the world (either where you're from, or where you are now).
  • "Poles Apart" - find the spot directly on the other side of Earth from you, and write about someone or something in the vicinity. (Contributors on other planets, follow a similar procedure for whatever planet you're on. Contributors not on planetary bodies permitted to write about whatever they feel like.)
  • Fill in an item from this interesting list of natural objects. Or this interesting list of people.
  • All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance).
  • Photo stubs - no minimum word length, no theme requirement, but must contain an image.
  • Choose a random number from 1 to 500, then go to Special:WantedPages and start an article on the topic currently at that rank.Petréa Mitchell 19:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
  • What will people most enjoy writing that could lead many different contributors to a short, but complete and interesting article that links to larger articles? Maybe "Events" could be a theme - pen-portraits of memorable sporting moments (see try, or notable historical events - including tsunamis, eruption of Krakatoa, comet collision with Jupiter, the birth of Dolly the sheep, freeing of Nelson Mandela, the sinking of the Titanic, assassination of Martin Luther King, the Mutiny on the Bounty, the discovery of the Americas? Can I suggest asking that every new article should have at least one external link and links to other articles here?Gareth Leng 12:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I like this idea. Further, definitions and other subpages are preferable, even for stubs. Chris Day 17:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Dare I suggest that even stubs can and should be non-orphans? Basic criteria: Howard C. Berkowitz 18:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Reachable from the front page or a core article/workgroup page
  • Link to at least three other articles, even if they are redlinks in a Related Articles subpages
  • Have at least three other articles link to them
  • I propose "childish things" as a topic. --Larry Sanger 15:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Er...you talkin' 'bout me again??? You can always tell who's got a toddler at home, huh, Larry? Aleta Curry 02:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
  • For this revival, to open it to lots of partiers, suggest theme: 'Topic of Your Mind's Desire', or, 'Whatever', or something in that vein, with the proviso that article be consistent with CZ standards. Anthony.Sebastian 02:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Kinds of Phobias, or mammals, or insectss or arachnids or butterflys or flowers or medications or symmetry groups or legends in sports. But wait, there are many trees and automobiles and computer programs, and ice cream flavors. Sooo many choices, so little time. David E. Volk 23:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

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