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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

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March 14, 2021 Power
January 31, 2021 Stems and branches
January 24, 2021 Round things
January 17, 2021 Messaging and Missives
January 10, 2021 Heavenly bodies!
July 6, 2011 Standards!
July 7, 2010 Celebrations!
June 2, 2010 (no Write-a-Thon)
May 5, 2010 Humour!
April 7, 2010 Context or Spring Clean!
March 3, 2010 Something you absolutely *love*!
February 3, 2010 The Play's the Thing
January 6, 2010 Stubs
December 2, 2009 School
November 4, 2009 Myths and Mythology
October 7, 2009 Continents
September 2, 2009 Design and Designers
August 5, 2009 Heads of Government/Heads of State
July 1, 2009 Sudden death
June 3, 2009 unthemed?
May 6, 2009 It's a Wide World or: It's a Small World After All!
April 1, 2009 Events
March 4, 2009 Spring Cleaning
February 8, 2009 Thoughts and Books
January 7, 2009 Controverises
December 3, 2008 Retro, the 80's
November 5, 2008 National parks
October 1, 2008 Spring Cleaning
September 3, 2008 My favourite bands
August 6, 2008 Attractions
July 2, 2008 Olympics
June 4, 2008 Biographies
May 7, 2008 Holidays, festivals and fetes
April 2, 2008 Core articles
March 5, 2008 Something you absolutely love.
February 6, 2008
January 9,2008
December 5, 2007
November 7, 2007
October 3, 2007
September 5, 2007
August 1, 2007

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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-=== ===
+<center><big><big><big><big>Wednesday August 10th, 2011<br /><br />
-* Do you want to jump to the [[#Next month's party|current party]]?
+<font color="red">
+'''Food, history of food, we are all food experts'''<br />
+</font color></big></big></big></big>
+'''Please enter your suggestions for the August topic [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon#New_Suggestions_and_Discussion|here]].'''</center>
+----
+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? ==
-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!
 === 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.
-=== 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 ==
-=== March 3, 2010 ===
-<center><font color="red"><big><big><big><big>'''Something you absolutely *love*!'''</big></big></big></big></font></center>
-<center> <br /></center>
-'''Write-a-Thon''' starts on
-[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=2&year=2010&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 March 2th, 1200 UTC], when it starts being Wednesday in New Zealand, and ends on
-[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=4&year=2010&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 March 4th, 1200 UTC], when it finishes being Wednesday in Hawaii.
-<br>
-'''Write-a-Thon II''' starts on
-[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=6&year=2010&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 March 6th, 1200 UTC], when it starts being Sunday in New Zealand, and ends on
-[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=8&year=2010&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 March 8th, 1200 UTC], when it finishes being Sunday in Hawaii.
-=== The partiers ===
-* [[User:Tom Morris|Tom]] started a page on [[Usenet]]. I guess that counts as 'love' although I might be able to do better once I've taken the dog for a walk...
-* [[User:Derek Hodges|Derek]] absolutely loves movies. I'm creating stubs on [[animation]] and some of the major Hollywood movie studies such as  [[Warner Brothers]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].(Oh, and the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] are coming up) -[[User:Derek Hodges|Derek Hodges]] 22:03, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
-* A surprisingly difficult topic. Did some minor work in the context of [[brandy]] -- I don't love [[Cognac]], but I like it and [[Armagnac]], as well. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 00:39, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
-:: And the [[Cognac (brandy)]] stub is not satisfactory at all -- but that will have to wait. --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 00:45, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
-:::[[Butterscotch]] and [[caramel]] as true loves, with, perhaps, digressions into the food chemistry of the [[Maillard reaction]] and  [[caramelization]], and even [[diacetyl]], although, with my cold, I am not up to learning molecular drawing software.  As Dan Quayle probably didn't say, a waist is a terrible thing to mind. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 01:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
-=== Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun ===
-Daniel loves [[context]]. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 20:47, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
-*Way to go, Daniel! I've put this as the April topic.  Now I'll go read your article!  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 20:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
-** You wouldn't have expected that context needs [[Context (disambiguation)|disambiguation]], would you? --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 00:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
-=== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ===
-=== 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 ===
-It seemed a good day for a bunch of little tweaks, so i tweaked! (Shyly, absent-mindedly and modestly)[[User:Roger Lohmann|Roger Lohmann]] 01:45, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
-=== The total party poops ===
-=== Special requests ===
-=== Questions ===
-=== It's a wrap! ===
-=== Bonus point winners ===
-== Standing orders ==
+==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!
+===<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)
-===Related pages===
+==Upcoming!==
-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.
+*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]].
-===Definitions===
-Please take a look at [[:Category:Need def]] and help to bring the number of items on that list down.
-You will also find links for this by Workgroups!
-==== ====
+==Previous shindings==
 {{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.
-*April -- has to be a contextualizing mixer, or perhaps a nibble with the drink.
 == Write-a-Thon Theme Suggestions==
 ===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)
 * "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.)
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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).
 * 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)
-[[User:Petréa Mitchell|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?[[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)
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 :::*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. --[[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)
+*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)
-*[[Context]] (as provided by [[CZ:Related Articles|Related Articles]] or the addition of an image, e.g. [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=context&l=cc&ss=0&ct=0&mt=photos&w=all&adv=1 from flickr]) --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 14:49, 2 March 2010 (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)
 == See also ==
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 * [[CZ:Weekly Wiki|Weekly Wiki]]
 * [[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]]
 {{initiatives}}