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Again, welcome!  - Shudda ^talk 21:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Rugby union

Hey, you should consider joining WikiProject Rugby union, we are always looking for new members, and I see you have been making heaps of great contributions to rugby union related articles. Just visit the participants page and add your name. If you have any questions, or need help with anything, feel free to contact me on my talk page! - Shudda ^talk 21:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Rugby union

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Hi, and welcome to the Rugby union WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to rugby union.

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• The announcement and open task box is updated very frequently. You can watchlist it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{WPRU Announcements}} there.
• Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
• The project has several departments, which handle article quality assessment, peer review, and a collaboration of the fortnight.
• We have a Fiji rugby task force that focus on Fiji related rugby union articles.
• Our requests page has extensive lists of requested articles, images, maps, and translations.
• We've developed a variety of guidelines for article structure and content, template use, categorization, and other issues that you may find useful.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask any experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! Shudda ^talk 10:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Rugby union national team Improvement Drive

For the 2007 Rugby World Cup WikiProject Rugby union is launching an Improvement Drive for national rugby union teams; specifically those participating in the Rugby World Cup.

We need your help! Here is what you can do:

• Adopt a national rugby union team article and collaborate with other members to improve it.
• Find, create and upload free images that will help improve these articles.
• Copy-edit, reference, and expand articles when and where you can.
• Promote the project and encourage others to join.

The World Cup is fast approaching and these articles are going to get a lot more hits during the tournament. It would be great if we could have them at a high standard!

For more information see the discussion on the WikiProject Rugby union talk page here.

Shudde ^talk 05:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Fa'atonu Fili

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List of rugby union players banned for eye gouging

Hi. I'm proposing a change in article name here:- Talk:List of rugby union players banned for eye gouging if you would like to input. GainLine ♠ _♥ 13:36, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Calvisano squad

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Nomination of Hugo Horn for deletion

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