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{{Infobox Television
| show_name = MonsterQuest
| image = [[Image:MonsterQuest_SC.jpg]]
| caption = Season one ''Monster Quest'' title screen
| format = [[Documentary film|Documentary]]
| camera =
| picture_format =
| audio_format =
| runtime = 44 minutes (without commercials)
| creator =
| developer =
| producer = Doug Hajicek </br> Collin Mullahy
| executive_producer = Dale Bosch
| starring =
| narrated = Stan Benard
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| country = [[United States of America|United States]]
| location =
| language = [[English language|English]]
| network = [[The History Channel]]
| first_aired = [[October 31]], [[2007]]
| last_aired = present
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 29 (as of Sept. 24, 2008)
| list_episodes =
| chronology =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website = http://www.history.com/minisites/monsterquest/
| imdb_id = tt1170243
| tv_com_id = 75083
}}


== License information and other legal aspects ==
'''''Monster Quest''''' is a [[Documentary film|documentary]] television series that began to air on [[October 31]], [[2007]] on [[The History Channel]]. The program deals with the search for various [[cryptozoological]] creatures reportedly seen around the world.
The typography-related articles could use more information on licensing and other legal aspects of typography. For example the [[typeface]] article says "Many western countries extend copyright protection to typeface designs.", but doesn't name a single country which does so, and [[list of typefaces]], unlike many other software-related lists, contains no licensing information. I have proposed the addition of a license parameter to the font infobox template at [[Template talk:Infobox font]]. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] ([[User talk:Gordon Ecker|talk]]) 23:35, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


== Article importance criteria ==
The purpose of the show is best described by the narrative in the opening credits, ''"Witnesses around the world report seeing monsters. Are they real or imaginary? Science searches for answers, on Monster Quest."''
I think we should establish an importance scale for the article assessment. I suppose it is clear, which articles are of "top" importance, but what is of "high", "mid", and "low" importance? Please make suggestions!


I think that most of the articles on typefaces are of "low", articles on key persons of "high" importance to the project.
==Reviews==


What do you think? Kind regards, — <span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','Times New Roman','Times',serif;">'''[[User:Tirkfl|<span style="color:#000000;">Tirk·<i>fl</i></span>]]'''&nbsp;<sup>[[User_talk:Tirkfl|“…”]]</sup></span> 13:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Most critical reviews of ''Monster Quest'' pertain to the season one DVD set which was released as a 4 DVD boxed collection on [[May 27]], [[2008]].


== Shortcut already in use==
Rich Rosell of [http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/ Digitally Obsessed] gave it a "B-" saying; "The good news is that this isn't a trashy reality show, eager to make everything overblown and sinister. Instead, it takes a seemingly well-researched approach, leaving viewers the opportunity to make up their own minds." and "content is certainly nerd-worthy in an [[The X-Files|I-want-to-believe]]/[[Fox Mulder|Mulder]] kind of way".<ref>[http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=10011 Review of Season 1 DVD on Digitally Obsessed]</ref>
The shortcuts [[WP:Typo]] and [[WP:TYPO]] are already in use by the [[Wikipedia:Typo]] team. We need a new one! Suggestions? — <span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','Times New Roman','Times',serif;">'''[[User:Tirkfl|<span style="color:#000000;">Tirk·<i>fl</i></span>]]'''&nbsp;<sup>[[User_talk:Tirkfl|“…”]]</sup></span> 12:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
:I created the shortcut [[WP:TYP]]. — <span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','Times New Roman','Times',serif;">'''[[User:Tirkfl|<span style="color:#000000;">Tirk·<i>fl</i></span>]]'''&nbsp;<sup>[[User_talk:Tirkfl|“…”]]</sup></span>07:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


== woo, a wikiproject! ==
[http://www.chud.com Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD)] gave the show a 5.9 out of 10 review, stating the show is "basically a rehashing of the 1970s / 1980s TV show, ''[[In Search of... (TV series)|In Search Of]]''" and "it leaves you with a sense of either 'been there, done that' or just a feeling of incompleteness because it basically raises as many questions as it tries to answer."<ref>[http://chud.com/articles/articles/14998/1/DVD-REVIEW-MONSTER-QUEST---SEASON-1/Page1.html Review of season 1 DVD on CHUD]</ref>


This is great. I've been putting general comments at [[Category talk:Typefaces]], but this is a much better solution. ⇔ <span style="font-family: Eurostile, Charcoal, Virtue, Chicago;">[[User:ChristTrekker|ChristTrekker]]</span> 16:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
==Episodes==


===Season one===
== Stubs ==


Hi all, I'm excited about taking part. One question: I'm going through the stub list [[Category:Typography_stubs]] and there are quite a few font entries where I'm not sure that any more detail *can* be added -- [[Century Gothic]], for example. Am I suffering from lack of imagination, or are some of these font pages more or less complete? Should they still be marked as stubs?
{| class="wikitable"
:Thanks for joining us! It doesn't matter if there can be more info or not: a stub is a stub–even if the article is complete! ;-) Kind regards, — <span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','Times New Roman','Times',serif;">'''[[User:Tirkfl|<span style="color:#000000;">Tirk·<i>fl</i></span>]]'''&nbsp;<sup>[[User_talk:Tirkfl|“…”]]</sup></span> 07:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
|- style="background-color:#DC143C; color:#FFFFFF;"
|'''Ep#'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Description'''
|-
|101
|'''America's Loch Ness Monster'''
|[[October 31]], [[2007]]
|Investigation of the [[plesiosaur]]-like lake monster nicknamed [[Champ (legend)|Champ]] that supposedly lurks in [[Lake Champlain]], dubbed "America's [[Loch Ness Monster]]".
|-
|102
|'''Sasquatch Attack'''
|[[November 7]], [[2007]]
|Investigation of the bizarre attacks upon a remote hunting cabin in Northern [[Ontario]] by suspected [[Bigfoot]] creatures and other reports of aggressive Sasquatch in the North Western [[United States]].
|-
|103
|'''Giant Squid Found'''<!--Was also listed on history.com as "Giant Squid Ambush"-->
|[[November 14]], [[2007]]
| Investigation off [[Mexico]]'s [[Gulf of California|Sea of Cortez]], into the reported sightings and capture of abnormally large [[Humbolt Squid]]s.
|-
|104
|'''Birdzilla'''
|[[November 21]], [[2007]]
|Investigation into the legendary [[Thunderbird (cryptozoology)|Thunderbird]] and the sightings of other giant birds in [[Illinois]], [[Texas]] and [[Alaska]].
|-
|105
|'''Bigfoot'''
|[[November 28]], [[2007]]
|The continued investigations of Bigfoot in [[Washington]] State and a digital enhancement study of the infamous [[Patterson-Gimlin film|1967 Patterson film]].
|-
|106
|'''Mutant Canines'''
|[[December 5]], [[2007]]
|Investigation into reports of attacks on pets and livestock in [[Maine]] and [[Minnesota]] by strange hybrid [[Canidae|canines]].
|-
|107
|'''Lions in the Backyard'''
|[[December 12]], [[2007]]
|Investigation into the reports of large black cats and [[jaguar]]-like creatures that have been encroaching into human populated areas of [[Arizona]], [[West Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[New York]]
|-
|108
|'''Gigantic Killer Fish'''
|[[December 19]], [[2007]]
|Investigation into encounters of massive freshwater fish from the [[Arctic]] to the [[Amazon River|Amazon]].
|-
|109
|'''Swamp Beast'''
|[[December 26]], [[2007]]
|Investigation into the swamps of [[Louisiana]] and [[Florida]] to look for the legendary [[Skunk Ape]].
|-
|110
|'''Stalin's Ape Man'''
|[[January 2]], [[2008]]
|Investigation of former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[dictator]] [[Joseph Stalin]]'s supposed plan to create [[Humanzee|ape-human hybrids]].
|-
|111
|'''Creatures from the 4th Dimension'''<!--Was also listed on history.com as "Unidentified Flying Creatures"-->
|[[January 9]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the purported existence of extra-dimensional atmospheric creatures known as [[Rod (cryptozoology)|Rods]].
|-
|112
|'''The Real Hobbit'''
|[[January 16]], [[2008]]
| Investigation into the [[Southeast Asia]]n reports of "[[Hobbit]]-like" humanoids called ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'' and the humanoid-ape creature known as the [[Orang Pendek]].
|-
|113
|'''Giganto: the Real King Kong'''
|[[January 19]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into reports of the continued existence of ''[[Gigantopithecus]]'' - a huge species of extinct ape that inspired the tales of [[King Kong]].
|-
|114
|'''American Werewolf'''
|[[January 23]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into [[Wisconsin]] and [[Michigan]] reports of a [[werewolf]]-like creature also known as the "[[Beast of Bray Road]]" and the "Michigan Dogman".
|}


== Uniform names for articles on numbers in different languages ==
===Season two===
''Season two is currently airing and the schedule below is subject to change.''
<!--READ BEFORE YOU EDIT: Although History Channel's website has a list of upcoming monsters for season two, the list is not in the exact order in which the episodes will air. Also some of the episode titles are different. These lists assume the names given in the monthly schedule on History's website. Please do not add an episode until it appears in the schedule.-->


The following articles do not cover any pure [[numeral system]] where the symbols and notations are clearly defined, instead they cover how numbers are used in the respective languages. I have proposed all of them be moved. Please discuss [[Talk:Names of numbers in English#Requested move|HERE]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#0000FF; color:#FFFFFF;"
|'''Ep#'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Description'''
|-
|201
|'''Mega Hog'''
|[[May 28]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the reports of gigantic [[pig|swine]] like the 800 lb "[[Hogzilla]]" shot in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in 2004.
|-
|202
|'''Vampire Beast'''
|[[June 4]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the [[2007]] [[Bolivia, North Carolina]] reports of strange attacks on livestock and pets by a creature that feeds on blood, and evidence that it appeared once before in the 1950s.
|-
|203
|'''Ghosts'''
|[[June 11]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the existence of [[ghost]]s, studying activity at the [[Lizzie Borden]] axe-murder house in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], a Civil War battlefield at [[Gettysburg]], and strange gas station camera footage in [[Parma, Ohio]].
|-
|204
|'''Ohio Grassman'''
|[[June 18]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the reported sightings and physical evidence of Bigfoot-like creatures that may lurk in the eastern wilderness of the state of [[Ohio]].
|-
|205
|'''Giant Killer Snakes'''
|[[June 25]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the rumors of massive, man-eating [[anaconda]]s in [[Venezuela]] and enormous, alligator-eating [[Pythonidae|python]]s in the [[Everglades|Florida Everglades]].
|-
|206
|'''Super Rats'''
|[[July 2]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into archaeological evidence that [[Common Rat]]s grew to enormous size in the past, and a look into recent reports from [[New York City]] that these cat-sized rodents could be returning.
|-
|207
|'''Black Beast of Exmoor'''
|[[July 9]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into what witnesses say is a panther-like "[[Beast of Exmoor|black beast]]" that is killing livestock along an English countryside.
|-
|208
|'''Chupacabra'''
|[[July 23]], [[2008]]
|Investigation of the [[Chupacabra]], or "goat sucker", a mysterious bipedal, or [[Elmendorf Beast|dog-like]], blood-draining creature said to be responsible for a rash of unexplained animal killings in [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Texas]].
|-
|209
|'''Legend of the Hairy Beast'''
|[[July 30]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into what the Native American legends have to say about Bigfoot.
|-
|210
|'''Vampires in America'''
|[[August 6]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the legends of [[vampire]]s that haunted [[New England]] in the 1700's and a look at modern-day, self-proclaimed "living vampires" who have a real craving for blood.
|-
|211
|'''Boneless Horror'''
|[[August 13]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the depths of the North Pacific in search of giant octopus like the legendary [[Lusca]], where some over 200 feet in length, have been reported.
|-
|212
|'''Bigfoot in New York'''
|[[August 20]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into a 1976 bigfoot sighting in upstate [[New York]] where several police officers encountered a creature known as the "Monster of [[Whitehall (town), New York|Whitehall]]" that still haunts the area to this day.
|-
|213
|'''Lake Monsters of the North'''
|[[September 17]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into the search for "[[Cressie]]", what Native Americans call the "Pond Devil" and say is giant [[eel]] that lurks in the depths of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]'s Crescent Lake.
|-
|214
|'''China's Wildman'''
|[[September 21]], [[2008]]<!--First aired on Sunday Sept 21st and again on Wed Sept 24th with Ep #215-->
|Investigation into a [[China|Chinese]] government-led search effort for the [[Yeren]] – a wild man said to be covered in thick red hair, 5-7 feet tall, and supposedly lurking in the country's remote [[Hubei]] province.
|-
|215
|'''Giant Bear Attack'''
|[[September 24]], [[2008]]
|Investigation into horrific reports of bear attacks, from [[Alaska]] to [[New Jersey]], focusing on witness accounts and physical remains that may be evidence of new hybrid bears of pre-historic size.
|-
|216
|'''Giant Squid Ambush'''
|[[October 8]], [[2008]]
|Return investigation to Mexico's [[Sea of Cortez]] to look at new research and evidence behind the existence of 100-foot long squids.
|-
|217
|'''Monster Spiders'''
|[[October 15]], [[2008]]
|A look at man's fear of spiders starting with the infamous [[Solifugae]], or "Camel Spider" a large desert-dwelling arachnid of [[Iraq]] that has spawned urban legends from American soldiers serving there, and a trek into the jungles of [[Peru]] in search of other massive [[arachnid]]s, some local villagers claim are large enough to eat a small dog.
|}


*[[Names of numbers in English]] → [[Numbers in English]]
===Upcoming season two cryptids===
*[[Chinese numerals]] → [[Numbers in Chinese]]
<!--READ BEFORE YOU EDIT: Although History Channel's website has a list of upcoming monsters for season two, the list is not in the exact order in which the episodes will air. Also some of the episode titles are different. These lists assume the names given in the monthly schedule on History's website. Please do not add an episode until it appears in the schedule.-->
*[[Japanese numerals]] → [[Numbers in Japanese]]
*[[Korean numerals]] → [[Numbers in Korean]]
*[[Welsh numerals]] → [[Numbers in Welsh]]
*[[Proto-Indo-European numerals]] → [[Numbers in Proto-Indo-European]]


Thank you. --[[User:Voidvector|Voidvector]] ([[User talk:Voidvector|talk]]) 07:45, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
; Jaws in Illinois : Investigation of reports that [[Bull Shark]]s have swam inland up the [[Mississippi River]] and as far as the state of [[Illinois]] and also the [[Greenland Shark]]s, known to have killed [[Caribou]] along the [[St. Lawrence River]] seaway.


== Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Typography ==
; Real Dragons : A look at reports of attacks on humans by the world's largest known lizard, the [[Komodo Dragon]], and an investigation into reports that an even bigger lizard, the supposedly extinct [[Megalania]], may still lurk in [[Australia]]'s [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]] region.


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; Sasquatch Attack II : A return investigation to look at new DNA evidence to identify a creature that has torn apart a remote cabin in Northern [[Ontario]].


We would like to ask you to review the [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/release-data/2008-9-13/HTML/Typography.s0.html articles selected from this project]. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at [[Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7]]. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at [[Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations]].
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*[[Cryptozoology]]
*[[List of cryptids]]
*[[The History Channel]]


== Infobox Images ==
==External links==
While going though and tagging some pages i noticed their infoxbox images where differnt from most others, should they be changed? for example [[NPS Rawlinson Roadway]] & [[Windsor (typeface)]]. [[User:Peachey88|Peachey88]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Peachey88|Talk Page]] | [[Special:Contributions/Peachey88|Contribs]])</sup> 03:15, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
*[http://www.history.com/minisites/monsterquest/ Monster Quest Site]
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== Unicode tables ==
[[nl:Monster Quest]]

Hi folks. Some articles contains table grids of Unicode glyphs. Each grid row contains information on several Unicode code points. Each grid cell contains several sub-elements for a particular code point. See, for example, [Letterlike Symbols]. I find this layout extremely confusing and hard to use. I would like to change it to a more linear table, with one code point per row. Something roughly like the table in [[Miscellaneous Symbols]]. Comments? Objections? —<small>[[User:DragonHawk|DragonHawk]] ([[User talk:DragonHawk|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/DragonHawk|hist]])</small> 18:34, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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License information and other legal aspects

The typography-related articles could use more information on licensing and other legal aspects of typography. For example the typeface article says "Many western countries extend copyright protection to typeface designs.", but doesn't name a single country which does so, and list of typefaces, unlike many other software-related lists, contains no licensing information. I have proposed the addition of a license parameter to the font infobox template at Template talk:Infobox font. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 23:35, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Article importance criteria

I think we should establish an importance scale for the article assessment. I suppose it is clear, which articles are of "top" importance, but what is of "high", "mid", and "low" importance? Please make suggestions!

I think that most of the articles on typefaces are of "low", articles on key persons of "high" importance to the project.

What do you think? Kind regards, — Tirk·fl “…” 13:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Shortcut already in use

The shortcuts WP:Typo and WP:TYPO are already in use by the Wikipedia:Typo team. We need a new one! Suggestions? — Tirk·fl “…” 12:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I created the shortcut WP:TYP. — Tirk·fl “…”07:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

woo, a wikiproject!

This is great. I've been putting general comments at Category talk:Typefaces, but this is a much better solution. ⇔ ChristTrekker 16:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Stubs

Hi all, I'm excited about taking part. One question: I'm going through the stub list and there are quite a few font entries where I'm not sure that any more detail *can* be added -- Century Gothic, for example. Am I suffering from lack of imagination, or are some of these font pages more or less complete? Should they still be marked as stubs?

Thanks for joining us! It doesn't matter if there can be more info or not: a stub is a stub–even if the article is complete! ;-) Kind regards, — Tirk·fl “…” 07:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Uniform names for articles on numbers in different languages

The following articles do not cover any pure numeral system where the symbols and notations are clearly defined, instead they cover how numbers are used in the respective languages. I have proposed all of them be moved. Please discuss HERE.

Thank you. --Voidvector (talk) 07:45, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Typography

Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7.

We would like to ask you to review the articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations.

A list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.

We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at this project's subpage of User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, SelectionBot 22:49, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Images

While going though and tagging some pages i noticed their infoxbox images where differnt from most others, should they be changed? for example NPS Rawlinson Roadway & Windsor (typeface). Peachey88 (Talk Page | Contribs) 03:15, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Unicode tables

Hi folks. Some articles contains table grids of Unicode glyphs. Each grid row contains information on several Unicode code points. Each grid cell contains several sub-elements for a particular code point. See, for example, [Letterlike Symbols]. I find this layout extremely confusing and hard to use. I would like to change it to a more linear table, with one code point per row. Something roughly like the table in Miscellaneous Symbols. Comments? Objections? —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 18:34, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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