Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Newsletter/201102

The WikiProject Anthroponymy Newsletter
Volume 1 · No. 1 · Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 31, 2011

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Anthroponymy articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1		1			2
FL		2					2
GA			2	3			5
B	6	24	6	10		2	48
C	5	19	24	58	1	37	144
Start	18	47	169	465	10	373	1,082
Stub	5	16	141	3,563	22	1,594	5,341
List	6	15	97	6,479	42,550	22,802	71,949
Category				5	880		885
Disambig			10	178	11,447	3	11,638
File					3		3
Project					14		14
Redirect	2	2	13	1,926	21,191		23,134
Template					108		108
NA				7	4	34	45
Other					7		7
Assessed	42	126	462	12,695	76,237	24,845	114,407
Unassessed			1	104	33	10,983	11,121
Total	42	126	463	12,799	76,270	35,828	125,528
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 38,186			Ω = 5.77

Article of the month – List of valkyrie names in Norse mythology

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who choose which warriors will win or die in battle. The valkyries bring their chosen who have died bravely in battle to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin, where the deceased warriors become einherjar. There, when the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens, and sometimes connected to swans. (More...)