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Removal of PROD from Rui Jorge Faria Azevedo

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Rui Jorge Faria Azevedo, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks!

Power Rangers Samurai Strike

I've got fairly steady information about Saban bying back Power Rangers and opening up season 18 with Power Rangers Samurai Strike. I don't have much besides Characters and Actors, but it's something. Please don't delete it Chris JimmyRedMonkey217 (talk) 18:04, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Jake,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Forces returning 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 5, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-09-05. howcheng {chat} 22:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Wouldn't the ubx be better in the template namespace? I took the liberty of making a slightly modified version of your userbox but in the template namespace here: Template:Centijimbo calculator, if you think that this was an inappropriate decision please delete the page by all means. Regards, —Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм • Champagne? • 4:02pm • 06:02, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16

New York City Meetup Next: Saturday October 16th, Jefferson Market Library in Lower Manhattan Last: 05/22/2010

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wiki-Conference NYC 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia Ambassador Program and Wikipedia Academy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 16:09, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Erika Sifrit

Hello Jake,

Can you tell me why the page re: Erika Sifrit was removed or if moved, where I can find it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.52.246 (talk) 23:50, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

After looking quickly I can tell you that I deleted the page because it consisted solely of unsourced negative information on a living person. The page shouldn't be recreated without showing the individual's notability outside of a single event. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Best, ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 22:06, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Shout out for Volunteers

I noticed you served here, would you be willing to repeat the performance this year?. I ask because there's a call for help at the election talk page, and because you have the tools we need. Cheers, Sven Manguard _Talk 23:05, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't really have the time to serve as a coordinator this year, but I'll swing by the pages once the election gets closer and see if there is anything that needs doing. Best, ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 20:46, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4

We meet outside by the trees at 5:00 PM.

Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

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WP:WOCP

Hello, this is a notice that wp:WOCP is currently revitalizing to conform with new technology standards and there is currently a call out to all older members to come back and help out. You were listed as a member of the project, and thus contacted. If you want to help with the efforts, please make contact on the projects talk page. Regards, Phearson (talk) 15:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

New Pages and New Users

I've recently been doing some thinking (and a great deal of consultation with Philippe and James at the WMF's community department) on how to keep new users around and participating, particularly in light of Sue's March update. One of the things we'd like to test is whether the reception they get when they make their first article is key. In a lot of cases, people don't stay around; their article is deleted and that's that. By the time any contact is made, in other words, it's often too late.

What we're thinking of doing is running a project to gather data on if this occurs, how often it occurs, and so on, and in the mean time try to save as many pages (and new contributors) as possible. Basically, involved users would go through the deletion logs and through Special:NewPages looking for new articles which are at risk of being deleted, but could have something made of them - in other words, non-notable pages that are potentially notable, or spammy pages that could be rewritten in more neutral language. This would be entirely based on the judgment of the user reviewing pages - no finnicky CSD standards. These pages would be incubated instead of deleted, and the creator contacted and shepherded through how to turn the article into something useful. If they respond and it goes well, we have a decent article and maybe a new long-term editor. If they don't respond, the draft can be deleted after a certain period of time.

I know this isn't necessarily your standard fare, but with your and new pages work I thought it might be up your alley. If you're interested, read Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/New pages, sign up and get involved; questions can be dropped on the talkpage or directed at me. Thanks, Ironholds (talk) 21:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of article "Sympitar" fit the rules but not the facts

The stated reason for your deletion: 'There seems to be no case for notoriety for this instrument article. As mentioned on the take page this seems to be just one of hundreds if not thousands of almost unique and insignificant instruments.'

Fred Carlson created the sympitar... it is NOT "just another instrument" and it is definitely something that has established a new instrument type. I submit the following, just a small sample, as my argument that the deletion was perhaps well founded based on the article contents, but not in the facts about the instrument as you claim when you state 'there seems to be no case'. I would appreciate you doing a Google search in the future before submitting my pages for deletion on such grounds.

Featured as a "Great Acoustic" in Acoustic Guitar magazine July 2002: GREAT ACOUSTICS Carlson Oracle. By Teja Gerken

Featured again (one of the only makers with 2 instruments as Great Acoustics, ever) in Acoustic Guitar magazine Great acoustic in print (in the magazine) as well as online with video

Featured in book "Hand Made, Hand Played" by Robert Shaw: Hand Made, Hand Played by Robert Shaw

Referenced in the "Odd Music" gallery of instruments:Odd Music Gallery - Oracle 24-string Harp Sympitar

Sympitar played by Alex de Grassi (GRAMMY nominated guitarist) on several albums as follows:

39-string harp sympitar on Harp Guitar Dreams Deep at Night; Windham Hill, 1991 Beyond the Night Sky: Lullabies for Guitar; EarthBeat!, 1996 Tatamonk (with Quique Cruz); Tropo Records, 2000

and... Alex playing it with the Demania trio: http://jazztimes.com/articles/18736-demania-demania-trio

Sympitar published mentions:

Guild of American Luthiers Fall 1997 Guild of American Luthiers Summer 2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmtitus (talk • contribs) 05:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

I have restored the article at your request. Be advised that it can still be nominated for deletion. Best, ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 17:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Sympitar PROD removal

Hi there, I see that you decided not to delete the article Sympitar which I proposed for deletion some time ago. hHat's fair enough. Could you provide me with your rationale for keeping the article? I am interested so as not to repeat the mistake. Philip.t.day talk 17:56, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

In fact, the article was deleted by SchuminWeb, and remained so for about a month. In the section above this one on my talk page, another user contested the deletion, and so I restored the page. You did absolutely nothing wrong; it is simply standard practice to restore article's deleted via PROD upon request. You are welcome to take the article to AFD. Thanks for your efforts. ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 19:24, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

You're invited to the New York Wiknic!

You could be having this much fun! Seriously, consider coming.

This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area next Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 8 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together at Norman's Landscape (directions) in Manhattan's Central Park.

Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.

If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.

Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!

To subscribe to future events, follow the mailing list or add your username to the invitation list. BrownBot (talk) 19:09, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC Oct 22

Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC

You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.

All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here!--Pharos (talk) 04:27, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

National Archives ExtravaSCANza

You are invited to the National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success! This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic·t 01:21, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited.

MSU Interview

Dear Jake Wartenberg,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)