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Reasons for my raising wikistress: Some general observations on Wikipedia governance being broken and good editors trampled by the system Wikipedia is a kawaii mistress :) I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Current RfAdminship RfA candidate S O N S% Ending (UTC) Time left Dups? Report Voorts 112 7 3 94 21:06, 8 November 2024 4 days, 7 hours no report RfB candidate S O N S% Ending (UTC) Time left Dups? Report Last updated by cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online at 13:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC) Your name has been mentioned here [[1]] Username for SOC0317 Piotr, My name is Erika Moul, and I am a student in your SOC0317 class, and I am very confused by the Wikipedia assignments. I have made a username (Emm66) and have gone through the tutorial, but I do not understand how you will be tracking my activity. I hope that you can clear this up for me so that I am able to meet the Sept. 21st deadline for the Wiki assignment. Also, my group members are Angela Han and Mariah J(?). Further, when I posted my blog commentary this morning, I noticed that my comment to another student's entry from last week does not appear on the blog. Do you have record of my making a second posting last week? (I had posted it on Saturday afternoon.) If there was a computer error and you did not receive the post, is there any way that I can make it up? If not, how will this affect my grade? Since the blog comments are 50% of our grade, I am very concerned about this matter. Thank you for your understanding - please advise. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, Erika Moul username: Emm66 | email: emm66@pitt.edu global society i have created my account and posted a diff of an article. my account is d.j.weingart http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craigellachie,_Moray&diff=315199599&oldid=306286192 -Dan W Assignment Completed I have created an account, joined group 6, completed the tutorial and edited a page. The page I edited is [2] Justin Lovett jml72 22:13 20 September 2009 (UTC) Diff I tried to post my diff earlier but I think I did it wrong, so here you go: [[3]] Justin Lovett jml72 23:04 20 September 2009 (UTC) New Account I managed to make a new account. Username: mariahjenae ~Mariah Blake~ Patrick Atkins My username is PatrickJatkins and my real name is Patrick Atkins. I am in Group 10. My user name Hi Piotor, My name is Teresa Green and my user name is T.starr.green. Also, I had a family emergency last Friday (that is why i wasn't in class) is it OK if I still do my comment on someones post? I did the summary, but because of the family emergency I did not have the opportunity to do it -Teresa Edit Piotr, Additionally, I made an edit to the Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania page [[4]]. -Erika Moul Piotr, I made an edit to the Suffield High School page. And several in the sandbox, see [mytalk page] ColleenHelen (talk) 18:20, 5 October 2009 (UTC) account, edit, group Hi, I set up my account (username: mariahjenae)and have completed the sandbox edits through the tutorial. I edited an article about Mercersburg, Pennsylvania by including the opening day of the ski season(Thanksgiving) to the information about the Whitetail Ski Resort. I have also joined group 7 with Erika, Angela, Amber, and Dominique. Thanks, Mariah Blake Wikipedia Assignments Hi this is Sean McNamara I have completed the tutorial, joined the group, and made an edit (University of Pittsburgh page, added comments regarding residence halls) File:Map of Torun fortress.jpg listed for deletion Hi Piotrus, I've declined the speedy, and opened a discussion at WP:FFD. PhilKnight (talk) 12:37, 28 September 2009 (UTC) missing information I'm Jessica McCracken....my wiki username is Jam187....i thought i already gave the info to you but i might not have ```` WP:PSRP I just wanted to ask if you were interested in joining WP:PSRP. I'm trying to take your advice on it, and continued advice, even membership, sure would help. You have the kind of experience that the project needs. Irbisgreif (talk) 16:14, 29 September 2009 (UTC) The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 September 2009 Opinion essay: White Barbarian Localisation improvements: LocalisationUpdate has gone live Office hours: Sue Gardner answers questions from community News and notes: Vibber resigns, Staff office hours, Flagged Revs, new research and more Wikipedia in the news: Stunting of growth, Polanski protected and more Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations WikiProject report: WikiProject National Register of Historic Places Features and admins: Approved this week Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 02:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC) logo dispute Hi Piotrus, as you are an administrator with interest in WP:PITT, university articles in general, and judging by your banners, copyright paranoia, I would like to draw your attention to a dispute that I believe has been inappropriate and prematurely taken to the administrators noticeboard at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Problems_with_University_of_Pittsburgh_article. Most concerning to me is that, regardless of whether this particular editor is correct or not in his interpretation of fair-use, he is engaging in behavior that attempts to avoid typical dispute resolution via WP:DISPUTE, and has essentially admitted as such. In order to resolve this in a timely manner, any comments you have regarding the circumstances and the issues, for or against, or perhaps moving the debate to a more appropriate location would be appreciated. Thank you, CrazyPaco (talk) 23:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC) I should clarify that the debate is whether these logos belong in the corresponding university articles at all, not merely the aesthetics of their location in infoboxes in particular. I believe the issue is a WP:UNI-wide one, with the Pitt article as the battle ground, regarding the appropriateness of the use of such popular/athletic logos, such as File:PittPanthers.png. In my mind, the debate comes down to whether the utility that those logos serve in providing a useful identifying mark to the reader would adequately justify their fair-use. This has typically been the case in most university articles, see the FA Michigan State University, until the initiation of the recent wave of edits. The counter argument seems to suggest they violate WP:MOSLOGO because they represent just the athletic teams, and not the university as a whole. I think the arguments for and against are laid out in the noticeboard discussion so I won't further rehash them. The other issue is the appropriateness of it being brought to the noticeboard in the first place, instead of through usual dispute resolution processes. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC) Hey, btw, you wouldn't consider helping to make a better translation for the Polish language University of Pittsburgh wiki article would you? Also, I think it is great you are using Wikipedia in your class. I'd be interested in hearing how you integrated it. CrazyPaco (talk) 00:37, 1 October 2009 (UTC) Extra Credit Post Hi Piotr, I'm just letting you know that I added a post to our blog concerning the G-20 and some related information. Feel free to take a look at it. Jcl41 (talk) 06:36, 1 October 2009 (UTC) Jon Luchansky Hi Piotr, I wrote an extra credit blog post last week but I was wondering if you saw my message that was posted in Extra Credit blog post. -Angela han angelalhan (talk) 01:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelalhan (talk • contribs) Fair use rationale for File:Kazimierz_Pelczar.jpg Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Kazimierz_Pelczar.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Rettetast (talk) 17:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Europe/Noticeboard Your own rules for the EE/N state, "Add the date, but do not sign...use five tildes instead of four"; However, you signed your entry here. Viriditas (talk) 08:47, 2 October 2009 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Kazimierz siemenowicz.jpg Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Kazimierz siemenowicz.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 10:42, 2 October 2009 (UTC) Group 1 Project Group 1 would like to take the page Polyethnicity for our assignment. Nec26 (talk) 18:19, 2 October 2009 (UTC) Grade Dear Piotr, My name is Teresa Green and I did not receive credit for my extra credit blog on G-20. Do I need to send you a link to prove I did it? Thank you, Teresa Green —Preceding unsigned comment added by T.starr.green (talk • contribs) 19:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIII (September 2009) From the coordinators Greetings to all members of the Military history WikiProject, and to those outside the project who receive this news letter as well! My name is TomStar81, and it with a great sense of pride that I assume the position of lead coordinator for the project. On behalf of all the coordinators, both new and returning, we wish to thank those of you who participated in the September elections, and we look forward to working to advance the goals of the project for the next six months. With the elections concluded, there are two changes. First, Roger Davies has been appointed a coordinator emeritus, joining our first coordinator emeritus Kirill Lokshin. 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I made an article for it since there was none on Wikipedia - I am not sure if it will still be there because some speedy removal alert came up and I am unsure of how to address it, I added some headings to it. Here is our preliminary plan for completing the article. As we complete the preliminary research we will further refine the outline and plan of action. Overall/General Information Definition What makes a culture/group deviant Examples Past prime examples Current prime examples [so far we have thought of gangs, religious groups, homosexuals, those who live off the grid] Prime examples of movements Effect of Globalization Discussion of what made prime examples prime and not present Increase in tolerance Strengthening of Groups Networking Strength in numbers Global movements We have divided preliminary research in the following way: John - Overall definition and ways to categorize. Kate - past examples of deviant subcultures and social movements. Ragini - Present examples of deviant subcultures and movements. Jessica - Present examples of deviant subcultures and movements. Melissa - tolerance and networking. Everybody will look for information and examples dealing with globalization. Please let us know if this article and plan are acceptable! Thank you Rgg6 (talk) 04:12, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Piotrus, the article almost got deleted because there was essentially no content beyond the definition. (I declined it, & added an underconstruction tag.) It would probably be of some help to try to have at least an initial paragraph and a general reference at the start. DGG ( talk ) 05:34, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Hi, we actually found an article "counterculture" which was essentially our topic. We would like to switch to: Topic: First World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_world 1. Overall Information a. Definition of a first world country i. GDP, GNP, prosperity – other number based quantities 2. Three World Model a. Origins b. Changes c. Relationship b/n the First World and the 2nd and 3rd floors 3. First World pre 1914 4. First World post 1914 5. Recent ( based on research – what do experts consider recent) changes in countries belonging to First World a. Globalization i. Pros- examples 1. Free trade ii. Cons - examples 1. Specialization can lead to people losing jobs b. Ascension and descent of certain countries in and out i. General information – why membership changes ii. Examples 1. Reasons particular to the country (as opposed to the general reasons listed above) Division of Work among Group Members: Melissa – Overall Information, recent examples of countries entering or leaving first world Ragini – three world model Jessica F – first world pre 1914 Kate – first world post 1914 John Adams – globalization in connection with First World Rgg6 (talk) 18:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Hellow! How are you? --Ludvikus (talk) 13:13, 3 October 2009 (UTC) DYK for Dymitr of Goraj On October 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dymitr of Goraj, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. BorgQueen (talk) 18:29, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Lodz Hi there. I was the one who requested this, and I do not at all think that these changes are contentious. Or if they are, then there are people who miss the point of Wikipedia's WP:Use English concept. The point you referred me to does not actually make any referce to anything that supports your points. In fact, it supports my point, when it says, as the very first sentence: "Wikipedia does not decide what characters are to be used in the name of an article's subject; English usage does." There are very, very few English writers who even know how to create the appropriate diacritics on their keyboard, let alone would do so if they could. Yes, that is an unreferenced statement, but if we're being calm about the situation, I think you'd agree that it's true. In addition, it should be noted that there were actually two requests for the change that was made, without anyone disagreeing with them - no one - zero people - expressed support for continuing the use of the diacritics. At the same time, I think we should focus on getting agreement on this, not simply trying to "score points" in some argument - How can we work forward on this to sort it out? AshleyMorton (talk) 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Group 4 Plan, Pax Mongolica Here is group four's flexible plan: We are expanding a stub on Pax Mongolica. The outline for the article is: 1. Introduction to the subject and academic term; 2. Rise and early years of the Pax Mongolica; 3. General Pax Mongolica period (what was covered in Before European Hegemony basically); 4. Latter years and "decline" of Pax Mongolica One person will work on part 1 and this same person will work on part 2; Two persons will work on part 2; Two persons will work on part 3 because it will be the bulk of the article; One person will work on part 4. As of now our plan is to have Stefan work on parts 1&2, Sean will work on part 2, Carly and Lauren will work on part 3, and Jessica will work on part 4. We have picked out several books to help us with our research and will use these appropriately. Gxlarson (talk) 04:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Group 10 Game Plan The group will be covering Semi-periphery countries. Eric: Definition of the Semi-periphery Pat: Semi-periphery countries in the 13th century Dan: Semi-periphery countries from the 13th to today John: Semi-periphery countries Today Chazz: Transitional Effects on Exising Systems D.j.weingart (talk) 05:42, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Extra points for Wiki Hello, I should have 2 extra points for the wikipedia: (1) Showing my edit to the class (2) Posting a diff of my edit to your talk page Thanks Ragini Rgg6 (talk) 14:59, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Sophia of Poland Thank you, Piotrus. I've had two articles on the Did you know page before. I don't know how to nominate an article and I thought the creator of the article couldn't nominate it. Thank You--David (talk) 15:23, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Group 6 Hello, our group will be covering the topic of proto globalization. (talk) 04:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Re:GA assignment Food power was recently redirected to Embargo, and Deviant subculture has a PROD tag. Group 7 might also pick a more concise title (like "Gender in Chinese globalization" or something similar). Other than that, things are looking good. Should be an interesting term. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 21:46, 5 October 2009 (UTC) It has the potential to work as an encyclopedic article, but if it isn't well-done it definitely won't work. Depending on how able you think they are, you can either let them try it or suggest another topic. It's tricky, but it might turn out fine. The problem here is that the chance that it won't work - especially given their inexperience - is higher than the chance that it will. Short answer is, it's your call - let them try, or don't. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC) That would work (I'd suggest calling it "Chinese globalization" or "Globalization in China"), but you're right - it would be very broad, and as a result unlikely to achieve GA without an incredible amount of work. It's a question of balance - the gender topic is narrower, but this one is easier to find good encyclopedic information for. 23:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Group 1 : Polyethnicity plan / mini-outline We first decided to create headlines we would like to fill in, so we came up with: Defining Poly ethnicity basic concept Conceptual History the history of the concept, its origins, etc Polyethnicity throughout History a lot of what we have read in the book thus far, as well as other significant examples Poly ethnicity and Ethnic Identity this will highlight how widespread polyethnicity is, but how cultures are able to retain ethnic identity. This could ultimate feed into the idea of homogeneity The Assimilation of Ethnicities this will discuss how it is possible for some cultures to eventually assimilate, or combine. Specific examples will be given To begin our research, we are all meeting at the Hillman Library and pulling many books that have polyethnic concepts in them. Once we get a solid amount of books, we are going to divide up all the reading between the group, note everything (including page numbers and whatnot), and then meet up to see what we have. The other thing we will have to do (hopefully you can direct us here) is rename the article on Wikipedia. Currently, it is found under Polyethnicity. This could problematic, because "polyethnicity" does not actually seem to exist as a word. I am not really sure if we do anything about that. The word that does actually exist is polyethnic. Nec26 (talk) 01:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Extra Credit I made some edits to my old high school's wiki. I added a lot of references within the athletics section, as well added a new tidbit. St. Charles East High School#Athletics Nec26 (talk) 01:59, 6 October 2009 (UTC) The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 October 2009 New talk pages: LiquidThreads in Beta Sockpuppet scandal: The Law affair News and notes: Article Incubator, Wikipedians take Manhattan, new features in testing, and much more Wikipedia in the news: Wikipedia used by UN, strange AFDs, iPhone reality Discussion report: Discussion Reports and Miscellaneous Articulations WikiProject report: New developments at the Military history WikiProject Features and admins: Approved this week Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 05:19, 6 October 2009 (UTC) DYK for Landflucht On October 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Landflucht, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. SoWhy 16:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC) DYK for Adolf Bniński On October 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Adolf Bniński, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. —Ed (talk • contribs) 23:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Suwałki Agreement GAN... I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:47, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Hi Piotrus :) My question about rynek glowny was that nobody in either Polish or English article included information about Walenty Badylak and I don't understand why. I basically grew up on rynek (ooo... the good old times!!!) and I remember learning about the tragedy early on, whenever it was possible. I could never walk by the well without knowing. But why nobody ever included the info in Krk history? --Koliber (talk) 12:35, 7 October 2009 (UTC)