User talk:Pharos

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries

Hi. I hope you're doing well. I am looking forward to the NYPL event, but what are we planning to do? Is it an editathon, a teaching event, lectures, all of the above? Is there a planning page? If so, could you link it at Wikipedia Loves Libraries#Northeast? Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:02, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

"how is Carnegie doing?"

In what sense? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 16:49, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Geonitice

Hi, Pharos. I'm Cristian and I'm a mostly active on it.wiki. I'm also a Wikimedia Italia board member. We would like to implement the Wikipedia:Geonotice also on it.wiki. User:Nemo_bis told me that you are currently maintaining it and it consist mostly of Javascript running on the toolserver. I'm going to ask one of our it.wiki's JS wizards to help me in implementing it. May you help us?. Thanks in advance. -- CristianCantoro (talk) 18:15, 12 September 2011 (UTC) p.s.: please answer me (in English, of course) on my it.wiki talk page, thank you.

SUNY-ESF, Syracuse NY Professor Interested in using Wikipedia

Hi Pharos, Can I give him our name/email to have him get in contact with you? He is a polymer chemist and has been really interested in the work we were doing here at Michigan and would like to do the same at SUNY-ESF this semester. Can we have some of the Syracuse Ambassadors take on his course as well? Thanks! MichChemGSI (talk) 14:21, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

You're invited! Wikimedia DC Annual Membership Meeting

DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting

Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. Agenda items include: election of the Board of Directors for the next two years approval of a budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year report on the activities and accomplishments of the past year social gathering afterwards at a nearby restaurant Candidate nominations are open until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 24. We encourage you to consider being a candidate. (see see candidate instructions) The meeting is open to both the general public and members from within the DC-MD-VA-WV-DE region and beyond. We encourage everyone to attend! You may join the chapter at the meeting or online.

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Spacecraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution

Category:Spacecraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:22, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
	You are invited to the National Archives in College Park for a special backstage pass and scanathon meetup with Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, on Saturday, October 8. Go behind the scenes and into the stacks at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Free catered lunch provided! Dominic·t 16:25, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Pharos. You have new messages at Jeepday's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

So I was looking

at the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries, specifically at the event posted for the Embudo Valley Library and thought to myself, "Gee Einar, You're even better than I thought. I don't even remember how I managed to link this to the little blurb I put on our website. I'm impressed with me." However upon closer inspection I discovered that it appeared to be you who did it. All those things that i said about myself - well they are all now pointed at you, squared. Very nice work and thank you very much. Feel free to drop in. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:50, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago 5

I have been attempting to contact the Chicago Public Library official that I met with and she has not been responding to my communications. I will start the page when I hear from her.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:55, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago 5 is all set.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:22, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Category:Holocaust in art and literature

Hi there. Just a head's up that I've proposed a merger of this category into Category:Works about the Holocaust. Discussion is here. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:03, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the WLL event in Warwick

I'm retiring from editing and am not the guy to encourage others to participate. Thanks for your leadership. BusterD (talk) 22:40, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

WLL in Fresno.

I was able finally was to talk to the head librarian(well, the person who can) 2 wks ago, I have been talking with about WLL, and showed them the WLL web page. They told me they need to work it out and they will let me know. I Been going over each week to see if they have the opportunity to with the higher ups. The one person I was talking to said. It sounded like a great Idea. I will keep you inform.

>Kingduran (talk) 21:13, 11 October 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) 04:50, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I think the event was a decided success, with at least half a dozen total newbies learning the ropes, and another dozen Wikipedians finding materials that they would not otherwise have had access to. I expanded the article on The Boy (musical) together with one of my trainees (User:Annveal), and we moved it from Stub class to at least Start class. Both of my trainees also got practical experience making edits and adding refs to articles that they selected. I really think that training-oriented sessions at the libraries are a great way to try to get new people involved in WP. An interesting thing that one of my trainees told me is that she was hesitant to edit, for fear that she would make a mistake, and also worried that other editors would criticize what she had done. The male trainee had no fears like that. I wonder if one of the reasons for the reluctance of women to join the WP project is that they are, in general, more risk-averse regarding editing. Obviously, there are lots of exceptions, but this was a very stark contrast in my two trainees yesterday. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk)

Mail

Please check your e-mail, concerning a Chapter-related matter. Thanks and regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

New page patrol – Survey Invitation Hello Pharos! The WMF is currently developing new tools to make new page patrolling much easier. Whether you  have patrolled many pages or only a few, we now need to  know about your experience. The survey takes only 6 minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist us in analyzing the results of the survey; the WMF will not use the information to identify you. If this invitation  also appears on other accounts you  may  have, please complete the  survey  once only.  If this has been sent to you in error and you have never patrolled new pages, please ignore it. Please click HERE to take part. Many thanks in advance for providing this essential feedback. You are receiving this invitation because you  have patrolled new pages. For more information, please see NPP Survey. Global message delivery 12:46, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Spanish translation of NYC bylaws

Are there plans to make a Spanish translation of the Wikimedia NYC bylaws? It would not be legally binding, but would help New York residents who do not speak much English but who know Spanish Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 08:34, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

You're invited! Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC

Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC & edit-a-thon
Wikipedia Loves Libraries comes to DC on Saturday, November 5th, from 1-5pm, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. We will be holding an edit-a-thon, working together to improve Wikipedia content related to DC history, arts, civil rights, or whatever suits your interests. There may also be opportunities to help with scanning historic photos plus some swag! You're invited and we hope to see you there!
RSVP + more details!

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Hi Pharos! Thanks for putting together the Wikipedia Loves Library event in NYC. It'd be grand to have a report about it (no matter how short or long) for This Month in GLAM. I do hope you or another attendee can provide a description of how the event went, outcomes and perhaps images (with links to any Wiki space). Please visit here and contribute if you can. It can be in the main features or the briefly section. Thanks again for coordinating the event :) SarahStierch (talk) 20:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Pharos, Just wanted to let you know that I am partially incapacitated because I ruptured the ACL in my left knee two months ago. I'm still in a brace, and my life currently consists of exercising and napping with little bits of Wikipedia in between! Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 14:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

thanks for you kind words

following my complete failure as a wikipedia workshop organizer. I was not really trying to draw experienced editors, rather was hoping to work with a few locals. Were I to try and do a wikigathering I would first attempt to get a venue in Santa Fe because, it is already a destination for a lot of folks. I had not really given that idea any thought - now I will. You seem to be a New Yorker, probably lots of wikipedians out there. Life is supposed to be interesting and it pretty much lives up to billing. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 02:32, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Danish Modern furniture at MOMA

Hello Pharos. As resident Wikipedian at MoMA, you may be able to help out with photos of Danish Modern furniture. I visited MoMA a couple of years ago but my photos are not detailed enough to illustrate the article we are developing on Danish modern and the biographies of related designers. I realize there are already a few overviews of the exhibition of modern furniture and design on Commons but what we really need are individual shots: chairs, tables, lamps or whatever. You will get a better idea of what we are looking for if you look at the Danish modern article itself. Perhaps you or one of your colleagues could help out by photographing a few of the exhibits and uploading them onto Commons. Basic info should include the name of the designer, the year designed and the designation of the object. - Ipigott (talk) 10:27, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

About your notices

Hi there! I'm not a capitol-area wikipedian. Please discontinue sending me information about such events. I do consider myself a Hudson Valley resident, just like those who live in Yonkers might consider themselves so. I am interested in NYC-based events, though my recent involvement in Wikipedia has declined due to lack of gumption. Thanks for your efforts, and please don't consider this negative feedback any form of criticism. BusterD (talk) 10:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm getting emails from people I never gave my email address to. Please ask these folks to take me off the mailing list. This is a disappointing development. BusterD (talk) 02:42, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Vancouver meetup

Hello,

I have written up a summary of the Vancouver meetup. Sorry it took me so long, it escaped me.

Thank you. InverseHypercube 00:30, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & DC Meetup 26!

Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & Meetup - Who should come? You should. Really.

FINE ART EDIT-A-THON & DC MEETUP 26 is December 17! The Edit-a-Thon will cover fine art subjects from the Federal Art Project and the meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. You don't have to attend both to attend one (but we hope you do!) Click the link above and sign up & spread the word! See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 17:47, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway has been [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stanley Holloway/archive1 Nominated at FAC]. If you can review the article and [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stanley Holloway/archive1 comment here], it would be much appreciated. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:59, 7 December 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 01:31, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited.

Problem with IP editor

Hi. I really need some administrator-to-administrator advice. Can you offer your opinions on Question 2 - 5 that I've posed at the top of this discussion?

Everyone else participating there is only focusing on Question 1, which I thought would be answered more quickly and straightforwardly, and is already being discussed at Talk:Kobe Bryant sexual assault case If you want to offer your insights on Question 1 as well, can you do so there? Thanks! Nightscream (talk) 05:10, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

The New Yorker

Congratulations Richard, you made page 19 of the New Yorker! Invertzoo (talk) 23:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Really? Congratulations, dude! What issue/cover date is that? I couldn't find it through a Google search. Nightscream (talk) 04:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

The upcoming Meetup

Richard, I'd like to start a campaign to do away with unregistered IP editing, and would like to take advantage of the upcoming Meetup to do so. How should I go about this? Do I need to reserve a talk, or something? Or should I pass around a petition or start a page for it? Nightscream (talk) 04:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

The best thing for this type of topic would probably be to add it as a lightning talk here: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day#Lightning Talks.--Pharos (talk) 17:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Are the lightning talks those ones that I partipated in last year, from which I got the free TV shirt? If so, then rather than repeat myself, I'd like to actually implement this. How do I go about doing so? Nightscream (talk) 01:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, that was your talk topic last year. I guess to try to implement something like this you would make a proposal page on-wiki, and you could possibly invite people to an open space group discussion session if enough people are interested. BTW, I actually rather disagree on this one, but that's why we talk about stuff :)--Pharos (talk) 02:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Interview?

My apologies for the non-personalized note; I've got several people to contact here. We're looking for administrators who would be willing to be interviewed by students as a part of Wikipedia's WP:United States Education Program. Dr. Jonathan Obar is teaching the course, and it's a study in how Wikipedia is governed and how administrators are selected. If you're not interested, you may either ignore this invitation or remove your name from the list of admins we've contacted. Thanks, Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:02, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

/* A barnstar for you! */

		The Real Life Barnstar
		I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, Pharos, for helping to put together a wonderful day of information sharing, project development and good times all for Wikipedia Day! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 19:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

Hi Pharos, would you mind giving a quality rating to my article on the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, as far as International Relations is concerned? Someone's added this box to the talk page of the article, but there's no rating. All best, -Darouet (talk) 19:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Pharos,

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, were 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) 17:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library

Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

We invite the Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help us increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm
10 am - 11 am Orientation to Minneapolis Collection
11 am - 5 pm Edit-a-thon
Website: Hennepin County Library, Special Collections, Map & Directions
Parking: Metered street parking or pay ramp in basement, enter on 4th Ave --HCLschlubb (talk) 16:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Just in case nobody else sends you a valentine!

	Happy Valentine's Day
	All the best for one of Wikipedia's best! (Feel free to send this to your other Valentines) Smallbones (talk) 23:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hi Pharos! I wanted to drop by this special barnstar to thank you for your contributions and participation in GLAMcamp DC! I look forward to seeing what happens next. SarahStierch (talk) 00:44, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Pharos,

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) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 03:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

education report

Thanks for putting up that article! I have to admit Ive been a little sidetracked by some other things, like my upcoming presentation about Wikipedia Education at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana today. The article looks good to me. Do you mind if I pop a message on the teacher's listserv to ask others to take a look?Thelmadatter (talk) 17:24, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:PD-US-LOC

Template:PD-US-LOC has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Kelly ^hi! 05:39, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You!

		The Schools Barnstar
		For your help with technical aspects of the Mudd Library Edit-a-thon on 18 February 2012, I award you this barnstar! Thanks for the Free Culture Choir direction! Undead q 14:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to DC Meetup #28!

DC Meetup #28: March 10 at Capitol City Brewery
DC Wikipedia meetup #28 is on Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 7pm on at Capitol City Brewery in downtown DC. (11th & H St NW). Join us for an evening of socializing, chatting about Wikipedia, discussing Wikimedia DC activities and the latest preparations for Wikimania 2012. (RSVP + details)

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You're invited: Smithsonian Institution Women in Science Edit-a-Thon!

Who should come? You should. Really.
	She Blinded Me with Science: Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C. This edit-a-thon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women from the Smithsonian who contributed to the sciences. It will be followed by a happy hour meetup! We look forward to seeing you there!

Sarah (talk) 23:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

question about coverage of education program in the Signpost

Hi,

Re: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-03-12/Education report, Skomorokh suggested I contact you regarding my questions.

Is the Signpost Education section meant to be a Wikipedia Education report or a Wikimedia Education report? I notice that most of the information in the new education article doesn't have much to do with the en:wp community, and the seven editors chosen in the report as "pilot students" have done little if any editing on the en:wp. (Check their contributions.)

This new article focused on projects that take place off en:wp. Meanwhile, the US/Canada Education Program has started on the en:wp with little sign that the massive problems it encountered during the Fall semester have been addressed. For example, one editor on the "Online Ambassadors Steering Committee" was responsible for many of the problems. She submitted an article for Good article review on en:wp a few weeks ago that contained copyvio/plagiarism/close paraphrasing. When this was pointed out to her, she didn't understand the problems. (See Talk:Douglas W. Owsley/GA1)

Also, I suggest that you look through Wikipedia talk:United States Education Program/Archive 1 and Wikipedia talk:United States Education Program/Archive 2 and search for "cindy" you will get an inkling of the degree her approach disrupted the en:wp community.

Yet this editor is still a member of the Online Ambassador Selection Committee.

I have attempted to obtain more information about Online Ambassador Selection, as have others, but have run against a brick wall. See: User talk Moonriddengirl aka Mdennis(WMF) suggested I contact you I've learned that there is no one to contact that supervises the Online Ambassador Selection Committee, and no way to learn what's going on.

I'm hoping that the "Education report" will contain information helpful for editors on en:wp. Will this be possible? Or is the coverage only going to be of off site activities that are not directed at the en:wp editing community?

Thanks, MathewTownsend (talk) 13:53, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Ping

There are questions and comments for your perusal at the education desk, its talkpage, and in the newsroom, oh Education editor. If you could take a look today and get back to us, that would be splendid. Cheers, Skomorokh 13:56, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Pharos, it's 24 hours 'til deadline and we need to make some decisions, so please let us know in the newsroom as soon as you get a chance to review things. Cheers, Skomorokh 13:37, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Social connections

Thanks for posting on my page to tell me about that Wikipedia Loves Libraries meetup the next city over. I am not sure what I think about the fact that it is possible for people to be organizing nearby events and for people to not necessarily know that they are happening. I wrote to the people organizing it and it seems like we will stay in touch.

I came here to ask you for advice about who I should contact for User:MathewTownsend's problem, but I see that he just came to you above. I feel like when Wikipedia editors take on public presentation roles and seem to be getting a Wikipedia community endorsement then any complaints about them ought to be fielded efficiently with the most possible care, and Mathew has has already put a lot of effort into trying to be heard without getting a sufficient response. I want to put this on the discussion agenda for the next IRC chat, but in the meantime, can you think of who else I could ask for advice on handling this? Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:56, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Signpost in other languages

Hi,

I was unaware that the Signpost was translated into other languages and disseminated to other wikis. Thanks for the information. I guess the feedback from the Foundation and other language communities are screen out from our en:wp, and the articles they write are also screened out, as all articles I've ever seen are written by en:wp editors. Thanks for that information also. (I wonder how all that works.) I was interested to see that the seven editors you mention in your article don't edit on en:wp. Perhaps you could add to the article where they do edit? Or is it your view that the main action of en:wp and other wikis is not on the encyclopedia but in meet ups and other off site activities? That would justify such a long article that actually includes very few people that contribute directly to the encyclopedia. (Guess that explains why editor contributions to en:wp is dwindling - they're just not important.) Thanks, MathewTownsend (talk) 17:41, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

p.s. Could you explain what WASC is? Thanks, MathewTownsend (talk) 17:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Like I said, the Signpost includes many topics under its remit, both English and other languages, both Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and both online and real-life activities. WASC is just an acronym for the Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee.--Pharos (talk) 01:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Is it distributed to other languages? Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee seems to cover only the US and Canada. And there is a dearth of material reported in the Signpost on the happening of that committee. MathewTownsend (talk) 01:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Pharos. You have new messages at Ishdarian's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time.

Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing Pharos a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 00:24, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

	GLAM-Wiki US rock star
	Hi Richard! Thank you for your efforts making the New York state page! I'm very excited to be getting the GLAM-Wiki US community organized and I so appreciate your help. As with anything, with your involvement - this is bound to succeed! Thanks much. LoriLee (talk) 18:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

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The subject isn't hugely important but I thought you might be interested in it. Pine^(talk) 08:40, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:World War II ghettos

Category:World War II ghettos, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. LeSnail (talk) 01:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Update/cleanup

This historical page needs to be updated to change the tenses and to confirm which events took place: Meetup workshops - 2011. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:07, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! New England Wikimedia General Meeting

	New England Wikimedia General Meeting
	The New England Wikimedia General Meeting will be a large-scale meetup of all Wikimedians (and friends) from the New England area in order to discuss regional coordination and possible formalization of our community (i.e., a chapter). Come hang out with other Wikimedians, learn more about ongoing activities, and help plan for the future! Potential topics: What is a Wikimedia chapter and should we work towards one? Planning of regular Boston meetups (any other New England cities?) Planning for upcoming coordinated events (Wikipedia Love Libraries, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiknic, etc.) Outreach to universities (WikiProject Academical Village) and cultural institutions (GLAM) Wikimania DC is this summer. Your ideas!
	Sunday, April 22 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM	Conference Room C06, Johnson Building, Boston Public Library—Central Library 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116
Please sign up here: Wikipedia:Meetup/New England!

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Message delivered by Dominic at 09:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC). Note: You can remove your name from this meetup invite list here.

You're invited to Wiki-Gangs of New York @ NYPL on April 21!

Wiki-Gangs of New York: April 21 at the New York Public Library

Join us for an an civic edit-a-thon, Wikipedia meet-up and instructional workshop that will be held this weekend on Saturday, April 21, at the New York Public Library Main Branch. Venue: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (NYPL Main Branch), Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (Room 227). Directions: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (drop-ins welcome at any time) The event's goal will be to improve Wikipedia articles and content related to the neighborhoods and history of New York City - No special wiki knowledge is required! Also, please RSVP!--Pharos (talk) 18:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC Meetup & Dinner

Please join us for a Wikimedia DC Meetup & Dinner on Saturday, May 5. This will be a great opportunity to meet other Wikimedians from the DC area, discuss upcoming Wikimedia DC activities and events, and have fun over dinner and drinks. All ages are welcome! Kirill [talk] 04:08, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting

Hi. You might be interested in this. outreach:Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting. The next meeting is April 23. You can also add your name to the list here to get meeting announcements in the future. meta:Global message delivery/Targets/Wikipedia Education Program meeting Pine^(talk) 09:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

MSU Research Questions

Hello, I am involved with a research project for Michigan State University and am wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions regarding tool sets on Wikipedia. What were the tools you mainly used prior to becoming an admin, and after becoming an admin? Here is a link to the project if you are interested Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Wiki-Project Management (Jonathan Obar) , and if you have any questions please let me know. Thanks! Ltezl (talk) 22:26, 19 April 2012 (UTC)