User talk:Peteforsyth

Screenshot of user contributions

I like File:User contributions detail.svg but it was removed from Help:User contributions today as outdated.[1] Can you make an updated version with the red and green numbers described at Wikipedia:Added or removed characters? Also, "diff" and "hist" have swapped positions. An often overlooked detail is that the arrow at a section edit summary is a link to the section. It's a minor issue but perhaps this could be mentioned. PrimeHunter (talk)

Books & Bytes New Years Double Issue

Books & Bytes

Volume 1 Issue 3, December/January 2013

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Happy New Year, and welcome to a special double issue of Books & Bytes. We've included a retrospective on the changes and progress TWL has seen over the last year, the results of the survey TWL participants completed in December, some of our plans for the future, a second interview with a Wiki Love Libraries coordinator, and more. Here's to 2014 being a year of expansion and innovation for TWL!

The Wikipedia Library completed the first 6 months of its Individual Engagement grant last week. Here's where we are and what we've done:

Increased access to sources: 1500 editors signed up for 3700 free accounts, individually worth over $500,000, with usage increases of 400-600%

Deep networking: Built relationships with Credo, HighBeam, Questia, JSTOR, Cochrane, LexisNexis, EBSCO, New York Times, and OCLC

New pilot projects: Started the Wikipedia Visiting Scholar project to empower university-affiliated Wikipedia researchers

Developed community: Created portal connecting 250 newsletter recipients, 30 library members, 3 volunteer coordinators, and 2 part-time contractors

Tech scoped: Spec'd out a reference tool for linking to full-text sources and established a basis for OAuth integration

Broad outreach: Wrote a feature article for Library Journal's The Digital Shift; presenting at the American Library Association annual meeting

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Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited! Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride, a global campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia during the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. The project is being spearheaded by two organizers with roots in the Pacific Northwest. Meetups are being organized in some cities, or you can participate remotely. Wikimedia Commons will also be hosting an LGBT-related photo challenge. In Portland, there are two ways to contribute. One is a photography campaign called "Pride PDX", for pictures related to LGBT culture and history. The Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, June 21 from noon–4pm at Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236 at Portland State University. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and cords. Feel free to showcase your work here! Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Pride PDX Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Wiki Loves Pride 2014 https://www.facebook.com/events/804661466218694 If you have any questions, please leave a message here. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Oregon-related events and projects by removing your name from this list.

The Wikipedia Library: New Account Coordinators Needed

Hi Books & Bytes recipients: The Wikipedia Library has been expanding rapidly and we need some help! We currently have 10 signups for free account access open and several more in the works... In order to help with those signups, distribute access codes, and manage accounts we'll need 2-3 more Account Coordinators.

It takes about an hour to get up and running and then only takes a couple hours per week, flexible depending upon your schedule and routine. If you're interested in helping out, please drop a note in the next week at my talk page or shoot me an email at: jorlowitzgmail.com. Thanks and cheers, Jake Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:41, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

GLAM history/structure

I'm afraid the Wikipedia article GLAM (industry sector) is not very good. I was wondering how GLAM got started and who runs it. Is there a decision maker that has authority to make choices on how GLAM is run? Are all the participants hired by the same organization or is it more of a loosely organized group? Did Wikipedians start the initiative or was it you or an early GLAM participant that got it started? How is it structured? I was hoping you might have a few minutes to spare to educate me. CorporateM (Talk) 23:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

@CorporateM:, I'm sorry, I don't quite see what you're getting at. I think maybe you are conflating "GLAM" (an industry sector that's existed for millenia) and the more recent phenomenon of "GLAM-Wiki" (a loose collection of efforts to help GLAM institutions engage effectively with collaboratively-built web sites?) I think you're more interested in the latter -- there's no really quick answer, but I think you'd find most of the answers you want starting at outreach:GLAM. The first Wikipedian in Residence was @Wittylama: at the British Museum, who pretty much made it happen on his own. The idea was first proposed in a 2006 blog post by @Llywrch:, and was reignited during the Wikimedia Strategic Planning process in 2009, which may (?) have been what sparked Liam to pursue the British Museum project. But that's just the barest of outlines...so much has happened since. I hope those pages on Outreach help. -Pete (talk) 21:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I think that answers my question (there is no central organization, just a mish mash of people who identify under the same banner). I didn't realize GLAM was an acronym that existed in a different context other than how it is used on Wikipedia. CorporateM (Talk) 22:19, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

OK good. Glad that helped! -Pete (talk) 22:27, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Media viewer

Per Fabrice's explanation, please refrain from further edits to the site JavaScript, or I will have to temporarily revoke your admin privileges. This is a WMF action.--Eloquence* 20:07, 10 July 2014 (UTC)