User talk:Pharos

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Mail

Hi, you've got mail. Best, Walter 10:12, 19 November 2014 (PDT)

Please review DYK nomination

Hi, Richard. I wonder if you could review our DYK nomination for the new article Honey Queen Program our students created at Vassar College as part of a curricular project. Thanks! Cristian Opazo (talk) 15:11, 22 November 2012 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Honey_Queen_Program

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!

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	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

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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!
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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

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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)

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Education peer review

Hi Pharos! We're talking about doing some kind of assessment of student article quality from the U.S./Canada programs (see here), and I referenced the peer review project you're trying to get going as a possible partnership for such an idea. If you're interested, please join the discussion. :) -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 23:30, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Request to help set-up a Photo Scavenger Hunt

Hi! I wanted to ask if you can set me up with a username and password for the Wikimedia Photo Scavenger Hunts website. I'm working with the Walters Art Museum to organize a public art focused photo scavenger hunt from June 17 through August 11. Thanks for your help! --Eli.pousson (talk) 13:16, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

For being a tireless contributor online and offline to Wikimedians - both those with great ideas and those with crazy ideas (plus the occasional overlaps). In particular for your recognition of the importance of Chapters, founding of WALRUS, consistent contributions to ideas on Meta, and patience in hearing ideas from folks in IRC, on wiki pages and via email. Varnent (talk) 20:02, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Fabulous Prize!

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PMA wants a Wikipedian

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is interested in finding a Wikipdian with whom they can work to improve coverage of the art content related to the PMA. Would you be interested, or could you recommend someone who is? The criteria are: (1) an experienced editor (2) with an interest in the arts (3) who preferably lives in the Philadelphia area. (This is not a Wikipedian in Resident position - yet. They are still exploring that possibility) Raul654 (talk) 02:56, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-thon!

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Agenda for tomorrow

I was thinking about applying for this but I would much rather that James do it, and he had the idea independently. Can you look at this? I mentioned you on the talk page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:40, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Ideas for Houston Wikinic

Suggesting locations could be a good idea - Perhaps I could suggest a few centrally located parks. Houston has a bunch! WhisperToMe (talk) 01:06, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I posted the preliminary info! I'll see if people start making suggestions WhisperToMe (talk) 00:46, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

An idea I have is to individually message Houston-area Wikipedians who may be active and suggest a time or place. Unfortunately I do not believe I personally will be able to attend a Wikinic because I may have work commitments around that time in another city, but I can help facilitate a Wikinic among any interested parties in the area. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Howdy! Whisper informed me on a little gathering. I will do my best to attend, but my schedule may not allow me to, but I would be glad to help in any way I can. --Hourick (talk) 14:12, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

User:Domanskim/Women at Princeton University

Hi, you moved this page to user space after I tagged it as a copyvio but according to WP:UPNOT the same rules for copyright apply to userpages as well as mainspace. I haven't tagged the page but left a message for Domanskim suggesting they move the draft off wiki until it's written in their own words. It certainly looks a notable topic and worthy of an article but I don't think it can last as it is. NtheP (talk) 20:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Vollard Suite

Hi, Pharos I was asked today to inquire as to whether or not MoMA has the entire suite and can any images be made available to us as fair use. Apparently only 30-something are shown on the database. Please let me know, thanks. (Maybe lunch this June? I'll finally have some time this summer)...Modernist (talk) 00:11, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You!

		The Schools Barnstar
		Thanks for your energy, enthusiasm, contributions, (and crackpot theories) at the Women at Princeton Edit-a-thon! Undead q 19:08, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Altanta Wiknic

Hi Pharos, Sorry, I will not be able to host the Atlanta Wikinic. Unfortunately I do not have much time for wiki activities due to work stuff in RL. — Ganeshk (talk) 10:58, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest using the Centennial Olympic Park for the event. Whoever is hosting the event will need a large banner to attract participants to the venue. And the location must be specific, for example, next to the fountain of rings. — Ganeshk (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

One other option is the scenic Morgan Falls Overlook Park in Sandy Springs. It has a nice history behind it. — Ganeshk (talk) 14:24, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Houston Wikinic stuff

Okay.. I said that I supported Hourick's recommendation. Anyway I put my name in the "Regrets" column - I am unable to attend. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 04:09, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately I'm busy for the whole week and weekend. I am unable to attend. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm also busy for those time periods too. I'm simply unable to attend. However, Hourick has been on Wikipedia for a long time, and many of the Houston editors who I have been in contact with on Wikipedia have been editing for a long time too. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:21, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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Question about Wikimania Takes Manhattan

Hi Pharos! I understand that you are the person to talk to about Wikimania Takes Manhattan. I asked a question here but it doesn't seem like the page is updated often by organizers, but an answer would be great. Thanks in advance, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 00:49, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Hawaii Chapter

We discussed this in IRC and I wanted to find out what exactly I can do to make this happen. ♥ Solarra ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 04:57, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Quasi-nonsensical help request

How do you give someone a barnstar? I would like to give you a barnstar thanking you for helping me figure out how to give someone a barnstar, but I need you to help me figure that out first. -— Isarra ༆ 05:29, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

wicnic

thanks for the info, but im in the other corner of florida, its really more like Lower Alabama, as much as i hate to say it... --Frazafraaaz (talk) 09:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

• Any idea where the talk for the potential Richmond Va Wiknic meetup might be? That's close enough to where I might be able to go...Tokyogirl79 (talk) 12:31, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Okay.

A barnstar Call this a... Wiknic award for organisational fanciness, or something. I'm too lazy to change it more unless it really needs it, though; meantime this is an actually awarded barnstar. Yes. -— Isarra ༆ 04:21, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia New York City Annual Meeting Sat Jun 30

Join us at Jefferson Market Library on Saturday starting at 1pm for our annual meeting and elections, details at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC!--Pharos (talk) 17:32, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

MoMA exhibit at the Palacio de Bellas Artes opening today

You might like to know that I got invited to the opening of the German Exprssionism and Edvard Munch exhibit at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City where they are showing works on loan from MoMA. Pics here [1] Thelmadatter (talk) 20:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikimania

Wikimania Hi Pharos! It was a pleasure meeting you at Wikimania 2012! Hope to see you again next year! —Ynhockey (Talk) 13:48, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for managing the group. The group ecouraged me to attend Wikimania and it was a blast! Frank.manus (talk) 14:53, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries sign-up

Hey Pharos, I have a bit of a beef with the form at [2]. It has radio buttons for the affiliation question. Some of us would want/need to say both "institution staff" and "wikipedian". Is there a reason the form was written not to allow that? LadyofShalott 20:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've liberalized it.--Pharos (talk) 20:39, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! :) LadyofShalott 20:44, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

EduWiki Conference 5-6 September in Leicester, UK

I am writing to you as you have signed up to the Education Meetup at Wikimania 2012 and perhaps are interested in how Wikipedia links to education. Wikimedia UK is now running a education related event that may be of interest to you: the EduWiki Conference on 5-6 September in Leicester. This event will be looking at Wikipedia and related charitable projects in terms of educational practice, including good faith collaboration, open review, and global participation. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area!

The conference will be of interest to educators, scholarly societies members, contributors to Wikipedia and other open education projects, and students.

For details please visit the UK Chapter Wiki.

Please feel welcome to register or promote within your network.

Thank you, Daria Cybulska (talk) 16:20, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Early bird

Hi Pharos, I think you will like this, Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/Atlanta_4. :) — Ganeshk (talk) 00:14, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I had started the page early for planning purposes. I have asked the Libraries folks for permission and their support. I am waiting for their response. I will keep you posted. — Ganeshk (talk) 16:10, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to Masterpiece Museum Edit-a-Thon!

"Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and Wikimedia DC present the "Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon. Drawing from their vast vaults of art, the caretakers of the Smithsonian American Art Museum have meticulously drawn forth canvas jewels to import into Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia articles. The museum directors and staff are excited about this project, and would love to have experienced Wikimedians help in the effort! Kirill [talk] 18:05, 29 July 2012 (UTC) When August 10, 2012, 10 AM - 4 PM Where Smithsonian American Art Museum, 7th & F St NW, Washington, DC Signup Details & signup

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

Greetings Pharos,

I presume you are in charge of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan?

I would like to attend, but I don't really have a group and don't know what to do, and I do have some good equipment that would be of use for the project.

Best, --Ecstacy ^Xtcy3 02:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

User:Mitchazenia/WTM3 listed at Redirects for discussion

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Will you setup an account for me for the Scavenger Hunt site?

You're welcome to email me the info, since that would be the best way, I believe. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 02:37, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Please see

Please see the discussion at Template talk:NRHP row#Edit war

Smallbones (talk) 22:10, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Houston photo event in September

I'd like to, but unfortunately, I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to do any editing on my pet projects. :(--Hourick (talk) 05:22, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

I, too, am unable to organize the Houston photo event due to engagements I have that day. Apologies! Witlash (talk) 20:31, 15 August 2012 (UTC) => Truthfully, I am not sure if there will be enough participants. I couldn't find anyone during the Wiknic. Witlash (talk) 22:22, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

Hello, could you help me in commons? Appearently administrators there (Herbythyme & Jameslwoodward) have a Grudge against me [3]. All files uploaded by me have been nominated for deletion. --Ne0 (talk) 04:48, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

File:WALRUS map.png

Pharos, want me to request the Graphics Lab at the commons to make a Spanish version of File:WALRUS map.png? WhisperToMe (talk) 23:44, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Organization

I was questioned about WP takes Chicago. Am I suppose to map out a day, make a list of neighborhoods that need photos, or let people individually determine their photo objectives for the day. I had personally planned to retake a lot of photos I had taken with a point and shoot, now that I have a DSLR camera with better lenses. I was going to do the Magnificent Mile and LaSalle Street canyon. However, if I am suppose to tell everyone a specific route, I have to rethink the day.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:44, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.

Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Kirill ^[talk] 18:47, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Wikipedia Takes Portland

Hi Pharos, thanks for amending the Wiki Takes Portland page. I hope you like my expansion of the main Portland meetup page (and subpages) as well as the major categorization efforts at Category:Wikipedia meetups in the United States. The restructure took quite a bit of time, but hopefully time well spent. I am all ears if you have any feedback or recommendations.

(By the way, we met very briefly at GLAM Night Out at Wikimania 2012. Perhaps our paths will cross again one day!) --20:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/San_Antonio

Hi! We had 4 Wikipedians show up here in San Antonio (might've been another who didn't meet up with us but took photos nonetheless) earlier today! Still uploading photos, but you can check out the commons category at commons:Category:Wikimedia_takes_American_in_San_Antonio_photos.--v/r - TP 21:31, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

its a idea i have

the sanford thing is a idea i have maby someday it will happen Windows.dll (talk) 18:27, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group/RfC

I invite you to move your discussion of my !vote to the discussion section where it belongs. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

WLL Minneapolis

We're having another event in Minneapolis for WLL (Nov 3), and I was wondering if you could help me with how to get the word out on Wikipedia. Do I need a geonotice or will the WLL banners there will be be enough? I'm thinking of starting an invite list. How should this be run? (Saw you use AWB, will do.) Thanks, —innotata 01:37, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

That page of our goofiest disputes?

Hi Pharos, could you give me the link to that page we talked about? I can't remember now what it is called. Thanks! Invertzoo (talk) 22:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

S'OK! I found it here! Invertzoo (talk) 23:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Song sample listed at Redirects for discussion

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Big thanks!

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Your assistance in teaching us while at our recent Wikipedia:Meetup/Princeton University Edit-a-thon Three was essential! Thank you for attending and helping! Ccleeton (talk) 16:22, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

GLAM Talk Advice

Hello. I'm doing on a talk on GLAM and wanted to know if have any suggestions for things to include in the talk. Do you have any suggestions on specific projects I should include? I'm planning to give some background info on Wikipedia and then talk about the GLAM project, why libraries and archives should be involved, how libraries can be involved and some key institutions (OCLC, Smithsonian, National Archives) that have been involved as well as the Wikipedian in Residence program. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Etlib (talk) 01:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

The Jewish Museum NY

Hi Pharos,

An article about Claudia Gould - a suggestion

I would like to suggest an article about Claudia Gould, the Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of The Jewish Museum (New York). to be added to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wise_web_owl/Claudia_Gould

The article will be similar to these articles:
Thelma Golden
Thomas P. Campbell
Richard Armstrong (museum director)

Thank you, Wise web owl (talk) 22:28, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

WP New York City in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject New York City for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 05:49, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC this Saturday Dec 1

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC

You are invited to Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshops focused on film and the performing arts that will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, 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 at meetup.com!--Pharos (talk) 07:38, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

In The Times

FYI, the event is mentioned in The New York Times in print (arts today) and online (here). --regentspark (comment) 14:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

DC Meetup #33

December 10 is Ada Lovelace's birthday! Not only was she the world's first computer programmer, but also the world's first female open source developer! Come celebrate with Wikimedia District of Columbia at Busboys & Poets for an informal get together!

The Washington, DC event will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Busboys & Poets on 5th St NW & K St NW near Mt Vernon Square. The area is easily accessible by the Red Line Chinatown stop and the Yellow Line and Green Line Mt Vernon Square stop, as well as by WMATA buses.

Kirill ^[talk] 14:06, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC Holiday Party and Wiki Loves Monuments Exhibition

Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.

The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.

Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:31, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Invite to Topeka Wikipedia Day Event Jan 15 2013

Invite to Topeka Wikipedia Day Event Jan 15 2013 Because you are editing wikipedia about Topeka, I would like to invite you to Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day at the Library at 6:30 PM please can you also print the poster and distribute it?

PDF Version

thanks, mike

James Michael DuPont (talk) 19:16, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Videos, NC, GLAM, big project

Please check out Wikipedia:GLAM/smarthistory and consider signing up! After checking around, I see that you are the man on videos, but that videos have gone nowhere on Wikipedia for 2 years. This might be a chance to change that.

Short version: Smarthistory, part of Khan Academy, has 300+ completely non-profit educate-the-world-for-free, totally on point, directly parallel to our articles video, completely free (except with an NC license) expert art interpretation video. For the ones where we have a separate article on the artwork, and they have the equivalent video just on that artwork (the large majority), I don't want to bury the video under external links (usually the last place people look). Any idea of how to properly display?

Any help welcome.

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:02, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Celebration and Mini-Conference in NYC Saturday Feb 23

Doing the "Open Space" thing at one of our earlier NYC Wiki-Conferences.

You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!--Pharos (talk) 03:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon

Hi Pharos, looking forward to seeing you tomorrow for the Wikipedia intro and edit-a-thon tomorrow morning! Hope you can still make it. We'll have an intro for beginners at 10am; if you're a more experienced Wikipedian, join us at 11am.

Click here for directions: Offices of EchoDitto, 1 Davis Square, Somerville. (Next to the Red Line station, upstairs from CVS.) -Pete (talk) 23:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Tour of Consumer Reports' laboratories

Wow! Laboratory tour!

On Tuesday January 15 at 3pm Wikipedians are invited to join a tour of laboratories at Consumer Reports in Yonkers. If you would like to attend please RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/January 2013. If you have questions feel free to ask on that page or contact me on my talk page or by my office phone at 914.378.2684. Thank you. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors update

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• Special:OnlineAmbassadorProfile

Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).

After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

Communication and keeping up to date

In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:

1. The education noticeboard has become the main on-wiki location for discussion of the Education Program. You can post there about broad education program issues as well as issues with individual courses.
2. The Ambassadors Announce email list is a very low-traffic announcements list of important information all Ambassadors need to be aware of. We encourage all Ambassadors (and other interested Wikipedians) to subscribe to the list; follow the instructions on the link to add your email address.
3. If you use IRC regularly, or need to try to reach someone immediately, the #wikipedia-en-ambassadors ^connect IRC channel is the place to find me and fellow Ambassadors.

Ambassador training and resources

We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)

Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:41, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Punkcast

Thank you for your comment at this AFD. I agree with you that WP:CSB should not be used in a deletion argument, it even says so right there on the page. I also appreciate how you withheld from !voting because you know the subject of the page. Is this a personal decision of yours or is it policy, I am curious? Thank you, MarioNovi (talk) 07:37, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Free Library of Philadelphia Event

FLP and Smallbones and others are having an event on 2:30 on 2/23 on Wikipedia. Contact him.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Copyright, Commerce, and Culture

Hi Pharos, just letting you know that I volunteered as online ambassador for the course. Hope there will be students soon as well! Cheers, --ELEKHH^T 02:53, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion#Arabia

Greetings! Since you have previously edited Arabia, you might be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion#Arabia. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:26, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Notice of discussiont to revamp WP:FS

As a formerly active discussant at WT:FSC, I would like to call your attention to Wikipedia talk:Featured sound candidates#Proposal to revamp FS.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:08, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

NYC event of interest

Pharos - will you tell the NYC chapter about this event on Wednesday, which may be of interest to people? http://centeronnationalsecurity.org/node/510 -- Y not? 20:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

DC happy hour on Thursday, February 28!

Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej (talk) 02:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to a discussion: Wikipedia and legislative data

Hi Pharos, since you are interested in meetups in DC, I'd like to invite you to attend the Cato Institute's "Wikipedia and Legislative Data" events on March 14. (There's also an all day workshop on March 15; let me know if you are interested, we may be able to add more people.)

There will be an introduction to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon in the afternoon, and a Sunshine Week Reception in the evening. I hope you can make it!

• Please sign up here
• Announcement on Cato's blog
• Background from Cato sponsor Jim Harper's perspective
• Background from Wikipedian Pete Forsyth's perspective

Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 19:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, March 9!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Guapo's at Tenleytown-AU on Saturday, March 9 at 5 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 35. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 13:51, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

ASL annotation to video

Hi, Pharos!

I found meta:Requests for new languages/Wikipedia American Sign Language 2 and I wonder what the best way is to add an ASL annotation to File:Sextortionagent interview.ogg, a sound file about sextortion. Should it display text that states what signs to use, or should someone be filmed and have the video footage mixed with the sound? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 07:31, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

• Ok! Do you know if there are Wikipedians/Wikimedians who make videos of themselves signing? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:30, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

You are invited to a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29

In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today! Sarasays (talk) 23:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Help on Personality Rights

Hi Pharos! I am trying to post pictures on my wikipedia page and was wondering about personality rights.. if i want to post a picture of a celebrity am i allowed to use the ones on their wikipedia page? or on Google? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calvinlin97 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 26 March 2013 (UTC)Calvinlin97 (talk) 01:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For reverting claims about Sammy Davies Jr. (Is there a more specifc barnstar I could have used?). Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:43, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Giving The Devil His Due

I don't know if you saw my response on the Sammy Davis Jr. talk page. His involvement with LeVay Satanism is not insignificant and sourceable by Davis' own autobiography. Growing up in the 70s it was a well-known urban legend that Davis was a Satanist; apparently this is still going on. How any of this relates to Poor Devil idk. Never heard Levay gave him an award, but there seems to be sufficient evidence that he did participate, or at the very least was present at meetings of the coven. Perhaps a blurb about this in the article with the WP:RS can set the record straight about this peculiar incident in his life. --Wlmg (talk) 19:19, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Copyright, Commerce, and Culture - update?

Hi Pharos. I'm really confused about what's going on at Education Program:New York University/Copyright, Commerce, and Culture (Spring 2013), which starts with "In this course we focus on a legal subject" whereas the articles chosen by students seem to be in no relation to the topic. Could you please update me? --ELEKHH^T 23:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for youuuuu!

Thanks for wikifying those bylaws! They look really great! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 17:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup NYC this Sunday April 14

Hi Pharos! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.

Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!

Delivered on behalf of User:Pharos, 18:01, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, April 13!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, April 13 at 5:30 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 36. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:56, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Uganda space program for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Uganda space program is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uganda space program until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:22, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

NYC Museums

I just tried to sort a section, and the institutions still appear on the page in their original order. I don't know what's going on there. TimidObserver (talk) 21:44, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

DC meetups on April 19 and 20

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

On Saturday, April 20, we've partnered with the George Washington University to host the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon at the Teamsters Labor History Research Center. Please join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the University Archives and help edit articles about GWU history.

We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events! Kirill ^[talk] 20:01, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

AffCom related question

Pharos, there's a thread at the ENB where I mentioned your name as the right person to respond to a question from Laura Hale; could you take a look? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

May 3 2013, 19-20h UTC, GLAMout Google Hangout Link Location is Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link

Hello, You signed up to participate or view in this month's GLAMout. We'll be using Google Hangout, but unfortunately the link to the Hangout won't be available, until 15 minutes beforehand. We'll post the link as soon as possible at Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link

Time: 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) Coordinator: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Anchor topic: VIAFbot and authority control in EN:WP, and on Wikidata.

EdwardsBot (talk) 05:06, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, May 11!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 23:01, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon on May 24

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

organized by Wiki Project Med

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to pmhmeet@gmail.com. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:41, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 Philadelphia Wiki-Picnic: Saturday, June 22

	Philadelphia's Great American Wiknic at Penn Park
	You are invited to the Philadelphia edition of the Great American Wiknic taking place in Penn Park, on Saturday, June 22, 2013! We would love to see you there!--User:Ocaasi (talk)|}}

Great American Wiknic geonotice

I have commented here. The catchment area is too large, and encompasses much of Canada, not to mention the vast swath of the US that is not participating in this endeavour. As well, I do not understand why you are advertising what is essentially an afternoon social in a few cities for almost 7 weeks. Two weeks before should be more than sufficient. Risker (talk) 04:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

I've added to that message by Risker: the three-rectangle idea doesn't work as intended. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon on June 6

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:46, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Have time on Saturday?

I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 04:19, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, June 15!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 19:50, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Meetup page

just curious, but what was the deletion and restoration about? Enigma^msg 04:09, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

It was so that Wikipedia:Wikipedia con Sabor Latino would be on the watchlists of those who are watching the main NYC meetup page.--Pharos (talk) 13:08, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Dropping By To Say Hi

It's been so long since I've had the opportunity to come to a Wiki event in NYC, but I wanted to come by and thank you for inviting me on my page and through emails to meetups and events in NYC. I still check every time, to see if I can go to the upcoming event/meetup Jillian was here. Say It. 15:32, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon Invitation

Please join the Chemical Heritage Foundation Edit-a-Thon, June 20, 2013. Build content relating to women in science, chemistry and the history of science. Use the hashtag #GlamCHF and write your favorite scientist or chemist into Wikipedian history!

Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:16, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

NYC Wiki-Picnic: Saturday June 22

	Great American Wiknic NYC at Prospect Park
	You are invited to the Great American Wiknic NYC in Brooklyn's green and lovely Prospect Park, on this Saturday June 22! We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck :) -- User:Pharos (talk)

Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic!

	Great American Wiknic DC at Meridian Hill Park
	You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :)

Boilerplate message generously borrowed from Wikimedia NYC. To unsubscribe from future DC area event notifications, remove your name from this list.

Harej (talk) 15:44, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Real Life Barnstar
		Hey, thanks for organizing Wiknic NYC 2013. It was very nice to get to finally meet other Wikipedians IRL. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:47, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Thanks for speaking with me at the wiknic, informing me about the Wikipedia community in New York. PHENYLALALINE (talk) 03:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

You are invited for discussion

Hello,

As one of the participants in the original discussion, you are invited to participate in the follow-up discussion to a Mass removal of indefinite rangeblocks under controlled conditions. Your views will be appreciated.

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Wendy Davis (politician)

I don't think this page warrant indefinite SEMI based on history. The current attention is only due to her filibustering abortion bill in Texas. SYSS Mouse (talk) 15:49, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 00:24, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

You're Invited: Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian

File:SAAM facade.jpg American Art Museum

Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Smithsonian American Art Museum Meet at G Street Lobby (9th St. & G St. NW, Washington, D.C.) Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from our distribution list. Message delivered by Dominic·t 03:04, 12 July 2013 (UTC).

Luce Foundation Center

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting

You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 09:47, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Survey on Wikimedia Chapters

Hi Pharos,

I would like to invite you and your chapter to take a part in a survey on WM Chapters. As I briefly explained there, it is an effort agreed during WCA meetings, taken to start gathering information about us and present it visibly. For the moment, information about chapters is scattered, and often missing - and even people wanting to highlight the chapters, build more bridges between them, create some benchmarks and share solutions are lacking data about all the local entities. Please help me in showing your Chapter! :)

First presentation will be given in Hong Kong. Further hopefully will come.

I know it is an additional work and the survey is far from being perfect, but someone needed to start it. Survey can be responded on a dedicated meta subpage or in other form if it is more suitable for the chapter. Your subpage is here.

Thanks for your help!

aegis maelstrom

New England meeting notes

I’ve attempted to take Sven’s first pass at meeting notes and supplement with my own notes. See meeting notes

As I just mentioned to Kevin here, I missed some items near the end, and I know that Kevin had to leave before we fully wrapped up, so I hope you can fill in with some of the missing info.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

The Unvisited App

Hi, this is the guy that takes all the pictures... Here's the link on google play to the app I'm writing. It's purpose is to find articles with coordinates but that don't have pictures, and plan routes to get as many pictures as possible in a short time. It's still kind of a beta version, so I welcome feedback from anyone. I can also generate and email itineraries if anyone needs one.

Unvisited

Here's an example of a 6 mile Brooklyn walk generated by the app. Clicking he 'tour' link displays the tour in google maps.

• Tour

• A Saint_Saviour_High_School_of_Brooklyn 40.6671°N 73.9771°W / 40.6671; -73.9771 (Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn)
• B International_High_School_at_Prospect_Heights 40.6698°N 73.961°W / 40.6698; -73.961 (International High School at Prospect Heights)
• C Brooklyn_Amity_School 40.67°N 73.9614°W / 40.67; -73.9614 (Brooklyn Amity School)
• D Brooklyn_Academy_of_Science_and_the_Environment 40.67°N 73.9614°W / 40.67; -73.9614 (Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment)
• E On_Prospect_Park 40.6733°N 73.9683°W / 40.6733; -73.9683 (On Prospect Park)
• F Unnameable_Books 40.6784°N 73.9688°W / 40.6784; -73.9688 (Unnameable Books)
• G Teunis_G._Bergen_Elementary_School 40.6785°N 73.9664°W / 40.6785; -73.9664 (Teunis G. Bergen Elementary School)
• H Ward_Baking_Company_Building 40.681°N 73.969°W / 40.681; -73.969 (Ward Baking Company Building)
• I New_York_City_Players 40.6851°N 73.9734°W / 40.6851; -73.9734 (New York City Players)
• J Moe's_bar_and_lounge 40.687°N 73.9747°W / 40.687; -73.9747 (Moe's bar and lounge)
• K Brooklyn_Music_School 40.687°N 73.9773°W / 40.687; -73.9773 (Brooklyn Music School)
• L Center_for_Improvisational_Music 40.6792°N 73.9801°W / 40.6792; -73.9801 (Center for Improvisational Music)
• M Aliento_de_vida 40.6773°N 73.9797°W / 40.6773; -73.9797 (Aliento de vida)

John Phelan Faolin42 (talk) 22:28, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Is the app region locked? Can't download it. Unsure where Google play users position (Hong Kong) or country associated with account (Sweden) but either way...

Also (of it doesn'talready exist) would it be possible to add a setting to change which language version of wikipedia it looks at? Lokal_Profil 18:30, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Whoops. I didn't enable it for enough countries. I just went in and enabled it for all countries, but it might take a few hours to take effect. Maybe try again tomorrow?

And you're right. I should have a setting for which language version of wikipedia it looks at. I'll put that on my todo list. What language are you specifically interested in? (If it's annoying to Pharos, we can move the discussion to my talk page) Faolin42 (talk) 22:46, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks. Have now installed and tried it. Really nice, instantly found some tours around Hong Kong. Will try it out more in the following days. Specifically I was interested in the Swedish (sv.wiki) language since we often try to organise photo safaris. (Can shift to your talk page if Pharos wants). /Lokal_Profil 05:11, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Wow, thanks! It would be nice to have this for the Dutch Wikipedia too. Jane (talk) 08:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Norwegian (no and nn) would have been lovely too :) Profoss (talk) 08:22, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Rick Remender

Hi. A user named Canoe1967 keeps reverting the Rick Remender article, despite the fact that a consensus discussion on the disputed portion of it is still ongoing, and despite the fact that he has been informed that this is edit warring, and is a blockable offense. I tried to protecting the article, but a complaint was made that I'm not an uninvolved admin. Can you protect the article for a couple of weeks, and if he reverts it again, block him if necessary? Thank you. Nightscream (talk) 16:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Canoe has now removed the photo from the article. Please block him. Nightscream (talk) 02:28, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:04, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Bloomington Wiknic

Thanks! Hope all is well out your way! Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:45, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

GLAM

What is your role with GLAM?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 16:44, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Also, did you mean June in this edit?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 17:08, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

P.S. what are the eligibility requirements for WALRUS. I am trying to hand off some of my responsibilities to someone who may make a good candidate.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 17:08, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Hit me up on chat when you have some time.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 18:34, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:40, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NYCLP row

Template:NYCLP row has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:50, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14!

Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:56, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 14:55, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Please check

Please check my recent change at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America ‎ (a bit different). I think I could approve the pending change myself - but I wanted to check with you (since it is a bit different!). The important thing to get across here is that this contest is from WP:NRHP, and essentially unrelated to the "Best photo" contest of WLM-US. It's just for fun and barnstars. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 15:20, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Another Believer moved it to "See also" which may not be the perfect solution, but is ok. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 18:56, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn! Saturday September 7

Please join Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn scavenger hunt on September 7, 2013! Everyone gather at the Brooklyn Public Library to further Wikipedia's coverage of— photos and articles related to Brooklyn, its neighborhoods and the local landmarks. --EdwardsBot (talk)

Sorry I didn't have time to check in. I got 17 sites and see that DM got 2 others. Anybody else get pix? There are 15 sites left unillustrated! All the best. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:54, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Greetings

Perhaps you could add some wisdom to Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation for the curious. Best! Biosthmors (talk) 17:00, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Campus ambassador/volunteer

I've been asked to become a campus volunteer for this course (as I participated as a student last semester) but can't seem to make sense of the instructions here. It says there should be a link on the course page to "Become a campus ambassador" but I can't seem to find it. Do I need to do something to get it to appear? Eparness (talk) 03:53, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:Political positions of mayors and leaders of cities in the United States

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Wiki Loves Libraries 2013

WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013! You're invited to attend the upcoming "Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon. The event will be held from 1–4pm on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library, located on the second floor of the Museum's Mark Building (formerly the Masonic Temple). The edit-athon will focus on the local arts community (but you can work on other topics as well!). It will also kick off the Oregon Arts Project, an on-wiki initiative to improve coverage of the arts in Oregon. Details and signup here!

Just an FYI, Pharos, so you know what we are doing over here on the opposite side of the country! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:47, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Greetings from a BC Theater History student

Hi there! I'm a first year Performing Arts Management MFA candidate at Brooklyn College and am enrolled in "Theater History to 1642" with Professor Hughes this fall. She asked that we introduce ourselves this week as we begin our Wikipedia projects. Thanks for all of your help and I look forward to working with you! --Kfurano1129 (talk) 02:34, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello! Tagging on Kim's comment to introduce myself as well. I'm also one of the Performing Arts Management MFA candidates in Professor Hughes' class this fall. Excited to get started; thanks so much for helping us with our projects! Ashleybirdsell (talk) 02:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Brooklyn College Theater History to 1642 Student

Hello! I am another Performing Arts Management MFA student enrolled at Brooklyn College, and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm looking forward to working with you. Cheers! Gdirado (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello from yet another Brooklyn College MFA Candidate

Hi there! My name is Yona, and I am a student of Amy Hughes and slowly but surely learning Wikipedia .... :)Yona M. Corn (talk) 22:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Saint Peter's invite

Pharos, Thanks so much for the invitation. I took a look at the course description and I think that Jersey City, New Jersey would be an excellent model for this type of course. The city is large and old enough to have many events, sites, neighborhoods, people and other potential article subjects, it's covered in adequate detail that there is a foundation to build on, while leaving enough subjects that are available for expansion and creation. I'm based in Teaneck, but Jersey City is accessible and I would be happy to participate in any way that I can. Feel free to reach me via my talk page or by email. Thanks again for thinking of me. Alansohn (talk) 15:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 05:51, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

YGM Sept 19

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Hello, i've listed possible ideas for my main article. When your able please take a look and let me know if theres anything i may be able to add. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ACaccamo ACaccamo (talk) 11:24, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Potential Articles_com232

Hi! I would like to edit Otto Eckmann ,William Caslon and Will Burtin Any help will be appreciated --Kpervaiz (talk) 14:58, 25 September 2013 (UTC)kpervaiz--Kpervaiz (talk) 14:58, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

COMM 3460: Maria Popova

Hi Pharos, it is good to make your acquaintance on Wikipedia! My name is Ric, and I am currently working on the Wikipedia Project with my group members Catherine and Jennifer for our COMM 3460 course at Cornell. We are looking to make edits/improvements to the article on Maria Popova, a rising influence in the Communications space. As our initial draft for our article is due next week, we will be working through the weekend on this project and would appreciate any specific feedback on our outline/edits or general recommendations that you might have.

You can find our outline on the talk page for Maria Popova here: talk page. For your convenience, here is a link back to our course page if you wanted to take a look: course page. Thanks again, we look forward to hearing back from you!

Ric.chi (talk) 14:30, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Translations

Hi Pharos, My name is Sasha, I'm currently enrolled in Com 232 at CSI. I have decided to research and make a page for Joaquín Ibarra and had a few concerns about how to do this correctly. Joaquín Ibarra has a Spanish Wikipedia page which I would like to translate and add more information on. When translating a Wikipedia post how should I go about it and how do I do so without violating copyright? I would also like to know if I would have to transfer all of citations from the original page to the one I'm currently working on. Thanks in advance! MagnifyIt (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

COMM 3460: Pocahontas (1995 Film)

Hello Pharos! My name is Elizabeth and I'm part of the Cornell University/Online Communities (Fall 2013) Wikipedia Education program. I'm working with my group members Shelby and Sarah to improve the page on Disney's Pocahontas film. We wanted to put some more media on the page, as well as validate the media that is already there. The talk page of Pocahontas mentions that the fair use explanation of the existing photos is missing. How can we make sure that the images are fair use as well as add some new ones? We have explored the Wikimedia Commons but cannot find any photos relating to the movie, only photos relating to the history figure Pocahontas. Any suggestions/tips?

Thanks! Easowers (talk) 17:15, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Pharo House

Pharo House in Middletown, Delaware

Thought you might be interested. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Help test better mass message delivery

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Wikimedia NYC Meetup! Saturday October 5

Please join the Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA. --Pharos (talk) 21:50, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Hey, Pharos, I'd hoped to go to the WikiMeetup this Saturday but I was a "Maybe" and I, indeed, can't make it. I appreciate that you organize these events and hope to make it to one in the future, especially if it is in Manhattan. From New Jersey, Brooklyn is more time-consuming to travel to. We met at a Wiki gathering but that was probably 3 or 4 years ago. Glad to see these events have continued! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:43, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Online Communities Class @ Cornell University, ambassador

Hey, Pharos!

We're from Cornell's Online Communities class, and you're our ambassador. We wanted to reach out to you and ask you a brief question.

On our talk page for Peter Pan, user Stelmaris recommended us to use British English when editing the article. We don't have any experience with British English. Do you have any guidelines or suggestions?

Thanks Hek34 (talk) 17:49, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Hek34, Pharos can advise you if you should use British English or not but if you want more information on the difference between British and American English, check out Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Merging into Peer-to-peer

Hi Pharos!

I am part of the Online communities class, and my group is editing Peer-to-peer. We came across another article, Social peer-to-peer processes, which we feel should be merged into the article that we are editing. Can you provide us with some feedback about going about this process?

I have created a section about this on the peer-to-peer talk page. Thank you!

CBCompton (talk) 15:51, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Ambassador Barnstar

		Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar
		Thank you so much for your assistance as a Wikipedia Ambassador to the Cornell University Online Communities Course. Our group really appreciated your feedback and prompt response to our questions as we began to make our first contributions to Wikipedia as new editors. We thank you for your patience and sacrifice in working with new editors such as ourselves. CBCompton (talk) 03:30, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.

If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 02:10, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

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Help with your discussion for Campus Ambassador application: Aashaa

Dear!
Recently I apply for Campus Ambassador Program. Please suggest and discuss here on my proposal. For being support and promote wikipedia and wiki culture at my country and my university, you're comments will be helpful.
Thank You--Aashaa (talk) 04:05, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Vanderbilt Workshop

Hi Pharos! I've started a workshop page for our Vanderbilt Workshop on Wednesday. A few of us will be meeting at 2:30 CDT today to refine the syllabus. We'd welcome any suggestions! Thanks Clifford Anderson (talk) 18:17, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

GLAM Cafe invitation

Wikipedians are invited to the GLAM Café at the Chemical Heritage Foundation to meet, talk, and edit. We provide the space, the coffee, and the snacks: you provide ideas and enthusiasm! On the second Tuesday of each month, starting November 12, 2013.

Hold up a sec ;-)

Why me? I'm not even going to be in town. =) I mentioned you at the WP:ENB, by the way. Best. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 12:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Ask Ganeshk? Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 12:32, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Also if you could engage at WP:ENB about the WP:WEF that would be fantastic. I did mention you again over there. Thanks so much. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 11:06, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon! Saturday November 2

Please join Wikipedia "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon on November 2, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for Greenwich Village articles on the history and the community. --Pharos (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Help plan our next multimedia features

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Wikipedia Takes America

Did you organize the Wikipedia Takes America in Brooklyn?

I'm not much of a photographer, but my company is about to organize a photography club. I was thinking I should do a presentation on Wikipedia in general, and maybe propose a local monument contest. I'm hoping someone has already created a presentation (PowerPoint or generic) that I could use or modify. Or any other thoughts you might have.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:12, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia LGBT

Hi Pharos, I hope you are well! I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. (Dorothy mentioned some LGBT organizations in NYC that have been wanting to work with Wikipedia--hopefully we can help there as well.) Best, --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:09, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Poke!

I've learned via email that some of these students have questions, particularly about image copyright! Thanks in advance for answering them! Wadewitz (talk) 17:10, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Art and Feminism Editathon / Feb 1

Hi Pharos. I'm working with some people to organize an editathon on Art and Feminism. I sent you an email, but wanted to follow up. Here is the Meetup Page. We will be doing it at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, and are working with other non/new wikipedians to organize satellite meetups in other cities; at present Chicago, DC, and Montreal are pretty solid and/or confirmed. We definitely want Wikimedia NYC folks to come. We are also going to need help reaching out to Wikimedia Chapter/Ambassador type people in other cities as those venues are solidified. Can you help with that and/or can you direct me to someone who can? Thanks. --Theredproject (talk) 02:57, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Life is a Dream: Translation/copyright issue for student editor

Hello, Pharos! Can you please comment on this translation/copyright issue at Talk:Life Is a Dream? Thanks for any guidance, as this is outside my area of experience. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:51, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

MassMessage

I was stalking Special:Log/massmessage, and noticed you trying to send out a delivery. I've fixed your input list so it should work now. :) Legoktm (talk) 01:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon" at Queens Library! Friday December 6

Please join Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon on December 6, 2013! Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for borough articles on the history and the communities. Drop-ins welcome 10am-7pm!--Pharos (talk) ~~~~~

User:Sara.Powell20

OK, unblocked. it was the creation of multiple articles that attracted my interest, plus I've had a number of absolutely clear-cut spammers recently choosing names ending in numerals. I'm reassured that she is a GF editor, cheers, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 20:15, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

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Virtual meeting invite

Would you like to participate in the January 2014 Seattle meetup virtually? We will meet on Saturday, January 11 at 6pm. If you can participate please sign on the talk page and install Skype. Hope to see you at the meeting. --Pine^✉ 02:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

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Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

• Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
• Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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New features for course pages

Several noticeable improvements to the EducationProgram extension (in addition to some small bug fixes) will go live on or around 2014-01-23:

Notifications

All participants in a course (students, instructors, volunteers) will receive Notifications whenever their course talk page is edited. Thus, editors can use course talk pages to send messages they want the whole class to be aware of, and the class participants are likely to see them.

Special:Contributions student notice

For users enrolled as students in courses that are active, a notice will appear at the top of Special:Contributions noting which course(s) they are enrolled in. This will make it easy for users who come across the work of student editors to find out that they are part of a course and identify other class participants.

Adding articles

Course instructors and volunteers will be able to assign articles to student editors, instead of all articles needing to be added by the student editors themselves.

Adding students

Instructors and volunteers will be able to add users as students in courses, instead of all student editors needing to enroll for themselves. This makes it easier to maintain complete lists of students, and also makes the extension more suitable for tracking participation in edit-a-thons, workshops and other collaborative projects beyond the Wikipedia Education Program.

If you have feedback about these new features, or other questions or ideas related to course pages, please let me know! --Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 18:14, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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Brooklyn?

Pharos, I did not create a separate ArtAndFeminism meetup page for Brooklyn, as I was not sure of the history in Brooklyn and whether or not it was under the Meetup/NYC umbrella. If you would like, I could create Wikipedia:Meetup/Brooklyn/ArtAndFeminism 2014. --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello Pharos (talk). I am so tickled that you are joining our class! :-) The timeline/grading is still very much in progress--I'll shoot you a message sometime next week when it's in better shape so you can let me know everything I am forgetting. :-) I am crossing my fingers that everything runs smoothly, as I would like to set this up as a regular course/courses and maybe sell the concept to my colleagues. DrX (talk) 18:01, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Saturday: NYC Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon

Please join Wikipedia "Art and Feminism Editathon" @ Eyebeam on Saturday February 1, 2014, an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists! There are also regional events that day in Brooklyn, Westchester County, and the Hudson Valley. --Pharos (talk)

how do i remove myself from the autopost list?

for the nyc events. thanks Metallurgist (talk) 04:10, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Account creator

So you are aware, the account creator rights are redundant to the administrator permission. --Rschen7754 05:25, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Wikipedia events and real-life initiatives

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WikiCon USA 2014

Congrats on getting WikiCon USA 2014 up and running.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:10, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!

This is just a note to say thanks for helping me create my first Wikipedia entry yesterday and for contesting its deletion! You were so patient and I appreciate the help!

Sarahmirk (talk) 20:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	You rock! Failedprojects (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Upcoming Saturday events - March 1: Harlem History Editathon and March 8: NYU Law Editathon

Upcoming Saturday events - March 1: Harlem History Editathon and March 8: NYU Law Editathon

You are invited to join upcoming Wikipedia "Editathons", where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on a selected theme, on the following two Saturdays in March: Saturday March 1: Harlem History Editathon (RSVP), focusing on Harlem history, landmarks and biographies Saturday March 8: NYU Law Editathon (RSVP), focusing on innovation law and intellectual property (with social dinner afterward) I hope to see you there! Pharos (talk)

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edu syllabus on talk page?

Hi User:Mozucat and Pharos. I noticed that the edu syllabus is on the talk page. I went to move it to the article page, and realized that I should maybe ask first, as it was doing the whole "create course" template...

edu syllabus on talk page?

Hi User:Mozucat and Pharos. I noticed that the edu syllabus is on the talk page. I went to move it to the article page, and realized that I should maybe ask first, as it was doing the whole "create course" template... --Theredproject (talk) 15:31, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, please move. Apologies if I inadvertently did this (tried to fix - must be not possible due to rights). Thanks!!! Mozucat (talk) 18:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Education Program technical update, February 2014

We've started working on "editor campaigns", a system that we expect will eventually be able to replace our current Education Program extension (and be useful for many other purposes as well). The early work with that project will focus on a system for signup up new editors for editing campaigns (such as courses, but also edit-a-thons, Wiki Loves Monuments, etc.). Because of that, progress will be slow on the current course page system. However, we have several improvements that should be available within the next few weeks.

Anyone can edit the main text of course pages

As part of the effort to make course pages behave more like regular wiki pages, we've enabled editing of course pages by anyone. Users who currently have the right to edit courses will have access to all the fields (so that they can change the start/end dates, and change the enrollment token). Users who currently cannot edit courses will be able to edit only the "page text" portion. This change should take effect on 2014-02-27.

Simplified course editing interface

We've considerably simplified the interface for editing course pages, removing the options to rename courses. Changing the title of a course would also move the course page, creating confusion and leading to a number of bugs. Several other parts of the course editing interface were not very useful, so we've removed them to make it easier on newcomers. This change should take effect on 2014-02-27.

Additional Notifications

Two students participating in the Facebook Open Academy mentorship program are currently working on additional Notifications for course pages. For the first of these, users will be notified whenever someone else adds them to a course.

Once again, if you have feedback about these new features, or other questions or ideas related to course pages, please let me know!--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

• Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
• March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
• Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hello.

Hello Pharos,

My name is Melissa Galarza and i am in the class ENG 103.0896. Thank you for the amazing learning experience. I am very pleased with the novel Kindred by Olivia E. Butler, the idea of the story is very intriguing. Mel26 19:33, 10 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melissagalarza (talk • contribs)

Hello

Just wanted to say hi and what do you think of the storyline of Kindred?Jarika5230 (talk) 19:36, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Im in English 103 just wanted to say hi and thanks for helpingus out.Redhead321 (talk) 01:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon question

Hi Pharos,

I work at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. We're looking forward to hosting our first edit-a-thon later this spring! I'd like to create a project page for PEM on the GLAM Wiki site, but I'm having some trouble. Is this something that only an administrator can do?

I'd really appreciate your help and advice getting started.

Thanks! Cathypem (talk) 20:33, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

HELLO

HELLO PHAROS IM A STUDENT IN ENG103 ON MONDAY FROM 1-4:25. I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO AND THANK YOU. Goga1994 (talk) 15:46, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

HI

Hello I am a student in Doctor x's class and I look forward to corresponding with you this semester in building our class' wikipedia page. Maxamillion412 (talk) 19:56, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Joe0312 (talk) 00:26, 14 March 2014 (UTC) Hi Pharos (nice name by the way) I'm a current student at Ximena's English class. Thank you for helping us building a better Wikipedia Page.

Hi Pharos , my name is Adoreher. I'm currently taking an English class that uses Wikipedia. So far I've seen how helpful Wikipedia, is despite people indifference. Thank you for your time. Adoreher (talk) 06:30, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello Pharos, I am currently a student at Ximena's English class at Laguardia CC. Thank you for all that you are doing to help us with this Wikipedia page. Redrosex1025 (talk) 01:13, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Pharos,I am a current student in Dr. Ximena's English class, and i just wanted to thank you for your helping our class this semester.The North Remembers16 (talk) 02:04, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Pharos,I am a current student in Dr. Ximena's English class, and i just wanted to thank you for your helping our class this semester.The North Remembers16 (talk) 02:04, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello Pharos

Hi my name is Shaniqua and I am currently a student in Dr.X ENG 103 class at LaGuardia Community College, and I look forward into having you assist us with editing techniques throughout the semester while working on the article on "Kindred". Thank you.SNSmith27 (talk) 06:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello Pharos

My name is Jonathan and I am excited to see how this course turns out this semester. Ronin1123 (talk) 14:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hi my name is Telissa. I am a student in Dr. X's English 103 class and I look forward to creating our class Wikipedia page with your help. Thanks. Telissa18 (talk) 16:14, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Im Starshema Murray. Im in class ENG 103. I am new to using Wikipedia and I am so happy and excited to learn how to use Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldilocks14 (talk • contribs) 20:28, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hola Pharos my name is Unue, I am enrolled in my Eng 103 class and looking forward in taking part of this experiences. thank you Pacer87 (talk) 20:43, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Pharos Lissetlot15 (talk) 23:05, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you §Raphael Abreu — Preceding unsigned comment added by R 1994 (talk • contribs) 00:46, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello Pharos

Hello I'm excited to learn and establish a new way of life with our fellow wikipedians, and I'm new to this but step by step I'm learning. I feel everyday is a learning experience and in life you can never learn enough. Thank you and I'm very interested about this new book I'm reading called Kindred BY:Octavia Butler and soon I will be making wiki page with my fellow classmates. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!Watoflifej23 (talk) 18:24, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Major kudos for your work on United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers to add references for the symbols as separate from the articles about the religions/affiliations themselves. Thank you! Spacini (talk) 16:55, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
James Hare

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New Wikipedia articles posted by ITP Core 2 class

Hi Pharos! Theredproject and Msmale asked us to let you know that we've posted a new Wikipedia article on Kathleen Fitzpatrick's book Planned Obsolescence: Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology and the Future of the Academy. Thanks for all your guidance! Hamsindh (talk) 19:54, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

You're invited!

NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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April 2014

Hello - just to let you know that I mentioned you in an AN/I discussion -[4].Smeat75 (talk) 17:54, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

question about Education Program:CUNY, LaGuardia Community College/The Research Paper: Kindred (Spring)

I have this course on my watchlist (not sure why, possibly I welcomed some of the students) and notice that a lot of text is accumulating on Education_Program_talk:CUNY,_LaGuardia_Community_College/The_Research_Paper:_Kindred_(Spring). It seems article-like but would take quite a bit of work to turn into an article. It's not going to be dumped into article space at the end of the course, is it? Stuartyeates (talk) 07:22, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Education Program technical update, April 2014

Since the last update, development of the editor campaigns project has been continuing, and it's almost at the point that it will be useful to users running edit-a-thons and other non-course outreach events. (If you are planning such an event soon and would like to beta test it for tracking the contributions of newcomers, get it touch.) In the meantime, we've made a few small improvements and bug fixes to the Education Program extension:

Default course end date

The default end date for courses is now approximately six months in the future, instead of immediately. This will prevent the common problem where a user creates a new course page but does change the default dates, resulting in a course that is immediately considered "ended" and thus cannot be enrolled in.

Notifications when you get added to a course

Whenever a user gets added to a course by someone else, they will now receive a Notification.

Disabling individual student profiles

The student profile special page (Special:Student/Username, not to be confused with Special:Students) is a page that lists the courses a student editor is enrolled in, and is also supposed to list the articles that user is working on. However, the list of articles can include incorrect data in cases where an instructor or volunteer assigned the articles to the student editor. These profiles are being removed from the extension altogether. This change should go into effect Thursday, May 1. (Logs are still available to find out which courses a user is enrolled in.)

Article edit notifications for students coming soon

A nearly complete patch from Facebook Open Academy student Jeff Lloyd will add a new type of Notification: students will be alerted to edits made by others to the article(s) they are assigned (as well as the corresponding talk pages). Expect to see this feature within the next several weeks.

Duplicate courses and API deletion

Bugs in the course page creation process (now fixed) led in some cases to duplicate listings for the same course at Special:Courses. This happens when the same course page had two (or more) different course ID numbers. It is possible to clean up such duplicate entries using by making calls to the API. I've documented this process and written a Python script for it.

If you have feedback about these changes, or other questions or ideas related to course pages, please let Anna Koval or me know!--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

• This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
• On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

James Hare

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Abrahamic creation myth

That's the best suggestion yet for the title of our missing article. Thanks for your comment. Your username happens to be my favorite brand of Mexican cigarettes which, strangely, we don't have an article on. Cigarettespedia to the rescue! Cheers...— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 22:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Category:National questions

Is Category:National questions really a good category? It doesn't seem like any of these disputes necessarily have anything to do with each other other than their name - and thus WP:SHAREDNAME would apply. It's not really a "defining characteristic." I'm tempted to nominate it for deletion at CFD, but maybe I'm missing something? SnowFire (talk) 21:31, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Landowners / Peasants

Actually, I believe you'll find that "landowners" and "peasants" are not as opposite as they might seem. A "peasant" was typically an agricultural worker occupying a parcel of land and working it themselves. Often, a peasant had some sort of property right to the land they occupied. This right might not have been as absolute as is typical, say, of the US where freehold tenure is the norm; they might, for example, hold a long-term lease from a local or regional magnate. This lease might be subject to expiration at fixed periods, or upon the death of the occupant, or it might by law or custom be inherited within a family. The tenure could be quite valuable in economic terms, but was often inalienable (just as noble estates were often inalienable). Conversely, in early modern Eastern Europe a peasant might also inherit obligations, e.g. to live upon and work the property even if they preferred not to. Further confusing matters is that early modern farmers were often very cash poor even when prosperous; they might effectively control a good deal of productive land, they might eat well in a time when many did not, but they still would have little or no money. MarkBernstein (talk) 14:06, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jews_and_Communism_(2nd_nomination)

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jews_and_Communism_(2nd_nomination). Thanks. MarkBernstein (talk) 21:27, 9 May 2014 (UTC)Template:Z48

Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

• On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
• Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
• You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Hi Pharos

Don't mean to be brusque or anything but Timeline of the far future is a featured list and any new additions to it really need to be cited. I'm sure you can find sources for your info; after all, finding sources is your thing, isn't it? Serendi^podous 10:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi again. This is totally a "gift horse, open wide and say aah" moment, but I was wondering, could you have a look at this list? It's all the material from an earlier version of this article that I haven't been able to find sources for. I'm not sure if any of it will be all that useful to be honest; the one sourced Unix timecode overflow was already taken down from this page on the admittedly fair assumption that we probably won't still be using Unix, or even seconds, in 292 billion years. As for the star occultations, I personally don't think they're that relevant, but I am interested in the other things. Please let me know if you find anything. Thanks. Serendi^podous 16:36, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		OK, it's about time to give you a barnstar; I was gonna wait until you were done but you seem to be on a roll so who am I to postpone? Actually it's funny; I've been thinking for years that Timeline of the far future could really do with your research skills, and lo and behold, here you are. And yes, pretty much every hole I've been wishing I could plug in the list has now been plugged. While the list is already featured, I an certain your additions will provide fodder for Reddit threads for years to come :-) Serendipodous 12:26, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Tireless Contributor Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Dear Pharos, you deserve so much credit for taking on the job of trying to "salvage" an intellectual and moral wreck, the so-called "Jews & Communism" article, by reducing its toxicity and trying to bring normalcy, historical context and true WP:NPOV to this tough topic, all under the most harrowing circumstances. You kept your cool and remained professional under fire while facing great provocation. Wikipedia is fortunate to have you. May you continue to go from strength to strength! Yours sincerely, IZAK (talk) 10:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia US

Hi Pharos, WikimediaUS-l is not shown as a public email list, and when I sent an email to the list I didn't get a bounce or a copy of my email. Can you check what's going on?

Also, will you put up a US-wide geonotice and ask people to update their announcements for the 2014 Wiknic?

Pine

Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows: May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor May 22nd at Brown University's Rockefeller Library, in the Digital Scholarship Lab June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

• On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
• Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
• The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
• Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
• Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	THANK YOU for helping to put together a successful WikiConference USA and for attending the Cascadia meetup. You deserve much more than a barnstar. :) Another Believer (Talk) 13:09, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Thank you for helping to organize WikiConferenceUSA. I could only go on Saturday, but I wish I could've gone on Friday and Sunday. I'll try my best to make it to next year's if it happens! Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 13:30, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Greg Kohs and WikiConference USA

Dear Pharos: Is this report accurate: WikiConference USA bans critic from open meeting? If it is accurate do you know if a response from the conference organizers is forthcoming? I won't spend time explaining exactly how upsetting this is and how very bad it looks on its face until the accuracy of the report is confirmed. It looks really bad, though, and I really hope there's a plausible explanation. Note that I'm not asking about the rejection of Kohs's presentation, but only about the allegation that he was barred from an event touted as "open to all participants, regardless of previous level of involvement with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia projects. We welcome the curious, the skeptical, and others wishing to engage in meaningful conversation about the Wikimedia movement in the United States, free culture and digital rights, advocacy and outreach, community building, and technology." I posted the same question on Newyorkbrad's talk page, but he declined to respond substantively. I am also leaving it on the talk pages of the other conference organizers.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 19:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Online Ambassador

Hi there. I applied for this position on the Education Noticeboard. Do you mind reviewing my application when you get a chance? Akifumii^Talk 21:59, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Draft thing

The really rough draft that I did was stashed here. Did you want to do something with it? -— Isarra ༆ 01:08, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

For you

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For all the hard work you put into everything you do. Your diligence and kindness is much appreciated. Invertzoo (talk) 00:54, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Saturday June 21: Wiki Loves Pride

Upcoming Saturday event - June 21: Wiki Loves Pride NYC

You are invited to join us at Jefferson Market Library for "Wiki Loves Pride", hosted by New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Wikimedia LGBT and Wikimedia New York City, where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on this theme: Saturday June 21: Wiki Loves Pride NYC (RSVP), focusing on LGBT history and culture. 11am–4pm at Jefferson Market Library. We hope to see you there! Pharos (talk)

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Mass message

Please make sure to include a timestamp at the end of messages sent by mass message so that archiving bots do not skip those sections. Thanks, --Glaisher [talk] 18:10, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, my apologies. It's a bit non-intuitive to leave the timestamp with massmessage, but I'll do this for the next one for the Wiknic.--Pharos (talk) 18:39, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

How so? You can just use ~~~~~. Legoktm (talk) 18:47, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic

Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 6 WikNYC Picnic (RSVP). 1pm–8pm at southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte Theater. Also, before the picnic, you can join in the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting. 11:30am-12:30pm at Yeoryia Studios, 2067 Broadway. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 16:51, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

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The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Repeated addition of material apparently failing WP:V

I'm concerned about your re-addition of material to the History of the Jews in Nepal article that I have not been able to verify, and for which you have not reponded to Talk page queries regarding the specifics, with respect to some of which I have provided links demonstrating no hits, no emphasis, etc. Note that Nishidani, who is more knowledgeable in this field than I, has recently looked at some of the previous additions of material and concurred that it didn't belong in the article, was fringe, etc.

On the Talk page you reiterated mention of a "Jewish Karim" in a source, and since I haven't found that, please specify the source and the page number, or self-revert the re-addition of that material. Without a "Jewish Karim", it should be apparent that there would be no notable "historic trade routes" between Nepal, as the entire section would rest on a note recorded by a single Jewish merchant based in Cairo in the eleventh century.

The distinction between the Old and New Testament versions of spikenard also would seem to be relevant, as the issue regarding the plant from the Himalayas. Please respond to these queries on the article talk page. --Ubikwit ^連絡 _{見学/迷惑} 08:39, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

I.e., where in the Geniza document does the Jewish merchant mention that his spikenard came from 'Nepal'? Horace writing decades before A.D. wrote of spikenard, but this doesn't mean there was a Roman connection with Nepal.Nishidani (talk) 09:58, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, Pharos. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is GLAM from User:Josve05a.
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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Asian Americans in New York City concern

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Greetings from Aragotton!

Hey Pharos, sorry I didn't reply to your emails lately, I have been busy. And about the article military history of Bangladesh, I don't think that is necessary, they already have one. But I am trying to work on this History of Bangladesh under British rule. Nayways, and about the second message you gave me I will try to get as bilingual people for future meetups. Thanks!

nyc meetups

Hi Pharos, Is there a mailing list or some other sort of way that I can send things to everyone involved in Wikimedia NYC? I'd like to meet a few other Wikipedians, most likely through a mini edit-a-thon at a Starbucks in NYC.

Best, Upjav Upjav (talk) 19:55, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikimania 2014

Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller and video producer for the Wikimedia Foundation. I'll be looking to capture stories about Wikimedians at Wikimania in London in a week. Here is an example of the kind of thing that I'm aiming to do. I saw that you're attending Wikimania and I was wondering if you might have some time to talk about your work on Wikimedia projects. Anyway let me know if you are interested, I'll be at Wikimania from the 6th-10th of August and would need maybe 30 minutes of your time. I can answer any questions you may have. I’m best reached at vgrigas(at)wikimedia.org

Thanks!

Vgrigas (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Whisperback - August 2014

Hello. You have a new message at Peaceray's talk page. Peaceray (talk) 02:11, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Help with wikipedia page

Hi, my name is Paul and I am administrator for Indiggo Twins website: http://www.indiggotwins.com. Indiggo are identical twin professional actresses, singers, writers, composers signed with Sony BMG and Imagem USA, featured and credited on Jay-Z & Kanye' West's 4 times Grammy award-winning album Watch The Throne, respectively on "Murder To Excellence". I am writing to you to kindly ask of you to help contribute to the Indiggo wikipedia page, to establish a neutral and just point of view of the "America's Got Talent" section as fans who have followed Indiggo's growth and development have notified me that the Indiggo wikipedia page has been vandalized. There are several racist, false and malicious comments regarding Indiggo's performances on America's Got Talent, respectively on the New York audition, that are allowed on the Indiggo wikipedia page and that harm Indiggo's image. I have also been notified that whenever their fans have tried to bring other arguments or write other AGT judges' comments they were blocked and threatened by users from Great Britain who are favoring artists who they think they vie with the Indiggo Twins. Judge Sharon Osbourne has praised the twins and the audience rooted for Indiggo and cheered for them to be approved to the next stage of Las Vegas callbacks. Yet, whenever someone has tried to bring these actual arguments, they were blocked. The ones who vandalize wrote that judge Piers Morgan said the twins are the worst singers and dancers in the competition on the NY audition. He hasn't said that, he actually said that "I started to enjoy your performance" and he approved the pair to go to the next stages, to top 40. Nevertheless, judges' comments should not be posted at all and only facts should be admitted on a serious and classy encyclopedia as wikipedia. I hope to hear from you soon and to receive your help. I do believe in justice and that artists' hard work and growth should be respected and protected. Many thanks, Paul Indiggo7777 (talk) 02:39, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Sunday August 17 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share (RSVP). 2pm–5pm at Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway (5th floor). Afterwards at 5pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided). We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 15:58, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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August 17th I'll be at the Mets/Cubs game. But I thank you for the invite. TimidObserver (talk) 22:21, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Westchester Meeting 24 August Local transport

I don't know whether I will have car availability, but plan to attend in any event. Looking at the train and bus schedules, there are few buses on Beeline route 14 on Sunday. If folks will be coming by train, you might want to offer pickup at the stations in time for participants to get there close to the start. I don't know whether anyone would take you up on the offer, but it might reduce a barrier to attendance. I have inserted some schedule info on the meeting page. DCDuring (talk) 18:40, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Asian Americans in New York City

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Westchester endangered species

See wikt:User:DCDuring/Westchester_endangered_species#Threatened_plants and links therefrom to Wiktionary entries for a few items and to Wikispecies. I have found some out-of-date species names in the list. I will be adding Wiktionary entries for the vernacular names, plants first.

Thanks for being an online volunteer

Thanks for becoming an online volunteer for my course [Communication in Groups and Organizations.] I've done some Wikipedia editing myself and have used WP writing assignments in past courses. Still it is nice to have a real Wikipedian watching over us. Robertekraut (talk) 21:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Picture your self leading the masses to improve Wikimedia one article at a time.

• Show the Internet who is the better editor.
• Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
• Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
• Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:08, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

• Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”

  A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.

• Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon

  Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM

• Saturday, September 20: September Meetup

  Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM

• Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon

  Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM

• Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Request for Comment

Based on your comments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Avoiding_harm, I am interested in having your feedback/criticism dialogue here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Guideline_for_crime_victims_of_world_wide_significanceMeropeRiddle (talk) 11:02, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Introduction

Hello Pharos,

I'm Amy Hughes' new student in her Theatre History Course at Brooklyn College.

Thanks for volunteering!

Andreabee12 (talk) 17:40, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Vanderbilt Edit-a-Thon

Hi Pharos, I thought I'd introduce you to Nikilada, who is our Library Dean's Fellow this semester for Wikipedia. She'll be organizing an edit-a-thon this fall, probably on November 1st. She's also just applied to become a campus ambassador. We'll keep you posted as our plans develop. We might need help again setting up a geo-notice for the edit-a-thon. Best wishes! Clifford Anderson (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Pharos! I am Gillian, an MFA performing arts management student, taking Amy Hughes' Theater History class! I can't wait to make WikiHistory with your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilliark (talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Pharos

My name is David Irving, and I'm in Professor Hughes Theater History to 1642 class. I'm an theater history and criticism MA. Looking forward to working with you, Deliirving (talk) 22:28, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello Pharos! My name is Haruki, MFA performing arts management student taking Professor Hughes' Theater History course at Brooklyn College. Thank you for helping us in our project, and I look forward to working with you! Decafespresso (talk) 23:12, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Pharos,

I am a student in the Theatre History to 1642 course. Thank you in advance for all the help you will give my classmates and I this semester!

Jcbjaw12 (talk) 00:02, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Pharos

My name is Marni. I am enrolled in Theatre History to 1642. Thank you so much for helping our class out on our project. I look forward to working with you! Mcraab123 (talk) 00:14, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

another Brooklyn College Theatre History student

Hi Pharos, Thank you for being a wiki ambassador for our course. I can't wait to dig in and get started. If I need help with something should I post here on your talk page or is there another wiki-appropriate way to ask for your guidance? Always -Jessiechapman (talk) 02:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Greetings from another Brooklyn College Student

Hello Pharos! Thank you in advance for your time contributing to our class project. I look forward to working with you this year :) Jsattler07 (talk) 14:58, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Thanks for coming to the Mount Sinai Edit-a-thon

I just wanted to thank you for making your way out to New York City last week. I think the edit-a-thon went well, and we are eager to have more support from the Wikipedia community. If you have any comments or suggestions for future events, let me know!

Thanks, Mjbailey (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Submit your data to the II Round of voluntary reporting

Hi Pharos, Hope this finds you well. I wanted to reach out to see how I can help you to get some of your program evaluations included in this year's round of voluntary reporting. I have in my records that you were coordinating the «Greenwich Village in the 60s» and «Open History: Queens» editathons, is this correct? I know from project pages that you have done some amazing work and been documenting the outcomes. Can you please write back to me to my talk page, or email me to mcruz [at] wikimedia [dot] org? Thanks! MCruz (WMF) (talk) 22:19, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Pharos, I'm with the Program Evaluation & Design team at WMF. I'm following up on Maria's note about program data for the NYC Law Editathon. There are still a few bits of missing data we'd like to fill in before Nov 26th. I've posted them over on the event talk page, could you please respond with any data you have, or "Don't know" for the answers you do not have, within the next week? If you have any questions, please do contact me through my talk page or at abittaker at wikimedia dot org. Thanks so much, this really helps our program learning and capacity building for future editathons! --Abittaker (WMF) (talk) 23:46, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

UN maps and WP:WATERMARK

Please see discussion at Wikipedia talk:Image use policy#Clarification needed regarding WP:WATERMARK. Cheers. Kaldari (talk) 09:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

AWB Question

A quick question: I am on the AWB request list, but it is apparently backlogged. Would AWB really be useful for my work on the Children's articles and, if so, can you approve me? HullIntegrity (talk) 17:13, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Thursday December 4 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share (RSVP). 6:30pm–8pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Afterwards at 8pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided). We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 07:11, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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Pharos, please take me off any mailing lists for these things, I do want to receive these invites or any other messages pertaining to Wikimedia NYC. Nightscream (talk) 13:53, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Nightscream: Done. Though I hope we can get together again sometime.--Pharos (talk) 02:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikipedia Regional Ambassadors

Where is the most updated list of Wikipedia Regional Ambassadors for the WikiEd Foundation? OR drohowa (talk) 19:01, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy New Year Pharos!

Happy New Year!

Pharos,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Serendi^podous 15:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2015}} to user talk pages.

Nashville Public Library Edit-a-Thon

Hi Pharos,

I'll be meeting with my counterparts at the Nashville Public Library on Tuesday, January 13 to plan an edit-a-thon. Any chance that we could Skype with you to discuss holding it into concert with other libraries? How about 12:30 EST?

Talk soon, I hope. Clifford Anderson (talk) 16:33, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Looking forward to hopefully getting this cross-country editathon happening in February! Amwilliams15 (talk) 20:02, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

You are invited to join us at New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for our upcoming editathon, a part of the Black WikiHistory Month campaign (which also includes events in Brooklyn and Westchester!). Saturday February 7 Black Life Matters Editathon (RSVP). 12:00pm - 5:00 pm at NYPL Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue), by W 135th St The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 06:03, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

• February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
• February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
• February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

• Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
• Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
• Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
• Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Account Creator

I was wondering if it might be useful at editathons if I had Account Creator rights. Would it be? I certainly do not mind doing so. HullIntegrity (talk) 13:29, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Conjectural portrait

The article Conjectural portrait has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced article fails WP:NEO, no significant coverage in WP:RS about this term

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Vrac (talk) 21:02, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

A beer for you!

thanks for your help last night and for everything else! you're a rockstar! Failedprojects (talk) 00:55, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Where at Barnard College?

Exactly where at Barnard College is the NYC event? Any suggestions about parking for motorists from far out of town?--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:22, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

• Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM

  An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)

• Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM

  In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM

  Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Account creator rights - question

I see you granted me Account Creator Rights, probably because of the outreach events I assist at. I understand the need for it, due to the limit on account creation in some places. I looked at the related WP page, but it wasn't terribly helpful for me - a lot of technical and policy stuff related to problematic scenarios. I was hoping you could provide me with a quick summary of what I should do if and when the account creation limit is reached. Do I just go to the Special page for creating accounts, and do it myself while logged in? Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 23:26, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, just stay logged in as yourself, and go to Special:CreateAccount.--Pharos (talk) 23:30, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Email

Hi Pharos,

Thanks for your email. Unfortunately I cannot help out, since I will be doing things out of state this weekend, but thank you for the invitation.

Thanks,

Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 18:56, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Pharos. You have new messages at Peridon's talk page.
Message added 17:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Peridon (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

THANK YOU!

Cookies for you!

Thank you so much for all of your insights & help at the NYC Edit-a-Thons, especially this past weekend @ Art+Feminism MoMa and the Babycastles Satellite events!! You're awesome! I look forward to running into you again (probably at the 2015 Wikipedia Day mini-conference). --Deckdeckdeck (talk) 14:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference

Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015

You are invited to join us at Barnard College for Wikipedia Day NYC 2015, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference for the project's 14th birthday. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. Sunday March 22 Wikipedia Day NYC 2015 (RSVP on-wiki or at bit.ly/wikidaybarnard). 10:00pm - 9:00 pm at Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, by W 118th St We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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Error in invitation?

Hi Pharos, I just got your invitation to Wikipedia Day 2015, but it looks like there's a typo... It says the event is happening from 10:00pm - 9:00 pm. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks! nycdi (talk) 04:07, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, my mistake! The start time is of course 10am, and hopefully the error is a relatively obvious one that people will find corrected on the main meetup page.--Pharos (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Interested in asking some questions re: NYPD Wikipedia editing

Hey Pharos,

I'm a journalist looking to get some comments from Wikimedia commenters in NYC on the NYPD edits to Wikipedia that were released by Capital New York. I reached out because I saw that you were the president of the NYC Wikipedia Meetup group. Would it be possible to have a talk?

Thanks so much!

--Thencarolsaid (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Account creators?

Pharos,

Are you giving out account creator to anyone who posts at Wikipedia:ArtAndFeminism/AccountCreator? Several users have been processed who appear to have no wiki-experience, and in some cases requesting this advanced permission was their only edit. Are you personally managing these editors and removing when special events are over? I started removing a few who appeared to be related to events that were over, but wanted to check in with you as a touchpoint to see what was going on. Thanks! — xaosflux ^Talk 04:29, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Category:MoMA This is for Everyone exhibit, 2015

Haven't finished uploading the about 40 pictures. Totally unretouched for now. Jim.henderson (talk) 02:28, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Finished uploading all 40. Someone else can do the cropping, identifying etc, but if not, I'll eventually get to those jobs, umm, busy weekend so, next week. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:16, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

CUNY?

I haven't heard from CUNY about their ideas for Beginners' Wiki-Editing on Wikipedia Day. (See User_talk:RoyGoldsmith#Wikipedia Day open space session.) I really wanted to talk to them before the meeting. In the worst case, I will be at Barnard Hall around 9 o'clock tomorrow. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 18:46, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi, Pharos! Just wanted to express my thanks for everything you did yesterday to make WikiDay such a great experience, especially for a newbie like me! Hope to see you again soon, and very best wishes! Amy E Hughes (talk) 22:00, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Fashion Institute of Technology class

Hello!

Just a quick note to ask about this course: Template:Course link. Is this something that WikiEdu can provide support for?

Thanks! (And thanks again for organizing what seemed like a very successful Wikipedia Day -- I know that at least for me it was a great experience). --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:14, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I plan to help a bit myself (going there Wed morning), but any assistance from you and WikiEdu staff would be welcome as well. And it was great to have you at Wikipedia Day, you should always consider yourself a most welcome part of the NYC community.--Pharos (talk) 17:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

It looks like only the description has been added thus far. Maybe it's a good time to have the instructor go through the assignment design wizard if the assignment is compatible? Thanks. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:32, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the wizard was actually not working at the time this was set up (Sage informs me the webhost went down for the first time!), so this was created the old-fashioned way, and I'm not sure it makes sense to recreate the whole page, now that the instuctors and students are already a part of it. Still, I'm going to work with them step-by-step through the process of adding the timeline, etc, by the manual process, and this should get the same end result.--Pharos (talk) 16:16, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Ah! Sorry to hear that. Maybe I misunderstand, but the Wizard doesn't actually replace the course page -- it would just replace the paragraph course description that's there. Up to you, of course. Let me know if I can do anything to help out. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:47, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Contacts in NC?

Hi Richard,

Did you end up finding anyone to help out at that edit-a-thon in NC? I just got a message from someone at UNC who's organizing one. We haven't talked much yet, but if you happened to find someone enthusiastic about such things, I'd like to connect them. Thanks. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:01, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Your support needed for AfroCROWD Inspire campaign

Hi DGG, hoping you can add a comment in the Project Team section as an advisor or other role since you have already advised, trained and supported AfroCROWD: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_women_in_Wikipedia

Thanks in advance! --Aliceba (talk) 22:16, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Invitation

Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

• Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm

  See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia

• Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm

  Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.

• Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

• Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

James Hare

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In need of a Wikimedian.

I am trying to follow the guidelines to create a wiki-glam-page for our edit-a-thon project. I'm not sure what my next step is and how to find a Wikimedian that might be available the day-of

April 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday April 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday April 29 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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Future WikiCons?

Hi, Pharos,
I tried to look at the WikiConference USA website but it redirects to another WP meetup site. Do you know whether there will be future WikiCons in the U.S.? Or was this a one time event? Thanks for any information you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:28, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

At the official site I'm seeing Washington, DC. Rumor has it, Columbus Day Weekend, early October. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:57, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

June 10: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

Wednesday June 10, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on our agenda: recent and upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday June 10 WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:04, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Black Visual Arts

Hi, Richard. At The Studio Museum in Harlem editathon, the organizers were looking for a way to organize ongoing discussions and lists of articles that need work, so I suggested a Wikiproject. I'll try to make a page for it, but I may ask you for help when I put up a draft of it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:30, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Instead of making a whole new project, I created this subpage, which I think will be simpler. Would you please review it and see if you can fix the coding on the cats, etc? Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora/Visual arts. Please delete anything that you don't think will be helpful to the Black visual arts contributors. Thanks for any help! -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:05, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Ssilvers: Looks like a good start; though I couldn't figure out right now how to add the task force functionality to {{WikiProject African diaspora}} (and the categories depend on that), I've added a link to this from Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists of Articles, part of the larger NYC-based initiative that helped organize this event.--Pharos (talk) 15:59, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. If you can find someone who is good with the technical stuff, would you ask them please to see if they can fix the functionality/categories? Thanks very much! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:27, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Ssilvers: I think I've figured out the tech stuff, modifying {{WikiProject African diaspora}} and adding the task force sub-banner to Talk:George Herriman, though I haven't set up all the categories yet.--Pharos (talk) 22:59, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:03, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Meetup

Hi again,

I'll email you in the next few days about the possibility of another August event in Westchester; in the meantime I wanted to let you know that one of the attendees of today's event approached me just before I left, asking for the deletion of Dynamism of a Speeding Horse Houses as a misspelling of Dynamism of a Speeding Horse + Houses. Let me know if you can do that. Thank you!--ɱ (talk · vbm) 03:15, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Ɱ: I just redirected the incorrect title to the correct one; I don't like to use administrative tools when unnecessary, and in this case the original history of their contribution to the article is preserved. Let me know about Westchester :)--Pharos (talk) 16:39, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Sounds good. I've been in contact with the historical society; they'll probably be glad to host it and we'll try to get the library on board too. I'll let you know when I have more information.--ɱ (talk · vbm) 01:45, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Ottawa wiki-event

I am not sure if I would be able to participate in an Ottawa event. It depends on timing. I will be out of town for a few periods over the summer. --Big_iron (talk) 10:35, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

• What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
• When? June 2015
• How can you help?

  1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here

  2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)

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Some baklava for you!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! ...for all your help and contributions to our Studio Museum in Harlem edit-a-thon!! We're really looking forward to working with you in the future !! Blacklunchtable (talk) 14:52, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I know you are not much for bells and whistles, but I did want to thank for all your help the last few semesters with my classes and with assisting me in becoming s "full-time" Wikipedia. Meow/Cheers.

HullIntegrity^\ talk / 00:08, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

July 8: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday July 8, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on a review of past and upcoming editathons, including Black Lunch Table Editathon @ MoMA on July 13. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday July 8 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:45, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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Please return to the discussion on the article "white genocide conspiracy theory"

I'm still discussing and have read through the books and article used as sources. Olehal09 (talk) 18:55, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I remind you of the discussion on white genocide conspiracy theory. When you ask for a discussion, you should hold your word. Olehal09 (talk) 10:56, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Account creator rights

• Girlstothefront (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hi, Pharos,
I noticed User:Girlstothefront has account creator rights but they have just made 3 edits four months ago and didn't even have any user page until now when I created their user talk page.
I asked EdJohnston about it and he told me that Girlstothefront created three accounts as an editathon volunteer in June and to ask you if you think the rights are still needed. Thanks for looking into this. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 10:18, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Sunday August 2: WikNYC Picnic

Sunday August 2, 1-7pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday August 2 WikNYC Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com) 1pm–7pm - come by any time! @ Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance (Prospect Park West and 15th St), immediately on the lawn to your left as you walk through the lovely lotus columns. Subway: ​ to 15th Street – Prospect Park (IND Culver Line) We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 03:31, 24 July 2015 (UTC) (Bonus event: WikiWednesday Salon @ Babycastles - Wednedsay, August 19)

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Hi, Pharos,

I hope the picnic went well! I had planned on coming but was in the midst of an RfA and thought maybe socializing wasn't the best idea. I hope to participate in future events, especially ones in Manhattan which is an easier trek from New Jersey. Be well! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:33, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

August 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday August 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday August 19 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:58, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Edu review

Template:Edu review has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:47, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing Andries Hudde, Pharos.

Unfortunately Kudpung has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

This article contains no sources. Please tag appropriately.

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On Promoting The Asian American Wikithon

Hay it's me User:Sidepocket. I didn't know how to contact you so I'm posting on here and Twitter.

I don't know if I will be able to attend so I'm spreading the word of the event through the Asian American community here in NYC.

One of the things that would help a ton if for you and possibly someone of MoMA to apply to be a guest on the Asian Pacific Fourm Radio show on WBAI taking place Monday in the afternoon.

Some links: http://www.wbai.org/program.php?program=16 http://www.asiapacificforum.org/

I can work with you to set this up. You can reply by emailing me or by leaving a comment on my talk page: talk page

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September 16: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday September 16, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday September 16 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC) Bonus events, RSVP now for our latest upcoming editathons: September 20 - Afrocrowd Wikipedia editathon @ Queens Library October 3 - WikiArte Latin America editathon @ MoMA October 15 - Women in Architecture editathon @ Guggenheim

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Saturday October 3: WikiArte Latin America Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Saturday October 3: WikiArte Latin America Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

You are invited to join us for a full Saturday (drop-in any time!) of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for our upcoming "WikiArte" Latin America Edit-a-thon, for Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamericana, a communal day of creating, updating, improving, and translating Wikipedia articles about Latin American art and culture. Saturday October 3 WikiArte Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 11:00am - 5:00 pm (drop-in anytime!) at MoMA Cullman Education and Research Building, 4 West 54th Street All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. We will provide training sessions and resources for beginner Wikipedians, WiFi, reference materials, and suggested topics, as well as childcare and refreshments. Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need to be updated, translated, or created. You are welcome to edit all day or drop by to show your support, and to follow #WikiArte on social media! Trainings for new and less experienced Wikipedia editors will be offered (in English) at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Tutorials and resources in Spanish will be available online, and participants are also encouraged to work on the Spanish and Portuguese language editions of Wikipedia. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 10:33, 28 September 2015 (UTC) P.S. Next event, October 15 - Women in Architecture editathon @ Guggenheim

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	The moon is made of green cheese Nicely done! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:33, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)

Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim

You are invited to join us for a full afternoon and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture. Saturday October 15 Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). noon - 8pm (drop-in anytime!) at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Garrett Lobby @ 1071 5th Ave by E 88 St In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon— to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both. The Guggenheim will work alongside ArchiteXX, the founders of WikiD: Women Wikipedia Design #wikiD, the international education and advocacy program working to increase the number of Wikipedia articles on women in architecture and the built environment. New and experienced editors are welcome. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global partnerships page to discover an edit-a-thon in a city near you or simply join remotely. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 19:34, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)

Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim

You are invited to join us for a full day and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture. Thursday, October 15 Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). noon - 8pm (drop-in anytime!) at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Garrett Lobby @ 1071 5th Ave by E 88 St In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both. The Guggenheim will work alongside ArchiteXX, the founders of WikiD: Women Wikipedia Design #wikiD, the international education and advocacy program working to increase the number of Wikipedia articles on women in architecture and the built environment. New and experienced editors are welcome. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global partnerships page to discover an edit-a-thon in a city near you or simply join remotely. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 19:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry

I'll be at the 40th annual Iowa Science Fiction Convention (ICON). --Orange Mike | Talk 19:43, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015

Dear Fellow Wikipedians,

I JethroBT (WMF) suggested that I consult with fellow Wikipedians to get feedback and help to improve my idea about "As an unparalleled way to raise awareness of the Wikimedia projects, I propose to create a tremendous media opportunity presented by launching Wikipedia via space travel."

Please see the idea at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity_2015. Please post your suggestions on the talk page and please feel free to edit the idea and join the project.

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter. I appreciate it.

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:00, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry

So sorry for blanking the page on the Women's edit-a-thon. I was intending to delete the announcement from my own talk page, and wasn't where I thought I was. Oh, and not that I'm not interested, but I live in MD and not MA, and just returned from MS, so won't be going to MA or ME until next April.Sarnold17 (talk) 21:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for

the notification for the Cambridge event! I'm at UChicago for the semester and so will stop by their event. -Darouet (talk) 23:22, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi, Pharos! You can see my page now Yoko_Alender. It's the first page that I ever created! Thanks for your support during the edit-a-thon! Todd F Hughes (talk) 18:55, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Women in architecture lists

Pharos, I realize you might have some priorities for your physical edtathons but I have been extremely confused by the changes you have been making to the list of red-linked women architects. I spent a considerable amount of time yesterday tidying up your additions only to see that you overruled everything I had been doing. The list you included from Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation was misleading as it not only contained numerous misspellings but many of the red-linked names on the list were in fact already included in articles. I made a number of redirects and similar adjustments, researched each of the remaining names carefully and added at least one link for guidance. I don't think it is in our contributors' interest to put them through the same trouble as I experienced. Please leave the list as it now appears on the editathon page. Remember people are participating from all over the world. When you reply, please either ping me or leave a message on my talk page. I realize we are both working for the same good cause and I am sure we can collaborate effectively for all concerned.--Ipigott (talk) 09:08, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Cambridge, MA edit-a-thon

Hi Pharos, I appreciate the invite and wish I could make it, but I don't live in the States any longer. I tried to find where I had subscribed to the list but couldn't, being a bit of a dolt that way. Can you point me to where I can unsubscribe? Thanks, Kafka Liz (talk) 08:18, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

You have...

an e-mail. Thanks and regards. --Millars (talk) 11:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Oct 28: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday October 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We will also include a look at our annual plan and budget ideas, to see if the chapter is able to fiscally sponsor more ongoing projects tied to our core mission of expanding and diversifying free knowledge. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday October WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:45, 22 October 2015 (UTC) Bonus events, RSVP now for our latest upcoming editathons: October 25 - AfroCROWD + DAWN @ Brooklyn Public Library November 4 - Aphra Behn Society @ Grand Summit Hotel (Summit, NJ) November 10 - Basquiat: Still Fly 55 @ MoMA

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Wikipedia Editathon @ Brooklyn Public Library

Hello! Thanks for all the great tips and useful advice. Thanks for lending your experience and knowledge.

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I just meet you!

Hello!