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: Hi [[User:SuperHamster]]! Thanks so much for the kind note. Hope you had a great event! Reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka [[User:BrillLyle|BrillLyle]] ([[User talk:BrillLyle#top|talk]]) 13:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
: Hi [[User:SuperHamster]]! Thanks so much for the kind note. Hope you had a great event! Reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka [[User:BrillLyle|BrillLyle]] ([[User talk:BrillLyle#top|talk]]) 13:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

== another Thank you re. Art+Feminism ==
Hello from the ICA Boston Art+Feminism meet-up, I'm a first-time trainer and new editor and appreciated your hello and offer to help out! We'll be here until 4pm today. If there is a quick link/any info about signing up new users I'd love to see it- I have been made an account creator, but not sure how to wield this new power! Thanks!! [[User:Penellohpee|Penellohpee]] ([[User talk:Penellohpee|talk]]) 15:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Revision as of 15:40, 6 March 2016

The Signpost: 10 February 2016

16:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes!

They are lovely. I was about to get some work done on it this morning and lo and behold! A WikiFairy had come around and made the page so much better already. --DrX (talk) 13:28, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Doctorxgc: Oh good, I hoped that would be welcome! I've never been called a WikiFairy before. I love it! Let me know when you move the page to it's permanent home -- I will update the link to it on the WM NYC Event Archive tab.... Looks like amazing work you and @Mozucat: are doing! Xo - Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions

Thank you for participating in the

Black Women's History edit-a-thon

  • February 2016
  • More than 170 articles were created
  • Hosted by Women in Red

(... check out our next event)

--Ipigott (talk) 14:37, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Willie Little

picked this kitten that looks determined and tough. thanks for the editing on Willie Little you did last night, adding the headings, and grant details. I don't know how you stay on top of all of this?!

LisianthusDahlia (talk) 14:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@LisianthusDahlia: Thanks for the kitten! Love it! Glad to help out -- I think the Willie Little page needs more TLC but that was all I could do semi-quickly.... He has so much stuff on his website (articles, etc.) that he's done most of the work! Glad you're editing -- let me or Heather know if you need any assistance! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 15:22, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I got two photos of Willie that he is allowing us to use, not sure how to post them on the page.
will definitely be taking Willie Brown out of stub status.LisianthusDahlia (talk) 15:37, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Willie Little that is! I need to stop multitasking.....LisianthusDahlia (talk) 15:38, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@LisianthusDahlia: Ha! I knew what you meant! Funny.... That's great! Uploading pictures is difficult as you need to either claim ownership or Little can publish the images on his website with the correct Creative Commons license -- allowing the photo to be licensed freely. Recommend looking at the graphic on this page here called "What can I upload to Wikimedia Commons." It is super clear and has been one of the only ways that I understood photos on Wikipedia. -- BrillLyle (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Use one of the following:
The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons license
* Not all Creative Commons licenses are good for this site. Make sure the copyright holder used one of these licenses.
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (legal code)
* Creative Commons CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain: legal code)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 15, December-January 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - Ships, medical resources, plus Arabic and Farsi resources
  • #1lib1ref campaign summary and highlights
  • New branches and coordinators

Read the full newsletter

The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 February 2016

Got to send you at least one cookie, after all the batches you've been delivering!

Thanks so much for sending welcome messages to all our new Wikipedia editors for the Ithaca Art + Feminism edit-a-thon project. They feel well organized and are gearing up for action. Merci beaucoup!

Unionpearl (talk) 01:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Unionpearl: Thanks so much for the cookie! Very excited about the upcoming editathons! Let me know if you need anything! Best to you -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 16:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

18:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 February 2016


2016 Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon @ CCA

You are invited! - Saturday, March 5 - Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/ArtandFeminism 2016
Arts+Feminism logo
Please join us at the California College of the Arts' Simpson Library on Saturday March 5, 2016,
for an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists!

--Circa73 (talk)

Disambiguation help?

Hi there I'm wondering if you can tell me anything about what exactly the "Disambiguation link notification" message means on my talk page? I can't find the connection to edits I've made. :/ Thanks!--Heathart (talk) 19:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Also when you have a moment, do you know why everyone else who logs in (who I'm training) to my computer and browser has the choice to "edit source" or "edit" and my log in just allows me to "edit"(which is souce code only)? --Heathart (talk) 23:42, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Heathart: Yeah, it's in your Preferences, Editing tab, "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta." I don't use the editor, I use the code one because I am more comfortable with that one and you become a better editor that way -- so unless someone is really bad on the computer I recommend using the regular (not visual editor) option. But do what your comfort level is. Chumps like me will clean up all the potential formatting issues from the visual editor I guess so it doesn't matter at the end of the day. Also recommend syntax highlighting under Gadgets tab, Editing section in your Preferences. It's amazing! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk)

Signing messages

Hello, I've noticed that you have signed your messages on the administrators' noticeboard with three tildes, so they just show your username. Please sign them with four tildes ("~~~~") instead, so they show a timestamp. This is helpful for both humans and computers alike to make it easier to determine when a message was sent, and is also required for pings to work. Graham87 14:56, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham87: Apologies, someone just told me about the three tilde thing so I thought it was okay to use. Got it now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 18:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

You are always so amazingly helpful. thanks! Heathart (talk) 23:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A+F participants

Hi BL, I would think that there should be a better way to add participants than putting the section (out of order) at the bottom of the page... Was there a reason why you rearranged these? There are other editors who can help with templates to do what you want (especially if you plan to use it across dozens of pages) czar 22:12, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Czar It was decided by Michael at A+F Theredproject to okay this implementation -- WHICH HAS BEEN DONE across all the satellite event pages. It is obviously not perfect but seemed to be a functional improvement cf. the prior method. The button works well except for the bug it has that the participants generating at the bottom of the page. So I'm not sure what Michael communicated to the organizers at each event but if people can leave the participants list at the bottom that would really help. This was created by Pharos FYI.
The only suggestion I would make is to put the Registration section directly above Participants in the footer. This might've been a more logical location but I am exhausted from updating the over 120+ event pages so the thought of "fixing" this is not something I can face right now. So yeah I understand your concerns but if you could bear with it's much appreciated.... -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, {{meetupsig}} works and is particularly useful in preventing editconflicts for large in-person editathons, but because of technical limitations it is only able to add names to the very bottom section.--Pharos (talk) 22:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all. The A+F team hasn't had the bandwidth to communicate this to organizers yet. We are planning a few last communications over the next week. TX. --Theredproject (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If I have time and am on the page anyway I'm going to move Registration to the bottom. Mozucat just had a VERY successful event where she used that format and it was very brill... See OEB Sign Up -- BrillLyle (talk) 22:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pharos -- Thoughts? -- BrillLyle (talk) 04:08, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Czar, this looks positive, and I'm going to research with you on ways to check logged-in status.--Pharos (talk) 04:23, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

20:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your help during the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Oxford College Library of Emory University!

Vrclibrarian (talk) 23:07, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to this weekend!

Hi User:BrillLyle. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll see you at A+F on Saturday! Sev2109 (talk) 03:49, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Sev2109: You're welcome! Let me know if you have any questions.... Definitely say hi if it's not too crazy. Can't wait! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:35, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the warm welcome and guidance! Looking forward to making more and more contributions. :)

Stephliana (talk) 21:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday March 5, 10am-5pm: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

You are invited to join us for the MoMA Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on Saturday, to support the expansion of Wikipedia's coverage of women in the arts.

We encourage both people new to Wikipedia, and people who have experience editing online, or have joined us for past edit-a-thon events.

This is by far our biggest event of the year (over 200 participants in the last edition), and every extra hand counts, so please join and volunteer to help us engage new communities!

10:00am - 5:00pm (drop-in anytime!) at The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th, New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.

And bring your interested friends and colleagues!

For those outside of the city, or unable to join on Saturday, check out Art+Feminism regional and global events as well. --Pharos (talk) 21:48, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

Auto-signup on A+F meetup page

Hi there--thanks so much for adding the quick & easy signup button to the Ithaca Art + Feminism meetup page! For some reason, it's adding new users with a bullet point, rather than in numerical order. I'm not sure how to fix this other than going into the code afterward. I've added a few more numbers, but they weren't there when we first encountered the problem. Any advice? Sorry to bother you with this request for help! Unionpearl (talk) 01:32, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Unionpearl - Yes this is a known bug. We don't have a solution at this point -- really sorry for the hassle. I've been going into the pages and changing the bullet to a number and removing the extra space. No fix but if you can bear with -- all of the events are encountering this same issue. Let me know if I can be of any help. Sorry again. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 05:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I can fix this, but if you're replacing the template on every page anyway, would you want to use {{meetup participant signup}}? czar 05:52, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Czar Hey I don't think this is something that is fixable -- at least it's not something Pharos was able to fix. If you could hold off doing anything until I check with him that would really help. Unfortunately I don't think your template solves the actual problem with the bullet and space either -- and we'd want to test it in a small beta editathon first I think like we did for the blue button. So if you can hold off until I check with Pharos I'd really appreciate it. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 06:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Plus I'm NOT replacing the template on every page like i've already done 2 times. I am just changing the bullet to a # sign and removing a space. On an as needed basis (some folks are savvy and can do that themselves. I don't want to go through and change to something else at this point until I check with Pharos. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 06:01, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, but I think it would make more sense to replace a template once than to change every bullet to a pound sign for each sign-in. Anyway, my template works now. If you use {{Template:Meetup participant signup|type=numbered}}, new sign-ups will use the pound symbol when added to the bottom of the page. I have a demo here if you're interested. czar 06:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I really appreciate you trying to find a solution. Unfortunately this solution doesn't work either, as the numbering doesn't increment. That was the issue Pharos found as well. Beside Pharos this is also A+F's call not mine. I am only helping out. And again I have changed the template now two times on over 100 event pages so my preference is to leave it be and allow A+F to reach out to organizers and let them know this is a known issue and that it might require a slight amount of management. As far as your proposal I am also not a huge fan of two buttons. The idea was to have a one button registration. This was Pharos' idea so maybe he can weigh in here to elucidate. Again really appreciate the effort you've made but again want to hold off for now. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 12:28, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
BrillLyle : I updated the Ithaca A+F meetup page with the new numbered signup code. Hope that's OK. Unionpearl (talk) 17:35, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi BrillLyle! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 05:31, Thursday, March 3, 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thank you :)) May Hachem93 (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much May Hachem93! Please customize the Arabic if you want to. I would like to embrace other languages for this initiative -- and your event -- as fully as possible! I had just copied text from your Facebook event page. Best to you! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for warm welcome + a user profile question

Hi BrillLyle, I am going to the MoMA edit-a-thon tomorrow, and in preparation I was trying to figure out some of the editing process and also log in to my old profile, which was on Russian wikipedia (ru.wiki). When I logged into en.wiki it looks like an entirely new account was created. Do you know if accounts are separated by language like that? Or are they? And can I edit en.wiki tomorrow under my old profile? ---Thanks a lot!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by False friend (talkcontribs) 17:56, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there False friend. I think that you can have a universal login -- or opt not to. But this is very beyond my skillset. I'd recommend asking the kind folks in the IRC channel for help with this. They are so great over there. They will have a quicker answer than if I dig around and try to figure it out. Let me know if it works, and def say hi tomorrow if you want! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 18:39, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, Erika, I got a superclear explanation at the help channel. Apparently, every user gets a universal profile = a separate profile for every-language-wiki. Any of the profiles only tracks edits made in the specific language wiki, but all the profiles under my username are mine:) Looking forward to the event tomorrow, and hope I see you there! Maria // False friend (talk) 19:37, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well that makes sense. I sort of thought that but there's a universal login, right? Glad the IRC folks were helpful. I go over there all the time when I get stuck and need help or clarification on stuff. :-) -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:54, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for welcoming me!

Hi BrillLyle, thanks for the welcome! I'm at an Art + Feminism edit-a-thon at USF today, learning how to edit for the first time. :) Lettersee (talk) 19:32, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya Lettersee! Welcome! It looks like you have a really cool active event over there. Let me know if you need anything or have any questions! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A pie for you!

Hello! I have a question about adding images to wiki pages. I understand there are copyright laws regarding images, so how would I go about adding a photograph of say Francois Gilot to her wikipedia page?

thanks in advance for your time? Alecia Teaglet (talk) 23:21, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Alecia aka Teaglet! Thanks for the pie!!!
As to your question: If you have a picture of Françoise Gilot that you own, you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons -- the photo and document repository for all of the Wikimedia projects, which includes Wikipedia. If you don't own the picture, or don't have the correct free license for the picture, it can't go up on Wikimedia Commons and/or Wikipedia. I find this graphic here very helpful. Boiled down, if the photo has the correct open Creative Commons license, it can go up on Wikipedia. If it doesn't, it will pretty instantly pulled down. This is why there aren't as many images as would be ideal on Wikipedia. It's not easy. Hope that helps. There's a good Tutorial here. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 23:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Talking to me!

Highlytexturedlibrarian (talk) 02:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC) I'm not sure how to "talk" to you, but I wanted to thank you for the cookies.[reply]

Hi Highlytexturedlibrarian -- you just did it -- you wrote to me on my Talk page.
Glad you liked the cookies. Reach out if you need help or have questions.
I see you were at the wonderful Octavia Spencer event at Spelman. You can be very proud of the work that event produced! It was one of the better events I can remember, and I know that the profs were very jazzed. Great job! :-) -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 02:45, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya!

Thanks for your message and the cookies. Looking forward to learn. Esmeralda000 (talk) 02:46, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Esmeralda000 ! Thanks for saying hi on my talk page. Glad you liked the cookies. Please reach out if you have questions, etc.! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 02:47, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you!

Thank you very much for the welcome message. I am part of a student group who is setting up a page and I have a question. I would to find a student template for my student project. Do you know where to find it? Sitesofversailles (talk) 19:56, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sitesofversailles -- Apologies it was a very busy day today so I am only now seeing your message. Did you get help? -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:44, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the cookies!

Hello BrillLyle, thanks so much for the warm welcome and the cookies! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Picklecat (talkcontribs) 21:33, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

HI Picklecat! Hope you had a good event. Please reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:46, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pattytv

Pattytv (talk) 02:48, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Thanks for the welcome! I'm slowly learning. Thanks for any help you can offer!!![reply]

Hi Pattytv! Thanks for writing. Let me know if you need anything specifically! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:46, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you re. Art+Feminism

Just wanted to send you a quick thank you for helping set up and maintain all the various Art+Feminism Meetup pages out there, including Columbus'. It's much appreciated! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:SuperHamster! Thanks so much for the kind note. Hope you had a great event! Reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 13:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

another Thank you re. Art+Feminism

Hello from the ICA Boston Art+Feminism meet-up, I'm a first-time trainer and new editor and appreciated your hello and offer to help out! We'll be here until 4pm today. If there is a quick link/any info about signing up new users I'd love to see it- I have been made an account creator, but not sure how to wield this new power! Thanks!! Penellohpee (talk) 15:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]