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== Apple S1P and S2 ==
Why are you writing that the Apple S1P and S2 are ARMv8 chips when that is not substantiated by the references? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple-designed_processors#S_series_2
I just saw that you did this edit. I hope that was just a prank to mess with me, right? If not, here goes:
Which should we use? <br> or <br />?
Let's examine this step by step:
1: Writing the XHTML code <br/> without a blank is even against the recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium, instead it should be written as <br /> since then HTML parsers can understand it too. HTML parsers will simply regard <br /> as a "br" with an unknown parameter "/", while they will regard "br/" as an unknown tag name. So we should definitely not teach people to write <br/>, but possibly <br />.
2: The "HTML" codes we use here at Wikipedia are not XHTML markup nor are they HTML markup, instead they are "HTML wikimarkup", since MediaWiki processes them just like wikimarkup.
3: Wikipedia mainly uses wikimarkup. The reasons for that is simple: Most people that edit Wikipedia are people who never have made a web page, so they know nothing about HTML, XHTML or CSS. So for them (and even for us old webmaster geeks) it is easier to use wikimarkup.
4: So far I have seen the documentation for MediaWiki talks about "HTML in wikitext" and never mentions "XHTML in wikitext". Also up until recently all documentation listed <br> as the code for forced line breaks. But some months ago some XHTML enthusiasts went around and edited a lot of the help pages to show the <br /> or even the <br/>.
So which should we use? <br> or <br />?
Well, let's first ask another question: Which markup should we use for bold text?
'''Bold'''
<b>Bold</b>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Bold</span>
I think we all know that the wikimarkup '''Bold''' is the recommended one. Mainly because it is simpler to use, especially for the majority of editors that don't know HTML and CSS.
The same goes for <br> vs <br />. The HTML wikimarkup <br> is easier for the majority of editors to use, and it is shorter.
Sure, we have a "teaching opportunity" to teach people to use the <br />, but there is a very high risk that they instead will use the <br/> and that would be a bad thing. And believe it or not, many beginners have problems telling "/" and "\" apart. So they might even try to use the <br\>...
So again, the <br> is easier for the majority of editors to use, and it is shorter.
Well, thank you for that lengthy explanation of <br> vs. <br />! I didn't expect to see that on my talk page! Regarding my edit, I originally just wanted to strike out the three templates I took a look at and updated earlier today, but when I saw all the <br>s, it was just as easy to do a "replace all" to convert them to <br />s. To be perfectly honest, I didn't know the history behind the extra space is used, I just assumed it was (more) correct markup. I didn't realize it was due to XHTML "enthusiasts" as you say. I'll assume that it doesn't really matter from here on out (unless you would like to enlighten me further) and I won't make those changes. ~ PaulT+/C23:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. HTML and XHTML are two different kinds of markup. Older web browsers only understood HTML, while some modern special applications (XML parsers) only understand XHTML. The old HTML browsers think that a <br/> is a tag named "br/", which is something they don't understand since they only know about <br>. But they do understand <br /> since then they see the tag name "br" and a strange parameter "/" that they usually simply disregard. While the special applications that only understand XHTML understand both <br/> and <br /> but not <br>. So that is why W3C nowadays recommend <br /> when making web pages since then all kinds of browsing/parsing software can understand it.
But here on Wikipedia the only two things that are going to read the tag are humans (most of which are editors without HTML and XHTML knowledge) and the MediaWiki software. And MediaWiki nowadays understands all three forms of the BR tag, and converts it to whatever format it wants to output the wiki web pages. Currently MediaWiki outputs XHTML web pages so it outputs <br />. From what I read older versions of MediaWiki only understood <br>, but support for some XHTML tags was added so it would be simpler to cut and paste text from other free web sites.
“DVD Player (software)” might refer to other software DVD players.
But that’s far from how wrong “Software Update”, or even “Calculator (software)” and “Address Book” were.
And the only other article that I think needs renaming is Dictionary (software), to avoid confusion with other software dictionaries (on which there is no article, but, as long as there are articles on application software at all, there should be one). What should it be then — Dictionary (Mac OS X) or Dictionary (Apple software)?
Apologies for reverting some of your corrections to the "Telefónica O2" article. Specifically on "divesture" vs "demerger". Wikipedia itself has an definition article for "demerger" but not for "divesture". I think that "divesture" is probably used in North America more so than in Europe (which is the region which the subject of the article is affiliated with). Also, given that the company "mmO2" was formed on the London Stock Exchange from BT Group, which was also listed on the London Stock Exchange (which I also believe is the most popular stock market in the world in terms of the number of companies traded), I think it makes sense for the article to use the financial language of the stock market that the subject of the article is most closely affiliated to. Do you agree?
Best regards - Jminhas
Just to echo Jminhas' comments, "divesture" is not a term used in the UK (and probably not in Europe), whereas demerger is probably more widely known. That, and you probably meant "divestiture" (again, not a term used in the UK as far as I'm aware). ~~ [Jam][talk]12:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I noticed that you updated the Wikipedia Commons version of the Republican Primaries County Map some time ago, adding North Dakota's results. Would you happen to still have a source for the by county information for North Dakota? I have had the hardest time trying to find it. ~Rangeley (talk)15:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pricing in Infobox Online music service
I agree with your assessment that a description of the pricing model in the infobox is useful. But that was not the category was being used for previously. It was usually used for the actual pricing which not only clearly ran afoul of WP:NOTCATALOG, but in the case of iTunes Store was WAY out of hand as it was listing the price in every country where there is an iTunes Store. Accordingly, I have changed the header for the infobox to be "pricing model" and put in variable/fixed/subscripion/whatever in all the pages that used the infobox. Feel free to tweak this as you wish as I didn't have much free time to spend on it. -- KelleyCook (talk) 13:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
According to the above, <br/> is incorrect HTML syntax. Here is a summary: <br> alone is correct HTML but it is not correct XHTML. Given that, the best code to use is <br /> but this can be confusing and is often written (though correct for XHTML, incorrect for HTML) without the space (<br/>). Since MediaWiki converts all this code automatically anyway, why not use the simplest, least error-prone code: <br>? At least, that is according to User:Davidgothberg. As a bonus the code can be easily copy/pasted to older versions of the MediaWiki software if that is ever needed. Regardless, the only variation of code from the above that can actually break when being rendered is <br/>, so I would think it is best to avoid it. Anyway, that is my understanding of it. ~ PaulT+/C00:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I noticed you've gone back and forth a couple of times on whether the iPhone category should be a descendant of iPod. I don't think it should be there -- philosophically, categories should only contain items in them that are logically part of the category itself, regardless of how many levels deep you go. For example, any monument in a city should have a parent category that you can eventually work upwards to "monuments" and to the city's parent category. Category:Windows software wouldn't belong in Category:Microsoft Windows, however, because while they're certainly related topics, neither is actually a part of the other.
Put a bit more succinctly: category B goes inside category A if B is logically a part of A.
Put a bit more savory: A pie category would contain crust, filling, and toppings, but would not include a plate, fork, or hungry Wikipedian.
I think I get what you're trying to do though, which is to group together all of the i... umm... "iEcosystem" articles (iPod, iPhone, iTunes, accessories, third-party tools, etc.), but the name you've chosen for the category, iTunes, is misleading. Hymn (software) is software that works in conjunction with iTunes, but is not part of iTunes itself. AirPort has a feature which lets it control iTunes, but AirPort in and of itself is not a part of iTunes. Separate categories would work well here. Hope this is of some use... happy categorizing! Warren-talk-11:33, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that many of those articles merely transclude the template (which you've already updated), so they simply seed to have their caches purged. —David Levy01:55, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure that Apple Store (chain) is a better link than Apple Store (retail). The stores are known as "Apple Retail Stores" on Apple's website so the "retail" term was deliberate. The online store is called the "Apple Online Store". The term "chain" can be confusing and also implies that they might be franchised, which is incorrect. ~ PaulT+/C04:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
1. Have you read the Retailing article (to which you linked above)? "Online retailing" is explicitly referenced. Apple can use (or not use) the term "retail" however it pleases, and it doesn't change the fact that both the online and brick and mortar Apple Stores are retail operations.
2. In no way does the term "chain" imply that franchising occurs. The operation in question factually is a chain, as stated in the article's hatnote and lead.
3. As there obviously is disagreement regarding the best course of action, I've reverted to the stable setup (which I'm not even convinced needed to be changed). Feel free to initiate a move request or participate in discussion on the article's talk page.
I'm sorry, doesn't "App Store" come before "Apple"? I'm pretty sure spaces come before characters in alphabetic lists. Let me test this out with Category:Test.User:D z This page should show up before, not after, User:Daniel48 when using "User:D z" as the sorting sequence. According to WP:ALPH spaces come before all other characters as well. Of course, this assumes we are using "App" as its own word and not as an abbreviation for "Application". Am I missing something? ~ PaulT+/C06:31, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you appear to be missing that the documentation refers to MediaWiki's technical configuration, not to a linguistic convention. The fact that "usually the spaces or hyphens between words are ignored" is noted in the article to which you linked in this section's header.
Incidentally, you also appear to have misread the explanation, which indicates that "a 'blank space' after the name comes before any character" (emphasis mine). Not that this has any relevance to the matter at hand, of course. —David Levy06:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Bravo on the Madoff cleanup. I think I'll remove the Cornfeld link - he and 50 other fraudsters could be linked, but I don't think it adds much. Thanks again. Smallbones (talk) 19:20, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Are there really 50 other people who have done similar schemes? I'd be interested to see that list. I thought it was of some interest since they have the same first name and the scope, while much larger with Madoff, is similar in the types of people that were targeted. ~ PaulT+/C22:47, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Grammar
I'm a bit surprised to see the template un-redirected, because although I too queried whether parameters could be passed, I actually did something about it and updated all article transclusions to point to the correct copyedit with for parameter. Surely now, after consensus, there is no need for {{Grammar}}? If you want I can have the same bot go through all the transclusions again... non-article space as well perhaps. Of course, there's going to be a transition period, when people are going to use the template, but that's what the redirect's for, if not ideal. Just to warn you, other people may be more concerned than me about someone reverted an action mandated by a TfD. - Jarry1250(t, c)18:14, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, you aren't missing anything. I thought the template was just redirected, but you changed all the transclusions to include the correct template with the "For" parameter. Given that I think my change can be safely reverted. It doesn't really make a difference either way. Thanks for letting me know. ~ PaulT+/C20:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I think I marginally prefer having the redirect though, as it has more of a deterent feel about it. It's a toss-up, I know, but this should discourage the template's use (I've changed it back to a redirect). - Jarry1250(t, c)20:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, plus it wasn't correctly passing the date parameter. Would it be possible to have the bot go through the transclusions on a regular basis? An additional 5 or so articles added the template during the few days the redirect was changed. ~ PaulT+/C21:08, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you ping me, I can do it on a whim - whenever really. I'll try to keep it up to date, but I haven't really got permission to have it run automatically every x days. - Jarry1250(t, c)21:19, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Psantora. A few discussions you possibly might be interested in are
There will also be a special business meeting on Saturday dedicated to discussing meta:Wikimedia New York City issues with guests from the Wikimedia Foundation.
Hi. I can't make sense of your coordinates on the talk page for Queens Giant. It seems as if you posted the same incorrect coordinates as the previous person.
Nevertheless, I was wondering if you could help me with the correct location. I basically know where the tree is and how to enter the area; I was just looking for the exact location to save time. I plan on stopping by one day and getting some good pictures of it, hopefully good enough to upload on the page. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. -- EnjoysButter (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Psantora, you created a lot of imagepages without media and just this category on it. Why? This images are from Commons, this is why we have a whole universe of Obama images on commons:Category:Barack Obama, you dont need to duplicate this to Wikipedia ;) Your new created image pages should be deleted, please done create any more of them. --Martin H. (talk) 17:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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iPhone, units sold, SPS
Hello Psantora. I admire your contributions to Apple articles, and I just wanted to clear up a few snags. I understand WP:SPS, but I disagree that linking to the image description page is self-citing. Rather, it collects all data from numerous press releases, all cited, in a way that would be inconvenient to do on the image talk page. (Space is particularly tight in the infobox; I'm trying to have minimal line breaks in logical places.) In the interests of avoiding an edit war, I have added a link to the table to the citation you propose, which I have retained in the infobox. Is this an acceptable compromise?--HereToHelp(talk to me)02:05, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad we could work that out; I really like your most recent edit. My only question is concerns the difference between geocoding and geotagging. As I understand it, the former involves latitude and longitude and meaningful locations (street addresses); the latter is the camera embedding the location in the metadata. So all three models geotag, right?--HereToHelp(talk to me)03:32, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not really sure. I wasn't sure if there was a difference between the two (and if so, whether the three versions of the phone supported one or the other or both) so I kept it the way I originally found it. ~ PaulT+/C03:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Psantora, I see that you recently edited the Allen-Beville House article and claimed that it was a National Historic Landmark. This is not true; the site is only listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For further information about the differences, I suggest reading these articles. The two are commonly confused, but not all sites listed on the NRHP are NHLs. NHL is a special designation given to only about 1500(ish) sites in the US, while there are over 80,000 sites listed on the NRHP.
HI, I saw you added {{rollback}} to this template. May I ask that you take it off again please? I for one used the userbox because I didn't want that symbol. And I think most users who have rollback are smart enough to find out how to get the symbol. An alternative would be to add a parameter to the user box template called |symbol, which would allow users who want both the userbox and template to add {{User wikipedia/rollback|symbol=yes}} to their page. Cheers - Kingpin13 (talk) 08:58, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Psantora, nice to meet you. I'm Airplaneman. I might be mistaken about this criticism section template, but as far as I looked, it was added in August. It's a very minor thing, but I thought I would bring it up to avoid further confusion. Regards, Airplanemantalk15:53, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Now the graph only has results upto Q2 2008, i was wondering if you had the information to upgrade it to either Q1 2009 or Q2 2009 as it would be really useful for my project. If not could you tell me where you got those stats and ill try and do it myself.
Hi. I checked the guidance that you pointed me to. While I see three references to square brackets (all in favor), I do not see any against their use. Putting the square brackets in is a step in the direction of full citation, and therefore I would suggest appropriate. Nothing I read militates in favor of their deletion (in fact, one could have only square brackets, without the refs around them, and that would be acceptable as well though not preferred ... this is as clean, and a step closer to an inline citation. If you are considering a statement in the guidance that you feel militates in favor of deletion of the brackets, please point me to it.--VMAsNYC (talk) 04:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A full citiation would include information about the publisher. Using square brackets actively hides (some of) this information. I apologize for linking the incorrect section in my edit summary. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#URLs as embedded (numbered) links for more information. Basically this discussion is pointless, you/we are better off just improving the references to include the additional information. ~ PaulT+/C04:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That also doesn't mandate the removal of the square brackets. If anything, it suggests that you should leave the square brackets in and -- if you want to improve upon it, add text. Nothing whatsoever that you have pointed me to suggests (let alone mandates) deletion of the brackets, which of course brings the citation one step further away from an inline citation.--VMAsNYC (talk) 04:49, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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When placed in the References and External links sections, these links should be expanded with link text, and preferably a full citation, including the name of the article, the author, the journal or newspaper the article appeared in, the date it was published, and the date retrieved.
Link text includes the actual url. A numbered link can be cryptic after a reader already clicked on the numbered link that brings them to the reference section. There is a much clearer section in the WP:MOS somewhere that spells this out, but-again-rather than arguing it would be better to just fix the reference. ~ PaulT+/C04:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Again, that suggests that what you should do is add text. Not delete brackets -- only to require other editors to subsequently reinsert them. You are pushing the citations a step away from their ideal form, not in the direction of their ideal form, which is a waste of your time and the time of whatever editor might improve the citation subsequently. It is a disservice as well to the article. Again, nothing in what you have quoted in the three quotes mandates that you delete the square brackets -- quite the opposite.--VMAsNYC (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, are you just trying to be difficult?
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When citing a website within the ref tags, include a name for the site inside the brackets for the URL. Unnamed URLs appear as numbers, so <ref>[http://www.google.com]</ref> results in the footnote being displayed as [1]; the reader clicks to the numbered footnote only to see another number. Thus, use a name in the link to display the website page title in the reference list, as in this example: <ref>[http://www.google.com Google]</ref>.
Also, there is a bot that goes around inserting titles to naked urls within references; if the link is just a number it gets skipped. Adding the brackets back is trivial and often unnecessary and the confusion that can arise from numbered links within references is worse than having the naked url. It is also easier to see duplicate references that should be combined.
As for "wasting my time", the removal of the brackets was only part of the edit in question (which you reverted wholesale despite the other changes to the article). I didn't edit the page for the explicit purpose of removing the brackets, I only noticed them once I was already editing the page to remove a redundant category and fixing the order of the sections. ~ PaulT+/C05:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi -- I would suggest that we change matters (but you would have to guide me as to how we do so) so that a search "The Shells" brings one to what is now the page "The Shells (band)". That's because that is the page of the modern band up for an MTV award, while the other is "The Shells (doo wop band)" is a page about a 1950s band that no one (but me, largely, it wold appear by the # of views) seems to search for much half a century later. Can you help me? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:41, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is truly sad -- I had assumed by your edit skills that you were an admin. You should run for one; I will be happy to support you. Thanks -- I will bother the admin who helped me before. These disambig revision issues are a bit beyond me, I fear.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:28, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, not an admin. I don't think I'd want to be one except that I'd be interested in being able to see deleted edits and edit protected pages. Moving pages can be a bit tricky when there already is content on the page you want to move an article to. It will ONLY work when the only content (and edit) on the destination page is a redirect to the article you want to move to the destination page. Otherwise the only way to complete the move is to ask an admin (generally on WP:RM) to perform the move for you. Of course, you can move an article to an empty page without a problem. ~ PaulT+/C21:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've helped Epeefleche with a previous move on this article; and I've now moved the new band's article to The Shells as requested. Let me know if any further admin assistance does become necessary here. :) ~ mazcatalk21:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, all! Psantora: a question. Do you think that those terms that are red-linked are notable enough to create articles? If so, I guess I could try my hand at that.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome. I have no idea if they are notable. I would imagine the other nominees are but I doubt the label is yet. I haven't done any research on it so this is just my first impression. See WP:N for the notability policies. ~ PaulT+/C23:39, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Two questions. 1) Are you wikistalking me? I notice that after our recent disagreement you applied warning tags to pictures that I put up threatening to have them taken down, and otherwise made edits to a large percentage of articles I've edited. I had understood that that wikistalking was frowned upon. 2) As to the two pictures which you indicated require rationales, I thought they were supplied. Please help me understand why the explanations were not sufficient, and how I can better explain the rationales so that the warning that you attached to them can be removed. Thanks.--VMAsNYC (talk) 20:10, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The rationales you provided for two of the images are incorrect because they are not actually album covers. If you want to have a portrait of the band take one yourself and upload it under a free license. Generally, photos of living people cannot be used under fair use unless the photo itself is the subject in question (such as for an album cover). The argument is that since the person is living anyone could take a picture of them and release it under a free license. Second, a fair use rationale is needed for every page that an image is used on. So while you have a correct rationale for the band page, you did not provide a rationale for the album page. As for "wikistalking", I'm just trying to improve the quality of the articles on the site that I happen to come across. Yes, I did look at your contributions but only because I noticed the block discussion on your talk page and I wanted to find out what it was about. I'm not following you and as far as I know I haven't violated any guideline. I apologize if I made you uncomfortable, that isn't and wasn't my intention. ~ PaulT+/C20:42, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I thought that the image of the back cover and inside cover of the album were fine to use as well. These are all images from covers of the album of the audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. They are being used solely to illustrate the audio recording in question, on Wikipedia. I explained what proportion of the copyrighted work is used. They are low resolution. It serves the purpose of describing the band and album, which are the subjects/topics of the articles and photos. The images are photographs of the album. Is that enough?--VMAsNYC (talk) 21:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding of WP:NFCC and WP:NFC only allows for the actual album cover, not any other photos that might be present in/on/as part of the album. Also, you are using the images of the band to depict the band, not the album. Any Joe on the street could easily take a photo of the band and release it as free content and since the images can easily be replaced it fails WP:NFCC#1 and does not qualify. ~ PaulT+/C21:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding is that the both the essence and the rationale is met. I propose to add the following to the rationale:
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
It illustrates an educational article about the album, and about the band insofar as it mentions the album, from which the cover illustration was taken.
The images are used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic [you can check this, for example, by looking at the cover photo seventeen magazine used in their story about the article -- it was the inside cover photo, not the front outside cover photo].
The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies of the image could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
With those changes, and with captions more clearly identifying the photos as album cover photos, are we squared away? I would like to find a way to make this work, with your help. It would be a shame not to have the photos, and I think that the criteria are met (even if a better job could have been done of explaining why -- but I am happy to do that now).--VMAsNYC (talk) 23:05, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not disagreeing that these photos qualify for fair use, the question is regarding Wikipedia's policy on non-free content. Just because something could be fair use, the fact that a non-free alternative is(/could easily be) available prohibits any use of the fair-use content on Wikipedia. The album cover is just fine (although it could be argued that there is no need for it on the band's article), but the othertwo images are essentially just portraits and violate WP:NFC#UULP.
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Pictures of people still alive, groups still active, and buildings still standing; provided that taking a new free picture as a replacement (which is almost always considered possible) would serve the same encyclopedic purpose as the non-free image. This includes non-free promotional images.
There is nothing about these photos that are in any way specific to the Album. They are just being used to identify the band and they can easily be replaced. ~ PaulT+/C23:27, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's not quite accurate. These are photos from the album covers. They fall squarely within the album cover rationale. Others, such as Seventeen Magazine, have used them when describing the band and album, see [2]. Both of these photos are specific to the album. That's why the previously mentioned article about the album and the band uses that photo, of the three cover photos available. All of the elements of the fair use rationale are completely met.
As far as the use of the album cover in the band's article which discusses the album, that of course is not only appropriate it is commonplace. Just take a look at the Wilson Philips article, for example, or the Grateful Dead. One thing we should do more clearly is state however that the pix are from the album.
Examples of photos of album covers other than the front cover exist, and everyone in the industry knows that the word cover "covers" front, back, and inside covers. And Wikipedia has inside and back covers reflected. See for example [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], . You can't just "read in" the phrase "front" before cover -- that's not what it says, and the reason for including all covers is that they match the rationale and the plain language.
I think that you wikistalked me and are now giving me a hard time because I disagreed with you on the prior issue. I would hope that you would stop. Thanks.--VMAsNYC (talk) 23:55, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, other articles exist with this problem. I would argue that many of the images in the Wilson Philips article (especially the promotional image used in the lead) fall under the same policy and should be removed. The Grateful Dead article is a good example of when an album image should be used on a non-album page. It provides critical commentary in the prose where it is being used and is specifically tied to that spot in the article. It also has separate FURs on the image page for both articles it is used on. Of course, this only works for the album cover itself. Some of the rest of the examples you are citing (Def Leppard, The Velvet Underground) look like examples where the additional images on the album are notable and the images themselves are controversial and actively being discussed in the article. The major problem with the photos you uploaded is that they are being used for decoration. The actual cover is the only image that meets Wikipedia's policy since it cannot be replaced with a free alternative. The other two images do not identify the album, they identify the band and free images can be created to replace them. There is no critical commentary about the two additional images and there is nothing about them that is notable enough to require commentary. There is an essay that explains the fair use issue pretty clearly. (There is another essay that I can't seem to find about fair use and free content using food and a potluck picnic as a metaphor.) Feel free to open/move this discussion to a different location so that other people can more easily comment. The fair use problem is pretty well established policy from what I understand. Again, I'm not stalking you. There was a discussion on your talk page about your account being blocked and it is only prudent for me to investigate what the block was about. That is how I stumbled upon the images and unfortunately they do not meet the current policy. Any disagreement or "prior issue" as you describe it has nothing to do with this discussion. I would appreciate it if you would refrain from ad hominem attacks. ~ PaulT+/C00:41, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I said you should feel free to open up the discussion elsewhere. I was thinking we could move the discussion to the talk page of the article in question so I wouldn't get a notice everytime there was a response to the discussion. I'm interested to see what User:Mazca has to say about this. Aside from the issue with the images, which I think can be considered separately from the rest of the content in the article, which diff is more constructive and inline with the WP:MOS? [17] or [18]? My only concern when I edit Wikipedia is the quality of the content. I happened to be reading this article and I noticed things that I could improve. I don't appreciate the implication that I'm trying to disrupt "your work". I'm trying to improve the project. ~ PaulT+/C02:17, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've posted my thoughts on the conduct issues on my talk page - overall, I don't think there's anything that needs dealing with right now, and suggest both of you stick to discussing the content of the articles. On that note, I've started a thread on Talk:The Shells about the non-free images. Hopefully we can keep the discussion of the content centralised there. Thanks all. ~ mazcatalk17:49, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop wikistalking me, deleting perfectly good edit, despite my entreaties in my edit comments. If you want to discuss any proposed edits here, I am happy to -- but you have been consistently engaging in dispruptive edits. Thank you.--VMAsNYC (talk) 20:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
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) 17:07, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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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!
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)[reply]
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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.
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.
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!
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) 15:59, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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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!
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)[reply]
Bonus events, RSVP now for our latest upcoming editathons:
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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Join at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the American Soviet Jewry movement.
Join at the NY Academy of Sciences, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of women scientists. Note that seating is limited for the Women in Science event, as well as signing up on-wiki, please RSVP by email.
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, and welcome input from community members on the sorts of projects the chapter should support through both volunteer and budgetary efforts.
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!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 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! (One talk this month will be on use of Wikipedia press passes for photographers.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Bonus events, RSVP now for our upcoming editathons:
You are invited to join us at New York University for Wikipedia Day NYC 2016, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of Wikipedia 15, the project's global 15th birthday festivities. 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.
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.
You are invited to join us for an evening of social Wikipedia training and editing at the Guggenheim, with a workshop given by the Art+Feminism project to prepare for next month's major campaign, and a tour and edit-a-thon of Photo-Poetics: An Anthology.
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, and welcome input from community members on the sorts of projects the chapter should support through both volunteer and budgetary efforts.
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!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 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! (One talk this month will be on use of Wikipedia press passes for photographers.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 00:27, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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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.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 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! (One likely talk this month will be on the Wikidata project.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:59, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Special this month, a Mini-Video opportunity for individuals to share their Wikipedia experiences (during pre-meeting, 6-7pm, and in side-office during regular meetup). A videographer will be present to record 1-3 minute Mini-Videos of folks informally speaking, sharing anything about their Wikipedia-related projects, whether an edit-a-thon they joined, an article they edited, or a class project they were a part of, etc.
We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon.
This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki software development community, through a community learning night at NYU on May 25.
Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.
Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives.
A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's second annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.
Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives on a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia.
Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Manhattan's Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
3–8pm - come by any time! The picnicking area is the southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte Theater, just inside the park at Central Park West between 81st & 82nd. Enter the park at West 81st St.
Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
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 our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women and CFR!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
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.
Along with the main meeting, hummus and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
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) 18:06, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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On Sunday, October 16, Wikimedia NYC will host a multimedia tutorial, workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes for cultural multimedia wiki-projects.
The CommonsLab is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons multimedia hackathon.
The event will take the form of a modified unconference, with sessions for photographers/creatives, editors/writers and hackers/software folks!
Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Latin American artists.
The WikiArte (Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamerica) edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin American arts and culture and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia.
Featuring an opening Artists' Panel at 10am, with Sol Aramendi, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, and Marisa Morán Jahn, to be moderated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio.
The Museum of Modern Art and Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros are uniting with international allies to focus on the lives and works of Latin American artists, architects and designers. With keystone events scheduled for October 22 in New York City and other cities throughout the month (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Caracas, & others), the campaign aims to further similar goals to Art+Feminism.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Introductory training on the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given throughout the edit-a-thon. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at NY Academy of Sciences (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering Women in science for their second annual edit-a-thon!.
This event also coincides with the year-long celebration of the Academy's 200th Anniversary and a Women in Red online campaign.
Beginning and experienced Wikipedia writers are both welcome, and there will be helpers on hand to assist those new to editing the encyclopedia.
Hello, Psantora. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
On Saturday December 3, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fifth Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from Greater China. The event will cap off Wikipedia Asian Month, an online campaign dedicated to augmenting Asian content on Wikipedia throughout November.
New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Editors are invited to view the exhibition Tales of Our Time following the event.
The Guggenheim aims to raise awareness of the artists featured in the Tales of Our Time exhibition supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa, and Art+Feminism.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This will be the holiday party! Celebrate a December holiday with us, or in wiki-fashion, edit the calendar itself and join us to celebrate any holiday of your choice regardless of when it usually happens.
Featuring special guest presentations on structure data, university library meetups, metrics and reporting, and other topics.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, savory and sweet pies and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2017, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 16th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.
With special guests Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation and Tim Wu of Columbia Law School speaking on our Post-truth panel!
Also featuring an International/Multilingual panel, a Documenting Activism panel, a Multimedia/Tech Panel, a Science panel, an Art panel, and more.
And there will be cake.
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.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Join us at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54th Street, on Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for an all-day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. There will be childcare, snacks, multiple trainings and panel discussions. People of all gender identities and expressions welcomed and encouraged to attend.
This year’s edit-a-thon kicks off at 10:00 a.m. with a conversation about information activism with writer Joanne McNeil and Data & Society Research Institute Fellow Zara Rahman, moderated by Kimberly Drew, the social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, creator of the Tumblr “Black Contemporary Art,” and the person behind @museummammy on Instagram. Afternoon breakout groups will engage in focused discussions about related issues, including intersectionality and librarianship, power structures in notability guidelines on Wikipedia, and radical archives. --Pharos (talk) 18:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics, practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more robust account of history.
For this month, and following on the recent Art+Feminism campaign, we'll focus on building better edit-a-thon tools for a variety of different thematic campaigns, and user-testing them with the community. Towards a goal of advancing these tools for wider use with diverse local groups.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
The Met is excited to make available over 375,000 images of public domain artworks for contribution to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse collection onsite and remotely. The event is a key marker too of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's first Wikimedian-in-Residence program, with resident Richard Knipel (User:Pharos), along with Wikimedia NYC. We invite you to help enhance Wikimedia communities and platforms with open access images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The event requires pre-registration. To register, 1) please sign-up with Eventbrite via The Met's website and 2) add your Wikipedia username to the #Participants on the wikimeetup page. Please check-in with museum staff when you arrive at the Thomas J. Watson Library within the museum.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Topics this month include the TED wikiproject, the Met wikiproject, and encouraging free video on Wikimedia Commons!
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's third annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.
Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBTQ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the Black Lunch Table project.
Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" on New York City's green and historic Governors Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics, practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more robust account of history.
For this month, we'll focus on Wikipedia casual editing, ways to use and develop Wikidata, building better edit-a-thon tools for a variety of different thematic campaigns, and user-testing them with the community. Towards a goal of advancing these tools for wider use with diverse local groups.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Learn how to work with your photos to illustrate New York City articles!
Note that this is part of the larger Open House New York Weekend activities on Saturday and Sunday, when sites normally closed to the public are open for public visits and photography.
If you can, bring your camera/photos to the event, and a laptop if you'd like to engage in adding photos to articles. But this is not necessary.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
The Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met will be the Metropolitan Museum of Art's second edit-a-thon, hosted on Sunday November 19, 2017 in the Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance) at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Following the first Met edit-a-thon in May 2017, the museum is excited to work with Wikipedia Asian Month for the potential to seed new articles about Asian artworks, artwork types, and art traditions, from any part of Asia. These can be illustrated with thousands of its recently-released images of public domain artworks available for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse Asian collections onsite and remotely.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at NYU ITP Tisch School of the Arts (4th floor) at 721 Broadway in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
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) ~~~~~
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.
We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2018, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 16th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with keynotes, plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.
And there will be cake.
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.
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Part of Wikipedia's global 17th birthday celebration, Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 at Ace Hotel will include a mini-conference of scheduled panels as well as unconference style talks and discussions proposed by attendees on the day of the event. We are very excited to announce speakers such as Jason Scott (Internet Archive), Jackie Koerner (Visiting Scholar, Wiki Ed), and Andrew Lih (Wikimedia DC), as well as a fantastic line-up of panels that highlight projects and issues of relevance to the Wikimedia NYC community.
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.
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