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The Signpost: 31 July 2013

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!

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

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 03:38, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

The Signpost: 14 August 2013

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

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

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

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:13, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14!

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

For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 18:29, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 August 2013

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

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

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

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 14:29, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Signpost reviews

I was happy to have recently come across the cache of book reviews done for the Signpost a few years ago. From the looks of things the [column?] died off after Einbender. Is that due to lack of reviewers, lack of reader interest, priorities of the Signpost...? Mainly curious but would also be willing to toss my name onto a list of would-be reviewers. --Rhododendrites (talk) 18:34, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhododendrites: Thanks for letting me know that you liked the book reviews. That was an area of the Signpost that I tried develop more strongly while I was the editor. I'm sure the current editor, The ed17, would be happy to consider book reviews. Is there something in particular that you're keen to review? (It's often possible to get a review copy sent to you if you contact the publisher.)--ragesoss (talk) 17:01, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn! Saturday September 7

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

Introducing myself for a college course

Hello Mr. Ambassador. My name is Peter Simon Van Gorp, and I am enrolled into a History of Science course at University of Oklahoma with Dr. John A. Stewart. Nice to virtually meet you. Petesimon2 (talk) 02:20, 2 September 2013 (UTC) (signed by me)[reply]

HI

So my assignment for this week was to learn how to use talk pages, and find other wikipedians out there. This thing isn't the easiest to to use, but I guess I'll get use to it. Anyways, how are u related to this course exactly? Meganjeanne1 (talk) 20:26, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Meganjeanne1: Hi there! You're right about talk pages being difficult to use (at first). Improving that is one of the big software projects that Wikipedia's developers are working on. You've got the gist of it now, though. One useful this is that if you link to someone's userpage when you leave a comment, they will get a notification that you mentioned them (like you hopefully will from this message).
My relation to this course is that I know John—we're both historians of science—and I have a lot of experience with Wikipedia, so I offered to help out. Good luck with the class, and if you have any wiki-related questions, let me know.--ragesoss (talk) 22:44, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pseudoscience discussion

Hi,

Its been a while since we chatted but I recently let myself be drawn into an ongoing ArbCom request for clarification and amendment concerning the ArbCom's earlier decisions on Pseudoscience. One element of the resulting discussion concerns the recent insertion of a lengthy, critical template on the talk pages of a large number of articles that are categorized as Pseudoscience. Most of these talk pages concern articles providing historical discussions of, but not advocacy of, specific pseudosciences (see e.g., Talk:Flat Earth; Talk:Astrology). For more on my concerns see my comments to that ArbCom Request.

I see from the archive that you've been involved in ArbCom's past discussion of Pseudoscience. Perhaps you'd be willing to weigh in again. Thanks SteveMcCluskey (talk) 21:15, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@SteveMcCluskey: Thanks for the note, and I'm glad that you're still around these parts! I agree with your basic point that {{ArbComPseudoscience}} is unneccessary on primarily historical articles that don't have a history of bad editing behavior, and it does set a bit of a hostile and intimidating tone for perfectly normal articles, and thus will probably do more harm than good. I don't think it's an ArbCom issue, though, and I doubt they will try to do anything beyond leave their individual opinions as they have started to do. I'll leave a comment on Talk:Flat Earth.--ragesoss (talk) 23:02, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Since Brangifer indicates that he doesn't have time to edit the banner, I've taken a go at it myself. Would you take a look at User:SteveMcCluskey/sandbox2 where I have two draft templates and a discussion. I plan to drop one of them on the talk page of the current template for comment. Would you take a look and see if my discussion makes sense, whether it's likely to be productive, and which (if either) of the banners you prefer. SteveMcCluskey (talk) 04:08, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

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

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

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

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:23, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Help test better mass message delivery

Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)

For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)

You can test out MassMessage here: testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}} parser function. For example, {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales}} or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}. For detailed instructions, check out mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.

If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! --MZMcBride (talk) 05:22, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia NYC Meetup! Saturday October 5

Jefferson Market Public Library
 Please join the Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013!
Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach
for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA.
--Pharos (talk) 21:28, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

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

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

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

If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 01:43, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 09 October 2013

Writing a summary for my article assignment in "History of Science from Antiquity to Newton" (Fall 2013)

I have to write about a 4 paragraph summary of the content I intend to add to my chosen wikipedia article for a college course. The assignment is detailed in this page: Week 7. I have chosen to improve this article: Corpuscular theory of light. Some tentative sources are on the talk page of that article. I have never edited any kind of article, especially online, so do you got any tips for what content and how much to add? Thanks. Petesimon2 (talk) 00:41, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 16 October 2013

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

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

Jefferson Market Public Library
 Please join Wikipedia "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon on November 2, 2013!
Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach
for Greenwich Village articles on the history and the community.
--Pharos (talk) 21:19, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thank you for your contributions to women scientist articles! Keilana|Parlez ici 01:22, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

Science holidays

Long time no chat. Hope you are well. I thought you might be interested in helping populate Template:Science commemorative events, seems like something that the community would have written upon ad nauseam, but having trouble finding many more articles for it. Hope all is going well, and happy editing! Sadads (talk) 15:44, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 06 November 2013

Talkback

Hello, Ragesoss. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Editing frequency.
Message added 05:46, 10 November 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

N2e (talk) 05:46, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 November 2013

Beginning of MassMessage, end of EdwardsBot

Hi. You're being contacted as you're listed as an EdwardsBot user.

MassMessage has been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. For help using the new tool, please check out its help page or drop a note on Meta-Wiki.

With over 400,000 edits to Wikimedia wikis, EdwardsBot has served us well; however EdwardsBot will no longer perform local or global message delivery after December 31, 2013.

A huge thanks to Legoktm, Reedy, Aaron Schulz and everyone else who helped to get MassMessage deployed. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with your workshop in Boston

Some cookies to say hope it goes well

AndyRussG (talk) 00:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

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

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

The Signpost: 04 December 2013

The Signpost: 11 December 2013

Book review for The Signpost

I'm interested in writing a book review for The Signpost before the college Spring Semester starts in January. I'm looking at The Plugged-In Professor: Tips and techniques for teaching with social media by Ferris and Wilder. I'm not opposed to other books already on the list. Any recommendations? Chris Troutman (talk) 05:44, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Chris. The ed17 is currently the editor of the Signpost, so he's the one to work with on the details of doing a book review. I'd certainly be interested to read a review of that one!--ragesoss (talk) 00:33, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 December 2013

The Signpost: 25 December 2013

New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian,

You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

(You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.)

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

Nnkapoor and Voxcanis

Ragesoss, I am the TA for Voxcanis. I was just setting up the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnkapoor (talk • contribs) 21:31, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks User:Nnkapoor! I thought that was probably the case, but wanted to double check. A few quick tips:
  • You should sign your posts to talk page, by adding four tildes (~) at the end. That will automatically add your username and the time of the post.
  • When you start a new thread on someone's talk page, you should create a new section for it. (If you use the "new section" tab, just be sure to include a subject line, which will turn into a header like the one I'm adding now.)
  • It's good practice to keep discussions in one place, and simply ping other participants by linking to their usernames. So for example, on User:Voxcanis's talk page, you could have replied there and added "User:Ragesoss" somewhere in your post, and as long as you signed it (with four tildes), I would get the same type of Notification that you got.

--ragesoss (talk) 21:44, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will work on that. I am still getting used to all of this. Thank you so much for your help. (~) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnkapoor (talk • contribs) 21:46, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, Nnkapoor. It can be scary at first, all this wiki markup. Four tildes in a row to sign your post (which can be inserted automatically using the little signature icon in the toolbar at the top of the edit window.) You can also indent a post (to create a threaded conversation, with visible breaks between one person's comment and the next) by adding one or more colons to the beginning of the line.--ragesoss (talk) 21:51, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

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

I hope to see you there!

(Note: If you do not wish to receive talk page messages for DC meetups, you are welcome to remove your username from this page.)

Harej (talk) 00:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Soft deletion/Proposed deletion

Wikipedia:Soft deletion/Proposed deletion, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Soft deletion/Proposed deletion and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Soft deletion/Proposed deletion during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:30, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

Hello

Hello! I don't really have much to say, and I'm not trying to bother you, but you are a volunteer for HSCI3013 at OU and part of our first Wikipedia assignment is to talk to someone helping with the class on Wikipedia. They didn't really tell us we were required to say anything in particular, so I hope you have a nice day.Leav5419 (talk) 01:02, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and thanks!

Hello, I'm also a student in HSCI3013 at OU. Just created an account on Wikipedia and I'm very thankful to you for offering to help us if needed.

Jomoakin (talk) 05:03, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bonus credit for HSCI 3013

I was thinking of allowing bonus credit for students who either earned barnstars or participated in projects like the Tyop Contest. Do you think this would be a good idea work, or would it be closer to releasing untrained rookie editors to run rough-shod with little guidance? Kirwanfan (talk) 16:03, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kirwanfan: the Tyop Content is a good idea for extra credit. Barnstars don't make an ideal goal for earning bonus points, because it's pretty stochastic; you can do a lot of great work and not get any barnstars, or you could do one little thing that someone notices and get a barnstar for it. (It's also potentially more subject to gaming, although that's a relatively minor issue.) But if you throw in bonus points for barnstars without framing it as a goal to shoot for (rather than a mostly random bit of recognition that sometimes happens), it'd be fine. Another more involved possibility would be extra credit for giving feedback on articles that have been put up for peer review or Good article nominations. Those are cases where other editors are specifically looking for ways the articles can be improved, and just being willing to read through and think about the text with a critical eye goes a long way. (I don't suggest that the students do formal Good article reviews, which have some specific conventions around the details of Wikipedia policy and style guidelines, but rather just post their suggestions for improvement on the article talk pages.)--ragesoss (talk) 16:20, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just Wanted to Say Thanks!

I'm a student in the course HSCI 3013 at OU and just wanted to say thanks for being a Wikipedia Ambassador for us! Lind6710 (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings from Another Student

Just stopping by to introduce myself... I'm Jeanette, and I'm looking forward to being in this class and receiving much Wikipedia guidance from you. Thanks. :3 Tran3105 (talk) 22:31, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Just here to say thanks in advance for helping out with HSCI 3013. I'm sure I'll have a large number of questions later. SeanMcMahon (talk) 00:07, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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