User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights
 | If you have come here to post a long, profane rant about either me or some aspect of Wikipedia, I have no objections, as I think it's helpful to vent sometimes. I ask that you only 1. refrain from making personal attacks about other editors (besides me) and 2. avoid posting anything that might be construed as outing. Other than that, you may freely tell me that some guideline is a "fucking pain in the goddamned ass", or that my work was "a fucking pile of goddamn shit" as long as you have a reason why you think so- personal attacks don't bother me if they are made discussing a legitimate issue. I have no aversion to swearing myself, so don't post anything about me (or anything else, for that matter) that you wouldn't want to hear me say about you (obviously, warnings and the like are exempt from this). I will use your posts as the threshold for any particular conversation- if you ask me to tone down my language, I also have no objections. |
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Hey you asked me to add those external Links to the External Links Section & go by the guidelines of Wiki which you linked and I read everything about Linking & External Links and how everything needs to be formatted. I followed all instructions and then another Admin who is being dishonest has lied and removed the external Links having some type of personal effect to what it was related to I can only assume considering the links were related to Electronic Harassment & Gangstalking which can clearly be reviewed and inv3estigated if I can get some other Admins involved who are honest. I would still like to add the external links they are relevant you can check them and they should be there on that page in Wiki this is important information that is not included or available and ads to the learning experience of Electronic Harassment and Ganstalking adding actual information on what a Targeted Individual is when it comes to Electronic Harassment, All the info is on that website I tried to link externally. I do research on the topic and felt it was worthy of adding. Please help me remove these false reports against me by this dishonest lying false accusation making Wiki Admin. I want to appeal and hold this person responsible for being dishonest and I have all the proof to back it up and to prove the external link I added was relevant and in need of supply considering its crucial information that is not provided by the thread or page. Credible information. Here is the URL -https://maininfo.wixsite.com/gangstalking
Talkback
Blade, I am writing you as an Administrator because of your listed interest in Metal Bands. I am trying to find the deleted page of Christophe Szpajdel, not a musician but has created thousands of logos
https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Christophe_"Volvox"_Szpajdel/75355
(something in "Volvox"_Szpajdel/75355 this url is conflicting with wiki text)
for metal, black metal and death metal bands. Any help or advice you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Christophe Szpajdel has had numerous exhibitions including the Walker Art Center, been featured in publications including Vice and Wired among others. He has an existing Wikipedia page in German , Polish and japanese.
I am interested in RE-creating an English page for him, his page was deleted and I would like to put one up within the guidelines. Any help / advice / input would be appreciated.
Thank you user = Dhaddonpearson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhaddonpearson (talk • contribs) 22:32, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
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April 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Administrator nomination
Good evening. I saw you are listed on the list of editors who are willing to nominate users for administrator permissions, and I am here to ask for your opinion on my chances of success. I've been editing Wikipedia for nearly 10 years now, and I have mainly focused on fighting vandalism (a broad term, I know) and new page patrolling.
Over the years I have gained enough trust to earn a number of permissions including rollback, reviewer, autopatrolled, and more recently patroller. You may note that over the past few years my edit count has dropped, sometimes quite significantly, however I have always tried to maintain a presence on the project and a good knowledge of the policies.
I am always willing to own up to mistakes I have or may make. It was a life lesson for me a few years ago that you absolutely do learn from your mistakes, and this has since become a mantra for me. As such, my edit history has nothing to hide. Please feel free to browse through, and I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have, and as I know this is a huge favour to ask from a volunteer I thank you in advance for your thoughts. Osarius - Want a chat? 20:28, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Sunday May 21: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon + global online challenge
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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon: Met Open Access Initiative is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first edit-a-thon, being hosted on Sunday May 21, 2017 in Thomas J. Watson Library at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City. 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. We also welcome remote participation for the global Met Open Access Artworks Challenge (15 May - 30 June, 2017), you can sign up there at Met Open Access Artworks Challenge/Participants. --Pharos (talk) 16:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC) | |
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I was here
Nothing big. Just saying hi. :) Double Plus Ungood (talk) 19:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
The future of NPP and AfC/Work group
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Re: Gurbaksh Chahal
Hi there, it seems like there has been a lot of trolling to my wikipedia page Gurbaksh Chahal and you have banned it for 1 year. Can you revert this so it can go back to the hands of actual contributors who can fix it from the incorrect information currently on the page which further projects vandalism. The fact you banned it for one-year from editing is just exacerbating the current situation for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbaksh_Chahal
Gchahal2017 (talk) 00:45, 13 June 2017 (UTC)Gchahal2017
NPP
- Something for you to read. If you think I'm nuts don't hesitate to tell me.
- Are you going to Wikimania? I have 7 days left to decide whether or not I splash out $2,000 to go. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:24, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
Thursday June 22: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
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Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:40, 15 June 2017 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our Sunday June 25 Hackathon @ Ace Hotel, the Sunday July 9 Wiknic on Governors Island, and other upcoming events. | |
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Sunday July 30: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel
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 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.
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Fellow RationalWikian Here
Your userpage said you wanted people to talk to you. Well, here I am. RoninMacbeth (talk) 04:52, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
- As does my signature. What's going on? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:56, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Help with mobile-friendly Current Events project?
Hi! I've proposed a few changes to Portal:Current events that will make the layout work well on narrow-width displays.
As you have previously had involvement with the Current events page, I would appreciate your participation in the discussion, if it is convenient for you. Thank you for your time. — RossO (talk) 17:09, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
COI - of a different kind
Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights. Because it involves New Page and AfC reviewers along with other maintenance workers (SPI, COIN), an informal chat has begun on some aspects of paid editing. See Conflict of Interest - of a different kind. Please add your thoughts there. It is not a debate or RfC.
From WP:NPPAFC. Opt-out. Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
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August 30: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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September 27: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
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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. 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!
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Grants application
A grant has been applied for to develop a solution that may or may not assist in the way new pages are controlled. The community is invited to comment on the request at meta. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:22, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
I just want to give some support to you that I think you are making the correct edits and not 78.55.74.227 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Secondly, this IP is making accusations that I am vandalising when I am not. Can you please help me out. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:48, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
Sunday October 15: Wikipedia @ Open House New York / Weekend Photo Competition
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 This event is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons tutorial and multimedia hackathon, 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. For photos from last year's event, see the OHNY campaign 2016 on Wikimedia Commons.
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October 18: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Talk:AIV archive
I just wanted to let you know that I undeleted Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism/Archive 1, which you had speedy deleted per G8. Although technically this talk archive is "orphaned" because the main page Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism isn't archived, I think keeping a record of the talk page discussion regarding AIV is useful. The archives go up to Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism/Archive 15, afterall. I hope you don't mind that I undeleted that first one without consulting you. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:07, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, no worries. My fault for not checking more carefully. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:25, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon (Nov 19) and global online Wikipedia Asian Art Month (Nov 1-30)
| Sunday November 19, 10:30 am - 4:00pm: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon | |
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 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.
Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Light snacks, drinks and cake will be provided. We also welcome remote participation for the global online Wikipedia Asian Art Month, running November 1-30. Thanks, and hope to see you at the museum, and/or as part of the online Wikipedia Asian Month contest!--Pharos (talk) 16:36, 1 November 2017 (UTC) | |
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Precious five years!
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November 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC @ NYU ITP
| Wednesday November 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC @ NYU ITP | |
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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) ~~~~~ P.S. You are also invited to Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday November 19! | |
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December 13: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Scunthorpe problem
The last bullet point in Scunthorpe problem § Refused web domain names and email addresses previously read
- In July 2008, Dr. Herman I. Libshitz was initially unable to get the e-mail address he wanted from Verizon because it contained the substring shit. A spokesperson commented: "As a general rule (since 2005) Verizon doesn't allow questionable language in e-mail addresses, but we can, and do, make exceptions based on reasonable requests. The one from Dr. and Mrs. Libshitz certainly is reasonable and we regret the inconvenience and frustration they've been caused."
You deleted the spokesperson's comment with the edit summary "Who cares?", leaving the paragraph as
- In July 2008, Dr. Herman I. Libshitz was initially unable to get the e-mail address he wanted from Verizon because it contained the substring shit.
That's inadequate.
- The quotation explains that the company's policy isn't absolute. That's important.
- Even if you don't care, other readers may. I do, for one, because Verizon did allow this request after, apparently, an appeal and explanation by Dr. Libshitz.
So I have reverted your change. I marked it as "vandalism" because of your "Who cares?", and because I hadn't yet come to this page and seen your header, which is certainly not the style of a scribbling vandal. I apologize for this; I should have assumed good faith. If I knew a way to remove that tag, I would.
If you want to discuss this, please reply here and {{Ping}} me. --Thnidu (talk) 07:39, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Thnidu: I removed it in keeping with other explanations on that page; it doesn't really have anything to do with the article subject, namely software filters misfiring. Some time ago a bunch of these had long-winded comments from spokesmen, but editors excised them due to the aforementioned points. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
It's that time of the year,
Blade. No fancy template, but just wishing you all the best for the holidays and the new year. It's probably a lot warmer where I am than where you are 😎 Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:06, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
- Heh, thanks. And I'm one of the rare people here in New England who appreciates the cold, so that suits m just fine. Best to you as well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:38, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
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- Fixed, thanks for letting me know about that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい 16:32, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 08:39, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas The Blade of the Northern Lights!!
Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! 
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Need a revdel at the fave art. EEng 14:05, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
- All set, thanks. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい 15:35, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference
| Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 | |
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  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.
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) 18:41, 27 December 2017 (UTC) | |
This Sunday! Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference (updated speakers + schedule)
| Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 | |
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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. See Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 speakers + schedule 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.
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! --Megs (talk) 02:22, 13 January 2018 (UTC) | |
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February 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday February 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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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!
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! --Megs (talk) 22:19, 16 February 2018 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to Africa and the Diaspora Edit-a-thon @ Schomburg Center for Black Culture on Saturday February 24! | |
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WrestleCircus
Thanks for deleting WrestleCircus. This same user just did the same thing with creating a draft of Defiant Wrestling which has been deleted more than once. Perhaps should this be SALTed like the other one? - GalatzTalk 16:31, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
WrestleCircus article
Hello, I would like to know why u deleted and salted my article and I don't agree with the deletion could u restore it?TheAnthem67 (talk) 16:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
- So, sorry I do not understand why u deleted the article and how can I get it back?TheAnthem67 (talk) 16:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
Curamericas
Hello, you deleted the Curamericas page but never gave any substanitive reasoning as to why it should be. Please ellaborate.
Field of Honor (2014)
Hey, I see you deleted Field of Honor (2014). I understand why, however this was an article I had been wanting to create anyway. Can you move it to my userspace so i can use it as a basis to start it? I am following your page for the reply. Thanks! - GalatzTalk 23:57, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- No problem. Give me one minute here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:58, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- And all set. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Got it, thanks!! - GalatzTalk 00:33, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Sorry to bug you again, just realized he also created 3 more. Can you move them for me as well.
Thanks - GalatzTalk 01:47, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Huh. I'm not seeing any deleted revisions at those titles, and there's nothing in the deleted contributions with those names. I'll have to look around. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:35, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Weird, maybe I am wrong. He wrote he created them on his user page, which is why I thought it was. I guess my mistake. - GalatzTalk 03:04, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
Sajidul Islam Pathan
Headsup: I noticed that someone has re-created the article Sajidul Islam Pathan which according to its Talk page you deleted 20 feb 2018. Derek Andrews (talk) 14:57, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, I did. Since it's now at AfD I'll let that run its course, otherwise I'd have no problem deleting it; this version does nothing to address the previous reasons for deletion. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
Warning
Munor foxes are an endangered species, so be careful. EEng 22:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
- Ha! After testing, it was a combination of an autocorrect missing and an autocorrect misfire; I've had the two happen in the same paragraph, but never in consecutive words. Between that and things like "don.'this" showing up more than occasionally I know Sum Ting Wong with my autocorrect, Ho Lee Fuk. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:54, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello
I'm new to Wikipedia. I just wanted to say hi and see if I got a response. -User:Nathansikes37 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathansikes37 (talk • contribs) 03:37, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
ACTRIAL - next steps for the Future of AfC & NPP
Hello The Blade of the Northern Lights, thank you for your efforts reviewing New Page and AfC submissions and your support for the ACTRIAL initiative.
The conclusion to the ACTRIAL report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation strongly reiterates our long-time on going requirements for the NPP and AfC processes to be improved. Within minutes of the trial being switched off, the feed was swamped with inappropriate creations and users are being blocked already.
This is now the moment to continue to collaborate with the WMF and their developers to bring the entire Curation system up to date by making a firm commitment to addressing the list of requirements to the excellent suite of tools the WMF developed for Curation. Some of these are already listed at Phabricator but may need a boost.
The conclusions also make some recommendations for AfC.
A place to discuss these issues initially is here where you are already a task force member.
Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC. To opt-out of future mailings, go here. From MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:02, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
March 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday March 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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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!
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! --Megs (talk) P.S. You are also invited to Art + Feminism Events in the New York Metropolitan Area continuing this month! | |
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CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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Due to the winter storm warning, the WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare scheduled for March 21st has been cancelled. Please consider attending one of the many edit-a-thons scheduled for this week. We look forward to editing with you soon! | |
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XFDCloser
This message is in respond to my undo of your edit. In a nutshell, I guess XFDCloser doesn't detect edit conflicts, and edits the section that is the same number from the top when it was used. This may be a point to bring up to the tool's creator. Steel1943 (talk) 18:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Huh. That's really odd, sorry about that. What a mess, thanks for fixing it. I'll be able to look into it more in about an hour. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:56, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Looks good now... except for Opulence and Talk:Opulence. Please restore those pages as you just accidentally deleted an article (and its talk page) that was moved to Opulence after you deleted the redirect. Also, you may be interested in User talk:Evad37/XFDcloser.js#XFDCloser doesn't detect edit conflicts?; this pertains to the issue that XFDCloser created. Steel1943 (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Consider the restoration done. I'll join in the discussion in a bit. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- Looks good now... except for Opulence and Talk:Opulence. Please restore those pages as you just accidentally deleted an article (and its talk page) that was moved to Opulence after you deleted the redirect. Also, you may be interested in User talk:Evad37/XFDcloser.js#XFDCloser doesn't detect edit conflicts?; this pertains to the issue that XFDCloser created. Steel1943 (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost
Hi. The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it that may be of particular interest to you. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. All Wikipedia editors are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the editorial board for the next issue.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
I held of closing that section as I actually see the initial discussion differently. I read it as consensus to keep, but there have been two deleters since you relisted. I still think the conversation leans keep, but as that would essentially derail your initial assessment I wanted to bring it here first. If you think the consensus goes to delete, no worries, just think you should do the honors. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 10:33, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- I'm fine with whatever you want to do. It doesn't make a real difference to me one way or the other, I'm fine with anything you come up with; I wanted to leave that for someone else myself. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:38, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- Closed by BDD as no consensus, so everybody wins. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:28, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, that worked itself out all right. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:42, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- Closed by BDD as no consensus, so everybody wins. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:28, 6 April 2018 (UTC)