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WikiNYC: 3/14 Hacking Night + 3/16 Queens Name Explorer
| March 14: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce | |
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| March 16: Queens Name Explorer @ QPL Tech Lab | |
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Seattle March 2024 Events
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| Tuesday, March 12 2024 3pm – 7pm (PDT), Seattle articles edit-a-thon, Seattle Public Library University Branch | |
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| Tuesday March 19 2024 6pm – 8pm (PDT), March monthly meetup, Little Oddfellows Café—new location!!! | |
| Since our previous meeting place, Distant Worlds Café, now closes at 6:30pm, we will meet this month at Little Oddfellows café inside of Elliott Bay Book Company in Capitol Hill. |
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RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
- Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
- Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
- Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
- Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
- Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
- Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
- Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
- Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
- Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
- Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
- Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
- Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
- Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
- Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
- Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
- Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
- Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:
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Anything for that interview piece?
Atop Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Interview it says there's to be an edited version on YouTube on the 28th, which is today -- have we got anything for that? I tried to see if you'd posted any yt videos recently but I didn't see anything. I am prepping the issue for publication now and it would be nice to include this, so let me know. jp×g🗯️ 16:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- @JPxG: I prefer to meet the deadline even with this unedited video, which I could get to YouTube and Commons asap. Will have the video replaced within a few hours. Bluerasberry (talk) 17:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- @JPxG: The video is in YouTube so at least everyone can access the video. I am updating the interview page with that as I sort a Commons upload.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SMhEvHGCZk
- Bluerasberry (talk) 18:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
WikiWednesday (April 10) and City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon (April 11)
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Thu April 25: WikiNYC Hacking Night
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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
- Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
- Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
- Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
- Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
- Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
- Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
- Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
- Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed
See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
May 8: WikiWednesday Salon with new Executive Director
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June 2: Hacking Sunday (+preview of June 8 Wiknic)
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trans flag at citogenesis
I just saw your additions to both trans flags and WP: citogenesis. I was wondering whether the trans flag (and specifically the helms flag becoming the 'default') would count for terms that become real on the citogenesis page. Just due to the nature of symbols for people and social movements and the helms flag has become a recognisable symbol. LunaHasArrived (talk) 16:20, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- @LunaHasArrived: The creator called it the "Transgender Pride Flag"], so Wikipedia is not the origin of the name of the flag. I think the section Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents#Terms_that_became_real is only for cases where Wikipedia names something.
- My belief as posted at Talk:Transgender_flag#Origin_of_popularity_is_Wikipedia and Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents is just that there were numerous trans symbols, but Wikipedia made this one the most popular.
- There could be different ways to group or present the info at WP:Citogenesis, and if you have ideas, then I would support and help discuss changes. Bluerasberry (talk) 14:32, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Great op-ed on Signpost
Hello! Great op-ed on Signpost. Thank you for this great piece! Joalpe (talk) 12:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! Referring to "Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure" Bluerasberry (talk) 14:33, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Sat June 8: Governors Island Wiknic
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Re Movement charter
Since I know you are working on the Signpost article on this topic....please note this evening's update on Meta. Risker (talk) 01:59, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
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Overpackaging
There is a discussion on the Talk page of Overpackaging which you might want to look at. Thank you. Pkgx (talk) 15:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Fri July 19: Wikicurious in NYC, Editing Wikipedia for Beginners
| July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners @ Civic Hall | |
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Arming teachers
Hey, got some media on Commons that might improve the article Trade (talk) 03:24, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Trade: You sure do! I added two videos to arming teachers. Thanks for finding a news organization which uses Creative Commons licensing, and uploading those videos, and pinging me! Bluerasberry (talk) 11:15, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
Please see: "Related to this issue ..." in Talk:Software_maintenance#Open_source_software_workforce
(Subject says it all.) BMJ-pdx (talk) 00:15, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks I replied at Talk:Software_maintenance#Open_source_software_workforce. Bluerasberry (talk) 18:54, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
Seattle Wiknic 11 August 2024
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Wikiproject
Hi, I see you’ve contribute a lot to WP:Oral history, would you be interested in collaborating to expand it with this taskforce? Kowal2701 (talk) 12:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Woohoo!
How wonderful to hear you! Please tell Jenn White I love her and her show. ❤️ Drmies (talk) 14:34, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Drmies:
- Thanks it was fun to do a live radio interview! It was really surprising to have people write to me while I was talking live on the radio. I could not respond to those comments and questions live but intend to follow up. Thanks for listening.
- My most sincere wish is to come up with published talking points to support other Wikipedians in doing their own interviews, because the huge media appetite for these discussions can only be satisfied with crowdsourcing and supporting the Wikimedia community in speaking for itself. Bluerasberry (talk) 10:43, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ha yes--I gotta say, I was listening to the questions and figuring out what I would say, and doing that made me even more impressed with how you responded. I'm probably much more granular, and I'm sure I would have been much more long-winded. Thank you for doing that, and for doing it so well. Drmies (talk) 14:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic
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Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting (plus Latin music event on Sep 21!)
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Thank you for good wishes! - Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Happy because my story today is about a Czech mezzo soprano who is mentioned on the Main page on her birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)
Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with a DYK hook from 2010 and another from 2014, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Sep 21: Wikicurious for Latin Music: Editing to the Beat ♫
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CampaignEvents extension follow-up
Hi Bluerasberry, it was great running into you at WikiConNA last week and I was glad to see your enthusiasm for the CampaignEvents extension. As I mentioned, the recent Village Pump discussion around this topic was archived, and if you’re interested in getting the extension enabled for English Wikipedia, a next step would be to revive that discussion with the English Wikipedia community. You’re also welcome to test out the extension for yourself on test.wiki by following this tutorial. There are also shorter demo videos on Commons. Note that we’ve since launched additional features to this extension, such as the Event list and Invitation list (see demo on the beta cluster). I hope this helps, but please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything else. Note that I also shared this on User:SuperHamster's Talk page. SPerry-WMF (talk) 23:23, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Oct 26: Wikidata Day NYC
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Are you aware of this discussion
Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#The_Asian_News_International_vs._Wikimedia_Foundation_situation — This discussion has a statement by Jimbo Wales on the situation. Ratnahastin (talk) 14:58, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Ratnahastin: No, I had not seen it, so thanks for sharing. I have included it in the developing story at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/News and notes. Thanks for sharing. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:19, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
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You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. There's a jumping cat in the places. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
My story today is about a composer and choir conductor, listen to his Lamento. - My story on 13 October was about a Bach cantata. As this place works, it's on the Main page now because of the date. I sort of like it because today is the birth date of my grandfather who loved and grew dahlias like those pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:52, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
"Editing Wikipedia is not a crime" graphic
Appreciate the graphic you created for The Signpost. This might work better as an SVG, do you mind if I ask a graphically inclined Wikipedian I know to take a look? ☆ Bri (talk) 16:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Bri: Yes, SVG is preferable. If you can negotiate conversion then please do. Bluerasberry (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:57, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
ANI/WP
You might find this interesting. Regards, TrangaBellam (talk) 10:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Signpost demographics
I'll save everybody the trouble of checking on the {{Gender}} connected to all the names on the editorial team listed at The Signpost's "about" page, and just say there are no self-reported "she"s there. But, are we really going to do this? If so, what demographics matter? Are we going to poll for income levels? Political leanings? United States protected group status? I don't like the smell of where this is going. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:37, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Bri: I am glad we had the convo and found consensus to DELETE Bluerasberry (talk) 20:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hopefully my brevity wasn't taken the wrong way. What I meant to say was, sufficient credentials for being a Signposter are having an account in good standing. I'd rather not have anybody scrutinized farther than that. P.s. I'm pretty sure the last two regular humour columnists who we lost were "they" or "she". That's something to think about. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Bri: I love everything about writing for Signpost and sincerely appreciate and enjoy every interaction. Bluerasberry (talk) 21:06, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hopefully my brevity wasn't taken the wrong way. What I meant to say was, sufficient credentials for being a Signposter are having an account in good standing. I'd rather not have anybody scrutinized farther than that. P.s. I'm pretty sure the last two regular humour columnists who we lost were "they" or "she". That's something to think about. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
| For your excellent reports on the Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation court case in the Signpost on the 6th November 2024. Truly a defender of all the freedoms that Wikipedia encompasses. scope_creepTalk 08:45, 6 November 2024 (UTC) |
Hey
Lane, hope you're doing fine, also after the elections, and hope you try again in the future. You'll be great. I sent you an email now (directly from my other main address-mail to yours), to chat a bit as it's been a long time, including about back when we hung out in New York; making sure that mail still functions, and wish that you keep enjoying the various projects such as meetups and medicine content. :-) אומנות (talk) 18:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Got it, thank you for your warm mail response as always. :) And knowing you keep using that address. Writting here also to ask if you can check the inbox again in the next 3 days, as I send another bit urgent question I though of later, about any possible contacts for the travel (in hope to avoid walking alone and other reasons I give there), until you get further available to chat. Thanks! אומנות (talk) 02:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
What you said two years ago.
Hi @Bluerasberry,
I don't know how I got to the page, but earlier today I found myself at WP:Help button. I saw it, used it, and really loved it a lot! And I (apparantly also) saw that it didn't have any shortcuts. So, I decided to make four: WP:HEBU, WP:BUTTON, WP:Button, and H:BUTTON. I'm considering making H:BUTT and WP:BUTT, but I don't know. It seems a tad inappropriate. Anyways, I went to the talk page (as one does), and I saw your comment, asking the same thing as I just did! I just wanted to let you know that your want was achieved! Have a great day!
Warm regards,
Avishai
Avishai11 (talk) 01:53, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
Ping ping
Sure, I could do it, but I was busy translating a summary of ANI article to pl wiki instead. Just sayin' Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:04, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
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