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Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

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.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!

Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), New York City, New York 10011

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:02, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.

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DYK for South Jamaica Houses

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for South Jamaica, Queens

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Lovin' It!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
Good idea! Even I would've taken it. Saw that pop up in the user creation log and knew that I saw that somewhere before...TJH2018talk 00:39, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
@TJH2018: Thanks for the praise! And thank you for the good humor award. Too bad people don't really get the joke from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, though... Well, that barnstar was nice. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 01:26, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

My edit on Gotthard Base Tunnel

Hi Epicgenius, on the page Gotthard Base Tunnel, I added an English language source here (to a BBC News article) where there was only a German language source and one just giving construction data about the tunnel previously. You then later removed this reference, saying it was a copy edit. WP:NOENG says that "English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones whenever English sources of equal quality and relevance are available". The BBC News article is equally reliable and relevant - possibly even more so than the PDF about construction data, as the BBC article actually says that it was the longest and deepest tunnel, thus backing up the claim in the article. Could you please explain how this is a copy edit? Thank you.  Seagull123  Φ  23:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Seagull123: It appears that I removed the source by accident – my apologies (I think we had an edit conflict, or I may have confused the source for something else like spam). I will restore it soon. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 00:28, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
@Seagull123: (previous ping was a malformed ping Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 00:28, 4 June 2016 (UTC))
OK, thank you for your reply and everything you've done! I'm sorry that I was a bit rude in my question. Thanks!  Seagull123  Φ  23:40, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

June 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday June 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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.

Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University.

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!

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! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 01:37, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Legobot (talk) 04:29, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 13 June

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List of names on 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting

I'm fine with the revert but if they are not middle names then what are they called? The list is sorted by the last name and yet are not sorted by the not-middle-name things.

I personally would prefer that the list be in the same order and use the names as spelled out in the source. At present it's a fair amount of legwork to verify that the list matches the source. I'm hoping the entire list is deleted and then the order and formatting of the list will not be an issue. --Marc Kupper|talk 23:48, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

@Marc Kupper: Thank you for bringing your concern to me; I agree it's a legitimate concern. As per Spanish naming customs (the victims were mainly Hispanic or Latino), there are often two last names for Hispanics. These "middle names" actually are father's surnames, and the "last names" are the mother's surnames. I agree also on the need for consistency, but there also needs to be accuracy in which is the middle name and which is part of the surname. Regards, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 00:13, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. I had not known about the Spanish naming convention. The Coroner's office or whoever is releasing the names is using the victim's full/legal names and not common first-name last-name format that I suspect nearly all of the victims used at work and day to day life. In thinking about it, that means the list is less of a BLP concern as it's using different forms of the names than someone who knew a victim would have used meaning it's less likely to be recognized. --Marc Kupper|talk 04:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section

Thank you kindly for reverting this to a proper descriptive sentence. Mootros (talk) 16:52, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

@Mootros: No problem. I just reworded it to comply with what you probably intended. The revert was just a temporary measure. I hope the new wording works fine. Regards, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 17:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
That's great! I kind of gave up after this was reverted a few times. Mootros (talk) 17:25, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Sorry to bother your again. Could you please see here: Talk:2016_Orlando_nightclub_shooting#Topic_Sentence.2FParagraph Thanks! Mootros (talk) 18:00, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
@Mootros: Sure, I'll have a look at it. Thanks. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 19:25, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Paris's

Re [1], I didn't know that was an ENGVAR difference. Learn something every day, if you're lucky. Anything written at WP about that that you know of? ―Mandruss ☎ 01:09, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

@Mandruss: Actually, it was in a book where I found this out. In American English, it said, the apostrophe-s usually goes after a singular noun ending in "s", but not after a plural noun (e.g. James's and the buses') unless it's specifically awkward to pronounce (e.g. Socrates'). In British and possibly other variants, the "s" after s-apostrophe is optional (e.g. James'. More on this later, but the Apostrophe article is a good resource to read. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 01:27, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Reference removal

I am Amar Ramasar and I want to remove one reference link that is posted on my Wikipedia page. I find it offensive and don't want it posted .It's an article from the daily News. How do I delete it without deleting all my references? Amarthestar2 (talk) 22:32, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

@Amarthestar2: Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. The references are encoded in the <ref name="The name of the reference">The text of the reference</ref> syntax. Like this:[1]. You can go to the reference you want to remove and just delete everything between <ref name= and </ref> (be sure to delete the ref tags as well). If you need help, feel free to ask me or see Help:References. Thank you. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 22:37, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  1. ^ This is an example source

The above is an example of a reference list. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 22:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Unable to remove reference

Ive tried to remove the single reference but I doesn't allow me to. Can you attempt to edit it for me? here is the reference link I want removed 




Amarthestar2 (talk) 22:49, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
@Amarthestar2:  Done As this is a deletion of a reference that simply supplements another reference, I have removed it. I also made some minor other changes per Wiki policy. Thanks again, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 23:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!!!

Dear Epicgenius,

A thousand thanks for all your help and for removing that reference link. It truly means a lot to me and other parties involved that are dear to me. Greatly appreciated! All the best, Amar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amarthestar2 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

@Amarthestar2: No problem. Thanks for the thanks! Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 11:12, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight)

On 20 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on Super Tuesday, Google Searches for "Donald Drumpf" surpassed those for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:02, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Wednesday June 29, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

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.

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:02, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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Stonewall National Monument

Hey, thanks for chipping in on this new article. Do you think we can develop it enough to get a DYK out of it? Brianga (talk) 20:51, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

@Brianga: Sure. I'm creating a new "History" section right now, as I write this. I'd love to collaborate on a DYK. Regards, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 20:54, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Wonderful. I'll check back soon. Brianga (talk) 22:03, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Do you think we're ready? How about:
@Brianga: A little more information could be added to the article, but sure, we can use that as a DYK hook with what we have now. Best, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 19:54, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

RMpmc

I've made a little proposal at Template talk:RMpmc#Appearance, and since all this is still so new, I'd like your input.  What's in your palette? Paine  17:16, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: I'll check on it later. Thanks for the heads up. Regards, Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 19:54, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Pleasure! Paine  

Stonewall National Monument has been nominated for Did You Know

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Your GA nomination of Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

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Your GA nomination of 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)

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RE: R143 and R160 Cars

Epicgenius, thanks for agreeing with Pi.1415926535. The differences section is completely trivia and is unsourced. Therefore, it is a great idea to remove the sections. Should I keep the see also links that direct to other similar subway cars?Davidng913 (talk) 16:03, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

@Davidng913: I suggest keeping these links. They don't do any harm, and the descriptions say only that these cars are similar. On the contrary, see-also sections don't require references, so they are allowed to be kept without sources. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium, now featuring BB-8 (talk) 17:11, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)

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Your GA nomination of Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

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Your GA nomination of Norwood – 205th Street (IND Concourse Line)

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Your GA nomination of High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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Your GA nomination of 34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)

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