User talk:Kain Nihil
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Japanese language pages
[edit]Thanks for converting so many of the Japanese links to use the language icon. The actual icon to use for Japanese is not {{jp icon}} (which is a redirect), but {{ja icon}}. Thanks again. Neier 12:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Transgender warriors
[edit]I see you've been working through the Siberian ethnic groups, and that you keep bumping into Transgender Warriors references. I haven't got the book itself, but academic reviews on it are sceptical (even the journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, which describes the book as a colonialist act of cultural appropriation in the service of pushing a particular western political perspective).
I typed "Transgender Warriors" into the search window, and wikipedia has dozens of references, most of them in ethnographic articles. If there is other evidence that there is some kind of an established transgender social category in the ethnic group I think third gender would be a better reference (and it keeps the citations within wikipedia). If the only reference is Transgender Warriors I think it can simply be removed, or removed to the talk page.
-- Ngio 13:24, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- But please keep in mind, though, that even the term third gender is incorrect in the case of the Ojibwa because a gender is describes as Animate and Inanimate, not Male and Female (which in the case of the Ojibwa, both are Animate gender, and "third gender" is also Animate... all one and the same). Because of this, I have reversed your edits in the Ojibwa article. I did look at the copy of the book in question and the citation is to a map within that book that simply states where Hermann Baumann recorded cases of Transgender Warriors... which I am almost sure he was just enumerating Ozaawindib, a very, very famous egwakwe, who was a warrior. And yes, even someone who is transgender, in Ojibwe, is also of the Animate gender. CJLippert 21:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, BTW, you can preview portions of the book in question at Google Books. CJLippert 14:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Welcome
[edit] Hi, Kain Nihil, and welcome to WikiProject We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to Africa. Here are some points that may be helpful:
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Election article edits
[edit]Please refrain from making ill informed and reckless claims of vandalism. I am not sure your motivations, but your unexplained blind reverts of valuable edits are not appropriate. You've already corrected your own mistake with the article DRE voting machine. If you do not, I will do so for the others. --Electiontechnology 15:42, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the contributions you've been making to the article on Liberia! I appreciate your work in cleaning things up. I myself am not sure of the names of these mountain ranges -- if you have references that give them, please correct what is there! I was mainly aligning the information in the Mount Nimba, Mount Wuteve, and Liberia articles. The Mount Wuteve article is the source of "West Africa Mountains" and sounds a bit inauthentic to me. Alan 04:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
About vandalism
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Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you and keep up the good job. Ozalid 22:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
- No, it's not a requirement and it wasn't exactly because of a specific reversion. It's just that sometimes newbies do test edits and they just don't realize the damage they are doing. In other cases people who do mean to harm wikipedia get to change their attitude when they realize that some people do care and that actions are taken. I left the message because I saw that you were doing several anti-vandalism reverts ([1] [2] [3] [4]) and that you are a relatively new user. But it's just a friendly suggestion... The only requirement here is that you have a good time. Happy editing! Ozalid 23:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Sakhalin
[edit]Is English your native language?
Your sentence:
- "The centreal eastern part were origanlly inhabitaed by the Oroks and the North by the Nivkhs as early as the Neolithic era (5000 BCE -100 CE)."
- Spelling:
- "central" NOT "centreal"
- "originally" NOT "origanlly"
- "inhabited" NOT "inhabitaed"
- "central-eastern" NOT "central eastern"
- "northern" NOT "North"
- Word choice:
- "were" is plural, meaning 'more than one [region]'
- "was is singular, meaning 'one [region]'
- Comma usage:
- Need a comma after the first independent thought, or clause.
CORRECTION:
The central-eastern part of the island was originally inhabited by the Oroks, and the northern part by the Nivkhs, as early as the Neolithic era (5000 BCE-100 CE).[1]
It should also be in the "History" section, after the Neolithic Stone Age (8300 BCE).
~ WikiDon 23:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
- A question is not an attack. It is a question.
- Example of a question: Is English your native language?
- Example of an attack: You are stupid.
- I simply asked you a question, do not abuse and just throw around attack warning. Don't hide behind someone else if you are offended, dragging Monkeyzpop (talk · contribs) into your feelings. We have been exchanging direct messages for months now, and he has never complained. ~ WikiDon 00:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
- PS: The reason that I asked you that question is, do to the article, Sakhalin, many of the contributors over the last three and half years that I have been working on it, have either been Japanese, Russian, or another language because they are working on Sakhalin I or Sakhalin II. So, if your were from one of these places, I was offering to HELP you. ~ WikiDon 01:03, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
- I make mistakes too. But one sentence with so many made me think that I had a Japanese, Russian, other, person contributing in this case. Don't have such a thin-skin, you'll know when I am attacking. It won't be gray, it'll be black-and-white to everyone. ~ WikiDon 01:15, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Myself and WikiDon
[edit]Thanks for the defense, but WikiDon and I get along fine. I was mildly piqued by his remarks about my education, but once I realized who had written them, I realized it was indeed jovial. Sometimes it's hard to tell, I know. But I did not feel attacked. Thank you. Monkeyzpop 02:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Chukchi Sea
[edit]And thank you for the encouragement. I'm glad people find those lonely lands and seas meaningful. I love those places. Mohonu 12:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Medes again
[edit]Kurdish POV-warriors are at it again. See User_talk:EliasAlucard#Please stop for more information. — EliasAlucard (talk · contribs) 00:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Rafael Robb
[edit]Thanks for improvement. I heard Wikipedia Weekly too and was just curious if it would get any traction.--Lyonspen 20:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group
[edit]Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.
I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!
Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page . Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 02:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!
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Hi Kain Nihil! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 17:42, 23 May 2013 (UTC) |
Seattle Wiknic 2015
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Meetup to revitalize & prioritize WikiProject Seattle
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Wikipedia Lab at the UW Research Commons
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What: | Wikipedia Lab |
| When: | Weekly on Mondays, starting 10/5/2015 through 11/30/2015, 4:30pm-6:30pm | |
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| Focus: | Women and the Sciences in October and Pacific Northwest in November; weekly topics | |
| Wikipedia Lab at the UW Libraries Research Commons brings together local Wikipedia experts with University of Washington subject specialists and UW community members to learn about editing Wikipedia. Come contribute vital, local, and corrective content to the world's largest online encyclopedia. Come as you are with questions, ideas, or content knowledge to share!
The Wikipedia Lab will run weekly, every Monday, during fall quarter. The Lab has two thematic focuses: Women in the Sciences and the Pacific Northwest. Each week will feature a special collections librarian content specialist and Wikipedian editors. Sponsored by the UW Libraries & Wikimedians User Group | ||
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Wikipedia 15 meetup in Seattle
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You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia's 15th anniversary at the Wikipedia 15 meetup in Seattle on Saturday, January 16, 2016, 12:15pm to 5pm at the University of Washington Communications building, Room 126.
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Seattle Wiknic 2016
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Invite to the African Destubathon
[edit]Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most geography, wildlife and women articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing, whether it's a river in Malawi, a Nigerian footballer, or a South African civil rights activist, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. For those of you who signed up to the North African contest, that will hopefully be held in the new year. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:11, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 17, 2pm
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If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 17, 2pm. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850. The address of the physical meeting is: University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 47°39′25″N 122°18′19″W / 47.6570676°N 122.3054000°W
Please go to the door on the north-northwest side. The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing and bringing the membership registration form and $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2017 at the meeting as well. Also, we are pleased to announce that the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is now a recognized 501c3 non-profit organization in the US. EIN # 47-3513818 Our mail address is Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, 520 Kirkland Way, PO Box 2305, Kirkland, WA 98083. |
Editing as Activism: Black WikiHistory Month Workshop and Edit-a-thon at UW Bothell
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Social Justice Organizers at University of Washington-Bothell are hosting a two-day editing event for Black WikiHistory Month on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, 2017.
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Art+Feminism March 2017 at UW Seattle
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Art+Feminism, Saturday, May 6, at Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW Seattle
[edit]Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Despite its wide reach, content on Wikipedia suffers from the bias of its editors: white, technically inclined, English-speaking men that live in developed, majority-Christian countries. This represents an alarming absence of voices in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge. In an effort to change this, the Jake is organizing a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday, May 6th, 1 - 5 pm. Our mission is to bring together diverse communities to participate in Wikipedia editing, and improve its coverage of queer people and women of color in the arts. We will provide childcare, snacks, and tutorials for the beginner editor. Bring your laptop, power-cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. No previous Wikipedia experience required! RSVP at and stay tuned to our Facebook page for updates. What: Improving Wikipedia's coverage on queer and women artists of color -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:56, 4 May 2017 (UTC) |
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!
Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 23, 1 PM
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If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 23, 1 PM. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850. The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′20″W / 47.622928°N 122.322312°W
The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing the membership registration form onsite or (to be posted) online and paying $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2018 at the meeting as well. Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is a recognized 501c3 non-profit organization in the US. EIN # 47-3513818 Our mail address is Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, 520 Kirkland Way, PO Box 2305, Kirkland, WA 98083. |
Art+Feminism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm
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Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching repositories of shared knowledge, yet a 2011 survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female, suggesting an alarming absence of voices. What and how information is shared is skewed by this gender disparity. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing a quarterly series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn artists of color.
This Saturday afternoon's gathering will focus on creating, editing, updating, and expanding pages for womxn artists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Edit-a-thon will feature a talk by Dan Paz, Lecturer in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design, an artist, and an educator who explores the labor of digital imaging production as a collaborative site where the intersections of the image-idea and lived experience are produced and contested. Through videos, photography, and sculptural projects that query the ability of documentary processes to be manipulated—to be multiplied and replicated, stopped and started, rewound and advanced—Dan works within the impossibilities of absolute replication to question the very ability of the image to truly represent. Everyone is welcome. Access to UW WiFi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided. Please check the Facebook event page for updates. When: Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm |
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW, Seattle |
Seattle Wiknic 2018
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Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 29, 1 PM
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If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 29, 1 PM. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850. The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′22″W / 47.622928°N 122.322912°W
The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing the membership registration form onsite or (to be posted) online and paying $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2019 at the meeting as well. Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is a recognized 501c3 non-profit organization in the US. EIN # 47-3513818 Our mail address is Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, 520 Kirkland Way, PO Box 2905, Kirkland, WA 98083. |
Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos
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Tuesday evening, January 15, 2019, 6-9pm at Wayward Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104, Seattle WA 98115 Wikipedia Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. This year in Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians' celebration of Wikipedia Day will focus on a different closely related project: Wikimedia Commons, which (among other things) functions as the media repository for Wikipedia. When you see a photo or map in Wikipedia, or hear an audio clip, etc., it usually is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and "transcluded" into Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons is a mix of users' own works and curated third-party content, either public domain or free-licensed. Our event is a hands-on workshop in curating third-party content, mostly early 20th-century photos of Seattle and other West Coast locations. Currently, Wikimedia Commons has two intersecting sets of older photos, one from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company and the other a more general set of Seattle images. At this meetup, we will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia by further curating these images by the creation and addition of categories, adding ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the same photo, enhancing the descriptions, and identifying and correcting errors. User:Jmabel has already categorized over 1000 images and corrected several hundred wrong dates, misidentified buildings, and etc., but there is much more to be done. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos. |
Women’s History Wikithon, Washington State History Museum, Saturday 3/9
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| FREE. Please register in advance. Includes museum admission and snacks; please bring a sack lunch plus a laptop. Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history experts. Honor Women’s History Month by updating our reference materials to reflect the dedicated work of Washington’s women suffragists. Bring a brown bag lunch, we’ll provide snacks. Hosted by Washington State Historical Society. Women's Suffrage Centennial Program, Washington State Historical Society -> Events & Programs | |||
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Art+Feminism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Saturday, April 6th, 1-5 PM
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Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.
Let’s change that. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is continuing a series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn and gender non-binary artists of color. Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. RSVP through this Facebook event link. When: Saturday, Apr. 6, 2019, 1–5 PM |
Seattle Wiknic 2019
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Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon to Correct Systemic Bias in Wikipedia
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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Womxn Artists of the Pacific Northwest
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Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST
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Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST. You can join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://virginia.zoom.us/my/wikilgbt. If your are in Seattle, the address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′22″W / 47.622928°N 122.322912°W
The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing the membership registration form onsite or (to be posted) online and paying $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2019 at the meeting as well.
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Great American Wiknic virtual edition 2020
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You are invited to the Great American Virtual Wiknic on Sunday, August 16, 2020, noon to 2pm
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Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021
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May 2022 Seattle meetup
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Distant Worlds Coffeehouse. For the address and to RSVP, please click here. |
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March 2023 Seattle meetup
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Distant Worlds Coffeehouseas they have resumed their normal operating hours at their new location. For the address and to RSVP, please click here. |
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LGBT films from SIFF 2023 edit-a-thon
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Seattle Wiknic 2023
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Meetup in Seattle on 16 January 2024
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