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Today's Featured Article nomination

I have nominated one of Adrianne's articles to be a Featured Article of the Day (at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#Original Stories from Real Life) in hopes that it might be able to run on April 14 or 26. Peter, or anyone else who knew her better than I, if you feel that this is not appropriate, please do tell me and I will of course withdraw the nomination. NW (Talk) 19:11, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Independently, I had the same idea of showing her work, please discuss, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Original Stories from Real Life

Original Stories from Real Life will be appearing on the main page of Wikipedia as today's featured article on April 26, 2014, as a tribute to Adrianne on the day of her memorial service. This followed a discussion at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Original Stories from Real Life.

It would be appreciated if readers of this talk page could take a moment to look at the article to see if it needs any attention before its main page appearance, and / or if they could add the article to their watchlist and keep an eye on edits made on April 26.

The blurb as it stands now is below:

Original Stories from Real Life is the only complete work of children's literature by the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. It begins with a frame story that sketches out the education of two young girls by their maternal teacher Mrs. Mason, followed by a series of didactic tales. The book was first published by Joseph Johnson in 1788; a second, illustrated edition, with engravings (pictured) by William Blake, was released in 1791 and remained in print for around a quarter of a century. Wollstonecraft employed the then burgeoning genre of children's literature to promote the education of women and an emerging middle-class ideology. She argued that women would be able to become rational adults if they were educated properly as children, which was not a widely held belief in the 18th century, and contended that the nascent middle-class ethos was superior to the court culture represented by fairy tales and to the values of chance and luck found in chapbook stories for the poor. Wollstonecraft, in developing her own pedagogy, also responded to the works of the two most important educational theorists of the 18th century: John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (Full article...)

On behalf of the editors at the TFAR discussion, Bencherlite^Talk 05:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion discussion notice

1. Adrianne Wadewitz
2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrianne Wadewitz

There is an ongoing deletion discussion taking place now about whether or not to have a biographical article about Adrianne Wadewitz on Wikipedia.

The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrianne Wadewitz.

For those newer to Wikipedia, you may wish to read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion and Wikipedia:Notability.

— Cirt (talk) 15:00, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I wish Adrianne Wadewitz were still alive, so she would say that herself to you guys (in a much less clumsy way, sorry for my English): «Please, it's about the subjects, not about the encyclopedia itself that we write. Even less is it for our own personal fame or recognition. I wrote an article about Fanny Bullock Workman, not so much because I wanted to become famous, not so much because I wanted to promote Wikipedia, rather it was for the sake of women mountaineers, and most of all, for the sake of Fanny Bullock Workman herself». In my opinion, this is the only way this encyclopedia will build its own credibility. By representing a reference on the subjects themselves, not by representing some kind of "salon de notoriétés". If I had to vote about the deletion of an article about her, in place of Wadewitz herself, if I wanted to be as honest and faithful as I can before her memory, I think I would vote in favor of deletion. Akseli9 (talk) 20:25, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Update: The deletion discussion itself has received coverage at:

• Beutler, William (April 22, 2014). "Wikipedia's Struggle with Self-Reference Amid the Passing of One of Its Own". The Wikipedian. thewikipedian.net. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

— Cirt (talk) 17:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Update: The deletion discussion was closed as Keep. The administrator's full closing rationale is posted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrianne Wadewitz. — Cirt (talk) 09:21, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz

Original – 'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- how Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it. Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation for the 2012 Wikimedia fundraising campaign. Featuring Adrianne Wadewitz.

1. File:The Impact of Wikipedia Adrianne Wadewitz.webm by Vgrigas
2. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz

I've nominated the video file File:The Impact of Wikipedia Adrianne Wadewitz.webm by Vgrigas for Featured Picture candidacy.

The discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

• Update: This file has been promoted to Featured Picture quality. You can confirm this at: File:The Impact of Wikipedia Adrianne Wadewitz.webm. — Cirt (talk) 19:37, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Update: Nominated for Featured Picture on Wikimedia Commons, at commons:Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Impact of Wikipedia Adrianne Wadewitz.webm. — Cirt (talk) 19:24, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Edit protected request

Per User_talk:Rick_Block#Wadewitz_input_merge_from_Awadewit -- Adrianne's list on her userpage of her Featured Content contributions was incomplete.

She left out The Lucy poems. You can verify her as one of the nominators, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Lucy poems/archive2.

Please add:

• The Lucy poems

to her list of Featured Content contributions along with the other thirty-six (36) other Featured-quality-pages already listed there.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 03:42, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Done. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:13, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 12:14, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Skepchickal

Skepchickal

1. File:Wikimania 2012 portrait 102 by ragesoss, 2012-07-13.JPG
2. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skepchickal

I've nominated this photograph by Ragesoss, for Featured Picture consideration.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skepchickal.

— Cirt (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Portal:Children's literature for Featured Portal candidacy

1. Portal:Children's literature
2. Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Children's literature

I've nominated Portal:Children's literature to be considered for Featured Portal quality.

This was a joint quality improvement collaboration between myself and User:Wadewitz.

Participation would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Children's literature.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 17:21, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Update: Portal:Children's literature was successfully promoted to Featured Portal quality. It was a pleasure collaborating with User:Wadewitz on this joint Quality improvement project. — Cirt (talk) 15:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Adrianne Wadewitz for Peer review

1. Adrianne Wadewitz
2. Wikipedia:Peer review/Adrianne Wadewitz/archive1

I've nominated the article Adrianne Wadewitz for Peer review.

Discussion is at the peer review subpage, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Adrianne Wadewitz/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 04:02, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Update: Peer review was subsequently closed and archived, after helpful suggestions from Kaldari and Agricola44. — Cirt (talk) 15:51, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Fanny Bullock Workman

Gatoclass (talk) 04:37, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

TFA day

History of a Six Weeks' Tour is on the Main Page for a day, starting now.

Adrianne Wadewitz brought this article to Featured quality.

— Cirt (talk) 00:09, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

• Hey Cirt, thanks for placing this note here. Still hard to believe she's gone. Drmies (talk) 01:16, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome, Drmies, and agreed. — Cirt (talk) 01:17, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

October's Featured Text at Wikisource

An article by Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz) is the current Featured Text for October at Wikisource.

See s:Main Page and s:Wikipedia is pushing the boundaries of scholarly practice but the gender gap must be addressed.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 02:57, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 18 August 2015

Please add Wadewitz's userpage to the category "Deceased Wikipedians." Everymorning (talk) 22:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done Nakon 04:48, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

TFAR

Nomination for a strong climbing woman: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Fanny Bullock Workman, in women's history month, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Today, with thanks, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Une pensée au printemps pour Wadewitz. Akseli9 (talk) 21:12, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

The New York Times

• Cohen, Noam (18 April 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor, Dies After Rock Climbing Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

I thought others leaving memorials here would want to see this well-written article.

— Cirt (talk) 19:21, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

• Newkirk, Barrett (18 April 2014). "Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz dies in Palm Springs". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

The Desert Sun, 2nd news article, primarily relying upon reporting of The New York Times. — Cirt (talk) 02:13, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

• Solé, Elise (18 April 2014). "Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz, Beloved Wikipedia Wiz". Yahoo Shine. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

Yahoo! publication Shine, 3rd news article, also relying upon reporting of The New York Times. — Cirt (talk) 02:29, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks for keeping track of these, Cirt. I've sent the links to the movement with the Signpost's social media accounts. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:27, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, The ed17, much appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 09:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

• Greene, Victoria (18 April 2014). "Wikipedia editor Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, dies after rock climbing fall". TheCelebrityCafe. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

Also mostly dependent on The New York Times piece. — Cirt (talk) 13:13, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Three from Jezebel:

1. Shrayber, Mark (April 19, 2014). "Saturday Night Social: The Night Belongs to Adrianne Wadewitz". Jezebel. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
2. Dries, Kate (April 18, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, an important and rare figure in the world of Wikipedia". Jezebel. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
3. FlarfenFoofenoogan (April 19, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, Wikipedia editor, dead at 37". Jezebel. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

— Cirt (talk) 09:37, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

• Note: Print edition version of The New York Times:
  • Cohen, Noam (April 20, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor and Academic". The New York Times. p. A18.

Above as per note at this link: "A version of this article appears in print on April 20, 2014, on page A18 of the New York edition with the headline: Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor and Academic.". — Cirt (talk) 11:59, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Front page of the "Today's Paper" edition on The New York Times website, at http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/#obituaries. — Cirt (talk) 12:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

• Michelle Broder Van Dyke (April 21, 2014). "Prolific Wikipedia Editor Adrianne Wadewitz Dies After Rock Climbing Accident". BuzzFeed. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

Added BuzzFeed, above. — Cirt (talk) 03:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

• Brandt, Shane (April 22, 2014). "Wikipedia editor dies, leaving behind appreciative students". The Daily Cougar. Houston, Texas: thedailycougar.com; University of Houston. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

Added The Daily Cougar, above. — Cirt (talk) 07:53, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

• Wetzel, Diane (April 23, 2014). "NP grad, Wikipedia editor dies in Calif". NPTelegraph.com. North Platte, Nebraska. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

— Cirt (talk) 14:46, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

• "California: Wikipedia editor dies from accident". Dayton Daily News. Ohio. April 20, 2014. p. A9.
• "Wikipedia editor dies from accident". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 20, 2014. p. A13.
• "Prolific Wikipedia editor improved articles about women". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. April 19, 2014. p. B6.
• "Adrianne Wadewitz". The Scotsman. United Kingdom. April 22, 2014. p. 32.

Apparently the article from The New York Times seems to be making the rounds in newspapers in Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia, and Hawaii, and Scotland. — Cirt (talk) 15:48, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

The Sydney Morning Herald

• "Adrianne Wadewitz: A persnickety, fact-obsessed Wikipedia editor". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
• "How Adrianne Wadewitz learnt to embrace failure". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

Not one but two (2) articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, in Australia. — Cirt (talk) 15:26, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Local obit via Legacy.com

• "Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz - Obituary". Legacy.com. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Published in Fort Wayne Newspapers on Apr. 23, 2014. April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

This was already noted, above, but placing here as well, as it has additional information, and details on upcoming memorial services in Fort Wayne, Indiana. — Cirt (talk) 15:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Los Angeles Times

• Woo, Elaine (23 April 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

Another original tribute, from her new hometown newspaper.

Pbjamesphoto (talk) 05:16, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. This article is getting attention, just got tweeted by the Norman Lear Center at https://twitter.com/LearCenter/status/459362401909882880. — Cirt (talk) 16:09, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

• Elaine Woo (Los Angeles Times) (April 25, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, Wikipedia contributor, dies at 37". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

The article from the Los Angeles Times has now appeared in The Washington Post. — Cirt (talk) 02:21, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

The Boston Globe

• Editorial (May 3, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz: Seizing the power of Wikipedia". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 3, 2014.

Adrianne Wadewitz is the subject of an original editorial in today's edition of The Boston Globe. — Cirt (talk) 09:36, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

PBS NewsHour

Adrianne was interviewed by the PBS Newshour at an Edit-A-Thon in March, 2014. This interview will be featured in a piece they are running about Wikipedia this coming Sunday, May 18th. The piece will also be posted online, I will add a link once it is. Pbjamesphoto (talk) 20:57, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

• Wholf, Tracy (May 18, 2014). "'Wikipedian' editor took on website's gender gap". PBS NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

You can view the news report at the link, above. — Cirt (talk) 03:13, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

You can also watch this program directly on YouTube. — Cirt (talk) 03:41, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830

• Runge, Laura (May 12, 2014). "Adrianne Wadewitz, 1977-2014". ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830. 4 (1). ScholarCommons; University of South Florida. Retrieved May 19, 2014. On behalf of all the editors, I dedicate this issue to her memory.

Academic journal dedicated its entire issue to Wadewitz.

Read more at "Adrianne Wadewitz, 1977-2014", by Laura Runge.

— Cirt (talk) 04:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

The Lives They Lived Remembering some of those we lost this year.

• Heffernan, Virginia (December 25, 2014). "The Lives They Lived Remembering some of those we lost this year. - B. 1977 - Adrianne Wadewitz - Page by page, she brought women to Wikipedia". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

More recent article from The New York Times Magazine.

— Cirt (talk) 05:46, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost - feature - A decade of the Signpost

Mention at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-01-21/Anniversary. — Cirt (talk) 15:34, 22 January 2015 (UTC)