User talk:Ed Poor/Archive 10
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Saturday October 22: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
| Saturday October 22, 10am: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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   Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Latin American artists. The WikiArte (Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamerica) edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin American arts and culture and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia. Featuring an opening Artists' Panel at 10am, with Sol Aramendi, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, and Marisa Morán Jahn, to be moderated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio. The Museum of Modern Art and Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros are uniting with international allies to focus on the lives and works of Latin American artists, architects and designers. With keystone events scheduled for October 22 in New York City and other cities throughout the month (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Caracas, & others), the campaign aims to further similar goals to Art+Feminism. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Introductory training on the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given throughout the edit-a-thon. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:28, 19 October 2016 (UTC) | |
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Speedy deletion nomination of Gipper
Hello Ed Poor,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Gipper for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 20:12, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
- @Missionedit: I think this was a false alarm. Page got vandalized, but should still redirect to the proper place. agtx 20:14, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
Saturday November 12: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences (plus Sunday Indigenous People's Justice event)
| Saturday November 12, 12-4pm: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences | |
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  Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at NY Academy of Sciences (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering Women in science for their second annual edit-a-thon!. This event also coincides with the year-long celebration of the Academy's 200th Anniversary and a Women in Red online campaign. Beginning and experienced Wikipedia writers are both welcome, and there will be helpers on hand to assist those new to editing the encyclopedia.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC) And RSVP now for our other event this Sunday in Brooklyn, focusing on Indigenous communities and social justice:
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Wikipedia:Sysop rights listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:Sysop rights. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:Sysop rights redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 23:33, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
Hello, Ed Poor. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim
| Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim | |
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 On Saturday December 3, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fifth Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from Greater China. The event will cap off Wikipedia Asian Month, an online campaign dedicated to augmenting Asian content on Wikipedia throughout November. New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Editors are invited to view the exhibition Tales of Our Time following the event. The Guggenheim aims to raise awareness of the artists featured in the Tales of Our Time exhibition supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa, and Art+Feminism.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 09:45, 23 November 2016 (UTC) | |
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Thomas-gaia
Template:Thomas-gaia has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 15:55, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
Walter Scott lead
Hi, I just wanted to further explain my revert. We're summarizing the state case in paragraph 3 of the lead, and the federal case in paragraph 4. Things are less clear if you intersperse them just to keep events in a chronological sequence. Hope that helps. ―Mandruss ☎ 18:23, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
- That's fine. I understand there may be a second prosecution. It reminds me of that football star who (allegedly) killed a woman in California a couple of decades ago. --Uncle Ed (talk) 13:43, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Definitions of democracy listed at Redirects for discussion
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December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)
| Wednesday December 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. This will be the holiday party! Celebrate a December holiday with us, or in wiki-fashion, edit the calendar itself and join us to celebrate any holiday of your choice regardless of when it usually happens. Featuring special guest presentations on structure data, university library meetups, metrics and reporting, and other topics. We will also follow up on plans for recent 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, savory and sweet pies 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! --Pharos (talk) 21:43, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
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Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference
| Sunday January 15: Wikipedia Day NYC 2017 | |
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  You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2017, 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 plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. With special guests Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation and Tim Wu of Columbia Law School speaking on our Post-truth panel! Also featuring an International/Multilingual panel, a Documenting Activism panel, a Multimedia/Tech Panel, a Science panel, an Art panel, and more. 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) 14:56, 8 January 2017 (UTC) | |
Wikipedia:Definition of famous listed at Redirects for discussion
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Wall of meat listed at Redirects for discussion
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Your editing restriction
Looking through WP:RESTRICT, your entry struck me as one we could probably do without, so I am apprealing to ArbCom to remove it. The appeal will be at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:01, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, Beeblebrox. I had long been wanting to appeal the restrictions, but wasn't sure how to do it or whether I had any chance of succeeding. In any case, I think I may finally have learned how to "go with the flow" and "not insist on my own way" when disagreeing with others about how NPOV should be applied.
- Now that 10 years have passed - has it really been that long? - I'd like to be able to edit articles touching on intelligent design and the Unification Church again. I promise to be gentle and yielding, okay? --Uncle Ed (talk) 02:52, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Nomination of Bikers for Trump for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bikers for Trump is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bikers for Trump until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:19, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok, it had slipped my mind that looking at your recent contribs was what led me to notice this article in the first place until I finished the nom and saw twinkle automatically notifying you. . Please, don't read anything into this other than a genuine concern about the notability of this organization. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Arbitration motion regarding Ed Poor 2
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
In remedy 1.1 of the 2006 Ed Poor 2 case, Ed Poor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was placed on probation. Under the terms of the probation, he was banned from two topics in 2008 and 2009. The probation and topic bans under its terms are now rescinded.
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:37, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion regarding Ed Poor 2
February 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday February 15, 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. Featuring special guest presentations on WikiProject La Guardia and Wagner Archives, WikiProject Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wiki Loves the Dominican Republic, and more. 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, 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! --Pharos (talk) 22:17, 9 February 2017 (UTC) P.S. Get ready now for Black WikiHistory Month Weekend:
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March 11: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (and beyond!)
| Saturday March 11: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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  Join us at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54th Street, on Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for an all-day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. There will be childcare, snacks, multiple trainings and panel discussions. People of all gender identities and expressions welcomed and encouraged to attend. This year’s edit-a-thon kicks off at 10:00 a.m. with a conversation about information activism with writer Joanne McNeil and Data & Society Research Institute Fellow Zara Rahman, moderated by Kimberly Drew, the social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, creator of the Tumblr “Black Contemporary Art,” and the person behind @museummammy on Instagram. Afternoon breakout groups will engage in focused discussions about related issues, including intersectionality and librarianship, power structures in notability guidelines on Wikipedia, and radical archives. --Pharos (talk) 18:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC) And a broader calendar of events on the theme this week/weekend, and the next:
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Sunday March 26: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel
| Sunday March 26: 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, and following on the recent Art+Feminism campaign, we'll focus on 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.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:13, 21 March 2017 (UTC) | |
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On Mark Levin's article. Need help.
Ok, so recently I've tried to edit the section of the Wiretapping Allegations to put it in a true, neutral POV. I have reverted the article twice do to edit conflicts among the other users. So I've decided to try to reach a consensus on the talk page of the article. Could you perhaps back me up here? From what I can tell, the latest edit by User:Boneada and CityOfSilver do not appear to fall under WP:HONEST, but rather WP:DISHONEST.
I'm trying to clean up the section of the article as it is not only short on content, but I feel that it is to an extent, may it be direct or indirectly favoring one side. The second time I reverted the article was back to User:Localemediamonitor's edit since it had a more neutral and fair point of view than mine. But CityOfSilver undid it and continues to say that I fall under WP:OWN when I do not. I've contended this and yet he is adamant on saying that I'm essentially trying to be the arbiter of this. I retracted some of my previous statements, calling them bias , but at the same time, I do feel that they aren't exactly clean on this either.
Please help reach a consensus on the article. That's my only request. As you advocated for and as Bollyjeff advocated for, I'm pretty sure we want to article to be fair and fall under WP:HONEST.
I've sent a similar request to Bollyjeff regarding this matter. Kirby (talk) 13:34, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hi, Kirby. I added some info from a Washington Times article here. --Uncle Ed (talk) 12:05, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Liberal bias listed at Redirects for discussion
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Proposed article rename
I've proposed to rename Mind control to Brainwashing. I'm letting you know since you contributed to the article. Redddogg (talk) 23:18, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- I don't care what the article is called, as long as we make a clear distinction between (1) the sort of brainwashing developed by the Chinese Communists during the Korean War, which had actual documented effects on American prisoners of war and (2) the theory of mind control presented by anti-cult scholars (and deprogrammers) who accused various new religious movements of doing the same thing as the Chinese Communists, but which theory was deemed "not scientific" by the APA. --Uncle Ed (talk) 14:53, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ed, you added some content to this article, and I wanted to thank you for doing so - the article was fairly one-sided before. However, for some of the content it is not clear where the information is being sourced to. Could you make sure that at the end of each paragraph you add the source in, and if one source applies to multiple sentences/paragraphs, then you add in duplicated references, e.g. content<ref name=supply>www.supplysideeconomics.com</ref> More content<ref name=supply/>? Thanks! Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 20:36, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, but that's like asking me to wash the dishes ... I'll get around to it eventually ;-) --Uncle Ed (talk) 21:12, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
April 19: 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!
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Swtrial
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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Swtrial
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Can you help avoid an edit war, Ed?
Good morning, Ed. We worked together editing the United Express Flight 3411 incident.
I am now working on an article about West Montrose, Ontario, a village in Canada, and need an unbiased editor to take a look at the lead. Another Editor deleted most of it, in spite of discussions in Talk that the content of the lead was fine. If I read the discussions correctly, there has been no consensus at all that much of the lead should be deleted.
(I did delete a photo of an Old Order Mennonite horse and buggy because the photo was not taken in the village, and editors' views differed strongly as to whether it was suitable or not. But that is no longer relevant since the photo is gone.)
This really needs a fresh look from someone not involved in the debates. If you have a few minutes, your involvement would be appreciated. Thanks, Peter K Burian (talk) 14:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello
I have found quite a lot of information and statistics regarding the immigration to Sweden, but there is severe controversy regarding inserting it into articles.
I am admittedly terrified from reading too much information, and having very limited mental filters, whereas the fact-sources that I have found seem to run contrary to other editors' personal ideologies, so we are not getting anywhere.
Given your help to turn the Gatestone article more NPOV, I wonder if you could make an assessment regarding which of the information links that would be acceptable for usage according to Wikipedia's policies, and where they should be inserted?
Thanks in advance for any help. David A (talk) 12:43, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Stability listed at Redirects for discussion
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Hackathon to help Wikipedia 1.0
Hello! You're listed as a member of the Wikipedia 1.0 team, so I thought you might be interested in this Hackathon on August 13-18 in my home town of Potsdam, New York, right after Wikimania. Let me know if you'd like to participate. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 05:01, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Nomination of Marine plastic pollution for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Marine plastic pollution is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marine plastic pollution until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Copying licensed material requires proper attribution
It appears that you have added material to the article Marine plastic pollution using content from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (not "copyright-free" as stated in your edit summary). While you are welcome to re-use licensed content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original author(s). When copying from other compatibly-licensed web pages, please at minimum mention in an edit summary at the new page where you got the content. It's also a good idea to place a note on the article along with your citation. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied licensed material before, even if it was a long time ago, please go back and provide attribution. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:29, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Diannaa: This particular PLoS ONE article was apparently provided by its authors under the CC0 license (check way down at the bottom of the article). CC0 releases content into the public domain or, in jurisdictions which don't permit such a release, falls back to a public domain equivalent license. The work really is "copyright-free", or the closest functional equivalent.
- That said, it's still not acceptable to copy-paste a block of text into Wikipedia without attribution. Whether the text is public domain or not, it's still plagiarism if the original source/authors aren't credited.
- It's also just an example of bad editing. Copying the abstract and two introductory paragraphs out of a full-length scientific manuscript (and omitting the internal supporting footnotes) strips the text of all context. It's like creating an article about a novel by copying the back-cover blurb and the first page.
- I'm frankly more than a little surprised to see Ed Poor – who is quite experienced – trying to create an article this way. Is something amiss? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:04, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
- I'm awfully sorry that I did not attribute the article correctly. I guess I expected that edit summaries were enough. If you'll tell me the proper (complete) way to do it, I will fix it (this time) or do better (next time). --Uncle Ed (talk) 12:23, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
- You did mention in your edit summary that the material was "from an expressly copyright-free source". A better edit summary would be "Attribution: content in this section was copied from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913, which is available under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication license." Then, add the attribution with your citation, like I did here. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:02, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
- See also WP:Plagiarism. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 10:57, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- I'm awfully sorry that I did not attribute the article correctly. I guess I expected that edit summaries were enough. If you'll tell me the proper (complete) way to do it, I will fix it (this time) or do better (next time). --Uncle Ed (talk) 12:23, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Sunday May 21: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon + global online challenge
| Sunday May 21, 10:30 am - 4:30pm: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon | |
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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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| Wednesday May 24, 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. Topics this month include the TED wikiproject, the Met wikiproject, and encouraging free video on Wikimedia Commons! 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! --Pharos (talk) 19:30, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
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The article Test-Driven Development by Example has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (books) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.
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We're on Twitter!
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Thursday June 22: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
| Thursday June 22, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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 Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's third 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. Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBTQ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the Black Lunch Table project. 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.
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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Thanks for creating USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Ed Poor!
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Maybe it is a glitch. But I am still going to mark this article as reviewed for Jack.
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Sunday July 9: WikNYC Picnic @ Governors Island
| Sunday July 9, 1-6pm: WikNYC Picnic | |
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  You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" on New York City's green and historic Governors Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 11:03, 6 July 2017 (UTC) | |
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Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA
| Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic | |
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 You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC) | |
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| Wednesday July 19, 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! --Pharos (talk) 02:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC) | |
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Sunday July 30: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel
| 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.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 14:21, 24 July 2017 (UTC) | |
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Liberal bias listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Liberal bias. Since you had some involvement with the Liberal bias redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Rupert Loup (talk) 16:26, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
The article Personal choice has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Appears to be WP:OR.
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. reddogsix (talk) 20:07, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
August 30: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday August 30, 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! --Pharos (talk) 12:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC) | |
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Deletion discussion about Personal choice
Hello, Ed Poor,
I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Personal choice should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Personal choice .
If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.
Thanks,
Power~enwiki (talk) 01:19, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
September 27: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
| Wednesday September 27, 7pm: 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!
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) 00:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC) | |
- P.S. On the weekend before the annual meeting, you can join: Action=History @ Ace Hotel (Sunday, September 24, 2017)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Afd outcome
Template:Afd outcome has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 05:48, 27 September 2017 (UTC)