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This Month in GLAM: January 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue I, January 2014
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France report: Public Domain Day; photographs Germany report: WMDE-GLAM-Highlights in 2014 Netherlands report: New Years Reception; 550 years States General; Content donation University Museum; Wikipedians in Residence; OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey Sweden report: Digitization; list creation Switzerland report: The Wikipedians in Residence of the Swiss National Library have started their work UK report: Voices from the BBC Archives plus Zoos, coins and Poets USA report: GLAM-Wiki activities in the USA Open Access report: Open Access Media Importer; Open Access File of the Day Calendar: February's GLAM events
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DYK for Josephine Silone Yates

On 27 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Josephine Silone Yates, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Josephine Silone Yates (pictured) was the first black woman to head a college science department in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josephine Silone Yates. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:47, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Jennie Patrick

On 5 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jennie Patrick, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jennie Patrick, a woman who was told she did not belong at the University in Berkeley in the 1970s, received the Outstanding Women in Science and Engineering Award in 1980? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jennie Patrick. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Dorrit Black

On 8 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dorrit Black, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Australian artist Dorrit Black was influenced by the Modernist and Cubist art movements because of her studies in London and Paris? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dorrit Black. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: February 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue II, February 2014
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France report: National Archives; Sèvres & mass uploads; Wikipedians in the European Parliament Germany report: Claim open culture, again and again India report: National Museum, New Delhi, India (January 2-5, 2014) Netherlands report: Art and Feminism; Wikipedian in Residence; War memorials Norway report: Women on Wikipedia Sweden report: Local portal and CC toolkits UK report: Wikimedia UK Open Access report: Open Access at Wikimania; Signalling OA-ness Calendar: March's GLAM events
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Women in Science Edit-a-thon

Hi. I am organizing an edit-a-thon on women in science at the University of Oklahoma on March 27th. I've noticed that you have already been active on several pages of interest, and wondered if you would have any advice for us in terms of women whose sites need improvement and resources on them. I am a lecturer in the History of Science Department, so I am interested in improving the entries on more historical figures, but for the event we are also trying to include recent and current women. I would appreciate any advice you might have and would be happy to have you as an online participant. Thanks, Kirwanfan (talk) 14:59, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Dore Hoyer

On 18 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dore Hoyer, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mary Wigman said that Dore Hoyer was "Europe's last great modern dancer"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dore Hoyer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Invite the president!

Kimberly Wright Cassidy is the new president of Bryn Mawr College. I have started a Draft Kimberly Wright Cassidy article. I suggest that someone should invite her to visit our event next week. This will give us an opportunity to get a photo unhampered by copyright restrictions, and we can get input from her on the article about her. I have made changes and improvements on all the previous Bryn Mawr presidents articles, especially the talk pages. What do you think of this invitation?--DThomsen8 (talk) 00:12, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I've passed the idea along to Marianne and Evan. Have fun working on the articles!Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:02, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Precious

celebration of women
Thank you for quality articles, celebrating women writers, artists (Dorrit Black), dancers (Dore Hoyer), chemists (Josephine Silone Yates), engineers (Jennie Patrick), and for serving as a Wikipedian in residence for the Chemical Heritage Foundation, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the strong women's choir! Singing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kathryn Hach-Darrow

On 21 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kathryn Hach-Darrow, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kathryn Hach-Darrow (pictured) flew her small plane over 7,000 miles (11,000 km), promoting water purification equipment? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kathryn Hach-Darrow. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 09:42, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Smithsonian Institution Archives Barnstar

		Smithsonian Institution Archives barnstar
		Thank you for your hard work in bringing Mary Lura Sherrill to Wikipedia! Here is a token of our appreciation. --Digitaleffie (talk) 14:40, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Lura Sherrill

On 22 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Lura Sherrill, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mary Lura Sherrill is one of three women from the same research group who have independently won the Garvan Medal for women in chemistry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Lura Sherrill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:43, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Catherine Clarke Fenselau

On 29 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catherine Clarke Fenselau, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Catherine Clarke Fenselau was the first trained mass spectrometrist on the faculty of an American medical school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Clarke Fenselau. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Cheers and thanks, hope you are having a good weekend Victuallers (talk) 21:17, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Adding page numbers to citations

Thank you for your extensive improvements to the article Arnold Orville Beckman. You make very extensive use of the book Arnold O. Beckman : one hundred years of excellence in your citations, which is not a problem. I also noticed in the hidden Wikisource that you foresightedly took the trouble to preserve the cited page numbers, which would greatly improve the usefulness of the cites. I would like to point out a technique used in Wikipedia to expose the page numbers, without triggering an absurdly large number of nearly-identical full citations. The abbreviated format is described at Template:Rp, which was designed specifically to handle this problem.

The hidden page refs could be converted to useful but non-distracting superscripted page numbers by using this template, and the conversion editing process would be relatively straightforward. I hope this information is helpful, and look forward to seeing your further work. Cheers! Reify-tech (talk) 16:50, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the great suggestion. I hadn't seen a way to add page numbers to a multiply-cited reference that didn't seem ugly, so I'm glad to find that there's a better way to do it. The conversion was pleasantly easy. Have a great day! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 18:06, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

The article looks still better every time I see it. Also, you've been finding some great images that really show beautifully the abstract-sounding technical artifacts under discussion. If you find more useful images than can fit vertically alongside the text, you can set up a Template:Gallery. If needed, I can lend help with that. Keep up the good work! Reify-tech (talk) 18:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: March 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue III, March 2014
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Australia and New Zealand report: Summer is over Germany report: GLAM ship; Open GLAM hackathon; Science 2.0 conference; GLAM meetup Mexico report: New GLAM projects in Mexico and Reynosa's City Hall donation of historical photos Netherlands report: Education; Libraries; Museums; Maps, Earth Norway report: GLAM edit-a-thon at Preus museum Sweden report: Many ways to meet Wikipedia UK report: Art, Women, the Police and the build up to Wikimania USA report: Women's History Month Open Access report: Open Access at Wikimania; Open Access Button; Topic Pages Calendar: April's GLAM events
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Ada Hitchins

Thank you very much for your fine efforts on Ada Hitchins, taking my very small start to class=C. You can see that I have done more work on the article and talk page. I removed the orphan tag, after adding two ==See also== entries to related articles. In both cases, she should be explicitly mentioned in the text. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:53, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

This was the very first time I have commented on a DYK nomination. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Otto Haas

I am creating an article on Otto Haas, co-founder of Rohm and Haas, and I will need images of him in WikiMedia Commons. Please have CHF contribute images of him. Feel free to send me more information about him. (I left this message for Jeff, but perhaps you can help me.)--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:20, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

I've asked the archivist to see what we have that can be released on Commons. Also, you might be interested in the article on Otto's wife, Phoebe Waterman Haas. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:18, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the effort on images of Haas. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ada Hitchins

On 21 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ada Hitchins, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ada Hitchins's measurements of atomic mass from uranium ores (pictured) provided the first experimental evidence for the existence of isotopes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ada Hitchins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

... for having a GLAM Cafe meeting dedicated to Wiki Loves Pride and LGBT culture. We appreciate your support. If you need help creating a separate meetup page specific to this event, let me know! Thanks again. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:45, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! All help gratefully accepted: If you know someone in the local LGBT / Wiki community who is interested and could help with content and local community organization that would be terrific. (I will ask people I know, as well.) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations, and an ongoing invitation for you

	The Wikimedia DC Outstanding New Event Award
	Congratulations on an outstanding event, and applause to you! You've assembled an impressive group at the University of Delaware. Stop by our events at Wikimedia District of Columbia anytime! Please do let us know about your upcoming Delaware events, so we can promote them on the DC Chapter website. Djembayz (talk) 12:21, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Nice contributions to Vera Bogdanovskaia. Its great to see when an article magically gets better. Ms Bogdanovskaia seems to have been a hell of a lady. Id like to extend the credit for creating the article, but I'm worried that this will invalidate your approval. So have this well deserved barnstar for the moment. Victuallers (talk) 15:09, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of John C. Bowers

Hello! Your submission of John C. Bowers at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Please see new note on DYK nomination page. Yoninah (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Vera Popova

Mary Mark, can you please stop by the nomination and clarify precisely which hook or hooks you were approving? When there are multiple hooks, it's important to state which ones are valid and which ones do not meet the requirements. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:06, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Josephine Brown

On 5 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Josephine Brown, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Josephine Brown and Susan Paul were the first African American women biographers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josephine Brown. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:47, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for John C. Bowers

On 6 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John C. Bowers, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John C. Bowers (pictured) was a founder of the first African-American Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John C. Bowers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

v/r - T P 02:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC) 02:12, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue IV, April 2014
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Belgium report: Meeting EU policy group; Seminar World Book and Copyright Day Germany report: "Coding da Vinci" - an open culture star is born! Ireland report: Clontarf 1000 - Easter Saturday edit-a-thon in Dublin Netherlands report: GLAMwiki Toolset workshop; Wikidata workshop; War Memorials; WiRs Sweden report: Umeå, literature, sami life and central museums, they all #JoinUs UK report: Art, Tanks and WIRs USA report: Wikimedia Activities in the U.S. Special story: Wiki Edit-a-thon Handbook Open Access report: Wikipedia-based altmetrics; Barriers to reuse of OA materials Calendar: May's GLAM events
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DYK for Madeleine M. Joullié

On 19 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Madeleine M. Joullié, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that chemist Madeleine M. Joullié developed indanediones, used by the U.S. Secret Service to detect fingerprints? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Madeleine M. Joullié. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:33, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue V, May 2014
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Australia and New Zealand report: Libraries' support continues and strengthens Czech Republic report: Workshop in Seifhennersdorf‎; WikiTown Přibyslav Germany report: GLAM on Tour touring; WMDE Data fueling station Hungary report: QRpedia projects in Hungary Italy report: Wikipedian in Residence and Open Data Government Hackathon Mexico report: Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art donates 357 photos; partnership with Museo Soumaya; Iberocoop edit-a-thon Netherlands report: Libraries; Wikidata & DBpedia; Wikipedians in Residence; Open Culture Data Norway report: 2 x GLAM edit-a-thons Sweden report: Award, competitions and Coat of Arms UK report: No trouble at t'mill; Assisting Metropolitan Police with image licensing enquiries; Wikimania is coming USA report: New Edit-a-thons; GLAM at Wikiconference USA; Activities in New York City Open Access report: WikiProject Open Access launched on the English Wikisource Calendar: June's GLAM events
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CHF talk at WikiConUSA

Very interesting talk at WikiConUSA today about CHF. I've been meaning to get involved with the WikiProject Philadelphia meetups and GLAM Café meetups, maybe I'll go to the one on June 10th! -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:04, 31 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

That would be great! The next GLAM Café is on June 10. There'll be a GIS workshop from 5.30-6.00, as well as the usual meet-and-greet and open editing. We'll also be promoting the upcoming GLAM Day Out event for June 26.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 10:49, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Four more cakes!

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 03:01, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

Hi Mary! I'm really looking forward to the GLAM Day Out. Thank you for scheduling a Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon as one of the days events. At WikiConference USA, we held a Un-conference session discussing the future of WikiLGBT and made plans to create a list of founding members and begin the process of applying for Usergroup status. We have already had more than the 3 person minimum to form a usergroup, but would also welcome your support were you interested in helping form this Usergroup. meta:Talk:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal#Sign on to be a Founding Member of a WikiLGBT Usergroup See you soon! OR drohowa (talk) 17:51, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Mary, thank you for supporting this month's Wiki Loves Pride campaign. You went above and beyond with the event you hosted in Philadelphia. Also, thank you for adding the results of the event to the Wiki Loves Pride Results page. If you want to add a short blurb under the Philadelphia section towards the top, that would be wonderful, otherwise I can try to put a short report together from afar. Please know how much your assistance is appreciated. --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:44, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Gleason

Thanks so much for helping on Jean Berko Gleason. It's been a real adventure as you can see. I still have a few corrections that I received from psycholinguists by email -- it takes a lot of concentration to integrate them, but I hope you'll be able to give the article a good readthrough when I'm done, which I hope will be in the next 24-48 hours. Article could also use a lot more wikilinking. EEng (talk) 06:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Continued thanks! EEng (talk) 04:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue VI, June 2014
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Belgium report: Bouchout Declaration on Open Access to Biodiversity data; Virtual collaboration in the government France report: Round table in Brussels; Video at Sèvres; 70th anniversary of the D-Day Germany report: Exhibition photography Mexico report: Edit-a-thon of Museo Soumaya; simulthaneous edit-a-thon in Argentina, Mexico and Spain about Spanish Exile; new cultural partner of Wikimedia México Netherlands report: Music edit-a-thon; Library workshops; Videos, maps and Japanese art donations; Wiki Loves Earth Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments is being prepared for Sweden UK report: Free Culture; Image releases USA report: A GLAM Day Out! in Philadelphia; Local History at the Local Library Wikimania report: GLAM presentations at Wikimania Open Access report: Open biodiversity data; Automated import of scholarly journal articles into Wikisource Calendar: July's GLAM events
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DYK nomination of Anna Crusis Women's Choir

Hello! Your submission of Anna Crusis Women's Choir at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:20, 16 July 2014 (UTC) Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:20, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Anna Crusis Women's Choir

On 17 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anna Crusis Women's Choir, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Anna Crusis Women's Choir is the oldest feminist choir in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Crusis Women's Choir. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 04:38, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: July 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue VII, July 2014
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France report: Mass-upload Germany report: Exhibition photography Italy report: Reaching museums' national associations Netherlands report: Expedition Wikipedia content donations and course; Naturalis; GLAMwiki Toolset Workshop Sweden report: Slow summer in Sweden UK report: Skye boat song, tanks, feminist film, surgery for skeptics and survey results USA report: New York City Report Open Access report: JATS 4 Reuse; Automated import into Wikisource and Commons Calendar: August's GLAM events
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DYK for Bryn Mawr College Deanery

On 15 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bryn Mawr College Deanery, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the floors of the vestibule of the Bryn Mawr College Deanery (pictured) were designed by Henry Chapman Mercer from a 14th-century British design? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bryn Mawr College Deanery. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:26, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Women writers Invitation

Hello Mary Mark Ockerbloom/Archive 2! Thank you for your contributions to articles related to Women writers. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject Women writers, a WikiProject aimed at improving the quality of articles about women writers on Wikipedia.

If you would like to participate, please visit the WikiProject Women writers page for more information. Feel free to sign your name under "Members". I look forward to your involvement!

Patricia Aufderheide

Thanks for your work on the Patricia Aufderheide article. It was an easy call for me to undo the BLPPROD since there now are plenty of references. EdJohnston (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: August 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue VIII, August 2014
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France report: Subtitling, Presenting, Flying Germany report: GLAM at Wikimania Mexico report: Wikipedia goes to Tlatelolco and Colmex Netherlands report: Content donations; Project Nature; GLAMwiki 2015; Meetup the Bonnefantenmuseum Sweden report: #Dåochnu, Wikimania; members meeting UK report: Wikimania and more Open Access report: Open Access at Wikimania; Citathon Calendar: September's GLAM events
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Pigsonthewing at Royal Society of Chemistry

MMO,

Not sure if you've run into this news, but User:Pigsonthewing will be serving as WiR at the Royal Society of Chemistry. I'll suggest that you and he discuss possible joint projects, or at least how not to get in each other's way.

As always,

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:49, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Landau bldg picture

Does this look ok? The building is surrounded by other buildings and trees so I thought a picture with the name would be good. --Erp (talk) 13:23, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! This is great. It's nice seeing the full name on the building.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:36, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Editathon at Chemical Heritage Foundation

Hi Mary Mark, Greetings! My name is María, I am community liaison of Learning & Evaluation team at Wikimedia Foundation. A few weeks ago, we launched Round II of Data Collection, an initiative that started last year and seeks to collect data of all Wikimedia programs, all over the world. We want to be able to build a bird's eye view of programs, and for that, we need program and project leaders help. I write to you know regarding the editathon you coordinated at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, on Sept 27, 2013, in Philadelphia. I mined some data you published on the event page, but I still have some questions. Could you please get back to me about this on my talk page? Thanks for your time! MCruz (WMF) (talk) 16:15, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Mail

Hi,

Did you get my mail? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Nudge. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:29, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Ralph Landau

This Month in GLAM: September 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue IX, September 2014
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From the team: GLAMout global Africa report: Uganda Museum Austria report: Open Science aboard the MS Wissenschaft in Vienna Belgium report: Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg France report: National archives upload Germany report: World Café; GLAM on Tour; Museum für Naturkunde releases 15 million insect items; MS Wissenschaft Italy report: A new Wikipedian in Residence; Lyon Declaration Mexico report: 50 hours of art in Wikipedia Netherlands report: Atlas Ortelius Norway report: The National Library of Oslo Spain report: Edit-a-thon at Biblioteca Nacional; Wiki Loves Monuments Sweden report: From industrial sound to books and libraries UK report: September, a month for the Arts USA report: News from Philadelphia & New York City Special story: Identifying images from Commons found in the wild Open Access report: Open Access Reader; New Topic Page; Open Access File of the Day suspended Calendar: October's GLAM events
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Soliciting Feedback for Art+Feminism grants

Hi Mary Mark Ockerbloom, we are laying plans for the 2015 Art+Feminism editathon. As part of this process we have written two linked PEG and IEG grants. We have given extensive community notice, but haven’t generated substantial feedback. As one of the Satellite Event organizers we would really like your feedback, comments and questions, and if you support the grants, your endorsement of one or both of them. Additionally, we have confirmed International Women's Day, March 8th 2015 as the date of the international editathon. We hope you will be able to participate, as an organizer, facilitator, or participant. On behalf of my co-organizers. --Theredproject (talk) 21:19, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Louise Pearce

On 20 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Louise Pearce, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1920 Louise Pearce tested a cure for the fatal epidemic of African sleeping sickness in the Belgian Congo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louise Pearce. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:28, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Please see

When women stopped coding. Sounds like an editathon. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ralph Landau

On 24 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Landau, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ralph Landau, a chemical engineer and economist, formulated the concept of technology as capital? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ralph Landau. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:29, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia instruction books

Here are the two best books to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia:

Ayers, Phoebe; Matthews, Charles; Yates, Ben (2008). How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593271763. is a how-to reference for using and contributing to Wikipedia, targeted at "students, professors, and everyday experts and fans". It offers specific sections for teachers, reusers, and researchers.^[1]

Broughton, John (2008). Wikipedia – The Missing Manual. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596521745. is a how-to guide that explains the process of contributing to Wikipedia.^[2]

These two books should be in the CHF library.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:00, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

^ Book review in the Sacramento Book Review, Vol. 1 Iss. 2, October, 2008, p.19.
^ "The Charms of Wikipedia", a review by Nicholson Baker, The New York Review of Books, Volume 55, No. 4, March 20, 2008.

GLAM Cafe ad

Can you help me with an ad for the GLAM Cafe, emphasizing Wikipedians, for entry Friday morning in the University Review/Center city Review?--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:34, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Phuti Mahanyele

On 5 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Phuti Mahanyele, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Phuti Mahanyele was chosen as ForbesWoman Africa Business Woman of the Year in 2014? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Phuti Mahanyele. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Another photo

Do you have another photo of George Whitesides. perhaps a tighter shot? I've put in 3 external videos in his article and it needs a headerimage. I couldn't find anything super great on soft robots, however. If you come across anything like that please let me know. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:38, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Sure, here are some more. The head shot is taken from the first podium shot.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:56, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

George Whitesides (2010)
George Whitesides (2010)
George Whitesides (2010)

Beautiful, and fast! See George_M._Whitesides#Current_research

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 17:14, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

No problem, I just happened to have some ready to go! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:23, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: October 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue X, October 2014
Headlines
Australia and New Zealand report: National Library Conference; Feminist Art Edit-a-thon Finland report: Edit-a-thon Course "Bring Culture to Wikipedia" France report: Edit-a-thon & Mass upload Germany report: GLAM on tour Sauerland; WMDE World Café at the Conference of National Cultural Institutions Italy report: War Books; EAGLE project; National Library Conference Netherlands report: Images donated by Nijmegen municipality archive; World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Europeana Task Force UK report: The breadth of UK GLAM work: chemistry, ballet, tanks and more USA report: News from Philadelphia & New York City Open Access report: Open Access Week; peer-reviewed OA journal publishes Wikipedia article Calendar: November's GLAM events
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Mary Wollstonecraft Award

		Mary Wollstonecraft Award
		The Mary Wollstonecraft Award is awarded to contributors who have helped improve the coverage of women writers and their work on Wikipedia through content contributions, outreach, community changes and related actions. In particular, thank you for your efforts with the WikiProject Women writers start-up; your ideas and contributions are much appreciated. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:10, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Elaine Surick Oran

Hello! Your submission of Elaine Surick Oran at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: November 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue XI, November 2014
Headlines
Australia and New Zealand report: ALIA partnership goes countrywide Belgium report: Workshops for collection holders across Europe; Founding event of Wikimedia Belgium; Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg; Plantin-Moretus Museum; Edit-a-thon at faculty library in Ghent University; Image donation UGentMemorie; Upcoming activities France report: Wiki Loves Monuments; mass upload; Musée de Bretagne Germany report: Facts, fun and free content Ireland report: Ada Lovelace day in Dublin Italy report: National Library Conference; Wiki Loves Monuments; Archaeological Open Data; BEIC Netherlands report: Video challenge; Wikidata workshop and hackathon; Wikipedia courses in libraries; WWII editathon Norway report: Edit-a-thon far north at the Museum of Nordland (Nordlandsmuseet) Spain report: Picasso, first Galipedia edit-a-thon, course in Biblioteca Reina Sofía and free portraits South Africa report: Wiki Loves GLAMs, Cape Town Sweden report: Use, reuse and contributions back and forth UK report: Medals, maps and multilingual marvels Special story: ORCID identifiers Open Access report: Open proposal: Wikidata for Research; Open Access signalling Tool testing report: Tools for references, images, video, file usage; Popular Pages Calendar: December's GLAM events
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I am looking

for a good source to document that Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Fountain of El Dorado ended up in Lima, Peru ? The best I can do is talk about its "deteriorating condition" while still in California. It is an interesting work, I have several good descriptions of it from that time (1915ish) so might do a short stub on it. But I wish to settle the Peru Connection (sounds like the New Jason Bourne book) before trying it. So any ideas are welcome, Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:06, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye out for anything I can find as I go through the page, check information, and add citations. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:31, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

I did just find this in the Archives of American Art, "Three Figure Fountain (Replica of Whitney Fountain, Lima, Peru), 1922-1924" which is good enough for me to figure whoever the reference is by got his or her Whitney fountains mixed up. I'm going to cut & paste it to the talk page. Carptrash (talk) 18:35, 27 December 2014 (UTC)