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The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013[edit]
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The Center Line: Spring 2013[edit]
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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, May 11![edit]
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 23:01, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: April 2013[edit]
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DC WikiSalon on May 24[edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 18:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013[edit]
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Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library![edit]
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Hi FloNight! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:32, 23 May 2013 (UTC) |
Wikimeetup Kentucky? Join us at THATCamp KY, June 1-2, 2013[edit]
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| Hi FloNight! I'm helping to organize THATCamp Kentucky - June 1 & 2 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Take a look at the Tentative Schedule. Let's get together in person to work on Kentucky-related wikipedia pages, what do you say? If you have any questions, please email the THATCamp KY Organizer, Lee Skallerup Bessette (Morehead State University, @readywriting) at thatcampky@gmail.com. Please sign up to participate Wikimeetup Kentucky. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! Randolph.hollingsworth (talk) 14:48, 23 May 2013 (UTC) | |
Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)[edit]
Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!
On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.
Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.
If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to pmhmeet@gmail.com. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:41, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library![edit]
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Invitation to a Wicnic in Gainesville on Saturday, June 22nd[edit]
Greetings!
Seeing that you're a member of WikiProject Florida, on the off chance you're in our neck of the woods, I'm inviting you to the North Central Florida 2013 Great American Wiknic that will be on Saturday June 22, 2013, commencing at 1:00 pm, ten blocks north of UF campus in Gainesville.
If you're able and inclined to come, please RSVP at at this URL.
Type to you later, Vincent J. Lipsio (talk) 12:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
DC WikiSalon on June 6[edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:46, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Have time on Saturday?[edit]
I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.
I hope to see you there!
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Harej (talk) 04:35, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: May 2013[edit]
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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, June 15![edit]
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 20:08, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
File:Group B Strep.jpg listed for deletion[edit]
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Group B Strep.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:24, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library now offering accounts from Cochrane Collaboration (sign up!)[edit]
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- Cochrane Collaboration is an independent medical nonprofit organization that conducts systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health-care interventions, which it then publishes in the Cochrane Library.
- Cochrane has generously agreed to give free, full-access accounts to 100 medical editors. Individual access would otherwise cost between $300 and $800 per account.
- If you are still active as a medical editor, come and sign up :)
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Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic![edit]
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013[edit]
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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13![edit]
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 00:41, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: June 2013[edit]
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You're Invited: Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian[edit]
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013[edit]
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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24![edit]
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
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The Center Line: Summer 2013[edit]
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Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon![edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:58, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013[edit]
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Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14![edit]
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon![edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 15:15, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2013[edit]
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election[edit]
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Kirill [talk] 17:59, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon![edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 06:12, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013[edit]
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Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon![edit]
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!
Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.
If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 02:29, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
FDC query[edit]
I thought I should take a look at the FDC proposals. I'll try to read them all completely, then offer some thoughts, but I have an initial question.
Do you know if anyone have pulled all the numbers in the proposals into a spreadsheet? I'm trying to look at some metrics so starting to create my own. It won't be that hard, but if someone has already doe it, I could save some time.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:45, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, we have a really complicated spreadsheet with loads of data in it. I'm not sure that it is in a format that can be shared, though. It is not complete yet, and that might cause some angst. I'm check and see, and then get back with you right away. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 19:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
- Don't go to too much trouble. I'll share my preliminary concerns, just in case you have any observations. I notice that some of the requests are for a substantial portion of their entire budget. My preliminary thinking is that I would be much happier if the chapter was raising a meaningful proportion of their total funding plans. I haven't fully thought through what the reasonable ratio should be, but some of the requests are upwards of 90% of the total funding. I thought it might be useful to look at a few metrics:
- Requested funding as ratio to total funding
- Requested funding per member
- Requested funding as a ratio to prior year's funding (I know you already look at this, and there are some understandable exceptions, however, it might be useful to see a table or graphic with a summary across requests) A surprising number are in excess of the "expected" maximum.
- Thanks for your suggestions. I'm pleased to see you looking over the proposals. Jessie Wild of Learning and Evaluation Program is working on getting the data in a spreadsheet for us. Right now it is a "living document" and not fully complete. She has several graphs and charts included. I remember that she included that data about members and editors and has a place for looking at the ratio but its not completed yet. We also have some graphs related to funding from last year to this year.
- I agree with you that a surprising number of proposals go above the amount of growth that is indicated that we will fund. We tend to evaluate the smaller chapters who are doing there initial hiring and furnishing an office differently than more mature organizations. There is going to be a big bump with the first hiring of full time staff. We also are closing looking at the amount of unused funds from last year. It is pretty common for chapters to over estimate there ability to get staff hired and programs up and running. We encourage them to be modest in there planning along these lines.
- I'll let you know when I hear back from Katie Love, Jessie, and the rest of the committee about when we can share the spreadsheets. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 21:37, 17 October 2013 (UTC)(Sydney Poore)
- I'm on board that startups need to be evaluated differently than established chapters. One of my concerns arising from a technical term in finance called off-balance. It is not exactly on-point, but close enough. I don't know the aggregate funding availability, and it is possible you anticipated this, but I'll explain. If your guideline for growth is 20% because you expect to have 20% more fund to disperse, you might think you are in fine shape. Some will be a little below, you can always limit them to 20%, and if a few are a little over, you may have enough due to a few coming in below. However, a problem occurs if potential recipients rarely come in below the limit (why should they), and then there are a few that are well above for legitimate reasons. Every funding request may seem reasonable, yet the aggregate might be more than is available. Again, I do not know the aggregate availability, and you might have some flexibility, but some of the request over the guideline seemed plausible, and I had noticed many far below, so I wondered how the aggregate numbers stacked up. That's one reason for wanting a spreadsheet, to see how the aggregates turn out. My apologies if I'm explaining things that are obvious to you; I don't know you and this may be second nature to you.
- Don't go to too much trouble. I'll share my preliminary concerns, just in case you have any observations. I notice that some of the requests are for a substantial portion of their entire budget. My preliminary thinking is that I would be much happier if the chapter was raising a meaningful proportion of their total funding plans. I haven't fully thought through what the reasonable ratio should be, but some of the requests are upwards of 90% of the total funding. I thought it might be useful to look at a few metrics:
- My preliminary reactions are generally positive. There are a lot of interesting initiatives, both completed and planned. I hope the chapters are reading each others proposals. For example, I noted one chapter has a plan to do a major project on World War I and a different one have an initiative to do something related to World War II. They obviously should talk. I also note that some present financials using Wikitables and some use google.docs. I think google.docs is a good plan; it might allow some of the newer chapters to borrow formats from the established ones. There might even be advantages to coming up with a superset, which might allow aggregations to be calculated, if they have any value.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:33, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
- I heard back from Katie Love that data will be put out to the public next week. I'll let you know where to find it.
- My preliminary reactions are generally positive. There are a lot of interesting initiatives, both completed and planned. I hope the chapters are reading each others proposals. For example, I noted one chapter has a plan to do a major project on World War I and a different one have an initiative to do something related to World War II. They obviously should talk. I also note that some present financials using Wikitables and some use google.docs. I think google.docs is a good plan; it might allow some of the newer chapters to borrow formats from the established ones. There might even be advantages to coming up with a superset, which might allow aggregations to be calculated, if they have any value.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:33, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
- I agree that sharing ideas between chapters will benefit everyone. We're encouraging people to talk about their failures as well as their successes. There is informal sharing happening. But there is also going to be more chances for organizations to share at international events like Wikimania and the Chapters Meeting. Additionally by requiring organizations to publicly state their programs and link them to goals, everyone can learn from each other. It is impressive to me to see the different types of projects! FloNight♥♥♥♥ 00:53, 19 October 2013 (UTC) (Sydney Poore)
I did two crude analyses.
I haven’t yet used these to ask any questions on the specific proposals for two reasons:
- There may be flaws in my assumptions, so I would like to see if you have any reactions before I ask questions at the specific proposals
- My observations so far aren’t on the specific merits of any individual proposal, but a review of how they stack up against each other, so it may be difficult for respondents, who may be familiar with their own, proposal, but not the others, to comment.
My first analysis was to look at the funding request as a ratio to the number of members. The obvious potential flaw is that membership counts may not be comparable. I don’t know enough about the respective chapters’ membership criteria, but hypothetically, if one chapter required non-trivial, while another signed up anyone who asked, the counts would not be on the same basis. I don’t know whether there is anyone who can adjust for this, but I’ll present my observations. My goal isn’t to identify a metric that can be used to reduce or increase funding amounts. Instead, I hope this can be used to identify some questions worth asking.
The data is at Google doc spreadsheet
In the FDC/Member chart, Israel sticks out. The amount per member is more than 3 times the next highest amount. Is there some reason to think that Israel has an artificially low number of members? The average funding request (in USD) is 705. That might be artificially low due to the high membership of Deutschland, but the median funding request is 2131. What about the planned programs of Israel justices a funding level five times the median funding request?
The extreme of Israel shouldn’t hide the questions for WMUK and Argentina, both with requests well above the averages and median. I know WMUK has a great track record for projects, but they also have a better opportunity for outside funding than many other chapters. Argentina is in a different situation, but the third highest funding request (as a ratio to members) deserves some questions. The other metric I looked at was ratio of FDC request to total budget. Leverage is something all chapters should be seriously pursuing. In fact, one can argue that Wikimedia is built on leverage, persuading literally millions of people to donate free time to build an encyclopedia and other deliverables, while requiring an amazing model amount of cash for certain activities. That concept should carry down to the chapters, who should ask for some amount of funding from the FDC, but expected to leverage that funding in several ways:
- Direct donations from members
- Corporate and institutional funding
- In-kind contributions
I don’t know that the FDC has the stomach or the option for concepts such as challenge grants, as used by public broadcasting funding pleas. I understand the planning challenges created, however, in some cases, the chapter is looking to the FDC for almost all funding. Six of the chapters are looking to the FDC for more than 80% of their total funding with two above 99%. While Serbia explained the cultural challenges leading to this ratio, it seems difficult to imagine that several chapters are saying they are unable to raise one tenth their desired funds on their own. I don’t wish to use this crude metric as a club, that is, I wouldn’t propose a rule that says the funding cannot exceed x% of the total, but I think it would be worth serious discussions with the chapters about alternative funding options.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
- I definitely think you are on the right track with your analysis. From my perspective, unless the chapter can show that the funds are being used on a project that directly benefits the Wikimedia movement as a whole, the chapter needs to be utilizing other local funding sources, too. Every situation is going to be different, and some chapters just beginning to professionalize may not be able to do it early on if their first hire is not an experienced fundraiser.
- The FDC's general guidance to all chapters last year recommended seeking alternative sources of funding, in kind gift, and using shared office space or staff as ways to be good stewards of the funds. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round2#Appropriate_and_diverse_funding_sources_.28Project_grants_versus_FDC_annual_plan_funding.29
- I can only speak for myself for now, but I think FDC will continue to move towards not being the primary source of funding for organizations. This would be especially true for those located in the wealthiest regions.
- Again, thank you for you thoughts. I'm sure the chapters appreciate you reading the proposals. It is not a small task to write them, especially for the smaller chapters that have minimal staff. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 19:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC) (Sydney Poore)
- That's an excellent point, that funding is more justifiable if the project has broader implications than just local. I agree with you that local wealth is relevant. I note that Germany is probably the wealthiest country, and has both the lowest funding ratio and the lowest per member, so that works out.
- Again, thank you for you thoughts. I'm sure the chapters appreciate you reading the proposals. It is not a small task to write them, especially for the smaller chapters that have minimal staff. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 19:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC) (Sydney Poore)
- In terms of benefiting the whole community, one of the programs that particularly intrigued me is the Wikipedia in jail program of the Swiss Chapter. I saw a rough proposal on en.Wiki in the last year. It met opposition, but I think it is worth pursuing. If it surfaces again on en.wiki, it will help to point out that another chapter has had success.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:48, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013[edit]
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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter[edit]
Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...
New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian
Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration
Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 20:11, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia LGBT[edit]
I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. Best, --Another Believer (Talk) 20:08, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: October 2013[edit]
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The Center Line: Fall 2013[edit]
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The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013[edit]
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The Wikipedia Library Survey[edit]
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 14:56, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: November 2013[edit]
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The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013[edit]
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Business Insider[edit]
I recently came across an article in Business Insider, which claims that you said "getting paid to write a Wikipedia article is a violation of Wikipedia’s terms." I thought, hey that's weird, actually about 10-15 percent of our GA company articles I wrote personally for pay and I find that the community is equally supportive of my paid and volunteer contributions. And with the Wiki-PR bit it was mis-representing their affiliation (also against FTC astroturfing laws) that violate Wikipedia's terms of service; not the financial connection itself but lying about it.
I don't mean to come off as a snarky, smart-ass - I guess I just couldn't help myself but jump at it and go "well, that's not quite right." CorporateM (Talk) 14:38, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for inquiring. Business Insider took my comment out of context. My interview was about how Wikipedia detects paid editing that violates policy and guidelines, and terms of use. We spoke of the various ways that "paid editing" can led to violations of policy, guidelines, and terms of use. The emphasis was on the negative side of "paid editing." The questions were about the way that we deal with the violations. Sydney Poore FloNight♥♥♥♥ 15:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yah, each time I talk to a reporter, I end up feeling like "hey that's not what I meant!" but I guess I am not very eloquent and usually leave them confused. CorporateM (Talk) 15:22, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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Meetups coming up in DC![edit]
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I hope to see you there!
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Note, mentioned you at SPI talk page[edit]
I've mentioned you at Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations#Sockmaster_Kalki_going_for_sysop_at_en.wikiquote.
Hope you're doing well lately,
— Cirt (talk) 17:09, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Coming up in February![edit]
Hello there!
Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?
Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.
If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.
Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
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Women's History Month: Come join us![edit]
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DC Meetups in March[edit]
Happy March!
Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.
Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:
- Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
- March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
- Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!
We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.
— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
WikiMeetUpKY with THATCampKY 2014?[edit]
Hi Flo! Several of us are talking about getting a new THATCampKY together again this summer - want to join in and plan a WikiMeetUp too? Randolph.hollingsworth (talk) 02:54, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- Replied on Randolph's talk page.
This Month in GLAM: February 2014[edit]
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Thanks[edit]
For replacing patient with women or person in the eclampsia article. :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:30, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
An exciting month of wiki events![edit]
Hello there,
I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
All the best,
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Deletion of Robert Sayre article[edit]
The article you deleted (and replaced with a redirect) had been on Wikipedia for five years. I disagree with your decision to unilaterally wipe it out without an RfD vote. Sayre is notable by virtue of his co-authorship of the Atom standard, an important and widely adopted technical standard in the syndication community, and none of the personal information in the article was controversial. As someone who wants to see better encyclopedia entries for the authors of popular Internet standards on Wikipedia, I don't see why Sayre's entry should have been wiped out in its entirety instead of improved. Also, you said on my Talk page that we need to be cautious about not invading the subject's privacy with things that are private information. I agree with this, but there was nothing in the entry of that nature. Looking at caches from other sites, I see one thing about a personal health battle overcome in childhood, but I think that was cited from Sayre's own writings from his blog on Mozilla. Peterkiesler (talk) 00:49, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- I've added more thoughts on my Talk page in response to yours. If you want to discuss it further, that's probably the best place. Peterkiesler (talk) 02:12, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Since we've discussed this, you can delete this from your Talk page if you like. Peterkiesler (talk) 00:18, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Compensation[edit]
Is it publicly disclosed anywhere how much you will be compensated for the WiR program with Cochrane? If not, is this something that you would personally disclose? - 2001:558:1400:10:4D4F:DD4B:A6F3:7A90 (talk) 14:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, it was published with the initial posting of the job. I have the link on my user page but for your convience I'll add it here, too. Wikipedia:Cochrane/Wikipedian in Residence The position receives a stipend of $6,500 for 6 months of part time remote work. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 14:43, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Depending on how "part" is the "part time", that seems like a dreadfully meager stipend. I wish you luck in advancing factual information on Wikipedia, regardless. Eventually, we'll see corporate (business) WiR programs, and then we'll finally have some balance on the subjects of corporations (which, to my eye, seem to bias too heavily toward petty criticisms of product or service minutiae). - 2001:558:1400:10:4D4F:DD4B:A6F3:7A90 (talk) 14:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Congrats![edit]
Just stopping by to say congratulations on the residency. That's awesome. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 01:47, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm sorry I'm just hearing about this now (I was away for the last couple months) but this is fantastic news. Congrats! Kidzangi (talk) 03:47, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello from Wikimed at Sinai[edit]
Please see our course page. Thanks! Salubrious Toxin (talk) 20:24, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hi :-) It is nice to meet you. I'll check out your course page. Let me know if I can be of any help to you. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 20:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi[edit]
Great to see you again in NY. I had no idea you had the Cochrane connection - I just sent you an email related to Cochrane.--S Philbrick(Talk) 01:07, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Cervix - in particular Cervical screening[edit]
Sydney, I somehow ended up working on cervix, which is good as there is a bit of a vibrant collaboration happening. It only has rudimentary information on cervical screening. There is a pre-FAC peer review in progress at Wikipedia:Peer review/Cervix/archive1 - feel free to comment and have a look at the article and check and cochranise sources :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:12, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Cas,
HI[edit]
Hi Sydney! My best wishes on your new position at the Cochrane Library! I Just wanted to introduce myself as another Wikipedian-in-Residence! :) Where is the best page to find recent updates about the project? Yours, OR drohowa (talk) 19:44, 26 July 2014 (UTC) (email me at dorohoward@gmail.com if you want to talk more!)
David Baker[edit]
Hi I have added my full name and brief description of who and what I am. Plus a disclaimer. My plan with the Restless Leg article is not to edit it myself but to ask a well known and respected physician to add the text so it is coming from a credible source. My task is to figure out how to do it and make sure we go through the right channels and maintain the integrity of Wikipedia. All the best David --98.189.164.60 (talk) 18:02, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Task List[edit]
Glad you liked the task list instructions Sydney. Was just mainly repeating what you all keep saying. amosabo t@lk; 13:09, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Also thank you very much for the edit-a-thon link it has proved most helpful. amosabo t@lk; 13:40, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi[edit]
hey just came to drop in Hi & check talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jainvaibhav1307 (talk • contribs) 05:25, 21 September 2014 (UTC) --Jainvaibhav1307 (talk) 05:27, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
WikiData[edit]
Hey Sidney, I just had a brainwave while working on a presentation. Would it be useful to link Cochrane reviews to clinical items on Wikidata? This would massively improve accessibility and would be easy to update whenever a new version of a review appears. JFW | T@lk 11:54, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
- @ User:Jfdwolff Hi Jacob, that sounds like an interesting idea. Could you give me a specific example about how it will work? Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 18:29, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Give me a link?[edit]
Hey Sydney,
At this point, the article's hopeless, but I'm curious about the subject now. Can you give me a link to one of those many sources that talks about how a person develops epilepsy? A lay source is just fine, since that's what most of our readers will be looking at and therefore that's what our readers' expectations will be formed by. I haven't been able to find one. I can find plenty of sources that use the word "unknown" to describe the mechanism of epilepsy, and I find plenty of sources that talk about the well-understood mechanism of having a seizure. However, I find zero that identify a mechanism of getting epilepsy.
To be clear, I'm looking for a mechanism that can go in a section on the mechanism of epilepsy itself, not a section on the mechanism of having a seizure. (Act now, or someone will revert those links.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:49, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
FergusM1970[edit]
FergusM1970 writes here that you know "the articles [FergusM1970] was paid to edit." Is that true? When did he inform you of this? Were you aware that the Terms of Use, linked at the bottom of every page, says "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation?" Hipocrite (talk) 15:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- His statement on ANI was a bit disingenuous, no? Sorry for the formal tone above, he certainly implied he disclosed it to you well before today. Hipocrite (talk) 16:16, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- No problems, you were confused. And yes, it could be implied that I knew about it much longer. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 16:27, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Cochrane Collaboration[edit]
Hi Sydney,
I've just read that you're the Wikipedian in Residence at the Cochrane Collaboration - I don't know how I missed that, but belated congratulations! Since September, I've been Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry; see Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal Society of Chemistry for details. Do you have a page like that? I found Wikipedia:Cochrane/Wikipedian in Residence, but it's out of date.
We recently launched a Wikipedia Library donation: Wikipedia:RSC Gold which may be of interest to some of your collaborators; please let them know about it, and do let me kwow if you have any ideas on how we might collaboarate, or if I can help you in any way. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:24, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Did you know...[edit]
Did you know that you have your Internationalisation preference set to "She edits wiki pages" (yeah!), but you aren't a member of [[Category:Female_Wikipedians|Category:Female Wikipedians]]? I hope that you'll add yourself! Lightbreather (talk) 23:47, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only[edit]
Since WikiProject Women as proposed at the IdeaLab may take some time to realize, and based on a discussion on the proposal's talk page, I have started a test Kaffeeklatsch area for women (cisgender or trans-woman, regardless of sexual orientation) only. If interested, your participation would be most welcome. Lightbreather (talk) 19:38, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
Robert Sears (physician)[edit]
I've removed BullRangifer's reinsertion of the problematic material, but I've looked into the problematic section you removed. The "Consequences of epidemics" section directly connects Sears to the patient, but goes much farther by implying that Sears is responsible for the "epidemic" (since when is less than dozen people an epidemic anyways?). Aside from using Huffington Post comments - Sear's clearly gave context, the doctor is not liable for patient's parents who refuse. WebMd even has Sears suggesting the vaccine in the normal schedule and but advising to getting the first dose before the child enters daycare or school. CDC has some context on the timeline. All the background essentially points blame at Sears for it because the parents apparently did not want to get their child vaccinated (info is lacking here), but has no problem pointing it at Sears who is not even the sole pediatrician who cared for the child. It is not fit for a biography because it implies responsibility where he has none. It was a good removal. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 07:01, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- There seems to be a disconnect with some users about BLP - frankly - it is troubling and increasingly hostile. I am particularly concerned by Brangifer's actions and have warned him of the discretionary sanctions. The editors do not want to listen to someone who disagrees with them and while expected - spells a problem for the article's growth and neutral presentation. Any advice on how to proceed? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:21, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Yes. Stop pushing your unique version of BLP and listen to what multiple other editors are saying. --NeilN talk to me 15:37, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi ChrisGualtieri and NeilN|, I see that there is lively discussion on the talk page and the article is being heavily edited. I too have concerns that the article is an attack page and is highlighting his work in a negative light instead of giving a balance perspective. I have a few more thing to to do before I can give it some attention today. But I'll be sure to make a few comments on the talk page, and give you some suggestions about other ways to address the problem. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 15:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you. I'll await your comments. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:10, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- I'm am beginning to feel threatened by BullRangifer's talk post action which are deeply concerning because of this edit which includes:
Openness, honesty, and credibility are valued here, and it shouldn't be necessary to dig through your contribution history to find what's really happening on this page. When you finally delete it, it should be easy to find in your archives. I know there are devious editors who don't maintain faithful archives, and I hope you're not one of them.
is unacceptable following the editors conduct on that page and others as you just highlighted. I see this as an attempt to chill the discussion following numerous concerns and I am wondering if I need to go to AE over it. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)- Asks the editor who falsely accuses other editors of inserting defamatory material into articles? --NeilN talk to me 19:35, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Wow! And I thought we were all adults here. When an editor can't handle civil criticism from more experienced editors, we have a problem. Don't worry, I won't repeat that mistake with Chris. I wouldn't want to cause him unnecessary anguish.
- I wish he had held such concerns for my feelings when he very rudely made strong and repeated personal attacks on me in multiple venues and outright
lied"spoke untruths" about what I had written. He did it because his reading comprehension is sadly lacking, so I'll drop the "lie" part. That's a question of motive, so I'll just consider him misguided and rash. Although I called him on it, he's never apologized. -- Brangifer (talk) 19:52, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Asks the editor who falsely accuses other editors of inserting defamatory material into articles? --NeilN talk to me 19:35, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- I'm am beginning to feel threatened by BullRangifer's talk post action which are deeply concerning because of this edit which includes:
FloNight - I am being stalked and repeatedly harassed by NeilN. This editor refers to me warning a user named Cwobeel for edits which included restoring "He is of racist persuation and wanted to have the police officer not prosecuted at all, so he deliberately presented a false witness to the Grand Jury (witness #40) whom he knew in advance was not there and was lying. This carries a mandatory disbarment as per the Missouri bar. McCullough is proud of his lies and openly incriminated himself by admitting this."
to the lead of Robert P. McCulloch (prosecutor). I recently took Cwobeel to Arbitration Enforcement on a different matter and he was blocked and sanctioned with a restriction.[1] Sorry this drama came to your stoop, but NeilN's rhetoric is not helping. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:48, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Bit more to it than that, isn't there Chris? Happy to provide diffs showing your attempts to chill discussion to FloNight if needed. Ironically, one of them will be you removing her post saying it was a BLP violation. --NeilN talk to me 19:58, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Ugh - This is not worth the headache - this sounds like the fuss of Guerillo courtesy blanking the GG case. I did not say FloNight made a BLP violation, I removed it from the talk page because it implies Sears is responsible for the "epidemic" of 11 cases and has been repeatedly reinserted back into the article against WP:BLP. This TV-fueled drama blunts the senses and reduces civility. Next it will be arguing that Putin has Asperger's and autism.... FloNight, sorry, but I'm staying out of this sphere of drama. I've received personal attacks and I'm not up for getting any more death threats. The foundation knows about the last one, so I'm staying out of this. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- OMG! Seriously. We have something in common. My death threats, and threats against my children, came after I unwisely shared some content from a book I was writing about chiropractic. Their threats were very plain, and my life has been totally uprooted since then. The threats got even worse during my ArbCom proceedings. (I was vindicated and my opposer was indeffed by the community.) Chris, you have my sympathies. -- Brangifer (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Replying to Rangi on talk. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:59, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- OMG! Seriously. We have something in common. My death threats, and threats against my children, came after I unwisely shared some content from a book I was writing about chiropractic. Their threats were very plain, and my life has been totally uprooted since then. The threats got even worse during my ArbCom proceedings. (I was vindicated and my opposer was indeffed by the community.) Chris, you have my sympathies. -- Brangifer (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Ugh - This is not worth the headache - this sounds like the fuss of Guerillo courtesy blanking the GG case. I did not say FloNight made a BLP violation, I removed it from the talk page because it implies Sears is responsible for the "epidemic" of 11 cases and has been repeatedly reinserted back into the article against WP:BLP. This TV-fueled drama blunts the senses and reduces civility. Next it will be arguing that Putin has Asperger's and autism.... FloNight, sorry, but I'm staying out of this sphere of drama. I've received personal attacks and I'm not up for getting any more death threats. The foundation knows about the last one, so I'm staying out of this. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Cochrane table of reviews[edit]
Hi Sydney. I've got a version of the table up on my sandbox. What do you think? I'm maintaining it in a word doc table for now and can copy and paste it into the wiki editor from there without any changes. That way it's easier to maintain and make changes. Robbeigh (talk) 13:55, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- I've added the table to the project page. Can you remind me what our plans were for an extra column? It was something about allowing editors to flag up when they are using a certain review, or make a note of where the citation was placed. This might not be necessary.Robbeigh (talk) 15:12, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Kimberly Bryant (technologist)[edit]
Hello,
I wish to inform you that I have reviewed the above article you created, and it has been approved to appear on the Main page as an example of promising new work. Congratulations.
Georgejdorner (talk) 20:17, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
DYK for Kimberly Bryant (technologist)[edit]
 | On 6 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kimberly Bryant (technologist), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls Code, an organization that aims to teach one million African-American girls to code by 2040? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kimberly Bryant (technologist). 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. |
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Precious[edit]
health care
Thank you, Sydney, veteran editor with a "strong interest in health, health care and health policy", for quality articles on women and women's groups, such as Kimberly Bryant and Women's National War Relief Association, for welcoming "from WikiProject Med", for great images and nursing by support, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (22 July 2007: "If one proves weak who you fancied strong, or false who you fancied true", 15 October 2008)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, Gerda Arendt. I especially appreciate you noticing the many different ways that I contribute. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 13:37, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- You probably don't know that I recently described myself as a nurse, and mentioned the Nightingale award ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:24, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- A year ago, you were recipient no. 1156 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Smile again: nine years awesome! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
thanks for notice[edit]
I am very happy for your notice and respectFloNight. I also think that we can communicate more better through email for clarification.. nice too meet you again..--m,sharaf (talk) 17:58, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Industry funding and ghostwriting of sources[edit]
Hi Sydney, I meant to ping you about this, so I'm leaving this note instead. In case you'd like to comment, I've opened a discussion about the above at Wikipedia talk:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)#Industry funding and ghostwriting of sources, with a view to adding something to the guideline. Best, Sarah (SV) (talk) 22:11, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks[edit]
Hello, I really appreciated getting the opportunity to speak to you! Looking forward to more collaborations! Ongmianli (talk) 19:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
Re: Wiki Loves Pride[edit]
Sydney, thank you for the photographs you've uploaded from Lexington Pride. These are great! I did move your gallery from the Results page to the page you created for Lexington. This way we can show all images from the event on the Lexington page and just display a sample at the Results page. Again, these are just great. Thank you so much for contributing to Wiki Loves Pride. :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
Cochrane Collaboration meeting in Vienna, October 1st[edit]
Hi Sydney,
recently we skyped about the Cochrane Collaboration meeting in Vienna. Somebody (you?) reserved some time for a wikipedian pre-colloquium [2]. After our skype session, several people expressed their willingness to attend, but we need some details. Are you planning to give a speech, a workshop, or anything else? Do you want us to prepare something? What will be our objective? Please answer on our wikiproject's subpage, English is OK. Regards, --MBq (talk) 08:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Sydney, Hi James,
I've expanded our project page de:Wikipedia:Redaktion_Medizin/Cochrane_Collaboration with some background info for possible non-wikipedian reader, made it bilingual, and added some ideas for 'other' agenda items (we generated them after our Skype session). I've moved the discussion part to the talk page. Please have a look and feel free to correct, change, or delete. Regards, --MBq (talk) 14:25, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
JAMA review[edit]
Why was the JAMA review removed [3]? Have re added. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:32, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
WikiProject Women[edit]
Hi, I see you recently joined Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red. I've made a proposal to merge this project into Wikipedia:WikiProject Women at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red, so we can not only cover missing articles but focus on general quality of women's biographies. If interested please put your name down on the WP:Women page at the bottom.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:04, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Grace Marilynn James[edit]
FloNight, I wanted to thank you for your work on the article for Grace Marilynn James. You should consider nominating this article for inclusion in the Wikipedia:Did you know section of the Main Page. You can nominate this article at Template talk:Did you know. Please let me know or ping me if you need any assistance in doing so, as this would be a welcomed addition to DYK. Once again, congratulations on a job well done. -- West Virginian (talk) 15:37, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Harriet Gibbs Marshall[edit]
I think that another four sentences would get Harriet Gibbs Marshall to WP:DYK standard. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:05, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
User:FloNight/Carol Sutton[edit]
Hi there, I noticed that you created User:FloNight/Carol Sutton back in 2010 but Carol Sutton already exists. Would you mind merging the contents? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:25, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Sure, you can go ahead and merge it if it has useful information. 69.46.241.140 (talk) 19:30, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
WikiProject Women's health[edit]
Hi! Since you are a member of WikiProject Women's health, I would like to hear your input on a current proposal on the talk page. Thank you! Keilana (talk) 18:04, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
MOS:IDENTITY is being revisited: How should Wikipedia refer to transgender individuals before and after their transition?[edit]
You are being contacted because you contributed to a recent discussion of MOS:IDENTITY that closed with the recommendation that Wikipedia's policy on transgender individuals be revisited.
Two threads have been opened at the Village Pump:Policy. The first addresses how the Manual of Style should instruct editors to refer to transgender people in articles about themselves (which name, which pronoun, etc.). The second addresses how to instruct editors to refer to transgender people when they are mentioned in passing in other articles. Your participation is welcome. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:26, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
5 Million: We celebrate your contribution[edit]
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Chickie Williams[edit]
Remove redirect (blanking) doesn't solve the problem. The page should be removed (according to a procedure) or the link should be restored.Xx236 (talk) 07:12, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to the WikiProject Sanitation![edit]
Hi, welcome to the WikiProject Sanitation (https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sanitation), I am very chuffed that you put your name down as a member. Please contact me (either on my talk page or on the project's talk page) in case you have any questions at all about this project or suggestions to make. I see you are connected to Cochrane Reviews. Therefore, I invite you to please visit the talk page of the mass deworming article where we had lengthy discussions about a recent Cochrane Review on mass deworming... I think the jury is still out on that one. Anyway, great to "meet" you! Is your login name in any way connected to Florence Nightingale who did so much for public health promotion? EvMsmile (talk) 13:01, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks, EvMsmile. Yes, my user name is in honor of the nurse Florence Nightingale who did great work in the area of public health. :-) I'm at Public health meeting today in DC with Wikipedian and some health agencies folks.
- I'm glad to help with Sanitation content. Cochrane does work in this area and I has persona interest as a public health nurse. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 16:38, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Great! The Wikipedia pages on public health and on behavior change (public health) also need further improvements and references to sanitation and hygiene, I think. :-) EvMsmile (talk) 03:26, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Your draft article[edit]
I noticed you created the article User:FloNight/List of the first United States female state legislators as a draft. I recently began creating articles for some of the names on your list, such as Florence Wood Hanby and Minnie J. Grinstead. Would you be able to post your list as a live article? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for taking part in the Community Health learning campaign![edit]
Hi,
apologies for writing in English, if this is not your first language.
I want to thank you once more for engaging in conversation on the Community Health learning campaign. It took us a while, but we can finally announce the winner of the prize, as well as share the outcomes of this conversation.
- The winner of the Wikimania 2016 scholarship is Basak! Congratulate her on her Talk page!
- The analysis of the consultation can now be found on Commons. It was presented at Wikiconference USA 2015, together with a more extensive research project on Community Health.
You might also be interested in taking part in the 2015 Harassment consultation. This is the first of several planned consultations on this topic, intended to provide a place to discuss ideas, concerns, proposals and possible solutions regarding Wikimedia communities’ harassment-related challenges.
This conversation would not have been the same without you. If you have more ideas, or follow up comments on the findings of the campaign, don't hesitate to leave me a message my talk page.
Have a great day,
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Edit hashtags to measure the impact of editathons[edit]
Hi Sidney, thanks for your talk today. I wanted to share with you a proposal I think you might be interested in, aiming to facilitate the measurement of impact of initiatives like WikiProject Women. We'd love to hear your thoughts (cc Slaporte (talk · contribs)). --DarTar (talk) 22:43, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing it out. It sounds like an useful tool. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 22:51, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
A little help[edit]
Hi Sydney (and talk page stalkers). I've been writing an article with Staceydolxx on Angela Hartley Brodie, but seem to have got a little out of my depth. I'm not knowledgeable on medical topics or medical research, and am a little concerned that I might misrepresent her work. I don't suppose that you might be able to have a look over User:Worm That Turned/Angela Hartley Brodie at some point, feel free to make any edits you like, especially to the works section. I'm not precious at all. I'm planning to hist-merge my userspace draft into the main article on Tuesday, so that she will meet DYK criteria - I cannot think of many people more deserving of a front page mention. Thanks in advance, but don't worry if you don't have time! Dave WormTT(talk) 09:44, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Great to see that you are improving her article. I'll take a look to see if I see anything to change. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 22:11, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Serena Sinclair[edit]
Thanks for the heads-up that an article had been created under another name! One less article for me to create. :). Mabalu (talk) 23:11, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Glad to help. :-) Please add anything you know to the article. --Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 04:45, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello from Louisville's Art+Fem Project[edit]
Hi FloNight, thanks for adding your name to the Louisville Art+Feminism editathon page. I'm looking forward to working with you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saccarte (talk • contribs) 15:52, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
WiR[edit]
Hello Sydney
I have been wondering if you were still a WiR at Cochrane. Is that still the case ?
I was reading the applications forms we received as part of the Wiki Loves Women projects. We opened 4 positions for African editors or user groups to join for this liberation project. We got propositions from people and groups who are already rather active wikipedians, though not necessarily oldbies. Unless wrong, none of them have experience of what it is to be a WiR (and I take it that it encompasses pretty different roles depending on countries and organizations). In our case, the WiR will not be insiders in ONE organizations, but are largely tasked to start by identifying content partners. Then identify content that could be shared on wikimedia projects. And their role include probably way more training and outreach in the general public than most WiR in developped countries with good user base do. But still... I am not quite sure they really grasp what a liberation project is and what a WiR is. Would you be willing to help us coach them ? Maybe that would involve having a good chat with them on Skype, a couple of emails, pointing them to some resources. It is quite open. What I mostly would like to do is to make them feel what it could be, by sharing experience with other WiR. What do you think ? Anthere (talk) 08:10, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi @Anthere:, I'm interested in helping. I'm mentoring the WIR for Gender Equity at West Virginia University so have some idea of questions and issues when the WiR are new to wikimedia movement. I'm still at Cochrane. They are global so I'm used to working flexible hours. I'm on my phone now. When I'm on my laptop I'll give a more detailed response. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 16:04, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Anthere: I'm still interested to help them learn to be WiR. Are they selected yet? I have other questions about timelines and also metrics that will be used to evaluate their success. I know you are traveling now. But don't want to let this slide too long and get behind getting them off to a good start. So, let me know when would be a good time for us to chat. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 02:53, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- We sent a round of emails yesterday to our 4 favorite candidates and hope to set up interviews... well... on Friday when I am back :)
- I also contacted Wikimedia DE and Wikimedia FR to ask for their help for the mentoring (I dunno if "mentor" is better than "coach"... what would be the best term to use ?)
- I also drafted a google page on the matter yesterday to get the ball rolling. I send you the link. Do not hesitate to jump in !
- cheers Anthere (talk)
Wiki Loves Nigeria Writing Contest[edit]
Dear Sydney Poore, We WUGN, write to appreciate your good works in Wikimedia Foundation. We have sent you a mail via your google mail, inviting you to be one of the jurists for the selection of best 4 articles in our just concluded contest here. We will be glad to hear from you. Regards Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 13:51, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
•Hi @Olaniyan Olushola:, I'm happy to help jury articles in the contest. I looked but didn't see an email from you. Let me know next steps. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 15:52, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- I got the email... apparently they forgot to put you in copy of the email they sent you. I got it twice instead. Lol. Anthere (talk)
Page number[edit]
What page number supported this?
"An oral health assessment is carried out on a child before they reach the age of one in order to create an effective personal care plan and prevent caries from occurring in that child throughout later life. The oral health assessment should include checking the child’s history, a clinical examination, checking the risk of caries in the child including the state of their occlusion and assessing how well equipped the child’s carer or parent is to help the child prevent caries"[4]
Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:18, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Answered on the talk page of article to both you and Johngorman101. He is one of the editors from the new University of Dundee Oral Health Wikipedia Editing Group. They are beginning to edit and still learning how to make references, etc. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 15:56, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
request for comment for BLP article[edit]
Hi there. I noticed you're a member of the biography wikiproject. Could you please weigh in at this RfC regarding Georgiy Starostin and whether his hobby as a music blogger should be included in the article? Some editors have argued for including it in the lead, others for mentioning it briefly somewhere in the article body, and others for excluding it altogether. Dan56 (talk) 12:08, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Wikimania[edit]
Hello, I have been wondering if you would be at Wikimania this year ? And do you know if someone has reserved a "community spot" [5] to address the Gender Gap ? Anthere (talk)
- Hello Anthere, yes, I'll be at Wikimania. And I think Rosiestep will be there too and speaking. I haven't reserved a spot in Community Village or made any other plans for a meetup or lunch. @Rosiestep:, do you know if plans are being made for the Gender Gap? Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 21:43, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Sydney and Anthere. Yes, I'll be at Wikimania. I haven't reserved a community spot yet so would be appreciative if someone does that. I'm looking forward to making plans, but haven't done anything yet in this regard. If someone wants to start a subpage for that, I'd be glad to jump in.
- A thought I had: do we want to create a twitter account, e.g. "WikiWomen at Wikimania"? We could give access to a few women (all women attending?), and multiple people could be tweeting while we're watching presentations, etc. We're testing out multi-tweeters right now using the Women in Red twitter account and it's working well. Also we could pre-schedule tweets, e.g. upcoming presentations, evening events, and so on. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Great ! I can reserve a Community Spot. I'll do that today. I will open a meta page about it so that we can advertise the table and collect thoughts and participation to it. More on that later today.
- I think the twitter account is a great idea. I strongly support that. #WikimaniaWomen ? Anthere (talk)
Eh girls. I opened the page m:Wikimania Women to start organize. Please help relay ! Anthere (talk)
Please Review[edit]
Hi FloNight, can you please review changes I made on Anna_Schuleit and tell me whether it looks ok? Sinche she's married, and seems to be known professionally by her maiden and married name, should the article title be updated? Saccarte (talk) 20:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Saccarte, As a general rule on Wikipedia we give an article the name that the person is most know by. That can be tricky for a fairly recently married women who today is most known by one name but there is a fairly long list of references using the older name. It does look like she has transitioned to using a combined maiden and married name, so I went ahead and moved the page to her married name leaving her maiden name as her middle name. If someone searches using her maiden name they will get a redirect to the page with the new name so it shouldn't be confusing. Thanks for suggesting the change. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 21:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you![edit]
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- Thank you, Saccarte. You all did a great job planning the event. It was my pleasure to lend a hand. :-) Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 18:42, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Women artists of Middle East / North Africa... a WiR & Guggenheim collaboration[edit]
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GLAM Boot Camp announced (June 14-16 in DC)[edit]
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Link for GLAM Boot Camp[edit]
My apologies - here is the link for the GLAM Boot Camp mentioned above: Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot Camp. -Pete (talk) 04:30, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: April 2016[edit]
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Category:Articles created or improved by Dundee Oral Health Wikipedia Group 2016 has been nominated for discussion[edit]
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Spotlight on women entertainers![edit]
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Wiki Loves Pride 2016[edit]
As a past contributor, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?
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Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.
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The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016[edit]
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Celebrating Pride @ Women in Red[edit]
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This Month in GLAM: May 2016[edit]
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Wikimania 2016: IdeaLab Workshops[edit]
Wikimania 2016 is almost here! Mjohnson (WMF) and I are running two workshops for IdeaLab during the conference, and you are invited to join us for either (or both!)
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Welcome to the Hall of Fame![edit]
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9[edit]
Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016[edit]
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Contests[edit]
User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:21, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia and United Nations Women Project[edit]
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Indigenous women & Polar women editathons[edit]
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Digital Anthropology research[edit]
Hello FloNight, My name is Stephanie Barker and I am a student at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am currently enrolled in a Digital Anthropology class, which attempts to answer how the digital world affects culture and how culture affects the digital world. For my final project I am doing an ethnography on women Wikipedia users and as a member of the WikiProject Women page I was hoping I could ask you some questions about your experiences editing Wikipedia pages. 1. Have you ever been locked into an intense editing war? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 2. How did you become interested in editing Wikipedia pages and did you have any initial fears/hesitations when you started editing pages? 3. Have you ever been a victim of a mass deletion or other vandalism on Wikipedia? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 4. How would you describe your gender? 5. Is there anything else you would like to share with me about your experiences as a Wikipedia editor? I would like you to know that I am only sharing my research with my professor and the other students in my class. If you would like me to send you a copy of my final project, I would be more than happy to! Sincerely, Stelba90 (talk) 01:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016[edit]
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Wikiversity Journal of Medicine, an open access peer reviewed journal with no charges, invites you to participate[edit]
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Did you know about Wikiversity Journal of Medicine? It is an open access, peer reviewed medical journal, with no publication charges. We welcome you to have a look. Feel free to participate.
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This Month in GLAM: July 2016[edit]
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A barnstar for you![edit]
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File permission problem with File:Bluedoor.JPG[edit]
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We'd like your opinion[edit]
An editor reduced a BLP down to a stub, deleting what he or she considered "coatrack" and trivial details, and it is clear from the resulting discussion on the talk page that different editors have very different ideas of what should be included in a BLP. Would you be willing to skate over there, take a look at the discussion (which isn't as yet overly long) and give your opinion on what sort of details WikiProject Biography prefers included and/or excluded from BLPs? The article in question is Lisa Tenner and the discussion is on her talk page. Thanks for your consideration! I'm Tony Ahn (talk) 06:35, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Upcoming editathons: Women in Nursing & Women Labor Activists[edit]
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The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016[edit]
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Readers contributions[edit]
Hey Flo, just heads up that this conversation is happening, and it might be interesting to you, in case you have missed it ;) --Melamrawy (WMF) (talk) 23:52, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2016[edit]
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Military history WikiProject coordinator election[edit]
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Wiki Loves Nigeria 2016 Writing Contest[edit]
Hi, WUGN write to thank you for your participation and support in our last contest. We are planning another contest See the page here. We will appreciate if you could join our panel of jury for the contest cc@Jamie Tubers:.-- Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 14:31, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm happy to help and be member if the jury panel. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 18:03, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for accepting to serve as a jury in our contest, kindly add your name here Cc @Jamie Tubers:Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 16:38, 9 October 2016 (UTC).
Rape shield laws article: Proposal to move section regarding publication bans to "Publication bans" article[edit]
Hello,
I want to move a section of the Rape shield article to another article. This Wikipedia article is incorrect as it suggest rape shield laws include publication bans. In fact, the Publication bans article deals with prohibitions on the disclosure of a victim's identity.
Rape shield laws are: "statutes which restrict or prohibit the use of evidence respecting the chastity of the victim or other sexual offence" - Black's Law Dictionary
Comments? Thanks!
User:WSDavittWSDavitt (talk) 22:50, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection[edit]
Hello, FloNight. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.
Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.
In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:
- Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
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Invitation to Women in Architecture & Women in Archaeology editathons[edit]
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016[edit]
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This Month in GLAM: September 2016[edit]
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Wiki Loves Women- Monthly Contest![edit]
Hi FloNight, trust you are fine.We appreciate great work that you are doing on Wikipedia. We therefore seek your expertise as a jury in our monthly writing contest to Promote Nigerian women. Please add your name here Cc:@Anthere:. Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 06:38, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
Second opinion[edit]
Hi FloNight - If you have time, can you please take a look at this discussion? The editor in question has done a bit of work related to the Women's football / soccer task force and thereby Women in Red. I am confused by the perpetual block of an editor who has demonstrated constructive edits and creation of new articles in addition to this revert of my comment by an admin. Curious what your opinion might be and if you might recommend some options for moving forward? Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 20:31, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Hmlarson, the situation seems complicated and I don't have time any time soon to dig in to it. So, I'm not a good person to give a second opinion. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 23:16, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
An invitation to November's events[edit]
 
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Invitation to "target countries" discussion[edit]
Hello, FloNight! Since you facilitated the Global South meeting at Wikimania 2016, we're inviting you to a discussion on "target countries". You can help the product team at the Wikimedia Foundation create a new list of countries and metrics to replace the "global south" concept in our process with something more relevant. Interested? Learn more about this discussion and share your perspective. (This message is available in more languages.) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 00:14, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016[edit]
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This Month in GLAM: October 2016[edit]
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins[edit]
Hello,
Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
A new user right for New Page Patrollers[edit]
Hi FloNight.
A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.
It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.
If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]
Hello, FloNight. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
December 2016 at Women in Red[edit]
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A kitten for you![edit]
stopping by to say hello!
Mari Adkins 21:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you![edit]
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DYK for Agnes E. Meyer[edit]
On 3 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Agnes E. Meyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that President Lyndon B. Johnson credited Agnes E. Meyer with having the most influence over his education policy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Agnes E. Meyer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Agnes E. Meyer), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016[edit]
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This Month in GLAM: November 2016[edit]
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