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DYK for Domestication of the Syrian hamster

On 12 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Domestication of the Syrian hamster, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that domestication of the Syrian hamster began in the 1930s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Domestication of the Syrian hamster. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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) 00:01, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Signpost oped

A really great piece this week. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Thank you for telling your story. NW (Talk) 02:11, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar
For a great OP/Ed and a perfect example of how to apply our BLP policy. ϢereSpielChequers 05:50, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

OTRS

I saw a ticket today which was related to one you had handled, but it came in as a separate ticket. I merged the two, but I’m not sure whether the merge will prompt you that there is new information. Can you tell me if this is the case?

It is now merged to ticket: 2015120810014769 --S Philbrick(Talk) 14:07, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Permission Request

Hi Bluerasberry, I am Vishal Umavane from India, I wanna join your Wikipedia Volunteer course. Vsumavane 16:37, 14 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vumavane (talk • contribs)

Photo additions and credits in Wikipedia artilcles

Thanks for your feedback, you raise an important issue relating to the Obesity in the United Kingdom article page. Adding an image to article has many benefits, but I take your concern about the willingness or not of photo subjects to be pictured in this way. Is is really any better that this image is freely available on Wikimedia Commons and has been used in many other contexts? Aw1805 (talk) 02:54, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I am not aware of any image. The image you selected was provided by a public figure for social commentary and used in many publications. It is the kind of image which Wikipedia seeks because it is so popular in mainstream media. You were diligent in selecting an image which has been repeatedly used by outside authorities for years for the same purpose you are using it here.
I cannot suggest anything different for you to do. Thanks for making an orderly selection. And thanks also for developing the text in the article. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:53, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1

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Leelee Sobieski

Hi! I just saw your Jan. 2016 message to Talk:Leelee Sobieski. I'm concerned about this as well, as the article is still reporting that Sobieski and Matthew Davis were married. I think we need to call in an Admin on this to gauge what to do next – any ideas which Admin would be good for consultation on this? Thanks in advance. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

IJBall This is not a role I would imagine for an admin. Admins can close discussions, but are not called as admins to start them. I think the first step would be to solicit comments from non-admins, then only call an admin if there is a discussion which needs to be guided to an end.
I posted to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Women#Comments_requested_on_person.27s_reported_marriage asking for comments. Getting even 1-2 comments from anywhere would be useful. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:25, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Animal testing on Syrian hamsters

On 14 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Animal testing on Syrian hamsters, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Syrian hamsters are used in research to model various human medical conditions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Animal testing on Syrian hamsters. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Animal testing on Syrian hamsters), 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) 13:11, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Integrity
Thank you for your integrity and fair consideration of arguments at WT:MED. SUch a honest approach is rarely seen on Wikipedia these days and you more than deserve recognition. Thank you again! — kashmiri TALK 16:16, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

May 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference

Wednesday May 25, 6pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon.

This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki software development community, through a community learning night at NYU on May 25.

6:00 pm: Introduction, pizza
7:00 pm: MediaWiki tutorial, community involvement and extension ideas, novel uses of wiki technology
8:00 pm: State of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia / Wikimedia community
9:00 pm: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco video-link, casual bicoastal chat

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:50, 21 May 2016 (UTC)


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Reference errors on 24 May

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A barn star for you!

The India Barnstar of National Merit
Thanks for all the many articles you have created relating India which are of high priority. KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 01:28, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Globalization categories

Due to the inherent inter- and multi-disciplinary nature of the Globalization topic, there is a lot of intersection with categories of related WikiProjects. Currently, comments would be welcome on a proposed re-name of Category:Sociocultural globalization (a major aspect of and 2nd tier level of the Globalization category) at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_May_28#Category:Sociocultural_globalization. Thank you in advance. Regards, Meclee (talk) 14:58, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2016

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?

  1. Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
  2. Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
  3. Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.

Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives.

A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!

Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), New York City, New York 10011

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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New to Wiki, scoping out user pages trying to figure out how to spruce mine up. I love your design! :) Ramenfox (talk) 07:07, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

STDCheck Citations

Thanks for the quick work on the citation on [Transmitted Infection]. I've noticed this offender doing this repeatedly. What's the best way to clean this up? Should I do what I did?

Sorry. I'm new at this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dallasguy214 (talk • contribs) 00:49, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

@Dallasguy214: There is no need to apologize, especially for being new. You did the right thing.
I happened to be watching, but in the future, the quickest and best answers are often at WikiProjects. In the case of anything health related, ask at WikiProject Medicine.
For this issue I went to Special:LinkSearch and searched for "stdcheck.com", which was the website in the link. (There is no way for new users to know about these things - there are lots of these tools, and to find them, just describe an issue in a public forum and someone will tell you if a tool exists.) It seems from that search that this website is not linked anywhere else, so if it is just used once, that seems to not be promotion or any problem. I did not investigate further - without further evidence I might assume this is just an honest mistake.
This particular link has been in place for some months, according to the article history. I might search deeper but I did not see who added this, so do not know who the offender is. Do you have more information? If you have something more to share, either about this or any other topic relating to medicine, consider posting to WikiProject Medicine. It is a more public forum. Also as a new user if you have questions, feel free to ask anything there, even beginner questions. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:13, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: Perhaps "repeatedly" was a poor choice of words. I went to a backlink tool after I found the initial and it found backlinks from two Wikipedia pages: Sex Education and History of Condoms. The citation on Sex Education should probably stay, since the original source (from which STDCheck.com also plagiarized) is no longer available at its original location. However, their citation on History of Condoms is the same thing we saw on Sexually Transmitted Infections. They plagiarized the source material from this page.
Also I clearly don't know the right way to reply in this discussion. ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dallasguy214 (talk • contribs) 02:42, 2 June 2016‎
@Dallasguy214: Thanks - I will signal WikiProject Medicine about this. I apologize for Wikipedia's confusing discussion system. The software is from the late 90s/early 00s so it is not intuitive, and no one will expect any new user (or even older user) to make it work. I get your message without the code. I hope that Wikipedia is a practical place. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:12, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry:I'm really enjoying this kind of "search and destroy" link spam effort. I'd love to keep it up. Am I able to edit the reflist to eliminate these types of links myself? Also, it sounds like the Special:LinkSearch tool didn't work in this instance. If it's typically effective in tracking down other bad citations, I'd love to leverage it. Any idea why it didn't work this time?

Citing information obtained through RTI application

Thanks for your suggestions on the topic 'Citing information obtained through RTI application' in Wikiproject India Talk Page. Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Citing_information_obtained_through_RTI_application. Can you please suggest me a final and applicable solution to this? KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 04:49, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi

Hey, we met yesterday in Esino Lario, I just put a little message here so we may keep in touch. :) --Psychoslave (talk) 08:12, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

WikiCities

Hi Lane. Here is the start of an idea about partner cities: m:WikiCities. Who is the pioneer from Boston? All the best, --Gereon K. (talk) 21:44, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Rapid Grant for Bay Area WikiSalon

Hi, Bluerasberry (cc to Ben Creasy and Peteforsyth). I enjoyed participating in the US concall with you and the rest of the Wiki editors. Here is the Bay Area WikiSalon rapid grant we have applied for. We just converted it from draft to proposed. Please feel free to directly edit it, refine it and to comment on it. Please spread the word so others can work on it, comment on it, and !vote on it. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 07:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Europride Amsterdam

Hi Lane!

I want to start a page on the English Wikipedia on our Writing weeks for the Europride in Amsterdam, 23th of July till 7th of August. Can you direct me where I should start it? I want it to be something like nl:Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Themaweek/LHBT.

Cheers, Ciell (talk) 13:57, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

I replied on your English Wikipedia talk page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:58, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK

Hello! Your submission of AIDS in New York City 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! North America1000 14:17, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for the cup of coffee! Neutralitytalk 17:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Hey @blueraspberry! Thanks for all you've done to help me ease into the Wikipedia Community since the GLAM/MoMA Art + Feminism edit-a-thon. I have been learning so much and I appreciate the value of the Wiki + Community more than ever. I intend to be an active editor online and in the NYC chapter thanks to you and the others. sheridanford (talk) 16:31, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Changing a Typo in the Title

First off thanks for the introductions and offers of help, it can be challenging to start editing on Wikipedia.

I did have a question about an article I created the IBM System 360 Model 91

The title is actually supposed to be IBM System/360 Model 91, the same as the rest of the system/360's.

Is there a way to change that after the article has been published?

Thanks! MBlairMartin (talk) 21:25, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks so much for all your help! I'm sure ill have more problems in the future but it is nice to know there are those out there to answer my questions! MBlairMartin (talk) 16:29, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Bombardier Movia & CNR Changchun C951

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Assessment of food and drink articles

Hello,
I've noticed that you have recently reassessed the importance several major articles for WP:WikiProject Food and drink. While looking over these changes, I have noticed that you have failed to account that the importance of these articles may refer to the Taskforce that they fall under.

If you wish to have an article's class or importance reassessed, please do so by making a request at WP:FDA. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 06:48, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Women's health/GA1

Bluerasberry, if you have no intention of doing a full review of this GA nomination, then you should not have opened the review. The Good Article instructions are very clear on this point.

You are welcome to make comments on the article talk page, and you are also welcome to make comments once an actual reviewer comes along. These are the two best ways if a review hasn't yet been opened; commenting on the talk page before the review starts can help nominators address problems ahead of time.

Unfortunately, we have to clean this up: no other reviewer will touch the review in the state you've left it. One idea: we can copy the comments you made onto the article talk page, and delete the review page so a new reviewer can start afresh. Another idea: you can complete a full GA review of the article. (You seemed not to want to do this, however.)

Please let me know how you'd like to proceed. If it isn't one of the above ways, it may not be a viable option for the GA process, but I'm sure we can find a way that will work. Thanks for your interest in the GA process. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:42, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset I do not have intention of doing more at this time. Feel free to do whatever you think is best. It was my intent to post my comment to the review. If there is a way to post that comment to the GA review page then I wish it could be done. If there were a path for me to post a community comment on the review page then I would take that option, but otherwise, I am not sure what to do. At this time I am not interested in either directing the comment to any purpose other than criticism for the GA review or in doing more review. Thoughts? Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:48, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
The thing is, a nomination is not a review. So if your intent was to post your comment to a review, you didn't do that: you instead started your own review. In future, just post a comment to the article's talk page; I'm going to move your comment there in a few minutes, and once that is done, request a speedy deletion of the review you started. You can also, once someone starts an actual review, post to it and note your talk-page comment. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:44, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Let's just call it a "pre-review"! --Michael Goodyear (talk) 04:31, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Cleveland Clinic

I moved this post to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Cleveland Clinic/edit requests so that it could be part of the continued thread there. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Patidar reservation agitation

The Patidar reservation agitation is an ongoing protest in India. I am updating the article since its beginning. The article is good in shape but requires copyediting for grammar and language as I am not native speaker of English. The article is already nominated for GA review. Can you copyedit it? This will be really helpful. Regards,--Nizil (talk) 06:11, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

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Correction to profile Abhishek Verma (arms dealer)

For your reference the subject article of Abhishek Verma should contain reference to 'billionaire' which you had deleted.

Reliable references below.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/charges-against-verma-fabricated/article3474228.ece http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/10111997/cov.html http://indiafraudexposed.blogspot.in/2011/10/naval-war-room-leak-spy-scandal-scam.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mainstreamwikipedia (talk • contribs) 06:22, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Anca Verma article

You had deleted "billionaire" from the article of Anca Verma.

Reliable references below (please use google translate for translation from Romanian to English).

http://www.viata-libera.ro/prima-pagina/79686-anca-neacsu-galateanca-mai-bogata-decat-tiriac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsdNnEI_XWg&list=PLLMF3xCKGvDDM65EHO2lroD0cNBbiU9kn&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lirDRya990&list=PLLMF3xCKGvDDM65EHO2lroD0cNBbiU9kn&index=7

It is suggested that the related article on wikipedia be updated suitably. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mainstreamwikipedia (talk • contribs) 06:32, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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