User talk:Bromanski

Midterm Proposal

Wikipedia articles to be edited include Berkeley Software Distribution, BSD licenses and Design Science License. For Berkeley Software Distribution, the early history (PDP-11 beginnings) will be expanded with primary source material from UC Archives at the Northern Regional Library Facility. The archives contain ten cartons of information on the software and its development from 1974 to 2005, including technical manuals, drafts, and notes pertaining to the BSD operating system. A limited number of published written materials, as well as magnetic data tapes and CD-ROMs, are also included. For BSD licenses, some of this same source material may be used to add missing citations to the article. The Design Science License Article is a stub that may be expanded if sufficient source material is found.

I have not corresponded with the Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors (yet), but I did go to Max’s office hours to talk about citing source material from the archives.

EDIT: Transcript with Campus Ambassador

[02:31] <bromanski> Hello, I'm working on the USPP project through UC Berkeley's politics of piracy class. I understand that generally secondary sources are used to cite information, but our library has a huge collection of primary source material (ten cartons) on BSD. I would like to use this resource to add to the BSD article, but I'm not sure how to cite it or if it can even be an acceptable source.

[02:34] <+dcoetzee> bromanski: Hi bromanski, I'm also at UC Berkeley and a Campus Ambassador, I can help.

[02:35] <+dcoetzee> bromanski: Primary sources are acceptable to use in articles, and are referenced in the same manner as secondary sources - using < ref > tags. If there's not a template for it, you can just write something inside the ref tags describing the source. It should be enough to allow anyone with access to the library to re-locate it.

[02:36] <+dcoetzee> bromanski: We have some info on primary sources, one sec...

[02:36] <+dcoetzee> bromanski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary_and_tertiary_sources

[02:37] <+dcoetzee> bromanski: Please read that entire section.

[02:37] <bromanski> will do. thanks again

[02:37] <+dcoetzee> Np :-)

Grade

Check plus (as opposed to an inferior grade). Using the archives for a ton of primary source material is a fantastic idea in this circumstance. Talking with max is a great first step, but I really do encourage talking to an online or campus ambassador about ways to not only cite the material but insert it into the existing article in an effective, organized fashion. PatBerger (talk) 23:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Civic Commons

On 30 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Civic Commons, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Civic Commons is an organization reducing government IT costs with open source technology? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi Katie, demonstrating talk pages! Dcoetzee 22:38, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

Hi! (ambassador training demo) Kevin (talk) 22:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi broman

just trying out my BRAND NEW SKILL! 216.38.130.168 (talk) 22:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

question

Hi Katie,

I just completed making revisions and adding new content to a wiki page on my sandbox. I requested to have my sandbox page moved to the wiki page, but the request was denied. It was suggested that I should integrate my changes to the current page. I was wondering how I should go about doing this. Should I just delete what's on the current page and paste the content of my sandbox there. I've already integrated the content of the wikipage onto my sandbox. Thanks.Ylor916 (talk) 01:56, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

meetup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_17 Kevin (talk) 05:04, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited: San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited!

The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! This event will be specifically geared around encouraging women to learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Workshops on copy-editing, article creation, and sourcing will be hosted. Bring a friend! Come one, come all!

Sarah (talk) 15:28, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Civic Commons logo.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 15:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chrome Baby

Dear Katie, Great clay man; I've taken the liberty of re-using it here:

http://robindunn.com/bairn24.html

Best wishes, Robin Wyatt Dunn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.95.110.58 (talk) 18:57, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]