User talk:Canticle

Welcome!

Hello, Canticle, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Composer stubs

Hi, I've tried to take care of Bronius Kutavicius. Very short articles like that easily run the risk of getting deleted. When you create more, it'll be a good idea if you add a bit more information, especially about how and why these people are notable, and some references if possible. Thanks! Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

possible deletion of Leila J. Rupp article

An article that you created, Leila J. Rupp, has been nominated for deletion. Please visit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leila J.Rupp if you wish to comment on this. Also, please add references to newspaper or magazine articles about Leila J. Rupp which might help to prove that she is notable. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 00:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Canticle. Thanks for writing me about my AfD vote on Rupp's article. New articles sometimes get dragged into deletion discussion without giving writers enough time to develop the subject. From just a standard search of scholarly writings I can see that you should have no problem writing more about Rupp. You may want to take a look at Wikipedia:Notability (academics), for some ideas on how you can include statements of notability in the article. Additionally, cite as many sources as you can: maybe Rupp was interviewed for a magazine, newspaper...? Good luck. --Howrealisreal 14:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Howard Winant may not be a notable biography

A tag has been placed on Howard Winant, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable (see the guidelines for notability here). If you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself.

Please read the criteria for speedy deletion (specifically, articles #7) and our general biography criteria. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. -Will Pittenger 08:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Did you read the Notability link above? That probably provides a better desciption than what I can give. I added it only because I had never heard of that person and the article didn't do a very good job of asserting that. Perhaps as you expand the article, it will do better. Please consider wikifying it better as that will help you assert notability in the first section. Will (Talk - contribs) 20:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you!

When you posted on my talk page, you signed with only the date. Your user name was missing and so I had no idea who posted until I checked history. Will (Talk - contribs) 06:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

help me

How do I change the links so that the name listed as Walter Pahnke will also be linked to the more correct "Walter N. Pahnke"?

Thanks in advance, Canticle 05:31, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean. Are you trying to create a piped link, where different text shows than the title of the article? Or are you trying to create a disambiguation page? Alternately, are you trying to create a redirect? Please clarify your question, if none of those links help you. 05:54, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I think what you're looking for is redirecting one page to the other. The best thing to do is figure out which page is more widely known/searched, and make the other one redirect to it. I'd be happy to help, once you figure that out. —Keakealani 06:39, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi there; I see that you are a registerd nurse who is looking to be adopted. I am an experienced user and a Medical doctor looking for a user to adopt, and am happy, if you wish, to adopt you. Let me know on my talk page and I will amend the userboxes accordingly. There are only two problems; I am in the UK, which means that with your being in California there may be a delay (not more than twelve hours) in answering your questions; secondly, the greatest Science fiction film ever made is "Silent Running". If you have not seen it, get it and watch it. Do let me know.--Anthony.bradbury 21:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, I will adjust the templates forthwith. You failed to sign your message to me; I know that you typed your name, but that does not help me to locate your User Page. Please always sign a talk message (but never an article) with four tildes, or click on the icon above, the one between the red-crossed-out W and the horizontal bar.

I look forward to helping you; leave a message on my talk-page at any time and I will get back to you as soon as possible; certainly within 24 hours.--Anthony.bradbury 22:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. You do not seem to have come up with any questions. Are you saving them all up? (or are you on vacation?)--Anthony.bradbury 23:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

France Winddance Twine

This article has been nominated for deletion (or has already been deleted). Don't be discouraged! Many of us have had articles deleted, especially early in our wikicareers. Deletion is not a reflection on your editing but simply the application of our standard rules, particularly WP:NOTABILITY (and WP:BIO for persons, WP:WEB for websites, WP:CORP for companies, WP:MUSIC for bands, and so forth.) Looking forward to your future contributions, Herostratus 07:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

In particular, this person fails the WP:PROF test. Herostratus 07:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Deleted article

As your aricle has been deleted, I lack the tools to review it. It was deleted on the basis that the subject of the article was a non-notable private citizen who failed the WP:PROF criterion. The admin who deleted it would, I am sure, be happy to explain why if approached in a friendly fashion.--Anthony.bradbury 23:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

In fact I see that you have already contacted him, so now we wait to see what response you get.--Anthony.bradbury 23:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

re France Winddance Twine

Per your request, I have restored this article for the time being. However, I feel it's very likely that this person is not notable enough for an article. Typical professors are not automatically notable, any more than are typical attorneys, doctors, etc. Her accomplishments seem run-of-the-mill for a professor; yes she has published works, but that is expected of a professor. If we included all professors we would have scores of thousands of additional articles. Specifically, see WP:PROF for notability standards for professors.

I'll give you a week to make any changes you want to the article, then I will send it to WP:AFD for the community to discuss. Unless there is more to this person than currently appears, the community is quite likely to recommend deletion of the article, although that is not certain. Herostratus 03:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

To be fair, I'm only quick if I'm on-line, and this answer has taken longer. I am glad that you have week to work on the article. To ensure its survival, you will need to show how your subject is more notable than other sociology professors and ethnographers. Try and find, and record, something that she does/has done that nobody else does/has done. Just being at Santa Barbara, itself a notable institution, won't be enough. Has she any publications used as basic texts? Any international lecture tours? Any published original theories? Any of these would probably do it for you. Good luck. If the article does go to AfD and deletes, please do not be downhearted. There are plenty more articles waiting to be written.--Anthony.bradbury 17:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You can never be quite sure how editors will apply WP:PROF. Certainly, having seen the modified article, I would not mark it for deletion. If no-one does, great. If they do, follow the instructions on the deletion template. I will watch.--Anthony.bradbury 15:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Incidentally, and purely as a matter of personal interest, her name is unusual, or would be thought so on this side of the pond. Is her origin Native American?--Anthony.bradbury 01:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Invite to Nursing wikiproject

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I did not send the message re nursing articles, but the timing is perfect. Joining a project and actively taking part in it is well thought of in wikipedia.--Anthony.bradbury 22:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

New Editors

I think, to be fair, that new editors are actually, on balance, given an easier time than are established contributors. There is no procedure for supervising or inspecting new contributors except, of course, for the WP:ADOPT process, which we hope shows a helpful, not antagonistic , face.

Many of the more experienced among us are, however, new-page patrollers, and the software can be set so as to pull out the names of all new articles for inspection. If an editor feels that an article fails to satisfy a wikipedia guideline he will flag it for consideration for deletion, and an admin will be alerted to the flag and will make a delete/keep decision (a few are sumitted to deletion discussion by the community; see WP:AfD). So yes, decisions do have a degree of subjectivity, although hopefully we all face more or less the same way. But a borderline notable article will be deleted by some and not by others, although as you have found there is room for appeal.

I think it would be fair to say that in my personal view your article as initially submitted probably did fail WP:PROF, though not everyone would have said so. I now think it should be secure.--Anthony.bradbury 16:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Twine article

Hi there; I spoke to the editor who deleted the article first time round. You might look to look on my talk page to see his response. Well done.--Anthony.bradbury 21:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh dear. I have reverted the article to your last version, but neither of us want or need to get into an edit war. The editor who deleted these chunks is, incidentally not an admin. I have left a message with User:Herostratus, who, you will recall, initially deleted the article but was very impressed with it in its final form. He is an admin, and I have asked him to arbitrate. I am really sorry that this is causing you so much grief.--Anthony.bradbury 18:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Should be OK now, I think.--Anthony.bradbury 11:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on National Association for Ethnic Studies, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 09:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

More Twine

Apologies, I was overly ruthless in my cut. The article does read like a resume though. Is there anyway you could look to summarise each of those academic sections. We don't need a list of every article, and every speaking engagement and every position held. What are the major themes and what activities really exemplify those themes? Let me know if you need any more help. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 22:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Philanthropic Organizations

There is already a category Philanthropic organisations. Note the lower case o. Yours was a duplicate and will be deleted. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 09:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. No, when a cat gets deleted the articles are no longer grouped or moved. I'm moving the articles now though. Don't worry though, naming conventions take a while to get used to. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 09:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Mellon Foundation

There was already a Andrew W. Mellon Foundation article so I have redirected your article there. The history of your article is retained, so you can see any prior version and ensure that your content is edited into the existing article. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 03:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Academic organizations

The category you wrote, Category:Academic organizations, is uncategorized. Please help improve it by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related categories.Eli Falk 11:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Problem

My wife is currently in hospital with liver and kidney failure, and is likely not to survive. I may therefore be slightly delayed in answering any questions you may have. --Anthony.bradbury 00:11, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

My sincere thanks for your sympathy.--Anthony.bradbury 23:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Duncan B. Blewett

The article in question is open to recreation, so feel free to recreate it and provide an assertion of notability WP:BIO as well as the sources to back it up. --Coredesat 10:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

ABS

The text is here, jimfbleak 13:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

incidentally, the article doesn't specify a country, although I assume for that reason that it's probably the US. jimfbleak 13:04, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Personal

Hi; you are aware of my personal problems. My wife died a little under two weeks ago, qand on Saturday coming I am going to stay with my son in Indonesia for a couple of weeks. I regret that I have been of no help to you for the last 2-3 weeks. I will be back first weekend in March; in the meantime, User:Lethaniol, who runs the adoption programme will, I am sure, answer any questions you may have. As will, if you mention my name, either User:Melchoir (watch the spelling) or User:Gwernol.--Anthony.bradbury 20:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

My friend; May I say how deeply touched I am by your kind words. If I have helped on your way here, I can only say how totally delighted I am to have been able to do so. I wish you the best of luck with your current projects; I will be on-line tomorrow, and after that will be wholly available to give any further help you need from March 5th.--Anthony.bradbury 22:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Ongoing adoption

Hi there; do you still need to be an adoptee, or are you now happy to swim alone in the broad waters of wikipedia?--Anthony.bradbury 00:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I will be delighted to be on-call for you for any questions, queries or problems that might in the future arise. When/if you decide in the future to attempt admin status (as I shall be doing in the near future) make sure that I am aware of it. Hapy wikying--Anthony.bradbury 11:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

edit summary

I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms

RfA

Thank you for your very kind words on my RfA, which seems likely to succeed. I will look out for yours later in the year.--Anthony.bradbury 17:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

I thank you most sincerely for your support, and your kind comments, in my recent successful RfA. I look forward to interacting with you in the future. --Anthony.bradbury 14:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Prof Twine

Sometimes it seems that you just can't win, doesn't it. The editor who has removed many of the citations from the article perhaps is not aware that you put them in at the request of another editor who felt that the article needed fleshing out. Let us take note, however, that there has been no suggestion made of deletion on this occasion.

You do not need admin abilities to revert editorial changes, and you can find out how to do this at WP:REVERT. Please be aware that multiple reversions, or edit-warring, is seen by the community at large as being a good reason for blocking an editor from editing within the encyclopedia. May I suggest that you essentially follow the implied suggestion made by User:Quanimal, and re-insert citations of major publications, i.e. her own books, while omitting for the moment details about papers published and chapters submitted, except perhaps those you feel are of fundamental importance. I am truly sorry not to be more helpful; it is a fundamental principle of wikipedia, which I stumbled over when I first joined, that no-one owns any article, even one they have created. I will watch the article.--Anthony.bradbury 09:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Canticle, we now have an agreement, from the Editor who has removed much of the data from the article, that the article should contain a short, fully referenced list of important publications. I will leave it up to you to decide which the importasnt ones are and to re-insert them. See correspondence on article's talk page.--Anthony.bradbury 11:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Allan, I would suggest that the choice of what is important must be up to you: I would have thought that we are looking for published books (not article or chapter contributions) and any major lecture tours she may have made, plus any teaching appointments she may have held at notable institutions. Tony--Anthony.bradbury 22:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that the article is really ok as is, but I would feel happier, and more able to be supportive, if you were to follow through on my recent suggestion. You have not been to the article recently.--Anthony.bradbury 15:51, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that it will sit easier with the community if you re-add, rather than reverting and editing. Personal communication tends to be seen as original research, but if there is no other source I would say put it in and see what happens.--Anthony.bradbury 21:31, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I see that another editor felt the urge to stir the article around a little; in wikipedia this happens quite a lot. Nevertheless, I think that you have a good article of which you may be justifiably proud.--Anthony.bradbury 21:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Carl Otto Nicolai 5 operas added to The opera corpus

HI. I see you have added these operas. Does that mean you are going to write articles about them? I'm a bit concerned because none of them have articles in Grove and there doesn't seem to be much information available. As you will know we try to list complete works in the composer biography page, but the opera corpus is for notable operas we intend to write articles on. The idea is that all the red links will turn blue. Best regards. -- Kleinzach 03:50, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm sure you'll be able to get information on the Glass and the Penderecki - no problem there, but I am concerned about the Nicolai. If you don't mind I'll take them out. If you are interested in opera, we'd be delighted if you like to join the Opera Project. That way you will have support, information and can take part in our collaborations. (By the way you can sign with four tildes!). All the best! -- Kleinzach 04:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Birtwistle operas

Hi. Another message from the Opera Project, I'm afraid. I noticed that you updated the list of Birtwistle operas in The opera corpus. Two things: first, by changing The Mask of Orpheus to Mask of Orpheus (opera), you (accidentally, I'm sure) changed a blue link into a red non-link. I've checked in various reference sources, and the title definitely starts with a "The", so I undid your change. Second, I removed "(opera)", which you added unnecessarily to "The Second Mrs Kong". Obviously "Gawain", "The Last Supper" and "Punch and Judy" need a qualifier because there are already articles or redirects with those titles, but "The Mask of Orpheus" (where there was already an article about the opera) and "The Second Mrs Kong" don't because there aren't (or so I thought). While I was at it, I aligned the red links in the two Birtwistle articles and elsewhere so that they all pointed to the same place. I now see that you've created The Second Mrs. Kong (opera) (good!), but with the "wrong" title. Unless you have any objection, I'm going to move it to The Second Mrs Kong to which various links now point - click it and then the "what links here" link down at the bottom on the left. (Oh, and a google search reveals that there's no full stop/period after the Mrs.) I hope the above makes sense to you - let me know if not. Best. --GuillaumeTell 10:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Nursing.

Hey! I'm on a mission to get the Nursing WikiProject active again. If you're still actively editing nursing articles, or are still interested in this project, please let me know on my talk page. Josh 14:35, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't really have any tasks in mind at the moment, but you can help by tagging talk pages of nursing related articles with {{WPNURSE}} which expands to:

WPNURSE template removed

Sorry, I know this is an old conversation, I'm just removing the template because it automatically adds this talk page to several nursing article categories! If you want to see it in action, look at the one on Talk:Nurse. Cheers, Basie (talk) 20:34, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Allan J. Cronin

Allan J. Cronin, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Allan J. Cronin satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allan J. Cronin and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Allan J. Cronin during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. fuzzy510 21:48, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Contact

Hi there; no contact recently, and perhaps none needed, but I thought I would just check in. Since the embedding in wiki of the FWD article you look as if you have slightly lost interest. I hope not, because there are lots more things to write about, and I was looking forward to nominating you as admin once your edit count allowed it - which right now it does not. Best wishes. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

No, I had no specific comment in mind. Just making contact. All the best. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 19:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Opera article categories and Opera Project banners

Hi. This is just a note to say that I have just been through the articles you created adding categories. This is important because without categories no-one will know thay exist! I've also added Opera Project banners so the articles will be found by the bot when we do work on the project as a whole. Best. -- Kleinzach 03:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, your articles are much appreciated. -- Kleinzach 04:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

FA Review of Charles Ives

Charles Ives has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. MrPrada 08:44, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

The opera corpus

Both the Sessions links you put up were bad, Could you possibly test them before posting? If you have any problems let me know and I'll help you. Thanks. -- Kleinzach 08:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. The whole Montezuma thing was a bit of a mess, anyway I have now put the Sessions at Montezuma (opera). I haven't put very much so perhaps you might have a look at it. In particular I'm not sure how accurate my role list is. I couldn't find a good source. Best. -- Kleinzach 09:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Jonas Salk

Hi, because you made a recent edit to Jonas Salk, I wanted to inform you that I am planning on bringing the article to FAC. Are you interested? Leranedo (talk) 08:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Jonas Salk

Change of plans. I'm going to take an interest in a different article. Leranedo (talk) 16:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Iain Hamilton (composer)

Your material on Iain Hamilton is, near as I can tell (I've looked over those references myself in hopes of preparing a stub, spent awhile gathering material in my own temp page) almost entirely a copy, not even a paraphrase, of the Presser and MusicWeb material. I trust you are familiar with WP:COPYVIO ? (I was glad someone had prepared a page on Hamilton first, as usual - rather less glad it was done this way.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 02:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Statistics for The opera corpus

Hi. I'm wondering if you can provide statistics for the edits you've made to The opera corpus over the past two weeks? I've been trying to keep track but I just haven't had time with so many changes. The last time I updated (at the foot of the article page) was on 2 December.

These are the important figures:

• Number of operas: (was 1,892 works)
• Number of composers: (was 504 composers)
• Number of composers per 25-year period by birth date
• Number of male composers: (was 481 men)
• Number of female composers: (was 26 women)

If you find this difficult to do, then an alternative would be to just give me your personal totals for each (as above) since 2 December. Regards. -- Kleinzach (talk) 08:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Robin Cox

Hi there, and season's greetings to you.

Your article is only "prodded", so you have until 26/12 to modify it, and I note that you have already added several reasonable references. It would help if the Robin Cox Ensemble was not a red link. If Mr Cox, and/or his ensemble, had undertaken a National Tour, or had a record release on a major label, or had received a significant write-up in a major musical periodical, or if the ensemble had as a member a performer who was him/herself recognised as being notable, that would, if mentioned in the article, ensure notability. A major tour of California might do it, perhaps. I am essentially paraphrasing WP:MUSIC, which gives more detail. Happy wikying. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 16:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Maxine Leeds Craig

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Maxine Leeds Craig, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

non-notable sociologist, work not cited extensively (search "ml+craig"&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_allsubj=some&as_subj=soc&hl=en&lr=&safe=off here, where some results e.g. in Australia are not to her), negligible news coverage

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Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Canticle! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to these articles, it would greatly help us with the current 6 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

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Proposed deletion of Leila J. Rupp

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CTM scope review

Following on from this discussion, I have started to review the scope of WP:CTM's coverage on WP. There are two main possiblilies, so far:

1. We refine our scope according to the "written in the last 50 years or so" statement agreed upon a few months back and included in the Overview - Scope section on the main page.
2. We redefine our scope to include only living people and their works (while retaining the other relevent articles such as contemporary classical music etc).

The former position was agreed by consensus, of course, so redefining our scope to the latter position is a radical shift that needs full discussion and consensus. In essence, the question of redefining arises from the recent mass sourcing drama:

1. It has been suggested that CTM take full responsibility for all composer BLPs.
2. If that goes ahead, WPComposers may wish to unbanner composer BLPs and leave them to CTM (see here for example).
3. Therefore, CTM simply focusses in on those people relevent to our project but not bannered by other projects eg composers with BLPs.
4. Other articles on people are then treated in a similar way ie we would then cover BLPs only and their related articles (plus any other contemporary-music-related articles, as appropriate).

The full review and discussion is found at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music/Scope.

I am also looking more generally at our project's focus, especially as regards the notability criteria etc: User:Jubileeclipman/CTM. Thoughts on that are also most welcome!

Thank you --Jubilee♫clipman 14:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:CTM guidelines regarding infoboxes

In the wake of the proceedings at the Composers project, I am reviewing CTM's guidelines regarding infoboxes: at present we simply follow all the other CM-projects on this issue. I propose that we simply leave it to editors to use common sense and avoid policy-violations. Thoughts welcome at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Contemporary_music#CTM.27s_advice_to_editors_regarding_Infoboxes. Thank you --Jubilee♫clipman 22:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Racial Literacy vs. Race Literacy

I reverted a change made in the "Racial Literacy" article after receiving the following correspondences from Professor France Winddance Twine which confirmed by initial research that this is indeed her concept. I am making the correspondence available here for viewing to support my edits and to hopefully circumvent any unnecessary challenges:

Dear Mr. Cronin

Thank you for your inquiry regarding my use of the concept of 'racial literacy'. I am very familiar with the work of Lani Guinier. We were both in the same class last year at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

My concept of 'racial literacy' is not the same as the concept of 'race literacy' as conceptualized by Professor Guinier. I use the term to refer to a form of parental labor employed by parents to teach their children how to name, recognize, resist and manage forms of everyday racism. I use the term to refer to a form of socialization or teaching that enables people to cope with the institutional forms of racism that Professor Guinier addresses in her work on 'race literacy'..

I have been developing this concept in a series of articles beginning in 1999 and most recently in a 2004 article.

Sincerely,

Professor France Winddance Twine

- Hide quoted text -

France Winddance Twine Professor of Sociology at the University of California - Santa Barbara Chair , Race, Gender & Class Section of the American Sociological Association

Dear Mr. Cronin

In my view the following revisions and additions to my Wikipedia page would clarify the issue of racial literacy and distinguish it form the concept of race literacy as developed by my esteemed colleague Professor Lani Guinier.

Please add the following sentence to follow the one that states that I contributed the concept of racial literacy.

ADD the following sentences.

Twine's concept of racial literacy is to be distinguished from the term 'race literacy' as conceptualized by Lani Guinier, a professor of law and critical race scholar at Harvard. The concept of racial literacy as conceptualized by Twine refers to a set of practices designed by parents and others to teach their children how to recognize, respond to and counter forms of everyday racism. The emphasis here is on teaching children as well as adults how to identify routine forms of racism and to develop strategies for countering it and coping with it.

Thank you for revising my page so that it more accurately defines the concept of racial literacy.

- Hide quoted text -

France Winddance Twine Professor of Sociology at the University of California - Santa Barbara Chair , Race, Gender & Class Section of the American Sociological Association

Dear Allan Cronin

I did some research and have found all of the necessary references to document my concept of racial literacy.

Can you please ADD or make sure the following articles are listed on my Wiki page. This all confirm my research on racial literacy prior to 2004. I also have publications dating in 2006 and 2008.

Here are the references:

1999a. Bearing Blackness in Britain: the meaning of racial difference for white birth mothers of African-descent children, in Social Identities: Journal of Race, Nation and Culture, Vol. 5, no.2 (1999) :185-210.

1999b. Transracial Mothering and Antiracism: The Case of White Birth Mothers of 'Black' Children in Britain." Feminist Studies 25, no. 3 (FAll): 729-46.

2003. Racial Literary in Britain: Antiracist Projects, Black Children and White Parents, in Contours: A Journal of the African Diaspora, Vol, 1, nO. 2 (Fall 2003): 129-153.

Thank you,

France Winddance Twine

All three were sent from Professor Twine's e-mail at the University of California Santa Barbara and anyone with concerns could probably e-mail her for confirmation.

Another page will have to be made to deal with Professor Guinier's "race literacy" concept.

Canticle (talk) 07:17, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Sociology Newsletter: II (April 2010)

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Spreading the meme since August 2006
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Please move or correct Maggi Payne JPG!!

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I concur with the previous statement

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Less conflict over acid?

I FLATTER MYSELF to think of you as my younger brother, who stayed in school and made good. You could easily be my sister’s friend (you must know Emily from Santa Cruz, right?) On the other hand, I will never get the guy with the gun, seems like an odd spin on the “Facist Pig” vs “Commie Fag” days. And I don’t feel that our “three-way” is improving the article. Maybe it’s me.

My now adult daughter (who has NOT used LSD) had “Howl” written on her ceiling (she says “Sharpies” don’t work well upside-down), but my only impression of Allen Ginsberg is as a fat, bald guy with round glasses, wearing a white robe and finger cymbals. But he seems to be around LSD alot. Should he be on the list? Probably. Is respect subjective? Duh! Would I like to describe all his thoughts in a paragraph on a list? Not really. I would think that poetry students have gotten a little deeper than that in many other articles.

I do have “class” issues, and apparently Britan is actually college. But I wasn’t meaning to insult Huxley or his work, just to make the “List” have a lower common denominator, and be less controversial. AM I WRONG?

I think you may get it. Probably the stuff I wrote above, too. Or recognize my errors. Have I babbled enough? Thanx.Exwheelman5200 (talk) 20:00, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the answer. I answered back, but on my talk page. I am not sure of protocol. Again, thank you very much! Exwheelman5200 (talk) 16:03, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, Mato. I took the photo and released it under the license specified on the file page.Canticle (talk) 00:40, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a little bit on the slow side today! I've moved the images over to Commons. It would be great if you could upload your photographs to Commons in the future, if you so wish. Regards. Mato (talk) 01:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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You're invited...

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SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending! First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works! Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course! I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about SF meetups, please remove your name from this list.

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2016 Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon @ CCA

You are invited! - Saturday, March 5 - Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/ArtandFeminism 2016			Please join us at the California College of the Arts' Simpson Library on Saturday March 5, 2016, for an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists! --Circa73 (talk)

Bay Area WikiSalon series kickoff, April 27

Please join us in San Francisco!

Panel discussion at a recent Wikipedia & Journalism event.

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. We have two brief presentations lined up for our kickoff event in downtown San Francisco:

• The Nueva Upper School recently hosted the first ever high school Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We will hear what interests them about Wikipedia, what they have learned so far, and what they hope to achieve.
• Photojournalist Kris Schreier Lyseggen, author of The Women of San Quentin: The Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons, will tell us about her work and how she researched the topic.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see here: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2016

We hope to see you -- and until then, happy editing! - Pete, Ben & Wayne

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:

• A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:

  What topics might we cover in a follow up?

  Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)

  Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)

• Join in on an in person Wikidojo!

  Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)

  Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

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REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.

Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!

If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:

• To join via Hangout on Air
• Via YouTube Stream

We will have:

• Light snacks, and time to mingle
• A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
• A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
• Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
• Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

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See you tonight! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight

Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!

We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. All info here. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! (Registering ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:

• Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon

Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og
Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.

Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:34, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:

• Open mic for anybody who attended WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
• Question & answer
• Open mic for announcements
• Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

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Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016.

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PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

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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.

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Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

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Details and RSVP here.

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Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

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In addition, this month we will have:

• a brief presentation from User:Cullen328 (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
• spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
• community announcements from the floor

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For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: meta:Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco#Announcements and promotion

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role!

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Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

• Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month.

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Hope to see you there! Wayne (and Ben) - co-organizers
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon

Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]

• Archive link (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)

• Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, California.

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Cheers! Co-organizer Checkingfax - and co-organizer Ben Creasy | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a birthday bash to Celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district.

For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017

The San Francisco gathering is one of a number of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide.

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PS: We need volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add your name to the Project page, and what you can offer. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the page.

Bay Area WikiSalon usually meets the last Wednesday evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch and learn about new projects and ideas.

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Reminder invitation to the Wikipedia Day 16 birthday bash & edit-a-thon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district and everybody is invited!

Details and RSVP here

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See you Sunday! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte

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PS: We still need more volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add what you can offer and your name to the Project page or Talk about it. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the Project page. The event is already growing due to volunteers that have stepped up so far.

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Bay Area WikiSalon meets one evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch or learn about new projects and ideas.

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Note: the previous invitation had a bum wikilink. Sorry! | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for February 22

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks.

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Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

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For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

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Bay Area WikiSalon February reminder

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6 p.m.

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For details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne (co-coordinators) | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

2017 Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon @ CCA

You are invited! - Friday, March 10 - SF CCA ArtAndFeminism 2017			Please join us at the California College of the Arts' Simpson Library on Friday March 10, 2017, for an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists! --Jscarboro (talk)

Your invitation: Bay Area WikiSalon series at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace in the Mission near 16th Street BART (temporary change of venue). The good news is this means that you can bring spontaneous guests if you forget to RSVP!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks.

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If possible, please RSVP as it helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017

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See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Reminder: Tonight is Bay Area WikiSalon at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

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Details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017 (optional, but helpful for food and special needs accommodations)

We are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace (temporary venue change) near 16th ST BART in SF.

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See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Wednesday night you are invited! Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather for the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will have some announcements and lightning talks from the floor, and a breakout session. This is our one year anniversary, so there will be cake!

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Please RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Everybody is invited to the May 31 Bay Area WikiSalon series!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are taking it on the road to Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. There will be periodic guided tours of Noisebridge. You can stay late, on your own! YeeHaw!

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For details and to RSVP, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2017

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne
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The Bay Area WikiSalon is an unSalon this month!

Please stay where you are for an unSalon!

We are taking July off! Please gather your thoughts for changes that you would like to see in the next 10 months and present them at our July 26 WikiSalon.

Ordinarily, the last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We normally allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

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Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m.! The venue will be the Noisebridge hackerspace/makerspace on Mission Street in San Francisco.

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Sincerely, Ben Creasy and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon in San Francisco, July 22

You're invited to The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon at SOMArts in San Francisco on Saturday July 22, 1-4 pm. It'll be at 934 Brannan Street (between 8th & 9th). Everyone is welcome to join this editing event, held in conjunction with The Black Woman is God exhibition to raise the online visibility of Black women artists and challenge the gaps in art history that erase or minimize Black women’s contributions as artists, activists and social change-makers. (Message requested by Dreamyshade and delivered on 14:23, 9 July 2017 (UTC). You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.)

What is Talk Page Theatre? Come find out!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Come find out what "Talk Page Theatre" is all about! The last Wednesday evening of every other month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

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We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will be at the NEW Wikimedia Foundation offices! w00t!!!

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Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

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For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, November 2017

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Precious

images of composers

Thank you for composer biographies such as Bronius Kutavičius and Mary Jane Leach, for taking photos of artists and sharing images, for articles on operas of the 20th century, such as Der Mond and Satyricon, - Allan, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Precious anniversary

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Three years!

on Beethoven's assumed birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

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