User talk:DanielPenfield/Archives/2015
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Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon
| Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon | |
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  You are invited to join us at New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for our upcoming editathon, a part of the Black WikiHistory Month campaign (which also includes events in Brooklyn and Westchester!).
The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 06:02, 27 January 2015 (UTC) | |
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WP:FUTURE
I'm well aware of WP:FUTURE. The example given is, let's say, the next Summer Olympics. The article on the next Summer Olympics would then say that will happen next summer. The article would not state that the next Summer Olympics are happening right now, it being winter. To say on January 30 that Morelle is incumbent and state a date of taking office on February 1, is plain nonsense. The same is true for showing Morelle as Acting Speaker on the Speaker's article. Conclusion: Future events may be described as future events; present state of things should be described as present state of things. That's not too difficult to understand, or is it? Kraxler (talk) 11:27, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
- The current state of things is that Silver has tendered his resignation, to take effect one minute before midnight on Monday February 2, see Sheldon Silver resigns as NY Assembly speaker So, Silver is still the incumbent. (Please keep discussion here, I'll watchlist it.) Kraxler (talk) 11:42, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
- What's difficult to understand is why you would be so rigid as to insist on temporal consistency when the editor's updates were really three and two days in advance of the certain-to-occur event. And why would you be so callous as to erase the editor's work with the condescending it's January 31 now on my calendar? Why make such a stink over such an ephemeral and minor issue especially since 99.9999% of readers would immediately recognize that the article had been edited to represent the soon-to-be rather than the soon-not-to-be state and wouldn't fuss over the apparent inconsistency the way you are? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It's supposed to give info as accurate as possible. Users have been told over years not to edit articles so to show future events as already having happened. What I can't understand is that you, a user since 2006, would defend such nonsense, contrary to the guidelines and common sense. As I said before, future events can be mentioned, but must be treated as occurring in the future. Nobody can call somebody an incumbent on January 31 who will take office on February 3. That's a fact, and not subject to any debate. Just drop it now. Kraxler (talk) 12:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- I see. Not only are you inflexible, you're also controlling. And you use passive voice to conceal the fact that you're making up most of your claims. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 12:58, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- You think that somebody who takes office on February 3, is incumbent on January 31? I suggest you consult a teacher of English. Besides, I suggest you avoid to argue ad hominem. Stick to the issue, instead. Farewell. Kraxler (talk) 11:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
- "Stick to the issue"? The issue where your Imperial Majesty commands me to "Just drop it now"? That issue, your Highness? We are all here to serve you and to cater to your every whim. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 12:36, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
- You think that somebody who takes office on February 3, is incumbent on January 31? I suggest you consult a teacher of English. Besides, I suggest you avoid to argue ad hominem. Stick to the issue, instead. Farewell. Kraxler (talk) 11:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
- I see. Not only are you inflexible, you're also controlling. And you use passive voice to conceal the fact that you're making up most of your claims. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 12:58, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It's supposed to give info as accurate as possible. Users have been told over years not to edit articles so to show future events as already having happened. What I can't understand is that you, a user since 2006, would defend such nonsense, contrary to the guidelines and common sense. As I said before, future events can be mentioned, but must be treated as occurring in the future. Nobody can call somebody an incumbent on January 31 who will take office on February 3. That's a fact, and not subject to any debate. Just drop it now. Kraxler (talk) 12:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- What's difficult to understand is why you would be so rigid as to insist on temporal consistency when the editor's updates were really three and two days in advance of the certain-to-occur event. And why would you be so callous as to erase the editor's work with the condescending it's January 31 now on my calendar? Why make such a stink over such an ephemeral and minor issue especially since 99.9999% of readers would immediately recognize that the article had been edited to represent the soon-to-be rather than the soon-not-to-be state and wouldn't fuss over the apparent inconsistency the way you are? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference
| Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015 | |
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 You are invited to join us at Barnard College for Wikipedia Day NYC 2015, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference for the project's 14th birthday. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC) | |
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Confused about revert
Good morning, I'm a little confused as to why my edits were reverted. Citations were requested where I added them, so I'm not sure what I did wrong. If someone could please clarify, I would appreciate it. Thank you alvb (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
- @Alvb: I assume you're talking about your edits to Trade show display. It looks like you should direct your inquiry to User:Materialscientist as that editor performed the revert in this edit. DanielPenfield (talk) 23:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
April 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday April 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC) | |
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Archiving
I came across an edit of yours to Talk:Restoration (England). I think that setting up indexing in the archives of such page is unnecessary and confusing. If you wish to set up archiving on a low volume page like that one then please use the default values as displayed in help:Archive ("Sequentially numbered archives") as many more editors are familiar with that type of set up where archives start at "Archive 1" and the last five or so sections remain on the talk page.
-- PBS (talk) 22:06, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
- Your requirement to use "default values as displayed in help:Archive" is belied by the fact that the help page discusses archiving by date (Help:Archiving a talk page#Automatic archive boxes for year.2Fmonth archives) alongside "numbered" archiving and does not prefer one or the other, although you have clearly chosen "numbered" archiving for me. In fact, as it stands now, Help:Archiving a talk page doesn't even rise to the level of guideline--it merely discusses "options".
- If you and the unnamed "many more editors" are so aggrieved by archiving by year (or more generally archiving by date) why haven't you worked with the owners of User:MiszaBot and User:ClueBot III to fully prohibit the use of "%(year)" or "Y" in order to deny criminals like me the ability to make "unnecessary and confusing" archive indexing? Why haven't you unilaterally expunged any mention of archiving by date from the Help:Archiving a talk page? Why haven't you unilaterally required MediaWiki software be changed to implement your archiving scheme uniformly across every WikiMedia project so that no criminal can ever commit the crime of archive indexing in any way that is contrary to your wishes? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 00:25, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
- I think archiving by month/year has its place, but generally either on user talk pages or on pages that get a high volume of content. I've just undone your setup of archiving at Talk:Civil engineer, as it's not even 11K yet. The standard practice on Wikipedia is that pages are only archived if they're more than about fifty kilobytes, and that each archive is about that size. The talk page guidelines broadly support this. Graham87 05:47, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
- If you read all of WP:TALKCOND, instead of only the parts that suit your particular preference, you'll note the part about stale discussions: "As a rule of thumb, archive closed discussions when a talk page exceeds 75 KB or has multiple resolved or stale discussions." Most people would understand "nobody responding in three years" as "stale". Your claim that somehow size is relevant is preposterous: Consider a 11KB discussion that nobody has responded to in four years. It pertains to a version of the article that has been transformed by four years' worth of editing, yet 99% of editors won't realize this and will respond as if it's still somehow relevant to the latest version of the article. Now scale that up to 100 years. Stop trying to criminalize an archiving format that isn't criminal. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 06:05, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
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pmbok and AFDstats tool
Hi DanielPenfield -- Thanks for taking time to consider the AFD proposal for the PMBOK article and for your voting there. As it stands now, your intention is clear to any closer of the AFD. But your stated vote is literally "Move" which is not recognized by the AFDstats counting, so I suggest you change it to "Keep" (but move to PMBOK) or similar, so that it will. No problem as it stands now. I just am guessing that you haven't used the wp:AFDstats tool before and you might be interested in what it shows (it currently shows nothing for your "Keep" vote on this AFD, I think because it cannot interpret the "Move" vote). By the way, I see from the wp:AFDstats tool as applied to your AFD voting, that you have actually voted "Delete" more than "Keep" so far, so perhaps it means more that you voted towards keeping this article. [I most commonly find my way to AFD topics where I feel a "Keep" vote is justified. Anyhow, I happen to like to check on my past and current AFDs by occasionally using it and thought you might also. Keep up your good work, have a good day and all of that! Cheers, --10:45, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
| Wednesday June 10, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on our agenda: recent and upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 16:03, 12 May 2015 (UTC) | |
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DYK nomination of List of national quality awards
Hello! Your submission of List of national quality awards 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! Storye book (talk) 16:46, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
United News of India
On 19 June 2015, you reviewed an article (United News of India) as stub under wikiproject companies. Since then the article has been modified, restructured and expanded. If possible, can you please give some of your time to access it again and give me feedback for improving it. Logical1004 (talk) 18:37, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Logical1004: General advice: WP:The perfect article, Wikipedia:WikiProject Journalism#Review and assessment, draw inspiration from Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Kyodo News, Reuters, United Press International, Xinhua News Agency.
- Using the Five Ws:
- The claim "first multilingual news service in the world" should be cited. I'd expect that Russian News Agency "TASS" may be a contender for that title.
- The article concentrates on UNI's history (history is good and many articles lack it). However, can coverage of its current operations be expanded?
- How is UNI organized internally? Who are its leaders (e.g., editors in chief, CEO, president)? How many employees are on the payroll? How many journalists are on the payroll?
- Who are its major customers? Is there a rough estimate of total customers by media type (e.g., newspaper, radio, television, web, other)?
- Who are its major competitors?
- Does it serve newspapers, radio stations, television stations across India, or is it more regional? Does it serve any news outlets outside India (e.g., Pakistan, Bangladesh)?
- What is its financial position (e.g., revenue and income)? Is its stock privately held or traded on stock exchange(s), or is it state run? If privately held, who are the major stockholders? If publicly traded, which stock exchanges list it and what's the symbol? If it's state run, what government agency oversees it?
- What is the street address of its headquarters? Ideally, upload a photograph of its headquarters.
- Does it operate around the clock or just during business hours? Does it operate every day of the year? What about weekends and holidays?
- Has it won any notable awards?
- The article states that UNI is multilingual. The WP:LEAD and infobox should state all languages it uses to deliver news.
- The "Post Emergency Period" section seems to list its services. Describe the top 3-5 services (by revenue or number of customers) and provide a photo that illustrates how that service is delivered.
- Style opportunities:
- Per MOS:HEADINGS, section headings should be in Sentence case.
- Double-check grammar (e.g., the possessive "its" takes no apostrophe).
- Use the {{URL}} template in the infobox and the {{Official website}} template in the "External links" section. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 16:32, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the useful and important info. I will try to do the justice with all these details and complete the article with all these info. If needed, I will ping you soon, (don't mind). Logical1004 (talk) 17:44, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Help with MetLife?
Hey DanielPenfield, I noticed that you're an active participant in WP:BUSINESS, so I'm hoping you might be interested in helping me with the MetLife article. While overall it's not in terrible shape, there are clearly some issues and some areas for improvement. To start with, I've proposed some changes to the History section here, to bring it up to date and fill in some missing information.
As full disclosure: I'm a paid consultant for MetLife, so I won't be making any edits to the article myself due to that conflict of interest. If you have a moment, could you check out my proposed edits and let me know what you think? Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 17:48, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
Key Development Indicator
Thanks for your comments. While I can understand your opinion, I wish to point out that this is not to sell my book. The book simply explains the concept clearly, but as it is a rather new formulation there are not yet a lot of references. Why should KDIs be included as a wikipeadia entry? Because even though in management it is recent, it is well established in economics under the title development economics as well as human capital (both Amartya Sen and Gary Becker have Nobel prizes for their work on these economic indiators). There are also references in positive psychology that were not included in this entry as it seemed to make it too long. --Bobauthor (talk) 16:13, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
| Wednesday July 8, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on a review of past and upcoming editathons, including Black Lunch Table Editathon @ MoMA on July 13. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:45, 28 June 2015 (UTC) | |
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Sunday August 2: WikNYC Picnic
| Sunday August 2, 1-7pm: WikNYC Picnic | |
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  You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 03:31, 24 July 2015 (UTC) (Bonus event: WikiWednesday Salon @ Babycastles - Wednedsay, August 19) | |
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TPL
Re: [1], the talk page layout guidelines put old AfD notices above the WikiProjects. – czar 15:07, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, Czar, but you're mistaken. Your own link shows project banners as #10 and old afd multi as # 11. Only old prod goes on top as # 9. Kraxler (talk) 02:24, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
- You're right. That's new... – czar 02:53, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
August 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday August 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:58, 11 August 2015 (UTC) | |
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Hey! let's go talk Talk:Seven Basic Tools of Quality Zenk0113 (talk) 02:36, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
September 16: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday September 16, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC) Bonus events, RSVP now for our latest upcoming editathons:
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Saturday October 3: WikiArte Latin America Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
| Saturday October 3: WikiArte Latin America Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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 You are invited to join us for a full Saturday (drop-in any time!) of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for our upcoming "WikiArte" Latin America Edit-a-thon, for Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamericana, a communal day of creating, updating, improving, and translating Wikipedia articles about Latin American art and culture.
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. We will provide training sessions and resources for beginner Wikipedians, WiFi, reference materials, and suggested topics, as well as childcare and refreshments. Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need to be updated, translated, or created. You are welcome to edit all day or drop by to show your support, and to follow #WikiArte on social media! Trainings for new and less experienced Wikipedia editors will be offered (in English) at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Tutorials and resources in Spanish will be available online, and participants are also encouraged to work on the Spanish and Portuguese language editions of Wikipedia. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 10:33, 28 September 2015 (UTC) P.S. Next event, October 15 - Women in Architecture editathon @ Guggenheim | |
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Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)
| Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim | |
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  You are invited to join us for a full afternoon and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture.
In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon— to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both. The Guggenheim will work alongside ArchiteXX, the founders of WikiD: Women Wikipedia Design #wikiD, the international education and advocacy program working to increase the number of Wikipedia articles on women in architecture and the built environment. New and experienced editors are welcome. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global partnerships page to discover an edit-a-thon in a city near you or simply join remotely. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 19:34, 7 October 2015 (UTC) | |
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Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!)
| Thursday October 15: Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim | |
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You are invited to join us for a full day and evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Guggenheim (drop-in any time, noon-8pm!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering the lives and works of women in architecture.
In conjunction with Archtober and New York Archives Week, the Guggenheim will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance articles related to women in architecture on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that, by its nature combines both. The Guggenheim will work alongside ArchiteXX, the founders of WikiD: Women Wikipedia Design #wikiD, the international education and advocacy program working to increase the number of Wikipedia articles on women in architecture and the built environment. New and experienced editors are welcome. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global partnerships page to discover an edit-a-thon in a city near you or simply join remotely. We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 19:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC) | |
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Biographies of filmmakers
Hello! Just a reminder, the Film project does not cover biography articles. Therefore, please do not add the {{WikiProject Film}} banner to articles about actors, directors and filmmakers. Those articles are covered by adding |filmbio-work-group=yes to {{WikiProject Biography}} instead. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 13:17, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- Hello! Just a reminder, {{WikiProject Film}} does not cover biography articles such as actors and filmmakers. This applies to all of the film task forces as well, which means that the Indian cinema task force does not include articles about Indian actors, directors and filmmakers, and consequently should not have the
|cinema=yesparameter on the {{WikiProject India}} banner. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 13:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Placing maintenance categories in WP:WikiProject Marketing & Advertising
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Biographies of filmmakers
Hello! Just a reminder, the Film project does not cover biography articles. Therefore, please do not add the {{WikiProject Film}} banner to articles about actors, directors and filmmakers. Those articles are covered by adding |filmbio-work-group=yes to {{WikiProject Biography}} instead. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 13:17, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- Hello! Just a reminder, {{WikiProject Film}} does not cover biography articles such as actors and filmmakers. This applies to all of the film task forces as well, which means that the Indian cinema task force does not include articles about Indian actors, directors and filmmakers, and consequently should not have the
|cinema=yesparameter on the {{WikiProject India}} banner. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 13:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Placing maintenance categories in WP:WikiProject Marketing & Advertising
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| Wednesday October 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We will also include a look at our annual plan and budget ideas, to see if the chapter is able to fiscally sponsor more ongoing projects tied to our core mission of expanding and diversifying free knowledge. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:44, 22 October 2015 (UTC) Bonus events, RSVP now for our latest upcoming editathons:
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Sunday Nov 22: Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon & Women In Science Edit-a-thon
| Two options for this Sunday: Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon & Women In Science Edit-a-thon | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for one of two edit-a-thons this Sunday, just bring your laptop and an interest in participating! No special knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia knowledge is required, and there will be Wikipedia training workshops for new folks. Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon @ Center for Jewish History
Join at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the American Soviet Jewry movement. Women In Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences
Join at the NY Academy of Sciences, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of women scientists. Note that seating is limited for the Women in Science event, as well as signing up on-wiki, please RSVP by email. Bonus event:
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Dec 9: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC; Dec 12: Art & Law editathon + Dec 13: Black Film editathon
| Wednesday December 9, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We will also include a look at our annual plan and budget ideas, and welcome input from community members on the sorts of projects the chapter should support through both volunteer and budgetary efforts. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! (One talk this month will be on use of Wikipedia press passes for photographers.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2015 (UTC) Bonus events, RSVP now for our upcoming editathons:
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A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| I deal with a lot of shenanigans on Wikipedia. I first saw your contribution to two toothpaste articles that were mistakenly downgraded in class, so I assumed "shenanigans". Sorry bout that. But then I saw that you have completed a monstrous mountain of accurate and technical work on categorization and rating. So to commemorate that, I double checked and enhanced a lot of them, like removing {{stub}} tags from non-stubs and other things. Good job. — Smuckola(talk) 19:35, 13 December 2015 (UTC) |
Saturday January 16: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference
| Saturday January 16: Wikipedia Day NYC 2016 | |
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 You are invited to join us at New York University for Wikipedia Day NYC 2016, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of Wikipedia 15, the project's global 15th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC) | |