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Hello

Hi Kelly, thanks for the training! Really enjoying it so far. Olivia

Women in Classics

Listening to your talk at the Women in Classics event. Just saying hello and thanks for this. Andrew D. (talk) 11:33, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! What I've learnt: SAVE OFTEN. DonPantalone (talk) 12:41, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Kelly - my WCC editathon subject, Miriam Griffin, has kindly consented to email me a photo. In my request I explained that the photo once uploaded could then be used by anyone for anything and she still agreed. How do I go about picking the right licence for the upload now? Any help appreciated! Thanks again for your training on Monday :) DonPantalone (talk) 08:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


Hi Kelly!

Thanks for talking us through wiki editing at the RA today!

Inês — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ineslc (talkcontribs) 15:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)


Hi!

Hi, it's Kate - leaving a message as requested! Thanks for teaching us about Wiki Editing - it has been a very useful session.

Hello!

Hello Kelly :)

Thank you for all the training so far, really enjoying it.

Claire

Hi Kelly

Thanks for a really useful session introducing us to editing Wikipedia.

Lesley

Hi Kelly!

Thanks for the wonderful session today. It's been great - and I feel so much more confident in just jumping in and editing!

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Ellie.

Hi Kelly, thanks for the training :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Franthos (talkcontribs) 12:44, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

HI Kelly,

thank you for the training today!

Francesca — Preceding unsigned comment added by Franthos (talkcontribs) 12:47, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

February 2017 at Women in Red


February 2017

Black Women & Women Anthropologists online editathons
Faciliated by Women in Red

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The Signpost: 6 February 2017

DYK for Beryl Rawson

On 6 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beryl Rawson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the late 1970s Beryl Rawson used computers to analyse the family life of Roman slaves? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beryl Rawson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Beryl Rawson), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:07, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi Eartha78! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 23:50, Friday, February 10, 2017 (UTC)

March 2017 at Women in Red

Welcome to...
Women's History Month worldwide online editathon
Facilitated by Women in Red
  • March 2017
  • Featuring: "Art+Feminism" and "The Women You Have Never Met"
  • Feel free to add articles in other languages too

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Hi Eatha78. I noticed your edits to this category and I do not think you may understand fully what a "diaspora language" is. An African diaspora language for example, would be an actual language in Africa taken elsewhere and its close derivatives. Creole languages for example in the Americas are not African displaced, rather they are "American" or of the Americas (European language + African contact = "Indigenous to the Caribbean"). here Example of languages of the African diaspora would be Lucumí language, Haitian Vodoun Culture language, Habla Congo etc. AAVE (African American Vernacular English) taken to let's say Canada, is of the "African-American" (Black American) diaspora languages, opposed to simply an "African" one because its not from Africa.

Dialects of English is not African, its European actually. see this list languages The category here is not languages black people speak outside of Africa because if that was the case there wouldn't be a need for a list as there are blacks speaking Chinese etc. If they changed a sound to a Chinese word is it going to be listed in this category? That's crazy. Just as Ebonics being placed in this category. There's a reason why this category seemed "underpopulated" since 2009. There aren't many African diasporic languages out there. Most of them are religious-based only. Furthermore, the Transatlantic slave trade brought Africans to the western hemisphere, not of their free will. They were forced to lose their old languages and many came from different tribes that could not communicate with each another. If this wasn't the case and were allowed ro retain their tongue and it slightly changed or evolved, then this outcome that was preserved would be considered a viable inclusion into this category. See above mentioned. Savvyjack23 (talk) 07:39, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2017

hi Eartha, thanks for the info!Juliec55 (talk) 15:55, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

just testing

yay yay yay Eartha78 (talk) 17:50, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks for the pic

Second Pan-African Congress, at the Palais Mondial in September 1921

There he is on the top table! I wonder if we can identify all of them. Hope to see you at the meet-up tomorrow. Leutha (talk) 11:57, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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Weekly Summary #252

Ways to improve Barbara Walker (artist)

Hi, I'm Mduvekot. Eartha78, thanks for creating Barbara Walker (artist)!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thanks!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

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April events at Women in Red

Welcome to Women in Red's
April 2017 worldwide online editathons.
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Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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Issue 21, January-March 2017
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Fancy a go at proofreading on Wikisource?

Hi, I have just been doing some work on the Trials of the Slave Traders Samo, Peters and Tufft, which now needs proof reading. This is quite straight forward. If you go to s:Page:Trials_of_the_Slave_Traders_Samo,_Peters_and_Tufft_(1813).pdf/2 you will find the wikified text next to the scanned page of the original. The little arrows at the top of the page enable you to go to the previous (←) or subsequent (→) page with the up arrow (↑) going to the index. This one of the contemporaneous texts which illustrates the points I have been making about the history of Sierra Leone. Leutha (talk) 17:13, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

@Leutha: I'll give it a go! MassiveEartha (talk) 01:03, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

19:32, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Attention: WikiProject African diaspora participants

Hello fellow project participants. Not sure how many users are still active as normal Wikipedia editors but felt the need to attempt to get a gauge on who can be called on for help with articles falling under the umbrella of the African diaspora project. According to the project's article table there are over six thousand articles related to the African diaspora; there's not a hundred at FA/GA grade and there's over twelve hundred that are unassessed. With Wikipedia being one of the major information reference points in the world today we should consider this unacceptable. Much work needs to be done on the rating of the importance of articles as well. With more communication amongst participants and a dedication to addressing the articles on the to-do list I believe we can make this WikiProject one of the most well organized and thorough on the site. If you are interested in collaborative work with some of your fellow project members, have certain expertise on any particular subjects, ideals on/about the WikiProject, etc. simply drop your name under the "Project revision" section I've created on the project's talk page and state your intentions and main points of interest in our WikiProject and we can attempt to move forward from there. Hoping to hear from everyone soon! WikiGuy86 (talk) 03:43, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #257

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cookies

thanks MassiveEartha, where are the cookies stashed? susully29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susully29 (talkcontribs) 10:27, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!

I love the look of your groups #blackwomendiaspora etc. KitchenBonAmi (talk) 10:40, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your help at the British Library Wikieditathon

Thanks for all your help today, I really enjoyed the editathon :-) Stellawisdom (talk) 15:38, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 at Women in Red

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19:50, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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Minet Library

Hi Kelly, thanks for helping me improve the Minet Library page. I recently helped an architect who is a resident of Myatt's Fields South Estate to create a page for that estate, and someone quickly started arguing for its deletion. Do you think you could have a look at it if you have time and see if there's any way you can help improve it. I think that a lot of good sources for it won't be available online unfortunately. Jwslubbock (talk) 09:57, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #259

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A cup of tea for you!

Thank you for adding the Addison N. Scurlock page to the African Diaspora project. Bluejamz (talk) 17:50, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
@Bluejamz: thank you!! MassiveEartha (talk) 18:00, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2017





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  • Belgium report: Brussels writing weeks; Dutch Language Union workshop; Civic Lab Brussels start; Edit-a-thon Leuven
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  • Spain report: Management and dissemination of cultural heritage
  • Sweden report: GLAM-EduWiki collaboration awarded Pedagogy Award of the year at Swedish museums; Connected Open Heritage
  • UK report: Bio-Medical History Residences
  • USA report: New connections at the Library of Congress and Smithsonian
  • Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes
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  • WMF GLAM report: DPLAFest and Beyond
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Keep up the good work! :) Proscribe (talk) 23:04, 16 May 2017 (UTC)