User talk:Member

A posse ad esse non valet consequentia
("From a thing's possibility one cannot be certain of its reality")

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Hi Member, {{welcome}} to wikipedia. Thanks for your contributions to Goleta Union School District and Brandon School. I hope we can keep Brandon School but unfortunately detailed lists of staff etc don't go down too well around here, but if you look at the wikiproject schools WP:PJSCH and maybe BEEFSTEW you can find things which are more acceptable to include. I think the Accountability Report Cards have a lot of usable info. Kappa 09:34, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi, might I ask what is the purpose of Member/Wikipedia Front Page? If that is a personal page, it should probably be in the user namespace, at User:Member/Wikipedia Front Page. Eric119 04:04, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Template:Current-now-aniv & Template:Current-now

Template:Current-now-aniv & Template:Current-now, both which you created, have been nominated for deletion at Templates for deletion. BlankVerse ∅ 06:36, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Moving articles

Please do not move articles without discussing proposed moves on their talk page. The naming of national football teams in Wikipedia is standardised as "<countryname> national football team". -- Arwel 22:13, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Accra

What specifically in the Accra article do you think would benefit from a clean-up? While the article could benefit from expansion and perhaps division into sections, I'm not sure of the purpose of your tag. Warofdreams 23:40, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tyler Garrett

Thank you for helping to maintain the integrity of Wikipedia by tagging articles you see as requiring speedy deletion. Please note, though, that 'vanity' is not currently a criterion for speedy deletion, and such articles should be listed at votes for deletion. If you are not sure of the criteria for speedy delete, please look here. Denni ☯ 03:24, 2005 July 16 (UTC)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

You made an edit which caused formatting problems. Please ask for assistance when making such an edit. -St|eve 00:10, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:NYA.gif

Just so you know, we already have Image:NO IMAGE YET square.png, Image:NO IMAGE YET.png, and Image:NoImageYetSquare.png. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:56, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

California WikiProject

Since I've noticed you editing articles on California topics, you might be interested in the California WikiProject, and the Southern California WikiProject. Please take a look at the projects' pages. If you have any comments or questions, please contact me. BlankVerse ∅ 14:01, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Avater: The last airbender

You nominated it for Featured article, but didn't put it on the FAC page. Howabout1 ^{Talk to me!} 23:35, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Santa Barbara articles

Actually I live in S.B. (you can "see" my house from the top of Gaviota peak, but it's about 30 miles away). I'll be contributing to SB-county related articles; it's fun when I'm not writing about music. Thanks for your contributions too! Antandrus (talk) 19:05, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

Please try not to give gratuitous advice to other people without explaining what you are talking about. Adam 03:13, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Admin

Hello Member, this is SWD316. I got your question, "Are you a admin?" No, I am not an admin. Feel free to nominate me though. — Moe ε 15:50, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of well known mathematical formulas

Hello. I am wondering what you are hoping to achieve with the article List of well known mathematical formulas. I am afraid that Wikipedians will get into long discussions about which formulas are well known and which are not. We already have a List of equations and List of mathematical identities; see List of lists of mathematical topics for more lists related to mathematics. So, what do you think? -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 20:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it will go somewhere. If you don't like it then put it on hte VfD page and let the community decide. --Member 02:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can't really be bothered about it. However, somebody else nominated the article for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of well known mathematical formulas. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 13:25, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anything faster than a one-hundered twenty eighth note?

Is there anything faster than a one-hundered twenty eighth note? --Member 01:14, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've never ever seen anything faster. Even the 128th note is extremely rare; it probably only occurs in highly ornamented, very slow pieces from the Baroque era, and a couple of the Beethoven piano sonatas (the Pathetique I think has them, and maybe the opus 111). Theoretically, of course, there is no limit to how many flags you could add. Hope that helps! Antandrus (talk) 01:20, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DP

Ah, yes, my high school. :-) There's already an article: Dos Pueblos High School, and it's not bad. Have a look! They will need to be merged/redirected. Antandrus (talk) 05:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Author citation (re Wollemia)

Hi Member - there's a difference between conventions in botany and zoology in this, with plants one doesn't cite the year of publication in author citations, with animals the year is cited - MPF 16:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV on Veganism

Hi member... Could you elaborate on the reasons for the NPOV tag you placed on Veganism? I and others have just gone through a long and tiring edit war with the veggie-brandishing hordes, during which the page was protected for like 10 days. The current version is what we came to by consensus, and I'd rather not upset the fairly delicate peace we have at the moment without a good reason. Cheers, Skinwalker 23:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK, no prob, as long as there's a good reason. I don't like that picture either. Please read the talk archives, and be careful; people can get really nasty over this issue. Cheers, Skinwalker 23:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Skinwalker, since when have you bothered about consensus? I am neither tired nor nasty.

Look at how you respond to individuals and their work at the very first occasion ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Skinwalker#Vegan [1], all nature red in tooth and nail with your threats, aggressive and erroneous allegations. How many dishonest allegations of sock and meatpuppetry did we have to suffer in your attempts to silence consensus? You even went out of your way to try and organise a campaign against Canaen and block his wish to become an admin despite his effort to talk to you rationally [2]. It has been one big trail of venom and spite from you in face of many individuals attempts.

Where is the reason and consensus?195.82.106.127 05:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Great Userpage

Perhaps Jimbo Wales (Wikipedia founder) could use this design :). Post any of your comments on my userpage. Thanks! --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 19:35, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why thank you :) I nicked it from User:Violetriga and tinkered with the code to get what I have now. Everyone else, of course, is free to use it themselves. I think it's really easy on the eye and keeps things really tidy. Everyone should see what they can do with div boxes :) Run! 21:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science

Please note that gravity doesn't slow down our thoughts (where the heck did you learn that).

According to current scientific theory, thoughts would indeed proceed more slowly in stronger gravitational fields relative to an area of lesser gravitation (although the effect would be very slight unless the field were very strong). This is a consequence of Einstein's theory of general relativity, which enjoys broad support from scientists. Just in case you're curious. — Knowledge Seeker দ 01:47, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was talking about it being relative to ourselves only. --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 06:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of trojan horses deletion vote notice

Thanks for your vote for the list of computer viruses. Please consider voting similarly for the list of trojan horses as well. Thank you - A-Day 00:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help! A-Day 02:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Crusade move

Hey, if you're going to move a page, never, ever, do it manually like you did with the crusades page. And if you're going to move a page, don't move it to a worse title. Adam Bishop 02:07, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I assume what you did was try to move the page and discovered there was a redirect page already there, which had also been edited more than once...in that case you'd have to get an admin to delete the redirect. Copying and pasting the contents of one page into another means the edit history of the page is lost, which is bad. For the crusade article, it would also be a good idea to bring a move like this up on the talk page; that has also been done in the past and there is never any agreement about where to move it, so the best idea is to just leave it where it is. Adam Bishop 02:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Badr.order.gif

This image needs more information. Could you please tell me either where you found it, or put on there that you created it. Sorry if this seems a little pushy, but there really wasn't any info on the page. Palm_Dogg 06:41, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to my user page

Why were you editing my user page? If you were just fixing something, that's fine. In the future, please leave an edit summary that answers the question, "Why did you make these edits?" --TheLimbicOne(talk) 20:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re. Direct domain

Yahoo and Google register domain names in the same way that anyone else does, by going to a domain name registrar and paying to register their domain names for a certain length of time (for example, the domain name "google.com" is registered through the registrar MarkMonitor until September 2011[3], when someone at Google will have to remember to send them some more money.) Who you need to go to, and how much it costs, varies according between top-level domains, but it doesn't cost much. Regarding your question, "Are there free or one time fee registars?", there is almost always an anual fee, although there are some sites that offer free domain names, typically in return for advertising - just type something like "free domain name" into google. -- AJR | Talk 23:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request for edit summary

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Re: Sibelius

I'm still unsure what you mean, I suppose because I haven't used Finale very much. What is "mass" copy and paste as opposed to ordinary copy and paste? Can you describe what you're trying to do, instead of how you would do it in Finale? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 19:16, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I left your Sibelius question unanswered. You select multiple measures in Sibelius by clicking at one end and shift-clicking at the other end. (If you click in the empty space in a measure, you'll be sure to select the whole measure.) Then you can use Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, or the option-click shortcut, to copy the selected measures. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 06:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pheromone is Science Collaboration of the Week

Hi, the article pheromone, which you recently helped improve, has been voted science collaboration of the week. Give us a hand when you can!

Best,

Samsara (talk • contribs) 00:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmation that Kwantus passed away

You left a message on User:Kwantus's talk page that the editor passed away. Can you confirm this, including (if possible) a link to an obituary or something. I have created a page at Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians and would like to honor Kwantus on the page but need more information and a source of info to do so. Thanks for any help you can give.--Alabamaboy 00:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser

I noticed your request that you be informed of your approval as an AWB user; it seems that Bluemoose has added you. Cordially, Joe 23:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page banner

I just want you to be aware that there is a Main Page banner template. Whenever Wikipedia, as a community, has something to say to the public, it's on the Main Page. It's been there since 2004 and is edit protected (does not apply to you, of course). --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 17:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've edited that template. You appeared to be referring to the new header box (which isn't a template, though perhaps it should be), as that's where you added the disclaimer. —David Levy 19:37, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Santa Barbara Meetup

Hello Member. Since you're a participant in WikiProject Santa Barbara County, I thought you might be interested in the Santa Barbara Wikipedia Meetup on Saturday 8 April. Please see that page for details. I hope to meet you there! Angela . 10:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Table method for quadratics

Thanks for the section about the table method on the page factorization. However, it's not really at a level to be included in the article. It's been commented out for now, but do you think that you could go back and make it easier to understand? Thanks so much. --Mets501^talk 01:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! The problem with the Goleta Postal article was resolved.

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Ecuador General Election

Excuse me, but i think that percents in the Ecuador General Election is disputed, because I has Supreme Court of Elections in Spanish website said that with 50.92% votes counted with Correa leading Noboa with 25.22% to 25.01%, and where do you get this results, which you post on this article?? Rakuten06 17:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Program to count pixels of a certain color

I've seen the same question asked three times in the reference desk with the same answer every time: No, there is no progrem (free or commercial) that will count the number of pixels in an image of a certain color. There is no need to ask this question again. --Kainaw ^(talk) 06:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some updates to the Santa Barbara News-Press Controversy

I did some updating to the Santa Barbara News-Press Controversy section. I'd appreciate it if you had a look, and noted what might be missing in the discussion page for that article. Thanks, snug 16:49, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks... would be great if you could be more specific in your comments as to what is missing from the News-Press article. best, snug 23:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Do you know how do rename or delete a page that you created?

--Ryan 02:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:RE:Hello

I nominated myself for Adminship. Please vote for me!!!

--Ryan ^TALK 02:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Image:Franceelectionmap07rnd1.png

Many compliments for a job well done here, and most especially for the celerity in which you prepared the map. Cheers, Joe 06:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a big typo: Nouvelle.

And lots of accents missing ( Calédonie, Réunion, Polynésie française)

Gonioul 13:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Haute-Savoie is not represented in your map. Pixeltoo 13:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, la Haute-Savoie not represented and two new collectivités territoriales (law of february 2007) have forgotten : Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (before this law, both in the département of la Guadeloupe), Sarkozy for la Haute-Savoie, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and la Guadeloupe. The Français hors de France are not represented too, this French not living in France have voted Sarkozy in majority too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.220.208.228 (talk) 21:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I'll look into what I can do. --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 01:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your RfA

Hi, I see your undergoing an RfA. I really wish you the best of luck, I know that an RfA can be a harsh process, and if you need anything, feel free to ask. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 07:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Almost done

Hey. With your RFA closing in a matter of hours, I would like to wish you luck. Even if your RFA fails, don't be discouraged. A lot of editors don't become administrators on there first try. It sometimes takes two or three times. I wish you luck in the future. If you would like me too, I would be willing to nominate you in two mounths. If you want me too, let me know!

Good luck in these next few hours, and in the future,

Politics rule 00:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Wish you luck in the future!Politics rule

Original Wonderbra Model

Thanks for your comment on the photo. I'll admit it's not my best work. If you have have the knowhow to make photoshop improvements, please give it a shot. I'll check to see if a buddy of mine can make improvements as well. Mattnad 20:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows quotes

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Real

Real translated into English is royal. All clubs with "Real" in their name should had some blessing from one of the kings of Spain. Raul17 11:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

Hi there. I'm really sorry but I had to close your RFA early, per WP:SNOW, as it didn't have much chance to succeed at this time. However, I feel you are definitely on the right track. Check out some of the oppose and neutral comments as there's quite a bit of useful stuff in there, and maybe wait a few months & get some more experience. I'm sure that if you do that and give it another go in a while, you'll succeed. Some admins here have gained adminship after 3 or 4 tries. Really sorry, though - Alison ☺ 18:26, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry

Sorry about my formal catchphrase. Its something that sticks with me every since I made the cardinal raven poem. Just as much as the name sticks. I'm sorry it is confusing. But its just my thing. I will tone it down.Cardinal Raven (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven[reply]

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Speedy deletion declined

Could do with a rewrite, though. Dloh cierekim 20:33, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I maybe able to set you up with a free web sever, but i will need more information on what you plan on doing. Please email me at adk.homework@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.182.169 (talk) 06:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art

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A centralised discussion which may interest you

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Thank you! hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 22:48, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, i dunno if i deserve one. the treatment of Qsito is appalling. instead of speedying people's first articles, we should be spreading the barnstar joy. what are we gonna do about the delete first and do wp:before later? i am agnostic about the notability of a First team though. Accotink2 talk 02:27, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think they are notable if they have: 1) won regionals multiple times (I don't want to make an WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument, but they should be based on the same criteria for schools and other organization) or 2) have been widely noted in multiple secondary sources. Many FRC teams meet that criteria. Anyways, do you live in Santa Barbara? User:Antandrus is an administrator who went to Dos Pueblos High School. Anyways, if D'Penguineers survives, I'll give you another barnstar (that reviving one) :) --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 02:34, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

you make a good case, but i can see the "First teams are a dime a dozen" votes already. nope, (i'm in wp:GLAM/SI) i came by way of the MacArthur, notice no before there. it's not the deletes that bother me, but the shoddy deletes. Accotink2 talk 02:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rogla_Ski_Resort

i'm working on it, you should have seen it before i got there, read like a commercial. cheers WookieInHeat (talk) 03:19, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

lovely. good luck! hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 03:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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FIRST wikiproject

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Very cool. hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 00:07, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Same, I would like to help out too! Demosthenes2k8 (talk) 15:13, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Brad Friedel

I removed the addition of transfer speculation to Brad Friedel as we don't tend to include transfer speculation for players for the simple reason that it is speculation. Nothing is certain yet, wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Last week everyone was certain he was moving to Liverpool. When a transfer is made and a contract signed, then we can update the article to say he has moved. At the moment he hasn't moved and it is incorrect to update the article as such in my opinion. Regards, Woody (talk) 22:46, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 22:50, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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New FTC game

Hey Member. I want to inform you that there is an article for the new FTC game, Bowled Over! Any input would be appreciated, especially given what you've done for some of the others. Chris857 (talk) 01:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, good start. I add as much as I can. hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 02:10, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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You're invited! FemTech Edit-a-Thon at Claremont Graduate University

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LA edit-a-thons on May 23 and 31

LA meetups: Adrianne Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thons on May 23 and May 31

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There are two LA edit-a-thons in memory of Adrianne Wadewitz, a prolific Wikipedia editor, in the coming weeks. Please join us May 23 at Occidental College and May 31 at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry to combat systemic bias and help further Adrianne's legacy. No experience needed! Please RSVP at the relevant page(s) if you plan to attend.

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L.A. events on June 21 and July 6

Upcoming L.A. events: Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon (Saturday, June 21, 12-5pm) and Wiknic (Sunday, July 6, ~9:30am-4pm)

File:356 S Mission.jpg

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Get hungry for the Wiknic!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The L.A. Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: an edit-a-thon sponsored by the online magazine East of Borneo, and the fourth annual Los Angeles Wiknic!

The East of Borneo event is an edit-a-thon that aims to build a better history of art in Southern California. This next chapter of their Unforgetting L.A. series will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 12pm to 5pm at 356 S. Mission Rd. (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. For more info, see eastofborneo.org/unforgetting.

The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Sunday, July 6, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!

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Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon on September 6

Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 6 from 11am to 4pm

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You are invited to meet up with online magazine East of Borneo for an edit-a-thon to build a better history of art in Southern California. This next event in their Unforgetting L.A. series will take place on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 11am - 4pm at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. For more info, see eastofborneo.org/unforgetting.

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L.A. Meetup on September 21

The 20th Los Angeles meetup: Sunday, September 21 from 11am to 4pm

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Join us on Sunday, September 21, from 11am to 4pm at Kramer Studio in Mid-City (map) for a meetup and edit-a-thon! Get to know the Los Angeles Wikipedia community and do some editing (or learn to edit!) in a collaborative environment. Please RSVP and consider becoming a member of the SoCal task force to help us improve articles about everything in the region.

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L.A. events on October 7 and 16

Upcoming L.A. events: Wik-Ed Women edit-a-thon (10/7, 6-10pm) and UCR edit-a-thon (10/16, 10am-4pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The Southern California Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: a Wik-Ed Women editing session downtown designed to combat systemic bias, and a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at UC Riverside!

Wik-Ed Women is a new monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. This second session will take place on Tuesday, October 7 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

The UC Riverside Wikipedia Loves Libraries event is an edit-a-thon targeting articles related to UC Riverside, SoCal, and beyond. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm at UCR's Tomás Rivera Library. Again, RSVPs are requested here.

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SoCal edit-a-thons on October 21 and 25

Upcoming SoCal edit-a-thons: UC Riverside (10/21, 10am-3pm) and Unforgetting L.A. (10/25, 9am-5pm)

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The Southern California Wikipedia community has two more events scheduled for the month of October: a water-related edit-a-thon at UC Riverside, and an Unforgetting L.A. event at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar in conjunction with L.A. as Subject!

As part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries and to celebrate Open Access Week, UC Riverside is participating alongside other Western Waters Digital Library members in an edit-a-thon focusing on water issues. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Tuesday, October 21 from 10am to 3pm at UCR's Orbach Science Library (map). RSVPs are requested here.

The Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon and training workshop will take place at the 9th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, and is hosted by online magazine East of Borneo in partnership with L.A. as Subject. Join us on Saturday, October 25 from 9am to 5pm at the USC Doheny Memorial Library (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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L.A. event on November 11, and a new Facebook group

Wik-Ed Women editing session (11/11, 6-10pm), and join our new Facebook group!

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The LA Wikipedia community has a new Facebook group! Become a member to keep up to date with all of our upcoming events and to connect with local Wikipedians!

In addition, we have one upcoming event: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on Tuesday, November 11 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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L.A. event on November 11 CANCELED

Wik-Ed Women editing session CANCELED

Due to health issues affecting one of the organizers, the third Wik-Ed Women editing session (originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11) has been canceled. We expect the series to pick up again sometime in December. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you in the near future! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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L.A. edit-a-thon this Sunday, December 14

L.A. meetup: December 14 edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend.

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L.A. event on Tuesday, January 20

Wik-Ed Women editing session (1/20, 6-10pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

Please join us at an event this coming Tuesday: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on January 20 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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LA edit-a-thons on February 14, 17, and 21

Redondo Loves Wikipedia (2/14), Wik-Ed Women (2/17), and Unforgetting LA at the Getty (2/21)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The LA Wikipedia community has three events in mid-February -- please consider attending!

First, we have a Valentine's Day edit-a-thon appropriately named Redondo Loves Wikipedia, which will take place at the Redondo Beach Public Library from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 14. Join library staff, the Redondo Beach Historical Society, and others to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Redondo Beach!

Second, we have a Wik-Ed Women editing session on Tuesday, February 17 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists.

Third, we have an Unforgetting LA event put on by East of Borneo in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute. Come help improve Wikipedia's coverage of LA design and architecture, and have an awesome free day at the museum -- parking will be validated for edit-a-thon participants! If you'd like to use particular books from GRI's great collection, be sure to email before 2/13 (instructions at event page).

And be sure to check out our main meetup page, because we already have three SoCal events scheduled for early March!

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LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28

Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thon (3/18), Redondo Loves Wikipedia (3/28)

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending!

First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia.

Second, there will be an event at the Redondo Beach Public Library (following up on last month's session), in collaboration with the Redondo Beach Historical Society. Please join us from 10am to noon on Saturday, March 28 at the main branch of the Redondo Beach Public Library!

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5th Annual Wiknic

5th Annual Wiknic (Saturday, July 11, 2015, ~9:30am-4pm)

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You are cordinally invited to the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic!

The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!

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Wikinic rescheduled

5th Annual Wiknic rescheduled to Saturday, July 25, 2015, ~9:30am-4pm

Due to a conflict with the Redondo Loves Wikipedia edit-a-thon, the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic has been rescheduled. As before, the location will be at Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!

I hope to see you there! —howcheng {chat} - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.[reply]

California High-Speed Rail

Hi. I've converted several of the report links from inline-with-description to reference-footnote format. Where I thought the title was important to the text I left it as is. If you think anything should be changed, please let me know, and why. While I try to follow the guidelines, I am not a slave to a style-convention when it works against the purpose of the text, and I use "guidelines" as merely that, guides, not a straight-jacket.

As it stands, it is a fairly comprehensive review of the whole project, and has good links to other sources. Length is long (but not too long), and organization is far better than what was there before. I have considered splitting the article into two parts, probably a history part, and a current and future part. However, I'm resisting that as long as I can. As before, if you've suggestions, let me know.

As to your concern with headings, I don't know what you're referring to. The TOC was too long because I had too many subheads, and I got complaints about that. So, I revised the format to shorten the TOC, and merely bolded the subtopics in each section. This makes it far more readable and referenceable. I don't see what else I should do to improve things here, so if you've suggestions please let me know.

Thanks for your time and effort! Robert92107 (talk) 03:03, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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