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Welcome, and a note

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Hello Spiral5800! I notice that nobody has been by to welcome you to Wikipedia yet, so allow me to do so: Welcome! :D I realize that you've edited a few times since 2007, but a welcome is always nice :) I'd like to give you a few helpful links, to assist you in your editing. The best place for answers and to read about policy and guidelines is the help section, but you can also find the basics here. One of your recent edits to STS-127 does not conform to the guidelines and policies here, for a couple of reasons, so allow me to explain the issues with it. First, forum posts, such as you used as a reference are not considered reliable sources, because anyone can post on forums, and there is no possible way to verify who they are, or if they are truly an 'expert' if they claim to be, so they are not used as footnotes. (The same goes for mailing list posts, such as the one you used as a reference in Beta angle.) Additionally, the claim that " The scrubbing of this launch is of particular concern for NASA" is original research, as your two references (the first one was simply to the NASA manifest, the second to an old thread that was going on during the TCDT and has no bearing on anything following the scrub) do not support this statement. In fact, scrubs are common, expected, and nothing worth undue weight in articles, nor is one scrub going to affect the processing timeline to a significant degree. Managers were not concerned, and the statement that this scrub would affect the assembly of the station is simply speculation, and that's not done in an encyclopedia. :) Since there has not yet been any decision about what should be done about the control valves, or will be done, or any decision regarding the launch, such statements are considered telling the future, which is also something we don't do here at Wikipedia. I hope that this helps you understand why your edit was changed, and please don't take it personally. If you have any editing questions, you can always feel free to stop by the help desk to ask experts. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 09:15, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hey Ariel, thank you for the welcome! I just wanted to write here what I wrote on your page about my source on the beta angle issue and the recent launch scrub. As I said on your page, my main source on the beta angle issue being a concern to NASA regarding their planned dates to finish the ISS and be done with the shuttle program was a NASA representative who was interviewed on the news - this same man was also my reason for creating the beta angle article. He mentioned the term and there was no article for it, so I figured I may as well start one. I wasn't quite sure how to cite him, so I suppose I was guilty of sounding a bit like a gypsy with a crystal ball when I said "This scrub is of special concern to NASA because ... etc." Thanks to you I won't make the same mistake twice =) Spiral5800 (talk) 02:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also regarding my edits being changed, I in fact expect and welcome it! It means that whatever article I was contributing to is improving, and that's what this is all about , right? :) Spiral5800 (talk) 02:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter who your source is, it matters if you can verify it with reliable news articles that back up the claim. You could speak to the President, but unless what you talked about is reported, you cannot add it to an encyclopedia, as it is unverifiable. If you can find a valid (non forum, non mailing list/email) news article that specifically quotes NASA as being 'concerned' after one scrub, let me know. But I guarantee, they aren't concerned about meeting the ISS deadline after a single scrubbed launch. ;) Ariel♥Gold 03:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
One can cite news broadcasts though, right? I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere. I'll of course find it myself, I'm not asking you to do even more work for me! I see the difficulties with verifying a news broadcast - it's difficult to go back in time and re-watch it, and almost as difficult to obtain a transcript or recording... but if the president said something in the state of the union address, for example, would one have to cite the text of the speech posted online somewhere? What if the text of the speech wasn't available anywhere - if it was a smalller, town hall speech for example, and the only place you can find him speaking the words is on a news broadcast you have on your DVR? I wonder where one draws the line? I'm sure all of this is spelled out really well on one of wikipedia's help pages - that's my next stop, just wondering out loud. Oh, and about that specific question about the single launch scrub concerning NASA - I guess I misspoke. What the guy said was that they were concerned that if the problem wasn't fixed quickly, that bad weather might roll in, and then the beta angle issue would come into play on the 20th, and that there was another conflicting launch of something else scheduled, and that the next launch window might not come up for longer than they would like and that in THAT case they would be a bit concerned about their schedule for finishing the ISS. Obviously, that would involve a whole series of scrubs, and even then - you're right, they plan for this stuff, and in all likelihood nobody's concerned at all unless you put them in front of a camera and make them feel like they have to say something compelling for MSNBC ;) Spiral5800 (talk) 23:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No problem - the template I used ({{welcomeh}} for reference, which is {{welcomeg}} with a header included) does seem a bit generic, but it's all useful information! Do you want it put back? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 16:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for the welcome Vanderdecken :) I know where to find all that info now; I did actually end up using that template to learn some stuff. Obviously, I still have more to learn - and I really appreciate folks like you and Ariel taking time of your day to help me become a better contributer to wikipedia - but I don't need the template back :) Thanks though amigo! Spiral5800 (talk) 23:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:ISS March 2009.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. wadester16 04:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Hooray! Spiral5800 (talk) 23:50, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Beta angle

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I'm really happy you created that article too! It was a much-needed addition, and I'm really surprised there wasn't one already here! You did a great job with it! July 11 is the next available opportunity for launch, so hopefully no more delays after that! That should give them plenty of time to work this issue. Holler if you ever need anything else, Spiral. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 16:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I added a note to the STS-127 article that STS-128 may end up being pushed back, now that it is official and reported by CBS ;) Ariel♥Gold 16:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First Amendment

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I really liked your opinion on the speech codes topic regarding the first amendement. I would like to invite you to wiegh in on my version of the Andrew Meyer video I have at youtube under my user name thebatman101069 and the situation that occurred that day. thanks Thebatman101069 (talk) 09:48, 15 December 2009 (UTC)thebatman101069[reply]

Hooper House (Baltimore)

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I found the references I added to the article with a few searches; a web search for '"hooper house" breuer' found the Dwell article and a Google Books search yielded page previews from Architecture Without Rules. Additionally, Breuer's collected papers are housed at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, so that material has been scanned from microfilm and is readable online.

I do have an interest in midcentury architecture and design, but I found the Hooper House article while patrolling recently-created pages. I like to skim through them and see what I can add (usually an infobox, a few references and categories) to pages with titles that grab my eye, which lately is mostly schools, buildings and the occasional biography. Thanks for leaving such a nice comment on my talk page! --Oddharmonic (talk) 09:32, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


References

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Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Remember that when adding content about health, please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations (There are several kinds of sources that discuss health: here is how the community classifies them and uses them). WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a built-in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN.

  1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "cite" click on it
  2. Then click on "templates",
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  4. If the article is available in Pubmed Central, you have to add the pmc parameter manually -- click on "show additional fields" in the template and you will see the "pmc" field. Please add just the number and don't include "PMC".

We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, how come you posted this on my page? Thanks for getting back to me. Spiral5800 (talk) 13:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, after looking at your history, I see you reverted my addition of cannabis to the causes of conjunctivitis. I was in the middle of picking the best reference for that statement, actually, which I find backed up in numerous sources. It would have been nice if rather than removing what I added entirely, if you had simply flagged it instead as in need of a citation. I'll re-add the information along with my citation(s). Spiral5800 (talk) 13:38, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I failed Beta angle at its GA nomination a few weeks back, partly because of the copyright violations I identified in the page. As no action has been taken to correct these, I've deleted the problems that I spotted in the article in accordance with WP:COPYVIO. As the main contributor to the article, you will find it a lot easier than me to spot any further problems (I think some individual sentences are also copied from their sources). Could I ask you to go through the article and fix any remaining issues? Direct copying of text, or very close paraphrasing in which a few words have been changed, is not acceptable on Wikipedia and could lead to legal issues. 4u1e (talk) 05:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look; I will do the same. Spiral5800 (talk) 06:12, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
All that stuff has been fixed by now, naturally, since it's been 2 years. I've come across so many bad articles with "Good Article" tag that I fail to see the point of making a new request =\ Spiral5800 (talk) 00:16, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

VPC

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— raekyT 10:36, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the Day notification

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POTD

Hi Spiral5800,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:ISS March 2009.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 20, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-11-20. howcheng {chat} 21:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's great to see that nominating this image to be a featured picture has resulted in its being seen by so many more people than it otherwise would have (although someone else probably would have nominated it eventually, had I not.) I cannot take any credit for the photo itself (except maybe saying some of my tax dollars helped fund it!) nor do I really feel that I deserve much in the way of "credit" for successfully getting it into the "Featured Pictures" category, but I nonetheless feel proud to see that it has now been the "Picture of the Day" on the front page twice! Also a user came along and uploaded an even higher-quality version than the version that originally won Featured picture status; who knows if that would have happened if this gorgeous image hadn't been featured? I was just saying that I really can't take credit for any of that, but hey, I don't feel bad about feeling proud: of this image, of the brave men and women who made it possible for it to be taken (and who took it,) and for the enormous heights (literally and figuratively) to which human ingenuity has elevated (and now defines) our species. Spiral5800 (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Space reorganization

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Hello WikiProject Space member! A discussion has been started regarding the future of WikiProject Space here; any comments you might have would be welcome! There are mainly two competing ideas:

  1. Centralize all the Space-related WikiProjects, such as Astronomy and Spaceflight, and merge them into WikiProject Space, or
  2. Separate the Astronomy and Spaceflight "sides" of WikiProject, and remove WikiProject Space.

If you can think of other options, that's great too. Your contribution to the discussion would be much appreciated. Thanks! :)

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Just FYI

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I just saw this tag that you placed last summer. The article actually contained a significant number of WP:Inline citations at the time that you placed the tag—just using the less-obtrusive parenthetical citation style favored by most academic disciplines, rather than the clickable <ref> tags that are popular on Wikipedia. Any system that permits the reader to figure out which source to blame a given bit of an article on is an "inline citation" as far as Wikipedia is concerned; we don't have a house style for citations.

Anyway, I've removed the tag, so nothing else needs to be done, but I wanted to make sure you weren't wondering why if you happened to be watching the article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:25, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up. I don't recall even placing that tag, but I also had thought that <ref> style inline citations were preferred (since it makes it easier to navigate to a given piece of cited material) - so I appreciate the correction! Spiral5800 (talk) 15:23, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup

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Smithsonian Archives of American Art Backstage Pass

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Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited!
The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art in, Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch (talk) 17:17, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello !

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Hi Spiral5800,

I just noticed your ISS editing. Cool, although I think it'll have some trouble there, as it's not self-explanatory at all, so I think some other editor will eventually cut it. Not me though. But I can't see it lasting as it is.

I think the main problem is people don't know what it means really, first I'm guessing a few will think it's to do with solar electricity production, and then think well, the shuttle has no solar panels. (although that's not what it's about)

Then on a further read, if they understand the principles involved and terms used, will figure it's not relevant to the construction, it's just a minor operational matter. That's my initial prediction.

I think it would be a good idea to use it where the article mentions the solar panels facing the sun, using one of those double wikilink things, where it says "The solar panels are turned to face the sun, or whatever the article says. That'd be cool. I don't know where it'd go in the NASA shuttle articles as I don't pay attention to those articles, they have plenty of editors.

I'm figuring after a 30 second browse of the article, you could add something after the 'Shuttle control was used exclusively during installation of the S3/S4 truss, which provides electrical power and data interfaces for station's electronics.' sentence, saying how the ISS has to tumble, or whatever you'd call it in non-technical terminology, to help the docked space shuttle maintain it's internal temperature when it is docked. That'd be very stable I expect. Something like 'During the docking of all Space Shuttle missions, the station's attitude had to be regulated to prevent solar over-heating of the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter, or something like that. It gets cold too as well as overheats. It'd need at least one decent ref for that, people pay too much attention to the articles lead and cut things in the first paragraph in a flash, whereas you could probably monologue about harry potter by the time you get halfway through and nobody would notice for a week, but at least one good ref would stop the occasional person who actually reads the article, and thinks your badmouthing the shuttle...

As for the station itself, I think it's much less of a problem because of the very very high energy throughput of the station. The shuttle runs on batteries basically, and runs flat and is dead after about 2 weeks in space. The ISS doesn't get much of it's energy that way, most of it comes from solar panels, with much less from direct absorption of direct sunlight and almost nil from stored energy in batteries. Then it has to chuck all the energy it gets overboard through the thermal radiators, personally I blame the Japanese :) for that, they do all the science on the ISS. It's where a lot of the electrical energy is used up inside. So the thermal path for the ISS (the oversimplified one, according to me) is solar panels(as electricity) ->electrical loads as in experiments(dissipated as heat inside the modules) ->ammonia cooling loops carry the heat into the thermal radiators and ditch it into space as infrared. Plus the thermal regulation of the station has heaters that run on electricity. Probably the Russian lads just make sure the solar panels are aligned and don't worry otherwise unless there was a problem. (the American solar arrays are getting arthritis in their joints, stripping gears). Penyulap talk 09:04, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8

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National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
You are invited to the National Archives in College Park for a special backstage pass and scanathon meetup with Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, on Saturday, October 8. Go behind the scenes and into the stacks at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Free catered lunch provided! Dominic·t 16:33, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-Thon and Meetup!

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She Blinded Me with Science: Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C. This edit-a-thon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women from the Smithsonian who contributed to the sciences. It will be followed by a happy hour meetup! We look forward to seeing you there!

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Anti-Bad-Bacteria

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I have heard that the number of non-human Cells on a human body vastly exceed the number of human Cells.


The beta clamp in Eukaryotes is the trimer PCNA and this is here primarily for me to show my four tildes - Later ~ Betaclamp (talk) 08:40, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Take pictures of Baltimore for Wikipedia on September 21

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Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting and more!

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Zestern analysis

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Hi there,

I have a question regarding the article Zestern analysis, it seems to be highly speculative and only based on a single patent - ergo there is no publication or application showing that the technique really works and any of the claims can be substantiated by an independent source. To me this sounds a lot like advertisement especially considering that there is a commercial entity behind the whole procedure. I am an editor of the German wikipedia and there the policies would clearly be in favour of deletion but I first wanted to ask an experienced user here on en-wp. What do you think?

Best regards,

--hroest 15:43, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hannes,
I felt similarly about the article, which is why I added the citation needed notations. I had to go back and look at it again to remind myself about the technique (as I'd never heard of it elsewhere before), and I'm surprised that it hasn't been updated since I added those tags in April. It could indeed be entirely fabricated, or an advertisement, as the single source would suggest. I didn't dig around on Google for more than a minute or two back in April before I tagged the article, and I can't hunt for sources at the moment, but I am familiar with most types of immunoassay (immunoblots, anyway) and I had never heard of the "Zestern analysis " until reading that wiki, and I vaguely remember it being called a "Zestern blot." May I ask how you came across the wikipedia page? I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon it while reading a news article of some kind, but since it was way back in April I don't remember for sure.
The page could certainly use another template at the top, and perhaps should even be submitted for deletion. Perhaps some attention by the deletion mods and some experts would get this article fixed - or deleted if that's what's warranted. Thanks for asking me about it. When I have some time later today I'll look into this a little more. Spiral5800 (talk) 16:59, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
reply on my page ... --hroest 21:00, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

End-of-the-year meetups

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Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

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Museum hacks and museum edits

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Hello there!

Upcoming events:

  • February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
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I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

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Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.


Regards,

James Hare


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Editing for Women's History in March

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Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

  • Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
    Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!
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  • Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
    In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!
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  • Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
    Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
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  • Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
    Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!
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  • Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
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Upcoming attractions in DC

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Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

  • Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
    See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
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    Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
  • Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
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  • Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
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ArbCom elections are now open!

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February events and meetups in DC

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Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

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March events and meetups in DC

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Hello, Spiral5800. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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Hello, Spiral5800. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of File:Polarorbit.jpg

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