User talk:The Raven's Librarian

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Hi The Raven's Librarian! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Come join other new editors at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a space where new editors can get help from other new editors. These editors have also just begun editing Wikipedia; they may have had similar experiences as you. Come share your experiences, ask questions, and get advice from your peers. I hope to see you there! Ushau97 (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:20, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Useful links

Hey R.L.! Sorry I'm slow, here's some links that you may find useful. I'll probably think of others.

• GLAM on Outreach Wiki, tons of resources here - case studies, contacts, uploading tools, resource bookshelf, and more

• GLAM mailing lists

• WP:WikiProject Canada, and its discussion board, are great places to chat with other Canadian wikipedians, flag issues, and find help.
• Regarding external links, here is the relevant English Wikipedia exlinks guideline.

Again, feel free to drop by my talk with any questions. Regards, The Interior (Talk) 17:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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WP:COI

Hi, I see you've been a registered editor for a few years and you've disclosed your conflict of interest here on your userpage, which is great. I'd do the same on your userpage on French Wikipedia, fr:Utilisateur:The Raven's Librarian.

Just another important thing to note, if you are being paid to edit topics relating to your work with the Canadian Museum of History, you are obligated to disclose this as well (see WP:PAID). The analagous French policy is at fr:Aide:Contributions rémunérées. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310, thank you for letting me know. I have not been active these past 4 years, and am now picking it up again. My institution is paying me a salary for my work, but is not paying me to edit articles about them. Instead, we plan to add images and references (books, weblinks) to articles where we have complementary material in our collections. Does this still require that I declare that I am paid? Is the declaration I posted the correct one to use in my situation?

In all honesty, I am finding it incredibly difficult to navigate Wikipedia's editing and help pages. There seems to be no logic to where information is stored, and no links from the main pages of Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons. I have had to rely on bookmarks to be able to go back to any relevant information. Beyond that, the language used is confusing, and there are an overwhelming number of rules to follow. I had to read your talk page to figure out that I must put a second "paid" disclosure on any article I add to, on its talk page, because the information on the page you linked me to was so confusing...I think I read that correctly, but let me know if I didn't.

I would greatly appreciate knowing if there is some kind of tutorial for a new editor, because for the moment, I am feeling quite lost! The Raven's Librarian (talk) 13:32, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

You're in luck, because there are a few helpful tutorials for new(ish) users.

You can try Wikipedia:Tutorial, the Wikipedia:ADVENTURE, and also Your first article for editing instruction. There may be some overlap between the three but they are useful exercises for a new user, or user that's been away for a while.

As I hope you've discovered, the Teahouse is a fairly hospitable forum for inexperienced users, as is the Wikipedia help desk.

I see that you have made a paid editor declaration on your userpage. I think that was a wise decision to err on the side of caution, lest any editors suspect that you have ulterior motives adding links/references to the CMH. This shows that you are editing in good faith, so other editors will appreciate your transparency and be more willing to help you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:32, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

@Drm310, thank you for the links! I'm not entirely sure I have the correct disclaimer, because I will not be editing posts connected with my institution, only adding images and references to other articles, and likely not writing content. However, I have contacted someone from the GLAM community who has done a similar project, and hopefully he will be able to give me some advice. Thanks for your help! The Raven's Librarian (talk) 13:22, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

GLAM partnership

Good day, I am very excited about the idea of a partnership between the Canadian History Museum and Wikimedia. I can certainly meet you in person to discuss about this project. You can email me at jpbeland{{at}}wikimedia.ca to discuss this further. Thank you, Amqui (talk) 16:21, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions on Visual arts

Hi The Raven's Librarian, We’ve noticed that you edited articles related to Visual arts. Thank you for your great contributions. Keep it up! Bobo.03 (talk) 16:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)