User talk:Twisted86

Welcome!

Hello, Twisted86, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Katr67 05:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Bwahahahaha!!! Katr67 05:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Talk pages

Here's the info I mentioned last night about what to do with lengthy talk pages. The word is "refactoring", which is a little more heavy handed than archiving. Katr67 16:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. Thanks! A bit more extreme than I was thinking, but it gives me some future guidance. Twisted86 04:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oregon articles

I created new articles on Old West Salem City Hall and Zena, Oregon. Also added a bit to the new article West Salem, Salem, Oregon, and cleaned up Spring Valley Presbyterian Church. If you have any interesting tidbits to add, please do! Katr67 15:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I'll take a photo of the old WS City Hall at some point. I'll add that to the my list with the photo of the Capitol Theater parking lot. We've occasionally picnicked out at Zena. Another interesting potential article in the Zena area is the Spring Valley Community Center.... Hmm.... I guess while I'm in West Salem, it isn't that far to go on out to Zena. <sigh> Twisted86 06:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody said it was easy over here on the Darkside... Katr67 14:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oregon State Hospital is up and running now too. Timely! Right now it's just a collection of randomness, but there's plenty of material to work with there, if we can keep the POV down to a dull roar. Katr67 14:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clever quotation

The strongest drive is not love or hate. It is one person's need to change another's copy. Unknown

The strongest drive is not love or hate. It is one person's need to ~~change~~ edit another's copy. Twisted86 07:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The White Train

A friend just enearthed negatives of photos taken by another friend in high school of some of them being dragged off and arrested while protesting the thing, so I was inspired. I think Peaceworks might have published some of them. Katr67 14:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stub protocol

Hey there, I thought I would direct you to this discussion about stubs. I know I tend to put a stub tag on anything that seems incomplete to me so it would end up on the stub list and someone would expand it (witness my trolling of the Oregon geo stubs list today and subsequent messing with "Yaquina" tangent), but I guess that isn't always the best thing to do. (I trust Bkonrad aka older ≠ wiser.) There are a bunch of expansion templates for putting on talk pages...just when I had stubs all figured out *sigh*. Katr67 21:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've been trying to control the urge. :-)

Seriously, I know some of the stuff I've stubbed probably shouldn't be. Like you said, expansion templates. <sigh> is right.... Twisted86 05:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cursed soldiers

Hi there. I simply wanted to make the sentence a tad shorter. It's still too long, but what the heck. As to the source for Franczak, he is fairly well known in Poland and it's not a problem to find a source explaining the details of his death. Interestingly, it seems Poland was the home country of both the first and the last partisans of WWII.. As to specific citable sources, I guess one could add either this article (Gazeta Wyborcza) or this blob from the Polish public TV. I'll try to find some English sources later today. //Halibu tt 07:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strange, it seems there are no English language google links at all... I'll try to write a short article on the guy if you're interested. //Halibu tt 09:58, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment. Kind of you to offer. My personal interest is only passing. However, there is someone else out there I am sure who would enjoy such an article. Write away! Twisted86 04:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oregon in the Civil War

Thanks for your efforts to start a Category:Oregon in the Civil War! I have created similar categories for other states, and appreciate you taking the lead on your home state. Nice work. Scott Mingus 13:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Thanks for taking the lead elsewhere. For a western and ostensibly loyal Union state, Oregon had an interesting time during the ACW.... Twisted86 10:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've been busy!

Wow! Great (and painstaking) work on fixing up the cats for so many Civil War articles. This is a nice improvement. Scott Mingus 12:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It's like eating potato chips, though. I got to about 3 a.m. and said, "Ugh! What am I doing still awake?" Twisted86 19:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cut and paste moves

Regarding Universal (disambiguation). Just letting you know that to swap two pages names, the "move" tab should be used, never cut and paste content (this is so all the authors are listed correctly to comply with the GFDL licence Wikipedia uses). An admin may be required, you can request such moves at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Also, disambiguation pages should not use "(disambiguation)" if it can be avoided, there is more on this at Malplaced disambiguation pages. There is no need to reply to this message.--Commander Keane 13:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reminder. At first, I didn't think that was what I had done. After a second look, I realized that technically I did do a cut-and-paste, although I would point out that both pages were all but identical. But, I see your point, especially with regard to histories.

Thanks also for the info on "malplaced disambiguation pages". However, there is nothing in the MOS guidelines for disambig pages that says that disambiguation pages should not have (disambiguation) as part of the page's name. In fact, the MOS guidelines say that either practice is accceptable. It appears to me that efforts (such as yours) to change this practice do not have consensus.

Finally, it would have been nice if perhaps you had started your comment with something like, "Thank you for your efforts to eliminate redundancy between Universal and Universal (disambiguation) and the related pages. However,...." As it was, the tone of your comment came across a bit stronger than perhaps you intended. Twisted86 19:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip about using ""Thank you for your efforts...", I have taken that on board and am using it now, my message certainly was too strong - sorry. I corrected the MOS guidelines for disambig pages to include the information that was confusing people. And I can now see that your situation with the cut and paste move was tricky and an easy error. Thanks for your ideas :-) --Commander Keane 04:33, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Border Ruffian

Whether it belongs in the Civil War category is borderline (since it's mainly about the origins of the civil war, rather than the actual civil war itself), but it doesn't belong in the Confederate States Army category (because it has almost nothing to do with the Confederate States Army). AnonMoos

Reed Opera House and McCornack Block Addition

I did a major copyedit on this--if you can give it a sanity check, that would be cool. I think it needs more focus on the architecture (and a photo), and some clarification of the history, but note I refrained from mentioning the bar by name. :) Katr67 23:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amateur Fencers League of America

Oooh! Shiny! I'll try to take a look at it tonight. Katr67 14:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first thing I notice is that the references show up the TOC and that looks a little odd, not sure how you want to handle that. I copyedited the first section—see what you think. BTW, you don't have to use HTML coding to make em dashes—you can just insert one using the tools below the edit box (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dashes)). New York and Nebraska! Who would've thunk it... Oh, Webster and Chicago (Manual of Style) agree that bi-monthly doesn't take a hyphen, but hey, I think it looks all right with one. Next section in a few. I learned a new word from M-W today—"mouse potato". Gotta go do stuff... Katr67 03:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I did the other history section and the rest looks good. (If there's any good stuff on controversy about rule changes, that might be interesting. Or maybe I've been watching too much reality TV...) The section on divisions might border on listcruft, perhaps breaking it into even shorter columns, or even unlistifying the content would work just as well, thus allowing those interested to access the material, and saving everyone else from having to scroll through it. :) Let me know when you're ready to write that AFL article! (I'll finish up the real world project related to that tonight.) P.S. Uh oh, NPR just mentioned Colbert's "wikiality" and "truthiness". Good thing Oregon was semi-protected today. Katr67 14:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome message, dude! Darthsantaclaus 02:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of listcruft

Check out what I did to Ellis F. Lawrence. He was a busy guy. Also one of his houses in Portland is up for sale. [1] It has that Mahonia Hall look, and another real estate agent in need of a copy editor... Katr67 19:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shhh. I'm supposed to be taking a wikibreak...Actually, if you look at the TOC, you'll see that the Other buildings part is not a subsubsection of NRHP, but just a subsec of buildings. I'll have to see what I can do about the formatting. The Franklin Building in Salem is aka the Masonic Building on State Street, BTW. I don't know if you saw the stuff I put on the talk page, but about 260 of his buildings are still standing. Yow. Yeah, we should bring it up to the Wikiproject. Of course I've added a million suggestions lately and the only one people really went for was Oregon wine, and little bit on Government of Oregon. Shows us where our priorities lie... Katr67 18:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re:Welcome back!

Thppfft! Katr67 19:20, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linking dates/official titles

Woohoo, how 'bout that Harry Minto? I just thought I would mention that linking individual years seems to be frowned on, judging by all the bot edits I've seen reversing such linking I have done. There isn't a firm consensus on this however, and perhaps you are using the rationale that it provides context for the article. Oh, and I'm too lazy to check on the various official titles in that article, did you? The official ones should be capitalized, I think, fer instance "Marion County Sheriff" sounds like the right title, whereas, for example, "sheriff of Marion County" doesn't. No biggie. Carry on. Katr67 08:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edits

Twisted - You left a note on my talkpage asking me not to label my vandalism reversions as minor. The reversion to which you referred was done with the rollback link that is provided to administrators. The software automatically marks these reversions as minor. If you think this is inappropriate, you should probably take it up with the software developers, perhaps at WP:VPT. Also, using warning templates like {{minor}} with longstanding editors can sometimes make editors upset, since many of us predate the existence of such templates. I'm not such an editor, and I appreciate your dedication to making wikipedia a better place. But I have angered folks by using these templates and thought I should warn you. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 22:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Twisted - No need to apologize, I'm not upset. As a matter of fact, WP:MINOR does list removing vandalism as a valid use of the "minor edit" flag. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 22:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus Camp

I left this information on the Jesus Camp talk page in repsonse to your request for further documentation: I have seen the full documentary and have read many articles about it by others who have also seen it. The edits were supported first by the link to the ministry's web site which documents the kind of anti-abortion session that is depicted in the film. The ministry's web site also documents that the session did occur at the children's ministry. Further evidence of the documentary covering the anti-abortion teaching is supported by 45 pages of Google search results when searching for +Abortion "Jesus Camp" (Pages that include both the title of the film "Jesus Camp" and the word Abortion.) Please see http://www.google.com/search?hs=FfC&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%2Babortion+%22jesus+camp%22&btnG=Search for many articles, blogs, and pages that corroborate that anti-abortion teaching and rallying is clearly an important subject of this much-discussed, contemporary documentary.

Is this an acceptable way of providing supporting evidence? Thanks. Wikedit9

More discussion and documentation on this topic follows at the Talk page for Jesus Camp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jesus_Camp#Reversion_of_unsupported_edits Thanks. Wikedit9 02:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your addition of this link to many Wikipedia pages indicates linkspamming. Please select one, or at most two, appropriate pages and remove the link from others. If this is your own page, you need to obtain approval from the community on the talk page for an article before adding the link. See WP:WPSPAM for more info. Pollinator 02:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SDC

How is the following article vanity? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Demon_Community --SeanMcG 03:49, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IP Template for Kintera

Nifty, thanks! I'm adding it to my list. Katr67 03:52, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Mt. Pisgah. Aieee!!! Stop stalking my edits. :P JK, I do it to you. Why is everyone home on Saturday night? Katr67 04:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A request for the keeper of the magic book (Oregon Geographic Names)...

...to look up various things named "Barlow". See my talk page and EncMstr's too. Thanks! Katr67 20:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. That sure must be an interesting book. I figured would just list names, but it seems like it has a whole lot more. Thanks for the swift response! — EncMstr 07:13, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks bunches! Oh, yeah...the railroad does still run through Barlow...I clean forgot where Barlow was. Is it WP:OR to change the year in the article to 2006? You pass through Barlow on Amtrak...

P.S. All the demographic info for the city and CDP articles was initially added by the Rambot. Look for the little {{GR|2}} in the first sentence. Some of the articles that have been messed with have had this removed. Katr67 14:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Boon's Treasury

FYI, is aka the Boon Brick Store in the List of Registered Historic Places in Oregon [2]. I think this might call for some original research. Let me know if I can help. Katr67 20:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Silver Lake, Oregon

Does OGN have anything on Silver Lake? It's got cowboys, Irish sheepherders, protected marshes and Native American artifacts, but nothing particulary useful or citeable about these things on the 'net. Hence a really stubby stub. Anything you could add would help. Thanks, oh keeper of the magic book! Katr67 02:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shining (band)

I noticed your concern for the context in the article. I am personally not a fan of the band in question (and never made an edit in the article) but read most of the statements in the article when I read Swedish Metal-magazine called "Close-Up". Regarding the last statement about the singer I found the officiall homepage. I try to remove some long parts and cite a source for the statments claimed in the article. Look then at the article and tell me what you think. Best regards - Litany 22:58, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the response. My view of this band is that they are notable within the metal community and especially the black metal community.

Since I'm not personally a fan (to the band or to black metal in general) but still recognized them from a few good songs I heard (musically). Also alot of friends recognize both in Sweden and in Croatia (where I live now) I must consider them notable.

One part of their image is that they were not going to be exploited (as many underground bands claim), thats why there is lack of information and sources about them. They even diden't perform live until a few years ago.

The issue of the Close-Up Magazine is not clear since I only found out that the interview I read with was in the 51 episode, produced in March 2002.

I read the external links and as I noticed there was several statements from the official band members, so I sourced the statements. I also shortened the statement from there website and sourced it.

I think the 200 copies released for their album (I dont know which) is probably a early release. Although it is not uncommon for bands to release "rare" samples and CDs just to bring in money from frantic fans.

My opinion is that a band who relesed several full-length albums and toured within Europe must be considerd notable. Since black metal is not big in the meaning of the music buissness they are big within the metal community (and notable in the space of media for "scandal behavior" etc. Especially the black metal bands from Sweden and Norway. (I noticed that you are of Norwegian ancestry. =))

Tell me what you think. I will remove the template about notability for now, until further is decleared. Best regards Litany 19:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fencing portal

Nice work, looks good thanks. Any thoughts on a category "Wikipedians who fence" oe even "think the sword is mightier than the pen" <g>? Don't join categories but might do that one - regards --Nigel ^(Talk) 09:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ha - as always someone is there before me - just didn't look - check out {{User fencer}}! regards --Nigel ^(Talk) 10:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Star Memorial Highway

And the Service flag per our recent discussion. Katr67 19:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Passing on this invite

Katr67 13:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to new WikiProject

Sorry to disturb, but am wishing to take a moment of your time for something I hope will be of interest. I'd like to invite you to join a new WikiProject I've started, WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. Should you feel so inclined, please feel free to join. And spread the word to any other interested parties. :) -Ebyabe 20:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kings Valley, Oregon

I wrote a stub for this, if you have anything to add regarding Fort Hoskins. Happy happy! Katr67 16:55, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Psst.

Yew should edit more... Katr67 00:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy stranger! Katr67 20:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I do occasionally show up in here... — Twisted86 - Talk - at 20:17, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage plot

Twisted86, I see a sentence that makes no sense at Marriage plot (see its talk page). Can you explain what you mean? Wiwaxia 07:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For deleting my Craft (Swedish band) article Impamiizgraa 22:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

For cleaning up the Bethel article! Figures I'd brag about the worst article, grammatically, I've made in a long time. Salem First United Methodist Church was featured as a DYK on the main page today--see if you can find any typos in there! So are Revs always "The Rev."? I'm new to this kind of stuff. P.S. Let me know if you get around to uploading those other pics to commons. Katr67 (talk) 19:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I need to make soda bread or I'd ask if I could join you... Katr67 (talk) 20:12, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gregg Hammann Article

Hi Twisted86, I know in the past you have edited the Gregg Hammann article and thought maybe you could go back and take another look. Any information that is negative or critical is getting deleted, even referenced information, and I am not sure what to do about this. Please take a look if you get a chance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.169.156.2 (talk) 14:39, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twisted 86 isn't on here much, but I'll let him know you posted here. Looking at the edit history, there is some COI going on... Katr67 (talk) 19:42, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a closer look later... am swamped this weekend, though. Thanks for the note, whoever you are. — Twisted86 - Talk - at 05:25, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Need coords for North Fork of the Yachats Bridge

See here: User talk:Katr67#Yachats Bridge. Thanks! Katr67 (talk) 04:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Twisted86! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Automatic Redirects

Hey, I've been working on a revision of that "automatically create a redirect" extension. Right now it works but the first time you save the article, it saves it as the redirect title... and you need to resave it to get it to work properly. That's obviously suboptimal, so I'm going to work on that when I have the time. Anyway, once it's done I'll put it in the repository and give you a heads up.

76.107.76.96 (talk) 13:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon

Saturday, March 9 - Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon - You are invited!

Come celebrate Women's History Month at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, on March 9! This event, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, is hosted by the Fembot, in collaboration with ASOU Women's Center, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the School of Journalism and Communication, and the UO Libraries.

Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history!

The event is March 9, from 1-4 PM, at the University of Oregon Library.

You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 20:27, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited! Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride, a global campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia during the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. The project is being spearheaded by two organizers with roots in the Pacific Northwest. Meetups are being organized in some cities, or you can participate remotely. Wikimedia Commons will also be hosting an LGBT-related photo challenge.

In Portland, there are two ways to contribute. One is a photography campaign called "Pride PDX", for pictures related to LGBT culture and history. The Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, June 21 from noon–4pm at Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236 at Portland State University. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and cords.

Feel free to showcase your work here!

If you have any questions, please leave a message here. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Oregon-related events and projects by removing your name from this list.

Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 13, Portland, Oregon

You are invited to the Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from noon–4pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located at 1001 SE Division (97202).

Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend, but all are welcome. Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the talk page.
You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Oregon-related events and projects by removing your name from this list.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:59, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)

You are invited!

Saturday, March 7: Art+Feminism – noon to 5pm
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library (Mark Building, 2nd Floor; 1219 SW Park Avenue). Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

Another Believer

To unsubscribe from this newsletter, remove your name from this list. -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:19, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon: Tuesday, May 12 at OHSU

You are invited!

Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon – 1 to 4pm
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon hosted by OHSU's Center for Women's Health in honor of National Women's Health Week
Location: Biomedical Information Communications Center (3280 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239)
This edit-a-thon is intended to address some of these important differences and to generally improve women’s health information in key articles and topics. Areas for improvement have been identified in cooperation with WikiProject Medicine. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please post to the event page.

Thanks,

Another Believer

To unsubscribe from this newsletter, remove your name from this list.

Proposed deletion of MicroPlanet Gravity

The article MicroPlanet Gravity has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

software stub article of unclear notability, lacking independent references, tagged for references since 2010

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Dialectric (talk) 05:23, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming Art+Feminism events in Oregon

You are invited to participate in Oregon's upcoming Art+Feminism events, which will be held in Portland and Eugene on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Please see the following links for additional information, or to sign up:

Portland: Yale Union (800 SE 10th Avenue), 12:00–5:00pm
Eugene: Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) Library (200 Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon), 12:00–5:00pm

About Art+Feminism: Art+Feminism is pleased to announce its third annual Wikipedia edit-a-thon, an all-day event designed to generate coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and encourage female editorship. Last year, over 1,500 participants at more than 75 events around the world participated in the second annual campaign, resulting in the creation of nearly 400 new pages and significant improvements to 500 articles on Wikipedia. For more information, see Art+Feminism.

You received this message because you have attended a Wikipedia meetup in Oregon or contributed to WikiProject Oregon. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, remove your name from this list. -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:42, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism @ Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (March 18, 2017)

You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (415 Southwest 10th Avenue #300, Portland 97205) on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 10:00am – 5:00pm. For more information, visit Eventbrite.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

U23 European Fencing Championships

Hi! I'd like to ask you whether it is appropriate to create a topic as "U23 European Fencing Championships". Thank you for your time. CeeGee 13:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again! I see that my question was not worth of being replied at all. CeeGee 04:33, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ PNCA Library (April 29, 2017)

You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) Library at 511 NW Broadway on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 11am to 4pm. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:32, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride at PNCA: Tuesday, June 27

You are invited to the upcoming Wiki Loves Pride edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, from 5–8pm. For more information, visit the meetup page or Facebook event page.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:38, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color - Thursday, Oct. 26 at PNCA

On Thursday, October 26, a Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color will be held from 4–8pm at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway). Learn more at Facebook. Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:27, 21 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Jewish Women Artists (March 8, Oregon Jewish Museum)

On March 8 (International Women's Day), the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and artist Shoshana Gugenheim will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Jewish women artists. Click here for more information. You can also express interest or suggest articles to create or improve here. This event is free and open to the public, and will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participation is welcome in person and remotely (for those outside of Portland). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (March 10, Pacific Northwest College of Art)

On Saturday, March 10 (11am to 4pm), the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art, feminism, and women. You can read details on the Facebook event page, or this Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, you're welcome to stop by to show your support! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (April 13, University of Oregon)

On Friday, April 13 (3pm to 6pm), the University of Oregon will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art and feminism. You can learn more at the Dashboard page, or our Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and have snacks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Editathon: The Visibility Project - Saturday, January 19

Make+Think+Code and the Pacific Northwest College of Art are hosting a Wikipedia editathon at the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, January 19 from 10am to 2:30pm. The purpose of the event is to make Wikipedia a more vibrant, representative, inclusive and diverse resource. Please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/MakeThinkCode/TheVisibilityProject for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oregon State University Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Friday, February 8

To commemorate Black History Month, Oregon State University, Wikimedia Nigeria, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and AfroCROWD are hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Oregon State University Valley Library on Friday, February 8 from 2–5pm. The purpose of the event is to reduce Wikipedia's diversity gap by creating and improving articles about African American culture and history, as well as notable people of African descent and the African diaspora in general. Please visit here for more information. Remote participation is welcome! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:37, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PNCA Art+Feminism Wikipedia Editathon, Saturday, March 9

The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, March 9 from 10am – 2:30pm. This is a free community event designed to teach people to add and edit information about cis and transgender women and nonbinary folks to Wikipedia. We'll have training sessions, artist talks, snacks, free childcare, and plenty of exciting energy and collaboration! You're welcome to drop in any time during the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and charging cables, though if you are not able, computer stations will be available. Please visit this link for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Oregon Jewish Museum, Thursday, March 7

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host the 2nd Annual International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Thursday, March 7 from 4 to 8 pm. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter 18 Jewish women artists into the canon. Support will be provided by an experienced local Wikipedian who will be on site to teach and guide the process. This edit-a-thon will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participants will have an opportunity to select an artist/s ahead of time or on site.

Please visit this link and the meetup page for more information. Thanks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Portal:Fencing

Portal:Fencing, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Fencing and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Fencing during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 13:23, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST

Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST. You can join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://virginia.zoom.us/my/wikilgbt. The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′22″W / 47.622928°N 122.322912°W The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing the membership registration form onsite or (to be posted) online and paying $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2019 at the meeting as well.

18:04, 18 December 2019 (UTC) To subscribe or unsubscribe from future messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland, please add or remove your name from this list.

Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021

Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021

Friday, February 26, 2021, 1:00-5:00 PM PST
with Oregon State University, Education Opportunities Program, and AfroCROWD
Guest Speaker: Spelman College's Alexandria Lockett
"Click here to register directly on OSU's site".

Cascadia Wikimedians placed this banner at 03:46, 24 February 2021 (UTC) by using the Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Participants list.
To subscribe to or unsubscribe from messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland, please add or remove your name here.

You're Invited! Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia

On, Friday, February 25, 2022, Oregon State University will be hosting an online editathon focused on Black history of the Pacific Northwest. You can learn more here and/or register here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:26, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Portland Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon: March 12, 2022

You are invited! An Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon will be held in Portland, Oregon, on March 12, 2022. Learn more here!

Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet—and it’s created by people who volunteer their time to write and edit pages. Learn how to edit Wikipedia and be a part of shaping our understanding of our world. In this workshop, volunteer Wikipedia editors will be on hand to train participants on how to get started editing pages and offer ideas for which pages you can pitch in to help improve. Show up at any point during the four hours to get started!

Also: Free burritos!! We will be providing vegan, vegetarian, and meat burritos from food cart Loncheria Las Mayos. Alder Commons has a large, fenced playground. Children are welcome! Some computers will be available to borrow, but if you have a laptop, please bring it to use. We will also be leading an online training for new editors at 11am-12pm PST. Please feel free to join that training if you are not able to show up IRL.

This event is part of the international month of events organized by Art+Feminism, which is building a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10

OJMCHE

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host an International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Sunday, March 10 from 11am-3pm PDT. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter Jewish women artists into the canon. An experienced regional Wikipedian will provided will be on site to teach, support, and guide the process. Participants can select artists ahead of time or on site.

Please visit this link to RSVP and the Wikipedia meetup page for more information. Thanks!

Art+Feminism

Cascadia Wikimedians placed this banner at 22:50, 29 February 2024 (UTC) by using the Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Participants list.
To subscribe to or unsubscribe from messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland, please add or remove your name here.