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Best of luck, Hgrosser, and have fun! Ombudsman 14:20, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Age

You should probably inform whoever added that incorrect age of the existence of the template if you can find out who it was in the article history. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A tip on moving pages

It's easier to list a page at WP:RM and let an admin handle it, than to do something convoluted like using a temporary page (Zzzzzzzzzz) as you did. --Closedmouth 13:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, that's okay, I think I ended up merging the history into the wrong page anyway. We all make mistakes. --Closedmouth 05:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Schumin Web Transit Center

Yeah, Schumin Web Transit Center is still down, but I'm working on bringing it back bigger and better than it was before. Thanks for the archive link. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Images

On 14 March you tagged Image:My Buttock.jpg for deletion. However, that image is hosted on the Commons and can't be deleted from here. All that I could delete was the page that you created when you added the prod tag. I will let an admin from the commons know about the image and then they can decide what to do about it. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 13:19, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you very much for catching my errors in the article "Standard electrode potential (data page)". Stan J. Klimas (talk) 23:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Antisemitism

In answer to your quesion on the AS page, yes, that's why the term was invented by Wilhelm Marr. He wanted to be accepted as a legitimate ideological position rather than just hatred. Paul B (talk) 11:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently unfree image

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NYCS service Templates vs. Hard links

With this edit to Myrtle Avenue, you replaced the hard links (to the services for the station) in the intro with {{NYCS|J}}, etc.. This breaks functionality in Google Earth. Unfortunately, Google Earth can't display templates so that would be shown as is served by and trains at all times, and the train during rush hours. Please don't use templates in the intro section of station articles; they are fine elsewhere. Thanks, Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:01, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ref template

Hi - I wanted to say thanks for creating Template:Smallref. I tried experimenting a bit with the size of the font today, but in doing so, noticed that the template starts to cause problems if it's used more than once; all refs end up appearing as duplicates of the first ref. I imagine this has something to do with the "name" field in your template.

Is this indeed the case, or am I doing something wrong? --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 17:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that does seem to be the problem. The solution likely would be to use #if: to select based on whether name is specified. I'll have to look into the right syntax for that. Hgrosser (talk) 21:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC-7)

Sorry, I got completely sidetracked! I'm afraid I'm not terribly good at code, only figuring it out bit by bit through trial and error. I'll see if what you just changed has helped in any way. Cheers. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 15:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just been trying to work the new template into Monarchy of Canada, but the "name" parameter still isn't functioning properly; the citations end up reading as "{{{1}}}". I don't know what to do to fix that. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 23:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to come into this discussion late, but what exactly does Template:smref do? the reason I'm interested is that I initiated Talk:Prime Minister of Canada#Seeking_consensus_to_remove_.3Csmall.3E_tags_around_.3Cref.3E and if it makes references smaller than they already are, you may want to comment on that discussion. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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References

Do you have a better reference than a blog?

Blogs are not considered the best in the world.

FMI:

> Best O Fortuna (talk) 02:44, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I think I might have went the other way and choose: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Presumption in favor of privacy and yanked it out. > Best O Fortuna (talk)

Act numbering for opera articles

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Both your requests have been contested based on Wikipedia's manual of style, specifically MOS:DASH. Since this guideline is pretty clear on the issue, I'll cancel the requests. If you still think they should be submitted, you can recreate them using the procedure described at WP:RM#Requesting a single page move. Favonian (talk) 13:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Derry (Lamest Edit Wars)

Your edit probably got reverted because a consensus has been reached (ie: WP:DERRY) on how to name articles previously, and your edits broke it. --Ritchie333 (talk) 14:09, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

spans on iw links?

Diff of Murder of Julia Martha Thomas

This is not on; please explain before you do any more of this. Alarbus (talk) 00:53, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain what you are doing? This seems unnecessary and it's causing people work.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I've blocked you for 12 hours. Really, it's just to get your attention, I have no objection to lifting it or any other admin is free to. But if you let it run out and do the same thing again and don't engage with inquirers, well, you guess.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help talk:Interlanguage links#spans on iw links?

If you ask to be unblocked and agree to talk about this, it should be no problem. Please cease deploying this on other wikis while it is discussedAlarbus (talk) 02:22, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

All my edits have been constructive, not disruptive. Normally, the list of interlanguage links in an article cannot include the same language, as if you write [[en:SomeArticle]], it gets treated as [[SomeArticle]], which appears on its own page as SomeArticle. However, if the list of interwiki links is enclosed in <span style=display:none>...</span>, it has no effect on the links to other languages, which appear in their usual place on the left-hand side (perhaps these over-eager admins didn’t notice this), but suppresses the display of SomeArticle in the article text. This permits an identical list of interwiki links to appear in every language, which simplifies the task of adding a new language. (You can just copy the list from any one of the existing languages, only adding the new language, and not having to add the language you copied it from.)

As to my ignoring the request to stop, when I received the note on my talk page I immediately ceased enclosing the interwiki links (and I came nowhere near the 3RR!) and spent my time composing an appropriate reply. (I'm not the fastest of typists, after all,:) and I do like to spend some time away from the computer. ) After all, you could have explained it better than “This is not on;”. Frankly, blocking me for not getting back to you fast enough is more of an abuse of the administrative privilege than any abuse I may have committed of the editing privilege. Hgrosser (talk) 03:22, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You persistently acted against consensus, ignoring other people. I would agree to unblock you if you agreed to stop making such edits and start a discussion at WP:VPR instead. Max Semenik (talk) 07:23, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Here you reverted me rather than discuss it, and you also reverted me on fr:wp and continued deploying this on pt:wp afterwards. You've been reverted by editors on fr:wp and es:wp, as I noted on User talk:Wehwalt#IW links. I've also seen a bot cut the local link from pages on de:wp and da:wp.

This is not a good idea and you need to get consensus for it before continuing, which I don't believe you'll get. Block-copying sets of iw links is often quite inappropriate. If you agree to stop doing this and seek consensus, you should be unblocked. Alarbus (talk) 04:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

I did not act against consensus, no one objected until I happened to do it to the Article of the Day, because it had only 2 other wikis. And reverting someone once is hardly grounds for a ban. However now that you've told me where to discuss it, I agree not to do it anymore until I discuss it on the Village Pump. (But not right now, I'm signing off.) And you ignored the ban msg. that it was just to get my attn. Hgrosser (talk) 08:02, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Original admin unblocking on representation by editor accepted in good faith. Wehwalt (talk) 08:27, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Until you discuss it or until you have consensus?--Wehwalt (talk) 08:08, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Until a substantial number of people agree w/ me, and start doing it themselves. Hgrosser (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good enough. You aren't blocked anymore.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:19, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Why not just cite that book, if that is where it came from? Let the publisher worry about if it too lengthy a quote. Hgrosser (talk) 14:51, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Alumin(i)um bottles

Hi. I reverted your move of Aluminium bottle to Aluminum bottle. Consensus on Wikipedia, per Talk:Aluminium/Spelling is to use "aluminium" because this is what the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry uses. Please don't move pages against a general consensus without at least discussing the matter on the article's talk page. (I'm also not at all convinced that it's primarily a north-American product; we have plenty of them over here in the UK, too.) Dricherby (talk) 10:59, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And would you please stop changing random instances of the word "aluminium" in the article to "aluminum"? I realise that you're used to typing "aluminum" so it's natural that this will occur in new text but there's no reason to deliberately make the spelling in the article inconsistent. Dricherby (talk) 11:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Murder of Leiby Kletzky

Hi, I don't understand why you changed the apostrophe and quote mark style in the article. When I type into the edit box, a straight ' comes up, not a curvy one. Yoninah (talk) 09:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You know, I totally agree with you. When I type my articles on my computer using Calibri font, the quote marks all come out the way you inserted them. But then I see thousands (millions?) of other Wikipedia articles which use straight quote marks because that's the way they look when you type them in the editing window. Are you planning to make changes on all Wikipedia articles? Yoninah (talk) 18:37, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pussy Riot

Hi! Great to see the Pussy Riot article growing post-trial. I do have one favor, and I hope you don't mind me asking - would you mind using edit summaries? There is a lot going on in the article right now (activity wise) and it'd be great to trust the edit summaries instead of having to double check each history. Thank you for considering this! SarahStierch (talk) 18:58, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Disruption

Please stop your disruptive edits at Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. MOS:PUNC clearly states that curly quotes should not be used, and the article has used dmy dates since 9 March 2006.[1]. If the article has evolved using one format, then that format should be retained. DrKiernan (talk) 12:35, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Stop changing date format in this article please. Format was decided by consensus. If you want to change it, seek new consensus on the talk page. 81.83.136.140 (talk) 17:00, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Date format for ISO article

Your input is requested at Talk:International Organization for Standardization/Archive 1#Date formats for this article. (An edit that you made is mentioned there.) Mitch Ames (talk) 01:50, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Pussy Riot member

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Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland

Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox oil spill

Hi, Hgrosser. I posted a question at Template talk:Infobox oil spill concerning usage of the infobox field |casualties=. As an editor of that infobox's documentation your contribution is appreciated. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 08:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton C shell

The proper name of the product is Hamilton C shell. It does not need to be prefaced by "the" nor should it be. It would like saying Microsoft sells "the Windows" or "the Word". Re: your confusion about the author's name, it is considered impolite to refer to a transgendered person by their old name in the manner you've done. From Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies#Guidelines: "The Wikipedia Manual of Style's guidelines on identity indicate to refer to transgender individuals according to the names and pronouns they use to identify themselves." While the product is notable, the author does not appear to be, hence my concern about the personal intrusion. But to satisfy your concern, I've cited the note already included in the Hamilton C shell article. I trust this will be sufficient. Msnicki (talk) 16:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pavel Dmitrichenko

I noticed that you recently added the above titled article to the English Wikipedia, using a rough translation from Google Translate. Please note that the community has decided that creating articles created from rough translations using this method is considerably worse that having no article at all. Before editing or creating further articles, please spend some time fully translating the above noted article. Thank you. Cindy(talk to me) 06:50, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited to the first-ever Wikipedia Iconathon!

Help build the visual language of Wikipedia at the first ever Wikimedia Foundation/Noun Project Iconathon

The Wikimedia Foundation is partnering up with the Noun Project to run the first-ever Wikipedia Iconathon on April 6th at WMF headquarters, and you're invited!

What is an Iconathon: An iconathon is a co-design process where Wikimedia staff, the user community, and a few graphic designers collaboratively discuss what symbols could best represent a concept for an icon – for example, what's the best icon for New Editor, Revert or Oversight? Sketches will be converted into high fidelity icons by Noun Project graphic designers, and will be released under a free license for use by anyone on the Internet. Help build the free encyclopedia icon set that anyone in the world can share and reuse!

Logistics: The event runs from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on April 6th at the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco. Follow the signs at the door! We'll have plenty of paper and pens/pencils for sketching.

How to sign up: Please register here using the code 'wiki'

More info:

About the Noun Project About Iconathons

Hope to see you there! :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

April 2013

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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For your work on Boston Marathon bombings. Bearian (talk) 22:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dzhokhar Tsarnayev.jpg

Reverting to the original version was unnecessary when the image is non-free.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 03:23, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiknic 2013

Wiknic 2013
Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland
Theme: Hyperlocal list-making

Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge (Oakland, CA)

This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!

Location and Directions

Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
- Nearest BART: 19th Street
- Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
- Street parking abounds

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You're invited...

to two upcoming Bay Area events:

Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 20:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 2013

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Starship Troopers (film). Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 20:46, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Given your reversion of my deletion, I've asked for input at WT:FILM. My opinion is that the link is likely in violation of WP:ELNO, but I'm willing to see what other editors have to say. Regards. Doniago (talk) 00:54, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I ask you to have some patience regarding adding this link. Discussion has not been finalized, and we need to establish a consensus about a link like that. I just posted my findings (that the film is hosted by Crackle) and think it seems okay to use. Let's have other editors weigh in before we restore that link. If it is acceptable, maybe we can provide links to the other films too. Erik (talk | contribs) 19:36, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:14, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Placement of images in articles

Hello. I noticed you placed the picture of the hominid evolutionary tree on the lead of several articles. Please don't do this. Place it on the relevant section or elsewhere where it is not the first thing a reader reads. See WP:IMAGELOCATION.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 03:47, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick the Great

For controversial article moves please use the procedure described in Wikipedia:Requested moves. Thank you. --Saddhiyama (talk) 10:22, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One half

Please do not use the 1/2 character in mathematics articles. It is explicitly discouraged by MOS:MATH, as it is not a style commonly used in mathematics. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:49, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 15:31, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

File:Csaky madonna.jpg

Hi Hgrosser! The first Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in San Francisco.

Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here!

SarahStierch (talk) 08:58, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley

Saturday, April 5 - WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley - You are invited!

The University of California, Berkeley's Berkeley Center for New Media is hosting our first edit-a-thon, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, on April 5! This event, focused on engaging women to contribute to Wikipedia, will feature a brief Wikipedia policy and tips overview, followed by a fast-paced energetic edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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

The event is April 5, from 1-5 PM, at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons at Moffitt Library.

You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 23:30, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Look forward to see you at Berkeley today!

Hi there. Thanks for signing up for the WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon at Berkeley that is happening today. I look forward to seeing you! We have changed the on-campus venue due to the response we've had, via Wikipedia and Facebook. Please take a look at the event page. If you get this message too late, we'll have a sign on the door of the former location directing you to the new one, which is only a short walk. See you then! SarahStierch (talk) 15:38, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco

You are invited! → Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco → Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 1-5 PM

The Edit-a-thon will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival.

Writers from all over the Bay Area and the world will be in town during the nine day festival, so the timing is just right for us to meet, create and improve articles about literature and writers.

All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. This event will include new editor training. Please bring your laptop.

The venue: Wikimedia Foundation offices (149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105) – Google Maps view

You must RSVP here — see you there! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:38, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending!

First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works!

Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course!

I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Bay Area WikiSalon series kickoff, April 27

Please join us in San Francisco!

A Wikipedia panel discussion about journalism — Panel discussion at a recent Wikipedia & Journalism event.

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. We have two brief presentations lined up for our kickoff event in downtown San Francisco:

The Nueva Upper School recently hosted the first ever high school Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We will hear what interests them about Wikipedia, what they have learned so far, and what they hope to achieve.
Photojournalist Kris Schreier Lyseggen, author of The Women of San Quentin: The Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons, will tell us about her work and how she researched the topic.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see here: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2016

We hope to see you -- and until then, happy editing! - Pete, Ben & Wayne

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, and Checkingfax via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC) | Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the SF Meetups notice.[reply]

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:

A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:
What topics might we cover in a follow up?

Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)

Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
Join in on an in person Wikidojo!
Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)

Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.

Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!

If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:

We will have:

Light snacks, and time to mingle
A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you tonight! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)[reply]

You were right

I confused the Twenty-third Amendment with the rejected District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment. The latter refers to the people of DC voting for, among other things, the District's electors. The 23A makes no such reference. My bad, sorry. SMP0328. (talk) 23:46, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight

Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!

We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. All info here. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! (Registering ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, Stephen and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:

Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon

Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og
Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.

Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interlanguage link template fixed

Hi, this change messed up the page Deaths in 2016: the list bullet vanished from those lines where {{Ill}} was used. I think I fixed the problem by removing a blank line from the template. --Silvonen (talk) 04:26, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:

Open mic for anybody who attended WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
Question & answer
Open mic for announcements
Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016.

PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen, Jacob, and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Hgrosser. 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]

Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Details and RSVP here.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

In addition, this month we will have:

a brief presentation from User:Cullen328 (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
community announcements from the floor

For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

+++++
P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: meta:Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco#Announcements and promotion

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month.

Hope to see you there! Wayne (and Ben) - co-organizers
Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon

Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]

Archive link (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)

Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, California.

Cheers! Co-organizer Checkingfax - and co-organizer Ben Creasy | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to a birthday bash to Celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district.

For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017

The San Francisco gathering is one of a number of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide.

See you soon! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice)

PS: We need volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add your name to the Project page, and what you can offer. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the page.

Bay Area WikiSalon usually meets the last Wednesday evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch and learn about new projects and ideas.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder invitation to the Wikipedia Day 16 birthday bash & edit-a-thon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district and everybody is invited!

Details and RSVP here

See you Sunday! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte

PS: We still need more volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add what you can offer and your name to the Project page or Talk about it. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the Project page. The event is already growing due to volunteers that have stepped up so far.

Bay Area WikiSalon meets one evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch or learn about new projects and ideas.

Note: the previous invitation had a bum wikilink. Sorry! | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You've got email, Hgrosser!

Hello, Hgrosser. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 21:21, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for February 22

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks.

Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon February reminder

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6 p.m.

For details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne (co-coordinators) | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:D-

Template:D- has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 14:47, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Hgrosser. 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]

Punctuation style

I notice you replacing straight with "curly" apostrophes and quote marks as with this change to Celsius. Are you aware that this is contrary to MOS:STRAIGHT? —Quondum 10:17, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. —Anita5192 (talk) 20:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is a final warning. If you keep changing quotes as you do now, you will be blocked from editing. You've been warned multiple times over several years and have chosen to ignore the warnings. Knock it off.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 21:27, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked indefinitely

This is a bit ridiculous, Hgrosser, but because you're insisting on breaching MOS:STRAIGHT in spite of a final warning, I've blocked you indefinitely. This is such a minor issue but refusing to communicate and refusing to resolve minor issues with your editing is considered disruptive editing. I need you to explain why you're ignoring feedback on inappropriate edits, and why you're refusing to abide by that incredibly simple MOS rule. You can return to editing whenever you stop it. (See WP:GAB for appeal instructions) Swarm ♠ 01:48, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Htxt

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