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Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.
I hope to see you there!
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Harej ( talk) 04:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:57, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
![]() So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
NOTE: If you are interested in becoming a recruiter but do not meet the 15 review requirement, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters and put your status as "Not Available" until you have reviewed enough nominations.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along. A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.-- Dom497 ( talk) This message was sent out by -- EdwardsBot ( talk) 21:02, 10 June 2013 (UTC) |
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Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 00:30, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
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Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 04:10, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
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Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi James! Welcome to WikiProject Women Scientists. We're glad you've joined us! If you're looking for things to work on, you are welcome to contribute to our upcoming collaboration, Rosalind Franklin, or pick a scientist from our worklist. If you have questions, suggestions, or comments, feel free to chime in on our talk page. Thanks for helping us fight systemic bias! Keilana| Parlez ici 02:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:03, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 15:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
I have no way of knowing if such an event is even being considered. If it doesn't take place, feel free to remove it. I'm just trying to spread the idea. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:21, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Dear Harej, I volunteer to be social media coordinator. Lily, my wife, volunteers to be assistant to the social media coordinator. My best regards Geraldshields11 ( talk) 23:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Good evening Harej: I started an RfC for Talk:Guttermouth#Should_pages_for_Guttermouth_discography_and_Uproar_Festival_2010_.28along_with_other_years.29_be_created.3F, but it is still not listed at RfC. Can you please check that the bot is running? Thanks! -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 01:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Today is the feast day of Saint John Chrysostom. All pages should appropriately redirect. Keegan ( talk) 19:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:59, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, this move (cur | prev) 00:22, 10 April 2011 Harej (talk | contribs) m . . (11,285 bytes) (0) . . (moved Talk:Mandingo (pornographic actor) to Talk:Mandingo (person): per request) (undo | thank) appears to have undone an actual RM discussion (4 participants) on the page on 2009. The dab (person) is used on Wikipedia for types of person, a colonus (person) and so on. Wheras the earlier move was correct by WP:AT CONSISTENCY with the category. Can you please revert. In ictu oculi ( talk) 06:30, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)
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Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA. -- Pharos ( talk) 22:02, 1 October 2013 (UTC) |
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!
Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.
If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 02:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikimedia Incubator. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Vogone ( talk) 01:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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Please join
Wikipedia "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon on November 2, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for Greenwich Village articles on the history and the community. -- Pharos ( talk) 21:55, 29 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi James, I hope you have been well since we met at GLAM Boot Camp! I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. Best, -- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:07, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Do you think Talk:Aspartame can be unprotected? Jackmcbarn ( talk) 23:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
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Please join
Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon on December 6, 2013! Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for borough articles on the history and the communities. Drop-ins welcome 10am-7pm!-- Pharos ( talk) ~~~~~ |
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Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - In a city near you! - You are invited! | |
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The first ever
Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 across the United States and Canada - including Washington, D.C.! Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join! Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
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Harej,
Are you interested in making a Spanish version of File:Wikimedia DC.svg? The name in Spanish would be "Wikimedia Distrito de Columbia". This would be a part of a Spanish page at Meta about Wikimedia DC, serving Spanish speakers living in and around Washington DC.
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 16:07, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
WhisperToMe, I have now created the two logos: File:Wikimedia DC ES.svg and File:Wikimedia DC horizontal ES.svg. Harej ( talk) 03:23, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
This is to confirm that I, User:Harej, am making the request on ka.wikipedia.org to have my username usurped there. Harej ( talk) 18:24, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Harej: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD ( talk) 06:29, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Do you mind making a Spanish logo for File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg? It would say "Wikimedia Ciudad de Nueva York".
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:25, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hey!
You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:
I hope to see you there!
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Harej ( talk) 00:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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Please join
Wikipedia "Art and Feminism Editathon" @ Eyebeam on Saturday February 1, 2014, an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists! There are also regional events that day in
Brooklyn,
Westchester County, and the
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Hello there!
Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?
Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.
If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.
Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej ( talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Are you interested in making a Spanish version of File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg? It would say "Wikimedia Ciudad de Nueva York".
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:25, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your support and thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. What doesn't kill me... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Upcoming Saturday events - March 1: Harlem History Editathon and March 8: NYU Law Editathon | |
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I was at the Kogod Courtyard for the DC meetup to day promptly at 3:00pm. I didn't see any group that seemed to be the Wikipedians. One group had a sign "meetup" but it was the DC Philosophy Club. Anbothe was a photographer's group. Where was everyone? was this canceled? DES (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey! Jim, Molly, and I are all interested in going to this. Can you make sure to let us know the date and any preliminary information? You can get me on my talk page (or here) and I think you have work emails for all three of us. Thanks. HistoricMN44 ( talk) 15:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Happy March!
Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.
Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:
We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.
— Harej ( talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
As one of the previous contributors to {{ Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
hello, I think the bot may have been turned off? -- Drowninginlimbo ( talk) 09:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
I came across this little gem today when brushing up on my technical knowledge of blocks. I had a good laugh. Mkdw talk 20:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello there,
I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
All the best,
James Hare
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eh bien mon prince (
talk) 22:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
This morning at the Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, I have awarded "account creator" access to User:Djembayz and User:Sarasays to facilitate account creation at Wikipedia outreach events. I understand that I have done so outside of ordinary procedure. I know both of these users personally and I trust them to use these privileges wisely. If possible, I would like for them to retain these privileges indefinitely so that they can create accounts at future Wikimedia DC events. I take personal responsibility as a Wikipedia administrator for the actions they carry out as account creators. Harej ( talk) 15:22, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello there!
I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:
We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.
Best,
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Happy May!
There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
Come one, come all!
Best,
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Greetings!
Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:
Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?
Best,
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THANK YOU for helping to put together a successful WikiConference USA. You deserve much more than a barnstar. :) Another Believer ( Talk) 13:08, 2 June 2014 (UTC) |
James, What would be the possibility of organizing an editathon for African language editions of Wikipedia in the Washington, DC area? This is just an idea at this point, and not a new one (have raised it in the past). Given the international populations around some major world cities, I wonder if there are any precedents for gathering expatriates & immigrants who speak languages of less-developed WP editions to network and work on editing.-- A12n ( talk) 17:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear James: Is this report accurate: WikiConference USA bans critic from open meeting? If it is accurate do you know if a response from the conference organizers is forthcoming? I won't spend time explaining exactly how upsetting this is and how very bad it looks on its face until the accuracy of the report is confirmed. It looks really bad, though, and I really hope there's a plausible explanation. Note that I'm not asking about the rejection of Kohs's presentation, but only about the allegation that he was barred from an event touted as "open to all participants, regardless of previous level of involvement with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia projects. We welcome the curious, the skeptical, and others wishing to engage in meaningful conversation about the Wikimedia movement in the United States, free culture and digital rights, advocacy and outreach, community building, and technology." I posted the same question on Newyorkbrad's talk page, but he declined to respond substantively. I am also leaving it on the talk pages of the other conference organizers.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 19:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
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Upcoming Saturday event - June 21: Wiki Loves Pride NYC | |
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Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic | |
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Also, before the picnic, you can join in the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting.
We hope to see you there!-- Pharos ( talk) 16:51, 28 June 2014 (UTC) |
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I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!
July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.
What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.
We hope to see you at our upcoming events!
Best,
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Following up on conversation begun on June2-3, it may be that some sort of meet-up would be necessary as a first step. I can do a reasonable amount of editing in the ff & bm editions, and think that through personal contacts could start to bring together a core group that then could organize an editathon.-- A12n ( talk) 12:47, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
You keep reverting my edits. Are you a shill for the heteronormative patriarchy? 143.231.249.138 ( talk) 21:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC) ~ This anonymous comment was left by someone with an IP address at the US House of Representatives.
Thanks for your comment on Gates House. I also see that you are listed as the maintainer for the WSM tool. That tool is an excellent way to see what's nearby, very useful. I have one error to report, and one suggestion. If this isn't the best way to do that, point me to it. The problem is if the name of the image contains a quote, for example, the image for West Virginia Children's Home, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:West_Virginia_Children%27s_Home.jpg. The tool gets stuck trying to show ' http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West%20Virginia%20Children'.
For the suggestion, it would be nice if there was a box to check to say "show red squares only". Otherwise the user needs to click each numbered cluster, or otherwise zoom in, and look for the red squares. That option would allow the user to find sites without images much more easily. Generic1139 ( talk) 15:47, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
I note you have spoken about the need to recruit, retain, and educated volunteers. I am of like mind.
Would you have a look at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ariconte/Volunteer_Management and the associated talk page and add / comment on my reasoning? Regards, Ariconte ( talk) 05:20, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Greetings!
Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!
Best,
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Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.
I hope to see you there!
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Harej ( talk) 04:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:57, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
![]() So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
NOTE: If you are interested in becoming a recruiter but do not meet the 15 review requirement, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters and put your status as "Not Available" until you have reviewed enough nominations.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along. A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.-- Dom497 ( talk) This message was sent out by -- EdwardsBot ( talk) 21:02, 10 June 2013 (UTC) |
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You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :) |
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Harej ( talk) 15:49, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 00:30, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
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Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please
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Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 04:10, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
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You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2013 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Washington. -— Pharos ( talk) 18:49, 8 August 2013 (UTC) |
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi James! Welcome to WikiProject Women Scientists. We're glad you've joined us! If you're looking for things to work on, you are welcome to contribute to our upcoming collaboration, Rosalind Franklin, or pick a scientist from our worklist. If you have questions, suggestions, or comments, feel free to chime in on our talk page. Thanks for helping us fight systemic bias! Keilana| Parlez ici 02:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:03, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 15:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
I have no way of knowing if such an event is even being considered. If it doesn't take place, feel free to remove it. I'm just trying to spread the idea. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 15:21, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Dear Harej, I volunteer to be social media coordinator. Lily, my wife, volunteers to be assistant to the social media coordinator. My best regards Geraldshields11 ( talk) 23:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Good evening Harej: I started an RfC for Talk:Guttermouth#Should_pages_for_Guttermouth_discography_and_Uproar_Festival_2010_.28along_with_other_years.29_be_created.3F, but it is still not listed at RfC. Can you please check that the bot is running? Thanks! -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 01:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Today is the feast day of Saint John Chrysostom. All pages should appropriately redirect. Keegan ( talk) 19:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:59, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, this move (cur | prev) 00:22, 10 April 2011 Harej (talk | contribs) m . . (11,285 bytes) (0) . . (moved Talk:Mandingo (pornographic actor) to Talk:Mandingo (person): per request) (undo | thank) appears to have undone an actual RM discussion (4 participants) on the page on 2009. The dab (person) is used on Wikipedia for types of person, a colonus (person) and so on. Wheras the earlier move was correct by WP:AT CONSISTENCY with the category. Can you please revert. In ictu oculi ( talk) 06:30, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)
For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)
You can test out MassMessage here:
testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}}
parser function. For example, {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales}}
or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}
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mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.
If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! -- MZMcBride ( talk) 05:17, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
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Please join the
Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA. -- Pharos ( talk) 22:02, 1 October 2013 (UTC) |
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!
Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.
If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 02:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikimedia Incubator. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Vogone ( talk) 01:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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Please join
Wikipedia "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon on November 2, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for Greenwich Village articles on the history and the community. -- Pharos ( talk) 21:55, 29 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi James, I hope you have been well since we met at GLAM Boot Camp! I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. Best, -- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:07, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Do you think Talk:Aspartame can be unprotected? Jackmcbarn ( talk) 23:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You're being contacted as you're listed as an EdwardsBot user.
MassMessage has been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. For help using the new tool, please check out its help page or drop a note on Meta-Wiki.
With over 400,000 edits to Wikimedia wikis, EdwardsBot has served us well; however EdwardsBot will no longer perform local or global message delivery after December 31, 2013.
A huge thanks to Legoktm, Reedy, Aaron Schulz and everyone else who helped to get MassMessage deployed. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 02:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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Please join
Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon on December 6, 2013! Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for borough articles on the history and the communities. Drop-ins welcome 10am-7pm!-- Pharos ( talk) ~~~~~ |
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Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - In a city near you! - You are invited! | |
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The first ever
Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 across the United States and Canada - including Washington, D.C.! Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join! Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
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Harej,
Are you interested in making a Spanish version of File:Wikimedia DC.svg? The name in Spanish would be "Wikimedia Distrito de Columbia". This would be a part of a Spanish page at Meta about Wikimedia DC, serving Spanish speakers living in and around Washington DC.
Thanks, WhisperToMe ( talk) 16:07, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
WhisperToMe, I have now created the two logos: File:Wikimedia DC ES.svg and File:Wikimedia DC horizontal ES.svg. Harej ( talk) 03:23, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
This is to confirm that I, User:Harej, am making the request on ka.wikipedia.org to have my username usurped there. Harej ( talk) 18:24, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Harej: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD ( talk) 06:29, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Do you mind making a Spanish logo for File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg? It would say "Wikimedia Ciudad de Nueva York".
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:25, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hey!
You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:
I hope to see you there!
(Note: If you do not wish to receive talk page messages for DC meetups, you are welcome to remove your username from this page.)
Harej ( talk) 00:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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Please join
Wikipedia "Art and Feminism Editathon" @ Eyebeam on Saturday February 1, 2014, an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists! There are also regional events that day in
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Hello there!
Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?
Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.
If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.
Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej ( talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Are you interested in making a Spanish version of File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg? It would say "Wikimedia Ciudad de Nueva York".
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:25, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your support and thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. What doesn't kill me... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Upcoming Saturday events - March 1: Harlem History Editathon and March 8: NYU Law Editathon | |
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I was at the Kogod Courtyard for the DC meetup to day promptly at 3:00pm. I didn't see any group that seemed to be the Wikipedians. One group had a sign "meetup" but it was the DC Philosophy Club. Anbothe was a photographer's group. Where was everyone? was this canceled? DES (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey! Jim, Molly, and I are all interested in going to this. Can you make sure to let us know the date and any preliminary information? You can get me on my talk page (or here) and I think you have work emails for all three of us. Thanks. HistoricMN44 ( talk) 15:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Happy March!
Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.
Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:
We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.
— Harej ( talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
As one of the previous contributors to {{ Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
hello, I think the bot may have been turned off? -- Drowninginlimbo ( talk) 09:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
I came across this little gem today when brushing up on my technical knowledge of blocks. I had a good laugh. Mkdw talk 20:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello there,
I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
All the best,
James Hare
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Template:Obama cabinet infobox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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eh bien mon prince (
talk) 22:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
This morning at the Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, I have awarded "account creator" access to User:Djembayz and User:Sarasays to facilitate account creation at Wikipedia outreach events. I understand that I have done so outside of ordinary procedure. I know both of these users personally and I trust them to use these privileges wisely. If possible, I would like for them to retain these privileges indefinitely so that they can create accounts at future Wikimedia DC events. I take personal responsibility as a Wikipedia administrator for the actions they carry out as account creators. Harej ( talk) 15:22, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello there!
I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:
We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.
Best,
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Happy May!
There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
Come one, come all!
Best,
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Greetings!
Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:
Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?
Best,
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THANK YOU for helping to put together a successful WikiConference USA. You deserve much more than a barnstar. :) Another Believer ( Talk) 13:08, 2 June 2014 (UTC) |
James, What would be the possibility of organizing an editathon for African language editions of Wikipedia in the Washington, DC area? This is just an idea at this point, and not a new one (have raised it in the past). Given the international populations around some major world cities, I wonder if there are any precedents for gathering expatriates & immigrants who speak languages of less-developed WP editions to network and work on editing.-- A12n ( talk) 17:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear James: Is this report accurate: WikiConference USA bans critic from open meeting? If it is accurate do you know if a response from the conference organizers is forthcoming? I won't spend time explaining exactly how upsetting this is and how very bad it looks on its face until the accuracy of the report is confirmed. It looks really bad, though, and I really hope there's a plausible explanation. Note that I'm not asking about the rejection of Kohs's presentation, but only about the allegation that he was barred from an event touted as "open to all participants, regardless of previous level of involvement with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia projects. We welcome the curious, the skeptical, and others wishing to engage in meaningful conversation about the Wikimedia movement in the United States, free culture and digital rights, advocacy and outreach, community building, and technology." I posted the same question on Newyorkbrad's talk page, but he declined to respond substantively. I am also leaving it on the talk pages of the other conference organizers.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 19:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
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Upcoming Saturday event - June 21: Wiki Loves Pride NYC | |
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Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic | |
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Also, before the picnic, you can join in the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting.
We hope to see you there!-- Pharos ( talk) 16:51, 28 June 2014 (UTC) |
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I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!
July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.
What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.
We hope to see you at our upcoming events!
Best,
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Following up on conversation begun on June2-3, it may be that some sort of meet-up would be necessary as a first step. I can do a reasonable amount of editing in the ff & bm editions, and think that through personal contacts could start to bring together a core group that then could organize an editathon.-- A12n ( talk) 12:47, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
You keep reverting my edits. Are you a shill for the heteronormative patriarchy? 143.231.249.138 ( talk) 21:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC) ~ This anonymous comment was left by someone with an IP address at the US House of Representatives.
Thanks for your comment on Gates House. I also see that you are listed as the maintainer for the WSM tool. That tool is an excellent way to see what's nearby, very useful. I have one error to report, and one suggestion. If this isn't the best way to do that, point me to it. The problem is if the name of the image contains a quote, for example, the image for West Virginia Children's Home, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:West_Virginia_Children%27s_Home.jpg. The tool gets stuck trying to show ' http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West%20Virginia%20Children'.
For the suggestion, it would be nice if there was a box to check to say "show red squares only". Otherwise the user needs to click each numbered cluster, or otherwise zoom in, and look for the red squares. That option would allow the user to find sites without images much more easily. Generic1139 ( talk) 15:47, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
I note you have spoken about the need to recruit, retain, and educated volunteers. I am of like mind.
Would you have a look at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ariconte/Volunteer_Management and the associated talk page and add / comment on my reasoning? Regards, Ariconte ( talk) 05:20, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Greetings!
Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!
Best,
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