Hi, do you have any sources that Walter Leighton Clark lives or lived there? I did a brief search and found none. Best wishes! Charon X/ talk 08:48, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Source is his autobiography, "Leaves from an Artist's Memory." I have made a PDF copy and need to make accessable -- lots of information. Leightonwalter ( talk) 00:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
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I believe you had uploaded an image of Helen Holt Hawley with Walter Leighton Clark at a drawing for the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1933. But it looks as if that image has been removed. I'm working on a book and we at the New York Transit Museum would like to publish that image. Are there copyright concerns regarding that? What or who was the source of the image?Brett72 Brett72 ( talk) 21:55, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Reply from Leightonwalter: There are no issues. I made the mistake of uploading the image with the wrong public domain tag. I've since determined what the correct one is, and will re-upload. Apologies for the delay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.134.207.224 ( talk) 22:08, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
In that case, how would you feel about emailing a hi-res tif file to us? (OK if it comes with print dot distortion. I can fix it on my end.) My email address is Brett.Dion@nyct.com Also, can you include the dimensions of your printed image and how you would like to be credited, if at all. Brett72 ( talk) 13:16, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Note from LW: Thanks much. The "water lilies" link was correct; it went to the Monet paintings; I fixed the White Plains, New York reference, however, so we're all set.
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I saw you were involved in editing the James J Montague article and wanted to know if you knew anything about the Memory Street book listed in the References section. I am interested in finding a print copy but can't find one in library catalogues or on Amazon. I'm not sure how to find out which user exactly contributed the citation. Thank you very much for any help you can provide. My email address is: peterpaulward@gmail.com
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Lots of things to discuss.
As it stands this article is likely to be deleted again, quite soon for the copyright issues, but eventually anyway for the other issues. If you want the article to stick around, it needs to be rewritten to show WP:NOTABILITY (note that notability is not synonymous with importance. Many important things are not notable. Many notable things are not important.) The best way to do that is find WP:NPOV WP:RELIABLESOURCES unaffiliated with the center, to WP:VERIFY all information in the article. The article should not be written as a marketing or promotional brochure, but clinically describe the foundation (including balancing with any negative information that there may be).
Please let me know if you have further questions or need clarification. Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:02, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I'm reworking the article now, as indicated. That said, I'm having a little trouble understanding why a Harvard University research center established in 1986 that has hosted hundreds of fellows -- journalists, politicians, and media figures -- and published a similar number of research papers is somehow not "noteable" enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. Many other Harvard Kennedy School centers are in Wikipedia, including, for example, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. For what it's worth, the Shorenstein Center site is Creative Commons, like Wikipedia. While I am rewriting and expanding what's there, there are no copyright issues with their text, period. But again, I'm doing a rewrite and expansion, and will prioritize neutral sources. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:29, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the insight, much appreciated. Four tildes like this? Leightonwalter ( talk) 15:34, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
You can make the link to a section like this Harvard_Institute_of_Politics#John_F._Kennedy_Jr._Forum but you could also change the text of the link, which may be more readable, by using the pipe character within the link such as John F Kennedy Jr. Forum (You can also make the link without the _ chars, using spaces instead, if you don't need to change the lettering) Gaijin42 ( talk) 16:31, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
This may be moot, if you plan on removing the links anyway, but the majority of the links pointing to centers website are all redirecting to the same minimal about us page eg
both go to http://shorensteincenter.org/about-us/ (it looks like the URL scheme was changed and now those links should be like http://shorensteincenter.org/about-us/history/building-the-center/)
So they aren't really usable as citations as is. It would be better to not rely much on the foundation's site, but if you do need to do so for some basic fact (year of founding etc) , it may be wise to use something like http://webcitation.org/ to create more stable links which would still be valid even if the foundation changes its website in the future. Gaijin42 ( talk) 18:53, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm done working on the page for now. There's some more material coming on the center's initiatives as well as a highly selective list of prominent former fellows. Leightonwalter ( talk) 21:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
This probably would have been helpful earlier, but this link may be useful for you in understanding how to do various wiki things like those answered above Help:Cheatsheet Gaijin42 ( talk) 22:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, do you have any sources that Walter Leighton Clark lives or lived there? I did a brief search and found none. Best wishes! Charon X/ talk 08:48, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Source is his autobiography, "Leaves from an Artist's Memory." I have made a PDF copy and need to make accessable -- lots of information. Leightonwalter ( talk) 00:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
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Fixed Leightonwalter ( talk) 18:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
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I believe you had uploaded an image of Helen Holt Hawley with Walter Leighton Clark at a drawing for the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1933. But it looks as if that image has been removed. I'm working on a book and we at the New York Transit Museum would like to publish that image. Are there copyright concerns regarding that? What or who was the source of the image?Brett72 Brett72 ( talk) 21:55, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Reply from Leightonwalter: There are no issues. I made the mistake of uploading the image with the wrong public domain tag. I've since determined what the correct one is, and will re-upload. Apologies for the delay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.134.207.224 ( talk) 22:08, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
In that case, how would you feel about emailing a hi-res tif file to us? (OK if it comes with print dot distortion. I can fix it on my end.) My email address is Brett.Dion@nyct.com Also, can you include the dimensions of your printed image and how you would like to be credited, if at all. Brett72 ( talk) 13:16, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Note from LW: Thanks much. The "water lilies" link was correct; it went to the Monet paintings; I fixed the White Plains, New York reference, however, so we're all set.
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I saw you were involved in editing the James J Montague article and wanted to know if you knew anything about the Memory Street book listed in the References section. I am interested in finding a print copy but can't find one in library catalogues or on Amazon. I'm not sure how to find out which user exactly contributed the citation. Thank you very much for any help you can provide. My email address is: peterpaulward@gmail.com
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Leightonwalter here: Yes, please delete the Loren McIntyre page from the "articles for creation" section. That's a duplicate, as the article is already in the main Wikipedia space.
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Lots of things to discuss.
As it stands this article is likely to be deleted again, quite soon for the copyright issues, but eventually anyway for the other issues. If you want the article to stick around, it needs to be rewritten to show WP:NOTABILITY (note that notability is not synonymous with importance. Many important things are not notable. Many notable things are not important.) The best way to do that is find WP:NPOV WP:RELIABLESOURCES unaffiliated with the center, to WP:VERIFY all information in the article. The article should not be written as a marketing or promotional brochure, but clinically describe the foundation (including balancing with any negative information that there may be).
Please let me know if you have further questions or need clarification. Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:02, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I'm reworking the article now, as indicated. That said, I'm having a little trouble understanding why a Harvard University research center established in 1986 that has hosted hundreds of fellows -- journalists, politicians, and media figures -- and published a similar number of research papers is somehow not "noteable" enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. Many other Harvard Kennedy School centers are in Wikipedia, including, for example, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. For what it's worth, the Shorenstein Center site is Creative Commons, like Wikipedia. While I am rewriting and expanding what's there, there are no copyright issues with their text, period. But again, I'm doing a rewrite and expansion, and will prioritize neutral sources. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:29, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the insight, much appreciated. Four tildes like this? Leightonwalter ( talk) 15:34, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
You can make the link to a section like this Harvard_Institute_of_Politics#John_F._Kennedy_Jr._Forum but you could also change the text of the link, which may be more readable, by using the pipe character within the link such as John F Kennedy Jr. Forum (You can also make the link without the _ chars, using spaces instead, if you don't need to change the lettering) Gaijin42 ( talk) 16:31, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
This may be moot, if you plan on removing the links anyway, but the majority of the links pointing to centers website are all redirecting to the same minimal about us page eg
both go to http://shorensteincenter.org/about-us/ (it looks like the URL scheme was changed and now those links should be like http://shorensteincenter.org/about-us/history/building-the-center/)
So they aren't really usable as citations as is. It would be better to not rely much on the foundation's site, but if you do need to do so for some basic fact (year of founding etc) , it may be wise to use something like http://webcitation.org/ to create more stable links which would still be valid even if the foundation changes its website in the future. Gaijin42 ( talk) 18:53, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm done working on the page for now. There's some more material coming on the center's initiatives as well as a highly selective list of prominent former fellows. Leightonwalter ( talk) 21:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
This probably would have been helpful earlier, but this link may be useful for you in understanding how to do various wiki things like those answered above Help:Cheatsheet Gaijin42 ( talk) 22:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
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Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
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Hello, Leightonwalter. 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)