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Hi Mark. I have started a discussion about the location of the February train the trainer course that you've signed up to. You might be interested in commenting - see [1]. Thanks, Bazonka ( talk) 21:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mark, you signed up to the WMUK training event but the venue has changed. The response from the community is that a different location would be easier for volunteers to get to. As such the training session will be held in Manchester on the same dates. If you are still able and want to attend could you please confirm as much in the sign up section so we know you'll be there. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:07, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mark, the details of the venue are now on the UK wiki. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 13:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
After whittling down the people who didn't respond we still had 14 people interested in 12 places. Unfortunately this means two people miss out. We've decided to put you on the reserve list should anyone drop out. I hope that's ok. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mark, we've been able to include you in the training session. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 11:10, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I reversed some of the changes you made to eigenvalues and eigenvectors
All the best, -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 03:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
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Thank-you Mark for the welcome User_talk:Lfahlberg#Welcome. I will have to see about working on the English wikipedia. That was way too much confrontation with people whose goals are definitely diametrically opposed to mine. Not somewhat, but completely in opposition. The funny thing is that I regularly use Wikipedia, but rarely for mathematics :). However, in the last two weeks, I have been working intensively on math articles for the [ Macedonian wikipedia]. (There I have a relatively free hand, even though Macedonian is my second language and so my sentence constructions are sometimes weird :).) I have been creating free online resources for mathematics for years and years that are consistently used (in both Macedonian and in English.) While working on the MK wikipedia articles, I would refer to the corresponding articles in the English wikipedia. When I read the English articles on linear function (and then linear equation) I was so astonished that I forced myself to write knowing full well there would be some confrontation. However, I was absolutely appalled by the response. So I will have to see. The only reason I might consider it is that through all the conflict I actually learned a lot about creating wikipedia articles and about remembering to carefully research other possible definitions and generalizations. That was both useful (and even fun). Warm regards, Lfahlberg ( talk) 15:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for a lovely presentation today Mark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.88.244.129 ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 2 July 2013
I don't suppose I can talk you into using your full name on your signature to make sure there is no confusion. It isn't a requirement and if you choose to keep your sig I am sure people will figure it out eventually. Just a suggestion. Happy editing!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 23:35, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for spotting the error in the accents - following up on the editathon? It is being very interesting doing this! MerielGJones ( talk) 16:17, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mark. I wanted to drop you a note, firstly to thank you for all of your input to the attempt to community source the submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. Even though the work hasn't been overwhelmed by large numbers of contributors I think it has led to something valuable. We are going to look at encouraging submission to the next theme - representation - and the final theme, when it is announced. Each theme will have a separate submission (to include the talk page) but at the time of the final one we'll be compiling some kind of report as an accompaniment. The second point is I definitely agree we need to encourage more people to participate directly on the call for the second theme (and those subsequent). I would love to get some suggestions from you on this. I have deliberately been quite reticent about promoting the project through Wikipedia channels as I don't want to do anything that could upset the community. Do you have any views on how we could get more people involved? Thank you for all of your help so far, it is appreciated. Stevie Benton (WMUK) ( talk) 15:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. I thought I would drop you a note as you kindly took part in the first stage of the efforts to crowdsource a submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The second stage is now live and can be seen here. It would be great if you could help with putting together the submission on the second theme, which relates to representation. Also, if you have any suggestions on how we can widen participation, that would be very helpful. Thanks again for all of your help. Stevie Benton (WMUK) ( talk) 11:08, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mark, there's a meetup this weekend, and now that I'm back I might finally be attending one! Would be good to see you there if you can make it. Sam Walton ( talk) 08:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks. Mike Peel ( talk) 20:36, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mark. You should request a geonotice for this event so that editors see it! :) Sam Walton ( talk) 20:06, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Does this make any sense to you?! Hopefully we'll be able to provide some sensible advice! Bazonka ( talk) 21:34, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi testing Backton ( talk) 11:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mark and Dan Just wanted to say a big Thank You for the incite you have given us in using Wiki. I have had excellent feedback from the attendees and you have certainly given us food for thought on the benefits of using Wiki as an invaluable tool. It was refreshing to see the passion of the real people behind the anonymous face of Wiki and to learn that Wiki has been striving to be taken seriously. Many Thanks Jacqueline LSAAC Tagger1 ( talk) 19:54, 6 June 2015 (UTC)LSAAC Tagger1
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Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.
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Hello! Mark L MacDonald,
you are invited to the
Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us!
NtheP (
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20:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Mark. I have started a discussion about the location of the February train the trainer course that you've signed up to. You might be interested in commenting - see [1]. Thanks, Bazonka ( talk) 21:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mark, you signed up to the WMUK training event but the venue has changed. The response from the community is that a different location would be easier for volunteers to get to. As such the training session will be held in Manchester on the same dates. If you are still able and want to attend could you please confirm as much in the sign up section so we know you'll be there. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:07, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mark, the details of the venue are now on the UK wiki. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 13:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
After whittling down the people who didn't respond we still had 14 people interested in 12 places. Unfortunately this means two people miss out. We've decided to put you on the reserve list should anyone drop out. I hope that's ok. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mark, we've been able to include you in the training session. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 11:10, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 15:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I reversed some of the changes you made to eigenvalues and eigenvectors
All the best, -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 03:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
The Wikimedia UK AGM will be held in June, and nominations for the UK Wikimedian of the Year are currently open. If there is someone who you feel has made an important contribution to the UK Wikimedia movement in the last year please go ahead and nominate them here by 09:00 (BST) on Monday 20th May at the latest. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 13:31, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank-you Mark for the welcome User_talk:Lfahlberg#Welcome. I will have to see about working on the English wikipedia. That was way too much confrontation with people whose goals are definitely diametrically opposed to mine. Not somewhat, but completely in opposition. The funny thing is that I regularly use Wikipedia, but rarely for mathematics :). However, in the last two weeks, I have been working intensively on math articles for the [ Macedonian wikipedia]. (There I have a relatively free hand, even though Macedonian is my second language and so my sentence constructions are sometimes weird :).) I have been creating free online resources for mathematics for years and years that are consistently used (in both Macedonian and in English.) While working on the MK wikipedia articles, I would refer to the corresponding articles in the English wikipedia. When I read the English articles on linear function (and then linear equation) I was so astonished that I forced myself to write knowing full well there would be some confrontation. However, I was absolutely appalled by the response. So I will have to see. The only reason I might consider it is that through all the conflict I actually learned a lot about creating wikipedia articles and about remembering to carefully research other possible definitions and generalizations. That was both useful (and even fun). Warm regards, Lfahlberg ( talk) 15:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Markup | Renders as |
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* Item1 ** Item2 ** Item3 :* <math>x=y</math> :* Item 4 :* Item 5 |
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Thanks for a lovely presentation today Mark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.88.244.129 ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 2 July 2013
I don't suppose I can talk you into using your full name on your signature to make sure there is no confusion. It isn't a requirement and if you choose to keep your sig I am sure people will figure it out eventually. Just a suggestion. Happy editing!-- Mark Miller ( talk) 23:35, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for spotting the error in the accents - following up on the editathon? It is being very interesting doing this! MerielGJones ( talk) 16:17, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mark. I wanted to drop you a note, firstly to thank you for all of your input to the attempt to community source the submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. Even though the work hasn't been overwhelmed by large numbers of contributors I think it has led to something valuable. We are going to look at encouraging submission to the next theme - representation - and the final theme, when it is announced. Each theme will have a separate submission (to include the talk page) but at the time of the final one we'll be compiling some kind of report as an accompaniment. The second point is I definitely agree we need to encourage more people to participate directly on the call for the second theme (and those subsequent). I would love to get some suggestions from you on this. I have deliberately been quite reticent about promoting the project through Wikipedia channels as I don't want to do anything that could upset the community. Do you have any views on how we could get more people involved? Thank you for all of your help so far, it is appreciated. Stevie Benton (WMUK) ( talk) 15:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. I thought I would drop you a note as you kindly took part in the first stage of the efforts to crowdsource a submission to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The second stage is now live and can be seen here. It would be great if you could help with putting together the submission on the second theme, which relates to representation. Also, if you have any suggestions on how we can widen participation, that would be very helpful. Thanks again for all of your help. Stevie Benton (WMUK) ( talk) 11:08, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mark, there's a meetup this weekend, and now that I'm back I might finally be attending one! Would be good to see you there if you can make it. Sam Walton ( talk) 08:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Would you be interested in attending one of the next wikimeets in the north of England? They will take place in:
If you can make them, please sign up on the relevant wikimeet page!
If you want to receive future notifications about these wikimeets, then please add your name to the notification list (or remove it if you're already on the list and you don't want to receive future notifications!)
Thanks. Mike Peel ( talk) 20:36, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mark. You should request a geonotice for this event so that editors see it! :) Sam Walton ( talk) 20:06, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Does this make any sense to you?! Hopefully we'll be able to provide some sensible advice! Bazonka ( talk) 21:34, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi testing Backton ( talk) 11:24, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mark and Dan Just wanted to say a big Thank You for the incite you have given us in using Wiki. I have had excellent feedback from the attendees and you have certainly given us food for thought on the benefits of using Wiki as an invaluable tool. It was refreshing to see the passion of the real people behind the anonymous face of Wiki and to learn that Wiki has been striving to be taken seriously. Many Thanks Jacqueline LSAAC Tagger1 ( talk) 19:54, 6 June 2015 (UTC)LSAAC Tagger1
Hi there! Do you know that there will be meetups in Liverpool on the 27th of September and in Manchester on the 25th of October?
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Thanks! Mike Peel ( talk) 17:07, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
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