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User talk:Sarah#Teahouse barnstar, extra999 ( talk) 06:13, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't bite the newbies! User talk:Claire.degrazia has created a well done article, but it is nominated for deletion, alleging that this user is a student at the subject business school. COI is a good policy, but there should be care taken with newbies. Please take a look. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 12:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm working on some women's national team articles on my user space with the intention of taking as many of them as possible to DYK. (Hence the drafting on my user space.) If you have the time, could you help edit the articles listed below? I'd be happy to give you DYK credit for any articles you help improve. :) -- LauraHale ( talk) 20:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey! I just wanted to drop by and leave a note for you. I was checking out Wikimania Submissions and was laughing because virtually every one I expressed interest in you were also listed. I know you're local (in DC) and I'd love to meet up if you and any other local Wikipedians are going out sometime. MyNameWasTaken ( talk) 20:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
(replying here since you're more likely to see it)
Hello SarahStierch,Thanks for inviting me to the Teahouse. Sincerely, -- Hr.hanafi ( talk) 14:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
But 1st you might want to send an encouraging message to User:Ellin Beltz
I don't know if you are still interested, but I'll be meeting with the Spring Flower Show people at the All Hallows Guild Carousel at the above time and place. Please join if you can. Rain date is 9am the following morning, and I may go Friday evening as well to get the carousel in action, with indistinct pictures of kids. I don't like the potential hazards of photographing identifiable kids, so my main thrust will be on the animal figures while the kids aren't there (i.e. Thursday). I also promised you and a couple others dinner - how about that Friday at an old NRHP firehouse in Georgetown, the Vigilant Firehouse (Washington, D.C.)? Smallbones ( talk) 15:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for stopping by to check me out...I can't make any editings this time because I'm busy making some preparations for our upcoming reunion. But after these, I hope I can find some articles that needed edits...Thanks you again and more power to Teahouse ~_^
Lightning monty (
talk) 11:22, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The Press Barnstar | ||
for the great outreach in media outside wikimedia, exemplified by the Q interview [1]. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Interviews3 is ready for your answers about the Teahouse now! Answer any/as many as you like. PS: Don't forget to contact me whenever you have the Tea Leaf 3 coming out, so I can AWB it out. Thanks. Rcsprinter (rap) 16:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Dirty White Mother Award | |
Much like the famed White Russian, the Dirty White Mother is two oz. brandy, one oz. Kahlua, and one oz. Bailey's Irish Cream. Four to the floor! Order four; fall to the floor. (Okay, it's smooth... so shimmy, get sassy... and sail away!) You won't be sorry. I'm in your corner and appreciate everything you're doing to hold down the fort in the storm. Best regards, Cindy( talk to me) 18:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
Mango margarita minus the mango award | |
Sarah, here's a little something to sip on as a thank you for being such a great cheerleader with the Teahouse hosts. You are so supportive. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an image of a mango margarita, so you'll have to settle for this one instead. Cheers, amiga! Rosiestep ( talk) 02:32, 19 April 2012 (UTC) |
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:38, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. Thank you for inviting me to the Teahouse. It's great to see that you guys have set up such a facility. Moderatelyaverage ( talk) 10:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your invitation.
As you can see on my user page, I am a hobby botanist since my adolescence. My contribution to wikipedia consists mainly of
Another main interest is Anton Bruckner, for the compositions of whom I have created several wiki-pages and improved the existing ones.
Best regards from Belgium, -- Réginald alias Meneerke bloem ( To reply) 12:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Could please review my article and let me know what I could od to improve it.
Thanks, Sri Sri pusuluri ( talk) 13:23, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Thanks a lot for taking time to review my article. I will definitely make changes according to your suggestions. Sitaramanjaneyulus’s wife, though not famous is a very important person in his life. Most of the people who knew him in person know his wife and her influence on his works. So I would like to mention a few lines about her. Regarding the references and citations could you please confirm that what I got so far are acceptable to make the article public. Thanks, Sri Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I did mention an article written by Samavedan Shanmukha sarma. Also the other reference is regarding his award there is a link. Is that Enough. How many sources do I need to provide. Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:21, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Just to give you an idea of my strugle. Paturi Sitaramanjaneyulu a researcher . But he did not strive for fame he had a lot of quest for knowledge. Did not try to get into the crowd. But each of one of his works were historic linguistics works. I am in US and do not have access to any local magazines where I could find articles on Paturi. I tried to provide as much information as I could from online. I will keep trying to get more references. Sri Paturi’s areas of expertise include not limited to Mathematics, Astrology decryption of Hindu mantras based on the mathematical encryptions . Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:49, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, For now I would like to move it to my Sand box and bring it for review once I have more references I guess. Thanks for your supportive words. I will keep working on it. Sri pusuluri ( talk) 17:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Sarah for your invitation to join the volunteers in the Smithsonian Institution Archives project. I am very happy to have joined the project. Hopefully I will be able to help in some way. All the best. Figaro ( talk) 06:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not sure what is the template you used for a Teahouse invitation at User talk:Chocolate.social but, as you can see, it puzzled the user because it doesn't actually contain a link to the Teahouse. Maybe this has been fixed, because the two templates I can see now, {{ Teahouse invitation}} and {{ Teahouse invitation TW}}, do have links, but I thought I would mention it in case there is another that still doesn't. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 08:59, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Your review of my starter page is much appreciated! Will attempt to puzzle out best routes to upgrading the thing, for while Lord Acton's adage 'If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well' is axiomatically true, I'm a big fan of G.K. Chesterton's paradoxical corollary, 'If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.' If I can conceptualize my question(s) succinctly, I'd broach it (or them) at the Teahouse. Thanks again! Onundtreefoot ( talk) 20:23, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Would it be useful to have this username list? I come away with the impression more training is needed. Is there a welcome template that can make cheat sheets and all easily accessible? It should include Teahouse info and link. KSRolph ( talk) 22:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I dropped a note on a talk page, and it got swallowed by your invitation template. I added a line break, [2] and the problem disappeared. Very odd. Thought you should know. — kwami ( talk) 04:56, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I moved myself, I am not staff, I am not even in America. But anything on Palaeontology of Geology I can help with. Enlil Ninlil ( talk) 05:23, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your invitation. I will looking into it. Anyway I wonder how did you find my user in Wikipedia? I am not really active in Wikipedia recently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Palaxzorodice ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hr.hanafi ( talk) 17:38, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! I know it has been a while since we last touch base on this article ( User:TheBlueWizard/Florence Meier Chase), but I would like to push it out to the main space soon. So I cleaned it up, wikified it even more, added inline citations, etc. I hope it is good enough, so can you take a look at it? Since I got autoconfirmed a long time ago, I technically could move it to the main space all by myself, but I think it would be a good idea to put it into AfC submission (as if I'm a newbie editor), though I am a bit vague on how to do that. Hopefully that would become my second new article. Thanks for your time! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 22:51, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, apologies if someone else has already brought this to your attention, but would you mind not welcoming blocked editors? Aside from any question as to whether we want to encourage blocked editors, there is a real risk that a welcome and come to the Teahouse template could be seen as sarcastic when dropped on the talkpage of someone who is currently blocked. Cheers Ϣere SpielChequers 10:41, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! I submitted the article and it got approved and placed in the main space by User:Zach Vega! But I realized I made a big mistake in doing so...see my response in my user talk page describing my mistake. According to Zach Vega's talk page, he is watching my user talk, but I don't see any sign of his taking any action. How do I best get this fixed? Should I wait, or what? Thanks, and sorry for the mess-up! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 20:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
A discussion has arisen about the validity of the copyright of a photo of Seamus, the dog of Mitt Romney. I believe that you issued the permission ticket for this photo based on e-mails that I sent you from Scott Crider, who had the photo on his website (Dogs Against Romney). A question has come up about whether we have to verify that Scott Crider had the right to give Wikipedia permission to use the photo. I cannot find anything in Wikipedia's image use policy discussing this level of verification, but I thought that you might have some comments about this issue. Thanks. Debbie W. 05:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey S-
This student has a nice start, will you leave her a warm message and invite her over to Teahouse with your logo? I mentioned Teahouse, but class was short, people got jazzed, and it was impossible to cover everything. These 64 are smart and ready to rock n roll. I'd like to move them toward your project and its mission, caringly, so they have continuity of follow up. Visit Simple English user: 17jjackson Go Vinegar Eels!!! KSRolph ( talk) 15:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt response. Okay, its useful info.
KSRolph (
talk) 18:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah--thanks for inviting me to the Teahouse. I was doing OK with introducing myself until I got to the avatar part, where I thought I'd use an actual photo of myself. Seemed I couldn't upload anything unless I set up a Wikimedia Commons account, so I did that, but it's not like I want to put my picture up for all to see. I did put in a file name after Image: and I clicked on "Save Page," but since my self-introduction hasn't appeared I assume I must have done something wrong. What can you suggest?
BTW, my interests are pretty similar to yours. I'm a retired museum professional interested in American art, specifically historic California art and Anne Bremer, the woman artist I've submitted an article about twice. I used to transcribe oral histories for the Archives of American Art. I might be interested in getting involved in GLAM in some way, or other art-related wiki projects. I live in the SF Bay Area.
Ann Harlow, alias HarZim ( talk) 23:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah Would anyone in the Smithsonian library be able to tell me how many editions of Richard Bleckwelder's Taxonomy; A text and reference book New York, John Wiley were printed and in which years.Even better the print run. It was a very influential work in Europe and I presume the U.S.A so I would imagine the figures are high.Best regards from Ireland Robert Notafly ( talk) 12:57, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks Robert Notafly ( talk) 14:13, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
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I was wondering about this Accepted AfC. Even though there are two references, only one is used as an inline citation, so it seems to lack enough references. Shearonink ( talk) 05:15, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello again Sarah If you look here [3] you will see that for Haliday I gave a list of contacts.This was assembled from AHH letters in the Royal Entomological Society Archive.Is it possible to get a list of Blackwelder contacts from the SIL archive? Then I could follow up on the more interesting ones. It's cold in Ireland today.Brrr Robert aka Notafly ( talk) 12:03, 25 April 2012 (UTC) P.S I added SIL Links to the page.I need more detail for inline cites In the meantime I'll look into the Society for Systematic Zoology
Thanks again for the tips, Sarah - did you add the internal references to Wiki pages (I noticed that they appeared a few days ago) I have removed the peacocks and am crossing my fingers tightly that this version works... N1geD ( talk) 16:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Smithsonian Institution Archives Barnstar | ||
For your wonderful work in getting Smithsonian women scientists on the Wikipedia map! -- Digitaleffie ( talk) 19:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah,
File:Fés (MA).JPG shows that you nominated it for deletion via MFD. However, the MFD page was then deleted at your request. So right now, the file is still up for deletion (because of the nomination) but there's nowhere to discuss it, and no rationale for the deletion.
I think the thing to do is for you to revert your nomination (I would do it, but I'm not sure what the story is). After that, if you want the file to be deleted, your best bet is to re-submit it via WP:FFD (depending on the rationale). If you don't want the file to be deleted, then you don't have to do anything else. Dori ☾ Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 23:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
- Yep, it's good to go! :) -- Tomtomn00 ( talk • contributions) 20:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Many Thanks for reviewing and accepting my Article for Creation! Pouyakhani ( talk) 21:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
See User:Dkriegls/Biography to-do list per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of writers in Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Stuartyeates ( talk) 22:01, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I saw the notification you left on my talk page that you had reviewed and rejected a proposed article on the Golfscript programming language. I was a little disappointed that the reviewer comments were simply "This submission is not suitable for Wikipedia. Please read 'What Wikipedia is not' for more information". This seems rather vague and generic, and directing me to a very long list of things that "Wikipedia is not" has not made your specific objections to the article more obvious. Could you please give some more detail on why you think the article is not suitable for Wikipedia? I'm not particularly attached to the subject, but having spent a little time writing the article I'd appreciate more than "this is not suitable". Destynova ( talk) 00:35, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Sara. I feared annoying more experienced Teahouse hosts while trying to help. I asked a simple question; you answered simply rather than sending me to a confusing, intimidating page. They're becoming less confusing and intimidating, by the way. I went to your page out of curiosity which led to GLAM that led to SIA that led to their ToDo list. Wait, Herbert Friedmann? Where'd I see that before? Oh, when I researched Brown-headed Cowbirds after an Orchard Oriole nest that I was observing and photographing was parasitized, I referred to his best known book (the updated 1985 edition, his last published work). So I went to Friedmann's page and found a tiny stub. While learning more about him to expand the article, I searched for awards that he received and found another stub on William Brewster. I couldn't leave that stub a stub. A few minutes of research netted enough material for a book-length biography, all in the public domain because of its age. What!? No article on the Nuttall Ornithological Club, the oldest group in this hemisphere devoted to ornithology, the predecessor to the American Ornithologists' Union, the... And the Nuttall Club is still active almost 140 years later and there's no article? It's your fault. I'm infected with the dreaded Wikipe virus, doomed to spend the remainder of my life poking at a keyboard, adding brackets around simple words and phrases, expanding and creating articles in an ever widening circle, and... Gad, is there no cure? You may soon find me begging for one in the Teahouse. DocTree ( talk) 01:03, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I saw that you rejected my disambiguation page for MetaLab. I noticed in your reviewer notes that you said "subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia" -- this is true, but over a variety of forms... the three I listed on the disambiguation page are an attempt to get a concise listing of everything that could (should) be available when someone tries to find Metalab... the hackerspace, the design firm, and Ibiblio (previously MetaLab), the online library. I just wondered if you could give a more detailed reason for rejection. Thanks! Theopolisme TALK 10:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, What are the reliable resources then? News paper Articles? This article is about a model I thought website of the most famous Fashion week in India can be the reliable source. Facebook links I had put as an External Link. The references are from different online articles from different sites including news papers. Any advice how to make it more reliable? Thanks in advance!
Regards, -- Razia86 ( talk) 10:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
I reverted your decision at ^ that page. The user included references, they are even inline (ok, wrong markup, but it is clear which reference should go to which place). Either fix it on your own and move(accept) it, tag it with wikify and accept it, or find a valid decline reason. mabdul 13:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah,
I am baffled by your rejection of this article. You said it required references that were not from the company that created the database software that was the subject of the article. I raise the following points:
Help me out here. I don't know where to go next with this article. Handworks ( talk) 15:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Please see the revised re-submission with citations following wikipedia standard. I apologize for the previous version, i followed the citation format of a certain value. I'll correct this value when i get a chance.
Also, i would like to upload some pictures for this value, can you please allow it? thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iflyingwolf ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. I'm not sure what other information we can provide. I've looked at a dozen other small lit journals and I don't see how we are providing any less reliable resources than they are. Can you please advise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awhitenoisemaker ( talk • contribs) 17:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
The Articles for Creation barnstar | ||
For your recent dedication to reviewing Articles for Creation. AfC is a thankless task and I like to make sure that when new reviewers commit to the project, that their efforts are rewarded. Keep up the good work :-) Pol430 talk to me 17:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah, you appear to have left a message on Capitalia ( talk · contribs)'s talk page about rejecting this AfC, however, you have not actually reviewed the article or marked it as being rejected. Capitalia came into the IRC help channel just now asking about this. If you could get into contact with them and explain the situation, that would be great. Thanks, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 18:32, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
See ya, (Hungarian for hello)
I heard you might be interested in cemeteries. If so you might check out the Congressional Cemetery and List of burials and cenotaphs at the Congressional Cemetery. Nothing beyond the very preliminary yet, but I'm trying to get something started which I've discussed at WT:QR. BTW I hope to see you May 3rd at the cathedral.
Hello (Hungarian for good-bye)
Smallbones ( talk) 20:25, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello ma'am. I had my page /GreaterElephant reviewed but declined due to 'notability' issues. Well, I had links to the sites which covered the 'film' winning an award at a film festival in New York, links to the trailer of the film etc. My previous film also has a wiki page. I've anyway re-submitted with more verifiable links. Do review them when you get time. Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevaas ( talk • contribs) 08:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I don't quite understand what you mean with your comments on the article rejection, does the subject not warrant an article, as based on the academics notability criteria I think 3 of the bullet points are met when only one is required for notability worthy of an article. Or do I just need more references in the article to prove the claims that have been made, what sort of references should I use?
Thank you for your feedback T.B Thomas Beattie ( talk) 12:17, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
The person in question is not referenced in any news articles because the field he works in, gastointestinal medicine, is not a widely media covered subject. He is editor of the leading UK paediatrics journal and the head of the main academics society in the field of paediatric gastroenterology, his book series also falls within another criteria set out by the Guidelines for academics that you linked in your edit. He meets criteria 4, 6 and 8 of those notability guidelines.
For the citations point you made how do you reference extensively cited works? Newspapers and magazines do not write about topics such as this.
I understand your point but it is difficult to reference someone who works in a field which is not heavily covered in the media.
Thank you again T.B Thomas Beattie ( talk) 12:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for your feedback!
I am still a bit vague on things of an inherently local importance, as the 100+ administrative tribunals across Canada would invariably be. Wikipedia is strewn with stub entries on things like local high schools and Japanese highways and so forth, with hardly any external citations. Should I be reporting these for deletion? Would you recommend a page on "Administrative Tribunals in Alberta" which would have a larger encatchment than one of them individually?
As for sources, can I be citing from print materials (older newspapers) or online legal cases? I haven't seen these often. Would prominent cases reported in local newspapers be sufficient?
Do you have any comment on COI re my submission? Wiki doesn't address government employees writing about their governments. I work for one specific tribunal and I have nothing to do with the work some 21000 other so-called co-employees do for the Alberta Government. What would the policy indicate my 'organization' to be - the government as a whole, or the tribunal specifically?
Thanks for your time.
Erz Alexander. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erz Alexander ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote an article about "Compositional Domain Model" i got a message from you that there was a problem with the citation. i corrected the citation, but now, whenever i resubmit i get a rejection message saying the citations are not following wiki's standards. i don't understand it. can you please help me? Thanks a lot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iflyingwolf ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. Thank you for the kind welcome and the invitation to the Teahouse. I asked this question at the Teahouse, but figured it might help (and would do no harm) to ask you also. I created my first article on Mariwan Halabjaee. After I created the article, it was flagged with the notice "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (Consider using more specific cleanup instructions.) Please help improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (April 2012)" The notice did not contain any specific instructions or suggestions. No instructions or suggestions were placed on the talk page. (Indeed, no talk page has been created.) Nonetheless, after the page received the "cleanup" notice, I: (1) added section headings and a table of contents; (2) bundled the citations to make the text more readable and eliminate clutter per Wikipedia:Citing sources#Bundling citations; (3) added the official website; (4) added citations in support; (5) added the most recent news from February 2012; and (6) generally tried to cleanup the article. My question is, how does one get the "cleanup" notice / tag removed? Is that something I can do? Do I ask someone to do it? Is more cleanup necessary? Thank you for any assistance you can provide. CharlesRChapman ( talk) 01:26, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
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User talk:Sarah#Teahouse barnstar, extra999 ( talk) 06:13, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't bite the newbies! User talk:Claire.degrazia has created a well done article, but it is nominated for deletion, alleging that this user is a student at the subject business school. COI is a good policy, but there should be care taken with newbies. Please take a look. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 12:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm working on some women's national team articles on my user space with the intention of taking as many of them as possible to DYK. (Hence the drafting on my user space.) If you have the time, could you help edit the articles listed below? I'd be happy to give you DYK credit for any articles you help improve. :) -- LauraHale ( talk) 20:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey! I just wanted to drop by and leave a note for you. I was checking out Wikimania Submissions and was laughing because virtually every one I expressed interest in you were also listed. I know you're local (in DC) and I'd love to meet up if you and any other local Wikipedians are going out sometime. MyNameWasTaken ( talk) 20:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
(replying here since you're more likely to see it)
Hello SarahStierch,Thanks for inviting me to the Teahouse. Sincerely, -- Hr.hanafi ( talk) 14:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
But 1st you might want to send an encouraging message to User:Ellin Beltz
I don't know if you are still interested, but I'll be meeting with the Spring Flower Show people at the All Hallows Guild Carousel at the above time and place. Please join if you can. Rain date is 9am the following morning, and I may go Friday evening as well to get the carousel in action, with indistinct pictures of kids. I don't like the potential hazards of photographing identifiable kids, so my main thrust will be on the animal figures while the kids aren't there (i.e. Thursday). I also promised you and a couple others dinner - how about that Friday at an old NRHP firehouse in Georgetown, the Vigilant Firehouse (Washington, D.C.)? Smallbones ( talk) 15:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for stopping by to check me out...I can't make any editings this time because I'm busy making some preparations for our upcoming reunion. But after these, I hope I can find some articles that needed edits...Thanks you again and more power to Teahouse ~_^
Lightning monty (
talk) 11:22, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The Press Barnstar | ||
for the great outreach in media outside wikimedia, exemplified by the Q interview [1]. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Interviews3 is ready for your answers about the Teahouse now! Answer any/as many as you like. PS: Don't forget to contact me whenever you have the Tea Leaf 3 coming out, so I can AWB it out. Thanks. Rcsprinter (rap) 16:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Dirty White Mother Award | |
Much like the famed White Russian, the Dirty White Mother is two oz. brandy, one oz. Kahlua, and one oz. Bailey's Irish Cream. Four to the floor! Order four; fall to the floor. (Okay, it's smooth... so shimmy, get sassy... and sail away!) You won't be sorry. I'm in your corner and appreciate everything you're doing to hold down the fort in the storm. Best regards, Cindy( talk to me) 18:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC) |
Mango margarita minus the mango award | |
Sarah, here's a little something to sip on as a thank you for being such a great cheerleader with the Teahouse hosts. You are so supportive. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an image of a mango margarita, so you'll have to settle for this one instead. Cheers, amiga! Rosiestep ( talk) 02:32, 19 April 2012 (UTC) |
On 19 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Merton Aldrich, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John Merton Aldrich donated 45,000 flies to the United States National Museum? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Merton Aldrich.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:38, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. Thank you for inviting me to the Teahouse. It's great to see that you guys have set up such a facility. Moderatelyaverage ( talk) 10:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your invitation.
As you can see on my user page, I am a hobby botanist since my adolescence. My contribution to wikipedia consists mainly of
Another main interest is Anton Bruckner, for the compositions of whom I have created several wiki-pages and improved the existing ones.
Best regards from Belgium, -- Réginald alias Meneerke bloem ( To reply) 12:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Could please review my article and let me know what I could od to improve it.
Thanks, Sri Sri pusuluri ( talk) 13:23, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Thanks a lot for taking time to review my article. I will definitely make changes according to your suggestions. Sitaramanjaneyulus’s wife, though not famous is a very important person in his life. Most of the people who knew him in person know his wife and her influence on his works. So I would like to mention a few lines about her. Regarding the references and citations could you please confirm that what I got so far are acceptable to make the article public. Thanks, Sri Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I did mention an article written by Samavedan Shanmukha sarma. Also the other reference is regarding his award there is a link. Is that Enough. How many sources do I need to provide. Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:21, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, Just to give you an idea of my strugle. Paturi Sitaramanjaneyulu a researcher . But he did not strive for fame he had a lot of quest for knowledge. Did not try to get into the crowd. But each of one of his works were historic linguistics works. I am in US and do not have access to any local magazines where I could find articles on Paturi. I tried to provide as much information as I could from online. I will keep trying to get more references. Sri Paturi’s areas of expertise include not limited to Mathematics, Astrology decryption of Hindu mantras based on the mathematical encryptions . Sri pusuluri ( talk) 16:49, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, For now I would like to move it to my Sand box and bring it for review once I have more references I guess. Thanks for your supportive words. I will keep working on it. Sri pusuluri ( talk) 17:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Sarah for your invitation to join the volunteers in the Smithsonian Institution Archives project. I am very happy to have joined the project. Hopefully I will be able to help in some way. All the best. Figaro ( talk) 06:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not sure what is the template you used for a Teahouse invitation at User talk:Chocolate.social but, as you can see, it puzzled the user because it doesn't actually contain a link to the Teahouse. Maybe this has been fixed, because the two templates I can see now, {{ Teahouse invitation}} and {{ Teahouse invitation TW}}, do have links, but I thought I would mention it in case there is another that still doesn't. Regards, JohnCD ( talk) 08:59, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Your review of my starter page is much appreciated! Will attempt to puzzle out best routes to upgrading the thing, for while Lord Acton's adage 'If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well' is axiomatically true, I'm a big fan of G.K. Chesterton's paradoxical corollary, 'If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.' If I can conceptualize my question(s) succinctly, I'd broach it (or them) at the Teahouse. Thanks again! Onundtreefoot ( talk) 20:23, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Would it be useful to have this username list? I come away with the impression more training is needed. Is there a welcome template that can make cheat sheets and all easily accessible? It should include Teahouse info and link. KSRolph ( talk) 22:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I dropped a note on a talk page, and it got swallowed by your invitation template. I added a line break, [2] and the problem disappeared. Very odd. Thought you should know. — kwami ( talk) 04:56, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I moved myself, I am not staff, I am not even in America. But anything on Palaeontology of Geology I can help with. Enlil Ninlil ( talk) 05:23, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your invitation. I will looking into it. Anyway I wonder how did you find my user in Wikipedia? I am not really active in Wikipedia recently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Palaxzorodice ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hr.hanafi ( talk) 17:38, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! I know it has been a while since we last touch base on this article ( User:TheBlueWizard/Florence Meier Chase), but I would like to push it out to the main space soon. So I cleaned it up, wikified it even more, added inline citations, etc. I hope it is good enough, so can you take a look at it? Since I got autoconfirmed a long time ago, I technically could move it to the main space all by myself, but I think it would be a good idea to put it into AfC submission (as if I'm a newbie editor), though I am a bit vague on how to do that. Hopefully that would become my second new article. Thanks for your time! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 22:51, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, apologies if someone else has already brought this to your attention, but would you mind not welcoming blocked editors? Aside from any question as to whether we want to encourage blocked editors, there is a real risk that a welcome and come to the Teahouse template could be seen as sarcastic when dropped on the talkpage of someone who is currently blocked. Cheers Ϣere SpielChequers 10:41, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! I submitted the article and it got approved and placed in the main space by User:Zach Vega! But I realized I made a big mistake in doing so...see my response in my user talk page describing my mistake. According to Zach Vega's talk page, he is watching my user talk, but I don't see any sign of his taking any action. How do I best get this fixed? Should I wait, or what? Thanks, and sorry for the mess-up! -- TheBlueWizard ( talk) 20:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
A discussion has arisen about the validity of the copyright of a photo of Seamus, the dog of Mitt Romney. I believe that you issued the permission ticket for this photo based on e-mails that I sent you from Scott Crider, who had the photo on his website (Dogs Against Romney). A question has come up about whether we have to verify that Scott Crider had the right to give Wikipedia permission to use the photo. I cannot find anything in Wikipedia's image use policy discussing this level of verification, but I thought that you might have some comments about this issue. Thanks. Debbie W. 05:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey S-
This student has a nice start, will you leave her a warm message and invite her over to Teahouse with your logo? I mentioned Teahouse, but class was short, people got jazzed, and it was impossible to cover everything. These 64 are smart and ready to rock n roll. I'd like to move them toward your project and its mission, caringly, so they have continuity of follow up. Visit Simple English user: 17jjackson Go Vinegar Eels!!! KSRolph ( talk) 15:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt response. Okay, its useful info.
KSRolph (
talk) 18:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah--thanks for inviting me to the Teahouse. I was doing OK with introducing myself until I got to the avatar part, where I thought I'd use an actual photo of myself. Seemed I couldn't upload anything unless I set up a Wikimedia Commons account, so I did that, but it's not like I want to put my picture up for all to see. I did put in a file name after Image: and I clicked on "Save Page," but since my self-introduction hasn't appeared I assume I must have done something wrong. What can you suggest?
BTW, my interests are pretty similar to yours. I'm a retired museum professional interested in American art, specifically historic California art and Anne Bremer, the woman artist I've submitted an article about twice. I used to transcribe oral histories for the Archives of American Art. I might be interested in getting involved in GLAM in some way, or other art-related wiki projects. I live in the SF Bay Area.
Ann Harlow, alias HarZim ( talk) 23:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah Would anyone in the Smithsonian library be able to tell me how many editions of Richard Bleckwelder's Taxonomy; A text and reference book New York, John Wiley were printed and in which years.Even better the print run. It was a very influential work in Europe and I presume the U.S.A so I would imagine the figures are high.Best regards from Ireland Robert Notafly ( talk) 12:57, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks Robert Notafly ( talk) 14:13, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
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I was wondering about this Accepted AfC. Even though there are two references, only one is used as an inline citation, so it seems to lack enough references. Shearonink ( talk) 05:15, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello again Sarah If you look here [3] you will see that for Haliday I gave a list of contacts.This was assembled from AHH letters in the Royal Entomological Society Archive.Is it possible to get a list of Blackwelder contacts from the SIL archive? Then I could follow up on the more interesting ones. It's cold in Ireland today.Brrr Robert aka Notafly ( talk) 12:03, 25 April 2012 (UTC) P.S I added SIL Links to the page.I need more detail for inline cites In the meantime I'll look into the Society for Systematic Zoology
Thanks again for the tips, Sarah - did you add the internal references to Wiki pages (I noticed that they appeared a few days ago) I have removed the peacocks and am crossing my fingers tightly that this version works... N1geD ( talk) 16:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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For your wonderful work in getting Smithsonian women scientists on the Wikipedia map! -- Digitaleffie ( talk) 19:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah,
File:Fés (MA).JPG shows that you nominated it for deletion via MFD. However, the MFD page was then deleted at your request. So right now, the file is still up for deletion (because of the nomination) but there's nowhere to discuss it, and no rationale for the deletion.
I think the thing to do is for you to revert your nomination (I would do it, but I'm not sure what the story is). After that, if you want the file to be deleted, your best bet is to re-submit it via WP:FFD (depending on the rationale). If you don't want the file to be deleted, then you don't have to do anything else. Dori ☾ Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 23:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
- Yep, it's good to go! :) -- Tomtomn00 ( talk • contributions) 20:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Many Thanks for reviewing and accepting my Article for Creation! Pouyakhani ( talk) 21:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
See User:Dkriegls/Biography to-do list per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of writers in Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Stuartyeates ( talk) 22:01, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I saw the notification you left on my talk page that you had reviewed and rejected a proposed article on the Golfscript programming language. I was a little disappointed that the reviewer comments were simply "This submission is not suitable for Wikipedia. Please read 'What Wikipedia is not' for more information". This seems rather vague and generic, and directing me to a very long list of things that "Wikipedia is not" has not made your specific objections to the article more obvious. Could you please give some more detail on why you think the article is not suitable for Wikipedia? I'm not particularly attached to the subject, but having spent a little time writing the article I'd appreciate more than "this is not suitable". Destynova ( talk) 00:35, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Sara. I feared annoying more experienced Teahouse hosts while trying to help. I asked a simple question; you answered simply rather than sending me to a confusing, intimidating page. They're becoming less confusing and intimidating, by the way. I went to your page out of curiosity which led to GLAM that led to SIA that led to their ToDo list. Wait, Herbert Friedmann? Where'd I see that before? Oh, when I researched Brown-headed Cowbirds after an Orchard Oriole nest that I was observing and photographing was parasitized, I referred to his best known book (the updated 1985 edition, his last published work). So I went to Friedmann's page and found a tiny stub. While learning more about him to expand the article, I searched for awards that he received and found another stub on William Brewster. I couldn't leave that stub a stub. A few minutes of research netted enough material for a book-length biography, all in the public domain because of its age. What!? No article on the Nuttall Ornithological Club, the oldest group in this hemisphere devoted to ornithology, the predecessor to the American Ornithologists' Union, the... And the Nuttall Club is still active almost 140 years later and there's no article? It's your fault. I'm infected with the dreaded Wikipe virus, doomed to spend the remainder of my life poking at a keyboard, adding brackets around simple words and phrases, expanding and creating articles in an ever widening circle, and... Gad, is there no cure? You may soon find me begging for one in the Teahouse. DocTree ( talk) 01:03, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I saw that you rejected my disambiguation page for MetaLab. I noticed in your reviewer notes that you said "subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia" -- this is true, but over a variety of forms... the three I listed on the disambiguation page are an attempt to get a concise listing of everything that could (should) be available when someone tries to find Metalab... the hackerspace, the design firm, and Ibiblio (previously MetaLab), the online library. I just wondered if you could give a more detailed reason for rejection. Thanks! Theopolisme TALK 10:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, What are the reliable resources then? News paper Articles? This article is about a model I thought website of the most famous Fashion week in India can be the reliable source. Facebook links I had put as an External Link. The references are from different online articles from different sites including news papers. Any advice how to make it more reliable? Thanks in advance!
Regards, -- Razia86 ( talk) 10:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
I reverted your decision at ^ that page. The user included references, they are even inline (ok, wrong markup, but it is clear which reference should go to which place). Either fix it on your own and move(accept) it, tag it with wikify and accept it, or find a valid decline reason. mabdul 13:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah,
I am baffled by your rejection of this article. You said it required references that were not from the company that created the database software that was the subject of the article. I raise the following points:
Help me out here. I don't know where to go next with this article. Handworks ( talk) 15:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Please see the revised re-submission with citations following wikipedia standard. I apologize for the previous version, i followed the citation format of a certain value. I'll correct this value when i get a chance.
Also, i would like to upload some pictures for this value, can you please allow it? thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iflyingwolf ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. I'm not sure what other information we can provide. I've looked at a dozen other small lit journals and I don't see how we are providing any less reliable resources than they are. Can you please advise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awhitenoisemaker ( talk • contribs) 17:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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For your recent dedication to reviewing Articles for Creation. AfC is a thankless task and I like to make sure that when new reviewers commit to the project, that their efforts are rewarded. Keep up the good work :-) Pol430 talk to me 17:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi Sarah, you appear to have left a message on Capitalia ( talk · contribs)'s talk page about rejecting this AfC, however, you have not actually reviewed the article or marked it as being rejected. Capitalia came into the IRC help channel just now asking about this. If you could get into contact with them and explain the situation, that would be great. Thanks, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 18:32, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
See ya, (Hungarian for hello)
I heard you might be interested in cemeteries. If so you might check out the Congressional Cemetery and List of burials and cenotaphs at the Congressional Cemetery. Nothing beyond the very preliminary yet, but I'm trying to get something started which I've discussed at WT:QR. BTW I hope to see you May 3rd at the cathedral.
Hello (Hungarian for good-bye)
Smallbones ( talk) 20:25, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello ma'am. I had my page /GreaterElephant reviewed but declined due to 'notability' issues. Well, I had links to the sites which covered the 'film' winning an award at a film festival in New York, links to the trailer of the film etc. My previous film also has a wiki page. I've anyway re-submitted with more verifiable links. Do review them when you get time. Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevaas ( talk • contribs) 08:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I don't quite understand what you mean with your comments on the article rejection, does the subject not warrant an article, as based on the academics notability criteria I think 3 of the bullet points are met when only one is required for notability worthy of an article. Or do I just need more references in the article to prove the claims that have been made, what sort of references should I use?
Thank you for your feedback T.B Thomas Beattie ( talk) 12:17, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
The person in question is not referenced in any news articles because the field he works in, gastointestinal medicine, is not a widely media covered subject. He is editor of the leading UK paediatrics journal and the head of the main academics society in the field of paediatric gastroenterology, his book series also falls within another criteria set out by the Guidelines for academics that you linked in your edit. He meets criteria 4, 6 and 8 of those notability guidelines.
For the citations point you made how do you reference extensively cited works? Newspapers and magazines do not write about topics such as this.
I understand your point but it is difficult to reference someone who works in a field which is not heavily covered in the media.
Thank you again T.B Thomas Beattie ( talk) 12:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for your feedback!
I am still a bit vague on things of an inherently local importance, as the 100+ administrative tribunals across Canada would invariably be. Wikipedia is strewn with stub entries on things like local high schools and Japanese highways and so forth, with hardly any external citations. Should I be reporting these for deletion? Would you recommend a page on "Administrative Tribunals in Alberta" which would have a larger encatchment than one of them individually?
As for sources, can I be citing from print materials (older newspapers) or online legal cases? I haven't seen these often. Would prominent cases reported in local newspapers be sufficient?
Do you have any comment on COI re my submission? Wiki doesn't address government employees writing about their governments. I work for one specific tribunal and I have nothing to do with the work some 21000 other so-called co-employees do for the Alberta Government. What would the policy indicate my 'organization' to be - the government as a whole, or the tribunal specifically?
Thanks for your time.
Erz Alexander. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erz Alexander ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote an article about "Compositional Domain Model" i got a message from you that there was a problem with the citation. i corrected the citation, but now, whenever i resubmit i get a rejection message saying the citations are not following wiki's standards. i don't understand it. can you please help me? Thanks a lot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iflyingwolf ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah. Thank you for the kind welcome and the invitation to the Teahouse. I asked this question at the Teahouse, but figured it might help (and would do no harm) to ask you also. I created my first article on Mariwan Halabjaee. After I created the article, it was flagged with the notice "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (Consider using more specific cleanup instructions.) Please help improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (April 2012)" The notice did not contain any specific instructions or suggestions. No instructions or suggestions were placed on the talk page. (Indeed, no talk page has been created.) Nonetheless, after the page received the "cleanup" notice, I: (1) added section headings and a table of contents; (2) bundled the citations to make the text more readable and eliminate clutter per Wikipedia:Citing sources#Bundling citations; (3) added the official website; (4) added citations in support; (5) added the most recent news from February 2012; and (6) generally tried to cleanup the article. My question is, how does one get the "cleanup" notice / tag removed? Is that something I can do? Do I ask someone to do it? Is more cleanup necessary? Thank you for any assistance you can provide. CharlesRChapman ( talk) 01:26, 29 April 2012 (UTC)