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Hello, I am still unsure whether my photo is suitable for Wikipedia. The wikicommons page is confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyresire ( talk • contribs) 02:41, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Nevermind, I don't think I can upload it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyresire ( talk • contribs) 07:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, A brand-new editor, is, quelle surprise, struggling with some of the bureaucracy. The editor is interested in writing an article about an organization, the NSWRuralDoctorsNetwork. Has been blocked and the article deleted. I've tried to offer some advice, but the issues at present, aren't permissions related so I've urged her to drop in to the Tea House. Her current and revised screen name is RuralDoctors (which I've explained is not acceptable). You can see more of the background at VRTS ticket # 2012070510000017 (including my blunder when you didn't tell me her user name, so I guessed it was her real name, and there is a user by that name, but luckily, not her.)
Hope to see you in DC. SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:46, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have created another AfC MirrorLink. Kindly take some time to review and leave your comments. I am a little surprised that such a widely spoken about technology with numerous google search results is still not up at Wiki. Policies shouldn't become so intricate that they make the system slow & inefficient. Since you did review the previous draft, thought of bothering you again with this stuff. - Ambar wiki ( talk) 14:30, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
On 11 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angels Camp Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angels Camp Museum sits on land located above two veins of the California Mother Lode? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angels Camp Museum. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I went ahead and created project teams for each of the general editor retention areas people have expressed an interest to work in. Please review the team lists here:
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Editor_Retention#Project_teams. I have assigned you as the leader of the "Increase participation by women" team. Assuming you are interested in taking on this role, please notify the members of your team, and verify each editor is interested in being on the team. I expect that there might be some shuffling around of roles and teams at first, but once the teams are settled, I will co-ordinate with the teams leads to put together goals and a basic project plan to make sure that the project as a whole is successful and makes a measurable, positive difference for Wikipedia. Thank you for for your involvement...
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Thanks for being a part of the project! I noticed what I believe is a female who I have been conversing with a bit over an image that she added and I reverted. Looking back over her history and talks, I think she is having a bit of trouble adjusting to the rough and tumble nature here. She has been here a few months and seems to be doing some worthwhile edits. I've offered my talk page for any concern or question, but feel I came up short. She has visited the Teahouse a couple of times, but my gut feeling says a personal note might be a good idea. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 23:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Author/SarahStierch
My name is Nuša Farič and I am a Health Psychology MSc student at University College London (UCL). I am currently running a quantitative study entitled Who edits health-related Wikipedia pages and why? I am interested in the editorial experience of people who edit health-related Wikipedia pages. I am interested to learn more about the authors of health-related pages on Wikipedia and what motivations they have for doing so. I am currently contacting the authors of randomly selected articles and I noticed that someone at this address edited an article on Contact Dermatitis. I would like to ask you a few questions about you and your experience of editing the above mentioned article. If you would like more information about the project, please visit my user page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hydra_Rain and if interested, please visit my Talk page or e-mail me on nusa.faric.11@ucl.ac.uk. Also, others interested in the study may contact me! If I do not hear back from you I will not contact this account again. Thank you very much in advance. Hydra Rain ( talk) 20:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Wow - Thank you - just noticed you gave me the ada lovelace award back in March. -- CatS ( talk) 04:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Sarah. Thanks for being an awesome participant in Wikimania 2012. I'm sure we'll run into each other again in the future. Let me know if you need anything! I'll be happy to help :) -- AutoGyro ( talk) 23:30, 15 July 2012 (UTC) |
Also also, my next target for editing is the middlebox page, which is woefully underdeveloped -- and also fairly inaccurate ;-) The thing is, middleboxes are my research area, and some of the data on how widely middleboxes are used (and how) is actually written by me (like this). My inkling is that it's not kosher to cite one's own work -- and I'm capable of extending the article without it -- but there are a few facts I'd like to cite *if* it's legit. Am I right in assuming it's not legit to cite my own work? Justinesherry ( talk) 18:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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It was great to see you at Wikimania 2012! -- evrik ( talk) 14:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hey Sarah, do you know if any of the Wikimania presentations are being videotaped and if they will be available online? Specifically, I noticed that a Teahouse presentation was given. Is there any way for me to view this presentation? Thanks, Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah,
Yesterday I read Torie Bosch's Slate.com article about Wikipedia's gender imbalance. As Bernard Black says, "I can't help being angry when I'm furious."
I would like to do something about it. I am a young professional editor and writer with a background in newspapers, law, history, and tech. I am absolutely unafraid to stand my ground in any argument, so Wikipedia's hostile review process has never really bothered me. I've been editing Wikipedia articles casually for four or five years; I recently successfully rewrote Einsatzgruppen, an article that combined the Wikipedia trifecta of excessive length, frequent vandalism, and Nazis.
I really like what you're doing and I think I could help you make Wikipedia better. Point me in the right direction.
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 08:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to respond to this and say that you're awesome too Caroline and good luck!!! Justinesherry ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:43, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, Sarah. It was great to meet you in person. I uploaded a few photos that include you at Wikimania to Commons. Look in Category:Wikimania 2012 and Category:Wikimania 2012 presentations. As always, take care and have fun, DocTree ( talk) 21:08, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Sarah, I actually meant to ask this when we were all gathered around the table on Friday, but didn't end up getting the chance. I've never really put much thought into taking care of my gendered pronouns; I generally just play the odds and use male pronouns without much thought (unless there's evidence to the contrary). What do you think about this? Is it something I should start paying attention to? (As far as which form to use, I'd imagine I'd just go with the singular "they"; the other options just seem too clunky.) It's not something that I can really relate to, as far as being on the receiving end. Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 04:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Sarah,
I have continued the expansion that we started Saturday and gotten it to the point of another DYK nomination (with Maire and Courcelles credited as coauthors). Check it out. Daniel Case ( talk) 03:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
The_Art_of_the_Steal_(film). Nice getting to spend some time with you in your city! Ocaasi t | c 15:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, earlier today I sent a message to the Gender Gap subscription list. Every listserv I've ever used has sent me the message along with everyone else, so I was wondering if it actually got sent. Ryan Vesey Review me! 17:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Just in case. ;) Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah! I added myself to the short list, but didn't see the questions which you mentioned? -- Rosiestep ( talk) 02:36, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
My apologies...I know better. I have been thinking of committing to help at Teahouse for a while, but my time is very limited. That isn't the first time I have chimed in on something there and I know I should have used a friendlier opening. I will watch it in the future. Teahouse is great. So many other places in Wikipedia you get attitude. Not at the Teahouse. Thank you and all your cohorts for that. Gtwfan52 ( talk) 23:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
So awesome. At the time I remember thinking to myself, "Is that all seersucker? He's not even southern! What a boss!" I think this is proper commemoration. -- Qwerty0 ( talk) 12:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
A few anonymous and newly registered editors have made substantial edits to this page, of which you wrote a significant part. Another editor requested protection because they think the new edits are dubious, so I'm writing to invite you to have a look at the recent edits and make further changes. Der yck C. 14:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. You have a new message at User talk:Callanecc's talk page. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 03:24, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Kudos for answering up...and extra credit for use of smilies. TCO ( talk) 15:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there Sarah, congrats on your nomination for adminship. I was just wondering why we haven't had a Tea Leaf for this month yet and when I might deliver it? Rcsprinter (orate) @ 11:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, thanks for dropping a Teahouse invite on GabrielFreiria's page, I went there intending to invite him but got totally sidetracked! I just read a Wikipedia-related article on Gawker (I believe) that mentioned you, and I'm even more impressed. Good luck with your RfA, and should it succeed (I hope it does), please feel free to drop me a note if you have any admin-related questions. One more question - is there any kind of task force or wikiproject for female scientists or somesuch? Thanks again. Keilana| Parlez ici 18:38, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
There's a problem with your talkpage archives - it looks like you renamed them at some point, and there is a disconnection between your current archives and your old archives, so it is difficult to access them all. The link on your talkpage takes you here rather than to an index. And when you move back to User talk:SarahStierch/Archive 12, you'll see that User talk:SarahStierch/Archive 11 is red. Your old archives - User talk:SarahStierch/Old Archives 9 are not linked. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:09, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I noticed your RfA, and was going to support as I have seen you around and you seem to do good work. There is one small matter that I wanted to raise with you, and I thought here would be better than on your RfA. There is another user, Sarah ( talk · contribs), who is already an admin although she doesn't edit all that much any more. Your current signature is almost identical to hers. Would you be prepared to amend yours to make it clear that you are a different user? Thanks a lot for your consideration. -- John ( talk) 10:58, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I've made a couple of changes and a few suggestions at the talk page. I don't see any reason that this can't be included in WLM-US and/or a September Wiki Loves event. Should I contact other SFers about getting this going? It should be a snap. Smallbones ( talk) 17:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah! Congratulations on your RfA for a start! I was welcoming some new users with the Teahouse templates, and I noticed that the usual welcoming templates don't have any link or mention of The Teahouse. So, I sent an email to Okeyes asking his opinion, and he's asked me to run it by yourself and "Siko" first. I can't find a user named Siko either on the Teahouse or even registered on Wikipedia, so if you do know who Okeyes is talking about could you please let them know for me? Meanwhile, your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Osarius - Want a chat? 14:56, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all for responding, and hello Siko, it is nice to meet you too! I note you had problems when you first started the Teahouse, which is a shame - it shows to me that people don't have a lot of confidence in new projects. But the Teahouse is open and established now with more people getting involved but not enough people to help out, hence my suggestion. I shall post the idea on the host lounge talk page and see what concencus I get. Thanks all! Osarius - Want a chat? 14:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah! A problem has occured. I added the Speakers of the pre-independence Croatian Sabor, but user Sundustund removed them. I do't know why. I have sent him a question, but it is still unanswered. Best wishes! Torstrand ( talk) 22:15, 25 July 2012 (CEST)
I kept the discussion there in case someone else wanted to join in. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 22:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Is this the right template to put on the other pages? Does it look right? Why is one link red? Is it the Novocaine??? (No pain, just lots of numbness, thanks. I cracked a baby tooth that never fell out.) I went ahead and contacted people who had contributed to these pages, going back a couple of years. Do I have to put a message on each talk page, too? {{Merge to|Ramona (novel series)|discuss=Talk:Ramona (novel series)#Merger proposal|date=July 2012}} Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 23:40, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for accepting my article!
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Rashed.shah asked at the AfC help desk about his draft Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Abdullah_Baqui which you declined for notability concerns. I don't quite follow your reasoning; while the research papers are primary sources, the coverage in the Gulf Times and by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha alone should suffice to establish notability, and if the extended biography in The Lancet is considered a secondary source (not sure about that; it's in the context of a paper he published in The Lancet), there cannot be any doubt. I'll give him some advice on how to improve the draft, but if you see a notability issue despite multiple news sources, could you please explain on the help desk? Thanks in advance, Huon ( talk) 16:26, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm a Wiki-newbie, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to respond to your edits to my proposed article. I figure if it's the wrong place, you can just delete it (or leave it around as a humorous gesture). I read you comment on my article "RTG Bond" and you are 100% correct -- the subject of the article does not meet notability requirements, yet. This is a new financial instrument, derivative of covered bonds and similar to a GIA, issued in 1999 and of which there is little on line (see Investors Guaranty Fund; Conseco; Moody's; Lazard Freres). At this time there are no secondary sources relating to the RTG, and until it's picked up by the financial press, there may not be any secondary coverage. To the extent that too much in the derivative markets in finance is shielded from the press, especially new products, my thought was to bring this product to the light of Wikipedia now rather than after the fact. Your call. If the article requires notability, which is both understandable and desirable, can I keep it in my sandbox until it receives notability and resubmit it then? In the future, my intention is to ferret out other new and esoteric financial instruments and write about them. Thanks for your editing and I look forward to your response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki4rww ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! Just as personal preference, I have been using {{
User:Hajatvrc/th}} to invite new users to the Teahouse. First of all, is this okay? Second, since I keep the original Wikipedia:Teahouse/Invitation template's code intact (with the Category:Wikipedia users who received a Teahouse invitation part) and just change the message, will this be recognized by HostBot and therefore be updated at the database report? I understand that one can use the original invite template and change the message manually, but it is easier to just use {{User:Hajatvrc/th}}.
Also, is it appropriate to add notes in the Already invited? column of the "Newish Editors" section if a user is intentionally not invited, say, because they have an in-progress
SPI going on?
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(comment) i wish had known abut the category before, because it wasn't added to the trio of templates ( t, t-anon, anon-t) that incorporate the standard welcome. I've added the cat now, but there are bound to be dozens of pages that won't appear :( benzband ( talk) 08:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations on your 200th RFA vote :)
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The hell to formalities - congratulations on passing your RFA with such an overwhelming turnout. You got your wish - 200+ supports :) Though I must say I wouldn't be daring enough to run while I'm a fellow, but you're an awesome chick and I congratulate you - I just wish you told me beforehand :-) Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 00:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I have closed your RFA as successful — you are now an administrator. Please consider the guidance at Wikipedia:New admin school, it'll keep you from ending up here. All the best, WilliamH ( talk) 00:26, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congrats on passing your RFA. I guess this means we need to give you the keys to the supersecret admin club. You should be receiving your lifetime supply of 30-year-old Scotch and your own personal Batmobile. Membership has its privileges. -- Jayron 32 04:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings Sarah. Congrats on the promotion. I just got an Email from a user that thought WikiProject AAA had something to do with AAA (band). Would you mind if we changed the template to Template:WikiProject Archives of American Art so its more identifying to what it actually is? This is the third or 4th time I have had someone ask about it (probably cause of my name I suspect). I created a redirect for it a while back but I think it would be a good idea to clarify it anyway. Kumioko ( talk) 15:27, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah. I just did quite a few hours of work on my article cleaning up citations and references and I hope you can look it over again. I was able to remove all links to the www.wison.com website and replaced them with secondary source journal articles on the company. These really helped! I hope these secondary sources will help me with my submission. Let me know if there is anything else I can work on. Any suggestions? RossPKelley ( talk) 05:45, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah :), I have left some comments and points in my support at your RfA. I thought to inform you about this as it would have been both good and necessary to do so. Best Regards! TheGeneralUser ( talk) 21:29, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, I just wanted to drop by and congratulate you on your RFA. I hope you do great things with the extra set of tools and continue to see you over at the Teahouse. -- Luke (Talk) 00:27, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Almost forgot the t-shirt. — Tom Morris ( talk) 00:58, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
. Um...how did you all think Sarah was going to do admin stuff without a mop and bucket? Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 01:08, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Conga rats!!!! -- Orange Mike | Talk 02:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations, Sarah, from the resident sysoplolcat and me! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 03:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Borrowed from another successful admin page ... Congratulations! Now get to work! :)
Seriously, you've earned it for everything you've done for the project, not the least of which is the successful launch of the Teahouse! -- McDoob AU 93 04:44, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Saraaah! Way to rock the RfA – you're my hero :D Accedie talk to me 05:05, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congrats Sarah! TheSpecialUser TSU 05:51, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Your RFA showed you how much you're liked here I guess! Nice one, I was astounded that you weren't already an admin though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:55, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations :)) Kevin Gorman ( talk) 02:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
"Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum | |
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum and Wikimedia DC present the "Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon. Drawing from their vast vaults of art, the caretakers of the Smithsonian American Art Museum have meticulously drawn forth canvas jewels to import into Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia articles. The museum directors and staff are excited about this project, and would love to have experienced Wikimedians help in the effort! Kirill [talk] 18:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Sarah. Congrats on your successful RfA! Speaking of which, I've run across something that might require the use of a mop. I noticed you're the most recent admin to get in on the deletion fest over at Ruskin Fellowship. I PROD'd that article last week for notability. Then, right before the PROD was set to expire, it was CSD'd for copyvio, recreated, CSD'd for A7, recreated, deleted, recreated, and now nominated for CSD again—all within 24 hours. Wow! Anyway, what would you do? Suggest moving the article into user space for now? Page creation protection? I hate to see this continue but I am not sure how to handle it. Would you mind taking a look? Best regards. Braincricket ( talk) 18:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Sarah. You know I love the Teahouse, and will do what I can to support it. I've noticed over the last few days that quite a few people are just including links in their replies. I know when I started posting there, and even now, I'd usually already read the WP page and it didn't make sense to me, I needed plain English. I also know that one Teahouse principal is not to use links in replies very often. I'm just concerned that these answers aren't that helpful. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it to the people posting the replies or not, but I wanted to express my concern and thought I should start here. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 01:30, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah, Thanks very much for your invite to the Teahouse! Seems a great resource for folks new to wikipedia, looking forward to ascending the newbie learning curve! Hope you're well Kitfox32 ( talk) 11:28, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, it was great to finally meet you at Wikimania. That was quite an event, and leaves me pumped up to get more involved.
As I mentioned, in our brief exchange during the photo shoot (as an aside, when do we get to see the photo?) I want to create OTRS boilerplate language covering the Tea House. I write this recognizing the irony - one of the goals (I think) of the Tea House is to be personal, bespoke, while avoiding jargon and standardized wording, so designing a boilerplate paragraph is a bit in conflict with that goal. That said, I always use the template responses as a start. Sometimes they are on point, and I simply use them, but sometimes I use them as a starting point and modify them, so the same general advice can apply here; I think we can come up with a decent, descriptive paragraph, and hope that OTRS agents with modify as needed.
While I've had this on my to do list, I was motivated to write to you today, because I just handled two OTRS requests where I thought it made sense to point out the Tea House. I don't think either response works as a template, because I tried to tailor to the specific situation, but they may both be worth reviewing.
As seems to be always the case when I start a small task, it grows to a larger one.
My original goal as to come up with wording which urged editors to check out the Tea House, and described it briefly. However, when I was writing one response, I decided I should mention both the help desk and the Tea House. I'm obviously interested in your view about how I distinguished the two.
I notice that the permissions list of standard response does not have one on either the Tea House or the help desk, but the Info queues do have a help desk referral item.
So the next question - should there be a Tea House referral (only), and agents choose the help desk or the Tea House, depending on the situation? Frankly, I don't like that option. I'd prefer to expand the Help Desk referral. That response currently reads, so you don't have to look it up:
Thank you for contacting us for assistance. However, we are unable to assist you with this matter via email.
Instead, we suggest that you direct your inquiry to our help desk < /info/en/?search=WP:Y>, which is staffed by a larger group of volunteers who are experts on issues such as searching, printing, how to edit, and problems with particular web browsers.
Anything you post to the help desk will become public. Therefore, we do not recommend that you post personal information such as email addresses or phone numbers.
My current thinking is that we work on an expansion to this, then add it to the permissions queue.
Another niggling point is that the help desk response is written in the context of someone writing to info, while I want one designed for someone who writes to permissions, and then starts asking other questions, or may not ask questions, but clearly need some help. We may need either a tweak, or a separate response.
OK, now I'm rambling, so I'll stop, and just post the links to the two OTRS threads:
I hope this has helped a bit. Generally when I reply to people and share the Teahouse link with them I tell them it's a friendly space where experienced editors are waiting to answer any questions that new and experienced editors, like yourself. Not sure how much it really helps, but, at least they know there is an option. Thank you so much for wanting to lead on this re: OTRS! SarahStierch ( talk) 17:12, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doctree :D You probably should add yourself to the WP:Teahouse/Hosts page, darnit ;) SarahStierch ( talk) 17:21, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Yay!!! *does a happy dance* SarahStierch ( talk) 18:05, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
I know you are redirecting your talk page, but, I wanted to drop by and say hi and see if you're doing okay. If you need anything, feel free to ping. Sarah ( talk) 02:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, I am still unsure whether my photo is suitable for Wikipedia. The wikicommons page is confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyresire ( talk • contribs) 02:41, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Nevermind, I don't think I can upload it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyresire ( talk • contribs) 07:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, A brand-new editor, is, quelle surprise, struggling with some of the bureaucracy. The editor is interested in writing an article about an organization, the NSWRuralDoctorsNetwork. Has been blocked and the article deleted. I've tried to offer some advice, but the issues at present, aren't permissions related so I've urged her to drop in to the Tea House. Her current and revised screen name is RuralDoctors (which I've explained is not acceptable). You can see more of the background at VRTS ticket # 2012070510000017 (including my blunder when you didn't tell me her user name, so I guessed it was her real name, and there is a user by that name, but luckily, not her.)
Hope to see you in DC. SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:46, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have created another AfC MirrorLink. Kindly take some time to review and leave your comments. I am a little surprised that such a widely spoken about technology with numerous google search results is still not up at Wiki. Policies shouldn't become so intricate that they make the system slow & inefficient. Since you did review the previous draft, thought of bothering you again with this stuff. - Ambar wiki ( talk) 14:30, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
On 11 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angels Camp Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angels Camp Museum sits on land located above two veins of the California Mother Lode? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angels Camp Museum. 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. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I went ahead and created project teams for each of the general editor retention areas people have expressed an interest to work in. Please review the team lists here:
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Editor_Retention#Project_teams. I have assigned you as the leader of the "Increase participation by women" team. Assuming you are interested in taking on this role, please notify the members of your team, and verify each editor is interested in being on the team. I expect that there might be some shuffling around of roles and teams at first, but once the teams are settled, I will co-ordinate with the teams leads to put together goals and a basic project plan to make sure that the project as a whole is successful and makes a measurable, positive difference for Wikipedia. Thank you for for your involvement...
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Thanks for being a part of the project! I noticed what I believe is a female who I have been conversing with a bit over an image that she added and I reverted. Looking back over her history and talks, I think she is having a bit of trouble adjusting to the rough and tumble nature here. She has been here a few months and seems to be doing some worthwhile edits. I've offered my talk page for any concern or question, but feel I came up short. She has visited the Teahouse a couple of times, but my gut feeling says a personal note might be a good idea. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 23:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Author/SarahStierch
My name is Nuša Farič and I am a Health Psychology MSc student at University College London (UCL). I am currently running a quantitative study entitled Who edits health-related Wikipedia pages and why? I am interested in the editorial experience of people who edit health-related Wikipedia pages. I am interested to learn more about the authors of health-related pages on Wikipedia and what motivations they have for doing so. I am currently contacting the authors of randomly selected articles and I noticed that someone at this address edited an article on Contact Dermatitis. I would like to ask you a few questions about you and your experience of editing the above mentioned article. If you would like more information about the project, please visit my user page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hydra_Rain and if interested, please visit my Talk page or e-mail me on nusa.faric.11@ucl.ac.uk. Also, others interested in the study may contact me! If I do not hear back from you I will not contact this account again. Thank you very much in advance. Hydra Rain ( talk) 20:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Wow - Thank you - just noticed you gave me the ada lovelace award back in March. -- CatS ( talk) 04:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Sarah. Thanks for being an awesome participant in Wikimania 2012. I'm sure we'll run into each other again in the future. Let me know if you need anything! I'll be happy to help :) -- AutoGyro ( talk) 23:30, 15 July 2012 (UTC) |
Also also, my next target for editing is the middlebox page, which is woefully underdeveloped -- and also fairly inaccurate ;-) The thing is, middleboxes are my research area, and some of the data on how widely middleboxes are used (and how) is actually written by me (like this). My inkling is that it's not kosher to cite one's own work -- and I'm capable of extending the article without it -- but there are a few facts I'd like to cite *if* it's legit. Am I right in assuming it's not legit to cite my own work? Justinesherry ( talk) 18:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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It was great to see you at Wikimania 2012! -- evrik ( talk) 14:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hey Sarah, do you know if any of the Wikimania presentations are being videotaped and if they will be available online? Specifically, I noticed that a Teahouse presentation was given. Is there any way for me to view this presentation? Thanks, Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah,
Yesterday I read Torie Bosch's Slate.com article about Wikipedia's gender imbalance. As Bernard Black says, "I can't help being angry when I'm furious."
I would like to do something about it. I am a young professional editor and writer with a background in newspapers, law, history, and tech. I am absolutely unafraid to stand my ground in any argument, so Wikipedia's hostile review process has never really bothered me. I've been editing Wikipedia articles casually for four or five years; I recently successfully rewrote Einsatzgruppen, an article that combined the Wikipedia trifecta of excessive length, frequent vandalism, and Nazis.
I really like what you're doing and I think I could help you make Wikipedia better. Point me in the right direction.
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 08:35, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to respond to this and say that you're awesome too Caroline and good luck!!! Justinesherry ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:43, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, Sarah. It was great to meet you in person. I uploaded a few photos that include you at Wikimania to Commons. Look in Category:Wikimania 2012 and Category:Wikimania 2012 presentations. As always, take care and have fun, DocTree ( talk) 21:08, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Sarah, I actually meant to ask this when we were all gathered around the table on Friday, but didn't end up getting the chance. I've never really put much thought into taking care of my gendered pronouns; I generally just play the odds and use male pronouns without much thought (unless there's evidence to the contrary). What do you think about this? Is it something I should start paying attention to? (As far as which form to use, I'd imagine I'd just go with the singular "they"; the other options just seem too clunky.) It's not something that I can really relate to, as far as being on the receiving end. Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 04:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Sarah,
I have continued the expansion that we started Saturday and gotten it to the point of another DYK nomination (with Maire and Courcelles credited as coauthors). Check it out. Daniel Case ( talk) 03:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
The_Art_of_the_Steal_(film). Nice getting to spend some time with you in your city! Ocaasi t | c 15:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, earlier today I sent a message to the Gender Gap subscription list. Every listserv I've ever used has sent me the message along with everyone else, so I was wondering if it actually got sent. Ryan Vesey Review me! 17:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Just in case. ;) Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 18:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah! I added myself to the short list, but didn't see the questions which you mentioned? -- Rosiestep ( talk) 02:36, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
My apologies...I know better. I have been thinking of committing to help at Teahouse for a while, but my time is very limited. That isn't the first time I have chimed in on something there and I know I should have used a friendlier opening. I will watch it in the future. Teahouse is great. So many other places in Wikipedia you get attitude. Not at the Teahouse. Thank you and all your cohorts for that. Gtwfan52 ( talk) 23:51, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
So awesome. At the time I remember thinking to myself, "Is that all seersucker? He's not even southern! What a boss!" I think this is proper commemoration. -- Qwerty0 ( talk) 12:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
A few anonymous and newly registered editors have made substantial edits to this page, of which you wrote a significant part. Another editor requested protection because they think the new edits are dubious, so I'm writing to invite you to have a look at the recent edits and make further changes. Der yck C. 14:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. You have a new message at User talk:Callanecc's talk page. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 03:24, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Kudos for answering up...and extra credit for use of smilies. TCO ( talk) 15:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there Sarah, congrats on your nomination for adminship. I was just wondering why we haven't had a Tea Leaf for this month yet and when I might deliver it? Rcsprinter (orate) @ 11:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, thanks for dropping a Teahouse invite on GabrielFreiria's page, I went there intending to invite him but got totally sidetracked! I just read a Wikipedia-related article on Gawker (I believe) that mentioned you, and I'm even more impressed. Good luck with your RfA, and should it succeed (I hope it does), please feel free to drop me a note if you have any admin-related questions. One more question - is there any kind of task force or wikiproject for female scientists or somesuch? Thanks again. Keilana| Parlez ici 18:38, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
There's a problem with your talkpage archives - it looks like you renamed them at some point, and there is a disconnection between your current archives and your old archives, so it is difficult to access them all. The link on your talkpage takes you here rather than to an index. And when you move back to User talk:SarahStierch/Archive 12, you'll see that User talk:SarahStierch/Archive 11 is red. Your old archives - User talk:SarahStierch/Old Archives 9 are not linked. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:09, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I noticed your RfA, and was going to support as I have seen you around and you seem to do good work. There is one small matter that I wanted to raise with you, and I thought here would be better than on your RfA. There is another user, Sarah ( talk · contribs), who is already an admin although she doesn't edit all that much any more. Your current signature is almost identical to hers. Would you be prepared to amend yours to make it clear that you are a different user? Thanks a lot for your consideration. -- John ( talk) 10:58, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I've made a couple of changes and a few suggestions at the talk page. I don't see any reason that this can't be included in WLM-US and/or a September Wiki Loves event. Should I contact other SFers about getting this going? It should be a snap. Smallbones ( talk) 17:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah! Congratulations on your RfA for a start! I was welcoming some new users with the Teahouse templates, and I noticed that the usual welcoming templates don't have any link or mention of The Teahouse. So, I sent an email to Okeyes asking his opinion, and he's asked me to run it by yourself and "Siko" first. I can't find a user named Siko either on the Teahouse or even registered on Wikipedia, so if you do know who Okeyes is talking about could you please let them know for me? Meanwhile, your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Osarius - Want a chat? 14:56, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all for responding, and hello Siko, it is nice to meet you too! I note you had problems when you first started the Teahouse, which is a shame - it shows to me that people don't have a lot of confidence in new projects. But the Teahouse is open and established now with more people getting involved but not enough people to help out, hence my suggestion. I shall post the idea on the host lounge talk page and see what concencus I get. Thanks all! Osarius - Want a chat? 14:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah! A problem has occured. I added the Speakers of the pre-independence Croatian Sabor, but user Sundustund removed them. I do't know why. I have sent him a question, but it is still unanswered. Best wishes! Torstrand ( talk) 22:15, 25 July 2012 (CEST)
I kept the discussion there in case someone else wanted to join in. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 22:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Is this the right template to put on the other pages? Does it look right? Why is one link red? Is it the Novocaine??? (No pain, just lots of numbness, thanks. I cracked a baby tooth that never fell out.) I went ahead and contacted people who had contributed to these pages, going back a couple of years. Do I have to put a message on each talk page, too? {{Merge to|Ramona (novel series)|discuss=Talk:Ramona (novel series)#Merger proposal|date=July 2012}} Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 23:40, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for accepting my article!
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Rashed.shah asked at the AfC help desk about his draft Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Abdullah_Baqui which you declined for notability concerns. I don't quite follow your reasoning; while the research papers are primary sources, the coverage in the Gulf Times and by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha alone should suffice to establish notability, and if the extended biography in The Lancet is considered a secondary source (not sure about that; it's in the context of a paper he published in The Lancet), there cannot be any doubt. I'll give him some advice on how to improve the draft, but if you see a notability issue despite multiple news sources, could you please explain on the help desk? Thanks in advance, Huon ( talk) 16:26, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm a Wiki-newbie, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to respond to your edits to my proposed article. I figure if it's the wrong place, you can just delete it (or leave it around as a humorous gesture). I read you comment on my article "RTG Bond" and you are 100% correct -- the subject of the article does not meet notability requirements, yet. This is a new financial instrument, derivative of covered bonds and similar to a GIA, issued in 1999 and of which there is little on line (see Investors Guaranty Fund; Conseco; Moody's; Lazard Freres). At this time there are no secondary sources relating to the RTG, and until it's picked up by the financial press, there may not be any secondary coverage. To the extent that too much in the derivative markets in finance is shielded from the press, especially new products, my thought was to bring this product to the light of Wikipedia now rather than after the fact. Your call. If the article requires notability, which is both understandable and desirable, can I keep it in my sandbox until it receives notability and resubmit it then? In the future, my intention is to ferret out other new and esoteric financial instruments and write about them. Thanks for your editing and I look forward to your response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki4rww ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah! Just as personal preference, I have been using {{
User:Hajatvrc/th}} to invite new users to the Teahouse. First of all, is this okay? Second, since I keep the original Wikipedia:Teahouse/Invitation template's code intact (with the Category:Wikipedia users who received a Teahouse invitation part) and just change the message, will this be recognized by HostBot and therefore be updated at the database report? I understand that one can use the original invite template and change the message manually, but it is easier to just use {{User:Hajatvrc/th}}.
Also, is it appropriate to add notes in the Already invited? column of the "Newish Editors" section if a user is intentionally not invited, say, because they have an in-progress
SPI going on?
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(comment) i wish had known abut the category before, because it wasn't added to the trio of templates ( t, t-anon, anon-t) that incorporate the standard welcome. I've added the cat now, but there are bound to be dozens of pages that won't appear :( benzband ( talk) 08:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations on your 200th RFA vote :)
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The hell to formalities - congratulations on passing your RFA with such an overwhelming turnout. You got your wish - 200+ supports :) Though I must say I wouldn't be daring enough to run while I'm a fellow, but you're an awesome chick and I congratulate you - I just wish you told me beforehand :-) Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 00:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah, I have closed your RFA as successful — you are now an administrator. Please consider the guidance at Wikipedia:New admin school, it'll keep you from ending up here. All the best, WilliamH ( talk) 00:26, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congrats on passing your RFA. I guess this means we need to give you the keys to the supersecret admin club. You should be receiving your lifetime supply of 30-year-old Scotch and your own personal Batmobile. Membership has its privileges. -- Jayron 32 04:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings Sarah. Congrats on the promotion. I just got an Email from a user that thought WikiProject AAA had something to do with AAA (band). Would you mind if we changed the template to Template:WikiProject Archives of American Art so its more identifying to what it actually is? This is the third or 4th time I have had someone ask about it (probably cause of my name I suspect). I created a redirect for it a while back but I think it would be a good idea to clarify it anyway. Kumioko ( talk) 15:27, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah. I just did quite a few hours of work on my article cleaning up citations and references and I hope you can look it over again. I was able to remove all links to the www.wison.com website and replaced them with secondary source journal articles on the company. These really helped! I hope these secondary sources will help me with my submission. Let me know if there is anything else I can work on. Any suggestions? RossPKelley ( talk) 05:45, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Sarah :), I have left some comments and points in my support at your RfA. I thought to inform you about this as it would have been both good and necessary to do so. Best Regards! TheGeneralUser ( talk) 21:29, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Sarah, I just wanted to drop by and congratulate you on your RFA. I hope you do great things with the extra set of tools and continue to see you over at the Teahouse. -- Luke (Talk) 00:27, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Almost forgot the t-shirt. — Tom Morris ( talk) 00:58, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
. Um...how did you all think Sarah was going to do admin stuff without a mop and bucket? Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 01:08, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Conga rats!!!! -- Orange Mike | Talk 02:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations, Sarah, from the resident sysoplolcat and me! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 03:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Borrowed from another successful admin page ... Congratulations! Now get to work! :)
Seriously, you've earned it for everything you've done for the project, not the least of which is the successful launch of the Teahouse! -- McDoob AU 93 04:44, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Saraaah! Way to rock the RfA – you're my hero :D Accedie talk to me 05:05, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congrats Sarah! TheSpecialUser TSU 05:51, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Your RFA showed you how much you're liked here I guess! Nice one, I was astounded that you weren't already an admin though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:55, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations :)) Kevin Gorman ( talk) 02:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Sarah. Congrats on your successful RfA! Speaking of which, I've run across something that might require the use of a mop. I noticed you're the most recent admin to get in on the deletion fest over at Ruskin Fellowship. I PROD'd that article last week for notability. Then, right before the PROD was set to expire, it was CSD'd for copyvio, recreated, CSD'd for A7, recreated, deleted, recreated, and now nominated for CSD again—all within 24 hours. Wow! Anyway, what would you do? Suggest moving the article into user space for now? Page creation protection? I hate to see this continue but I am not sure how to handle it. Would you mind taking a look? Best regards. Braincricket ( talk) 18:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Sarah. You know I love the Teahouse, and will do what I can to support it. I've noticed over the last few days that quite a few people are just including links in their replies. I know when I started posting there, and even now, I'd usually already read the WP page and it didn't make sense to me, I needed plain English. I also know that one Teahouse principal is not to use links in replies very often. I'm just concerned that these answers aren't that helpful. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it to the people posting the replies or not, but I wanted to express my concern and thought I should start here. Thanks. Tlqk56 ( talk) 01:30, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Sarah, Thanks very much for your invite to the Teahouse! Seems a great resource for folks new to wikipedia, looking forward to ascending the newbie learning curve! Hope you're well Kitfox32 ( talk) 11:28, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Sarah, it was great to finally meet you at Wikimania. That was quite an event, and leaves me pumped up to get more involved.
As I mentioned, in our brief exchange during the photo shoot (as an aside, when do we get to see the photo?) I want to create OTRS boilerplate language covering the Tea House. I write this recognizing the irony - one of the goals (I think) of the Tea House is to be personal, bespoke, while avoiding jargon and standardized wording, so designing a boilerplate paragraph is a bit in conflict with that goal. That said, I always use the template responses as a start. Sometimes they are on point, and I simply use them, but sometimes I use them as a starting point and modify them, so the same general advice can apply here; I think we can come up with a decent, descriptive paragraph, and hope that OTRS agents with modify as needed.
While I've had this on my to do list, I was motivated to write to you today, because I just handled two OTRS requests where I thought it made sense to point out the Tea House. I don't think either response works as a template, because I tried to tailor to the specific situation, but they may both be worth reviewing.
As seems to be always the case when I start a small task, it grows to a larger one.
My original goal as to come up with wording which urged editors to check out the Tea House, and described it briefly. However, when I was writing one response, I decided I should mention both the help desk and the Tea House. I'm obviously interested in your view about how I distinguished the two.
I notice that the permissions list of standard response does not have one on either the Tea House or the help desk, but the Info queues do have a help desk referral item.
So the next question - should there be a Tea House referral (only), and agents choose the help desk or the Tea House, depending on the situation? Frankly, I don't like that option. I'd prefer to expand the Help Desk referral. That response currently reads, so you don't have to look it up:
Thank you for contacting us for assistance. However, we are unable to assist you with this matter via email.
Instead, we suggest that you direct your inquiry to our help desk < /info/en/?search=WP:Y>, which is staffed by a larger group of volunteers who are experts on issues such as searching, printing, how to edit, and problems with particular web browsers.
Anything you post to the help desk will become public. Therefore, we do not recommend that you post personal information such as email addresses or phone numbers.
My current thinking is that we work on an expansion to this, then add it to the permissions queue.
Another niggling point is that the help desk response is written in the context of someone writing to info, while I want one designed for someone who writes to permissions, and then starts asking other questions, or may not ask questions, but clearly need some help. We may need either a tweak, or a separate response.
OK, now I'm rambling, so I'll stop, and just post the links to the two OTRS threads:
I hope this has helped a bit. Generally when I reply to people and share the Teahouse link with them I tell them it's a friendly space where experienced editors are waiting to answer any questions that new and experienced editors, like yourself. Not sure how much it really helps, but, at least they know there is an option. Thank you so much for wanting to lead on this re: OTRS! SarahStierch ( talk) 17:12, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doctree :D You probably should add yourself to the WP:Teahouse/Hosts page, darnit ;) SarahStierch ( talk) 17:21, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Yay!!! *does a happy dance* SarahStierch ( talk) 18:05, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
I know you are redirecting your talk page, but, I wanted to drop by and say hi and see if you're doing okay. If you need anything, feel free to ping. Sarah ( talk) 02:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC)