Hey Pharos, while I responded to your Village Pump article, I do want to say that I think your idea is neat and if you feel that the subject of Wine would meet your criteria, the Wine Project would certainly be interested in helping to facilitate the event. We could help the content drive with creating lists of good reliable sources (online & offline), tips on writing wine related articles on different topics (grapes, wine regions, wine history, wineries, wine bios, etc) as well as creating a list of new articles that are needed. The nice thing about wine is that it is such a broad and diverse subject covering everything from history ( Colonial British wine trade-responsible for Bordeaux, Maderia, Port & Sherry being famous), literature ( Thomas Jefferson and wine), business & law ( Three-tier (alcohol distribution) could be expanded as well as articles on various states/countries' wine laws), Science & biology ( Winemaking technology and expansions of the grape disease and wine fault sub topics), as well as culinary ( Wine in cooking and several splinter articles could come out of Wine and food matching like Wine and cheese). Oh and the Long Island wine article (as well as other New York and New Jersey wine topics) could always use some expanding and local pictures. I think there could be a little something for everyone. :) Agne Cheese/ Wine 08:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I've responded at the village pump ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 13:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).
Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.
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I am going to see if i can come i have to work and i have school the next day i am still in high school. But i am going to be excited if i can make it.Ps im also shy lol
Thanks Again Staffwaterboy Talk♂ 21:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Along those same lines...how did you guess my geographic region so accurately? I dont think ive ever posted on wikipedia aboutit....-- Osbus ( talk) 00:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Pharos, per Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-03/Dispatches, can I entice you to look at Ima Hogg? Karanacs ( talk · contribs) is trying to locate some good sources, several people are helping, but time is running out. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Glad you like it. The blurb credit goes to User:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back, and the article authorship mostly to User:Karanacs. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I went to Wikimedia Commons and signed in so I could upload the pics I took, but there's no "Upload file" function in the left hand menu as there is on the 'pedia. How do you upload files to the Commons? Also, what was the website you had me upload the videos to? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 04:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Here is the guy with the most article creations (13,000+) Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk · contribs). he'd be a good guy for material for the academy idea. MBisanz talk 07:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your hard work yesterday. It was a good meeting. --David Shankbone 20:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I just want to say I'm really glad to see a person with no POV like you get involved in Assyrian related issues. Please do stick around with us, we are such a small group. Chaldean ( talk) 00:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey Richard - when is the video going to go up from the meeting? Any idea?
Dave David Shankbone 05:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking about doing a presentation at the next meeting the admin coaching program. Any opinions? MBisanz talk 08:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pharos. A brand new editor, User:Bluelight2b, has reverted some names that Science Apologist added to the photo captions. Do you have an opinion on this? I could add some names from my own recollection (only adding names that are already given elsewhere on the page) but won't do so unless it's clear that it's the right thing to do. Bluelight didn't give any reason for his concern, and hasn't provided an email address. EdJohnston ( talk) 03:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Any article writing scheme in principal of course is an excellent idea particularly if it is Columbia students. More lecturers and school teachers in my view can use wikipedia as an educational tool not only for reading but for writing practice. As you may be well aware there is significant uneveness all across the project but inevitably some areas are far weaker than others, particularly in relation to the domination of Anglo-Centric/American articles in proportion to the content of the rest of the world. For me personally, geographical articles are very important to an encyclopedia and if you browse through some of the categories of African cities for example the number of articles and indeed depth of them is nowhere near what it could or should be. I doubt very much though that any new articles would have enough references to develop it beyond a stub, but I sincerely hope eventually countries in Africa will develop enough to increase the relaying of info on the web.
What I would recommend however, is to point them to the core list, Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Articles, which lists encyclopedia articles which many of us consider a core article but at present is shockingly lacking either in content, conciseness or quality. Veropedia for one has highlighted some of these articles many of them only a start class which need a great deal of development e.g River Seine etc which should ideally be a lot more detailed. It may of course depend on the subject as some of the teachers/lecturers may recommend work in a given subject. Other than this I would link them to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedia articles where there are detailed lists (far from complete though) a missing articles. Also perhaps see the categories which have been tagged as requesting for expansion by populating with new articles; I'm certain there are many.
Other than this I believe as suggested above the focus should be on Non western articles. For me counteracting systematic bias is perhaps the most important goal of this project.
If you have any further questions feel free to give me a bell. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 13:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your answer. Remind me to send a barnstar your way :-) Thanks again! Scarian Call me Pat 23:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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I was aware that the event had been postponed. Well, sorry to be bearer of bad news, but it looks like you will need to postpone the event, yet again :( . Ugh, I know, this may be a pain and all, and you may not believe me, but according to Weather.com, Friday, April 4th, showers are expected. Weather.com, WeatherBug, MyFoxNY.com (WNYW - Fox 5) -- Prevalis ( talk) 21:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey Pharos- I wish I could go, but the timing is not very good. I am actually leaving work tomorrow at noon but it's to interview punk pioneer Richard Hell. --David Shankbone 13:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Why is it that when there is a politicall victory we call it a politicall victroy, but when the Mahdi Army has a politicall victory it becomes "propaganda"? And don't say: "see talk page" cause the only thing you said there is that it shouldn't be mentioned in the infobox, which it should. The Honorable Kermanshahi ( talk) 14:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer. If you like you can mail me at collin at xs4all dot en el.-- branko ( talk) 14:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Any reason why you replaced the perfectly good (I thought, but then I might be biased) image for the Symphony Space article with another one? Your edit does not seem to give any justification, and I thought the older version actually gives more of a sense of the place (it isn't directly from the front but shows how Symphony Space sits on its street corner). Markus Poessel ( talk) 20:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Good addition to [[The Winter Garden (1850)| The Winter Garden) article about Grand Hotel and present NYU buildings. Thanks. Weimar03 ( talk) 13:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey Pharos, while I responded to your Village Pump article, I do want to say that I think your idea is neat and if you feel that the subject of Wine would meet your criteria, the Wine Project would certainly be interested in helping to facilitate the event. We could help the content drive with creating lists of good reliable sources (online & offline), tips on writing wine related articles on different topics (grapes, wine regions, wine history, wineries, wine bios, etc) as well as creating a list of new articles that are needed. The nice thing about wine is that it is such a broad and diverse subject covering everything from history ( Colonial British wine trade-responsible for Bordeaux, Maderia, Port & Sherry being famous), literature ( Thomas Jefferson and wine), business & law ( Three-tier (alcohol distribution) could be expanded as well as articles on various states/countries' wine laws), Science & biology ( Winemaking technology and expansions of the grape disease and wine fault sub topics), as well as culinary ( Wine in cooking and several splinter articles could come out of Wine and food matching like Wine and cheese). Oh and the Long Island wine article (as well as other New York and New Jersey wine topics) could always use some expanding and local pictures. I think there could be a little something for everyone. :) Agne Cheese/ Wine 08:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I've responded at the village pump ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 13:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
New York City Meetup
|
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).
Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.
You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
You're also invited to subscribe to the public
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This has been an automated delivery because you were on
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BrownBot (
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I am going to see if i can come i have to work and i have school the next day i am still in high school. But i am going to be excited if i can make it.Ps im also shy lol
Thanks Again Staffwaterboy Talk♂ 21:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Along those same lines...how did you guess my geographic region so accurately? I dont think ive ever posted on wikipedia aboutit....-- Osbus ( talk) 00:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Pharos, per Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-03/Dispatches, can I entice you to look at Ima Hogg? Karanacs ( talk · contribs) is trying to locate some good sources, several people are helping, but time is running out. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Glad you like it. The blurb credit goes to User:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back, and the article authorship mostly to User:Karanacs. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I went to Wikimedia Commons and signed in so I could upload the pics I took, but there's no "Upload file" function in the left hand menu as there is on the 'pedia. How do you upload files to the Commons? Also, what was the website you had me upload the videos to? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 04:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Here is the guy with the most article creations (13,000+) Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk · contribs). he'd be a good guy for material for the academy idea. MBisanz talk 07:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your hard work yesterday. It was a good meeting. --David Shankbone 20:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I just want to say I'm really glad to see a person with no POV like you get involved in Assyrian related issues. Please do stick around with us, we are such a small group. Chaldean ( talk) 00:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey Richard - when is the video going to go up from the meeting? Any idea?
Dave David Shankbone 05:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking about doing a presentation at the next meeting the admin coaching program. Any opinions? MBisanz talk 08:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pharos. A brand new editor, User:Bluelight2b, has reverted some names that Science Apologist added to the photo captions. Do you have an opinion on this? I could add some names from my own recollection (only adding names that are already given elsewhere on the page) but won't do so unless it's clear that it's the right thing to do. Bluelight didn't give any reason for his concern, and hasn't provided an email address. EdJohnston ( talk) 03:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Any article writing scheme in principal of course is an excellent idea particularly if it is Columbia students. More lecturers and school teachers in my view can use wikipedia as an educational tool not only for reading but for writing practice. As you may be well aware there is significant uneveness all across the project but inevitably some areas are far weaker than others, particularly in relation to the domination of Anglo-Centric/American articles in proportion to the content of the rest of the world. For me personally, geographical articles are very important to an encyclopedia and if you browse through some of the categories of African cities for example the number of articles and indeed depth of them is nowhere near what it could or should be. I doubt very much though that any new articles would have enough references to develop it beyond a stub, but I sincerely hope eventually countries in Africa will develop enough to increase the relaying of info on the web.
What I would recommend however, is to point them to the core list, Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Articles, which lists encyclopedia articles which many of us consider a core article but at present is shockingly lacking either in content, conciseness or quality. Veropedia for one has highlighted some of these articles many of them only a start class which need a great deal of development e.g River Seine etc which should ideally be a lot more detailed. It may of course depend on the subject as some of the teachers/lecturers may recommend work in a given subject. Other than this I would link them to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedia articles where there are detailed lists (far from complete though) a missing articles. Also perhaps see the categories which have been tagged as requesting for expansion by populating with new articles; I'm certain there are many.
Other than this I believe as suggested above the focus should be on Non western articles. For me counteracting systematic bias is perhaps the most important goal of this project.
If you have any further questions feel free to give me a bell. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 13:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your answer. Remind me to send a barnstar your way :-) Thanks again! Scarian Call me Pat 23:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
You're invited to the
Sixth Philadelphia-area Wikipedia Meetup
April 5, 2008
Time: 5:00 PM
Location:
The Marathon Grill, 10th and Walnut
This has been an automated delivery by
BrownBot (
talk) 23:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I was aware that the event had been postponed. Well, sorry to be bearer of bad news, but it looks like you will need to postpone the event, yet again :( . Ugh, I know, this may be a pain and all, and you may not believe me, but according to Weather.com, Friday, April 4th, showers are expected. Weather.com, WeatherBug, MyFoxNY.com (WNYW - Fox 5) -- Prevalis ( talk) 21:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey Pharos- I wish I could go, but the timing is not very good. I am actually leaving work tomorrow at noon but it's to interview punk pioneer Richard Hell. --David Shankbone 13:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Why is it that when there is a politicall victory we call it a politicall victroy, but when the Mahdi Army has a politicall victory it becomes "propaganda"? And don't say: "see talk page" cause the only thing you said there is that it shouldn't be mentioned in the infobox, which it should. The Honorable Kermanshahi ( talk) 14:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer. If you like you can mail me at collin at xs4all dot en el.-- branko ( talk) 14:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Any reason why you replaced the perfectly good (I thought, but then I might be biased) image for the Symphony Space article with another one? Your edit does not seem to give any justification, and I thought the older version actually gives more of a sense of the place (it isn't directly from the front but shows how Symphony Space sits on its street corner). Markus Poessel ( talk) 20:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Good addition to [[The Winter Garden (1850)| The Winter Garden) article about Grand Hotel and present NYU buildings. Thanks. Weimar03 ( talk) 13:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)