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Hello, in my opinion it seems the article of marches on
http://www.worldbookofmilitarymusic.com was copied from English Wikipedia. There're many interior links lead to Wikipedia, and they are exactly those links appears in the article. It also includes copied material from another article on Wikipedia:
Military band. That website even includes copyrighted material: The Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army section was copied from
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I had a suspicion as well. I noticed that that site is being taken down pretty soon as well. I think there is already a citations-needed tag at the top of the page, so I will take down the copyright tags and do some research! Thanks for taking a look --
Adam Blake (
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top shagger
Burt is a Top Shagger and I want to give him the recognition he deserves!
You have no idea how much I wanted to let that stay in there.
Adam Blake (
talk) 18:54, 5 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Please be more careful
When you reverted some vandalism in
Paul Klee you left in the previous, also vandlistic, edit. Please be more careful. Thanks!
63.251.123.2 (
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I noticed that! Sorry -- I was going back to fix it when you did. Way to be on the ball
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Thanks,
Martin! Your comments were actually very helpful. Sometimes it's hard to see that I haven't been as explicit as I could have been --- much different than writing for a journal article. I'll be going back and making edits per your suggestions over the next few days. I appreciate that you took some time to take a look at the article. Best,
Adam Blake (
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Wow, a really useful article, and takes people beyond the widely known Festinger work to a more updated understanding. Nice work.
MartinPoulter (
talk) 16:57, 9 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Hello Adam, you can
call me 74. I plucked your name from the
Trombone and
Types of trombone article. Do you have some time to mess with these things nowadays? There is a beginning-editor person trying to write up something on an annual trombone festival held in Hong Kong; the topic is close to being
WP:NOTE enough for a dedicated article, and is definitely
WP:NOTEWORTHY for inclusion in some existing article. However, unlike
baritone#Artists and
brass_band, the trombone-articles don't list the major festivals, except as raw external links e.g.
Types of trombones has a couple of the festival-organizers as external links (which makes little sense). Anyhoo, if you would like to help Stanley and myself, it would be appreciated. I've also done some research on our existing trombone-festivals, both of which are stubs, and added the sources to their talkpages, if you feel like working on that stuff.
Trombone, possibly needs a new section on festivals/soloists/professors/symphonies/etc (cf baritone and brass band)
Thanks for improving wikipedia. p.s. If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talkpage, so I'll know you did.
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Hello, in my opinion it seems the article of marches on
http://www.worldbookofmilitarymusic.com was copied from English Wikipedia. There're many interior links lead to Wikipedia, and they are exactly those links appears in the article. It also includes copied material from another article on Wikipedia:
Military band. That website even includes copyrighted material: The Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army section was copied from
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I had a suspicion as well. I noticed that that site is being taken down pretty soon as well. I think there is already a citations-needed tag at the top of the page, so I will take down the copyright tags and do some research! Thanks for taking a look --
Adam Blake (
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top shagger
Burt is a Top Shagger and I want to give him the recognition he deserves!
You have no idea how much I wanted to let that stay in there.
Adam Blake (
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Please be more careful
When you reverted some vandalism in
Paul Klee you left in the previous, also vandlistic, edit. Please be more careful. Thanks!
63.251.123.2 (
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I noticed that! Sorry -- I was going back to fix it when you did. Way to be on the ball
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Thanks,
Martin! Your comments were actually very helpful. Sometimes it's hard to see that I haven't been as explicit as I could have been --- much different than writing for a journal article. I'll be going back and making edits per your suggestions over the next few days. I appreciate that you took some time to take a look at the article. Best,
Adam Blake (
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Wow, a really useful article, and takes people beyond the widely known Festinger work to a more updated understanding. Nice work.
MartinPoulter (
talk) 16:57, 9 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Hello Adam, you can
call me 74. I plucked your name from the
Trombone and
Types of trombone article. Do you have some time to mess with these things nowadays? There is a beginning-editor person trying to write up something on an annual trombone festival held in Hong Kong; the topic is close to being
WP:NOTE enough for a dedicated article, and is definitely
WP:NOTEWORTHY for inclusion in some existing article. However, unlike
baritone#Artists and
brass_band, the trombone-articles don't list the major festivals, except as raw external links e.g.
Types of trombones has a couple of the festival-organizers as external links (which makes little sense). Anyhoo, if you would like to help Stanley and myself, it would be appreciated. I've also done some research on our existing trombone-festivals, both of which are stubs, and added the sources to their talkpages, if you feel like working on that stuff.
Trombone, possibly needs a new section on festivals/soloists/professors/symphonies/etc (cf baritone and brass band)
Thanks for improving wikipedia. p.s. If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talkpage, so I'll know you did.
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Unforgetting L.A. series will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 12pm to 5pm at 356 S. Mission Rd. (
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Dear fellow Wikipedian,
East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the
California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend.
Please join us at an event this coming Tuesday: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on January 20 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please
RSVP here if you plan to attend.
The LA Wikipedia community has three events in mid-February -- please consider attending!
First, we have a Valentine's Day edit-a-thon appropriately named Redondo Loves Wikipedia, which will take place at the Redondo Beach Public Library from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 14. Join library staff, the Redondo Beach Historical Society, and others to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Redondo Beach!
Second, we have a Wik-Ed Women editing session on Tuesday, February 17 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists.
Third, we have an Unforgetting LA event put on by East of Borneo in collaboration with the
Getty Research Institute. Come help improve Wikipedia's coverage of LA design and architecture, and have an awesome free day at the museum -- parking will be validated for edit-a-thon participants! If you'd like to use particular books from GRI's great collection, be sure to email before 2/13 (instructions at event page).
And be sure to check out our
main meetup page, because we already have three SoCal events scheduled for early March!
The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending!
First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian
Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia.
Second, there will be an event at the Redondo Beach Public Library (following up on last month's session), in collaboration with the Redondo Beach Historical Society. Please join us from 10am to noon on Saturday, March 28 at the main branch of the Redondo Beach Public Library!
The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide
Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for
Pan-Pacific Park (
map) and will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please
RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!
5th Annual Wiknic rescheduled to Saturday, July 25, 2015, ~9:30am-4pm
Due to a conflict with the
Redondo Loves Wikipedia edit-a-thon, the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic has been rescheduled. As before, the location will be at
Pan-Pacific Park (
map) and will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please
RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!
I would like to personally invite you to the March edition of the
Wik-Ed Women meetup, which will take place on March 15, from 6-10 in the evening. It will occur at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, 2245 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90021 (downtown LA --
map). The building has a pink top with old signage for American Accessories, Inc. dba Princess Accessories (
Photos [PDF]). There is on-site parking in the back, which also has an entrance. If you cannot attend in person, you are more than willing to work remotely, as we appreciate all help that you can provide. Finally,
here is a link to the Facebook event, in case you want to invite friends, as we are always looking for new editors to help expand coverage of women on Wikipedia!
Please join us at our Wikipedia Day celebration at the
Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 11 am to 5 pm! This event will feature lectures, panel discussions, lightning talks, open space discussions and collaboration, and--most importantly--cake! Please RSVP on the event page if you're thinking of joining us.
You are cordially invited to the
6th Los Angeles Wiknic, a part of the nationwide
Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is planned for Pan-Pacific Park and will be held on Saturday, July 15, 2017 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!
Hello AB Blake! Follow the Wikimedia LGBT user group on Twitter at @wikilgbt for news, photos, and other topics of interest to LGBT Wikipedans and allies. Use #wikiLGBT to share any Wiki Loves Pride stuff that you would like to share (whether this month or any day of the year) or to alert folks to things that the LGBT Wikipedan community should know.
RachelWex (
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For more information about Wiki Loves Pride, → click here ←.
You have been invited to a meetup and edit-a-thon at the
LA84 Foundation in Jefferson Park (near DTLA) on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.! This event aims to improve coverage of female Olympians and Paralympians (some of whom will be attending!). There will be a deejay and food/drinks, and kids are welcome.
Please join us from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, March 31st for Wikipedia Day LA 2018 at the
Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. There will be speakers, panel discussions, a presentation on
Wikidata, flash sessions, and a discussion about the formation of an LA User Group. There could be dramatic readings of LA-related talk pages, and there will be truly excellent cake. Please RSVP on the event page if you're thinking of joining us.
Sunday, September 30, 11:00-4:00 PM Pan Pacific Park, 7600 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Hang out. Consume
crowd-sourced BBQ! Bask in the glory of late September in Los Angeles (and the glory of our new user group,
Wikimedians of Los Angeles). RSVP (and volunteer)
here.
We hope to see you there!
JSFarman (
talk) 02:50, 9 September 2018 (UTC)reply
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Invitation to attend a Southern California Regional mini Unconference
Please join the LA User Group,
Wikimedians of Los Angeles, for an afternoon of panels, presentations and conversations on the subject of sources, and cake (locally sourced), in celebration of Wikipedia's 18th birthday.
Sunday, March 3: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (DTLA), Noon–5p. Focus: Women+Comedy.
Saturday, March 9: Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College (Monterey Park), Noon–4p. Focus: Latinx+Non-Binary Artists.
Sunday, March 10: Hammer Museum (Westwood), Noon–5p. Focus: Women+Film+Media
Sunday, March 17: LACMA (Miracle Mile), Noon–5p. Focus: Women+Design+Craft
Sunday, March 31: California African American Museum (Exposition Park/USC), 1–4p. Focus: Women of CAAM.
These Los Angeles events are co-hosted by online magazine
East of Borneo and include step-by-step Wikipedia instruction for beginners. Bring your laptop or tablet computer and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share. People of all gender expressions and identities are encouraged to attend.
270° panorama overlooking La Jolla Shores Beach as seen from the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, during a late August sunset. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson
You're invited to a zoom call, taking place on February 11, with the goal of improving the article on
Los Angeles to
Featured article status! I often find it daunting to approach the Big Subjects on my own—so if you, like me, want a time to sit down with fellow dedicated editors and tackle something important and complex, this is the zoom for you! I, unfortunately, have no way to transmit snacks over zoom; but I trust you to exercise good judgement and discretion in selecting snacks of your own. Hope to see you there—if you're interested, add your name here!
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