This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Please close the requested move discussion -- Vinie007 11:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic,
I got your message back and I'm not dodging you or anything like that, the office has just been crazy as of late and I was out most of last week. I'd still quite like to talk over lunch or a soda, say tomorrow or next week. You might have to thwack me if I ask too many questions though :-) I've been talking with my team of and on about the GLAM/NARA, and it sounds like there's some interest in helping out, as our own responsibilities allow, of course. Look for an email from me tomorrow morning, and I look forward to meeting you!
Cheers!
BcNARApix (
talk) 21:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic. You haven't acknowledged my comment above, and I'm just wondering whether you just missed it. I understand that you're busy, and if you indeed don't have time to do an interview, then I totally understand! Let me know. Cheers, Ragettho ( talk) 19:30, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I saw that you edited MediaWiki:Abusefilter-edit-denied some time ago. I don't quite understand why is "suppressed" better than "hidden" here, but it doesn't really matter to me; what does matter is that if you think that it is better, you should propose it at http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support , so it would be fixed on all sites that use MediaWiki and not just in the English Wikipedia. -- Amir E. Aharoni ( talk) 18:43, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area next Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 8 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together at Norman's Landscape ( directions) in Manhattan's Central Park.
Take along your friends ( newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.
If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.
Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!
To subscribe to future events, follow the mailing list or add your username to the invitation list. BrownBot ( talk) 19:03, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the invite. I thought my name was already on the list of members but I added it so its all good now. I also submitted a couple of Requests.
On the issue of requests it might be worth while to setup a default request template of the information you are likely to need. Maybe something like this: <!--Place a short description of the request in the box above. Then feel free to remove this line.-->
{{NARA Request |type = Media/Document/Advice, etc |description = Place description of your request here (and you can sign here too) |link = |action = |completed =
-- Kumioko ( talk) 19:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
/ ƒETCH COMMS / 19:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Please remove him from your list. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:58, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, I left you a request over at your (awesome) page, but I wanted to make sure you didn't kill yourself in getting to me... I realize that a lot of requests just popped up out of nowhere. :-) Thanks again for doing this! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:11, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I seem to be getting grief from the system for trying to upload large files, it won't seem to do it. Figured you're gone for the day, but wondered if you had any insight on whether its my lack of skill, the network, Wikimedia or a combination of the three. If all else fails I'll just have you upload the scans. BcNARApix ( talk) 20:59, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic! Once again, thank you so much for agreeing to answer my questions! I really like what you had to say. I've been working on the article for the past few hours, and in a day or two I should have it ready for either your approval or further questions. Cheers, Ragettho ( talk) 01:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
I realize you're quite busy, but I was wondering if you could do me a small favor. I'm going to be traveling until Sunday (but possibly Monday), so I won't have Internet access, and I was able to manage a quick expansion of Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Today's Document challenge of July 7. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly done, and I'm actually about to run out the door in an hour now, so I was just wondering if you could make sure the article is coherent, figure out a good DYK hook and nominate it, and get the Today's Document stuff for it taken care of (the image is in the article already), and keep an eye on the nomination—I think it's been expanded 5x, but if it's a few hundred characters short, there are sources at User:Fetchcomms/Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. If you don't have time, it would really be helpful if you could find someone else to nominate for DYK and watch this until I get back on July 3 (and hopefully not later). Innumerable thanks, / ƒETCH COMMS / 17:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic! Again, I'd like to express my appreciation for your agreeing to answer my questions. If you ever need any press coverage for NARA or WMF events, I'd be happy to assist. Ragettho ( talk) 05:53, 1 July 2011 (UTC) |
The Press Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is for how you have successfully garnered and maintained press attention for your residency at NARA. The more people & organizations take notice of the great work taking place at Wikipedia, the more we'll be able to gain the trust of further organizations for partnerships. Well done, and thank you for sharing your thoughts (that so many of share!) with the world! SarahStierch ( talk) 13:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, thanks so much for the help with the NARA request! — NickDupree ( talk) 01:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC) |
I've made a new template: {{ Today's Document talk}}. I can't find the ARC IDs though, where are these things? Res Mar 05:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited! | |
---|---|
The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch ( talk) 14:15, 16 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, I think your contest's timeline is too short. The minimum time an article will take at FAC is roughly two weeks. Given that these articles are popular/large in scope, it will be longer than this. Couple that with rewriting the articles, finding sources, etc., and you're looking at much more than a month. Just my opinion on it. Hope life is treating you well at NARA! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive711#Giornorosso_redux_-_more_of_the_same_and_then_some. Would you care to do the honours, since you are familiar with this case? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 20:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic· t 21:21, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
|
Bummer my friend, as the 6th lands on the first day of my week out of town and away from this awful weather. I was really hoping to give folks the dime tour of Stills, but alas. Have fun at it, and if I can help with the set-up let me know. :-) BcNARApix ( talk) 02:29, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch ( talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, the title on this image is wrong. Based solely on the number of guns, she has to be a New Mexico- or a Pennsylvania-class battleship. Based on the bridge structure and line drawings I have from Stillwell's Battleship Arizona, I'm almost certain the image is one of the two ships of the Pennsylvania-class after their late-20s/early-30s refits. It's virtually impossible to determine which one, but I'd love you forever if you could find out (if it's Arizona, I'll gladly add it into the relevant article) ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:46, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
So, if you need to show off the immediate benefits of the upload to your NARA people tomorrow, feel free to show them File:Delaware (BB28). Starboard bow, Guantanamo Bay, 01-01-1920 - NARA - 512950.jpg or all the articles that are now illustrated with their images. You could even point out that their image led me to find an unethically-photoshopped image! (I checked with my friend at the NHHC, who confirmed that our image was wrong to have three people hanging rather than two) :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:59, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Another error, but this one's minor. File:V4 (SS164), reclassified as minelaying type SM1 and renamed the Argonaut. Port side, 11-1928 - NARA - 512984.tif was never SS-164; she was supposed to be designated with SS-166, but this never happened (see [9]). In a similar vein, File:V2 (SS166), renamed the Bass. Aerial, starboard beam, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520780.tif was not SS-166, but SS-164. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.
In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.
Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 17:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic· t 21:21, 28 July 2011 (UTC) |
This is a reminder that the
National Archives Backstage Pass is tomorrow at 11 am. National Archives-themed chocolates and temporary tattoos await! Also, historical documents. :-) Please see the meetup page for updated information on transportation, security, and other other event details. Dominic· t 22:25, 5 August 2011 (UTC) |
That cheetsheet is one of the pages of the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure, so that's where you can find the source: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_SOURCE_082410.zip
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 01:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I tried to go to the meetup today and only discovered that my ID had expired when I tried to get in. What's even more annoying is that when I went back to MVA to get a new ID, it was issued with an 8-year validity. It's silly that a card that is 5-years-and-less-than-a-month past its issue date is not valid for entry, but my new card will work for 8 years!
I don't understand why non-driver's IDs have expiration dates anyway; it's not like you need to take an eye test or a road test as you might for a driver's license.
Anyway, if you do another one, I'll try to show up. -- BRG ( talk) 17:55, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I LOOK HOT IN MY RESEARCHER PHOTO. #BUTREALLY | |
← FLAMINGO, FROM THE CHILE MZMcBride ( talk) 19:29, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Unfortunately, we're out of chocolate but I think you have plenty! Well done on the meetup. Wehwalt ( talk) 22:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
That chocolate sure was free!-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:51, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
How specifically are we handling the files again? I've got them uploaded to Commons in both the original TIFF and in JPGs (see here). -- Cyde Weys 22:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, apologies if this isn't the correct method for doing this, but could you please correct the title of the image file for this pic? It should actually be Fredricks' Photographic Temple of Art. The photographer's name is Charles DeForest Fredricks. Thank you! Tmc11579 ( talk) 00:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
– Connormah ( talk) 01:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Dominic. Here is part of a message at unblock-en-l:
Hello, I tried to create an account on Wikipedia and I got an error message, stating that my ip is blocked. I want to make an inquiry on that, since I've never even tried to edit an article. I've only used Wikipedia for reading purposes. Information about the block: account creation from this IP address (94.64.55.196) was blocked by Dominic, who gave the reason {{ checkuserblock}}.
I think the range is 94.64.0.0/17 ( block range · block log ( global) · WHOIS (partial)). I noticed some IP vandalism via this rangecontribs but don't know if you also have registered users in mind. The block is anon-only. Is it OK to create an account for this person? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:45, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic
I work for the National Research Council in Washington, DC (specifically, the Division on Earth and Life Studies, www.dels.nas.edu), and we are interested in learning more about how we can contribute to Wikipedia. Over the past month or so, I’ve been talking with Cheryl Moy and Daniel Mietchen to develop some strategies about how we might do this, and they told me about the GLAM project.
On October 26, I’m holding an informal lunchtime session to tell the staff in my division a little bit about Wikipedia and how our organization might contribute to it. Although the GLAM project is a bit different to what we’d be working on, I thought it would be great if one (or both, I'm also going to contact Sarah Stierch) of the DC Wikipedians in Residence might be able to come and make a guest appearance. Perhaps you could talk about Wikipedia in general, why it is important for organizations to contribute, about the GLAM project, and your own experiences as a WiR.
Do you think you might be interested in this? If so, please let me know, and we can discuss this further.
Best wishes, Solmaz ( Earlgrey101 ( talk) 13:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC))
You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.
All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here!-- Pharos ( talk) 04:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC & edit-a-thon | |
---|---|
Wikipedia Loves Libraries comes to DC on Saturday, November 5th, from 1-5pm, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. We will be holding an edit-a-thon, working together to improve Wikipedia content related to DC history, arts, civil rights, or whatever suits your interests. There may also be opportunities to help with scanning historic photos plus some swag! You're invited and we hope to see you there! | |
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot ( talk) 18:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC), on behalf of User:Aude
National Archives Backstage Pass at the Reagan Library | ||
You are invited to the first-ever backstage pass tour and Wikipedia editathon hosted by the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, on Saturday, November 19th! The Reagan Library, home to a real Air Force One and other treasures from American history, will take Wikipedians on a special tour of the grounds and archives, followed by an editathon; free catered lunch provided. Please sign up! Dominic· t 19:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC) |
I would have loved to have been able to attend the first-ever backstage pass tour and Wikipedia editathon hosted by the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley; but regret that I must miss out on this great opportunity. I fly out of LAX to Portland early on the 19th to spend Thanksgiving with family. I hope and pray that you do have a great turn out and that all who attend will find it more that worth the time and effort to participate. I personally know and expect that it will be a wonderful event and one that should not be missed if at all possible. Dbiel ( Talk) 04:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I added the meeting entry on the master page Wikipedia:Meetup by editing the linked template. Hope you do not mind. Feel free to revise the entry. It was the best I was able to come up with. Dbiel ( Talk) 05:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Just read this quote in a book by a certain political scientist and immediately thought of WP:BURO. Might be too long for your userpage but I thought you might get a kick out of it.
The general spirit of the bureaucracy is the secret,
the mystery, preserved within itself by the hierarchy and against the outside world by being a closed corporation. Avowed political spirit therefore appears to the bureaucracy as treason against its mystery. Authority is the basis of its knowledge, and the worship of authority its conviction. In the bureaucracy, spirituality is crass materialism, the materialism of passive obedience, of faith in authority, of the mechanical action of fixed and formal behavior; of rigid principles, views, and traditions. In the case of the individual bureaucrat, the state objective turns into his private mission, chasing after higher posts, the making of a career. For the bureaucrat, the world is a
mere object to be manipulated by him.
Hierarchy, the central organizing principle of bureaucracy, is not protection against abuse, but a powerful source of it. It encourages subordinates to rely on their superiors for rules and policy, superiors to trust only their officials and both to present a united and impassable barrier against outsiders. The bureaucracy shrouds all of its actions in secrecy preserved internally by hierarchy and against the community by its closed, corporate nature. And when it does interact with the world, the relationship is essentially, not accidentally, manipulative. The world is clay to be moulded,
resistance to be overcome.
causa sui ( talk) 00:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to the
National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my
stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success!
This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic· t 01:04, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited. |
Back to the topic on hand: Should it be a contest? If so, what prizes will be offered? Buggie111 ( talk) 22:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
User:The ed17/NARA -- on-wiki hub for participation in the scanathon. If these continue I will probably move it into the project space, but as it's a one time deal right now, I thought it would work best in userspace. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I poked around there about 11 years ago trying to find these wild geese, but like the whole Library of Congress, Archives was overwhelming and although I was able to find memos relating to the Smithsonian Weather Network, I couldn't find any of their surface weather maps. Would you know where to look? Are they elsewhere? They do not appear to be covered within the Weather Bureau or NOAA collections at NARA and I haven't run across them at the NOAA Central Library either. Would College Park have them? Out of ideas. Thegreatdr ( talk) 20:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
https://www.mediawiki.org/?diff=486804&oldid=486747&diffonly=1 -- MZMcBride ( talk) 18:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar | ||
"Through NARA’s continued involvement with Wikipedia and the great efforts of McDevitt-Parks, our nation’s historical records are available to millions of people with just a click of a mouse". [10] Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 02:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC) |
Dear Dominic,
My name is Jonathan Obar
user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community
HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar ( talk) 05:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
hello my teacher told me about the transcription project and i would like to know what should i do -- CarlaFlores25 ( talk) 18:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Any thoughts on whether Arkan Sonney should be on Wikipedia? It seems like Wiktionary material to me. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 16:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
Sarah ( talk) 22:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Dominic, if you have a few minutes, I started a page for GLAM DC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect Needs some help! Djembayz ( talk) 12:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you speedy deleted the article Hadden Clark ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) citing no sources. Although there were no proper references used, there was a link to more data on this person. I don't feel the G10 rule would apply to this article as it wasn't purely a negative biography or attack page, but documented history of an incarcerated serial killer. In these cases, I feel an improvement banner or cite sources banner would have been more appropriate. If this had been an attack page on a non-notable person or on a celebrity it would have fit G10 rules, but in this case it was the facts of his murder/case/trial. I haven't been on in awhile, so I don't know if there is a current trend of deleting serial killer articles as "attack pages" or not. This article could have been easily improved or had references provided. I propose this page be restored at some point so that it may be properly referenced as it is a historical record of fact. I currently do not have the time at the moment to improve upon the article, so I am not proposing restoring it immediately. Please feel free to reply or send me a message if you have any thoughts or comments. Sorry for the "rant" style message, kind of bogged down with research at the moment. Thank you for you time. «» Who ?¿? 21:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic! Thanks for coordinating an event for WikiWomen's History Month! I am trying to gather information on a few things for a summary I'm writing about the month! It'd be great to know the following information, if possible:
Any thoughts you can share about successes, participant experience, lessons learned, things one wishes they would have done differently, ways WMF and chapters can support these events, and so forth, would be wonderful. Thank you so much and all you do for improving women's representation and participation in Wikipedia. Sarah ( talk) 19:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
|
Thanks for inviting me to the New England Meetup this weekend. It was very interesting. I only wish I could have stayed for dinner afterwards. -- Found5dollar ( talk) 13:53, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, tonight's meetup is at 33 Harrison Avenue, not 33 Harrison Street as was listed on the event page and meetup.com. Both of those are now fixed and I've sent an email to the Boston mailing list, but I wanted to let you know here in case you happened not to catch those other fixes. Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33+Harrison+Ave,+floor+5,+Boston,+MA+02111&hl=en&geocode=+&hnear=33+Harrison+Ave,+Boston,+Massachusetts+02111&t=m&z=16. Best, Emw ( talk) 22:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Your edit summary Please do not take down notices like that without notifying whoever added it and discussing first confuses me. As far as I can tell there was no discussion about whether that particular notice should be included. The requests section at Wikipedia:Geonotice does not mention it. Therefore its removal is per WP:BRD and the next step is the discussion part. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 17:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting | |
---|---|
Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. Agenda items include:
Candidate nominations are open until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 24. We encourage you to consider being a candidate. (see see candidate instructions) The meeting is open to both the general public and members from within the DC-MD-VA-WV-DE region and beyond. We encourage everyone to attend! You may join the chapter at the meeting or online. |
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot, on behalf of User:Aude 18:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, WikiProject US National Archives member!
We are seeking a coordinator to help reboot the project and work on new initiatives! The role is modeled after other Wikiproject coordinators, like the WikiProject Military History coordinators. The coordinator will work with the Wikipedian in Residence to organize and increase participation in the WikiProject, with the goal that the WikiProject is an active space for collaboration maintained by and for the Wikipedia editors, rather than the National Archives.
Please see the full information at Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and contact me is you have any questions. Feel free to pass this note along to any interested parties. Thanks! Dominic· t 21:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic - are you still at NARA? If so, over the past few months I've been receiving letters from stillpix regarding the generals that I'd previously been trying yo find hptoos for - I have the accession numbers currently and also have the Xerox photocopies uploaded here - is there any way we can arrange to get color scans of the images on here? Thanks, – Connormah ( talk) 21:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Maybe in exchange (I know you're working on these so you can improve the articles, so you don't really owe me anything; I'm just being cute), you could tale a look at WP:GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and see what you think. I think we could use someone who's invested in the project, experienced, and active like you. Dominic· t 00:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
At http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence , many projects list to subpages about them, but the NARA project just links to the US National Archives on Wikipedia. I am sure you could provide a better link, right? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 19:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.
Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Kirill [talk] 18:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic. Your username is linked from Wikisource. Any suggestions what to do? I think it is useful, but I think our policy is not to link userpages. Are you notable yet? :) With all the coverage, I think you should be... :) -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 20:42, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I saw your name at Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect as a contact in New England. I'm organizing a residence at Brown University's w:Ladd Observatory in w:Providence, Rhode Island. A draft of the project description is at Outreach:Wikipedian in Residence/Ladd Observatory. Any feedback, suggestions or help spreading the word would be greatly appreciated. -- mikeu talk 02:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
You may want to weigh in here, since I know you see the issue very differently than I do. User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltar.2C_again. Gigs ( talk) 17:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Hope this finds you & yours well....
Just a friendly heads up that your adminstrator bit is up for yearly review over on Wikisource this month. I'm a proponent of the NARA project overall, value your efforts there & have my support to remain an Admin because of that oversight, but I get the sense there might be (stress might be) an issue growing over the "lack" of activity/coordination on that front for more than a few months now. It might be a good idea to pop-in over there and make it clear real-life has temporarily taken your attention away (or whatever) for the most part and the Project is not "dead" (or maybe it is?).
Either way, I think its better that you speak to the community/project sooner rather than later. Prost. -- George Orwell III ( talk) 23:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
I made a editprotected request at MediaWiki talk:Abusefilter-edit-denied#suppressed to hidden. Legoktm ( talk) 03:47, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.
The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.
Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 04:33, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Come celebrate Wikipedia Day with other Kansas Wikipedians sponsored by Wikimedians Active in Local Regions in the United States (WALRUS) and hosted by the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library. Come chat, hang out and enjoy good company while find out more about Wikipedia in our regional community! RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day.
If you can't come, but still want to find out about events in the greater Topeka region sign up for future notifications at Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Invite list.
Hope to see you there Sadads ( talk) 20:01, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!-- Pharos ( talk) 01:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.
You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.
Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.
If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.
First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.
Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:
Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).
After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)
As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.
In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:
We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)
Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.
The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.
Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!
-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 20:43, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Jaime Parada, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Renovación Nacional and Antonio Garrido ( check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot ( talk) 11:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej ( talk) 02:19, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dominic, would you, or does someone you know, be interested in authoring a Signpost op-ed on the best ways to approach GLAMs? I discovered that there's not a whole lot of advice on this when I found some images on Flickr of 'my' Brazilian ships, and I can't imagine that I'm the only one. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:26, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
for holding the hand of User talk:HistoricalSocietyWashingtonDC. I can't quite remember how I came across their username, which is why I left that note rather than possibly reporting them. They posted on their talkpage about their name and I must not have put it on my Watchlist. So thanks. Shearonink ( talk) 06:03, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dom -
So excited about the upcoming Bootcamp. How will it work with the travel expenses? Thanks. Bdcousineau ( talk) 15:20, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dominic! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.
Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!
Delivered on behalf of User:Pharos, 18:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The " All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.
Participation is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today! Dominic· t 07:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
I got invited to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All_Things_GW but I am no longer in the DC area and would like to stop receiving invites. I'm not listed on Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List; is there anywhere else I should check? Josephgrossberg ( talk) 19:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, You signed up to participate or view in this month's GLAMout. We'll be using Google Hangout, but unfortunately the link to the Hangout won't be available, until 15 minutes beforehand. We'll post the link as soon as possible at Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link
Time: 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) Coordinator: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Anchor topic: VIAFbot and authority control in EN:WP, and on Wikidata.
Great American Wikinic at Pan-Pacific Park | ||
You are invited to the third Great American Wikinic taking place in Pan-Pacific Park, in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 22, 2013! We would love to see you there! — howcheng { chat} 02:09, 12 May 2013 (UTC) | ||
If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Invite. |
Hope you can make it Tinkermen ( talk)
The Field Book Project, a joint effort of the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, invites you to an edit-a-thon on the scientific field diaries held at the Smithsonian on Friday, June 21, 10am-5pm. Activities include new editor orientation and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Participants will also be invited to preview and test transcribe field book materials using the Smithsonian’s new digital Transcription Center. Coffee and lunch generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.
Hi Dominic- We'd love to have you at the edit-a-thon. And if you can suggest ways we can spread the word, let me know! Best, -- Digitaleffie ( talk) 13:40, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:48, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello Dominic, You have written before for the newsletter This Month in GLAM. I see the USA is missing regarding the edition about May 2013, do you perhaps have any idea what GLAM activities were done in the USA in May? Can you perhaps write about those? Or do you know who I can ask to write about it? Thanks! (Deadline of the May edition is Friday 7 June 18:00 UTC, so in about 6 hours. If you need more time I can postpone it.) You can start writing at the page outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2013/Contents/USA report. If you wish to be informed by e-mail next time, please write me at this page. You can reach me the best at nl-wiki talk page. Greetings - Romaine ( talk) 12:43, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Great American Wiknic DC at Meridian Hill Park | ||
You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :) |
Boilerplate message generously borrowed from Wikimedia NYC. To unsubscribe from future DC area event notifications, remove your name from this list.
Harej ( talk) 15:31, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
Smithsonian Institution Archives Art Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your help in planning the Field Notes Edit-a-thon and for attending. I award you the Smithsonian Institution Archives Archives Barnstar!-- Digitaleffie ( talk) 18:34, 24 June 2013 (UTC) |
File:SAAM facade.jpg American Art Museum
|
Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please
remove your name from our distribution list.
Message delivered by Dominic· t 00:03, 12 July 2013 (UTC). |
Luce Foundation Center
|
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 03:52, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:27, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 18:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:39, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!
Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.
If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 01:58, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Please close the requested move discussion -- Vinie007 11:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic,
I got your message back and I'm not dodging you or anything like that, the office has just been crazy as of late and I was out most of last week. I'd still quite like to talk over lunch or a soda, say tomorrow or next week. You might have to thwack me if I ask too many questions though :-) I've been talking with my team of and on about the GLAM/NARA, and it sounds like there's some interest in helping out, as our own responsibilities allow, of course. Look for an email from me tomorrow morning, and I look forward to meeting you!
Cheers!
BcNARApix (
talk) 21:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic. You haven't acknowledged my comment above, and I'm just wondering whether you just missed it. I understand that you're busy, and if you indeed don't have time to do an interview, then I totally understand! Let me know. Cheers, Ragettho ( talk) 19:30, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I saw that you edited MediaWiki:Abusefilter-edit-denied some time ago. I don't quite understand why is "suppressed" better than "hidden" here, but it doesn't really matter to me; what does matter is that if you think that it is better, you should propose it at http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support , so it would be fixed on all sites that use MediaWiki and not just in the English Wikipedia. -- Amir E. Aharoni ( talk) 18:43, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area next Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 8 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together at Norman's Landscape ( directions) in Manhattan's Central Park.
Take along your friends ( newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.
If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.
Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!
To subscribe to future events, follow the mailing list or add your username to the invitation list. BrownBot ( talk) 19:03, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the invite. I thought my name was already on the list of members but I added it so its all good now. I also submitted a couple of Requests.
On the issue of requests it might be worth while to setup a default request template of the information you are likely to need. Maybe something like this: <!--Place a short description of the request in the box above. Then feel free to remove this line.-->
{{NARA Request |type = Media/Document/Advice, etc |description = Place description of your request here (and you can sign here too) |link = |action = |completed =
-- Kumioko ( talk) 19:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
/ ƒETCH COMMS / 19:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Please remove him from your list. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:58, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, I left you a request over at your (awesome) page, but I wanted to make sure you didn't kill yourself in getting to me... I realize that a lot of requests just popped up out of nowhere. :-) Thanks again for doing this! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:11, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I seem to be getting grief from the system for trying to upload large files, it won't seem to do it. Figured you're gone for the day, but wondered if you had any insight on whether its my lack of skill, the network, Wikimedia or a combination of the three. If all else fails I'll just have you upload the scans. BcNARApix ( talk) 20:59, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic! Once again, thank you so much for agreeing to answer my questions! I really like what you had to say. I've been working on the article for the past few hours, and in a day or two I should have it ready for either your approval or further questions. Cheers, Ragettho ( talk) 01:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
I realize you're quite busy, but I was wondering if you could do me a small favor. I'm going to be traveling until Sunday (but possibly Monday), so I won't have Internet access, and I was able to manage a quick expansion of Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Today's Document challenge of July 7. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly done, and I'm actually about to run out the door in an hour now, so I was just wondering if you could make sure the article is coherent, figure out a good DYK hook and nominate it, and get the Today's Document stuff for it taken care of (the image is in the article already), and keep an eye on the nomination—I think it's been expanded 5x, but if it's a few hundred characters short, there are sources at User:Fetchcomms/Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. If you don't have time, it would really be helpful if you could find someone else to nominate for DYK and watch this until I get back on July 3 (and hopefully not later). Innumerable thanks, / ƒETCH COMMS / 17:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey Dominic! Again, I'd like to express my appreciation for your agreeing to answer my questions. If you ever need any press coverage for NARA or WMF events, I'd be happy to assist. Ragettho ( talk) 05:53, 1 July 2011 (UTC) |
The Press Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is for how you have successfully garnered and maintained press attention for your residency at NARA. The more people & organizations take notice of the great work taking place at Wikipedia, the more we'll be able to gain the trust of further organizations for partnerships. Well done, and thank you for sharing your thoughts (that so many of share!) with the world! SarahStierch ( talk) 13:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, thanks so much for the help with the NARA request! — NickDupree ( talk) 01:23, 15 July 2011 (UTC) |
I've made a new template: {{ Today's Document talk}}. I can't find the ARC IDs though, where are these things? Res Mar 05:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited! | |
---|---|
The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch ( talk) 14:15, 16 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, I think your contest's timeline is too short. The minimum time an article will take at FAC is roughly two weeks. Given that these articles are popular/large in scope, it will be longer than this. Couple that with rewriting the articles, finding sources, etc., and you're looking at much more than a month. Just my opinion on it. Hope life is treating you well at NARA! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive711#Giornorosso_redux_-_more_of_the_same_and_then_some. Would you care to do the honours, since you are familiar with this case? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 20:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic· t 21:21, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
|
Bummer my friend, as the 6th lands on the first day of my week out of town and away from this awful weather. I was really hoping to give folks the dime tour of Stills, but alas. Have fun at it, and if I can help with the set-up let me know. :-) BcNARApix ( talk) 02:29, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch ( talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dominic, the title on this image is wrong. Based solely on the number of guns, she has to be a New Mexico- or a Pennsylvania-class battleship. Based on the bridge structure and line drawings I have from Stillwell's Battleship Arizona, I'm almost certain the image is one of the two ships of the Pennsylvania-class after their late-20s/early-30s refits. It's virtually impossible to determine which one, but I'd love you forever if you could find out (if it's Arizona, I'll gladly add it into the relevant article) ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:46, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
So, if you need to show off the immediate benefits of the upload to your NARA people tomorrow, feel free to show them File:Delaware (BB28). Starboard bow, Guantanamo Bay, 01-01-1920 - NARA - 512950.jpg or all the articles that are now illustrated with their images. You could even point out that their image led me to find an unethically-photoshopped image! (I checked with my friend at the NHHC, who confirmed that our image was wrong to have three people hanging rather than two) :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:59, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Another error, but this one's minor. File:V4 (SS164), reclassified as minelaying type SM1 and renamed the Argonaut. Port side, 11-1928 - NARA - 512984.tif was never SS-164; she was supposed to be designated with SS-166, but this never happened (see [9]). In a similar vein, File:V2 (SS166), renamed the Bass. Aerial, starboard beam, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520780.tif was not SS-166, but SS-164. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.
In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.
Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 17:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic· t 21:21, 28 July 2011 (UTC) |
This is a reminder that the
National Archives Backstage Pass is tomorrow at 11 am. National Archives-themed chocolates and temporary tattoos await! Also, historical documents. :-) Please see the meetup page for updated information on transportation, security, and other other event details. Dominic· t 22:25, 5 August 2011 (UTC) |
That cheetsheet is one of the pages of the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure, so that's where you can find the source: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_SOURCE_082410.zip
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 01:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I tried to go to the meetup today and only discovered that my ID had expired when I tried to get in. What's even more annoying is that when I went back to MVA to get a new ID, it was issued with an 8-year validity. It's silly that a card that is 5-years-and-less-than-a-month past its issue date is not valid for entry, but my new card will work for 8 years!
I don't understand why non-driver's IDs have expiration dates anyway; it's not like you need to take an eye test or a road test as you might for a driver's license.
Anyway, if you do another one, I'll try to show up. -- BRG ( talk) 17:55, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I LOOK HOT IN MY RESEARCHER PHOTO. #BUTREALLY | |
← FLAMINGO, FROM THE CHILE MZMcBride ( talk) 19:29, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
Unfortunately, we're out of chocolate but I think you have plenty! Well done on the meetup. Wehwalt ( talk) 22:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC) |
That chocolate sure was free!-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:51, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
How specifically are we handling the files again? I've got them uploaded to Commons in both the original TIFF and in JPGs (see here). -- Cyde Weys 22:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, apologies if this isn't the correct method for doing this, but could you please correct the title of the image file for this pic? It should actually be Fredricks' Photographic Temple of Art. The photographer's name is Charles DeForest Fredricks. Thank you! Tmc11579 ( talk) 00:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
– Connormah ( talk) 01:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Dominic. Here is part of a message at unblock-en-l:
Hello, I tried to create an account on Wikipedia and I got an error message, stating that my ip is blocked. I want to make an inquiry on that, since I've never even tried to edit an article. I've only used Wikipedia for reading purposes. Information about the block: account creation from this IP address (94.64.55.196) was blocked by Dominic, who gave the reason {{ checkuserblock}}.
I think the range is 94.64.0.0/17 ( block range · block log ( global) · WHOIS (partial)). I noticed some IP vandalism via this rangecontribs but don't know if you also have registered users in mind. The block is anon-only. Is it OK to create an account for this person? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:45, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dominic
I work for the National Research Council in Washington, DC (specifically, the Division on Earth and Life Studies, www.dels.nas.edu), and we are interested in learning more about how we can contribute to Wikipedia. Over the past month or so, I’ve been talking with Cheryl Moy and Daniel Mietchen to develop some strategies about how we might do this, and they told me about the GLAM project.
On October 26, I’m holding an informal lunchtime session to tell the staff in my division a little bit about Wikipedia and how our organization might contribute to it. Although the GLAM project is a bit different to what we’d be working on, I thought it would be great if one (or both, I'm also going to contact Sarah Stierch) of the DC Wikipedians in Residence might be able to come and make a guest appearance. Perhaps you could talk about Wikipedia in general, why it is important for organizations to contribute, about the GLAM project, and your own experiences as a WiR.
Do you think you might be interested in this? If so, please let me know, and we can discuss this further.
Best wishes, Solmaz ( Earlgrey101 ( talk) 13:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC))
You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.
All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here!-- Pharos ( talk) 04:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC & edit-a-thon | |
---|---|
Wikipedia Loves Libraries comes to DC on Saturday, November 5th, from 1-5pm, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. We will be holding an edit-a-thon, working together to improve Wikipedia content related to DC history, arts, civil rights, or whatever suits your interests. There may also be opportunities to help with scanning historic photos plus some swag! You're invited and we hope to see you there! | |
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot ( talk) 18:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC), on behalf of User:Aude
National Archives Backstage Pass at the Reagan Library | ||
You are invited to the first-ever backstage pass tour and Wikipedia editathon hosted by the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, on Saturday, November 19th! The Reagan Library, home to a real Air Force One and other treasures from American history, will take Wikipedians on a special tour of the grounds and archives, followed by an editathon; free catered lunch provided. Please sign up! Dominic· t 19:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC) |
I would have loved to have been able to attend the first-ever backstage pass tour and Wikipedia editathon hosted by the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley; but regret that I must miss out on this great opportunity. I fly out of LAX to Portland early on the 19th to spend Thanksgiving with family. I hope and pray that you do have a great turn out and that all who attend will find it more that worth the time and effort to participate. I personally know and expect that it will be a wonderful event and one that should not be missed if at all possible. Dbiel ( Talk) 04:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I added the meeting entry on the master page Wikipedia:Meetup by editing the linked template. Hope you do not mind. Feel free to revise the entry. It was the best I was able to come up with. Dbiel ( Talk) 05:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Just read this quote in a book by a certain political scientist and immediately thought of WP:BURO. Might be too long for your userpage but I thought you might get a kick out of it.
The general spirit of the bureaucracy is the secret,
the mystery, preserved within itself by the hierarchy and against the outside world by being a closed corporation. Avowed political spirit therefore appears to the bureaucracy as treason against its mystery. Authority is the basis of its knowledge, and the worship of authority its conviction. In the bureaucracy, spirituality is crass materialism, the materialism of passive obedience, of faith in authority, of the mechanical action of fixed and formal behavior; of rigid principles, views, and traditions. In the case of the individual bureaucrat, the state objective turns into his private mission, chasing after higher posts, the making of a career. For the bureaucrat, the world is a
mere object to be manipulated by him.
Hierarchy, the central organizing principle of bureaucracy, is not protection against abuse, but a powerful source of it. It encourages subordinates to rely on their superiors for rules and policy, superiors to trust only their officials and both to present a united and impassable barrier against outsiders. The bureaucracy shrouds all of its actions in secrecy preserved internally by hierarchy and against the community by its closed, corporate nature. And when it does interact with the world, the relationship is essentially, not accidentally, manipulative. The world is clay to be moulded,
resistance to be overcome.
causa sui ( talk) 00:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to the
National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my
stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success!
This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic· t 01:04, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited. |
Back to the topic on hand: Should it be a contest? If so, what prizes will be offered? Buggie111 ( talk) 22:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
User:The ed17/NARA -- on-wiki hub for participation in the scanathon. If these continue I will probably move it into the project space, but as it's a one time deal right now, I thought it would work best in userspace. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
I poked around there about 11 years ago trying to find these wild geese, but like the whole Library of Congress, Archives was overwhelming and although I was able to find memos relating to the Smithsonian Weather Network, I couldn't find any of their surface weather maps. Would you know where to look? Are they elsewhere? They do not appear to be covered within the Weather Bureau or NOAA collections at NARA and I haven't run across them at the NOAA Central Library either. Would College Park have them? Out of ideas. Thegreatdr ( talk) 20:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
https://www.mediawiki.org/?diff=486804&oldid=486747&diffonly=1 -- MZMcBride ( talk) 18:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar | ||
"Through NARA’s continued involvement with Wikipedia and the great efforts of McDevitt-Parks, our nation’s historical records are available to millions of people with just a click of a mouse". [10] Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 02:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC) |
Dear Dominic,
My name is Jonathan Obar
user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community
HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar ( talk) 05:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
hello my teacher told me about the transcription project and i would like to know what should i do -- CarlaFlores25 ( talk) 18:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Any thoughts on whether Arkan Sonney should be on Wikipedia? It seems like Wiktionary material to me. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 16:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Who should come? You should. Really. | |
---|---|
Sarah ( talk) 22:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Dominic, if you have a few minutes, I started a page for GLAM DC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect Needs some help! Djembayz ( talk) 12:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you speedy deleted the article Hadden Clark ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) citing no sources. Although there were no proper references used, there was a link to more data on this person. I don't feel the G10 rule would apply to this article as it wasn't purely a negative biography or attack page, but documented history of an incarcerated serial killer. In these cases, I feel an improvement banner or cite sources banner would have been more appropriate. If this had been an attack page on a non-notable person or on a celebrity it would have fit G10 rules, but in this case it was the facts of his murder/case/trial. I haven't been on in awhile, so I don't know if there is a current trend of deleting serial killer articles as "attack pages" or not. This article could have been easily improved or had references provided. I propose this page be restored at some point so that it may be properly referenced as it is a historical record of fact. I currently do not have the time at the moment to improve upon the article, so I am not proposing restoring it immediately. Please feel free to reply or send me a message if you have any thoughts or comments. Sorry for the "rant" style message, kind of bogged down with research at the moment. Thank you for you time. «» Who ?¿? 21:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic! Thanks for coordinating an event for WikiWomen's History Month! I am trying to gather information on a few things for a summary I'm writing about the month! It'd be great to know the following information, if possible:
Any thoughts you can share about successes, participant experience, lessons learned, things one wishes they would have done differently, ways WMF and chapters can support these events, and so forth, would be wonderful. Thank you so much and all you do for improving women's representation and participation in Wikipedia. Sarah ( talk) 19:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
|
Thanks for inviting me to the New England Meetup this weekend. It was very interesting. I only wish I could have stayed for dinner afterwards. -- Found5dollar ( talk) 13:53, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic, tonight's meetup is at 33 Harrison Avenue, not 33 Harrison Street as was listed on the event page and meetup.com. Both of those are now fixed and I've sent an email to the Boston mailing list, but I wanted to let you know here in case you happened not to catch those other fixes. Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33+Harrison+Ave,+floor+5,+Boston,+MA+02111&hl=en&geocode=+&hnear=33+Harrison+Ave,+Boston,+Massachusetts+02111&t=m&z=16. Best, Emw ( talk) 22:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Your edit summary Please do not take down notices like that without notifying whoever added it and discussing first confuses me. As far as I can tell there was no discussion about whether that particular notice should be included. The requests section at Wikipedia:Geonotice does not mention it. Therefore its removal is per WP:BRD and the next step is the discussion part. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 17:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting | |
---|---|
Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. Agenda items include:
Candidate nominations are open until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 24. We encourage you to consider being a candidate. (see see candidate instructions) The meeting is open to both the general public and members from within the DC-MD-VA-WV-DE region and beyond. We encourage everyone to attend! You may join the chapter at the meeting or online. |
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot, on behalf of User:Aude 18:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, WikiProject US National Archives member!
We are seeking a coordinator to help reboot the project and work on new initiatives! The role is modeled after other Wikiproject coordinators, like the WikiProject Military History coordinators. The coordinator will work with the Wikipedian in Residence to organize and increase participation in the WikiProject, with the goal that the WikiProject is an active space for collaboration maintained by and for the Wikipedia editors, rather than the National Archives.
Please see the full information at Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and contact me is you have any questions. Feel free to pass this note along to any interested parties. Thanks! Dominic· t 21:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic - are you still at NARA? If so, over the past few months I've been receiving letters from stillpix regarding the generals that I'd previously been trying yo find hptoos for - I have the accession numbers currently and also have the Xerox photocopies uploaded here - is there any way we can arrange to get color scans of the images on here? Thanks, – Connormah ( talk) 21:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Maybe in exchange (I know you're working on these so you can improve the articles, so you don't really owe me anything; I'm just being cute), you could tale a look at WP:GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and see what you think. I think we could use someone who's invested in the project, experienced, and active like you. Dominic· t 00:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
At http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence , many projects list to subpages about them, but the NARA project just links to the US National Archives on Wikipedia. I am sure you could provide a better link, right? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 19:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.
Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Kirill [talk] 18:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dominic. Your username is linked from Wikisource. Any suggestions what to do? I think it is useful, but I think our policy is not to link userpages. Are you notable yet? :) With all the coverage, I think you should be... :) -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 20:42, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I saw your name at Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect as a contact in New England. I'm organizing a residence at Brown University's w:Ladd Observatory in w:Providence, Rhode Island. A draft of the project description is at Outreach:Wikipedian in Residence/Ladd Observatory. Any feedback, suggestions or help spreading the word would be greatly appreciated. -- mikeu talk 02:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
You may want to weigh in here, since I know you see the issue very differently than I do. User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltar.2C_again. Gigs ( talk) 17:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Hope this finds you & yours well....
Just a friendly heads up that your adminstrator bit is up for yearly review over on Wikisource this month. I'm a proponent of the NARA project overall, value your efforts there & have my support to remain an Admin because of that oversight, but I get the sense there might be (stress might be) an issue growing over the "lack" of activity/coordination on that front for more than a few months now. It might be a good idea to pop-in over there and make it clear real-life has temporarily taken your attention away (or whatever) for the most part and the Project is not "dead" (or maybe it is?).
Either way, I think its better that you speak to the community/project sooner rather than later. Prost. -- George Orwell III ( talk) 23:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
I made a editprotected request at MediaWiki talk:Abusefilter-edit-denied#suppressed to hidden. Legoktm ( talk) 03:47, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.
The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.
Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 04:33, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Come celebrate Wikipedia Day with other Kansas Wikipedians sponsored by Wikimedians Active in Local Regions in the United States (WALRUS) and hosted by the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library. Come chat, hang out and enjoy good company while find out more about Wikipedia in our regional community! RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day.
If you can't come, but still want to find out about events in the greater Topeka region sign up for future notifications at Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Invite list.
Hope to see you there Sadads ( talk) 20:01, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!-- Pharos ( talk) 01:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.
You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.
Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.
If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.
First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.
Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:
Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).
After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)
As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.
In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:
We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)
Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.
The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.
Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!
-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 20:43, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Jaime Parada, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Renovación Nacional and Antonio Garrido ( check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot ( talk) 11:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej ( talk) 02:19, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dominic, would you, or does someone you know, be interested in authoring a Signpost op-ed on the best ways to approach GLAMs? I discovered that there's not a whole lot of advice on this when I found some images on Flickr of 'my' Brazilian ships, and I can't imagine that I'm the only one. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:26, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
for holding the hand of User talk:HistoricalSocietyWashingtonDC. I can't quite remember how I came across their username, which is why I left that note rather than possibly reporting them. They posted on their talkpage about their name and I must not have put it on my Watchlist. So thanks. Shearonink ( talk) 06:03, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dom -
So excited about the upcoming Bootcamp. How will it work with the travel expenses? Thanks. Bdcousineau ( talk) 15:20, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dominic! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.
Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!
Delivered on behalf of User:Pharos, 18:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The " All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.
Participation is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today! Dominic· t 07:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
I got invited to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All_Things_GW but I am no longer in the DC area and would like to stop receiving invites. I'm not listed on Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List; is there anywhere else I should check? Josephgrossberg ( talk) 19:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, You signed up to participate or view in this month's GLAMout. We'll be using Google Hangout, but unfortunately the link to the Hangout won't be available, until 15 minutes beforehand. We'll post the link as soon as possible at Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link
Time: 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) Coordinator: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Anchor topic: VIAFbot and authority control in EN:WP, and on Wikidata.
Great American Wikinic at Pan-Pacific Park | ||
You are invited to the third Great American Wikinic taking place in Pan-Pacific Park, in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 22, 2013! We would love to see you there! — howcheng { chat} 02:09, 12 May 2013 (UTC) | ||
If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Invite. |
Hope you can make it Tinkermen ( talk)
The Field Book Project, a joint effort of the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, invites you to an edit-a-thon on the scientific field diaries held at the Smithsonian on Friday, June 21, 10am-5pm. Activities include new editor orientation and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Participants will also be invited to preview and test transcribe field book materials using the Smithsonian’s new digital Transcription Center. Coffee and lunch generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.
Hi Dominic- We'd love to have you at the edit-a-thon. And if you can suggest ways we can spread the word, let me know! Best, -- Digitaleffie ( talk) 13:40, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:48, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello Dominic, You have written before for the newsletter This Month in GLAM. I see the USA is missing regarding the edition about May 2013, do you perhaps have any idea what GLAM activities were done in the USA in May? Can you perhaps write about those? Or do you know who I can ask to write about it? Thanks! (Deadline of the May edition is Friday 7 June 18:00 UTC, so in about 6 hours. If you need more time I can postpone it.) You can start writing at the page outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2013/Contents/USA report. If you wish to be informed by e-mail next time, please write me at this page. You can reach me the best at nl-wiki talk page. Greetings - Romaine ( talk) 12:43, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Great American Wiknic DC at Meridian Hill Park | ||
You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :) |
Boilerplate message generously borrowed from Wikimedia NYC. To unsubscribe from future DC area event notifications, remove your name from this list.
Harej ( talk) 15:31, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
Smithsonian Institution Archives Art Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your help in planning the Field Notes Edit-a-thon and for attending. I award you the Smithsonian Institution Archives Archives Barnstar!-- Digitaleffie ( talk) 18:34, 24 June 2013 (UTC) |
File:SAAM facade.jpg American Art Museum
|
Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please
remove your name from our distribution list.
Message delivered by Dominic· t 00:03, 12 July 2013 (UTC). |
Luce Foundation Center
|
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 03:52, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:27, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 18:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.
The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:39, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!
Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.
If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 01:58, 8 October 2013 (UTC)