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Hi there - apologies for the late notice, but I wanted to make sure Ohio Wikimedians are aware. Proposal submissions and scholarship applications for WikiConference North America 2018 (Oct 18-21 in Columbus) are due today (August 15). If you have any projects or ideas to share through a presentation, roundtable, etc., I encourage you to make a submission. If you would be traveling from out of Columbus to attend the conference and need funding for a hotel + transportation, $500 scholarships are being offered (apply here).

We have also started an accommodations and transportation guide for visitors here - if you have information and recommendations to add, I encourage you to edit the page.

I know some folks have expressed interest in helping out with the event. We'll have public information very soon for opportunities to help with logistics and sponsorship, as well as a sign-up form for volunteering to help out at the conference itself. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to me. Thank you! ~ Super Hamster Talk Contribs 18:10, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

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Hello! Kevin from the Ohio Wikimedians and WikiConference North America here. As a quick reminder, WikiConference NA is happening Oct 18-21 at the Ohio State University Libraries. The schedule has been posted (more to come), and registration is open as well. If you'd like to attend, I encourage you to register as soon as possible - especially if you're interested in the pre-conference events, as they're filling up rather quickly. If you're on Facebook, we also have an attendees group for folks to coordinate travel, logistics, and ask questions. We also have a new volunteer coordinator, who is working on creating the on-boarding process for volunteers to help out at the event - you'll hear from me again when that's ready, if volunteering interests you. Any questions, feel free to reach me on my talk page. Thanks and hope to see you later this month! ~ Super Hamster Talk Contribs 08:17, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the work maintaining this page. Perhaps you should apply for page protection, to prevent the numerous edit warring going on recently. Natg 19 ( talk) 16:38, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi Frank Anchor, just letting you know of a discussion here that I started. Feel free to chime in. Natg 19 ( talk) 19:15, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Frank Anchor ^Talk 19:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

After your recent message, I see you have threatened to block me from Wikipedia. However, I don't see why that is necessary. I am one of the few in this conflict that has posted on the talk page, I have provided links with my posts, and I have followed the guidelines asked for the article. I see that the lore I asked for has been denied due to it being new, but there are others that have been just as old, and the posters have been allowed to keep them without providing links, and little fuss from others has been made. I would just like to ask, why I am being threatened to have my account blocked. Tapper930 ( talk) 18:02, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Please be aware that this is a standard Wikipedia template, making you aware that blocking is a possibility for continual disruptive edits, not actively threatening to block you. Frank Anchor ^Talk 19:46, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. I've been of a mind to do it myself since the article appeared but never quite seemed able to find the time. I do appreciate that the thing is sourced, but IMHO it's thin, and recent, and that two years from now the claim could look silly. But I've seen articles stand up with even less in the way of referencing, so anything's possible! JohnInDC ( talk) 02:49, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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i counted when the actual number locations for daves was 13 before the midtown store opened — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vitopavlovivit ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

General Updates

• To facilitate casual conversations between members, we now have a Facebook group! If you're on Facebook, feel free to request to join.
• Kevin has prepared a 2019 Activities Rapid Grant to support our user group's activities through the end of the year. This includes funding for edit-a-thons, Wikipedia Connection activities at Ohio State, and other potential events. Please give it a review, and provide endorsements at the bottom and/or comments on the talk page. If you would like to plan an activity or can think of something that could be funded that isn't already included, please bring it up! The goal is to have the grant submitted for review early in the week.
• Our membership list has been revamped and supports the addition of new details (such as name, picture, location, and titles). Members are welcome to update their entry if they wish (all details are optional).

Movement Strategy

• Sam ( PonyToast) and Maria ( Rimmel.Edits) have signed up to serve as our Organized Groups Strategy Liaisons; through December, Strategy Liaisons will act as a conduit for ideas, questions, and updates between the Movement Strategy and organized groups such as our own. Thank you to both members for taking this on!
• The Wikimedia Summit 2019 just came to a conclusion. Maria Rimmel ( Rimmel.Edits) served as our representative this year, following her work at the Ohio State University and WikiConference North America. This year's event had a heavy focus on the Movement Strategy Process and its Working Groups. Maria will be providing updates and outcomes of the conference on the user group talkpage soon - keep an eye out!

Upcoming and Ongoing Events

• This May is the election for two Affiliate-Selected Board Seats for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The Ohio Wikimedians User Group will be eligible to cast one vote. Be on the lookout for updates on how we will decide our vote.
• Two edit-a-thons are being hosted for Ohio State Department of Spanish and Portuguese students this month. One edit-a-thon is focusing on improving Wikipedia's coverage of female and under-representated language scientists, and the other on Latinx studies.

Recent Events

• WikiConference North America 2018 (Oct 18-21) at the Ohio State University was a great success! Over 200 attendees (including those representing over 15 Wikimedia affiliates and 25 academic institutions) attended the 70+ sessions we had. A big thanks goes to all the event's organizers, volunteers (including those from Ohio Wikimedians), sponsors, and session hosts. View the full report (work in progress) for more details and outcomes. You can also check out the photos on the Commons.

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  Columbus Metropolitan Library tour
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  Friday group photo at the Thompson Memorial Library
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  Wiki Education Foundation group photo

• In February, NIOSH Cincinnati hosted a Hear in Cincinnati Edit-a-thon at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, part of the Wiki4WorldHearingDay campaign in honor of World Hearing Day. Participants improved Wikipedia content related to hearing, hearing health services, hearing testing, preventive and treatment interventions.
• Our student group at the Ohio State University, Wikipedia Connection, hosted an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on March 23 in collaboration with the Wexner Center for the Arts Student Engagement Group. 21 editors made 117 edits leading to over 75,000 article views; click here for more information.The University's student newspaper, The Lantern, covered the event: "Wikipedia edit-a-thon increases gender representation in the arts".

• Alden Library at Ohio University also independently hosted an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on March 22. Check out the event page for more details. Outcomes included editing 27 articles, including the creation of a new one.

On behalf of the Ohio Wikimedians User Group, ~ Super Hamster Talk Contribs 19:01, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

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Hi there. I wanted to let you know that you just blanked the page on James Holzhauer, presumably by mistake. I've reverted your edit. Thanks, SpicyMilkBoy ( talk) 14:39, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, it was inadvertant and I was trying to revert but you beat me to it! Frank Anchor ^Talk 14:41, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't have a strong feeling about whether or not the Warriors dynasty should be "–2019" or "–present". However, it's not vandalism on the IP's part, it's a content dispute, and it's currently between only you and them. I'd suggest starting a talk page discussion if the disagreement continues. Regards.— Bagumba ( talk) 12:30, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

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Regarding this edit of yours, the inclusion criteria in use at that article is based only on whether the artist has been called a one-hit wonder by two media sources. It's not based on chart performance. Thanks! Binksternet ( talk) 20:05, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying for me. Frank Anchor ^Talk 20:06, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Your inclusion of the racial descriptor of the officer was inappropriate. Please see the talk page EvergreenFir (talk) 04:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

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General Updates

• WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art — Kevin (SuperHamster) and Maria (Rimmel.Edits) have been collaborating with Neal Stimler and the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) to launch WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art on the English Wikipedia! Back in January, the CMA announced its conversion into an Open Access institution—and part of this initiative included the upload of thousands of photos and Wikidata items on CMA artworks. This WikiProject has been created to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the CMA, such as artworks and artists featured in the Museum's collections, while being able to leverage the great resources that have been released into the public domain. If you'd like to join in, please sign up to be a member here. We have an expanding list of articles to create here.
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Movement Strategy

• The Movement Strategy Working Groups have created their recommendations, located here. Community input will be accepted until September 15, so if you would like to provide feedback, be sure to do so in the next couple weeks.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events

• Wiki Loves Monuments is back in the United States for 2019. Through the end of September, upload your photos of registered historical sites to the Commons to help document our history and illustrate Wikipedia - and have a shot at winning the national contest. If you're interested in participating, a guide to finding historic sites in Ohio is available here.
• WikiConference North America 2019 is headed to Boston from November 8th through 11th! If you are interested in attending, both session proposals and scholarship applications are open through September 20th.

Recent Events

• In April, two edit-a-thons were hosted at the Ohio State University:
  • The Female and Under-represented Language Scientists edit-a-thon, hosted by the Hispanic Linguistic Colloquium in collaboration with the Buckeye Language Network (BLN) Student Association. The goal of the event was to improve articles on under-represented language scientists. 11 editors contributed 50+ edits that consisted of 1.54k words across 24 articles, including one new article.
  • The Spanish & Portuguese Edit-A-Thon, hosted by students from the Spanish and Portuguese department ( Dona pipoca and Caesarologia, with support from SuperHamster). The edit-a-thon focused on expanding coverage of Spanish and Portuguese topics on the English Wikipedia, primarily by translating articles from Spanish/Portuguese to English. In doing so, attendees sharpened their Spanish/Portuguese skills, gained experience editing Wikipedia, and learned about new topics. 23 editors contributed 180+ edits that consisted of 15.8k words across 70 articles, including four new articles.
• Wikimania 2019 took place in Stockholm this year, with several Ohio Wikimedians attending. If you're interested in some of the sessions, many of them were recorded and are available on the Commons here.

On behalf of the Ohio Wikimedians User Group, ~ Super Hamster Talk Contribs 04:52, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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Trivia about undrafted players is certainly not what the "note" parameter is used for. It's for trades, and I'm not sure why undrafted players even have the option for the use of that parameter. Why would we include blurbs about each undrafted player when their drafted counterparts don't get the same? Eagles  24/7  (C) 00:32, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

You make a valid point. The notes that myself and other users have added into the columns are basically "why" they are notable, which is admittedly subjective. Thanks! Frank Anchor ^Talk 00:42, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

I've seen your edits removing players who aren't "that notable" in those sections and understand why you'd be more inclined to keep the notes. My take on whether or not players should be listed in that section: if a player has a Wikipedia page, that already means he's notable and should probably be listed. However, the newer NFL Draft articles are already too big to include every UDFA with a Wikipedia page. Eagles  24/7  (C) 00:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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