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- 1 Devanahalli Pomello
- 2 Reminder on Women writers
- 3 Meetup sponsors
- 4 Women in Red hashtag?
- 5 WiR Coordinators Meeting
- 6 Have you seen...?
- 7 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Passenger pigeon/archive1
- 8 A barnstar for you!
- 9 DYK for Meaza Ashenafi
- 10 DYK nomination of Caroline Anne James Skeel
- 11 DYK for Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida
- 12 Thought you might enjoy this
- 13 Actor or Actress?
- 14 University of Regina #ArtandFeminism
- 15 OF interest
- 16 Mary Jane Warnes
- 17 DYK nomination of Deng Yuzhi
- 18 Wik-Ed Women Session #5
- 19 DYK nomination of Maud Carpenter
- 20 Question
- 21 FB, Pinterest, Twitter, oh my!
- 22 A cup of tea for you!
- 23 DYK for Doris Stevens
- 24 DYK for Maud Russell
- 25 Invitations for the Women writers editathon
- 26 DYK for Matrilineal society of Meghalaya
- 27 DYK for Deng Yuzhi
- 28 DYK for Maud Carpenter
- 29 DYK for Meira Paibi
- 30 WiR-10 inivitations
- 31 User:Linda Falcone: user page deleted
- 32 Invitation to our April event
- 33 Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Red/Invite/List
- 34 Queenie Muriel Francis Adams
- 35 Love the tabs!
- 36 Mount Pavlof
- 37 April Fools? Nope! Welcome to the Women Scientists worldwide online edit-a-thon during Year of Science
- 38 100Stone
- 39 Participants in Art+Feminism
- 40 Translation Corinne Chaponnière
- 41 "Women are everywhere"
- 42 Disambiguation link notification for April 4
- 43 A barnstar to thank you for your enthusiatic support
- 44 Women Geographers
- 45 Forrest Dunbar
- 46 Help needed with mergers
- 47 Rosamond Spicer
- 48 Shhh! Invitation to Women in Espionage
- 49 Heads up
- 50 WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8
- 51 Nice to meet you at the conference!
- 52 A sleeping kitty for you :)
- 53 DYK for Caroline Skeel
Devanahalli Pomello
Can you c/e this to sort out the issue, pl.Template:Did you know nominations/Devanahalli Pomello.--Nvvchar. 15:35, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Nvvchar. I started the c/e but this really is out of my league. Botany is not my strength. That said, I did some research on Devanahalli Pomello (I'll refer to it as DP going forward) and found this, which states that DP is "botanically known as citrus decumana linn". Citrus decumana redirects to grapefruit. Maybe it should redirect to pomelo? I compared grapefruit's cats (Citrus, Citrus hybrids, Grapefruit, Flora of Jamaica, Flora of Barbados, Tropical agriculture) and pomelo's cats (Citrus, Flora of Nepal, Plants used in Ayurveda) with DP's cats (Horticulture and gardening, Plants, Flora of Karnataka, Geographical Indications in India, Indian handicrafts, Bangalore Rural district) to see if that would help sort out some of the confusion, and believe that DP's cats could be better aligned, but I don't feel expert enough to do so, other than to remove a couple.
- I reviewed several Rutaceae articles to get a feel for content, format and so on. I would recommend rewriting the DP article with those in mind. This, though dated 1948, from Nature seemed helpful. Also this on page 25: "Pomello (Citrus decumana, Murr.) The stock Holt and Devanahalli, a local variety are usually grown in the State." Also perhaps this. There are lots of other possible refs, but first, you'd have to verify the scientific name as I'm not convinced of "citrus decumana linn" vs. "Citrus decumana, Murr." vs. something else.
- If you don't have the time/inclination to do a rewrite at this time, no worries. (Perhaps Cwm would be interested?) Another possibility would be to just research and clarify the fruit's scientific name in the lede sentence, and withdraw the nom. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:14, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- You may like this Deng Yuzhi to restructure, edit, and add. Nvvchar. 14:52, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks. I propose this hook for the nomination ... thatDeng Yuzhi did not perceive herself as a feminist or a revolutionary but relied instead on Christianity as a source of her identity, triggered by her religious beliefs? Pl nominate as appropriate.Nvvchar. 13:47, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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- You may like these two articles Meira Paibi and Khasi Women of Meghalaya on the heroic women of north east India. Even I was not aware of their heroic movements. You may like to add and edit.Nvvchar. 10:15, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Nvvchar I'm done with Meira Paibi; you may wish to nom it. I'm turning my attention now to Khasi women of Meghalaya. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:32, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @Nvvchar: I changed Khasi Women of Meghalaya to Matrilineal society of Meghalaya and I'm done with my edits. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:31, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Posted here Template:Did you know nominations/Meira Paibi.Nvvchar. 04:15, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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- And also here Template:Did you know nominations/Matrilineal society of Meghalaya.Nvvchar. 04:47, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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- May like to suggest an alternate hook in view of comment on the above hook.Nvvchar. 13:45, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Nvvchar thanks for the noms. I've offered alts for Meghalaya. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:22, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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- There is still another review here Template:Did you know nominations/Matrilineal society of Meghalaya which I am finding hard to reply. Can you help?Nvvchar. 15:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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Reminder on Women writers
Hi Rosie. I have still not received any response from you on the Women Writers event. I have now included it under "Coming up" on the events section. As far as I can see, we have no sponsors but if you know of any, please add them. I've also tentatively scheduled it for the whole of April. If you think it should be shorter, please change the dates. Can you also add a Twitter hashtag in the box and provide any backup on Twitter. We should also try to firm up events for May. There seems to be a consensus for concentrating on photography and including MENA photographers. Have you any views on this? Maybe we can still include Guggenheim MENA. Can you check with Pharos whether Guggenheim is willing to set a focus on MENA photographers for May.--Ipigott (talk) 08:28, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Ipigott and thanks for staying on top of this. As soon as the NYPL has gotten back to @Pharos, I'm sure he'll let us know if they'll be a sponsor. We're sticking with photography for May. We've been invited to participate in a second event in May, MENA, and I'm all for it. Maybe Pharos can elaborate on it on the WiR talkpage. Right now, though, I think Pharos and I are knee deep in A+F behind the scenes stuff, so pardon any delays in responding. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:24, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, I know all about MENA. I referred to it in my message. I think the discussion suggested that we should not take on a separate editathon on the basis of Guggenheim's focus on MENA artists but rather put additional emphasis on photographers from the region, preferably with some support from the Guggenheim. SusunW thought we should not upset our established schedule simply because of recent developments from the Guggenheim on artists as we have already been able to cover them in earlier editathons. I fully support her suggestion that we could try to assist by developing articles on photographers from the MENA countries rather than having one more editathon on artists. (That does not mean we should not publicize the Guggenheim editathon on our main page if it is finalized.) I think it is important for us to take into account the views of major contributors to WiR. Our events scheduling should be by consensus.
- While I am here, do you need any help with your March assignment in Berlin? Thanks also for inviting several newbies to participate in Art+Feminism. I've include their names in my invitations list.--Ipigott (talk) 07:51, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Ipigott: This is my thought. Why not post more than one meetup page in a month? If only 1 or 2 or 3 people want to participate in that event, and create 2 or 4 or 6 new articles, we have gained much. First, Wikipedia has gained new articles. Second, WiR has gained new contributors. Third, Wir, may have gained new members. You mention "major contributors". Where is the downside of offering secondary options to major, minor, or new contributors?
- As for MENA, the Guggenheim will focus on MENA artists. But I'm not convinced that m:Iranian Wikimedians User Group will focus only on artists or women. Each editor chooses. If I come across a Maltese or Afghan woman writer or ethnologist, I can contribute that article to a MENA event (We don't have to put a square peg in a round hole.). And, as I've learned in middle age that I am not unique, I know that others would share this view.
- I remember sitting with the A+F folks in October 2015 in Washington D.C., and making a plan for WiR's collaboration as an online node for March 2016. I told Michael, Jackie, and Sian that WiR would be glad to collaborate, but how would they feel if WiR takes a broader approach -- includes feminists, activists, social reformers? They were very quick and gracious to say, "sure", "yes", "of course", although I doubt anyone had asked them that before. I want WiR to be that nimble... if someone else has an idea... go for it. I've been thinking about this a lot, and I firmly believe that in order for WiR to become a movement, we have to empower others from around the world who want to replicate our secret sauce: our brand and our scope. We have to be open to facilitating multiple events, in multiple languages at any given time. We have to encourage others to create meetup pages, send out invites, develop redlists, and so on. Amazing, that in less than a year, we've gotten to this point!!!!!!!!! Also, I think it may be time to elect some "Core Coordinators" (following the MILHIST and A+F models), in order to oversee the brand. I am responding to you here, but I'm also going to cross-post this on the WiR talkpage for greater visibility. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
Meetup sponsors
Could you clarify for me what it means to be a "sponsor" of one of our events? I'd like to understand it better so that I can see if there are ways to help work on that angle at my end (LA basin).Alafarge (talk) 18:26, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Alafarge: A sponsor usually hosts an in-person event and asks for Women in Red to augment it with a virtual event during that time. If the press covers the sponsor's event, then WiR could be mentioned! Usually there's a Wikipedia liaison who connects the sponsor and WiR (commonly me). We connect via email and often phone call(s)/Skype to work out promotion, etc. Thanks for any ideas or suggestions! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:30, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Alafarge: this also might be a good opportunity to revive the meta:Southern California Wikimedians usergroup concept and get official WMF recognition for LA basin activities.--Pharos (talk) 19:31, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
Women in Red hashtag?
Hi Rosiestep, is there a hashtag specifically for WiR edits, or are the #ArtAndFeminism and #NowEditingAF hashtags the appropriate ones to use? Circa73 (talk) 16:47, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Circa73. Those are fine. We (Women in Red) need to get more savvy with social media. If you know anyone who wants to coordinate that for Women in Red, e.g. a Facebook page for all the events, a Twitter feed for the articles, and so on, let me know!! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:55, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- I must say I'm a bit confused about the hashtags and Facebook pages. I have very little experience of the social network facilities as I do not have time to use them. I see we had #WikiContentGenderGap in January and February and in March we have a link to Facebook. Up to now we have nothing for Wikipedia:Meetup/Women_in_Red/10. Should we be developing a policy on this? Should we also have links to Twitter and Facebook on our main page?--Ipigott (talk) 10:44, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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- (talk page stalker). Hi, Ipigott. You can make up a Wikipedia WIR hashtag like #wir and put it in the edit summary of each WIR article edit. Then you can do a search with this new special Wikipedia hashtag search engine: http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/
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- Here is an example search for #artandfeminism edits – http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/artandfeminism
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- Here would be the search for #wir edits – http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/wir
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- We had a high school editathone at Nueva Upper School and here is their edit search for #nueva – http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/nueva
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- Since very few hashtags are in use on Wikipedia you have a lot of flexibility in choosing one. I hope this helps. Cheers!
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- Since very few hashtags are in use on Wikipedia you have a lot of flexibility in choosing one. I hope this helps. Cheers!
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- @Checkingfax: Thanks for your suggestions. The tag we have been using most consistently is
#wikiwomeninred
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. Or maybe a new feature could be developed along with categories, etc., to provide specifically for the inclusion of a hashtag? @Harej: Have you or your Wikidata colleagues any views on this?--Ipigott (talk) 06:51, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Checkingfax: Thanks for your suggestions. The tag we have been using most consistently is
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- Hi, Ipigott. I recently learned of the hashtag search engine at the artandfeminism edit-a-thon at California College of Arts in SF. It is hard to get into the habit of putting a hashtag in the edit summary and even #artandfeminism was a bit of a tongue twister to type into each edit. A few weeks later I went to an edit-a-thon at a women's makerspace/hackerspace called Double Union in SF, and any fem/art articles I worked on I inserted the artandfeminism hashtag into the edit summary. I used WP:AWB once to do some batch edits and I had AWB populate the edit summary with a stock one that included the A&F hashtag.
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- If you go to the bottom of that search page you can see the WMF employees who created this as an after-hours volunteer effort: Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte. LaPorte is on the legal team at WMF. It would be nice if you could press a button that would insert your hashtag of the day. Ping me back. Cheers!
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- If you go to the bottom of that search page you can see the WMF employees who created this as an after-hours volunteer effort: Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte. LaPorte is on the legal team at WMF. It would be nice if you could press a button that would insert your hashtag of the day. Ping me back. Cheers!
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- @Checkingfax: This is all useful background for the development of a most consistent strategy on the use of hashtags in articles. I would welcome feedback/suggestions from others including Rosiestep. I think it is important to develop something that will be more widely applicable. We don't want one approach for WiR and another for other projects.--Ipigott (talk) 07:20, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi @Checkingfax and Ipigott: I'm going to copy some of this over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#Hashtag strategy for wider discussion. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:40, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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Women in ecology
Nice to meet you, Rosiestep-- I've been tweeting about #womeninecology this month, and ran into your Women in Red project. Haven't been on Wikipedia for a while, but wanted to let you know that I just updated my "red list" for women in ecology at User:Araucana/sandbox. Covers women who got PhDs prior to 1975, per Langenheim. See Women in Ecology at ESA/history for info and refs if desired. Thanks! Araucana (talk) 23:00, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nice to meet you, too, Araucana, and thanks for reaching out to me. I like your list, info, and refs. Would you be comfortable if Women in Red incorporates (copies) them into one of our redlists? We have a librarian, Megalibrarygirl, who is chief among us for organizing redlinks and redlists, so I've added her to this convo. Best, --Rosiestep (talk) 23:49, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, please do incorporate what you think is appropriate. I wasn't sure of best way to get it out of sandbox, so go for it. Should round out your list for this field. Thanks! Araucana (talk) 01:36, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Just had a chance to look at #womeninecology and there are some really interesting tweets. Thanks again, Araucana, and stop by anytime. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:54, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking it. I've been collecting the tweets at Storify:Women in Ecology. I may go back and gather older, pre-hashtag ones there as well. Storify might be a good resource as you develop your social media efforts. Araucana (talk) 14:49, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Just had a chance to look at #womeninecology and there are some really interesting tweets. Thanks again, Araucana, and stop by anytime. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:54, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, please do incorporate what you think is appropriate. I wasn't sure of best way to get it out of sandbox, so go for it. Should round out your list for this field. Thanks! Araucana (talk) 01:36, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Hi @Araucana: I'm going to copy some of this over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#Hashtag strategy for wider discussion. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:40, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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WiR Coordinators Meeting
@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers: I think it would be productive if we spoke via Skype over the weekend regarding (a) one page vs. multiple, (b) social media, as I think it's key to sorting out WiR's growth strategy. I's facilitating an in-person editathon Saturday so early morning or in the evening would work; I don't have any commitments on Sunday. Please email me off-list if you'd like to discuss further. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:53, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- You are all welcome to discuss this by phone but in my experience written exchanges are far more effective in establishing project strategies. I think I have made my preferences clear but they are only personal preferences and I will certainly be ready to go along with whatever decisions your reach between yourselves. In any case, I cannot contribute to the social network chapter as I have insufficient experience and our discussions on one-page vs. multiple editathon strategies reveal only minor differences. Thanks anyway, Rosie, for inviting me to participate in a phone discussion.--Ipigott (talk) 15:18, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Well I'd like to join you. UK time on Sunday 9:30 to 1:30 I'm committed, else OK. I think it would be just good to chat anyway. I'll add some text to the discussion before then, bit I was doing the Nigerian editathon and Black history last month ... Come to think of it... the "Black History" was already 2 projects in one... so that was three-ish at a time. Victuallers (talk) 16:04, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Thanks for your kind words, Susun. To tell you the truth, I have never discussed Wikipedia with anyone over the phone and have only had off-wiki email exchanges with three contributors. These have mostly resulted from the need to avoid mentioning the names of other contributors on Wikipedia itself. I do however frequently receive emails from a wide range of outsiders who have read my contributions and have sought various levels of assistance. All in all, this approach has proved very effective. I am of course always ready to communicate with other Wikipedians by email if they think it necessary.--Ipigott (talk) 17:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Sorry you won't be on the call, @Ian, but we'll review all ideas mentioned and develop a way forward. Between emails and talkpage posts, I'm drowning. @Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers, ping. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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Have you seen...?
User:Fuzheado/ORES experiment. It sounds like it would be wonderful for use in teaching at an edit-a-thon. I'll suggest Fuzheado would the the best person to ask about any details. Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Could I use that to set the first assessment of my own articles? I typically set most to stub and let someone else assess..but this took suggests at least 1 (the one I tried it on) could be a C class...Or would it be inappropriate? ☕ Antiqueight chatter 18:34, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Short answer - it's not totally inappropriate, but there should be some system set up for each project to do this. IMHO the classification system has not worked very well for 2 reasons
- It's used only once (or never) for the vast majority of articles. It needs to be used more often to see how articles improve
- Very inconsistent or biased grading
- That pretty much makes it useless for most of the things I do!
- So I suggest that a system should be set up for each project that uses it.
- 1st a rubric or grading system set up to concretely explain what the article class means
- 2nd a consistent way to reclassify an article.
- At WP:NRHP there is an easy way to ask for a reclassification. Just remove the class and in a few days it comes up on a list, linked to the project to-do list that says "these articles need a class"
- ORES probably would help with the "concrete" part of the rubric. As I see ORES, it shows how many "tools" have been used to make the article. Does it have enough text, enough footnotes, sections, internal and external links, photos, etc. to come up to the average number of tools for that class. Obviously people need to get involved in the actual grading, but ORES, if used right should be a major help. Sorry this was so long! Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Short answer - it's not totally inappropriate, but there should be some system set up for each project to do this. IMHO the classification system has not worked very well for 2 reasons
Hey, @Smallbones: no worries. I really like the idea but how do you use it? I tried clicking on a bunch of the links, but couldn't figure that out, e.g. where do you type in the name of the article to see how ORES evaluates it? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Open https://ores.wmflabs.org/scores/enwiki/wp10/#######
- Get the permanent link, e.g. for Marie Spartali Stillman, click on the "Pemanent link link in the left hand column
- In the url it will end with oldid=707879226
- replace the ####### with the permanent link number, e.g. http://ores.wmflabs.org/scores/enwiki/wp10/707879226
- Note that "C" comes up after "prediction": This is higher than the Start rating given on the talk page, likely because the rating on the talk page hasn't been updated.
- If you really want to rate stubs in a finer way, look at the last line - here it is "Stub": 0.005914594824932044 (only about 3 digits really count)
- if the probability of a stub is above 0.95, you've only written about 10 words - I call that a substub
- if the probability of a stub is below 0.70, I just call it a stub
- If the probability of a stub is below 0.40, its a good stub and might even make it to start territory
Hope this helps. Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:15, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Passenger pigeon/archive1
Rosiestep, would you please take a look and see if you can address any of the few remaining concerns at the bottom of the page. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:37, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi. I'll try and make time for it but am swamped with other wiki things right now. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:44, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. This takes time anyway. Peace be unto you. 03:10, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Editor's Barnstar | |
Thanks for your help on my article. I hadn't considered the "other sources" and wouldn't have noticed it if reading other GA articles. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 23:26, 4 March 2016 (UTC) |
- Thanks, @Antiqueight. Appreciate it! --Rosiestep (talk) 01:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Meaza Ashenafi
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Caroline Anne James Skeel
Hello! Your submission of Caroline Anne James Skeel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Espresso Addict (talk) 05:14, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 14:38, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dr. Blofeld, would you please address this issue? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:03, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Thought you might enjoy this
WeHope sent me this [1] I posted it on the editathon press page, but didn't know if you'd see it there. We have press! @Megalibrarygirl and Ipigott: our lists are famous. LOL SusunW (talk) 19:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Totally awesome! And also, Happy International Women's Day! :D Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:07, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Interesting article. I wonder if anyone noticed that on Sunday well over 100 new articles were created on Art+Feminism. I've never before seen such intense interest on one day. We must slowly be beginning to move the percentages up just a wee bit.--Ipigott (talk) 21:27, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- I hope so Ipigott, but haven't seen numbers since December. I am totally enjoying myself. My goal is to write on a prominent suffragist every day from a different country. Keeps me focused on how very important the privilege of voting is (in the US it is much more a privilege than a right, in as much as you are only guaranteed the right to apply to vote from your state). I have found writing suffragists, and teaching ones, but so far no artists, but we shall see ... I am thinking I will sorely need to keep my focus on the importance of voting through November. o.0 SusunW (talk) 23:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- @SusunW: I'm glad to hear you're enjoying yourself. A new, fully researched article a day is quite a feat. As for voting, I am pleased to hear you have the privilege. Believe it or not, as an ex-pat British citizen, I have never in my life been able to vote in a national election anywhere.--Ipigott (talk) 07:14, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Ipigott: I am beyond jazzed about the news article! We are making a difference and it is being noticed! We need to add it to the top of the WiR talkpage, and also the one Pharos mentioned! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:07, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Totally awesome! And also, Happy International Women's Day! :D Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:07, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Actor or Actress?
Please? Is there a wikipedia preference for putting Actor or Actress when referencing a woman? ☕ Antiqueight haver 23:19, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Antiqueight. Looking at the entries within
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University of Regina #ArtandFeminism
Hi Rosiestep, I wanted to let you know that almost all of the articles created at the Wikipedia:Meetup/Regina/ArtAndFeminism 2016/University of Regina edit-a-thon were nominated (in various ways) for deletion. Some have been kept or are still under discussion. If you look at their "To create:" list, the links that are currently in red are all articles that were created and then deleted. You can tell that the editors were inexperienced: the most common issue seems to be that a lead didn't make a strong case for notability. I've worked on several of the currently afd'd articles to bring them up to a higher standard, but I'm not sure of the protocols around the ones that have already been deleted. Without being able to see what was there, I can't tell if some of them were reasonable rough drafts that needed more work. Do you have any advice on how to follow up on those? Thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 06:06, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Mary, any admin can email you copies of the deleted texts, and you can work on them off-wiki, on a user subpage or in Draft space. I'll be around for another few minutes if you'd like me to send you some or all of them. SarahSV (talk) 07:45, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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OF interest to Rosie and any talk page stalkers: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emily Temple-Wood. Montanabw(talk) 03:21, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Mary Jane Warnes
You or/and page stalker/s may wish to further add to this. Article was identified in the ABC article as one of the missing 7. Also stubbed Ida Halley, needs expansion!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:26, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
This use of Twitter is really quite something. It took just a few hours for a hook from Warnes to appear on Twitter! I think this is exactly what we need, and it gives editors more esteem to write too, if their work is given more attention and really shown to be encyclopedic.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:31, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Deng Yuzhi
Hello! Your submission of Deng Yuzhi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:12, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Wik-Ed Women Session #5
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DYK nomination of Maud Carpenter
Hello! Your submission of Maud Carpenter at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SusunW (talk) 00:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Question
I am looking at the women in the Cumann na mBan around the 1916 Easter Rising (due to the year etc) but many of them don't have enough information available online to write a whole article about any one women. But there might be enough to write an article about several together- but I don't know how that might work and was wondering if you had any suggestions or solutions..... ☕ Antiqueight haver 19:49, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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- (Page lurker here), I was thinking about your question, Antiqueight and I wonder if you couldn't just do the article with a title like Cumann na mBan in the Easter Rising. I found an article here about it. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes -Megalibrarygirl something like that will have to get done. I wanted to try and create pages for the individuals where possible but a few are half forgotten - there isn't enough really to write a whole article on one but there is general information. I have found a set of sisters - I'll publish it shortly- you might tell me if it works.... ☕ Antiqueight haver 00:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Coolness, Antiqueight! It seems really interesting. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps you could take a glance over Cooney Sisters and see if it works - I've never tried a group article before..not like this. It needs tweaking but it's getting late. ☕ Antiqueight haver 00:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Coolness, Antiqueight! It seems really interesting. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yes -Megalibrarygirl something like that will have to get done. I wanted to try and create pages for the individuals where possible but a few are half forgotten - there isn't enough really to write a whole article on one but there is general information. I have found a set of sisters - I'll publish it shortly- you might tell me if it works.... ☕ Antiqueight haver 00:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- (Page lurker here), I was thinking about your question, Antiqueight and I wonder if you couldn't just do the article with a title like Cumann na mBan in the Easter Rising. I found an article here about it. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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- I'm waiting on newspaper archive access to check online newspaper records-until then I'm relying on the witness statements and a handful of articles and mentions in a few books. ANY help or suggestions or things I am missing out on or should be including is welcome - I am nervous of putting too much of the witness statements information in (what they did, where they went etc) as being OR..Megalibrarygirl ☕ Antiqueight haver 13:49, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Rosie! I set up a facebook fan page here and set it up so that when we tweet, it auto-posts to FB. Also, I've "bricked" my phone so until I fix it or get another phone, I'm going to be incommunicado for a bit. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:15, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl you rock! Thank you! As for the bricked phone, that's the pits; hoping it gets back to normal soon. I'm trying to get caught up with all the social media we've got going. It's a lot! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- I bought a cheap phone to use for now and I'm trying to unbrick the nicer one. I sometimes think it's a good idea to experiment with my tech... but the results aren't always as expected! LOL Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
A cup of tea for you!
It's an honor and a joy to be featured in the same article as you. Let's keep kicking ass and writing articles! Changing the world one article at a time. <3 Keilana (talk) 17:57, 19 March 2016 (UTC) |
- Keilana, I was so happy with that "Guardian" article... that the content gender gap work we (you, I, + others) do was spotlighted. For sure, let's "kick ass and write articles". Together, we're stronger. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:43, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Like ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:24, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
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DYK for Doris Stevens
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DYK for Maud Russell
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Started Fanny Mary Katherine Bulkeley-Owen and Catherine Glyn Davies. Couldn't find much on Owen but you might find a bit more for Davies and nom.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- Will look at these 2 more closely tomorrow. As for Fanny, I love her full name. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- It's certainly a mouthful LOL!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Invitations for the Women writers editathon
Ipigott Is it too soon to talk about invitations for April? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:09, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- I was just going to ask you the same thing. I haven't seen any definite news about the tie-up with the NYPL. Perhaps you could liaise with Pharos and firm up the invitation yourself, adding icons, etc., as appropriate. I see 10 new members have registered on the main page since the beginning of March. I'll check them out and if they have shown signs of activity since registration, I'll add them to the main mailing list (in addition to those who have added their names to the list themselves). I'll also try to add names to the main list in the next day or two based on participation over the past month. In addition, I'll try to compile a separate list for women writers based on active participants from wp:women writers, etc. In regard to Art+Feminism, it's going to be quite difficult to compile a list of participants for thank you notes as many of them only appear to have started one article during the in-person editathons (although I see a handful have responded to your earlier mailing inviting them to contribute to WiR). I'll see what I can do. The thank-yous do not need to go out for another couple of weeks. But today I want to add more biographies on Danish artists. Unfortunately some of the most important ones are not even in the Danish wiki.--Ipigott (talk) 08:40, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- Further to the above, I decided it was time to draft a list for invitations. It is based on active participation and not simply registration. If you have time to prepare the invitation, you could start by sending it out to the WikiProjects. I could then send it out to individuals tomorrow. It really is time to start. Hardly anyone has signed up. Writers are the backbone of all our activities.--Ipigott (talk) 12:09, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
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- @Rosiestep: It's late over here in Denmark so I'm going to bed now. I see you have still not replied. Maybe my ping will help. If no response, I'll sent it out anyway tomorrow, at least to the WikiProjects. We can't afford to wait any longer.--Ipigott (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Matrilineal society of Meghalaya
Materialscientist (talk) 01:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nvvchar, I've worked on a lot of articles which made their way to DYK, but this one will stick with me for some time to come. Thank you for introducing me to the matrilineal society of Meghalaya. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:25, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Deng Yuzhi
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DYK for Maud Carpenter
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DYK for Meira Paibi
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WiR-10 inivitations
I've corrected the ones you sent out to the WikiProjects--Ipigott (talk) 14:44, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Ipigott, please clarify: am I delivering invitations to Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Red/Invite/List (via MassMessage) or did you do so earlier today. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:24, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Sorry once again Rosie if my messages have confused you. I only sent the invitations out to the special list for the women writers editathon. I am not authorized to use the MassMessage list. You have to be an administrator to use it -- so of course I was assuming you would handle it. But it would only take me 20 minutes or so to do it manually if it is causing you problems.--Ipigott (talk) 10:04, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
User:Linda Falcone: user page deleted
Hi Rosie. I've just come across a very strange situation. One of our keenest new editors, user:Linda Falcone, who has contributed some excellent work on Florentine artists since the beginning of March has had her user page deleted. Her new articles include Lola Costa, Maria Angelica Razzi, Suor Prudenza Cambi, Amalia Ciardi Duprè, Mariangela Criscuolo, Rita Longa, NERINA SIMI, Teodora Danti and Liliana Cossovel. Although the last five require improvement, all the articles contain useful biographical information. If there was information on the user page which was considered to be advertising, then I would have thought the problem should have been brought to the attention of the user. To delete a user page in a person's own name seems to me to be very strange. Perhaps you could spare a few moments to look into it.--Ipigott (talk) 11:57, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott Before I saw what was deleted, I had the same thought. But now having looked at the deleted version, I support the action. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:27, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- OK. That sounds reasonable. Does that mean she now needs to change her user name before she can have a user page? I also see she has been working on a very effective blog on Italian artists and has been trying to promote Wikipedia there too. Maybe we can create a user page for her by simply listing the articles she has created?--Ipigott (talk) 13:34, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think you should also look at this.--Ipigott (talk) 13:39, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott This link is awesome. I am uncomfortable creating a userpage for an editor, but it you are comfortable doing so, please go for it. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:44, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- There's lots of other stuff I could post here too to show that she's really doing everything she can to support better coverage of women artists on Wikipedia. What I can do, if you think it's appropriate, is to prepare a basic user page for her in a sandbox. If I can get in touch with her through her talk page or her email address, I'll ask her for permission before I put it up - or better still invite her to put it up herself. I really think it's too bad that one of our most enthusiastic new participants is devoid of her basic status on Wikipedia. If you agree with the decision to delete her user page, then I can only suppose it was far worse that all the others I so frequently see where people boast about their own status, their books, their companies, their awards...--Ipigott (talk) 13:57, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott It was written like a dust jacket, which is why it was considered promotional. I think it's fine for you to proceed in the manner you describe, e.g. sandbox, notify via email, etc. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:34, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- There's lots of other stuff I could post here too to show that she's really doing everything she can to support better coverage of women artists on Wikipedia. What I can do, if you think it's appropriate, is to prepare a basic user page for her in a sandbox. If I can get in touch with her through her talk page or her email address, I'll ask her for permission before I put it up - or better still invite her to put it up herself. I really think it's too bad that one of our most enthusiastic new participants is devoid of her basic status on Wikipedia. If you agree with the decision to delete her user page, then I can only suppose it was far worse that all the others I so frequently see where people boast about their own status, their books, their companies, their awards...--Ipigott (talk) 13:57, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott This link is awesome. I am uncomfortable creating a userpage for an editor, but it you are comfortable doing so, please go for it. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:44, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
Invitation to our April event
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Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Red/Invite/List
Any chance you could mention the Awaken the Dragon contest in the invites too, and the chance to win a book on 100 Great Welsh Women for whoever produces the most articles on Welsh women in April? By the looks of it I'm a few hours late in mentioning this though..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:14, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dr. Blofeld Invites have been sent out. Too bad we didn't template them -and I've been thinking to do that for awhile- as we could have made changes in the template easy peasy. But. Hold on. I have some thoughts on this. Can you give me the link for the list of women's articles for Dragon? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:41, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- I've created Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon/Women biographies. Needs work though, what we need is a decent red linked list. Also we need to list existing articles on Welsh women too which need improvement. What I want is a detailed list of articles on Welsh women and missing ones. Is there a way to create one? Ipigott is good with things like this. Perhaps we could just list all of the existing Welsh women writers there too?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dr. Blofeld There's also this, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality#Wales. Yes, Ian is great at making lists, but so are you. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:02, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- I need to add all of the Dictionary entries to the missing hotlist too. I think the Welsh women list should be simplified as much as possible and turned into a simple A-Z.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:04, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dr. Blofeld There's also this, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality#Wales. Yes, Ian is great at making lists, but so are you. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:02, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- I've created Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon/Women biographies. Needs work though, what we need is a decent red linked list. Also we need to list existing articles on Welsh women too which need improvement. What I want is a detailed list of articles on Welsh women and missing ones. Is there a way to create one? Ipigott is good with things like this. Perhaps we could just list all of the existing Welsh women writers there too?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:42, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
@Ipigott: Any chance you could create a List of Welsh women? I think it would be useful to have a comprehensive list covering all professions!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:58, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Dr. Blofeld: Are you asking for a list of blue-linked Welsh women or are you more interested in expanding the list of red links? If it's blue links, I would prefer first to create separate lists for Welsh women writers and Welsh women singers. Looking quickly at Category:Welsh women by occupation, Category:Welsh_women and List of Welsh people, I think an alphabetical list of all Welsh women, irrespective of occupation, would run to three or four hundred names. If this is what you want, I could possibly make a good start on it as part of the Dragon initiative.--Ipigott (talk) 13:38, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Yup I was thinking of a comprehensive mixed A-Z list. It would probably be too much work though. I was going to create a list. I may start something in my sandbox within the next few days. Don't worry about it for the time being.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Queenie Muriel Francis Adams
Good morning Rosiestep! Perhaps you can bring your talents and your posse to bear on this article, on a notable woman, by a new editor. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:23, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Good morning, Drmies. Will look at this tonight, but for now, tweeted it: https://twitter.com/WikiWomenInRed/status/714824289237610497 :) --Rosiestep (talk) 14:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- Haha, is that good, to have something tweeted? I only read Trump's tweets! Drmies (talk) 17:01, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
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Love the tabs!
I love the tabs. Makes it so much more easy to navigate IMO. Did I say it was a brilliant idea you had? I am thrilled you figured out how to do them! SusunW (talk) 15:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, SusunW, that means a lot to mean. I ended up using the template for "clickable buttons" instead of "tabs" as I could master the former vs. the latter. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Mount Pavlof
Alaska's Mount Pavlof volcano is erupting pretty vigorously, coating the nearby village of Nelson Lagoon in tephra. I have added this to the current events portal. All related articles are stable, so I'm not asking for help here. I just believe this will interest you! Enjoy! Juneau Mike (talk) 00:36, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Juneau Mike: Wow; thank you for sharing. I'll keep an eye on the news associated with Mount Pavlof. Be safe. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:35, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
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100Stone
I made a few edits to 100Stone, with current information. Some of the news is sad. :( Juneau Mike (talk) 05:47, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Michaelh2001 indeed sad. I thought it was a wonderful idea. I wonder what will happen with the statues. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:34, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Participants in Art+Feminism
I have developed a basic list of participants in the Art+Feminism editathon. I realize the concept is not very precise but I have not included those who only created articles on films, theatre, music or writing. If you think these should be included too, then feel free to review the list. I will be travelling all day tomorrow but will probably be able to send out thank you notes on Tuesday. You will see I have added the approximate article count. I think you will agree that 800 articles more or less on the topic is not bad for one month (although probably around 150 came from the in-person editathons).--Ipigott (talk) 15:59, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott I think your list is fine. If you can send out thank you notes, that would be great, and if you need me to send out any, just let me know and I will do so. I think +/- 800 articles at a virtual editathon is significant. I think >1,200 edits to the editathon's meetup page is also significant. I think, all in all, Women's History Month 2016 was epic. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:54, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- I fully agree. I'll send them out today.--Ipigott (talk) 06:31, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Translation Corinne Chaponnière
Dear Rosiestep,
I have translated the article on Corinne Chaponnière but I have some issues with the differences in coding between the french and english version. Could you have a look especially for the references?
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- Hi Nattes à chat and thank you for translating that article. I've made a few adjustments regarding references and so on. Also, I made some additions on the talkpage. So nice to work with you. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:35, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
"Women are everywhere"
Hi Rosiestep. I'm an editor of the Italian Wikipedia. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks,--Kenzia (talk) 08:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, Rosiestep, I've just seen the message on your Wikimedia page that it is easier to reach you on the English Wikipedia, so I paste this message about my editing history also here. I hope you will pardon me also for my english, I try to do my best. First of all I thank you for your comment on the draft page of the project "Women are everywhere". You underline that it would be important to understand my editing history. As I have already explained to Victuallers, and to other people, I've not been very active on Wikipedia till now, being very engaged first in my studies in Paris and then in my work in Rome. Since my PhD studies at the Political Sciences School in Paris, I've always been a great reader of Wikipedia, and I have always been sorry for the gender gap in the women representation. My interest for the gender studies started very early, when for my university degree in 1985 I wrote a thesis about "La Femme et la Révolution française. La Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne (1791)". I've started to contribute to the italian Wikipedia in 2012, when I wrote the articles about Joan Wallach Scott and Lynn Hunt. Since then, as Victuallers points out, I have written few articles: Serge Lebovici, Laure Murat, the Asmundo family, Il Conservatorio delle Verginelle, Francesca Leone, Concetta Flore, Fiona Tan... Last year I participated to an Inspire campaign with this idea "Women are everywhere", and now, that I've more time to dedicate to this task, I would love to put it in action. I do not pretend to be an expert in using Wikipedia, but I'm willing to learn and to ask all the necessary help. If the fact that I've not been very active till now on Wikipedia is a problem, I'm ready not to present the project. It would be very kind of you to give me your advise on this point. Grazie--Kenzia (talk) 18:42, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Rosiestep, I've answered to your message on the discussion page of the grant, but for reaching you in the easiest way, I paste it also here. First of all, thank you for your message and for your kind attention. I'm aware that content gender gap is an important, vital, issue, that's why I would love to contribute. I know the Wiki project Women in Red. I would be honoured to work in collaboration with you to replicate Women in Red in the Italian Wikipedia. My purpose with the project "Women are everywhere" is to do a serious, measurable, deliverable work in the interest of the Wikipedia Community, a result which could help other editors, in Italy and elsewhere, to tackle with the gender gap problem. I'm not a wizard, I can't do miracles, so I will need all the available help. I'm used to hard, serious work, and I'm not afraid of challenges. Even if my editing history is short, I'm aware that editors have to face various challenges. I'don't underestimate this aspect of the engagement. Before proposing the grant, I'm trying to get the support as large as possible by the community concerned by the gender gap problem, in particular by the italian editors already engaged in this issue. This request of support is not formal, it is substantial. I know that I need all the possible help for being helpful in my turn. My motivation and my purpose are to collaborate as much as possible with other editors, to get not a scholar paper, or a personal accomplishment, but a real success in the interest of the community. Grazie,--Kenzia (talk) 09:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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Women Geographers
Hi Rosie! I started this list for you: Geographers. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you, Megalibrarygirl. Really appreciate it.--Rosiestep (talk) 03:43, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
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Forrest Dunbar
The page for Forrest Dunbar, a newly elected Alaska politician, is a redirect for a 2-year-old election here on Wikipedia. I believe he has become notable in his own right, but it appears I do not have the ability to undo or make any other changes to the redirect. Can you help, or advise? Thanks! [2] [3] [4] Juneau Mike (talk) 08:09, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Mike:, I'll look at this tonight. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks! I added the "split article" template to the election article lead, and started a discussion on the Talk Page. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm not a big fan of the notability policy, but I understand why it's in place. Without *any* notability guidelines, anyone could create articles about themselves, or even their pets lol! But I am a big fan of consensus. In this case, I believe Forrest Dunbar is notable enough now for his own article. Gauging consensus is a little trickier. Juneau Mike (talk) 15:05, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Dunbar won by a decisive margin. Source: [5]Juneau Mike (talk) 04:43, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Mike: yup, you are right! Done. But it needs work. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:05, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- I worked on it a little tonight, I will be back to it soon. Thanks for your help!Juneau Mike (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Mike: yup, you are right! Done. But it needs work. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:05, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I found this discussion via Mike's vague reference to "an admin took care of it". It's getting harder and harder to justify the time I give here when Sanger's assessment of "anti-elitism" can be more accurately described as open resistance to a clue and even open hostility towards the notion that Wikipedia can amount to more than a compendium of trending topics scavenged off of the web within the past X number of years. I believe I read something on Mike's user page which implies his belief that the obscure topics he passionately champions and defends somehow define encyclopedic coverage of Alaska. Combine the nearly complete lack of coverage in general given to the Anchorage Assembly on Wikipedia thus far with the rather contentious debate over the attempted deletion of Theresa Obermeyer, and it should be obvious that any given editor who lacks familiarity with Alaska politics would be inclined to automatically dismiss holding municipal office in Anchorage as an indication of notability. More to the point, the result of this AFD would make this article a prime candidate for deletion: Demboski was far more a challenger to Berkowitz than Dunbar was to Young. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 08:48, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi RadioKAOS and thanks for stopping by. You sound angry, and I'm sorry if I did something to cause that. I'm unfamiliar with Alaska politics in general, but I believe the Anchorage Assembly has a sufficient degree of notability for its own article. We could also use a category for members of it; a quick search shows that we have quite a few bios which would fit into that cat. Perhaps you disagree, and wish to take Dunbar to AfD instead. I'm preparing for m:Wikimedia Conference 2016 so I can't be much help right now, but after I return, perhaps we can collaborate on an article? My preference: buildings, geography, bios of dead people. P.S. Can't help but add that I love Radio K.A.O.S.; I went pink in 2000. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:32, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, Rosiestep. My reference, "an admin took care of it" meant simply, since Forrest Dunbar is no longer a redirect, there was no longer any reason to have a template at the top of the election article suggesting the separation of Forrest Dunbar from the related 2014 election page.
As for RadioKAOS, I have posted - respectfully - on his Talk Page that rather than going from page to page, rating each Alaska related article for WikiProject Alaska, and making long posts on the Talk Page there, a better use of his time might be in getting into the article and making the changes he suggests. With all due respect, I sometimes read his comments and see him as a school teacher, grading papers. I would rather collaborate with him. And every article I have created about Alaska is about a notable event or person. I think long and hard about each subject I create an article for, and I always wait to see if each subject has a lasting impact or notability. Yes, a few of my articles have been AfD'd, and that's ok. I doubt any long time editor here has escaped that process. Consensus is very important to me, and to Wikipedia, and I respect that. Thanks.Juneau Mike (talk) 23:07, 9 April 2016 (UTC) Side note: I forgot to mention that, although I did not see her page, and was not involved in the AfD, I believe Amy Demboski is notable as well. Anchorage is a largely liberal/libertarian/progressive city, with a vigorous and motivated conservative subset. Demboski is an outspoken and energetic voice of that conservative movement. I believe she is notable enough to have her own page.Juneau Mike (talk) 23:19, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Help needed with mergers
Once again, Rosie, I need your assistance. Two of Linda Falcone's articles need to be merged. Her Mariangela Criscuolo is a dulpicate of the older Mariangiola Criscuolo although her article contains more information. Similarly, her Mizz Rozee is a dulpicate of the older Katharina Rozee. I didn't want to cause trouble by calling for AfD but in my opinion, she should have searched Wikipedia first before adding her versions. About a week ago, I added a merge tag to Mizz Rozee but no one has reacted. Could you help to sort these two out and let me know how to handle such problems in the future. Unfortunately LF does not respond to anything on her talk page and I have not been successful in contacting her by email. I have however awarded her a barnstart for her efforts in March.--Ipigott (talk) 11:18, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Ipigott I'll take a look at this tonight after work. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:17, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Rosamond Spicer
This artcile is in line with your specialization of anthropology. May like to add and edit. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 10:36, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- Nvvchar, you are right, this interests me. It will have to wait for the weekend, though. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:25, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Heads up
Hi, Rosiestep. I wanted to give you an advance heads up about this new WikiSalon that is in the works and is coming up soon. This is our planning page, and we will have a Wikipedia page up soon. The RSVP form is live. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}
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- Thanks, Checkingfax; it's a great idea. I saw something about it on the mailing list but good to have this link. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:39, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, Rosiestep. Which mailing list was the info on?
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- This is just the planning page, so no need to distribute this link. I just wanted you to be able to tuck it away, and please feel free to add your ideas to the draft page so we can have a better Wikipedia page. Cheers!
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- Hi, Rosiestep. Hmmm. I am subscribed to that list, but this is the 2nd time I have known about a cybercom that I did not receive. Was the mention for the March planning meeting, or for the April kickoff? Cheers!
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8
This month:
In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.
Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)
With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: {{Wikipedia Requests}}. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying article=
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. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!
The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.
If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Requests#Transition project and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.
WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.
And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.
Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name s52475__wpx_p
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- The work on the CollaborationKit extension continues. The extension will initially focus on reducing template and Lua bloat on WikiProjects (especially our WPX UI demonstration projects), and will from there create custom interfaces for creating and maintaining WikiProjects.
- The WikiCite meeting will be in Berlin in May. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to build a bibliographic database for use on the Wikimedia projects. This fits in quite nicely with WikiProject X's work: we want to make it easier for people to find things to work on, and with a powerful, open bibliographic database, we can build recommendations for sources. This feature was requested by the Wikipedia Library back in September, and this meeting is a major next step. We look forward to seeing what comes out of this meeting.
Until next time,
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- @Harej: I see that this newsletter has been delivered to a wide range of WikiProjects but not to Women in Red. Maybe some of us have been critical of the lack of progress on key concerns from time to time but I would encourage Harej or you, Rosie, to copy it to the WiR talk page. Some of us may have constructive comments.--Ipigott (talk) 18:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- I had added a comment to this but it has not been reproduced. Look at the edit history. Strange things always happen with Project X. --Ipigott (talk) 18:36, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- (Your response was, whatever reason, lodged in the middle of the newsletter. Moving it down.) I've now added Women in Red to the subscription list. Harej (talk) 20:48, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- I had added a comment to this but it has not been reproduced. Look at the edit history. Strange things always happen with Project X. --Ipigott (talk) 18:36, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Nice to meet you at the conference!
Hello :) Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 11:12, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi and nice to meet you, too, Daria Cybulska (WMUK). Glad we've connected. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:10, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
A sleeping kitty for you :)
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