Women in Red at Wikidatacon 2021
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See one, do one, teach one |
Thank you for being a panelist on the "Improving women’s biographies on Wikipedia using Wikidata tools - Experiences from Women in Red and the Smithsonian Institution" session today at Wikidatacon 2021. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:54, 30 October 2021 (UTC) |
Precious anniversary
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Eight years! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen
Good day, Gamaliel! I wanted to thank and commend you for your article on Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen! I also wanted to check with you to see if you planned to submit this article for DYK. If not, let me know and I can submit a hook on your behalf. This would be a wonderful addition for DYK! Thanks again! -- West Virginian (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
- @West Virginian: Thank you! I didn't think anyone would notice my article. I couldn't think of an interesting hook for DYK but if you have one please submit it with my gratitude. Gamaliel (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
- Gamaliel, thank you for all your phenomenal contributions, to include this article! I've submitted an initial hook for DYK here: Template:Did you know nominations/Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen. Please feel free to share any additional hooks in the meantime! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:33, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Merchandise giveaway nomination
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A token of thanks
Hi Gamaliel! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk ~~~~~
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How we will see unregistered users
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18:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Great paper
I really liked your paper. It was a shame I missed it when it first came out, but glad I was alerted to it by User:Atsme at the badpersons blog forum. To be honest, I think it may be my favorite work ever written about Wikipedia as a phenomenon.
jps (talk) 20:33, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
- +1 - a masterpiece...and it's anchored on my UTP. Atsme 💬 📧 20:52, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
@ජපස and Atsme: Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it. Gamaliel (talk) 19:48, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- I read it today, and I think it's something every experienced editor should read and take on board. I hadn't thought about increasing barriers to entry before, and I think we all should. valereee (talk) 23:15, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
February with Women in Red
Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Anne Rice Award
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Anne Rice Award | |
The Anne Rice Award honors editors who have improved Wikipedia's coverage of women writers by creating a biography of a women writer who used a pen name, nom de plume, literary initials, or pseudonym on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for creating the biography on Agnes Woods Mitchell (pen name, A. W. M.); and Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen (pseudonyms, Christabel and Kathleen Westcott). --Rosiestep (talk) 21:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC) |
Books & Bytes – Issue 48
Books & Bytes
Issue 48, November – December 2021
- 1Lib1Ref 2022
- Wikipedia Library notifications deployed
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WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
- AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
- The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
Your draft article, Draft:Beth B. Norden
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Hello, Gamaliel. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Beth B. Norden".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 20:32, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
March editathons
Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
April Editathons from Women in Red
Women in Red Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 4, Nos 214, 217, 226, 227, 228
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:44, 22 March 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Books & Bytes – Issue 49
Books & Bytes
Issue 49, January – February 2022
- New library collections
- Blog post published detailing technical improvements
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Your draft article, Draft:Case Breakers
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Hello, Gamaliel. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Case Breakers".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
- Always feels a little strange to post these notices on admins' and long-time editors' talk pages. Of course, you can restore this draft if you want to return to editing it. You should be receiving 5 month reminder notices from FireflyBot but I don't see them here. The bot seems to send out reminders to only about 75% of expiring drafts by my guestimate. It focuses on drafts that go through AFC channels rather than all draft pages.
- Hope you are well these days! Liz Read! Talk! 19:53, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Liz: No worries! Your reminders are helpful because often I've forgotten the drafts even existed after six months. Hope things are good on your end. Gamaliel (talk) 20:53, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
New administrator activity requirement
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Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
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22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Darren Wershler
Some of the content you added in this edit at Darren Wershler has been tagged as unsourced, and I plan to remove it if it's not cited. As this dates back to before the flood, you likely won't remember much about it. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 00:38, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Mathglot: You will not be surprised to learn I have no memory of this author or article! However, I'm fairly sure I used to own an older edition of this book, so that's likely the source if you were interested in antediluvian archaeology. Gamaliel (talk) 02:16, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. He's not named in the list of names at the end of the Worldcat record of the 2002 edition but it doesn't contain the full text. Mathglot (talk) 17:48, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
May Women in Red events
Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Your draft article, Draft:Jane Kwong Lee
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Hello, Gamaliel. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jane Kwong Lee".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:23, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Eaten Fish
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Hello, Gamaliel. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Eaten Fish".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 16:05, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
100 DC Women question
Hi Gamaliel, I submitted articles to the 100 DC Women event. I used the small blue button rather than the big blue button for submission, so they didn't wind up on the visible list: Edwilda Gustava Allen Isaac and Ellen Wetherald Ahrens. Is there a way to fix/change this? I'll try my best to do it right going forward. Thanks for looking into this (if you have time). WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 20:46, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- @WomenArtistUpdates: Thank you for participating! The list on Wikipedia:100 DC Women has to be updated manually, and I've added your articles to it just now. The Fountain tool (the blue button) keeps track of everything for the contest, the manual list on Wikipedia is just for fun. Gamaliel (talk) 20:51, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Also, I just found Ellen Wetherald Ahrens' death certificate on Ancestry! I'll add it to the article tonight. I'd never heard of the Red Rose Girls before, this is all very fascinating reading, thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 20:55, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Gamaliel! I see now I can just click the "edit source" button. Here's hoping you get 100 articles. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:04, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
June events from Women in Red
Women in Red June 2022, Vol 8, Issue 6, Nos 214, 217, 227, 231, 232, 233
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 09:20, 31 May 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Books & Bytes – Issue 50
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
- New library partner - SPIE
- 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway
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