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Biographies of filmmakers

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Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015

Dear Sara,

I JethroBT (WMF) suggested that I consult with fellow Wikipedians to get feedback and help to improve my idea about "As an unparalleled way to raise awareness of the Wikimedia projects, I propose to create a tremendous media opportunity presented by launching Wikipedia via space travel."

It is a revamped version that I spoke to you about on LinkedIn in 2014.

Please see the idea at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity_2015. Please post your suggestions on the talk page and please feel free to edit the idea and join the project.

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter. I appreciate it.

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:33, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

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Some stroopwafels for you!

no problem; i trust you have the OTRS in for the image File:Manley UofM Architecture School.jpg , also another user getting image headache on commons. Duckduckstop (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi User:Duckduckstop. They removed my OTRS rights, because I stopped processing OTRS stuff for a few months after last year's fiasco. So I can't help, sorry :( Missvain (talk) 19:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
darn, as you see much image thrashing. could leave a message on the uploaders talk. Duckduckstop (talk) 19:45, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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Little River Inn

Hello, I made some improvements to the Little River Inn article that you launched last month. I got the pushpin map to show up in both US and California versions. I also added a Geographic Locator and wikilinked a bunch of nearby cities to it. Can you check and see if I got them in the right order? The ones in the lower right corner are south/east from the inn, while others are north, some are south, some east, and some north/east. I tried to put them in order of their distance from the inn. The geo locator is at the very bottom of the page. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 07:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

User:Checkingfax WOW that is impressive!! Well done and all looks correct. I'll be copying that code to try my hand at it :) Thank you! Missvain (talk) 18:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
I have learned another tweak or two for that geo loc setup and I'll incorporate them in a minute so you have a better template to follow. That is a lovely inn. I can imagine Angela Lansbury hanging out here. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 18:54, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
OK, I poked around and was reminded of the "magic" pipe trick and used it to removed some wikilink cruft from all the named cities in the geo loc template, plus for two movies listed in the body of the article (the "magic" pipe trick strips out the stuff in parentheses) and the Fort Bragg wikilink. In the geo loc template North and South are wikilinked now to make them Navy Blue. If you use "magic" pipes be sure to put the pipe in there and do NOT put a space after it. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 19:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
nice work y'all need to get some open street map screen shots, like we have in DC tho. i.e. Smithsonian American Art Museum cheers ;-/ Duckduckstop (talk) 21:08, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Eulie Chowdhury

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User talk:RandomInternetPersonJustSittingHereTyping

Can you please show me where in naming policy it says that usernames must not be more than 40 characters? I can't find it myself (but then I do often miss things in my old age). A search for "40" at Wikipedia:Username policy finds nothing, and the only relevant thing I can find is "Some usernames appear problematic without fitting clearly into any of the above categories. This is often the case with confusing or extremely lengthy usernames, which are highly discouraged but which are not so inappropriate on their own as to require action" (emphasis in original). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:24, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Got me, I never bothered to look it up because we've been using it as a policy for years and I never cared enough to investigate it! Perhaps "disruption" is the main argument. Feel free to try to get the non-existent policy changed, I'm fine with it. I haven't been analyzing usernames in a while. Missvain (talk) 21:54, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
If there isn't actually a 40 char limit, I thought I'd just unblock as I don't see anything problematic about the name. Would you be OK with that? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 22:02, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
Fine by me, thanks for taking care of it, being bold, and being friendly! :) Missvain (talk) 06:03, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, I've done it. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:22, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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To You and Yours!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:05, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

My library

has a pretty good selection of basic artist reference material, and I lean a bit towards women artists, so it's a pleasure to find you still producing articles that I can toss in a reference or two. Thank you. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 04:00, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Lada St. Edmund

Each change is noted to help you understand them. The Billboard references with identical ref-names, use of publisher for staff writer, broadwayworld.com reference, and others. Thanks for editing Wikipedia! Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 19:27, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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He told me he’d keep it in mind.
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Wiki in res program

Dear Sara,

May I contact you by email about a project I am working on to send a copy of Wikimedia to the Moon? Please email me your email address through my user page. Thank you in advance. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:12, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome

And thanks for THE COOKIES :3 You do seem to be an art lover, besides of a great wikipedist. --FL0per (talk) 04:51, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Although this barnstar is not usually used in the way I'm giving it to you, I thank you for doing your best for helping female editors tremendously from harassment and such. We need more people like you that defend female editors and help them, not push them down and harass them! FiendYT ★ 06:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

GLAM wiki project page logistics?

Hello Missvain, I'm trying to make a GLAM page for BYU and your Smithsonian archive page has been an inspiration. How did you enable article assessments? Did you have to get your page approved as a wikiproject? thanks, Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:51, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...
women collaboration
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no. 1150 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

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A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for the biscuits (UK translation).

I munched them while facing my first two reversions. Petrosbizar (talk) 09:40, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

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Elizabeth Hardy

I reverted back to the update from the IP as they were using details available on the royal literary fund to show the dates etc. This is a valid citation I believe. ☕ Antiqueight haver 23:59, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Der-shing Helmer

Der-shing Helmer originated from User:Aj2001/Der-shing Helmer. You could restore the page and revert the move if you want to still want to move it to the userspace of the creator as you stated in your deletion summary. Best Regards,—Godsy(TALKCONT) 19:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. I actually moved it to their sandbox as noted here. Missvain (talk) 14:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
My apologies, I didn't notice that. It happened about 10 minutes before I left this message, perhaps when I checked it hadn't yet happened. Thanks anyhow,—Godsy(TALKCONT) 16:03, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Difficulties with Wikidata language insertions

Hi Sarah. I have just been reviewing the en article Little Claus and Big Claus which is currently linked to fy Grutte Klaas en Lytse Klaas. I have been trying to add lang links to fr Grand Claus et Petit Claus, de Der kleine Klaus und der große Klaus and sv Lill-Klas och Stor-Klas. I have also tried to follow the instructions about deleting the fy title, etc., but nothing works. Can you fix it for me and tell me how to sort this kind of thing out in future. Thanks.--Ipigott (talk) 07:41, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 11:33, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Swadhinata Home Box

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Photography

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