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DYK for Larry Josephson

On September 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Larry Josephson, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cmadler (talk) 12:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mackinac Bridge Photo

Hi Sam,

Could you please tell me how I can get in contact with the owner of this photo. I want to use this picture on my blog and I want to make sure it is okay.

Thanks, Jaimee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.10.52.16 (talk) 16:59, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to get in touch with the owner of the photo. You just have to follow the terms of the license for the photo. Click on the photo to get to its image page, and then click on the license mentioned. For example, it might say Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Usually, you just have to mention the photographer and that it came from Wikipedia. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 08:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons: File:GGParkNorthWindmill2.jpg

File:GGParkNorthWindmill2.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:GGParkNorthWindmill2.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:GGParkNorthWindmill2.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 20:31, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update to W:I

I've updated Wikipedia:Issues, and find that after not looking at it for many weeks, the idea behind WP:CF stands the test of repeated exposure. Now we do need to find facilitators! +sj + 04:22, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should tackle some very specific issue that's the topic of a current talk-page or policy-page dispute, preferably one where the "we seem to discuss this in a dozen different places, and have done every six months, and we never reach any conclusions" meme has come up already. Then get people who care about it involved with the Issue page for it as well as wherever a current resolution/problem/poll is being discussed. Something as specific as "speedy deletion of talk pages of deleted articles". like WP itself, W:I may grow better if we start with very specfific issues and work up to the abstract ones. +sj + 07:56, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template assistance requested

re: Polygraph (duplicating device)

There is now a template for Did You Know nominations. I tried to include it in the article but it was expanded there rather than placed on the nomination list. Perhaps you could please assist me?

Article Name: Polygraph (duplicating device)

hook: (Did you know that) the original usage of the name "polygraph" was for an early 19^th century mechanism used to create a duplicate of a handwritten document as it was created, used most famously by the third US President Thomas Jefferson?

Self nomination (or yours if you please to do so)

Thanks, Leonard G. (talk) 18:18, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Matthew_Shepard_head_shot.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading File:Matthew_Shepard_head_shot.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Rockfang (talk) 10:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This seems a very long and complicated way to tell me that there is now a free replacement for an image that was not free. Perhaps you hadn't seen the history to see that the image was originally uploaded several years ago. Anyway, I've deleted it, and linked the article to the free image so it is all moot. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 07:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletionist vandal alert (registered user, single edit)

Can you address this please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gothic_architecture&action=historysubmit&diff=327054008&oldid=327053475

Thanks, - Leonard G. (talk) 04:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Show/Hide Buttons

Sam, do you know how to create a Button that toggles between "Show" and "Hide" like the ones next to WP's pleas for support? Unfree (talk) 16:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Walkway Over the Hudson

Hi there. Sorry to bother you, but I was just wondering how you got this shot. Did you use some kind of telescoping pole? Regardless, it's a very nice picture! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:54, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The bridge has a little extension at that point that goes out a few feet. When I saw it, I knew that would be the spot to take the photo (I had Wikipedia in mind). -- ☑ SamuelWantman 06:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Czimerman (talk • contribs) 18:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

my name is chase —Preceding unsigned comment added by Czimerman (talk • contribs) 18:51, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SF Meetup #11

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 11

	Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
	Time: 15:00 (3PM)
	Place: WMFoundation offices
prev: Meetup 10 - next: Meetup 12

This is posted to the groups by request. Please sign up on the Invite list for future announcements. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 23:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Request to userfy an article

Hello,

Could you please userfy my article "Nine Technology" so that I can go back and make some edits to try and make it Wikipedia-appropriate?

Thanks,

Ajvsell Ajvsell (talk) 13:42, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Sam.

I was wondering if you could help me by userfying my article TNN'S ALternative Lunch, or perhaps with just sending me a copy of the article? I want to completely revamp it, and do not want to lose everything that I have worked so hard on. I would really appreciate your consideration of this matter.

Thanks so much, Scarlett Lee (talk) 23:32, 17 February 2010 (UTC)Scarlett Lee[reply]

Hello, Sam. I wanted to know if you could userfy my article about MOLBS. And could you please help me edit it if you do not feel it is good at all. If you cannot, please at least give me a copy so I will still have something that I have worked at. Please, Sam. Help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Suchy5885 (talk • contribs) 23:54, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sold Out Serenity

This is a page I made for my band. It has been flagged for reasons that don't make any sense. Could you help me? I'm new to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgk123456 (talk • contribs) 17:09, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for File:A Hard Day's Night opening chord.ogg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:A Hard Day's Night opening chord.ogg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:36, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

High Resolution Photo

Hi Sam, do you happen to know how I can find a high resolution version of the following GFDL photo? We'd like to republish and credit the original author.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Akashi-kaikyo_bridge3.jpg

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jungletoptiger (talk • contribs) 21:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProjects

Do open a new WikiProject, does there need any official authorisation in anyway? Kingjeff (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Jimmy Wales.jpg

Hi. Did you really put File:Jimmy Wales.jpg in the Public Domain? If not, please see this. Thanks! — Jeff G. ツ 20:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update to protected LGBT template

Can you add British LGBT History Timeline to the Template LGBT under "history" please PjThompso 15:27, 10 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjthompso (talk • contribs)

Proposed deletion of List of French language films

The article List of French language films has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

I don't see the necessity of a list like this when [Category:French-language films]] already exists. Additionally, this list is not even close to being comprehensive, judging by the number of articles that belong to the aforementioned category.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. sdornan (talk) 15:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moraea vegeta

Hi Sam, The link above takes one via a redirect to Dietes iridioides. Moraea vegeta is an actual plant and if I were to start an article about it, it would arrive in the wrong place. Is there a way of resolving this? Rgds Andrew massyn (talk) 20:11, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I will do so when I get to doing the article. Kind regards Andrew massyn (talk) 15:17, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category intersection

Asked this on Rick B's page and then realised he is probably not going to be around to answer, so... Is there any news on WP:CATI? I've been hoping for a long time to hear more, but seems dead over there. What could I do to help? Have added a token vote on WM bugzilla but what else? What happened to our dream of the semantic web? :) Cheers, Donama (talk) 06:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bay of Fundy High Tide/Low Tide image

Thank you very much for uploading your useful high tide/low tide Bay of Fundy image: File:Bay of Fundy High Tide.jpg

Do you know what port in the Bay of Fundy is shown in this photo? Others have misidentified the location as Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia but that does not fit the breakwater. Letterofmarque (talk) 19:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the extra information on that photo. If it was New Brunswick near Fundy National Park, it must be Alma, New Brunswick, the only port nearby and the breakwater matches perfectly. Thanks for the great pair of photos. 01:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Need Help and assistance

Hello i am Ranatalwar. I am a new wikipedia editor. I dont know much but i have created some articles. Please help me to unblock some of the wiki blocked websites: i want to create some articles like Taj Agro Blocked website: www.tajagroproducts.com

The reason to take up this article as Students study about various seeds and agro products from this website. I have read the spamming report. But if it can be removed then i can think of taking uo this article.

Thank you if you can do something. --Ranatalwar 19:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranatalwar (talk • contribs)

See User:Deli nk/Taj spam campaign before you reply! — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:02, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Judablue

Hi Sam,

My name is Noah Paul. I'm requesting a user copy of the deleted article Judablue. I wrote the article on the band for a high school project and I need a copy to give to my teacher for records. I'm fairly new at Wikipedia an am not sure if this is how I'm supposed to contact you.

Thank you for your time,

Noah Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulnoah (talk • contribs) 01:22, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Longboarding Club Page

Hi Sam,

I recently put together a page for the MSU Longboarding Club for both a class project and in order to use Wikipedia as a forum for providing longboarders in the area with information on our club, sport, and events that go on in the area. The page was speedily deleted, so I was wondering if I could get the page back in order to make it more Wikipedia suitable (and because I would like a copy to work on for my class). Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Chriszlong (talk) 00:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fukushima

Hey dude, I disagree with you about the Fukushima article, want to talk about it? IDK112 (talk) 20:45, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sam, as you, I prefer to discuss on the talk page prior to deleting anything. I deleted your addition to the Fukushima article because it seemed very clear to me that the source was not sufficiently reliable for Wikipedia. I hope you don't mind too much.--Gautier lebon (talk) 15:42, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you deleting with nonsense "Makes no sense" ? Keeping story with ankles not confirmed added by myself long before deleted also and adding no treatment also right & reference with side numbers also other addings of course make sense !!!??? Reference to "Spektrum August" article addable with link for call report. Telling at the beginning of death numbers 0 nuclear about 28000 quake&tsunami hittinmg most at Fukushima ! What you think Japan people believe you and Wikipedia reading also before same magnitude Chornobyl now just peak values higher about 1/10 right added tables before ! 3 tables 4 pictures/charts. 2 deaths in turbine house... nonsense ? telling 250mSv +1% cancer risk from Spektrum else people don`t know what`s the meaning most likely no deaths no cancer also from IAEA 0 nuclear deaths. I hear german radio what Japanese think when they hear what`s goinmg on here not speaking about the real catastrophe. People can come back home but fully tsunami destroyed... ! Different catastrophe definitions normally with much deaths not for triggering international help ! Can yopu add yourself again maybe adding Spektrum reference+link for read. Lost time for talk now !

Kay Uwe Böhm (talk) 10:07, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why letting an empty line between ? No treatment needed look german Wikipedia Original Nonsense ? www.spektrum.de for article from august telling also about +1% cancer risk only with max. 250mSv ! How many times already deleted that "ankles" not confirmed ?Last time system hang up optic failure also to be corrected looking inside and changing instead deleting.3.12 m wall 5.7m build >30m ask ! THOR Full Zero Risk HTR with new 11BN boron nitride isotope 11B instead graphite is breakthrough ! Damage+Deaths additive escalative without much atomic power near future on outgoing oilgascoalCO2. Kay Uwe Böhm (talk) 12:45, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SFOBB eastern span replacment (SFOBBESR)

re: Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge cc: User:Wetman, User:Giggett, User:Sam

Your peer review is requested.

I think that that this article has reached a point of stability and needs little to bring it up to "A" status (currently "B"), probably mostly a check of the external links for link rot. Other than that, which I and Giggett will do, would you care to review for tone, presentation, order, grammar, layout, style, etc. etc.?. One thing I am concerned about is that any change in status will attract image size ***, who will change the images to unreadable postage stamp size (after months of careful "magazine" layout, or who will object to the major sectionalization (after much work and consideration by myself and another editor, this was quickly undone by a previously unseen editor but also quickly reverted by myself), etc.

I would like to maintain this high level status until bridge opening in 2013 and then go for FA status. Your assistance this effort will be appreciated.

Please forward to any editors you think worthy of the invitation, particularly those of a technical, structural, or architectural inclination.

It is my personal belief that this structure will rank among the most significant modern structural+artistic achievements alongside the works of Santiago_Calatrava, Frank Lloyd Wright, and particularly, Jørn Utzon (Sydney Opera House), despite the fact that there is no single big name personality dominating this design.

Thanks, Leonard G. (talk) 23:41, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

*** (Fill in your favorite pejorative term here)

Copied solar tracker article

Hi Sam:

Could you take a look at this - we have an external use that appears to violate our license terms.

User_talk:Anmclarke#Copied_solar_tracker_article

Thanks, Leonard G. (talk) 22:46, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any boiler plate text for a polite notice? - Leonard G. (talk) 20:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Request to userfy Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited

Hi Sam,

I'm requesting you to kindly userfy the Wikipedia article on "Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited".

The company information (of Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited) that was added was done in neutral way stating the facts. Please let us know what changes you require for the page to exist. It's is the pioneer in the field of biometrics application in Bangladesh, and till today this is the only Bangladeshi company to accomplish that. This is a noteworthy achievement for a software company in our country. More importantly, many of its competitors have their entry in Wikipedia, whereas, Tiger IT ranks number one in competition. All claims about rankings were provided with detailed and accurate references for verification as well. This is also the company that had a historic contribution in running the country's first software based voter registration system in 2007-2008. A company that performed AFIS matching in 80 million records is very rare and had the largest database of this kind at the time of this achievement (in 2008). These are milestones set by not just a company, but a country.

Furthermore, if I.R.I.S. corporation can have their entry, we must allow Tiger IT's article to be here as well. Not to mention, Tiger IT's competitors NEC, SAGEM, Cogent Inc., also have their Wikipedia entries. Please rather share with me how we can make this article better, or if you need to see sources of all the facts. I'm new, so please share your assistance or if you even want to please help me on such things.

There is a discussion related to this also available at: User_talk:Freeway360i#Re:Deletion_of:_Tiger_IT_Bangladesh_Limited_Page

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freeway360i (talk • contribs) 09:53, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sam, Please review my userfied page on the article User:Freeway360i/Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited. Please put your comments and questions and assist me. Thanks! Freeway360i (talk) 10:27, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:SpecialCategoryTOC

Template:SpecialCategoryTOC has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

autonumbering tables

Hello, I was trying to find an answer to a question about auto numbering tables and I found a solution - while I was looking the search pointed out that you were looking for how to do that for some list of bridges.

Just thought I'd mention it - probably a long forgotten issue now :) EdwardLane (talk) 00:16, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Request for deleted page text

“Sam”:

My name is Robert and I am new to writing/editing for Wikipedia. Your name was listed as someone I could ask about retrieving the text from a deleted article.

I was wondering if you could provide the text from the deleted page on “Brainware” (it’s a business software company). I’m not sure how this works, so if there’s something you need from me, please ask.

Thank you very much.

Robert Zoch Robert.Zoch@Brainware.com 703-948-5831

RobertZBrainware (talk) 15:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done by -- Luk ^talk 16:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hitsuishijima bridge

Dear Sam,

I saw a special photo of the Hitsuishijima Bridge uploaded in an wiki article by you. Now, I am looking for the original photo of the Hitsuishijima Bridge. I need the full sesolution and the source of this picture where you found it in the internet: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Seto_Bri1.jpg

Maybe in a special picture database?

Thank you a lot in advance!

Best regards Judith — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.73.42 (talk) 12:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Emmerich am Rhein Osten small.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Emmerich am Rhein Osten small.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Leyo 00:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Sam,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.34.167 (talk) 20:57, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon

San Francisco Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon! Who should come? You should. Really.
	The San Francisco Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco! Participate in editing subjects about women's history and beyond! Workshops will also be hosted. New and experienced editors of any gender are welcome! We look forward to seeing you there!

Requesting Rollback Rights

Hi there, I see you are willing to grant rollback rights there... :) I want to use Huggle to fight vandalism. I am currently using STiky and well, depending on how to look at it, I am quite near the top of the leaderboard. Thanks.

★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 12:29, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Just in case you are interested, I was a IP vandal 3-4 years ago, but then I turned over a new leaf (or turned into a leaf, as one of my ex-teachers used to say) :D

You're invited: San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited!

The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! This event will be specifically geared around encouraging women to learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Workshops on copy-editing, article creation, and sourcing will be hosted. Bring a friend! Come one, come all!

EdwardsBot (talk) 23:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC) · Unsubscribe[reply]

San Francisco Wiknic 2012

	San Francisco Wiknic at Golden Gate Park
	You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. We're still looking for input on planning activities, and thematic overtones. List your add yourself to the attendees list, and edit the picnic as you like. —Max Klein {chat} 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
	If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Invite.

Yiling Bridge

I added two images to Yiling Bridge, these from my personal website. I have not yet excavated the camera images, but have them on CDs.

- Leonard G. (talk) 02:14, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For granting me rollback rights :D ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 03:51, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HI there Sam

I was wondering if you could help me out I had posted an article and it was deleted by another admin on the grounds is was A7 article without notability or merit? The person is an actor from Resident Evil Games it was sourced yet it was deleted? I am at a loss at the speedy deletion button... who decides it can and should be used? Or wether it is warranted..? It seems rather indiscriminate.. How can this be changed now? ...I really need to have this page back up by next week. :/

Thank you so much for reading — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.26.181.116 (talk) 11:38, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to help you, but since you made the request anonymously on my page, and there are no deleted pages that correspond to that anonymous IP address, and you didn't mention the name of the deleted page, there is no way for me to guess who you are, and what page you are talking about. So reply from a registered account, and provide the name of the deleted article, and I'll restore it to a subpage of you your user space. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 01:18, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of 94117

The article 94117 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of notability. We don't have separate articles on separate zip codes unless they are specifically notable for some reason.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. TexasAndroid (talk) 16:16, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! - Wiki Loves Monuments - San Francisco Events

Hi! As part of Wiki Loves Monuments, we're organizing two photo events in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Yosemite National Park. We hope you can come out and participate! Feel free to contact User:Almonroth with questions or concerns.

There are three events planned:

September 15, Saturday - A bike ride along San Francisco's waterfront
September 22-23rd, Saturday-Sunday - Wiki Takes Yosemite
September 29, Saturday - A sunset and harvest moon bridges, palace, boats and tower tour

We look forward to seeing you there!

You are receiving this message because you signed up on the SF Bay Area event listing, or have attended an event in the Bay Area. To remove yourself, please go here. EdwardsBot (talk) 00:45, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Krungthep Mahanakhon sample.ogg

Thank you for uploading File:Krungthep Mahanakhon sample.ogg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. Paul_012 (talk) 15:29, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! Ada Lovelace Day San Francisco

October 16 - Ada Lovelace Day Celebration - You are invited!

Come celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco on October 16! This event, hosted by the Ada Initiative, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Wikimedia Foundation. It'll be a meet up style event, though you are welcome to bring a laptop and edit about women in STEM if you wish. Come mix, mingle and celebrate the legacy of the world's first computer programmer.

The event is October 16, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, everyone is welcome!

You must RSVP here - see you there!
SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland

Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Dazi Bridge

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Nomination of List of French-language films for deletion

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User:Sam/monobook.js

Hi. Could you please unprotect User:Sam/monobook.js? Such pages can only be edited by the user to which they're attached or by administrators. Full protection adds no benefit. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiknic 2013

Wiknic 2013
Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland
Theme: Hyperlocal list-making

This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!

Location and Directions

Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
- Nearest BART: 19th Street
- Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
- Street parking abounds

EdwardsBot (talk) 04:42, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited...

to two upcoming Bay Area events:

Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:33, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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intersections

Please see discussion happening at User_talk:Magnus_Manske#new_version_of_category_intersections around category intersections - he's built a superfast intersect + javascript that brings it into the browser. we're getting close. come take a look, I built a more extended prototype as well - you need to add javascript to your commons.js file for now. Welcome your thoughts and inputs. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 16:36, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for Rollback

Hey, Sam! I'm posting here to just to ask whether you could grant me rollback powers? I'm fighting vandalism every time I come on to Wikipedia and strive to assist the community as much as possible. At the moment I currently do everything manually with Twinkle which some people should know can get kinda annoying, trying to find all the vandalism. With the rollback feature, it'll allow me to use automation programs such as STiki. If you could assist me on my goal for a vandalism-free Wikipedia, I would be very grateful. Thank you TheEpTic (talk) 20:04, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just an update: Another admin and I have both agreed that the user still needs more experience. Possible 'admin shopping' has been pointed out. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:12, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

File:Csaky madonna.jpg

Hi Sam! The first Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in San Francisco.

Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here!

SarahStierch (talk) 09:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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You're invited! WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley

Saturday, April 5 - WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley - You are invited!

The University of California, Berkeley's Berkeley Center for New Media is hosting our first edit-a-thon, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, on April 5! This event, focused on engaging women to contribute to Wikipedia, will feature a brief Wikipedia policy and tips overview, followed by a fast-paced energetic edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history!

The event is April 5, from 1-5 PM, at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons at Moffitt Library.

You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 23:53, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

Hi Sam. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:39, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

bread & puppet photograph

Hi Sam - I'm writing a book that includes a history of "Bread & Puppet." I'd love to include your father's photograph. I was wondering if you could contact me at jjarnow@well.com? Thanks, Jesse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.95.151 (talk) 20:59, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category:New York ZIP codes

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Possible addition to your List of longest suspension bridge spans

Hello Sam

Sorry made a mistake. Please ignore. Stumpy2171 (talk) 12:03, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco

You are invited! → Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco → Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 1-5 PM

The Edit-a-thon will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival.

Writers from all over the Bay Area and the world will be in town during the nine day festival, so the timing is just right for us to meet, create and improve articles about literature and writers.

All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. This event will include new editor training. Please bring your laptop.

The venue: Wikimedia Foundation offices (149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105) – Google Maps view

You must RSVP here — see you there! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:48, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ambassador bridge small.JPG listed for deletion

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SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending!

First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works!

Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course!

I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
When? June 2015
How can you help?
1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here

2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)

3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

Eastern span replacement

Greetings Sam:

Thanks for the "heads up" notice.

I was afraid of this - people wanting to strip the construction details out of the article once the construction is completed.

My vision for the article has always been focused not on the completed bridge but on the processes and problems of its creation.

While it seems to me appropriate to have a lightweight article on the eastern span (or as an enlarged section of the SFOBB article), I think it is important to keep the current eastern span article with all its details (perhaps under a new title - something like "Design and Construction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge New Eastern Span"), this to keep the selection, politics, and construction details visible and to document the on-going difficulties, otherwise such are likely to be swept under the rug, likely to be repeated here or elsewhere.

I am awaiting your comments.

Best wishes,

- Leonard.

Leonard G. (talk) 18:53, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Requesting rollback

The user Helmoony is mass-removing "Tunisian arabic" in articles that was in place since several months. after the debate in Tunisia portal in september, an admin finally decided to grant the mention of Tunisian arabic for the names of people and places. Things were so settled since then, but the user Helmoony is recently removing all the mentions, could you please do something about it ? Thank you.Zangouang (talk) 16:24, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SFOBBESR Cable Gallery

Greetings Sam:

Please weigh in on the Eastern Span article talk: "Talk:Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco–Oakland_Bay_Bridge#Cable_galleries"

Thanks, Leonard G. (talk) 02:15, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon series kickoff, April 27

Please join us in San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. We have two brief presentations lined up for our kickoff event in downtown San Francisco:

The Nueva Upper School recently hosted the first ever high school Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We will hear what interests them about Wikipedia, what they have learned so far, and what they hope to achieve.
Photojournalist Kris Schreier Lyseggen, author of The Women of San Quentin: The Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons, will tell us about her work and how she researched the topic.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see here: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2016

We hope to see you -- and until then, happy editing! - Pete, Ben & Wayne

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, and Checkingfax via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC) | Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the SF Meetups notice.[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride 2016

As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?

Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:

A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:
What topics might we cover in a follow up?

Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)

Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
Join in on an in person Wikidojo!
Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)

Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.

Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!

If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:

We will have:

Light snacks, and time to mingle
A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you tonight! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)[reply]

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight

Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!

We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. All info here. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! (Registering ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, Stephen and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon

Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og
Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.

Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:

Open mic for anybody who attended WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
Question & answer
Open mic for announcements
Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016.

PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen, Jacob, and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Sam.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Details and RSVP here.

See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

In addition, this month we will have:

a brief presentation from User:Cullen328 (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
community announcements from the floor

For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: meta:Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco#Announcements and promotion

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month.

Hope to see you there! Wayne (and Ben) - co-organizers
Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon

Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]

Archive link (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)

Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, California.

Cheers! Co-organizer Checkingfax - and co-organizer Ben Creasy | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to a birthday bash to Celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district.

For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017

The San Francisco gathering is one of a number of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide.

See you soon! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice)

PS: We need volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add your name to the Project page, and what you can offer. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the page.

Bay Area WikiSalon usually meets the last Wednesday evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch and learn about new projects and ideas.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder invitation to the Wikipedia Day 16 birthday bash & edit-a-thon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district and everybody is invited!

Details and RSVP here

See you Sunday! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte

PS: We still need more volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add what you can offer and your name to the Project page or Talk about it. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the Project page. The event is already growing due to volunteers that have stepped up so far.

Bay Area WikiSalon meets one evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch or learn about new projects and ideas.

Note: the previous invitation had a bum wikilink. Sorry! | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for February 22

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon February reminder

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6 p.m.

For details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne (co-coordinators) | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your invitation: Bay Area WikiSalon series at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace in the Mission near 16th Street BART (temporary change of venue). The good news is this means that you can bring spontaneous guests if you forget to RSVP!

If possible, please RSVP as it helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017

See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Reminder: Tonight is Bay Area WikiSalon at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

Details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017 (optional, but helpful for food and special needs accommodations)

We are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace (temporary venue change) near 16th ST BART in SF.

See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Wednesday night you are invited! Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather for the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will have some announcements and lightning talks from the floor, and a breakout session. This is our one year anniversary, so there will be cake!

Please RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne
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In search for an Aloe 185.106.180.140 (talk) 10:09, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi My name i Fredrik Neppelberg and I am a senior Designer at Stockholm Design Lab. We are a design agency situated i Stockholm Sweden. I am writing to you in hope to get an ok for using one of your pictures for a packaging project. And, of course, to make sure that you are the original source for the picture. Yes, it's commercial work but on a very tight budget that's why we are searching for images within Creative Commons license .

The picture we have in mind is this: Spiral Aloe from above.JPG

And we intend to crop it to focus on the spiral shape in the middle

Please get back to us with your thoughts Best regards

/Fredrik

–––– Fredrik Neppelberg Senior Designer MFA Stockholm Design Lab

Address: Stadsgården 6 116 45 Stockholm

+46 733 55 1919 Mobile +46 8 5555 1900 Front Desk

fredrik@stockholmdesignlab.se www.stockholmdesignlab.se

Everybody is invited to the May 31 Bay Area WikiSalon series!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are taking it on the road to Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. There will be periodic guided tours of Noisebridge. You can stay late, on your own! YeeHaw!

For details and to RSVP, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne
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We're on Twitter!

WikiLGBT is on Twitter!

Hello Sam!
Follow the Wikimedia LGBT user group on Twitter at @wikilgbt for news, photos, and other topics of interest to LGBT Wikipedans and allies. Use #wikiLGBT to share any Wiki Loves Pride stuff that you would like to share (whether this month or any day of the year) or to alert folks to things that the LGBT Wikipedan community should know. RachelWex (talk)

For more information about Wiki Loves Pride, → click here ←.

RachelWex 17:51, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bay Area WikiSalon is an unSalon this month!

Please stay where you are for an unSalon!

We are taking July off! Please gather your thoughts for changes that you would like to see in the next 10 months and present them at our July 26 WikiSalon.

Ordinarily, the last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at the Bay Area WikiSalon series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We normally allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m.! The venue will be the Noisebridge hackerspace/makerspace on Mission Street in San Francisco.

Sincerely, Ben Creasy and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of FABGLITTER

The article FABGLITTER has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No notability, WP:G3, WP:A11

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Mathglot (talk) 22:44, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Removed; moot. Mathglot (talk) 01:36, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon in San Francisco, July 22

You're invited to The Black Woman is God Edit-a-Thon at SOMArts in San Francisco on Saturday July 22, 1-4 pm. It'll be at 934 Brannan Street (between 8th & 9th). Everyone is welcome to join this editing event, held in conjunction with The Black Woman is God exhibition to raise the online visibility of Black women artists and challenge the gaps in art history that erase or minimize Black women’s contributions as artists, activists and social change-makers. (Message requested by Dreamyshade and delivered on 14:23, 9 July 2017 (UTC). You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.)[reply]

What is Talk Page Theatre? Come find out!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Come find out what "Talk Page Theatre" is all about! The last Wednesday evening of every other month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks. We will be at the NEW Wikimedia Foundation offices! w00t!!!

Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, November 2017

See you soon! Ben Creasy, Nikikana, and Wayne | ( Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice ) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Sam. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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You are encouraged to change

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MfD nomination of User:Back files

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SFMOMA Edit-a-Thon in San Francisco, March 8

You're invited to an Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon at SFMOMA in San Francisco on Thursday March 8, 5-9 pm. It'll be at 151 Third Street, 2nd floor, free to the public. Everyone is welcome to participate in an evening of communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art, and feminism. (This message is from User:Dreamyshade. You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rollbacker

I would like to have the rollback button. I enjoy reviewing Wiki pages and see so many people putting stupid things on pages (such as Lin Manuel Miranda's page) and it just needs to be reverted back. Sometimes there is a lot and I go through and change each one. Hockeygal9999 (talk) 01:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Periodically, on the last Wednesday evening of the month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to munch, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for announcements, informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Bring a friend! Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. This months focus is images!

We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks (maybe pizza too!).

For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

See you soon! Ben Creasy, Nikikana, Stephen, and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE! Bay Area WikiSalon moved to June 6!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Our apologies, but we are rescheduling to Wednesday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m. due to a WMF host scheduling conflict.

For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

See you soon! Niki, Ben, Stephen, and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

REMINDER: Bay Area WikiSalon is Wednesday, June 6

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

When: Wednesday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m.

For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2018 (note: we are meeting at the new WMF HQ at 120 Kearny Street!)

See you soon! Niki, Lodewijk, Ben, Stephen, and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for July 25!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

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Higher quality Beacon Bridge image

Is there a higher resolution version of your Newburgh-Beacon Bridge photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.41.64.174 (talk) 19:02, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is, and I previously licensed it to an advertising agency. It is about 5M in size. See the note here. SamuelWantman 19:12, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Pages with incorrectly transcluded templates

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I noticed your user talk page is showing up on Category:Pages with incorrectly transcluded templates, so I thought it might be your {{talkheader}} template, but that seems to be able to be used on user talk pages. SMcCandlish, any idea what the issue is? I can't figure it out...

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It was because Template:Fifteen Year Society invitation wasn't substituted. These things are easy to track down: delete the top half of the page, and preview to see if the issue is still present. If so, you know it's in the bottom half. So delete half of that, and so forth, until you narrow it down to a single post. We really should probably have a bot keep track of notices that are supposed to be substituted, and which will just go around subst'ing them (in the applicable namespaces; shouldn't do it to them in their own documentation, etc.). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 03:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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hello I recently joined wikipedia to start to understand about creating articles. I chose Justin Kingsley as my first subject - ambitious maybe but I had heard him speak a couple of times and he's very interesting. and he doesn't have a wikipedia page. unfortunately the article I spent many many hours creating was deleted. I understand you may be able to help me retrieve it so that I can work on it again? if so that would be amazing. I know there is work to do to make it better so this doesn't happen again and I'd like to do that. any help would be appreciated, thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misletoe20 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to obatin a copy of the recent deleted article The discpline of organizing (book) deleted last week. I'll rewrite it content to avoid de "promotional" flag and the speed deletion policy. Tsaorin (talk) 14:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can find it here: User:Tsaorin/TDO SamuelWantman 14:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Defunct WikiProject

Hello, Sam! I'm Roy a normal wikipedian editor here! I noticed that you are the owner of this WikiProject defunct Wikipedia:Community Facilitation, I'm asking a permission if we can claim this and change the name of WikiProject? I ask this on the talk page of WikiProject Council. If you let me give this, I will make sure this is will be active at all times. Thanks! Royiswariii Talk! 16:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think you need my permission. Go for it. Good luck. It never went anywhere 15 years ago because it was near impossible to get enough buy-in to make it work. --SamuelWantman 17:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. But, just a quick question, should be the title start with "WikiProject"? Royiswariii Talk! 23:31, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what the convention is these days. Let me know what you come up with. SamuelWantman 00:48, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please provide the text of the deleted article List of controversial elections so that I can use it to prepare an appeal of the deletion or restore it in a way the addresses the editorial concerns expressed in the AfD. (and maybe the text of earlier revisions if there were any substantial changes prior to the deletion)

Thank you.

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