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"untrue statement"

I can actually picture some fairly obvious ways for that not to be untrue.--SarekOfVulcan 08:17, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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sarcasm?

I don't know how the `sth happend to fasiscists' statement feats into Wiki. But it's your pagina.

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Andy Shaw, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Andy Shaw. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Diez2 17:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:29 the cat.JPG

I have a cat that would let me do that to him too, and probably it wouldn't hurt or bother him at all, (and it would be funny, because I'd know I wasn't hurting him) but the picture as it stands is kind of disturbing and is unlikely to ever be used in any encyclopedia article. Someone has already tagged it for speedy deletion and I'm inclined to do delete it. Please let me know what your intention was in uploading this photo. Cheers. Dina 04:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding. It isn't really an issue of censorship, so much as utility. Wikipedia doesn't generally host images purely for creating galleries on userpages. I did not tag the image as offensive (someone else did)-- as I said, I can see that the cat probably isn't being harmed. But it's difficult to see where else in the encyclopedia the image could possibly be useful (we don't have an article on Fake kitty torture) and it's clearly offended at least one editor. That's why I asked. Note: Adding it to Animal abuse was, honestly, not the world's smartest idea. It will likely be deleted very quickly, whether I do anything about it or not. Cheers. Dina 04:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commodity Fetishism and diamonds and cars and pearls and anything luxury...

With your rationale, you would quite happily and arbitrarily add a link to any article that seems to fit the notion of commodity fetishism. If diamonds are an example of commodity fetishism is quite different to a related page link. The 'See also' section is to direct the reader to articles that RELATE to diamonds NOT luxury in general. Your link is irrelevant to the article topic. SauliH 05:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:29 the cat.JPG listed for deletion

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Peter Francis Geraci

I've added some content to the article, if you want to take a look. Any other stars of Chicagoland TV yet to be covered?Zagalejo 05:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:S1-kultur-2 copy.jpg)

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HP Photosmart 320

I have nominated this article (and many other HP product pages) for deletion via AFD; please use the link at the top of the article if you would like to add your comments to the discussion. --Brianyoumans 07:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vi Daley

To revert to a pre-vandalism version, I had to overwrite your updates to her page. Please feel free to re-add them. As the aldermanic election nears, People are mistakenly believing that vandalising her page will help or hurt other candidates. Most serious challengers believe that Daley's record should be made public and that rational discussion of her strengths and weaknesses will lead to appropriate results in the election. So addition of NPOV positive and negative information to her page will be welcomed and not arbitrarily deleted. But I am keeping a close watch on it for vandalism. Jeffab123 09:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of American Merchant Stripes

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stencil = 1984

I know you uploaded the picture, and it seems obvious, but do you think we can assume that 1984 means the book? --Knulclunk 03:16, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Coalition for Change and Progress

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108 North State Street

Would it be possible to get pictures of different languages instead of 3 of the English? Also, please either properly cite the woodblock stuff or remove it. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 22:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Arbeiter Zeitung (Anarchist)

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The Chicago paper was published by anarchists, the kind of Germans that the fascists murdered. The fascists certainly did not borrow ideas from them just because they wrote in the same language. Are you thinking of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung? --Orange Mike 01:45, 28 August 2007 (UTC) (hopes you realize "Zeitung" means "Times")[reply]

yes i understand that but im more interested in how people of any political base will have the need to study and criticize other political structures. I was actually making a link (putting those double brackets in) of Arbeiter Zeitung on the - i forget - haymarket riot page? and when it was blue, i clicked on it and found the fascist article and all i could think is how ideas flow from one direction into another meaning that the anarchist workers paper printed in chicago would have a fascist counterpart printed in germany several decades later! The first must have affected the second. The population of germans in chicago was tied to the germans in germany by family, history, language, culture etc. and this would help these ideas promulgate.

?What fascist article? There was an anti-fascist paper of the same name in Austria many years later; but no fascist paper had that name. Are you sure you don't have things mixed up here? --Orange Mike 02:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC) (in schöne Milwaukee)[reply]

oh shit maybe i put somethign in my bong that i shouldnt have, but i could swear thta there was a fascist paper of the same name on here......

Little context in Arbeiter Zeitung (Anarchist)

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Declined to delete

Well knowing that it is an historic newspaper, I have declined to delete it as an admin and removed the tag. I have also added to it a little and added an academic reference. There should be no further difficulty. The date from your apparent source is probably not correct, and I am checking. The title is being moved to Arbeiter-Zeitung (Chicago) per the Manual of Style. DGG (talk) 15:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see, I've strengthened the article considerably, placing it in its proper context in labor and Chicago history. Solidarity forever! --Orange Mike 14:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC) (IWW I.U. 660)[reply]

Chicago Seed

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AfD nomination of John Jovino Gun Shop

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Speedy deletion of Neo (nightclub)

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The political graffiti gallery

Hi. I just wanted to explain my edit to you: I removed the gallery in the Graffiti article itself because there is already a link to a gallery of political graffiti present (the commons template in the external links section). The 'Uses' section also starts with an example of political graffiti and that is sufficient for the article itself as an visual example: see guidelines Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#Images. I suggest you add the pictures to the gallery in commons, if you'd like. I also want to note that some of the pictures in the gallery weren't political though: e.g. the viking graffiti, the kilroy graffiti. Or what do you suggest? Key to the city (talk) 13:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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AfD nomination of Sharkula

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Speedy deletion of Old Town Ale House

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laughing_man image

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GA Thanks

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Gandhi and Hitler

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Do you know?

Don't you know how to rotate an image?

It is easy.

For example, using MSFT Paint:

Open MSFT Paint.

Select the image using, File, Open, then browse for the image.

With the image open in MSFT Paint, select Image, Flip/Rotate.

Then choose how you want to rotate the image:

Flip horizontal

Flip vertical

Rotate by angle

90°

180°

270°

Say, "Rotate by angle", 90°.

This will fix an image like, , would now be how it is supposed to be. I would be embarrassed to post such a simple fix.

- 4.240.165.47 (talk) 05:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Emma Goldman's grave

The picture, we thought, would help us find it as we aimlessly wandered through the Waldheim Cemetery yesterday. Luckily it was a beautiful day.

Is it possible for you to give me some sort of idea as to where this is? I heard it isnt too far from one of the entrances and Im wondering if we were in the complete wrong cemetery alltogether as we were surrounded by different ones on all sides of the street.

It would be much appreciated.

Can you email me at [e-mail]?

Thanks HadasPrittypistol (talk) 15:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

7th millenium BC figurines photo

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Speedy deletion nomination of Swaptree.com

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Image info request

Hi. Could you please add some info about File:Woodblock Enter.jpg? Eg, do you remember what country or city you were in when you photographed it? Thanks. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:03, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- Infrogmation (talk) 23:08, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Schmidt Metzgerei

Could you please tell me where exactly the old "Schmidt Metzgeri" is located in Chicago? Thank you very much. Shahrdad (talk) 17:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! I looked it up on Googlemaps, and it is at 1800 North Hudson Avenue, Chicago IL 60614-5202, right at the corner of Hudson and Menomonee. It's now the Mary Aileen O'Callaghan Law office. Thank you again. I don't think I could have found it without your help. Shahrdad (talk) 12:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Oliver Hodge

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Proposed deletion of The Union (film)

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Chicago photo during the 2011 Groundhog day winter storm

Chicago's Fullerton Harbor looking south during the storm (left) and on a clear day for comparison

I don't really know how to nominate a photo on wikipedia, let alone two photos, but your two photos really capture how Chicago has changed during a (heavy) Winter's day. I love it (well, I hate Winter, but I love how you captured it), and if you, or anyone else, knows how to qualify these photos for 'featured picture', I'll back it up 100,000%!! Anyhow, a great appreciation from my side of the screen towards you! Robster1983 (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, hurrah, them photos are nominated! :D Of course, the moment I saw your email, I logged in to give the nomination my big support. Hopefully many other Wikipedians appreciate the photos also! Robster1983 (talk) 16:18, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just found out your photos weren't promoted. Sorry to hear that, I really am. They had my vote, for sure! On the other hand: since 'photo' seems to be your middle-name, chances are that you'll surprise us with another photo soon. Anyhow, keep it up! Robster1983 (talk) 21:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A big thanks

A big thanks for the cigar! Usually I don't smoke, but for this occasion I will gladly make an exception, and know for sure that I will enjoy it! :) Thnx! Robster1983 (talk) 18:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Lumpen (magazine)

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Dead_Drop_(USB)

The article you created Dead_Drop_(USB) seems like an interesting concept, but I was wondering if you could point out a source for it actually being done. I'd love to see the article stick around. Monty845 (talk) 01:55, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why not uploading your images at Commons?

Hi Victor, I wonder why you do not upload your images at Wikimedia Commons, so every project could use them, instead of uploaing them at the English Wikipedia? Regards, Pilettes (talk) 12:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed it while having a look at the images from the eartship-article. But in general it is a little bit a shame, that not ervery project can benefit from your pictures. Perhaps you can change your force of habit and upload in the future at the commons, so we all can benefit from your contributions. If you have a image uploaded at wikipedia and not in commons and I think it would be useful to have it at the commons, I will upload them there (if copyright makes no problems) but we all can have it easier. I would be pleased. :) Regards, --Pilettes (talk) 22:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Powerdecal for deletion

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Meeting

Dear Victor,

it's nice to hear about the Wikipedia Stories Project. I will be happy to meet you at Wikimania. I arrive a day before Wikimania itself to participate Chapters meeting and ComCom meeting... Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 13:56, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Stories Project

Hi Victor! Sure, I'd be willing to tell you my story at Wikimania, though I don't know how exciting or interesting it is! I'll be in Haifa from Wednesday evening through Saturday evening. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 22:40, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• What they said - but I'll be around throughout the event. Rich Farmbrough, 08:51, 21 July 2011 (UTC).[reply]
  

Wikimania Interview

Hi Victorgrigas! You did message me! (Alex suggested me as I am part of the minority of editors) Do you still have any open spots this weekend? I can talk a bit about the student club idea to encourage new editors. MichChemGSI (talk) 10:00, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of People are Knowledge (film)

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A bananaski for you

	A bananaski for you
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Charles Bernardini

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Proposed deletion of Charles Bernardini

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E-mail and phone call

I replied to your e-mail but it bounced. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise. sonia♫ 03:24, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Too bad. I was free today, but I'm busy until at next week. Try me then. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:54, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. I am going to try the address connected to your account here. --Guerillero | My Talk 23:52, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please send me the e-mail address to use. I have time to talk this afternoon if you wish. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:45, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OWS new york times

Great finding(File:Nytimesoccupywallstreet.jpg)! Thanks for contributing that, and i hope you'll find more! Mrwho00tm (talk) 18:06, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed them from the irrelevant articles. It only applies to OWS, so don't add your distorted propaganda or anti-news agenda to anymore articles. Thanks. 99.162.63.241 (talk) 19:19, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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No story

Thanks for the invite, but I don't have any story. I just futz around on Wikipedia as a hobby. I hope I am doing no harm but doubt that I am doing much good. I am very skeptical about the longer-term value of the project. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:33, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

I'm indeed interested in participating in Wikipedia Stories Project. I understand that you had requested me to send a mail in this regard. But will you be able to identify me by my mail id. Or can you send a test mail to me using the "E-mail user" option?-Ravi_{My Tea Kadai} 01:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and my my reply. --Bhadani (talk) 16:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replied by mail. Tintin 15:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

I don't think so I will be able to makie it to WikiConference India, however if You can personally meet me in Mumbai or even phone conversation will do. Thank you!! -- Karthik Nadar (talk) 04:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah, sure, I'd love to help you, sir. My email address is [e-mail]. I'll give you my phone-number through my email. Kostantino888Z (talk) 03:19, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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WCI 2011 Pics

Hiya, Just strolling by to request you to upload pics from WCI 2011 to Commons (I see you have done the hackathon, would love to have ones from the main event as well). Cheers, Around The Globe^सत्यमेव जयते 06:33, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure- i have a bit of a backlog now, but i'l get to it as soon as i can! :) Victor Grigas (talk) 18:44, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great photos of WCI 2011 - and the Indians with cellphones had me laughing aloud. Cheers! Bishdatta (talk) 06:33, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimedia Stories Project

Hi Victor,

Thank you for your message. I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in being interviewed for the project.

Happy holidays, — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 19:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Your photos

I enjoyed perusing through your photos on your userpage. Nice job on them. :-) Killiondude (talk) 04:02, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Wikimedia Stories Project

Hi Victor;

thanks for thinking of me for your interviews, feel free to send me an e-mail here with the details. If you think that the life of a wiki-addict like me deserves to be included in your project, go ahead (at yout own risk ;). I hope my story can be helpful to others. Cheers!.--Darius (talk) 23:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Victor, and thanks for your interview proposal. Unfortunately, I'm not living in Buenos Aires (nor in Argentina) any more, but feel free to contact me if you happen to visit Slovenia. Cheers, Mariano(t/c) 08:38, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Victor. Thanks for your invitation. I don't think I could provide anything interesting enough though. But, hey, I will probably meet you in Natal (BR) on March \o/ ” T_eLeS (T _{@ L C S}) 20:43, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sao Paulo Event

Hello Victor!

Your portuguese is pretty good. Did you have that translated?

I must apologize, I am not in Sao Paulo, so I will not be available for an interview. I am actually in Haiti, doing after-quake aid work. If you ever stop by here, I'd be happy to give you a story. :)

-Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesblack (talk • contribs) 21:47, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I cant take credit for the Portugese, I let Google Translate do all the work! Yes, I'd be interested in speaking with you via Skype or Phone or whatever means is easiest for you! Unfortunately I have no plans as of yet to travel to Haiti.

Hey Victor!

First of all, I wanna thank you for giving us such opportunity. Second, I'm living on Sao Paulo as now, so I'm pretty sure I will be able to meet you when you come here, and tell my history for you. Feel free to drop another message in my user talk so we can talk further about this.

--Agentel (talk) 23:19, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Agentel,

I'm glad to hear that you are interested in attending! Do you think you can come to the event we are holding? Are there any questions you have for me? I'd like to be as open as I can be! :D

Victor Victor Grigas (talk) 23:47, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Victor; I'm quite interested in the opportunity to talk about my experiences as a Wikipedian, even though most of my editing happens in the English language Wikipedia. If you need any help with translation as well, I'm a near-fluent American English speaker (and native Brazilian) and I'm willing to help with WikiSampa in any capacity required (within reason). Let me know if you need anything.

Ed Mercer (talk) 18:29, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ed,

That's Great! Thank you for your interest in helping! I see you put your name on the 'who wants to go' list on the signup page. Are there things that might deter you from coming? Do you have any questions for me? I'd like to help! :)

Victor

Victor Grigas (talk) 23:54, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Victor,

I cannot be sure I'm going to be available at March 1st, I teach English to small children on Thursday mornings and early afternoons, but my Fridays are mostly free. So my participation, at least so far, is tentative at best. If you need help with translation when I'm not teaching, I'm definitely there! Just let me know. ;)

Ed

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Stories Project

Dear Victor. I'd love to participate in this Stories Project. Unfortunatelly I have a trip to a mission in Antartica (yes, really), starting March 6 and untill March 27. If you can antecipate that schedule or if you'd like to communicate through skype or phone, that'd be alright. I can try to record something from Antartica as well, saying how Wikipedia has helped me excel in my work environment and give me these kinds of opportunities. Anyway, feel free to contact me again, I hope we can arrange something. Regards. leguas (talk) 00:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interview

Hey Victor! I responded to your e-mail about the stories project. Ursinism (talk) 10:59, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Thanks, but no. I don't like to meet with people I just knew on the internet, sorry. If I can help in anything else, tell me ;) --RatonBat ^Talk 2 me!! 14:22, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Getting together

It was a pleasure to meet you at the meetup this weekend! I posted some photos of you at the meetup on commons: User:Victorgrigas#San_Francisco_Wikipedia_Meetup_February_2012 Is there a time that would work for you to come into the office for a one-on-one interview (if you are interested of course)?

Victor Grigas (talk) 17:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoyed our discussion on Saturday. I have some business in San Francisco on Friday morning, and will probably be done by very early afternoon. So would sometime Friday afternoon work for you? Cullen^328 Let's discuss it 22:51, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because of the nature of the work I do, I can't say exactly when I will be finished with my San Francisco customer, but I would be surprised if it was after 1:00 p.m. How about if I post here on this page when I am wrapping up, and then I will head downtown to Wikimedia Galactic Headquarters? Cullen^328 Let's discuss it 06:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have another interview scheduled from 12-1, but anytime around then works for me :) Victor Grigas (talk) 17:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia story

Dear Victor Firs of all thank you very much for writing. Unfortunately I will not be able to be in Buenos Aires on the aforementioned dates. In addition I would like to know more about the stories. Do you mean stories of how we got involved with Wikipedia or our participation in it?. I am a casual user and I barely contributed so there isn't much story on my case. Anyways thank you for writing, I hope I hear from you soon InfoLove — Preceding unsigned comment added by InfoLove (talk • contribs) 05:59, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Sure, why not? –w2bh _{talk•contribs} 16:03, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Hi, thanks for the invitation, but sorry, I will not be in the WikiSampa 12. However, anything I can help you, just ask me. --Ricvelozo (talk) 18:23, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia Stories Project

Thank you for your invitation. I'm not sure if I'll be available on March 1st, but I will check it later. Victão Lopes ^I hear you... 23:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Hi there, sorry for the delay, and thanks for the invitation, but I am no longer active at Wikipedia, and it has been too long since I joined to remember many experiences that might have been convenient for the chat. I don't think it should be ethically correct to persuade people when I am no longer active. Regards -- ReyBrujo (talk) 02:48, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Victor, I am contacting you because I am interested in the Wikimedia Stories Project and several Spanish Wikipedia users told me that you coming to Buenos Aires.

I was told to contact you and here I am, I have many questions as: Where will the interview, will it be in English? Also consult you if I can take my parents because I have only 10 years old.

I hope your answer :) regards Lucas --Rgaj123 (talk) 19:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Hi Victor, I left a reply to your message on my talk page :-) - MsBatfish (talk • contribs) 06:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Valentine's Day

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Re: Wikimedia Stories Project

Hello Victor I left 2 places on the page, the Planetarium Galileo Galilei (although not if you can) and the Centro Cultural General San Martin, where either made ​​a Meetup and Wikimania 2009.

For me it would be easier to go on the afternoon of day, even I know that's not up to me. Although not if you go, by my parents auntos, makes it impossible to attend;)

Of course, greetings :) Lucas --Rgaj123 (talk) 01:54, 16 February 2012 (UTC) Well, it really would be more convenient for me on Sunday March 11. Because my father works all on Saturday. Thank you very much for the attention being, but I have a doubt. Do you know Spanish? Since it is complicated by the language.[reply]

Well greetings and sorry to bother you, because they sure have a busy schedule and interrupt to answer my messages greetings :) --Rgaj123 (talk) 02:16, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArgentinaStorytelling

Hi Victor, did you receive my mail? Best, Galio (talk) 01:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just replied to your message - I'd like to organize the event with you! :) Thank you for your thoughtful reply Victor Grigas (talk) 20:12, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thank you. You are too kind--Orestek (talk) 06:25, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

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Coconut water

Hey Victor, see the last line of the intro. Chico Venancio (talk) 20:38, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, again, Victor. I don't know if this is your area, but I figure you know a bit about motivating people to do something. Could you check out this project proposal I've made on pt.wiki? It is derived from a discussion I had at WikiRio. I have never made or participated heavily on a project before, so any feedback is appreciated. I translated everything so you guys could read it without the peculiar Google translation (you might want to ‎compare it just for fun). Chico Venancio (talk) 23:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Victor, I was wondering about the pictures you took... Chico Venancio (talk) 23:06, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, whats your email - il send them right over 216.38.130.162 (talk) 00:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArgentinaStorytelling

Hi Victor, I have just sent you an email. See you, Banfield - Amenazas aquí 01:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Stories Project

Hi Victor! Yes, i would do that interview. Thanks for asking me! --Arne (talk) 18:00, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will do it too.--Mishae (talk) 00:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Victor. Thanks for asking me. I'd be glad to participate. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Reunião

Sim claro, é só marcar, da última vez tive um compromisso que não poderia adiar, era minha primeira aula em um cursinho comunitário (pré-vestibular), atualmente ministro aulas em dois cursinhos, pretendo criar mais um ano que vem ampliando a rede. estou escrevendo um artigo aqui se quiser acompanhar, utilizei grande parte daquele email que eu te mandei. http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Artigo_para_livro_sobre_recursos_educacionais_abertos Abraços libertários

im of course, just check the last time I had an appointment that could not postpone my first class was a refresher course in Community (pre-university), currently Minister in two classes workshops, intend to create more than a year that has broadened the network. I'm writing an article here if you want to track, I used much of that email I sent you.

http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Artigo_para_livro_sobre_recursos_educacionais_abertos

Raul Campos hugs libertarians also sorry for bad translation lolRautopia (talk) 19:40, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Eu gosto do artigo! I like the article! :) Victor Grigas (talk) 22:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interview

Hi, I would love to . But how long you would stay in Brazil? I am 200miles from São Paulo Regards Ighor

Hello, Victor. Let me know when you going to Russia.--Soul Train (talk) 11:37, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! - I have tentative plans to travel around 6-12 to 6-21 but these dates are not set yet, and may change. Can you do me a big favor and refer me to some Wikipedians whom I should talk to? Victor Grigas (talk) 21:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your message

Hello, Victor! If you plan to go to Russia, I can help to translate your message into Russian. And if you yourself do not know with whom you can meet, then it's not a problem. Can I ask in the Russian Wikipedia, referring to you, who will meet with you. But I myself participate in your idea to, unfortunately I can not. And I apologize for any poor translation of this letter) Thank you. --Korol Bumi (talk) 07:32, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Korol Bumi!

Thank you very much for your reply. I'm sad that you aren't interested in participating, because I have many questions for you, but I'm very happy that you want to help me to find some interesting editors. Can you introduce me to some interesting editors whom you know?

Can I send you a document in Russian and you can read it and tell me if it is correct?

Thank you!

Victor

• Of course, on the translation into Russian, you can right now) I can not participate personally, because physically I did not get to do it. I live in the Transbaikal region, which is very far from the main mass of editors RuWiki. I'll write a post about your arrival. But what exactly is to write about? And with any Russian (possibly large) you copied the editors on this? Someone has to meet Al. Thank you. --Korol Bumi (talk) 08:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think first and foremost, you need to write Vladimir Medeyko (Dr Bug: meta and RuWiki). So it will be more accurate. Do not worry, he knows English well. And the translation I will help you, so send your text, I will be happy to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korol Bumi (talk • contribs) 08:48, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the invitation. I'm not the best person to interview, but I'll think about other possible candidates, maybe other female wikipedians. Which cities in Russia are you going to visit? -- deerstop. 19:03, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I plan to be in Moscow and St. Petersburg, I encounter many people who have modest feelings about their contributions, do you think you have any contributions that you have made that you are particularly proud of? Thank you for offering to help find people for me to talk to! Victor Grigas (talk) 19:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Hello. You have a new message at Benzband's talk page.

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Talkback

You have messages here, although I doubt it's the answer you are looking for. Nolelover ^Talk^·^Contribs 00:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be sure to ping you later when I can do it, but right now would you mind looking at the section below our convo? It's entirely up to you, of course. Cheers, and best of luck with your project. Nolelover ^Talk^·^Contribs 22:05, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Interviewing people

Hi, I saw from several of my edit-friend's talk pages that you were looking to talking to them for stories. [I saw on the talk pages of Netha Hussain and Naveenpf]. Might I make a suggestion of User:Sodabottle ??? He organised an excellent contest which resulted in the Wikimedia Commons getting 15k+ files. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:06, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) Victor Grigas (talk) 18:25, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer Victor (and for the reco Srikanth). Yes i would like to take part in the stories project. --Sodabottle (talk) 18:32, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Saw this on some talk pages

I would like to be interviewed. I have been here for a while with over 24,000 edits, I have rollback, and my articles are patrolled automatically. SL93 (talk) 01:02, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Stories Project

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Re: Wikimedia Stories

Yes, I would like to take a part in the project. I'm an editor since 2007 in the spanish Wikipedia, and I have a main focus in multimedia resources in Wikimedia Commons. You can contact me at magwhiz [at] me [dot] com House (talk) 06:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimedia Stories

Salve, I am only a quite normal wikipedia author, just looking for relevant lemmata, collecting notes + references and compiling this. Even in my mother tongue I am critizised for my bad German. If you still want to interview me, you know where to find me.--Symposiarch (talk) 08:02, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Wikipedia Stories Project

Hmm, you surprised and encouraged me to consider this my year on Wikipedia ;). I started work in full swing in April 2011, I have got 1500 edits in Polish Wikipedia main namespace in this time. Even before I could not understand license issues and I learned a lot about them. Now free culture movement took all my free time, I'm perhaps the youngest active editor on pl.wiki.

I bubbled too much, so yes, I would like to take part in this project. My e-mail is przemub [at] yahoo [dot] pl.

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Wikipedia Stories Project

Sorry for the late reply, but I was absolutely baffled. I like to know more about the project and how I can help. Night of the Big Wind _talk 10:26, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia stories

Hi Victor,

As I am not currently regular on Wikipedia, I saw your message only today. I find your proposal interesting. Please let me know how I can help.

--Just my 2 cents -- Hemanshu (talk) 14:46, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I'd be glad to participate. Perhaps some initial written questions and a response at least to start? I'm open to a chat as well. VєсrumЬа ►TALK 20:20, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Stories Project

Victor, I would be delighted to take part in this project. Please let me know how and when the interview might take place

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Re:Wikipedia Stories Project

I think it would be good if I took part in the project. I've enjoyed being an editor on Wikipedia for the mere 2 years I've been here. You can leave a message on my talk on just e-mail me. Davykamanzi → talk  · contribs 15:09, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stories Project

Yes, there are some things I would enjoy sharing.....Coal town guy (talk) 17:48, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Victor, I just sent an e mail

Re:Wikipedia Stories Project

Count me in. I would like to share my story. Anything for Wikipedia. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:31, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

St.Petersburg, June 2012

Dear colleague! June, 4, I have given to You my mobile number and other contact info. Alexander, Your translator, called me. The all from his side is fine, but unfortunately I have not found a time to meet You a second time in this week. I am sorry. But I filmed my short speech. You can see the video and read the text; sorry for the low quality of the video. Gamliel Fishkin (talk) 06:42, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Yankee image

That's not Núñez‎ (didn't play for the Yankees in July 2012) or Peña (didn't bat against the Red Sox this season). It looks like Darnell McDonald, but if you're the person who took the picture, shouldn't you know this? – Muboshgu (talk) 20:12, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the update! I didn't know who the person was!! was looking around by number for the roster - ill change it :) Victor Grigas (talk) 20:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see, not a big baseball fan and just got a chance to go to the game. Let's see...

• This appears to be the game in question. 200px|This batter is Andruw Jones, the catcher is Kelly Shoppach, and the umpire is Ed Hickox (umpire). thumb|This one is indistinguishable from that distance. thumb|This is Franklin Morales. This and thumb|this is Freddy Garcia. This is Adrian Gonzalez batting, with Chris Stewart (baseball) catching. thumb|This one is definitely McDonald. thumb|This one is also Shoppach. Thanks for uploading these, they look great! – Muboshgu (talk) 20:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm glad you like the photos!!! This is great that we can post these to the appropriate pages! :) Victor Grigas (talk) 20:57, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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thanks for noting! feel free to change the name :) Victor Grigas (talk) 21:52, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would change the name, but I don't know how Acsenray (talk) 17:02, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go to the commons and tag it for renaming. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 13:58, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind if I tagged the revisions too? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:05, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead :) Victor Grigas (talk) 18:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Victor, I'm afraid somebody beat me to it. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cellphone_repair_kiosk,_Colaba,_Mumbai.jpg) ---------User:DanTD (talk) 02:18, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Your opinion...

Greetings Victor,

the video is awesome. Introduction is way to awesome. I'm jealous that I'm not here this time :( -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 12:36, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Kind of you to say that, thanks and best wishes. You do a lot of good work here :). Novickas (talk) 22:21, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Victor, Sure... I am willing to be part of this project. Invertzoo (talk) 18:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there any way I may acquire a reproduction of that lamp, please? I was sold on Mac's when my Cuz showed me his Classic just like that in your photo. I also had a Flip identical to yours for several years and it beat out the stuff we're stuck with today. 173.206.78.171 (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC) remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes (173.206.78.171 (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)) or whatever that means[reply]

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Re: Updates from ‘Help distribute WikiReaders and provide an opportunity for kids to learn!’

Hello,

I wondered if it was feasible or possible to monitor the activity levels on each WikiReader? Presumably, we fit each WikiReader with a program logging all activity (The times the articles are opened and closed, and the names of the article) somewhere. Then someone retrieves just the logging information from these after 6 months. At the same time, we might also be looking towards possibly replacing the memory cards with updated ones.

That way, we could be potentially looking towards some good research on how these Readers are utilised by the children, which would help immensely in understanding various kinds of trends. [What I had in mind was something similar to the Hole in The wall project by Prof Sugata Mitra, which makes me think directly contacting them might not be a bad idea either.]

Do tell me your thoughts on the same. Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:06, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I don't know how we could implement this, I just think that it would take quite a bit of work, and then you have ethical considerations about 'monitoring' people (children) who look things up. I think that your idea would yield better data, but i think simply looking at grades over time would be less energy intensive (no need to program or install anything) and more ethical. I'm open to your ideas about this too. (and sorry for the delay, I have been away for a bit) Victor Grigas (talk) 14:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I think it could be worth a shot to ping the prof, and see what he thinks about it. What do you think?

Also, if we're looking at grades, there will be tests based on General Knowledge, right? Not strictly school grades

[No worries about the delay. It's fine :) ]

Cheers,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 14:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well done!

Victor, this is incredible -- well done! Again, pleasure meeting you at Wikimania in Washington, D.C. Keep up the amazing work! --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I'm glad you like it :) Do you want to start a page on Meta to collaborate with the learners for their campaign? I'd be happy to share it with them directly Victor Grigas (talk) 20:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Article ideas for Xhosa Wikipedia

Hi, Victor!

At xh:User:WhisperToMe I have a list of proposed topics for the Xhosa Wikipedia. Many are related to South Africa, and if Xhosa articles are established in these topics it can lead to more people coming to the Xhosa Wikipedia. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:50, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll pass this along to some Xhosa editors I know, they only have minimal time by computers, but hopefully they workVictor Grigas (talk) 18:07, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hi

hiBucio17 (talk) 15:48, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hi

how are youBucio17 (talk) 14:55, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine thank you, how are you?Victor Grigas (talk) 15:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hi

hi how are you doing today i am fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bucio17 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm building an edit visualization tool

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South African high school video

Hello Victor, I've previously conversed with you about the video, although I can't find which talk page that was on. You said the video is still being prepared, which I well understand, but I would love, love, love to show it in the opening session of the EduWiki Conference on 1st November. Is there any chance the video will be available for public consumption by then? Cheers, MartinPoulter Jisc (talk) 11:22, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! So the 2 minute trailer should be up and online in about a week. We are still working on the full documentary, and don't have an exact date for that yet. I'll publish blog posts when each are up :)Victor Grigas (talk) 15:33, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's great. It's only the trailer that I need, if that was the children's message video that Sue showed at Wikimania. But I'll show whatever video there is relating to this awesome project. Cheers, MartinPoulter Jisc (talk) 14:12, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it's not online yet so I can't use it in the opening of the conference (but yeah I know how it is with busy blogs that need to be scheduled in advance). If it's available, even privately, in the next 40 hours I could show it in the closing session. MartinPoulter (talk) 20:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go!

An open letter for free access to Wikipedia

and without burned-in English Subtitles:

This is an open letter for free access to Wikipedia

Victor Grigas (talk) 21:03, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are officially awesome, Victor. Thanks, MartinPoulter Jisc (talk) 09:30, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just FYI

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commented! Talk:SlutWalk#PhotosVictor Grigas (talk) 03:18, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you

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Just sharing

Victor, I want to share this with you. Today I spent Veterans Day outside eating with the family here in Arizona. I had a good day, but when I returned home I found out that I was honored in a speech made today in the town of Guanica, Puerto Rico, making the day even more special. Here is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kenneth-d-mcclintock/mensaje-d%C3%ADa-del-veterano-guánica-2013/10151716515001338 Sometimes good things happen when you least expect them, right> Tony the Marine (talk) 03:50, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's so awesome!Victor Grigas (talk) 20:07, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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My 2012 Wikimania interview

Hi, Victor! You interviewed me at the 2012 Wikimania, but never published it. Can you send the file to me, even if it's raw or compressed? Thanks! --NaBUru38 (talk) 23:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sure I can, do you have an email address I can send the link to? I could also upload the whole (unedited) interview to commons if you like? Let me know how to deliver it :) Victor Grigas (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I just mailed you. Good luck! --NaBUru38 (talk) 20:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Victor! Can you upload the video to Google Docs and send me the link? Thanks! --NaBUru38 (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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BTW, do you know where I can get a free photo of Malinga Nopote ?

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Yes! I'm so happy!

I don't have her photo unfortunately, when I was there, she was on maternity leave, so I never had a chance to meet her. On the Facebook page for the class you could potentially message someone to take a photo and upload it? Also I added a bunch of links to the talk page on Sinenjongo High School, since at this point I feel I'm too connected to the content to add anything myself, so if you could update it that would be great. Vgrigas (talk) 19:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the links - I got something up. This NekNominate thing is a bit strange, isn't it?

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yeah it is weird, but apparently it's become a thing in SA. Thanks for updating the page! The school also received some Wikireaders, might want to mention that too? lots of photos on the bottom of that page. Vgrigas (talk) 21:08, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, got the pic. will put it with the TED video under the school Smallbones_(smalltalk) 19:26, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Check out the license! [1] it can be migrated to commons and put into the article!!Victor Grigas (talk) 19:33, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Sinenjongo_High_School#Gaining_recognition. As far as the license on the video - that's ok, but I'd like everybody to be able to actually view it! Smallbones_(smalltalk) 19:44, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Victor, I've seen your are producing a lot of videos and I'm looking for people who are attending Wikimania this year to collaborate in production (esp. because I am not able to edit video myself) and it's mor fun together. Would you like to join my submission?

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Hallo Jan!

I'm happy that you got in touch with me, so I have several ideas about this. It sounds like your first submission is a sort of informal video-tech gathering, no? It's cool and if I have time, I'd love to participate, (I just signed up for it).

But your second submission really interests me. I'd love to talk to everyone about tools to create video. I'm a big fan of low-tech and high tech cameras. Basically the community is made up of a huge volume of people who have computers and can edit and move things around online, but not alot of people who can create very polished video because those tools are VERY expensive, and other outlets (like Vimeo.com) attract the more professional video types of people. It also takes a great deal of time to make a high-quality video. Let's just estimate that for every ten editors, maybe one has a decent camera, and for every ten with a decent camera, maybe one knows anything about shooting for video. You could keep dividing based on access to money for equipment, et cetera.

Now, that said, I have an idea. What if we created a place to:

• Attract more video/audio contributors from outside the movement (like reach out to the YouTube & Vimeo crowds)
• Divide and share tasks in a semi-organized workflow with a production queue, like a ticket system in programming. I would think that we could establish something that allows the maximum number of community members to get involved without having a camera, just a computer.

For the first part, we could make a video that we post to YouTube and Vimeo where we could read an open letter to the crowd of Vimeo and have a URL on the bottom of the video linking to our place for such collaboration. This way, we can attract professional video producers to help create content.

for the second part, Once we can establish a system to say what kinds of content should be created, then the community can make scripts for it, then established shooters can shoot the footage, and maybe we can upload it to vimeo to share (since .webm and .ogv is not easy to edit) and find editors to work on it and sound mixers to mix the sound, captioners to provide captions, etc.

You should message User:Nkansahrexford, User:Fuzheado, User:Ragesoss, User:Rock drum, User:Fabrice Florin. They all have some level of video production experience. I know a closed-captioner who donates his services to create subtitles for all my videos too.

Basically, video benefits when there is a producer, not just a 'one-man-band', because there are so many elements to it. It sounds like the kind of thing that could really scale if we could create some kind of group on Meta or something. Or maybe this would need it's own thematic organization? I like sharing tools, but networking is what makes video better, and I'd like to bring that idea to your presentation.

Thoughts?

Victor Grigas (talk) 23:11, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Victorgrigas: @.js: I like this idea, and actually was thinking about it just a few weeks ago. This is the 10th year of Wikimania, and I actually have some video interviews from 2005 in Frankfurt that I wanted to try to edit together before London. In order to collaborate on this, we'd have to have some idea of the story line we wanted to pursue, and also the shooting style we're looking for. BTW, if you haven't seen, this is the video creation project I started last year Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video. -- Fuzheado | Talk 04:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew, this is a great start. I'd start with the 'suggest' section and go from there. I think we need a few people to get started with this. Who else have you met who might be interested?Victor Grigas (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Victor & Fuzheado: thanks for your enthusiasm, that sounds all very good! Here in DE Volker Grassmuck just started a big project "Videos for Wikipedia articles" – perhaps a possible cooperation with you?! As you might have seen, I currently introduced WikiTV to the en.wiki and have started a list trying to find all the Wikipedians involved video projects that we already have/had: List of WikiTV & WikiVideo projects, if you know more please post them there. --BR, .js (talk) 13:44, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

a) For the Wikimania I've started the collaboration site wm2014:Videos - let's plan the productions all together there, OK?

b) For the general Wiki+video planning there should be one place to get ideas and planning together instead of a hundred places. I've heard and seen so many ideas and "I want to have"s on this matter – the question is that users get together and do it + that many more other Wikipedians get to see the results. --BR, .js (talk) 15:49, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Impact of Wikipedia by Adrianne Wadewitz

Original – 'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- how Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it. Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation for the 2012 Wikimedia fundraising campaign. Featuring Adrianne Wadewitz.

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click here and you can fix the typos :) just don't change the timecodeVictor Grigas (talk) 14:07, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A few minor typos in the caption were discovered during a nomination of this for featured picture. Is there any chance you could help? Cheers, Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:47, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

click here and you can fix the typos :) just don't change the timecodeVictor Grigas (talk) 14:06, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Captions

Thanks! I've fixed it up. Turns out Wikimarkup works, so I could even add italics. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:24, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great - yeah i love these open captions, i just added a link to a period when she dis alot of editing to the page during her words when she says 'the article i wrote on mary shelley [2]'Victor Grigas (talk) 14:34, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea! Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:42, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Why Thank you Tony! How thoughtful! I just played this with my wife. I hope all is well with you and your family! Feliz Navidad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5RGTc17Bo Victor Grigas (talk) 02:12, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cool! Thank you for the link, I was just talking to my wife about Roots, she had seen it, so now it's my turn.Victor Grigas (talk) 03:12, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Globalisation of fashion

Many of us are actively seeking out unique trends outside of the US and Europe to ensure the articles on 2000s fashion and 2010s fashion are truly globalized. However, very little exists for 1990s fashion before 1998 due to the expense and rarity of internet access outside of the US. Locating global trends for the 70s, 80s and earlier is almost impossible because media perspectives on fashion were very Western centric in those days, and because accurate surviving sources in English are hard to find.

So leave the tag on until those sources are found. You don't have to only use internet sources, I would imagine that there are libraries or institutions around the globe who would have such information. Victor Grigas (talk) 22:08, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Even if we were to find such library sources, it would still be futile to globalize fashions before 1990 because individual written articles (especially those written by outsiders) tend to present a skewed or outdated picture without independent documents to back them up. Since most 20th century fashions and trends originated in Europe and America, why not compromise and only globalize those eras for which sufficient evidence can be found, and for which there was widespread awareness of, and participation in, the said globalization movement (i.e. 1990s, 2000s and 2010s)?

A few comments (I appreciate your constructive conversation):

• If you end your comments with four of these ~ then your signature will be automatically generated in your comments :)
• Would you like to have this conversation on the talk page for one of the articles, where our discussion would perhaps be more conducive to public inquiry and further discussion? I'm ok with discussing here, just thought I'd share the thought.
• I don't think it's futile to globalize fashions in one article. You could easily break up a decade about Fashion into "Western fashions", "South Asian fashions" and so forth. You don't need to do the research precisely either, you could find others who might know something about it to point in the right direction (people in the fashion industry, anthropologists, etc.)
• Can you clarify what you mean by "individual written articles (especially those written by outsiders) tend to present a skewed or outdated picture without independent documents to back them up"? Who are "outsiders"?
• You say "Since most 20th century fashions and trends originated in Europe and America" to this I say ^[citation needed]! Fashion is (from the Wikipedia article for fashion): "[...] a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion is a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses. It is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creations of textile designers." and while I do understand that there are fashion leaders, fashion is not 100% global, there are regions that have their own styles. Are there not popular indigenous fashions of particular regions that evolve and are influenced over time? There are plenty of places that have been isolated from western influence (North Korea comes to mind).

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• I'd like to make a suggestion. When I click on 1980s in fashion and then click on earlier decades, when I hit the 1920's the article is titled 1920s in Western fashion. Perhaps these articles simply need to be renamed to be more accurate? I would prefer that the articles for 1960s in fashion, etc. actually represent a global perspective, but failing that, perhaps they just need to be renamed?

Victor Grigas (talk) 04:13, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Some very good points. The "outsiders" I refer to are foreigners writing about localised trends outside of their country e.g. a Brit or American writing about fashion in India, or a Daily Mail journalist's observations about 2010s fashion in North Korea. They can never fully understand the reasons and customs behind these ethnic fashions, and even in their own country their perspectives can be outdated or inaccurate (example: the views of some "experts" on the emerging punk subculture of the early 80s). Your final suggestion is an excellent one, and I have added a new section in Template:Historical clothing to reflect the beginning of globalization in fashion.

Peace & love -Ossie

Great! I'm glad we had a productive conversation. Is there anything I can do for you! Victor Grigas (talk) 22:29, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I just thought that the lowest 10% ought to be cropped, not the sides, because it removes the size of the fires. That's all, otherwise I get why you wanted to remove those details. Victor Grigas (talk) 23:55, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I am sure the article can be improved but it seems silly to suggest the whole article is written like an advert. And why not just edit out whatever you thinks is a problem? Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:20, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading it and felt that much is written like an advert - I do intend to change it, but don't have the time now. So felt it good to flag it for the time being in case someone else has the time. Otherwise, the structure of the article I think is very good. Victor Grigas (talk) 21:56, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Wait'll next year!

It will be even better!

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Fake news site

Victor, thank you for your interest at Fake news site.

I made some comments at Talk:Fake news site, I worry listing all the fake news sites will overflow the article.

Maybe we should stick to paragraph form.

Perhaps you can revisit back at Talk:Fake news site and we can go from there? Sagecandor (talk) 02:31, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great! yes lets chat there Victor Grigas (talk) 02:37, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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My contested response here: Talk:Fuck_Trump Victor Grigas (talk) 01:12, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry for the late reply... Haven't been on Wikipedia for a while, but looking at so many ignorant people, I'm going to get back in the flow.

You hit me up saying "I'm writing this article Mathias 'Paddy' Bauler about a crooked Chicago alderman - want to help? There's been a lot written about him Victor Grigas (talk) 02:48, 22 April 2015 (UTC)" Yeah, I'll make some edits and go more in depth. Never too late. Lord David, Duke of Glencoe (talk) 16:26, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! Let me know if I can help Victor Grigas (talk) 02:24, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there,

Noticed this edit duplicates a whole lot of references. When using a reference more than once, you can just give it a name like with <ref name=newyorktimes>{{cite news|title=blah blah|date=... }}</ref> and then for all subsequent instances you can recall the same ref with simply <ref name=newyorktimes/>. More info here: WP:REFNAME. Fixed at list of fake news websites, so just a heads up. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:00, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I did not know how to do that, I'll refer to this next time. I'm also thinking about the proposal on the talk page, havent collected all my thoughts yet, but mostly I'm in agreement. Victor Grigas (talk) 18:33, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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List of fake news websites

• List of fake news websites

Are you still maintaining this page and/or improving it ?

Large influx of edits and users lately. Sagecandor (talk) 07:50, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just re-added infowars.com with 3 references, I wish I had more time to work on it (full time dad right now)Victor Grigas (talk) 15:51, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with that ! Hope you are getting some sleep ! Sagecandor (talk) 16:17, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Just added more references to infowars - if you find any more please add to it. The CBS slideshow is very good too. Do you have time to cross-reference it and add any in?Victor Grigas (talk) 16:19, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

aftermath of Conflicts of Interest of President-elect Donald Trump

Victor, came over to say I am willing to help with writing up some prose for the rescue of the post-AfD material on Trump's personal connections to various foreign countries, and incorporating the pieces into proper locations within larger articles (constitutionally-restricted emoluments-related stuff in presidency of donald trump article, stuff about patronage/nepotism concerns in the list of donald trump political appointments article, and so on per the afd and article-talkpage conversations).

I also, quite frankly, came over to give you a stern welcome-to-wikipedia talking-to, about how you need to be aware that people are topic-banned and site-banned from all of post-1932 united states politics, for WAY LESS than some of your recent actions. But reading your talkpage and userpage -- there are advantages to never archiving! -- it seems clear that you don't need a welcome-to-wikipedia, you need a thank-you-for-all-your-years-improving-wikipedia. Rather than notify you about arbcom sanctions (which I see somebody already did), or explain that some people might see your Trump-related contributions as attack-pages (again already done), I will just point out to you that there is a difference between *impeccably* sourced criticism, such as creating a page called IBM and the Holocaust in 2007,[6] and *adminz do not permit that nowadays* criticism, such as creating 'Fuck Trump' or similar BLP violations.[7] Once it *is* the title of a book, or a restaurant, or some similar encyclopedic topic beyond a crass t-shirt slogan (just $15 each! buy more save more!), may I suggest you let somebody else create the article? All this annoying and arguably-unwarranted caution is doubly-especially important, since you are a WMF person. Please please tread carefully, because although we both know that you act under your personal volition here on this username, it will indubitably be 'linked' to your WMF status, should there ever be an Epic Editing Scandal which blows up into the public eye. My friendly unsolicited advice, after which I shalt remain silent on the topic unless specifically asked: please BE SURE that there is never such a scandal involving yourself, even tangentially. Remember where the wikipedia webservers are, if nothing else.

On that grim note!... can you ask Sandstein, or whomever deleted the article, to restore it to your userspace temporarily, if you don't have an offline copy saved somewhere? We can start integrating the sources we have in the article-talkpage, to the appropriate places. I will try and put together a paragraph for the Presidency of Donald Trump article first, and then once that is in place we can start working on drafting material for the biographical article, which summarizes the personal connections to foreign countries (ancestry and personal friendships), the business connections to foreign countries (some of which are stronger than others and some of which are interconnected with ancestry-n-friendship ties), and the political connections to foreign countries (e.g. Nigel Farage of UKIP is an international political contact in much the same way that Sarah Palin is a within-the-country political contact). I don't expect this to happen very quickly, because I think it will take significant time and discussion to put the pieces together in a neutral way, that keeps our own noses clean and wikipedia's broader reputation sterling. But the work does need to be done... and for exactly those reasons, as a matter of fact. If you would like to start collecting URLs of sources, and dump them onto my usertalk page, I will start working on draft-language, and when we have something useful we can propose it on the talkpage of the relevant article(s). Let me know if there are any flaws in this wise and superbly impressive tactical plan.  ;-) Best, 47.222.203.135 (talk) 14:12, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'll say that your post here caused me to re-read all the messages on my talk page. Damn. I've got a lot of spaghetti I've thrown, and a lot of it stuck!

Anyway - I appreciate all the thinking you've done. Let me think about it some more. In the meantime, here's an archive of the deleted article from December 9:

(snipped per AfD outcome but thank you for the retrieval, I will see what I can do with the stuff, anybody else who is interested, please click edit on this section to view the html comment containing the AfD'd prose)

Victor Grigas (talk) 01:26, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes your storied skills as a pasta-chef of the wiki-spaghetti variety is noted and appreciated  :-)

I'm still working on this project, and am looking for where it best ought to fit. There are a bunch of articles on Trump, but none of them are an exact fit, since this is a crossing-the-streams-of-business-and-politics subtopic. But making it standalone is also no good, because it would not properly contextualize the conflict-stuff within the larger scope of his business career (decades) and his presidency (per WP:CRYSTAL ball one term or possibly two), and if the press coverage of the Clinton family is any indication, I will go out on a limb and predict the post-presidency of the Trump family will continue to generate WP:RS talking about financial conflicts and ethical issues, too. But in the short-term, I think we probably need a paragraph at Presidency of Donald Trump, which points via Template:main to a subsection of Legal affairs of Donald Trump (which in turn points to the proper subsection of Trump.com which can then backpoint to the presidency article). Does that make sense, as a starting goal at least? 47.222.203.135 (talk) 11:34, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There are some details about the quasi-blind-trust arrangement, which were announced at the press conf on January 11th. I've given a rough list of some of the key points at Talk:Donald_Trump#No_blind_trust, and participating in the placement and phrasing of that material, may help us figure out the broader goal of where to put the other conflict-refs that exist. 47.222.203.135 (talk) 11:53, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey did this stuff get added anywhere? Victor Grigas (talk) 05:45, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No, closed as WP:NOTFORUM  :-)

But as of yesterday I have permission to again re-open the conversation ;-)

This conflict-and-emolument-and-semi-blind-trust material *is* necessary stuff, but I suspect lots of good-faith wikipedians are feeling pressure right now as being members of an alleged 'fake news website' that purposely promotes Clinton and attacks Trump, so everybody is trying to make things neutral... which in many cases, means flat out fucking deleting *impeccably* well-sourced material as 'not really encyclopedic' or sometimes 'not relevant' with a weaponized form of WP:UNDUE. Completely misunderstanding what the trifecta's number one STAY NEUTRAL commandment actually means, obviously....

No worries, though, I am persistent. This will get figured out eventually. If you decide to WP:BEBOLD and pull some WP:IAR, or have a suggestion as to where I could pull some IAR, drop me a note on my talkpage please. Anons have no watchlist, so if I don't respond promptly it is because I forgot to come back and refresh the page, not because I don't care anymore :-) 47.222.203.135 (talk) 12:31, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Heh, first off, don't worry I'm not calling you one :P So, I've seen ya around doing great stuff and I thought this an opportunity to say hi, and pick your brain about something. So, I was kinda curious about your thinking with the "Evil losers" redirect. Now, I know that "redirects are cheap" but initially it kinda felt like a bit of a stretch. I'm not proposing it shouldn't be around or anything, just kinda wanted to get your thinking around it, if for nothing else, my own education. I mean, we certainly wouldn't have a snippet of Australia's comment redirect, "brutal attack". Although maybe that's an unfair comparison. Anywho, look forward to your feedback, and again, hi! Drewmutt (^ᴥ^) talk 04:01, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! So I was just reading the news about the attacks and heard the BBC quote this term then I googled it and it seems to have a bunch of sources all about that one quote, so I thought it would be appropriate to redirect the term (which as far as I can tell has not been used elsewhere) to the reactions section of the attack article. That was my thinking :) Victor Grigas (talk) 23:19, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, thanks for the insight! Drewmutt (^ᴥ^) talk 23:36, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Victor! You sometimes add images/video content for current events. I was wondering if you might have anything in mind for improving the January 2019 Donald Trump speech article. If not, no worries! Happy editing. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:22, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) 73.162.21.192 (talk) 21:28, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, IP! :) ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019

Your attempt at adding a video removed 23,000 bytes worth of content from the article. Please be more precise with your edits, or explain what you are trying to do on the talk page. Bradv🍁 18:04, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I commented on the talk page - basically I've been adding most of the illustrations on the article for the past week, before it was a main page article and just now I tried to get this video added --

Department of State press briefing with Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino about the effects of a possible of a shutdown on government function.

I added the video, and the timecode to play the video at a particular time was wrong, and I changed it twice to fix it (captions are more detailed but the thumbnail start time is less detailed in terms of timecode, and I didn't know that), then an admin reverted my edits entirely, and i pressed undo on that which created 2 sections of the 'pre-shutdown' on the article. I erased the extra section and thats what you saw. Sorry for the headache, I just want to keep things appropriately illustrated.

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2019 Presidents Day protest

Hi, Victor! Curious if you're aware of any images/media to add to 2019 Presidents Day protest. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:52, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am not aware, but I haven't looked. I'm quite busy these days, if I find any I'll migrate them - but you could look on Flickr too? Just do like 5 keyword searches :) 2601:647:5800:A046:F5C9:7309:FDE6:778D Victor Grigas (talk) 04:19, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I appreciate the message but I would argue that the article needs more work than just "to remove the entire second paragraph of the History section, and additionally revise the first paragraph to simply read: "Company founder John Morris founded Bass Pro Shops in 1971 after selling fishing equipment in a corner of his family's liquor store". For example, the section about the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum could use more references and it is phrased in a promotional way - "After nearly a decade of work" or "a multi-million dollar collection".

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ok! There are lots of articles about 'Ed Gallagher, Navy Seal', if you want to start an article?:

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/decorated-navy-seal-edward-gallagher-accused-of-war-crimes-in-a-case-that-should-have-americans-outraged-brother-says

• https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/04/25/navy-seals-war-crimes-edward-gallagher

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/navy-seal-edward-gallagher-isis.html

• https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/19/ncis-documents-cast-doubt-on-navy-seals-guilt-in-slaying-of-islamic-state-fighter/

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-seal-edward-gallagher-accused-of-killing-wounded-isis-fighter-pleads-not-guilty/

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Yes, that's why I captioned it as made by China News Service. Victor Grigas (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That in itself does not make the creator's true identity obvious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.2.87.212 (talk) 15:25, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, If you look below, another editor helped to translate captions on a few videos on this topic. I just used Google translate to translate the captions on one into English. I put the video in the article about the timeline of the virus, if you want to add something to the caption on that, I'm writing now to advise that you now can. My opinion is that it's enough to say where the report came from, but you have a different opinion so I wanted to inform you. Victor Grigas (talk) 16:06, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Captioning video about "2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak"

Give me a list of videos that you want to get Captions. I will search it on goolge first to see if there is a news which already contain infomation of that video. Then we can translate the news. Otherwise I will make a chinese caption on Youtube first. —— Woclass (talk) 16:48, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, here is my list:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

Thank you, Victor Grigas (talk) 18:29, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some results: 2019-nCoV all six Captions. I have found or extracted all the conversations and have used youtube tools to create 2 subtitles. Wait till I wake up. You can have a look first, or trying to translate some conversations. If you have any questions, just go to that page and leave a message. ——Woclass (talk) 17:07, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there any reason to keep "file:PATTY.JPG" instead of just deleting it? DS (talk) 23:09, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Victorgrigas. Thank you for your work on Allied star. Another editor, Utopes, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

No mention of "allied star" at the target.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Utopes}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 01:13, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Allied star" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Allied star has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 24 § Allied star until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 02:40, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]