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Greatest Thanks

Hey Jen, You really made me so happy by your amazing post in my talk page! I really do appreciate your encouragement & so happy to know someone like you (I found you user page in English)! I guess this is an additional benifit of being a Wikipedian! Please keep in touch & thanks again for your nice words.--Ravan

Nomination for merging of Template:Memorial

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GAR

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Heads up

Just to note: I'm afraid I've just done a restoration of that magnificent Sarah Vaughan photo you have in your to-do list. Saw it in there when I was going to replace the old, low-resolution copy.

Sorry! Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh no worries! Would have been years before I got to that, if at all. Glad someone could do it! Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:43, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

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Map of Western Australia

On the 13th January you wrote " I still believe that it is far too complex to have been created with the powerpoint polygon tool. Please comment at the deletion discussion if you have anything further to add!" I am a very sophisticated powerpoint map drawer. I have in fact created a whole Historical Atlas using powerpoint. I can email you a sample if you are interested which can show you it is possible to create maps of sophistication using powerpoinbt as I have described. I would appreciate it if the map could be restored. John D. Croft (talk) 20:44, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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Strange...

I came across your draft article User:Calliopejen1/Jardinería del Barroco due to the article Jardinería del Barroco of Canaan in main space. Although the article is in your user space, it seems that Canaan was the only one using it (except the last edit from another user). Do you even know it was there? The Banner talk 12:53, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

The import tool wasn't working last night, but apparently it imported both of these belatedly. I deleted the mainspace one and will translate the one in my userspace over time. These are all edits by people in es.wiki. Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:58, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Okay, it looked rather weird. Thanks for the info. The Banner talk 16:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Jen, I hope have been well since we met at GLAM Boot Camp in DC! I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. Best, --Another Believer (Talk) 20:17, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

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Red Tape FPC

Hi Calliopejen1- An alternate version of the FPC “Red Tape” has been added. Thank you.-Godot13 (talk) 00:03, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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CCI update

Feels good to see one complete. :) Thank you so much for your work in this area. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

This food is specially made for you.

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Happy New Year Calliopejen1!

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Jimi Hendrix mugshot image

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User:Geraldshields11/sandbox/Dalminia

Dear fellow Fashion Project editor, I am working on a major rework of the artice about Damiani (jewelry company) at my sandbox User:Geraldshields11/sandbox/Dalminia. Please would you add comments or suggest edits on that sandbox page. Thank you in advance. My best regards, Gerald Shields Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:49, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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CCI update

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Note to self

See if Oscar has replied here. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:07, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Hola, me he puesto en contacto en varias ocasiones con ellos, sin obtener respuesta. La solicitud la hice en 2005 cuando era novato y los artículos en los que trabaje fueron totalmente rescritos, mucho tiempo después y a pesar de mi negativa, otro usuario utilizó esa carta para traerse esos 200 artículos a los que haces mención. Por mi parte es claro que: 1. La licencia no tiene validez, 2. La página desconoce el uso que se le dio a la autorización y en su página web explícitamente prohíbe copiar contenidos y por último, los artículos tendrán que ser rescritos o borrados. Saludos --Oscar (talk) 22:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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For your fantastic salvage job on Bantam sunfish. Yunshui 雲‍水 22:37, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm not done yet though! Still working on wikification, standardizing references, etc. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:08, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

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Please post nominations on the correct page. Several nominations that you posted today (during the past 17 minutes) were placed on yesterday's discussion page. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:17, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about that -- that's apparently a bug (that you've noticed before) in Howcheng's tool. I pinged him again and will move all of my incorrect nominations once I'm done making a big batch of them. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Note that the wrong date also appears in the {{ffd}} templates on the file information pages. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:45, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Ugh, what a mess. I guess I'm done nominating images for deletion until that gets fixed!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Maybe it's easier to just leave the files on the wrong log page... They were all nominated within an hour after midnight anyway, and deletion will probably take place more than one hour after midnight too. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:50, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Just left a note for the closing admin to make sure s/he does not delete them instantly after the clock strikes 12. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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File:Jeep Swenson 1996.jpg

Hi, Jen. I don't see an obvious reason for removal of the license tag in this edit. Please could you let me know? Thanks. – Wdchk (talk) 02:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Something else I'm not getting: The file has an Ffd tag, so I looked into that and found a deletion discussion. The file was deleted following that discussion, and I see you restored it recently (logs). Pardon my questioning, but wouldn't I expect to see a reason for the restoral documented somewhere, to offset the deletion discussion? Thanks. – Wdchk (talk) 02:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant to remove the FFD tag, not the license tag. And re the restoration, the rationale for the nomination was that it was out of scope -- clearly the nominator hadn't investigated what was pictured in the image. (It looks like a bunch of junk self-photos that get uploaded.) Since the deletion rationale was obviously invalid, I just restored the image. Calliopejen1 (talk) 02:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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Ángela Auad

Back in March 2012, you made some edits to Ángela Auad including adding her date of birth as 29 February 1945 which is not a leap year. I note the Spanish version also has the same date. I mention it because you probably have the best chance of finding a correct date. Regards Periglio (talk) 18:43, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I was just translating from Spanish... It looks like the 2/29 date has been in the Spanish version since the first revision. And I didn't see any correct date in the sources linked. To be honest rather than tracking it down I think it would be better to nominate the article for deletion. There are a number of sources in the Spanish article but they're primary documents, or mention Auad in passing, etc. I don't think she's notable. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Unforgetting L.A. at MOCA

Hi Jen! You are probably in touch with Bret, but just wanted to check in about the meetup next Sunday at MOCA. There's an RSVP page here and I think we have a lot of interest, but wanting to do a little more outreach to experienced editors. If anyone comes to mind, please let me know? And I hope we'll see you next weekend! Thanks so much again for your help with all of this. - Stacey StaceyEOB (talk) 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I'll be there. I had not really realized how fast this was approaching -- doing some spamming today of LA folks on Wikipedia! Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
THANK YOU! That invite is great. I need to build a few more skills here :) StaceyEOB (talk) 22:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, one question: I previously consolidated everything at this page, including the worklist. Do you think it's problematic that the invite points to a different one? Wondering if link can be replaced, or if I should just update worklist on the event page that invite points to...nice to see RSVPs.StaceyEOB (talk) 22:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Unforgetting invite

Hey there, I changed the language on that event graphic on the page. We've written up description with museum so it matches what is on the RSVP form on MOCA site now. Thanks! StaceyEOB (talk) 19:29, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Allen Harvey Woodward

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DYK on Dorit Cypis

Hi, Jen. I've been going through the results of the MOCA event and letting folks know about DYK. Did you plan on nominating Dorit Cypis? I'd be happy to rack up another submission unless you wanted the honor. Chris Troutman (talk) 07:55, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

I find DYK to be a hassle and never nominate things anymore. If you'd like to nominate it, go for it! Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:27, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Ok. I understand you want to be helpful but you needn't sabotage my nomination. Furthermore, you wrote the article. Why include that quote if you didn't think it was correct? You might be right but the hook accurately reflects what the cited source says. I do not intend to write another hook because you believe Dorit misspoke. Chris Troutman (talk) 05:07, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
How is my comment "sabotage"? I was trying to be constructive. I included that quote in the article because it's interesting and readers can understand what she she's getting at, but if you're picking one thing to put on the front page I don't think it should be that quote. Calliopejen1 (talk) 06:49, 14 March 2014 (UTC) Oh and also I don't think she misspoke, I think it's more likely that she was misquoted. I would guess it's just a typo. Calliopejen1 (talk) 06:53, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

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RE: Wiki Project Fashion - Karl Templer

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I wanted to contact you about creating a page for british-born stylist and creative director of Interview magazine Karl Templer. I have been trying to create a page for him for a few weeks now but I keep running into technical difficulties.

I have cited the book Stylist: Interpreters of Fashion by Sarah Mower and Style.com as sources along with a feature in the New York Times.

Please follow the link to my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Freemans_land/sandbox

I would truly appreciate any assistance you can offer in getting this page up an running.

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Bronze Darter

My citations were on closely related darters, therefore there is no need to take them down.--jsmit357 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsmit357 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Dorit Cypis

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DYK for Allen Harvey Woodward

Thanks to you and Sven Manguard (who prepared these hooks) Victuallers (talk) 00:01, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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Calliopejen1, I hereby bestow upon you The DYK Medal for your exceptional work in crafting the article for Allen Harvey Woodward, which was featured in Did you know on April 7, 2014. Congratulations on a job well done! -- Caponer (talk) 01:10, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! This was one of my favorite articles I've written recently. Such an interesting story! Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:42, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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korean ferry

sorry about that...i was trying to revert/correct the vandalism, but twinkle didn't quite get it right. --emerson7 20:12, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

User:emerson7 -- No worries, I assumed that's what happened! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:13, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Coles Creek (Mississippi)

Hello. Thank you for creating Coles Creek (Mississippi). I was wondering if you would consider taking the time to expand the page, possibly with more info about the fish present in the creek, and if you are able to add pictures? Google map suggests it runs alongside the Bedford Plantation, by the way. Thank you again, and I hope you are able to expand the page!Zigzig20s (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

User:Zigzig20s -- Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Coles Creek, and researching the article is difficult given the culture with the same name.... Wish I could be more help!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:17, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Modern Contemporary.jpg

Hello. I just stumbled across this image. It looks like you started a deletion nomination for the file in November, but never completed the process. From some cursory searching, it looks like the work of Towhidi Tabari and is probably a copyright violation. I tagged it as missing a source, so it likely will be deleted without the need for a discussion. - Eureka Lott 19:38, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm sure I was thinking the same thing... Occasionally the tools I use for image deletion nominations malfunction, resulting in broken nominations like this one. :( Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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This is what I remember

about File:Florek-wikipedia.jpg. It was from an EMU theater department program from when Florek was a student there. It was given to me by someone who was also in that dept. at that time. i asked if there was any copyright info on the program and was told "No." I emailed the EMU Theater Dept. and asked about it and did not get a reply. I would guess that such an image was automatically copyrighted at the time it was published and that it has never been renewed. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:53, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

I did specifically ask if there was a copyright notice in the program, because all I was sent was the picture, not the entire program, and was told "No." I will try and contact the Theater Department at the university about this because B erry LaRue, who sent me the picture and asked me to post it, knows no more. i shall loose no sleep if this picture goes away, but will take stab at keeping it. Carptrash (talk) 00:53, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
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Professor Heck Seibert forwarded your question to me and I am looking into how images taken for EMU theatre playbills can be used. I will get back with you when I have more information. thank you, kathy
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You have been invited to a meetup and edit-a-thon at the Junipero Serra Branch of the LA Public Library (4607 S. Main St., 90037) on Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 10 am to 4 pm! This event is sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association and aims to improve coverage of Asian Pacific American topics, particularly as they relate to southern California. Please RSVP here if you're interested.

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Nomination of Human trafficking in Egypt for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Human trafficking in Egypt is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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I think I owe you an apology and an explanation:I never actually want to delete the article. What I want to get exact citing of our material from published sources so the reader know what part comes from whee, not just a general statement. Perhaps you can help e think of the best way to do it and the best place to discuss it. (I have a bias for starting things at AfD, because I'm most at home there, but I know it's not really the best way or the fairest) DGG ( talk ) 21:51, 3 May 2014 (UTC) .
@DGG: No worries, I don't take any of this personally! You could start at Wikipedia talk:Plagiarism. I personally don't see a problem in the current practice. In my view, because Wikipedia is a collaborative work, plagiarism rules should operate (somewhat) differently here than elsewhere. Maybe I should have indicated precisely in the edit summary which edits were from where -- would that satisfy you? Here's where I'm coming from -- if a reader looks and sees my name sprinkled throughout the history, it's not immediately apparent which parts I authored, and how the current version differs from what I wrote, without a decent amount of clicking and legwork. I'm not sure why having to compare the source US govt document to the article to see what was written by that US govt commission is any worse for the reader, or any less credit than the author deserves. (If anything, they are receiving more credit than Wikipedian authors!) Obviously there are completely separate issues about the appropriate use of sources--and admittedly that article is not Wikipedia's best work!!--but I don't see in principle why public domain works published elsewhere can't just be a part of the grand collaborative process here, and why they require even more credit than a general statement like the one I included. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Another related thought that's also behind my position -- it's important to be able to modify public domain works to improve and update them etc. (Let's set aside this specific example bc perhaps it's politically loaded -- imagine instead EB1911 or something by NASA.) I would like to be able to build off of work that has previously been done, but be able to update it and improve it over time. Perhaps I use the text verbatim initially, but it gets changed and improved by other users over time. I think having a general statement that indicates the use of the text without being unduly specific allows this collaborative editing process to function optimally. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:07, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Note on communes in Morocco

Hello, I have been using some of your work @ User:Calliopejen1/Morocco to create the missing articles (as in Template:Ouarzazate Province), so I thought of dropping you a note, and, thank you for creating these templates. Tachfin (talk) 19:15, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

@Tachfin: Great, awesome! I had totally forgotten about those. I also put together List of municipalities, communes, and arrondissements of Morocco long ago. It apparently is in need of updating but was correct as of 2004.... Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:50, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Yes they split and created some new ones. They will release new data for 2014 since a new census is planned for this year. --Tachfin (talk) 07:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
@Tachfin: If you remember, ping me when these results are released. I created the last municipalities list using some Excel magic derived from a PDF, and it would be great to do the same with the new data. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:52, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Great, I think it will be around September/October --Tachfin (talk) 17:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

LA edit-a-thons on May 23 and 31

LA meetups: Adrianne Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thons on May 23 and May 31

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

There are two LA edit-a-thons in memory of Adrianne Wadewitz, a prolific Wikipedia editor, in the coming weeks. Please join us May 23 at Occidental College and May 31 at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry to combat systemic bias and help further Adrianne's legacy. No experience needed! Please RSVP at the relevant page(s) if you plan to attend.

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Kuspuk

Thank you for writing the article on Kuspuk that I had requested, and for letting me know you had done so! TBH, I had forgotten about that request, but seeing that it had been filled still made me happy! All the best, Philip. -- pne (talk) 09:12, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Kuspuk

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I knew a great hook when I saw one! (I promoted it to the main page.) 11,269 views - congratulations! Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Awesome! So glad it got some exposure! The awesome thing about the article was there were just too many hooks to choose from-- casual kuspuk Friday, kuspuk as gift to the Pope, kuspuk as target of TSA attention... No idea when I started this article that it would be so interesting. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:54, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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Upcoming L.A. events: Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon (Saturday, June 21, 12-5pm) and Wiknic (Sunday, July 6, ~9:30am-4pm)

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Get hungry for the Wiknic!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The L.A. Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: an edit-a-thon sponsored by the online magazine East of Borneo, and the fourth annual Los Angeles Wiknic!

The East of Borneo event is an edit-a-thon that aims to build a better history of art in Southern California. This next chapter of their Unforgetting L.A. series will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 12pm to 5pm at 356 S. Mission Rd. (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. For more info, see eastofborneo.org/unforgetting.

The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Sunday, July 6, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible!

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I'm happy your going to be able to attend the Wiknic after all. See you soon and have a Happy 4th of July! Tinkermen Talk 20:25, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, see you Sunday! Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:51, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
BTW, the picnic would be a good time to encourage folks to sign their names to meta:Southern California Wikimedians.--Pharos (talk) 13:55, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
And the usergroup effort would probably also be a good topic to post to the mail:wikimedia-california discussion list.--Pharos (talk) 13:21, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

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Feedback request

Thank you for your advice regarding my article. I have taken it on board and made significant changes (especially a lot of deleting!) and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind giving me feedback again, as I would like to get it perfect before I submit it onto the live wikipedia. Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Granola_t/Charles_Tchen Granola t (talk) 00:12, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

@Granola t: I've made my suggested revisions (including much more deleting!). The last version still seemed too much like a CV/promotional page. To be honest, I'm not sure if Tchen is notable by Wikipedia standards. However, for people in Africa, there are often fewer reliable sources available online so it is hard to say how this one would be judged. I'd go ahead and move it into the main encyclopedia, but just understand that there is still the possibility of deletion if he is ultimately deemed to be not notable... If you have access to any print sources about Tchen and could incorporate them into the article, that would be great. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:53, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

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User talk:ThebigmacRONALD

Jen, we don't know each other, but it's usual to check with the blocking administrator before unblocking a user. See WP:BLOCK ("Except in cases of unambiguous error or significant change in circumstances dealing with the reason for blocking, administrators should avoid unblocking users without first attempting to contact the blocking administrator to discuss the matter.").--Bbb23 (talk) 22:46, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know about that recommendation. I'll keep it in mind in the future. The case seemed fairly straightforward, so I didn't really think about it. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:52, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hope you're well! I remembered your fondness for Ecuador and wondered if you or @Rosiestep: could translate from es wiki or the source and expand this for a DYK or something. I had trouble with the translation.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:21, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Hi there! I'll see what I can do -- seems to be relatively filled with jargon, but I can ask my husband for help. :) I may not be able to get to this for a bit (pretty busy at the moment) but I'll put it on my todo list. Hopefully within the next week or two! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:13, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
@Dr. Blofeld: I was procrastinating, so I just did the translation now. :) Some of the original Spanish text wasn't terribly clear (I think an issue of the original writing rather than a language barrier -- perhaps assuming the reader knows more about Ecuadorian politics than I do?). Anyways I translated about 90% of it and left about 10% of it out where I didn't think the translation would be useful. I'll see if I have time later to source and clean up the article. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:30, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
BTW I must have driven over this bridge previously, going between Guayaquil and Cuenca! Fun to have an article on it now. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:34, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, yeah I did suspect that might be the case!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:59, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Not sure if you noticed, but I had to erase the vast majority of the article bc of copyright concerns. In the es.wiki article, there are a lot of bits copied and pasted from the Spanish sources. I think it would be necessary to write the article from scratch... I'll see what I can do, but I'm not sure I'm up for writing a whole new article on this bridge.... Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:57, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for Changing James Garner Photo

Thanks for changing the photo at the top of the James Garner website! I think that same terrible photo of Garner has been the lead one for this site for over 15 years and there've been various attempts to switch it out, all to no eventual avail. I hope this change sticks; this photo you cropped from "Maverick" is so much better. Jump Forward Immediately (talk) 17:02, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jump Forward Immediately: Thanks! I had no idea that there was a history with the old photo... For a living person, a lot of times it makes sense to have a more recent photo, but once they have died I think it's best to use a photo from their prime. And mostly that photo was just terrible -- not really looking at the camera, etc.! Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:04, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
There had been a long uphill battle over that terrible photo. Thanks again for changing it! Jump Forward Immediately (talk) 17:17, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hey Jen, just wanted to let you know we booked the next Unforgetting L.A. meetup for Saturday, Sept 6, 11am-4pm. We'll be in Pasadena this time, at Armory Center for the Arts. I'll be sending an invite (or rather, asking you to send an invite!) soon. I want to get a picture of the space on there first. Hope you can make it out! StaceyEOB (talk) 18:35, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon on September 6

Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 6 from 11am to 4pm

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

You are invited to meet up with online magazine East of Borneo for an edit-a-thon to build a better history of art in Southern California. This next event in their Unforgetting L.A. series will take place on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 11am - 4pm at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. For more info, see eastofborneo.org/unforgetting.

I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:39, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

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Upcoming L.A. events: Wik-Ed Women editing session (Tues., 10/7, 6-10pm) and UCR Wikipedia Loves Libraries event (Thurs., 10/16, 10am-4pm)

The Southern California Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: a Wik-Ed Women editing session downtown designed to combat systemic bias, and a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at UC Riverside!

Wik-Ed Women is a new monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. This second session will take place on Tuesday, October 7 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

The UC Riverside Wikipedia Loves Libraries event is an edit-a-thon targeting articles related to UC Riverside, SoCal, and beyond. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm at UCR's Tomás Rivera Library. Again, RSVPs are requested here.

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Greetings! / Art+Feminism

Hi User:Calliopejen1! I wanted to reach out to learn more about the East of Borneo Edit-a-Thons in L.A. I hope to write a story or do an interview with one of the organizers, and would also be interested in communicating more about a potential future, upcoming Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon this fall. Hope to talk soon. :) OR drohowa (talk) 18:17, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

@OR drohowa: The primary person organizing the EOB edit-a-thons is User:StaceyEOB -- she does the vast majority of the legwork, and I help out with some Wikipedia expertise. I don't want to steal her thunder but would be happy to talk to you -- email me if you'd like to set up something via Skype etc. Also, User:Kadelman organized last year's Art+Feminism thing in Los Angeles. I'm not sure if she's planning to do it again this year but her event last time at the Public School was really cool! Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:59, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

another LA edit-a-thon

I'm announcing Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/20. I've already requested the geo-notice but I could use your help pushing out the invitation to Wikipedians on the LA list. I'm not particular as to the text; please advise if you'd like me to draft something. Chris Troutman (talk) 07:26, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

@Chris troutman: Actually, could you draft something up? If you could figure out some way to distinguish it from the Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon, that would be great! (Maybe a different suggested focus? Something else California-related, or something different altogether?) It's great that the guy from the wiknic is volunteering his space! Let me know if you need help organizing or any extra supplies etc. I need to check my calendar at home, but I think I should be able to make it! Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:59, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
How about this?
The 20th Los Angeles meetup: Sunday, September 21st from 11am to 4pm

SoCal Wikipedians,

Join us on Sunday, September 21st, from 11am - 4pm at Kramer Studio in Mid-City LA. (map). Please RSVP and consider becoming a member of the SoCal task force to help us improve articles about everything in the region.

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Hope that works. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:41, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

L.A. Meetup on September 21

The 20th Los Angeles meetup: Sunday, September 21 from 11am to 4pm

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

Join us on Sunday, September 21, from 11am to 4pm at Kramer Studio in Mid-City (map) for a meetup and edit-a-thon! Get to know the Los Angeles Wikipedia community and do some editing (or learn to edit!) in a collaborative environment. Please RSVP and consider becoming a member of the SoCal task force to help us improve articles about everything in the region.

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Mentoring at the Co-op

Hi Jen! This is Jethro, a fellow host at the Teahouse. I'm running a pilot of a new mentorship space called the the Co-op, and am looking for mentors. There isn't a real interface yet as we're still building it, but to give you plenty of notice, I wanted to ask if you might be interested in mentoring 1 or 2 editors during our pilot. We plan to start piloting in December and run for about two months. Mentors would only need to teach things relevant to what an editor wants to do or accomplish, so it's less of a commitment compared to teaching comprehensively about Wikipedia. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have, of course, so let me know if there's anything about the space you'd like to know more about. Much like the Teahouse, the only way we'll know if our project is useful is if we can get folks to help teach. I, JethroBT drop me a line 18:45, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Getpissy

Perhaps we should unblock to allow a username RFC. As pleasant as they doubtless are in real life, not everyone they encounter here will know that, and I would be comfortable letting them edit with that name as long as community consensus supported it.

Feel free to do the unblock yourself ... I am having some computer problems at the moment so my online time is limited and sporadic. Daniel Case (talk) 04:41, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Hello!

Hello! Thanks for reaching out! Sorry I missed that last edit-a-thon. It's hard to make many work-week events cause of my work schedule, but I appreciate the shout out. Looking forward to meeting you this weekend. I'm also in touch with some folks who are organizing a memorial edit-a-thon for Adrianne Wadewitz at ASECS, Wednesday, March 16, 2015. Would you and/or others be interested in participating? It'd be great to get some experienced Wikipedians involved! AnitaConchita (talk) 23:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

@AnitaConchita: No worries, I totally understand! Hope to see you this weekend -- I'll probably be there from 12:30-2:30 or so, but I'm not positive I'll make it (have commitments before and after)... As for the event in March, I'd definitely be interested in participating, though it's hard to plan anything six months in advance! The Bonaventure is super close to where I work, which would make it pretty easy to drop by. Keep me in the loop! Will the event be open to the public (i.e. can I include it tentatively on the meetup calendar and advertise it in our blast notices when the date gets closer)? Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:02, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
@Calliopjen1: Ah! Turns out, I can't make it today either. But I'll keep you in the loop once I learn more about the event in March. It should be open to the public, and we'd love to get as many Wikipedians and friends of Adrianne there as possible. I'll ask the orgainzer to be sure though, but I'm sure you can advertise and blast away! AnitaConchita (talk) 18:11, 21 September 2014 (UTC) Update: Event is totally free and open to the public. Advertise away!

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L.A. events on October 7 and 16

Upcoming L.A. events: Wik-Ed Women edit-a-thon (10/7, 6-10pm) and UCR edit-a-thon (10/16, 10am-4pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The Southern California Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: a Wik-Ed Women editing session downtown designed to combat systemic bias, and a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at UC Riverside!

Wik-Ed Women is a new monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. This second session will take place on Tuesday, October 7 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend.

The UC Riverside Wikipedia Loves Libraries event is an edit-a-thon targeting articles related to UC Riverside, SoCal, and beyond. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm at UCR's Tomás Rivera Library. Again, RSVPs are requested here.

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Proposed deletion of Prayong Chuenyen

The article Prayong Chuenyen has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Wgolf (talk) 01:44, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Underlinked

Okay if you see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Prayong_Chuenyen only one page links to it which is why it has the tag. Anyway thanks Wgolf (talk) 04:54, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

@Wgolf: Actually {{Underlinked}} is for when there aren't enough outgoing links, i.e. links from that Wikipedia article going somewhere else. You're describing something like {{Orphan}} but that tag doesn't apply when there is at least one inbound link. Calliopejen1 (talk) 05:00, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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Hi - I want to rename https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Wu.jpg which you uploaded. My reasoning is given there. --GRuban (talk) 15:41, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Looks like it was done, so my reasoning vanished. Here. --GRuban (talk) 16:10, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. Very strange that there would be a photo of a random person holding someone else's award, sorry! Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:13, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm imagining a conversation going something like this:
"Hey, man - you're going to this year's WorldCon, right?"
"Yeah, dude - I been saving up, it's the high point of my year."
"Mind picking up my Hugo for me? I'm gonna ditch this year."
"Dude! It's like totally the world's most prestigious science fiction award! Are you really going to not be there?"
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UCLA

I wanted to let you know about Nafpaktitism. She's a librarian at UCLA and is interested in edit-a-thons, including hosting them on campus. I told her to reach out to you as I am leaving California for good Saturday morning. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:48, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Wow, so soon!! Good luck with your move, and thanks for the heads up! Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:55, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

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DavidYork has been a self generating sock farm for over 5 years.... just in case one needs to know... sending messages to a banned user long standing seems odd. satusuro 03:01, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

@SatuSuro: I use a script that automatically notifies uploaders, so that's why he would have gotten a message. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:30, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
ok - maybe its worth checking - automated things can be embarrassing, he has enough wasted space as it is... cheers satusuro 23:11, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Calliopejen1, just to inform you that I'm addressing the problem you pointed out early this year regarding possible copyvios with biographies of venezuelans. It would be helpful to work in a similar list for this wiki, let me know if you wanna give me a hand for that. Cheers --Oscar (talk) 18:14, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hey Jen. I've posted some initial information and discussions points about the space for mentors here. Give it a read, ask questions on what's not clear, and feel free to add suggestions to the topics I've brought up about mentoring so far. I just pinged a bunch of people at once for this; I understand that sometimes it doesn't go through, so I wanted to make sure you were aware. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:40, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

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1964 Constitution of Afghanistan: Preamble

It's already at wikisource:Constitution of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Should I nominate it for deletion without redirect? --George Ho (talk) 21:29, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

@George Ho: I just redirected to 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan; seems like the simplest solution. Maybe some of them could be expanded one day if there was significant commentary on any portion of the constitution (a la Second Amendment). I know pretty much zero about Afghan law and doubt that they would realistically expanded, who knows though. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Help

Dear Sir could you help me with this please?

The language is to be used in British English like reorganise and words similar to that. Mr Hall of England (talk) 21:18, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

P.S. Happy New Year

@Mr Hall of England: Hi Mr Hall! I have redirected all of these articles to 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan. Wikipedia does not host copies of historical documents, though its sister site Wikisource does. This constitution already exists at Wikisource and should be improved there -- see https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Kingdom_of_Afghanistan . Good luck! Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:05, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, would you also help me with this though:

I would be grateful. Mr Hall of England (talk) 18:42, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

I would recommend adding that information as a new section of Kingdom of Afghanistan, because I'm not really sure we need a separate articles on the line of succession. Maybe I could be proved wrong, though.... I see that in the 1964 constitution, the line of succession was specified in articles 16-19. I'm not sure how the line of succession worked prior to 1964 (it appears that Afghanistan was a monarchy 1926–1973). I don't think I'll be adding the information myself because (maybe because I am American!) I find monarchies to be extremely tedious. But good luck adding it yourself! :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Jen, I finally got around to adding additional references for this article. Please give me your feedback.Happy New Years! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Andrea Bruce (talk • contribs) 23:21, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Andrea Bruce: Hi Andrea, I still really don't think this company is notable by Wikipedia standards. It seems that you still haven't been able to find any articles about the company's core business. Given that we don't have the sources to write about what the company does as a routine matter, I don't think that it merits a Wikipedia article. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:36, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks! I'm not sure which contributions you're referring to, but I accept any praise gladly. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:37, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

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Adjusting pilot start date - WP:Co-op

Hello Calliopejen1,

I'll be putting out a formal update sometime soon, but I wanted to inform you that I've decided to push our start date back to mid-February rather than in January. There are number of reasons for this, but the biggest factor is that we are now facing the hard work of implementing our designs on the Mediawiki interface. It's a limiting environment to work with from a web-building perspective, and the team that worked on the Teahouse can offer similar testimonials to these challenges. We also want to make sure there is time for us and for you to test the environment out, ask questions at our project's talk page, and give us a little time to make any last changes before we start inviting editors to the space. If some of you know you will be unavailable during this time, it's totally fine if you need to bow out for the pilot. But we do need all the mentors we can get, so even if you can take the time to mentor just one or two editors, that would be fantastic.
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The LA Wikipedia community has three events in mid-February -- please consider attending!

First, we have a Valentine's Day edit-a-thon appropriately named Redondo Loves Wikipedia, which will take place at the Redondo Beach Public Library from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 14. Join library staff, the Redondo Beach Historical Society, and others to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Redondo Beach!

Second, we have a Wik-Ed Women editing session on Tuesday, February 17 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists.

Third, we have an Unforgetting LA event put on by East of Borneo in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute. Come help improve Wikipedia's coverage of LA design and architecture, and have an awesome free day at the museum -- parking will be validated for edit-a-thon participants! If you'd like to use particular books from GRI's great collection, be sure to email before 2/13 (instructions at event page).

And be sure to check out our main meetup page, because we already have three SoCal events scheduled for early March!

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Hi Jen! I'm down in San Diego, but so appreciate the notices of the wikipedia meetups you've been doing! Can't make it this time, but do hope to see you guys soon - would love to connect in more, especially when I've got students who are learning how to contribute! With MuReMuPu, DrMel (talk) 16:26, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, DrMel! Somehow I missed your message a couple weeks ago... Glad you're finding the notices useful (I'm never sure if I'm just clogging people's talk pages), and hope to see you at an event soon! Calliopejen1 (talk) 02:12, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
No problem! On Facebook, Tinkermen has suggested I help with the March Art+Feminism editathon, and I'd love to. Need to learn how those work best in order to do a good job facilitating. Do you have time to talk sometime soon? Could you email me directly at melissaganus -at- gmail? Thanks! DrMel (talk) 09:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

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LA Edit-a-Thon

I saw this on another user's page. I'm in LA and I'm wondering how to form an edit-a-thon with Wikipedia scientists, mathematicians, engineers in LA. I don't suppose we already have groups like that? SW3 5DL (talk) 02:59, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, User:SW3 5DL. To "form an edit-a-thon" you pretty much need to find a location to meet, and invite your friends! It's not really a "group" per se. We haven't had any math/science edit-a-thons in LA because the people interested in organizing haven't generally been interested in those topics. By the way, when I organize and/or advertise edit-a-thons, I don't generally get a big turnout from editors who found out about it on Wikipedia. Most attendees tend to come from real-life social networks. If you are interested in organizing something, let me know. I can help do a blast message, add a watchlist geonotice, provide advice re logistics, etc. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:07, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

How To Pick Up More Women ...

Ive reached out to you as I saw you were involved with the LA editathon. Do read the 2nd para of this if you have time. My proposed Wikimania talk "How To Pick Up More Women" is here. Feel free to shrug. Thx for listening. Victuallers (talk) 20:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

WP:Co-op news for December 2014 – Feburary 2015

Hey Calliopejen1, it's been a while. The Co-op team has been hard at work during over the winter, so let's get right into what's been happening:

Landing page draft. You know it's a draft when you need to squint at the logo, ha ha.
  • Graphic design work is nearing completion and development work is coming along slowly but surely. The main components of the space, profiles, the landing page, and the mentor landing page have all been built, and we're basically just putting the pieces together. We have close-to-final draft of the landing page, which is currently at User:Slalani/Landing_page, and in the thumbnail to the right. You can check out other components over at User:Slalani if you're curious. Soni, Slalani, and I are working together on some of the front page elements. We've also been doing some testing on test.wikipedia.org for profile building and matching. If you're curious about checking that out, let me know.
  • We've finished up a survey for newer editors to assess their experiences of using existing help spaces (e.g. Reference Desk, Teahouse, IRC, The Wikipedia Adventure) on en.wikipedia. Gabrielm199 is putting together a summary of that survey, and in the meantime, some findings from that survey of 45 newer editors include:
    • On average, editors found contributing to Wikipedia to be easier after using the help space compared to before.
      • However, after using one or more help spaces, only half of editors reported that editing, addressing social challenges, and resolving technical issues were easy or very easy. The other half of editors were either neutral, or reported that these matters were difficult or very difficult.
    • Just under 30% (11 of 38 editors) of newer editors said they probably would have stopped editing entirely had they not received support from the help space they used.
    • Editors frequently reported either 1) that they would not have been learn what they needed without the help space, or 2) That they could have found it, but admitted that it would have been difficult or taken much longer.
  • We will be making one final move of the pilot start date to March 4th, 2015. This is the last move (I promise), because we can't afford to run the pilot any later than that. So there it is: March 4th or bust! But we won't bust, because there are just a few things left on our plate before we can run our pilot successfully. I'll be alerting you about when you will be able to make mentor profiles soon, so when you get a message about that, please take a minute or two to create your profile here (otherwise, you won't get matched to any editors!).

Thanks to all of the new mentors who have joined over the past few months. Big thanks to Missvain to posting about our little project here to the gendergap-l mailing list. I, JethroBT drop me a line 00:47, 13 February 2015 (UTC) on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.

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Congratulations on your milestone... and Help!

Hi, Calliopejen, and congratulations on the 100,000 edits milestone. That is awesome! As for "help", I could use some assistance with sending out notices to SF editors via MediaWiki message delivery regarding our upcoming edit-a-thon: Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/International Women's Day 2015‎. If you are busy with other things, no worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:24, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: Thanks! Do you have a list of editors to distribute the messages to? A la Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Invites. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:45, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
It would be to this list: Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Invite. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:03, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
I just learned of an ArtAndFeminism event being planned for 3/7/15 in SF. Let me get some more information about it, and maybe we can include both events in one message. I'll get back to you. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:13, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Me, again. Using this list Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Invite, could you distribute a single talkpage notice for these two San Francisco edit-a-thons: Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/ArtandFeminism 2015 (3/7/15) and Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/International Women's Day 2015‎ (3/8/15)? I thought it might be helpful if I created a mock-up (it's based on others I've seen from the LA community... stolen shamelessly):



== 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) 18:58, xxx xxx 2015 (UTC)

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Done! No problem! Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:25, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
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WP:Co-op: Presentation at Wikimania 2015

Hey Calliopejen1. I've put in a submission for a presentation at Wikimania 2015 called Is Two the Magic Number?: The Co-op and New Editor Engagement through Mentorship. I'll be talking about the state of finding help spaces on en.wiki and how our new mentorship space, The Co-op, factors into that picture. Reviewing will begin soon and I'll need your help to be able to present our work. Please review our proposal and give us feedback. If you would be interested in seeing this presentation, whether you are attending or not, please add your name to the signup at the bottom of the proposal (you do not need to attend Wikimania to express interest in presentations). I, JethroBT drop me a line on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.

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There is a discussion here that I think would benefit from your input. Regards, Samsara 18:16, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Co-op: Mentor profiles and final pilot prep

Hey mentors, two announcements:

  1. You can now make your profile at The Co-op! Please set up your mentor profile here as soon as you are able, as the pilot begins on March 4th. It isn't very involved and should only take a minute. If you need more info about what the different skills mean (e.g. writing, communication), please refer to these descriptions.
  2. Profile creation, invitations, and automated matching of editors, profile creation, that will be coordinated through HostBot and a few gadgets may not be ready for our pilot, and will have to be done manually until they are ready. In preparation for the pilot, please read over these instructions on how we will be manually performing these tasks until the automated components are ready. I, JethroBT drop me a line on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.

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I wanted to send you a kitten that will hopefully make your day better! BTW, I agree 100% with your "(mostly contrary) opinions" on your userpage. I say this as a big stub (I assume that's what you mean by "crappy") creator (around 250+, maybe more in the near future)

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Thank you for mentoring this user. It appears from the edits at Aphra Behn that they need some help understanding the need for sourcing and for wiki linking. They also deleted useful info in the process. I'll leave it up to you to address, I don't want to impede the mentoring process. LeadSongDog come howl! 06:37, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Previous message

Sorry to pester you again, but can I just check that you saw my previous message, so I can stop wondering? :) Thanks. Samsara 11:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

@Samsara: I finally commented there, though probably not the response you were hoping for! Sorry! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for sharing your resources with me! It was great seeing you earlier! Go LA Wikipedians! AnitaConchita (talk) 02:24, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

@AnitaConchita: Thanks! Hope to see you at another meetup sometime soon!! :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:16, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28

Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thon (3/18), Redondo Loves Wikipedia (3/28)

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending!

First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia.

Second, there will be an event at the Redondo Beach Public Library (following up on last month's session), in collaboration with the Redondo Beach Historical Society. Please join us from 10am to noon on Saturday, March 28 at the main branch of the Redondo Beach Public Library!

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Question about March - women's history month promotion

Hi Jen, I'm sorry I missed meeting you in LA last week. I had a really great experience at the edit-a-thon and I'm inspired to plan my own. Last week, I received messages about a wikipedia initiative to promote women editors and women's subjects that included brainstorming and grant support. Now, I cannot find the pages. Do you know anything about this? The deadline for the grants is the end of the month, and I was hoping to apply for some funds to support the edit-a-thon in November. If that's not available, do you have any suggestions for who I might contact to plan my own edit-a-thon? Thanks LLRungegordon (talk) 21:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

@LLRungegordon: Sorry that I wasn't able to make it! I had a crazy day at work that day.... :( The main landing page for the Inspire campaign (of which the grants are a part) is here, and the informational page for the grants specifically is meta:Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Funding. If you end up missing the deadline for the Inspire grants, there are also project and event grants that are available all year long -- and my general understanding is that if you have a reasonable plan, you have a good chance of getting funding. Let me know if you have any questions about or need assistance with the grants process. I'm actually a member of the committee that gives recommendations re: grant proposals for the Inspire campaign (though I'm not involved with project and event grants). Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:24, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
@LLRungegordon: Also, if you're looking for someone local in Florida, I'd recommend contacting User:FloNight. I don't think she's in Tampa but she might be able to refer you to someone closer. And I can answer general questions re: edit-a-thon planning! Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, and thank you for the additional help. I will be following up. The event I'm planning will be at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and so the tri-state area will be a better place to find some local experts. Suggestions welcome! Cheers. LLRungegordon (talk) 23:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
@LLRungegordon: Dorothy Howard is a good contact in NYC. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:55, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Francisco de Zurbarán

In the summary of your revert on Talk:Francisco de Zurbarán, you say,

Expand XXX templates can be applied to talk pages (referring to the associated article) or to article pages, at the editor's discretion.)

That seems debatable. The documentation of {{Expand French}} says, To mark an article, tag it with..., that is, tag the article. In the next sentence, it says that the template places articles in the category Articles needing translation....

The instructions could be worded more clearly, to be sure, but current operation of the template makes it clear: whatever page contains the template will be categorized as needing translation. After your revert, the Talk page now appears in the Category of pages needing translation from French, but the article itself does not. I won't revert again, but I don't believe that this was your intent. Cordially, Mathglot (talk) 21:17, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

@Mathglot: If you go to Template talk:Expand language (the master template from which all the more specific templates draw) and its archives, there has been a lot of discussion over the years about banner placement. Some people believe it should only be used on article pages, some believe it should only be used talk pages, and some believe it can be used on either. Particularly given that many people believe it should only be included on talk pages, I don't think it makes sense to remove it. I think it's similar to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people where it's clear that editors aren't requesting a photo of a talk page.... Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:57, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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Mentor

Hey Jen, could I ask you to mentor this editor on a new article? They were matched to a mentor who has gone inactive, unfortunately. If you can't, just let me know and I'll ask around. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 01:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Sure, I can help out! Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:37, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

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Male screenwriters

There hasn't been a discussion on this subject, per se...it's rather an outgrowth of a number of recategorizing projects that have come about more recently. (See, for instance, the subsets of Category:American male writers - novelists and poets, for starters.) I've started focusing on it more after having begun working with WikiProject Women writers. I've created several of the subcategories mentioned, but the breakdown into male and female writers began some while ago, and I'm not sure who initiated the discussion there. (Category:American male novelists and Category:American male poets have been around for a while, I think.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:17, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Say when and I'll stick my nose in when I can. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:39, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

14:53:25, 23 April 2015 review of submission by Alissa.lauren


Alissa.lauren (talk) 14:53, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi! So I have edited this article so many times, trying to make it neutral and straight forward, yet still describing all that Jam Cruise entails. Are there any particular lines that you feel sound more like an advertisement? The only paragraph I can see would be the paragraph that describes the collaborations and venues that adhere to that, or the ideology of Jam Cruise. IF you have any advice or suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Alissa.lauren, First of all, are you affiliated with Jam Cruise? If so, please read WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide -- the most important rule is that your conflict must be disclosed. Some examples of ad-like language.... "expanding across the musical genres" "Jam Cruise's ideology supports" "designed with venues that are geared specifically for collaboration" "taking actions that positively impact people and the environment in the communities they visit" "immersive daytime schedule" "features hand-picked chefs to curate".... And overall the whole thing just reads like an ad. Maybe it would be advisable to just cut a lot of the extraneous details. We don't need to know the credentials of the on-board yoga instructor, for example. I would cut the article to only include information that can be found in high-quality independent sources (e.g. Billboard, NYTimes, ABC News, Rolling Stone) and cut out all unsourced information or information sourced to low-quality sources (Jambase appears to be the worst offender). Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:38, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you. I am trying to find reputed news paper articles and books related to Indian Queer movement. I am also having a bit of difficulties in finding mainstream newspaper articles or books on Queer issues, as the queer issues are not widely covered. We have few Queer centric blogs come up in the recent years, but as you said, the reliability of the blogs becomes very subjective. I will look into more sources offline and online for citation :) Section377 (talk) 11:39, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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Intertranswiki

Thanks, I'm hoping to rekindle some interest in this Inevitably it'll be down to the few of us anyway but there needs to be an active effort copying categories on other wikis and blue linking I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:48, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

To be honest, those inter translation tags we created a while back I find so ugly that I feel guilty using them. It is possible you could shrink them by default to a single line saying simply "Translate?" or "You can translate from German wikipedia", a skinny strip at the top in which you can click "show" to read the whole thing. Can you do that?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:55, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Do you think you could respond on this? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:54, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld, could you be more specific about what you're envisioning? The problem is that I think maintenance templates need to have the date stamp, and then when you add any message about translating and even a brief explanation about the [show] button (which I think is necessary given the copyright problems if clueless people translate), I think you're already up to two lines -- which is what it is currently. Could you draft a proposed new version that incorporates these elements and is only one line? Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Include all of the current content into the template. But by default make it a single line skinny as possible strip (at least as skinny as that between the lines) which looks something like: 

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Make it half as skinny as that if you can, make the template a strip rather than fat bloated thing. You can link the other wiki article in the part that says "German wikipedia" or whatever. As compact as possible which gives the editor the notice and when they click show can read the fully details. Can you make a mock example and I'll comment.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC) ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:25, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Thoughts re Template:Expand language/sandbox? You can't see the linking yet but you get the idea... Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:32, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
Much better, yup, that would be almost ideal. I gather you can't make it even skinnier though? There's some quite big white gaps either side, it could be nearer half the width still if you could do something to control the box size.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:47, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
You can't make it any narrower? That's OK then, please update the templates with the new shrunken down version. I'll start using them again for some articles then!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:06, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Dr. Blofeld-- No, it's based off another standard template and can't be changed. Now I'm having second thoughts about your proposed changes -- all of the templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup start with "This article..." I don't know that it would make sense for this one to be non-standard. Can you think of another way to shrink it rather than using the "Translate from...?" text? Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:27, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Can you/Ipigott expand Metropolitan Cultural Center from Spanish wiki?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:22, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

08:31:06, 14 May 2015 review of submission by Sarahmorid


Sarahmorid (talk) 08:31, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Dear Reviewer: Calliopejen1 HI! I wonder how I can improve/add citations when all there is on the web is limited or it's in Farsi. the main reason I am trying to create a thing here, is no existence of a reliable source in english on the cybernet ! I have added all there is regarding the references . Please let me know how to improve it with my limitations. thank you, awaiting your reply.

Sarahmorid, sources in Farsi or offline are acceptable (e.g. articles from reputable Iranian newspapers). Obviously, don't take message that you can use Farsi sources as an opportunity to use low-quality Farsi sources -- but if good sources in Farsi exist, then they can be the basis for an article. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:58, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Biographies of filmmakers

Hello! Just a reminder, the Film project does not cover biography articles. Therefore, please do not add the {{WikiProject Film}} banner to articles about actors, directors and filmmakers. Those articles are covered by adding |filmbio-work-group=yes to {{WikiProject Biography}} instead. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 16:13, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, didn't know that. I won't in the future! Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Review and Rejection of Institute for Preventive Foot Health Entry 13 May, 2015

Dear Calliopejen1, I received your feedback about IPFH's "notability." Actually, I had included a number of references from reliable sources, but when I included them in an earlier revision, was told that the entry read like an advertisement. I took that to mean that I should remove those links. So, I'm hoping you can help by suggesting how I might mention some of the links and coverage IPFH has received to show notability without having another reviewer think that I am being promotional.

Here are some examples that show that IPFH is a respected and reliable organization and source of information:

IPFH's reports and research have been referred to by these well known US national and international publications/web sites:

-Consumer Reports referred to IPFH's National Foot Health Assessment in the lead of this article, which was picked up in publications and broadcast media across the US:http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2014/01/don-t-let-stylish-shoes-give-you-unhappy-feet/index.htm - CNN referred to the National Foot Health Assessment here:http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/health/flip-flops-hurting-feet/index.html Additional references may be found here: - Huffingtion Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/foot-problems-issues-feet-health_n_1628246.html - Time Magazine: http://time.com/money/2793598/5-things-to-know-about-foot-pain/

IPFH.org is linked to from these national/international health care organizations and web sites: -American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA): https://www.aapa.org/twocolumn.aspx?id=2452 - Cleveland Clinic: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/orthopaedics-rheumatology/diseases-conditions/hic-common-foot-problems - International Council on Active Aging (ICAA): http://www.icaa.cc/footcare.htm - ICAA's Active Aging Week: http://activeagingweek.com/themedays/day1-foot-health-ipfh.php - SoHealthy European and Mediterranean Research Network on Healthy Feet: http://www.sohealthyproject.eu/events (scroll down to see the IPFH writeup, including logo)

IPFH Scientific Advisory Board Members' articles, developed in collaboration with IPFH's researcher and writer, have appeared in these publications: i. J.R. Brandt – Lower Extremity Review: http://lermagazine.com/article/afos-and-interfaces-the-important-role-of-socks ii. Lori Weisenfeld, DPM – Primary Care Progress: http://primarycareprogress.org/blogs/16/490 and KevinMD:http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/04/when-examining-patients-dont-forget-about-the-feet.html iii. Bob Thompson – various articles in Media Planet, InMotion magazine (the magazine of the Amputee Coaltion), and Fly.com: 

     a.	http://sites.mediaplanet.com/amputee-awareness/put-your-best-foot-forward
     b.	Reprints of InMotion magazine (not an online publication)http://www.ipfh.org/images/general/Holiday_Season_PFH_Tips.pdf
     c.	http://www.fly.com/blog/travel-tips/protect-your-feet-from-blood-clots-while-flying/
     d.	Thompson has also been quoted prominently in articles in Lower Extremity Review and Everyday Health: 
               1.	http://lermagazine.com/cover_story/high-heels-elevating-the-discussion
               2.	http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-report/type-2-diabetes-treatment-diet-exercise/foot-care-and-exercise.aspx

As a further indication of reliability and significance, IPFH is in the second year of funding from a Google AdWords grant equivalent to US$120,000. Here is a link to the AdWords grant requiremets page:http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/us/grants/pdf/external-nonprofit-guide-2014.pdf

Thanks in advance for any help you might provide. 

Rmreally (talk) 20:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
Rmreally, none of these sources indicate notability to me. What we are looking for is sources that are about IPFH in some way (e.g. sources that say "IPFH is the leading institute of foot health" or "IPFH was established in 1952 by Drs. Smith and Jones" or "IPFH receives funding from the National Institute of Health" or whatever -- these are obviously arbitrary examples). Articles by people affiliated with IPFH do not help establish IPFH's notability, nor do mere references to IPFH in other publications or mere links to IPFH at other websites. Do you have any independent reliable sources about IPFH? Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:32, 14 May 2015 (UTC)


Dear Calliopejen1, I understand your concern about IPFH's notability and reliability. IPFH is equally concerned about these issues and so it vets very carefully any organizations with which partnerships are considered. The same is true for publications such as Consumer Reports and medical organizations such as Cleveland Clinic and AAPA. The fact that these sites and publications reference our work and link to IPFH is an implied endorsement, and so they take such mentions and linking seriously, as does IPFH. Also, because direct links are offered, these organizations rarely take the space to describe the entities to which they are linking, assuming readers can visit if they want more information.

As further evidence of notability, the following was just published today by the European Union's SOHEALTHY Project, which also carefully vets the organizations, such as IPFH, that it invites to become members. In the following, it does describe IPFH to its members. This text is on the organization's website and its Linked In page, and was linked to on Twitter:


Promoting the WORLD FOOT HEALTHY AWARENESS Month


May 15, 2015


May is the World Foot Health Awareness Month, and so the SOHEALTHY project would like to contribute to this cause by informing you about the awareness-raising efforts that relevant worldwide organisations are making to increase awareness of the importance of foot health among the general public and health professionals.

This is the case of the Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH), which is a SOHEALTHY network member, and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to raising awareness about the importance of caring for the feet through education, research and the identification of methods demonstrated by clinical research to prevent, treat and manage painful conditions and diseases such us diabetic foot syndrome) affecting the feet, mobility, functional status and quality of life.

Over the past six months, this American organisation has made strong awareness-raising efforts that are worth mentioning. For example, it has supported the development of a Continuing Medical Education course for the American Academy of Physicians Assistants on how to do a diabetic foot exam (find here more information), it has contributed to the article "AFOs and interfaces: The important role of socks," by IPFH scientific advisory board member Harry Brandt, CO, to Lower Extremity Review (see here the article). It has also contributed to the interesting blog "Don't Forget the Feet: The Importance of Foot Exams in Primary Care" by IPFH scientific advisory board member Lori Weisenfeld, DPM, to Primary Care Progress (find here more info). This is an interesting blog for physicians and patients that has thousands of visitors daily.

The SOHEALTHY Project would like to thank IPFH and other relevant organisations for their efforts in raising awareness of these important diseases, that has important economic, social and human repercussions all over the world. We are convinced that we need to work together to overcome global challenges, because if everyone does one’s bit we can really face it.

Webpage: www.sohealthyproject.eu/events

· LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promoting-world-foot-healthy-awareness-month-sohealthy-project?trk=hp-feed-article-title

· Twitter: https://twitter.com/sohealthy_eu

Rmreally (talk) 13:25, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Rmreally -- That source is so far the closest you have to what you need, but given the partnership, the Sohealthy Project is not independent of IPFH. And even if it were independent, multiple independent reliable sources are needed -- not just one. I think that you should concentrate on getting press interest in IPFH and come back to write an article when you have more good sources. Also, please read the condensed conflict of interest guide -- if you are affiliated with IPFH, as I assume you are, Wikipedia's Terms of Use require you to disclose that affiliation on your user page. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:10, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
calliopejen1-- Thank you your response. It is difficult enough to get people to pay attention to their feet and understand the importance of doing so, especially if they have diabetes and other conditions that put their feet at risk of ulceration. There is no obvious reason for the media to cover an organization that is trying to raise awareness about an issue to which people are not inclined to pay attention. As for SOHEALTHY being a partner, yes, it is now a partner because they invited IPFH to join their efforts. That is the kind of recognition that matters more than whether or not the organization appears in the popular press. The respect of esteemed organizations should be considered a benchmark of quality, as well as the research and education that the organization conveys to the public and to health and medical professionals. I am not a paid employee of IPFH and I do not have a Wikipedia user page. Am I required to have one?

Rmreally (talk) 19:18, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Rmreally, sorry, that is simply not how Wikipedia judges whether subjects qualify for an article. Re user pages, the rule is "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." If this is not the case for you, you are not required to have a user page. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:22, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Hi, I just wanted to thank you so much for editing and approving my article. I know I have more to add to it and have a lot to learn on how to do this. I'm in contact with about 1300 alumni from my high school, so I know they will be very happy to know there is now a Wikipedia page on our high school. Thank you so much for helping me and other people, too! Ellen H.

Eholmgren (talk) 03:52, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Eholmgren -- No problem! Let me know if you have any further questions. I removed a note about Jimmy Lyon being a notable alum -- the reason I removed him in the first place is that no reliable sources appear to state that he attended the school. If you could reference the yearbook that is held by the city library to show that he attended, that would be one way to establish it. A yearbook really isn't the best sort of source (it's more like archival material than a book published normally) but I think you could skate by. If you're trying to improve the article generally, I would recommend gathering as many old newspaper articles about the high school as possible, and then writing the article based on the content of those newspaper articles. Maybe other alums or local librarians could help. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:34, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
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