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World's Strongest Man contest

From where you took information about World's Strongest Man competition 2005 title? I corrected the information to show the real winner Žydrūnas Savickas. Please revert back information on Pudzianowski page (he didn't win it in Quebec)--Vytis1 15:37, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

So others can join the discussion more easily if necessary, I have responded on the discussion page for the World's Strongest Man page. Dsreyn 22:43, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up on the U at B cat

Thanks for the message about the mis-categorization. I got careless towards the end. -- Pinktulip 17:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Puncuating possessives

There was a discussion of this subject (Collins' versus Collins's) a while back in the MoS talk. (It's now somewhere in the archives.) Some people took your view. Others, like myself, tend to follow The Elements of Style (Strunk & White), according to which the omission of the final s is a newspaper headline writing shortcut that shouldn't be used elsewhere. Various other style guides were quoted, some agreeing and some disagreeing. Still other Wikipedians took the position that whether you write the s depends on how you would pronounce the word. It would be hard to say with confidence that any one answer is the most commonly accepted.

I think that the earlier discussion was at least a year ago, though. If you think there might now be a consensus for the shortened form, you could raise it again and urge that the MoS be changed. JamesMLane t c 10:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Steve Austin Disambiguation Page

Before I make any move on that page again (as I was the one who re-ordered), I'll apologize for the POV accusation. I would like to, due to my belief the wrestler is the most notable of the "Steve Austins," have "Stone Cold Steve Austin" lead the list. What's your view? Thanks, Bob ````70.20.237.163 (sorry, new to properly signing)

I'm actually not sure there's anything wrong with changing it, but I don't see a need, either. I don't think there's generally much signifance to the order of listings on disambiguation pages. Usually, if the list gets long, the convention seems to be to group related items, or to arrange things alphabetically. Incidentally, you might want to consider registering if you intend to be a regular editor. Dsreyn 01:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand. I've actually been editing probably for about 6 months now with unsteady IP's. I just prefer being as anonymous as possible in terms of site registration.

and as I just realized, my IP moved again, lol since i edited that disambig page

I guess I don't quite understand the motivation for not registering. Your username can be just about anything - it doesn't have to reveal your identity. Anonymous edits tend to be looked at more suspiciously by a lot of people. Dsreyn 03:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

(Same person as before, just different IP)- I understand your view, but almost everything needs some kind of registration and its nice once and awhile not to think about it. Also, I've seen many user pages, and it almost is like a competition for most active, most created list, most creative, and its just too trivial. Thanks though!

Forsyth-Edwards Notation

Hello! The link for Scottish Forsyth in this article points to an American person. (el wiki user mmsoft --62.1.62.237 00:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC))

DEO

Why did you cat Derek Oldbury under "British draughts players" when he is the only one categorized as such? Shouldn't there be more than one member of a category? NTK 00:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

In the category "Draughts players", there are several similar categories - it looks like the trend is to put players in categories by nationality, so I followed that trend (note that the categories for Barbadian, Dutch, and Russian draughts players all contain just one player). I don't see a problem with a category having just one member, particularly if there's a good possibility that more will be added later. Dsreyn 13:30, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Jackson

Why did you report my article on "Jackson McNeill" as vandalism. I'm very hurt. All of the information provided in the article was true and factual. It was also helpful and interesting to the many people interested in Jackson McNeill's life. Please, justify yourself.

If you go to the revision history and do a diff, you'll see that I didn't report your edits as vandalism. It was the subsequent edits by 71.194.134.169 that were vandalism. Your last version is the one that was restored. However, now that you have been kind enough to point this out, it's not really obvious that this "Jackson McNeill" is anyone of significance (for example, although you say he's an actor, there is no listing for him in IMDB.com). So, I'm taking that out as well. If you really think he's important enough to be listed, it can be discussed on the Jackson discussion page. Dsreyn 10:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Burns

I moved Burns (disambiguation) back to Burns. I also left a note on the talk page of Robert Burns. --tomf688 (talk - email) 00:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Triple H - Steve Austin disambiguation

I wasn't aware of having done this. If I did, it was probably inadvertent. McPhail 16:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser

Hi. I see you do quite a bit of disambiguation. You might want to look into Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser. If you're computer-savvy, it's a very handy tool for several things, esp. disambiguation.  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 16:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Revenge

It is pretty obvious that your advocacy deleting of Robert D. Parks is revenge for my nomination of Robert Reynolds. Nice. Captaintruth 14:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't have any particularly strong feelings about the Robert Reynolds article, so suggesting that I'm getting revenge is preposterous. You might have a look at Wikipedia:Assume good faith. I'm sure if the Robert D. Parks article belongs here, the AfD process will work properly. Dsreyn 15:46, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

re influential uilleann pipers

thanx for the assist. i actually planed to combine the list but it was late last nite and i was tired. i also want to give to who ever created the original list a chance to comment.joe 15:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

List of Irish Music Collectors

Yeah, I agree on the value of lists, but to be honest i was a bit fustrated by the sheer carelessness of the page when I made that edit summary. Problem here is that quite a few pages, though they have potential to be usefull, are candidates for speedy deletion --Coil00 23:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Unbusted

I have cleaned up the article and cited sources. Might you consider withdrawing your nomination? PT ^(s-s-s-s) 21:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Levenson

Thanks for the additions at Dan Levenson. I had the bio link originally because his site is very "busy," almost chaotic, and it could prove difficult for a general reader to find info about his life and background -- so I did the work for them. I don't see a problem with linking to the main page as well as the bio, as the main point is to get the proper information into the hands of our readers. Badagnani 17:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Your AfD nominations of ongoing uncontested proposed deletion articles

Please do not make AfD nominations of articles that have been proposed for deletion, as you did for laction and Down with the Clown, unless the prod has been contested by someone intentionally removing the {{prod}} tag. Prod is intended to reduce the number of AfDs, and your AfD'ing uncontested prods reverses this. Regards, Kimchi.sg 09:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Some notes in addition to the above: 1) Afd is far more resource intensive than prod; most articles should be prodded before taken to afd; 2) In this case you doubly wasted efforts since I had already taken the time to nominate the three articles for proposed deletion (the third was Here's the sitch); 3) the very least you should have done is drop me a note on my talk page if you were going to deprod articles I had nominated not because you contested deletion but also felt it should be deleted since you took it straight off to afd 4) Afd nominations, in my opinion should take the time to explain their reasoning by reference to policies/guidelines. In this case you didn't even bother to copy my policy & guideline linked prod text, yet lackadaisically copied my reasoning. If I had nominated I would have increased' on the deletion reasoning, not failed to even bother to use what was already present.--Fuhghettaboutit 09:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Proposed deletion says:

If you feel that the article should be deleted, but not without discussion, you may nominate the article for an Articles for deletion debate. Dsreyn 14:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

An editor that prods an article is suggesting that it be deleted quietly after 5 days. If you disagree with that outcome, remove the prod tag (and prod2a or prod2 tags if any), inform the editor who prodded the article (using {{deprod-afd}} if you wish) before listing it on AfD. Kimchi.sg 14:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. Besides that quote, you may also wish to check out WikiProject Proposed Deletion Patrolling. It probably is your cup of tea. Kimchi.sg 08:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Sort key for Chinese names

Hi! You changed the sort key at Wang Yan (athlete). Chinese names are generally written with the family name first, see Wikipedia:Categorization of people#Ordering names in a category. Punkmorten 21:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Crit of Ann Coulter

Oh, I apparently was confused by the format. This is my first time to PROD or AFD, any help in the processes would be appreciated. Kyaa the Catlord 13:01, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for telling me the differences between the PROD and Afd things. :) -Correctus 13:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Attacco Decente

Thanks for adding Attacco Decente (an article I started) to Category:Hammered dulcimer players. I see you play the dulcimer yourself. Are you familiar with the work of this band, or their main man Geoff Smith? I'd be interested to know your thoughts on them, if so. If not, I highly recommend you investigate them. Smith's playing is a joy. Go well. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 12:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Fatkid Dodgeball

Regarding the above deletion, you should always notify the user that created the article in cases like this, using the {{AFDWarning}} tag on their userpage. This tells them that their article may be deleted in the near future and why, giving them a chance to react. Assuming that they have a similar level of confidence at Wikipedia as you is a common way of accidentally biting the newbies, so please take care with processes like this. Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 23:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

AfD nominations

Dsreyn, when you get a chance, would you please combine the three AfD nominations for the NHL results: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NHL Results October 2006 and the like noms. Thanks!--Kchase T 20:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much for cleaning this up!!! I have listed more "articles" of the same type here, just waiting to be nominated for deletion :) Punkmorten 15:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Ranger Rick

Hi Dsreyn, how can we best keep the issue contents on the ranger rick article without it sounding too "newsy?" DbishopNWF 13:30, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

COI Info

Cool, thanks, I'll remember that. DbishopNWF 15:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Ice Hockey Project discussion of hockey player notability and project scope

Please come join the WikiProject Ice Hockey Notability standards for hockey players discussion. I'd like to see input from all our project members who have an opinion. Thanks! ColtsScore 00:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Austin Mast

If I were in your position, I should probably suspect that the creator and defender of this article (i.e. me) was Mast himself. Permit me then to properly frame this debate by observing that I am not he. I am a long-time editor and administrator, not some blow-in who felt like writing an article about himself. I created the article as part of WP:BANKSIA, a small but very active WikiProject that has produced three FAs in the past year. I'm not suggesting that any of this should carry any weight in a dispute over notability. I'm just making sure that this debate is properly framed as a disagreement between two long-time good-faith contributors. And now, on with the debate:

Within the small world of Banksia research, Mast is one of the big three names, along with Kevin Thiele and Alex George. Thus Austin Mast is currently linked to by over fifty Banksia-related articles, and it would easily be triple that if every article that ought to link to it did so. You are right that references and notability are two different things, and in this case he is indeed more notable than the limited availability of references would suggest.

Hesperian 06:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I Don't Understand

Hello, I don't understand this message:- You really should stop the name-calling. And I don't really appreciate the threat of getting an admin involved either. Suit yourself, but I haven't violated any policies with my edits, so I'm not really sure why you think admin action is required. Do you think I'm 156.34.142.110? I haven't "name-called" anyone and I don't know anyone in admin. INXS-Girl 10:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. Dsreyn 12:33, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

July 2007

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. 156.34.216.32 01:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I have been attempting to work things out on the talk pages, but this requires that the other party be willing to listen. As I have mentioned previously, when there is a lack of consensus (as is clearly the case here), you should discuss sweeping changes first, only making changes after an agreement is reached. Dsreyn 01:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Have you not read the rest of the talk page? You could positive contribute to the growing list of notable "to be created". Have you not read other musician talk pages. Did you not see how some of the links have been repaired on the main article? INXS-Girl has started to fix links that were valid but entered incorrectly. Your rv is undoing her work as well has mine. She is currently on a temporary hiatus. and will be returning shortly. Perhaps you could contribute to the "work in progress" section rather than rv other editor's work. 156.34.222.2 01:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Concensus between multiple editors had been reached and work had begun. Work that is supported by the discussion/concensus of an entire WikiProject. There are numerous other editors besides INXS-girl who mirror the concensus reached by the guitarist project. It's a slow growth but it is constant over many musical instrument articles. YOu will be hard pressed to find a "player list" on any guitar related article since most were more pov fan favourite lists as opposed to players notable for their use of the instruments in question. Please do not hold an "anti-anon" bias against me.(my AGF is that you aren't) I am a former "logged" editor with over 20000 edits on Wikipedia. After seeing a growing "anti-snon" trend, which I felt was compeletely against what WIkipedia was about... I determined to re-establish integrity and trust in at least 1 IP range.... my own. And, over 20000 more anonymous edits later... I have done just that. Very few IPs have been awarded barnstars for their contributions here. My static IP has many.(My former login page had over 20 so that is the goal I am shooting for :D ). I have been here almost as long as there has been a project to be here for. I average over 150 edits per day. With over 40000 edits I have never received a warning from a Wiki-administrator for any of my work. I am only here because I am dedicated to the idea that... someday... this global project will be a respected encyclopedia. Sorry for the splurge... I just wanted you to see what was being built here. And what my part has been in it. Hopefully we can start with a fresh clean slate. Your knowledge in the subject would be most helpful. Have a nice day. 156.34.222.2 01:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

PS The Wiki-Admins have nicknamed me "Libs". Reason... for close to 25 years I have been a University librarian. I think they are all nice to me because I can give them {cite book} refs so quickly. My co-workers are also anonymous editors but they concentrate on their own personal interests... history, science, politics etc. They do, however, copycat my particular edit summary style. So it makes me appear to be even more active that I actually am. If you happen to see a 156.34 edit on an article that isn't related to music... and you've taken offense to it... it's likely not "Libs" so go ahead and give 'em hell :D. It's a confusion that's pretty common here. And if you see a 156.34 edit that is clear vandalism... that would be from one of the students. Good day. 156.34.222.2 02:18, 13 July 2007 (UTC) "Libs"

WikiProject Ice Hockey August 2007 Newsletter

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Dsreyn! You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up as a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey. The purpose of this newsletter is to update on the goings on of the project, as there have been major changes, and a lot of new recognized content in the past few weeks. If you are an inactive user, you probably won't recognize the new and improved state of the WikiProject!

From the project, Maxim.

New recognized content

By Maxim
There have been a lot more Good and Featured articles written in the past few weeks. Here is a list:

Featured articles

• Wayne Gretzky — Promoted on 2006-02-14; on Main Page on 2006-06-13
• New Jersey Devils — Promoted on 2006-11-20; on Main Page on 2007-06-30
• Martin Brodeur — Promoted on 2007-04-28
• Fighting in ice hockey — Promoted on 2007-05-07; on Main Page on 2007-07-19
• Dominik Hasek — Promoted on 2007-05-25

Good articles

• Calgary Hitmen
• Colorado Avalanche
• National Hockey League
• Joe Sakic
• Nottingham Panthers
• Stanley Cup
• Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup
• Ray Emery
• The French Connection (hockey)

Featured lists

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
• List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan
• Frölunda HC seasons
• List of Colorado Avalanche players
• List of family relations in the National Hockey League
• List of New Jersey Devils players
• List of New Jersey Devils head coaches
• List of drafted Frölunda HC players

Notes

Article Improvement

By Maxim

Upon some discussion on the WikiProject talk page, the Article Improvement Drive page was revamped by Krm500 and Maxim. It was renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Article Improvement, and it includes two section. The first section is called articles in dire need of improvement. It list articles, usually important, that are in very poor shape. The second section is called requested help. Users list an article they request help improving a certain article, which will facilitate collaboration, which is the aim of any WikiProject. There is one article currently listed there, Henrik Lundqvist, here. The goal is to at least get it to Good article status.

Diacritics

By Maxim

In the past few weeks, there has been quite heated discussion about the use of diacritics in article name. The current guideline is using diacritics in the pages of articles of all player names which require them, but redirects are exempt.

Task forces

By Maxim
There have been two new task forces started within the WikiProject to coordinate major topics.

Sweden Ice Hockey task force

This task force was initiated by Krm500. Its current goal is to improve Henrik Lundqvist to Good or Featured article status. It covers all Swedish clubs, leagues and competitions and associated articles, players and coaches that are Swedish, or have played/coached for a Swedish club, and arenas in Sweden. They plan to eventually operate as a sort of a sub-project, which will have its own articles for creation, ranking importance and quality of articles, and co-ordinate article improvement. Its current members are Krm500, Bamsefar75, and CLAES.

New Jersey Devils task force

This task force was initiated by Bsroiaadn. Its goal is to improve New Jersey Devils to Featured Topic status. Although it currently meets the required article count, the task force wishes to improve it further. Its area of coverage is very similar to the Sweden Ice Hockey task force. Its members are Bsroiaadn, JHMM13, FutureNJGov, Sportskido8, Michael Greiner, JRWalko, and Soxrock.

Requested Images

By Maxim
After discussion on the WikiProject talk page, Serte created a page for Requested Images. The page encourages users to license images for use on articles. The page also has section to request images for players, arenas, game situations, miscellaneous, and team and league logos. The page has been quite popular; since it was created on July 21, there have been six completed requests. There are four currently outstanding requests:

• Patrik Eliáš — Photo of player, requested by Bsroiaadn
• Scott Stevens — Photo of player, requested by Bsroiaadn
• Daniel Alfredsson — Photo of player, requested by Maxim
• Hart Trophy — Photo of the original Hart Trophy (retired in 1960), requested by Scorpion0422

Article assessement completed

By Maxim
On July 12, Kaiser matias announced that he had completed assessing all the articles with a {{ice hockey}} tag, sorting them into Category:Unassessed Ice Hockey articles. Kaiser matias has ranked about 9000 articles in that category, and most were stubs, and "have no information at all", according to him. Everybody is encouraged to expand the stubs into real articles. This effort took around 5 months. A big thanks goes to Kaiser matias from me and all the project.

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WikiProject Ice Hockey newsletter

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter Dear Dsreyn! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been more new thing going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in August, there's been great changes. Read on to find out! Maxim(talk) This just in: Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has just been promoted to featured list status, while the bot was delivering the newsletter. Maxim(talk) 02:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC) And I've just promoted Art Ross Trophy. And Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is at FLC. This should be the last update. Maxim(talk) 00:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC) New recognized content By Maxim Especially due to the featured topic drive, there have been many new featured lists promoted concerning NHL awards. Here's the full list of all the 13 FL's promoted since the last newsletter. Hart Memorial Trophy James Norris Memorial Trophy Vezina Trophy Conn Smythe Trophy Frank J. Selke Trophy Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Lester B. Pearson Award Calder Memorial Trophy Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy King Clancy Memorial Trophy Jack Adams Award Presidents' Trophy List of Calgary Flames players There have been no new good articles or featured articles. Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has been given A-Class status due to multiple issues raised at FLC. Did You Know? By Maxim There have been 4 new articles featured in the Did You Know section? on the Main Page since August. Wally Tatomir - August 4, 2007, authored by User:Maxim. ...that Wally Tatomir, head equipment manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, holds four patents on ice hockey-related equipment? Mark Major - August 12, 2007, authored by User:Schmackity ...that ice hockey player Mark Major attained 355 penalty minutes during the 1997-98 AHL season for the Portland Pirates, where he averaged 4.5 penalty minutes a game and still holds the club record? Garth Butcher - September 15, 2007, authored by User:Canuckle. ...that Garth Butcher was a member of Canada's first-ever gold medal team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships before becoming a pest and setting team records for penalty minutes in the National Hockey League? AMP NHL Winter Classic - September 22, 2007, authored by User:Skudrafan1 ..that the AMP NHL Winter Classic is scheduled to be the first regular-season outdoor National Hockey League game in the United States? Featured Topic Drive By Maxim Started by User:Scorpion0422, the aim of this drive is to make NHL awards a featured topic. A featured topic is basically a set of very high quality articles (good articles and featured articles/lists). In this case, the topic is NHL awards. Many users have helped, including Scorpion0422, Resolute, Serte, Hasek is the best, Maxim, Croat Canuck, Spike Wilbury, FutureNJGov, and T Rex/Dinosaur puppy. The progress has been very good; there are 12 featured lists promoted, and 2 good articles: Hart Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) James Norris Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) Vezina Trophy (Scorpion) Conn Smythe Trophy (Serte) Frank J. Selke Trophy (FutureNJGov) Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) Lester B. Pearson Award (Scorpion) Calder Memorial Trophy (Croat Canuck) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Maxim) King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Maxim) Jack Adams Award (Maxim) Presidents' Trophy (Scorpion) Stanley Cup (Earlier collaboration, very many involved) Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup (Maxim) Check the project page if you are interested in helping out. Although it's closer to being done than not, there's still work to be done. The next topic that might be tackled is Stanley Cup, but this remains purely speculative and in discussion.

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Sławomir Orzeł

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WikiProject Ice Hockey March 2008 Newsletter

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Eddie Adcock cleanup

Thanks for doing that, Please take note that I switched one of the section names back to the way I had it before the cleanup in order to make it stand out more and as a very small attempt at being creative. I will not revert you if you change it back but I will cross my fingers hoping that you don't. Thanks again for the cleanup :Albion moonlight (talk) 06:30, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Kevin Sullivan (producer)

I have nominated Kevin Sullivan (producer), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Sullivan (producer). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Honey And Thyme (talk) 16:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Jerry Holland (disambiguation)

Hello. Just to let you know this article has been nominated for deletion using Template:db-disambig. If you have any questions about this, please let me know. Best wishes, Boleyn3 (talk) 21:31, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!

Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:16, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting

You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 10:06, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March

Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited!

New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page. Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk)

Category:Strongmen

Category:Strongmen, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 19:21, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

You're invited!

NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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Edit-a-thon invite

Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows: May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor May 22nd at Brown University's Rockefeller Library, in the Digital Scholarship Lab June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:28, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:10, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA

Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 16 New England Wiknic (also on Facebook) 1–5pm - come by any time! Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia banner! We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wildwood Banjos

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A tag has been placed on Wildwood Banjos requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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