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Hi, I am interested in some more information about the WikiWomen's Collaborative, as I might like to become involved. Thanks, Daniellagreen ^{(talk) (cont)} 03:00, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Daniellagreen! The best place to learn about WWC is the official website here! I hope that helps! Thanks for your interest! SarahStierch (talk) 03:06, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Okay, thanks, Daniellagreen ^{(talk) (cont)} 03:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey you have invited me to Wikipedia:teahouse. Thanks. I have a question. First of all I'm not a troll(don't know). I didn't know what was vandalizing until I was looking @ dictionary. Now I know ....... I got a problem ! How do I edit without clearing others rotten facts (means unwanted)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalakannija (talk • contribs) 07:32, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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Stasi HQ picture

Stasi Headquarters in Berlin

I removed this image you added on 10 September 2011 because it is rather dubious. It looks a like a generic Plattenbau, that could be anywhere in East Germany or the Eastern bloc for that matter. The image itself has no information on the location where it was taken. It could very well be a hoax. --bender235 (talk) 11:07, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hoping your image can be included in the final WMF blog post re: Wiki Loves Pride, which is scheduled to run soon! ----Another Believer _(Talk) 14:44, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Museum request

I "handled" 2014072110012873, if you can call telling her there's not much she can do as "handling".

I note that some of the entries in List_of_museums_in_Cameroon are mere stubs. and I know you love museums. Any chance you'd like to knock out a stub and make someone happy?--S Philbrick(Talk) 19:28, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Maybe. I'm in the middle of a local projected related to where I live right now. I know there is a contingent of WikiProject museum folks, can't help to post on the talk page there perhaps. Thanks for handling that request! Missvain (talk) 19:40, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

William Wolfskill

Hello Missvain, William Wolfskill probably deserves the title of first commercial winemaker in California, as he got started nearly 20 years before Buena Vista and Agoston Haraszthy. Interestingly, George C. Yount, founder of Yountville, was a member of Wolfskill's very early expedition from New Mexico to California. Wine was made at the missions for "religious" purposes starting in the 1770s. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:09, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

whatever works if the citations win. Missvain (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Missvain. I've seen your user name twice today, both times in my neck of the woods: Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente and the Napa Sonoma Marsh. It seems probable that our paths on-wiki will cross again. So I thought I'd introduce myself. And then I realized that we're already acquainted! So, hi and hope you're doing well. :) P.S. I like your llama. Msannakoval (talk) 05:07, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Anna! Good to hear from you. Yeah, I live in Sonoma now myself. So I've decided to work on Sonoma County stuff! Hope all is well... Missvain (talk) 16:17, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks, I already did. He actually has my email (I'm the user formally known as User:Missvain turned User:SarahStierch turned back to Missvain) Missvain (talk) 17:45, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Great, Sarah, the redirecting threw me for a loop. Let me know if you have any issues getting in to JSTOR. The Interior (Talk) 19:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Israeli military decorations

One act of vandalism since March 21 is persistent vandalism? I think not. Please reverse. The Dissident Aggressor 04:11, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

I've shortened the period of protection. Missvain (talk) 04:13, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Willo steakhouse

the image is PD, per a gift to the LOC by the photographer. however, i do agree that a direct link to the LOC also makes sense, now that i think about it. PS, can you check out Portal:San Francisco Bay Area and tell me if my manic editing spree there is of any value? there are a LOT of random articles and images (including a couple of yours).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:15, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! I know my "past life" has had some hiccups but, I'm working on writing stuff about Sonoma County and California places I visit and go to, and damned if I'm having roadblocks already :) Thanks for finding that Highsmith image - you know we had her on the first jury for Wiki Loves Monuments US? :) Do you think it's a good idea to still have it as an external link? I just removed it. I'll take a look at the portal now...! Missvain -- Yup, this is SarahStierch's original username! (talk) 06:18, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

OMG the portal looks amazing. And I <3 seeing Jello Biafra up there (I have some stories about him if we ever meet in person, I'll share over a beer or wine :)) - but, I have a MacAir 13" and the portal goes off my screen, I have to scroll over to the right to view about an inch of it. Anything we can do to fix it? Missvain -- Yup, this is SarahStierch's original username! (talk) 06:19, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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SantaCafe

Thanks for cleaning up (and creating) Santacafé! It was not my intention to accuse you of COI or anything. Actually, I have sort of a COI, since I did some extremely minor ad-work for the place a few years ago. That's all in the past, but it made it hard for me to judge how significant the restaurant actually is. My gut was telling me the place was notable, but that's not really enough to go on, y'know? Anyway, it's all moot now, and the article looks much better. Thanks again! Grayfell (talk) 21:07, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Gabriel P. Weisberg

Thanks for approving the page ... I will continue improving it. Gabriel P. Weisberg

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SilhouetteFX Article

Hi Missvain,

Thank you for the edits of the new SilhouetteFX article. As the author of most of the article I wholeheartedly endorse them. If I might add some insight into why the sections you removed existed in the first place, it might help editors understand motivation of inexperienced authors. I added the sections on jobs and training because I didn't know how else to respond to the criticism that the subject of the article wasn't notable. My thinking was along the lines of 'if Silhouette was not notable, there wouldn't be emphasis on training or job placement in the marketplace.' Anyway, I wasn't entirely comfortable with the sections either. I thank you for your thoughtful edits and thank wikipedia for adopting the article. Thanks again. Pkivolowitz (talk) 16:30, 3 August 2014 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkivolowitz (talk • contribs) 16:17, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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August 16, 2014 Dear Missvain,

Could you kindly advise me how to proceed? We are attempting to enter information about a regional history book but have not been accepted after several tries and adjustments suggested by various Wiki editors. the book is a valid and significant history and should be listed. Here is the address of the current "sandbox" version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wikisjt3/sandbox

Could you kindly review it? We would appreciate anything you could suggest to would lead to the entry of our article on Wiki.

For your convenience here is the beginning text of the article:

A printed, hardbound history book created on the one hundred fiftieth year anniversary of a United States of America, pre-Civil War, Roman Catholic church located in the north Alabama city of Huntsville.

“A Mighty Fortress of Faith - A History of St. Mary of the Visitation Church 1861-2011” 1st edition[1]

It is a United States of American regional history book depicting the establishment of a mission church in southern North America. (end of lead-in text.)

Either way - could you kindly acknowledge this?

Wikisjt3 (talk) 05:50, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello Wikisjt3. Let me express an opinion as a friendly "talk.page stalker": I do not believe that this book is a notable book as Wikipedia defines that term, and therefore, Wikipedia should not have an article aboiut it. The most recent reviewer, DGG, is a professional librarian and quite skilled in assessing the notability of books. The letter from the retired Pope, though I am sure it must have thrilled people associated with the parish, does not establish notability. It is a primary source. Now, if a major newspaper or magazine wrote about the Pope's letter, and discussed the book in detail, that would help establish notability. We are looking most of all for detailed reviews in independent, reliable sources. Also, extensive library holdings. Literary awards. Use in college courses. Citations by other authors. Adaptation as a film, TV show or play. All those things are lacking here. Not every worthy book is notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:31, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Cullen328 - please see my request on your talk page. Thanks Wikisjt3 (talk) 03:51, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

I think "requests" might be closer ;) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:55, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

The church itself is surely notable, as all churches are. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:57, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Good suggestion - see User_talk:Wikisjt3#.22Further_reading.22, inspired by this comment! PamD 18:16, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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On Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/El Dorado Kitchen, you said "I'm inherently bias as I'm the person who wrote the article." You are not bias. Bias as a noun means a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. You are not the tendency. You may be subject to the tendency.

Bias as a verb means to cause partiality or favoritism in (a person); influence, especially unfairly which is what you appear to be trying to communicate has happened.

To be correct, you would say "I'm inherently biased.." using the past participle tense of the verb "bias" as the object of the verb "to-be" meaning you are subject to that partiality. A participle is a verb that modifies a noun. In this case, the verb is bias, and the noun is you.

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Hi Missvain- I need your help-- The article Isidro A. T. Savillo where I put in my watchlist was vandalized by a certain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Madambaster . Can you please help me protect the page fully and get rid of her! She ought to have finnese in editing. Towering peaks (talk) 07:10, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

vandalism

Hi Missvain- I need your help-- The article Isidro A. T. Savillo where I put in my watchlist was vandalized by a certain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Madambaster . Can you please help me protect the page fully and get rid of her! She ought to have finnese in editing. Towering peaks (talk) 07:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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

You are invited! → Litquake Edit-a-thon → See you there!

In the area? You're invited to    San Francisco Meetup # 22   Date: October 11, 2014   Time: 1-5 pm   Place: 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105   prev: Meetup 21 - next: Meetup 23 | All SF meetups & events The Edit-a-thon will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival. Writers from all over the Bay Area and the world will be in town during the nine day festival, so the timing is just right for us to meetup and create/translate/expand/improve articles about literature and writers. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. This event will include new editor training. RSVP →here←. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:26, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Smash Into Pieces

Hello Missvain. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Smash Into Pieces".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Smash Into Pieces}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, click "Save page", and an administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 04:04, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Can we take down the box now on Otis College?

I fixed some of the footnotes and I see that others have also. --Sue Maberry (talk) 22:51, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi there User:Maberry. THanks for your work on the article. I did have to remove a number of external links - I suggest folks follow the WP:EXTERNAL guidelines. I also had to remove some rather promotional and uncited material, like " Its students come from 39 states and 26 countries, and mirror the world as well as the emerging work place." Uncited numbers (without a reliable source) and statements like "mirror the world" and "emerging work place "are puffy and promotional in nature. THe article should be as boring as possible, it's not meant to be an advertisement for the school, but just a boring encyclopedia article. I appreciate your work of course - and I hope the other people who edit that article stop adding promotional material to it. I have it on my watchlist and won't hesitate to remove any promo stuff I see - I'm sure I could clean up more but right now I can't. Happy editing! :) Missvain (talk) 23:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Should you resign from your adminship position and stand for reconfirmation?

With the paid editing fiasco and all, will you be willing to be reconfirmed? Grognard Chess (talk) Help:Getting rid of Media Viewer 01:29, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2014

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Halloween cheer!

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Kathe Burkhart

Hey there. I think Kathe Burkhart is an interesting artist and wanted to mention her to you. There are plenty of sources if you wish to expand the article. If you're busy with other things, no worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:37, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Anglian things

Hi Sarah, you approved Anglian Home Improvements at AfC. Isn't this kind of a content fork of Anglian Windows? i.e. the same company but without some of the reliably sourced criticism? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi...I don't even remember this article, and I most have approved it during my heyday of AfC editing. I don't really care about the outcome of it, and I have no clue if it's the same company - I don't live in the UK and have never used it's services. Sorry if this isn't too helpful - I have no investment in this article and don't really have any feelings about the outcome of the merge. Missvain (talk) 20:59, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Feminists Engage Wikipedia

	The Feminists Engage Wikipedia Award!
	If Adrienne Wadewitz were here, she'd give you an award for all you have done! Djembayz (talk) 23:33, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: October 2014

This Month in GLAM – Volume IV, Issue X, October 2014 Headlines Australia and New Zealand report: National Library Conference; Feminist Art Edit-a-thon Finland report: Edit-a-thon Course "Bring Culture to Wikipedia" France report: Edit-a-thon & Mass upload Germany report: GLAM on tour Sauerland; WMDE World Café at the Conference of National Cultural Institutions Italy report: War Books; EAGLE project; National Library Conference Netherlands report: Images donated by Nijmegen municipality archive; World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Europeana Task Force UK report: The breadth of UK GLAM work: chemistry, ballet, tanks and more USA report: News from Philadelphia & New York City Open Access report: Open Access Week; peer-reviewed OA journal publishes Wikipedia article Calendar: November's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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WikiLove

	Sisters on the Journey
	Thanks for helping me to continue editing on Wikipedia. I hope to work on more women's biographies - after figuring out how to make this WikiLove thingy. Rosalthe (talk) 18:33, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

I think I'll use your user talk page as a template for mine. I like the "drama llama." It's cute, in its own toothy way. Rosalthe (talk) 18:38, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

User:Rosalthe - This is an amazing and meaningful wikilove gift. Thank you! I added the drama llama to the top of your talk page - feel free to remove it if you want :) Missvain (talk) 21:03, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Deleted article question

Hey Missvain. You deleted my article about Joseph Janus due to G12 infringement for info taken from Fearless management. Joseph is the owner and creator of that site, so what proof/release do I need to obtain from him in order to allow his article to be published and not deleted? Sorry for all the questions, I am very new at all this. Thank you! LaurenSullygirl (talk) 15:47, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:LaurenSullygirl, I don't edit Wikipedia that often these days due to other Wikimedia projects I am working on, so you can find faster and more attentive help if you go to the WP:TEAHOUSE. You can review how to contribute donated materials Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials via this link. If you want your article to be undeleted, after you review and proceed with having Joseph Janus release the material, then you can do that via this link. Remember, if you work for or are affiliated with Joseph Janus then you should not write an article about him or his company or whatever. That is a conflict of interest and against policy. Sorry to be so short - I just got to work and wanted to try to help a bit before diving into the grant writing mines of my day job. Again, do check out the Teahouse - the folks there are friendly and can help you with your issues quickly (I know, I co-created the Teahouse :) ) - Missvain (talk) 16:40, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Hey Missvain, No problem at all! Thank you for the quick response, I will look into all of this. Once again thank you for taking the time to help me and good luck with the grant writing. Best wishes, Lauren LaurenSullygirl (talk) 17:31, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Novemeber 2014

Hi Missvain I'm Ivan E Clarin your familiar of me. I need your help please so i have a problem in the Wikipedia so i hoping you to help please please. Myself I am Voluntary Editor in this page i contribs the pages of articles and helping to add but this my contribs was reduces and deleted or blocking but its not my fault to forcing edited my working in this page to help the page and adding. I understand the all users and admins to delete my contribute i hope this to understand. I create many accounts in this page if it my cases so help me to talk the admins i bit sorry to my work so i hopeful to help me in Wikipedia And i sorry i cannot speaking english only gradually. So thank you thank you to help me.Ivan E Clarin 10:17, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews

Hello Missvain. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

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Drama llama

You might want to apologize and retract THIS unambiguous legal threat. Carrite (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Carrite! Happy Thanksgiving - and wow, I apologize if that email came off that way. It's been a very emotional few days here in the US as you might know - especially if you are involved in social action. It's is not a legal threat. Trust me! I have had about 15-20 legal threats ("I am suing you," "My lawyer is contacting you," blahblah) sent my way since I have been editing over the past 9 years and surely this is not a legal threat :) I was asking! I apologize that it came off that way, but surely you misunderstood, and that's OK, Wikipedia is a tense place these days and I can see how that might happen. I am just genuinely curious, if anyone could ever take legal action against Wikipedia (as a concept, as a whole, individual editors) for being banned or blocked due to sexism or racism or anything like that or if someone could do that. I wasn't suggesting that it happen, nor was I suggesting anyone do it. I wish no ill will on ArbCom, I have many Wiki-friends there, I just get more anxious about anyone on Wikipedia harassing people with slurs and hurtful things. Have a great holiday! Missvain (talk) 16:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and if you're worried about this statement "I have a lawyer on standby for every single threat that comes my way now on

the internet, and that includes Wikipedia - I'm not rich, but, frankly, I just can't do it alone anymore and the system isn't solving anything. From Twitter to Wikipedia, a day doesn't' go by when myself or a woman I know isn't threatened on the internet. I'm just so sick of it." That's not a threat - I have no one to threat - I'm protecting myself from people who may be violating the law when they tell me they're going to rape me, or kill me, or hurt my family - and sadly, Carrite, they have done it through Wikipedia emails. So, I have to make sure that I protect myself and my family as needed, and having legal counsel is one way I can do that, including Wikimedia Foundation legal counsel which we all have access to as contributors. Thanks for understanding, and once more, happy holidays! Missvain (talk) 16:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)