ARCHIVE 2017-2018
This is an archive of 2017 and 2018 posts to my Talk page, to help keep the main Talk page decluttered.
January 2017 at Women in Red edit
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Happy 2017! edit
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February 2017 at Women in Red edit
 
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February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA edit
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March 2017 at Women in Red edit
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A cupcake for you! edit
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Middletown, Connecticut edit
In noticed you left an editors note at the "notable people" section at Middletown, Connecticut that said "please put source footnote ONLY for names with no article. Blue links sufficiently denote notability." Where was consensus reached to add this to articles? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:20, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- I have no idea whether there is consensus or not; it just seems eminently sensible to me, so I have been adopting it whenever I have occasion to edit such a section. I see it on a lot of pages, so I figured it was becoming a common and uncontroversial practice. Cheers, Alafarge (talk) 21:49, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- The problem is it encourages editors to do circular sourcing, and to assume that what is on one Wikipedia article must be true, so it's ok to add it to a different Wikipedia article. In my experience, at any given notable people section about 25 percent of the names listed have no connection to the article they were added to. Also, names without articles should not be randomly be added to a notable people list just because they have a source. Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline states that having a wiki article "is not the sole rationale for inclusion, since some people who might meet notable standards may not have an article, but it is a quick reference. If challenged, additions without their own article should be removed and discussed on the talk page of the city, until a consensus is reached." Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- I agree that adding red-link names to lists is bad practice and I never do it. With respect to your other point: I understand the concern over circular sourcing, but it seems to me that sourcing blue links in notable-people lists just bulks out the references section for the small gain of not clicking through to check the source on the named page. If there's no source there substantiating the connection, then by all means remove the name. In any case, I don't feel strongly about this either way. Cheers, Alafarge (talk) 14:27, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
- The problem is it encourages editors to do circular sourcing, and to assume that what is on one Wikipedia article must be true, so it's ok to add it to a different Wikipedia article. In my experience, at any given notable people section about 25 percent of the names listed have no connection to the article they were added to. Also, names without articles should not be randomly be added to a notable people list just because they have a source. Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline states that having a wiki article "is not the sole rationale for inclusion, since some people who might meet notable standards may not have an article, but it is a quick reference. If challenged, additions without their own article should be removed and discussed on the talk page of the city, until a consensus is reached." Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Precious anniversary edit
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Three years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
... and four --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:34, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
... and five --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
April events at Women in Red edit
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Fix on a page edit
Hi User:Alafarge, can you add some info to Maiorana article please, and the links might have to be removed, I don't want to make mistakes on article, but I'm fair sure you can help, thanks if you can.--Theo Mandela (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
May 2017 at Women in Red edit
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June 2017 offerings @ WikiProject Women in Red edit
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Come and join us at the Wiknic edit
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New Article? edit
Dear Alafarge,
you are a very good user! It would be very good, if you could bring Eva Strautmann (please take a look on german wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Strautmann) into the en wikipedia! What do you think about this? Please also go to: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schiele_Art_Centrum and on this: Hungarian National Gallery! Best Regards from Germany! Thank you so much! U.B. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:8C:2D1E:1001:B990:EB5:F423:DEE1 (talk) 06:59, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
July 2017 at Women in Red edit
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Women in Red's new initiative: 1day1woman edit
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August 2017 at Women in Red edit
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A new WiR initiative starting in August edit
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September 2017 at Women in Red edit
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LA event this Thursday edit
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Pennington edit
Hello, It says she was born Sarah Moore. If she had been the daughter of a Duke, Marquess, or Earl she would in her own right have been known as Lady Sarah Moore, so with no information on her father we can assume that they were both commoners. On her marriage to a baronet she becomes Sarah, Lady Pennington; jointly they would be referred to as Sir Joseph and Lady Pennington. Knights and baronets are not nobility.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 19:34, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman edit
She died in 1929 according to her VIAF page! Blythwood (talk) 21:05, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
WiR December highlights edit
  
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Canadian biography edit
Hi, Alafarge! I saw you wrote a Canadian biography for the WIR Contest. If you'd like, you can also submit this to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Please use this link for convenience. Thanks for all your work on the contest! – Reidgreg (talk) 11:57, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red! edit
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Feburary 2018 at Women in Red edit
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Wikipedia Day LA, March 31 edit
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Arts Datathon! edit
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Compliments! edit
Thank you, thank you!! For all the work you have done on women in science, and women in general. I've been mostly absent from Wikipedia lately, but I did (some time ago) create a section on my talk page of women in ecology that shows red links. (Sorry, can't figure out how to link to it.) It's far from complete, but a bit of a "to-do" list for anyone who wants to add in that field. Thought you might like to see it.
Thanks especially for the page on Lois Hattery Tiffany. There's a profile you might like on the ESA.org/history website -- with a speech she gave about women's careers.
Keep up the terrific work!
July 2018 at Women in Red edit
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More visibility edit
"I started a side project that spins out of my Wikipedia work, aimed at (eventually) publishing or helping to make public more materials from archives about women" is exactly what we are proposing to do here [1], we're probably going to rename the group, but the goal is to work on improving resources and visibility. I think you'd be an asset, if you have interest. SusunW (talk) 18:07, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- : Thanks for pointing me to this. Yes, I'm indeed interested and will sign on now, though I won't have much time until next month. Alafarge (talk) 15:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- Totally get that, I figure our available time will ebb and flow but your statement made me recognize that your ideals appear to align with our visibility initiatives. Rosiestep is at the conference in South Africa for the next two weeks anyway. Hopefully she will return with information that will help us kickstart the library discussions into high gear. SusunW (talk) 15:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
- Alafarge, so glad you have signed up as a supporter of the new User Group. You are such an asset. As SusunW mentions, I am in Cape Town for the Decolonizing the Internet conference, which starts today, followed by Wikimania, which starts on Friday. I expect I'll come back with some interesting new perspectives and contacts. Alafrge, your side project sounds fascinating; good luck!! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:05, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
- Totally get that, I figure our available time will ebb and flow but your statement made me recognize that your ideals appear to align with our visibility initiatives. Rosiestep is at the conference in South Africa for the next two weeks anyway. Hopefully she will return with information that will help us kickstart the library discussions into high gear. SusunW (talk) 15:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
August 2018 at Women in Red edit
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7th Annual Los Angeles Wiknic edit
Sunday, September 30, 11:00-4:00 PM
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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award edit
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DYK edit
I nominated an article of yours at Template:Did you know nominations/Marquise Clara Lanza. Feel free to add suggestions. SL93 (talk) 01:56, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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On 6 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clara Lanza, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a book chapter by Clara Lanza about the women clerks of New York was published as a souvenir of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Clara Lanza), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.