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Beth Wellington is a Blacksburg, Virginia-based poet and journalist. She is a contributing editor to the New River Free Press, a book reviewer for the Roanoke Times and a member of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative (SAWC). From 1980 to 1997, she was the founding Executive Director of New River Community Sentencing, Inc. in Christiansburg, Virginia and its predecessor, New River Community Action's Community Sentencing Program. You can find her blog on culture and politics, The Writing Corner, [1] here].

User Page

Correct placement--You should put this on your user page, SqueakBox 23:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! I copied it over there. I didn't realize it was in the wrong place until tonight when I couldn't find my page when I clicked on the link in the history of another page I'd edited. --Beth Wellington 00:57, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

User box thingie--Actually, Vaoverland put it up for me. I can put one on your page, if you like. As far as the West Virginia article goes, I've been doing some work on the sports, cities, and history sections, along with work on some of the subpages. I've caught your name popping up on articles on my watchlist. Keep up the good work. Youngamerican 03:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

youngamerican (talk) 22:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

It works. As you get more experienced with wikipedia, you can change the colors on the box. I am probably going to change the colors from yellow to old gold, so it will have West Virginia colors. youngamerican (talk) 22:35, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

colors--If the color name doesnt work, look up a color on wikipedia and find the "hex triplet" id. The one for lilac is #C8A2C8. Use that instead of the name. Hope that helps. youngamerican (talk) 21:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

How to archive talk--There are instructions here. Then just create the links at the top however you want them using regular Wiki link syntax. If you like what I did you can just copy it, of course. Make sense? Crunch 12:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks--Hello, Thank you for your compliment on my User Page. The concept was mine, but believe me, I had to reach out for the technical help to make it happen. My work (in many ways, life) has been sitting across from flesh and blood people trying to help them untangle the emotional knots they have found themselves in. There I'm comfortable because it's familiar to me. It's taking me longer to be comfortable sitting across from a machine that is essentially 1s & 0s. I am comfortable with the information within Wikipedia, where my task is to extract that information and, in my own way, I hope improve on it. I saw that message regarding Wiki e-mail & wondered what it was wanting me to do & why. The wetter my feet get at this, the more comfortable I feel with the structure, the more I will be able to contribute to the content. Right now I'm still learning. Hope we can connect again. Michael David 13:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Signing posts--Hi Beth. Per the userbox at the top of this page, you can sign your posts using ~~~~. Signing someone else's posts is a bit more tricky using the {{subst:unsigned|username|date time}} template. Garglebutt / (talk) 23:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

General notes on editing

ISBN: Did you know if there's a colon after an ISBN it doesn't do wiki-magic ISBN: 1123321312 vs ISBN 2134124242 ? Rich Farmbrough 00:24 25 April 2006 (UTC).

Stanley Williams

Thanks for letting me know. Someone has already fixed it. The perpetrator is probably a well known vandal. Rich Farmbrough 16:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. Replied on my talk page. -EDM 18:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

By the way (in reference to your 12/13 blog post), the record is that he was seen to mouth a threat to the jurors after the verdict - or at least words that could be interpreted as a threat. It's at 13654-55 in the slip opinion you link to. I fully agree with you, though, that news reports of legal proceedings, particularly in emotional cases like this one, typically get the legal bits wrong. -EDM 20:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I think its most accurate to say, "mouth after the verdict words that some jurors interpreted as a threat" I didn't get my whole blog entry up, yet since i have been working on the Wikipedia article and one for the New River Free Press. --Beth Wellington 21:13, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually there seem to have been two separate comments, which for brevity we can call the "sons of bitches" comment and the "mother fuckers" comment. Both are discussed in the 9th Circuit opinion. Neither is appropriate to appear in the article verbatim. WP:NOT a transcript of proceedings or a play-by-play (though you wouldn't know it from this sad excuse for an encyclopedia article). -EDM 22:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

POV--Hi there. In this edit, you inserted the sentence "And this is actually really sad. Rosa was a hero. This man was a murderer." That point of view can't be put into Wikipedia articles, according to the neutral point of view policy. I've removed that sentence. Jdavidb (talk • contribs) 21:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi! Not I. This change was made by http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Williams&oldid=31373043#Aftermath. It was reversed to my version and then somehow reintroduced!

No problem. It seemed out of character with the rest of your edits (on first glance), so I assumed that with multiple people editing multiple versions, it slipped in. Probably got removed, readded, and removed but you might have been editing the readded version without realizing it. Or something like that. :) Jdavidb (talk • contribs) 22:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I try really hard to edit to change POV errors back to neutral and to use verifiable sources.

(I can't resist) Except for the "really sad" part, the remainder of that comment is straight factual, according to the respective Wikipedia articles. -EDM 22:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Movement to impeach George W. Bush

If you're going to add external links, don't try and pipe them; the 1st space after the 1st continuous text element delimits the end of the URI and everything after that is displayed as link text. 68.39.174.238 20:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:Reaverdrop#Movement_to_impeach_Bush - Thanks Beth - I don't have time now either to do aught except jot this note, I am pulling an all-nighter for a client. Rah-rah for a fellow book reviewer though! I was book review editor on my law review. If I could do that full time, that would be the greatest job in the world. - Reaverdrop 03:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

NPOV tag

I don't have a suggestion, but I have removed it. :) Rich Farmbrough. 22:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Sago Mine Disaster

Thanks. You're doing a good job, too. No, I'm not in W. Virginia and, have never even been there. It's a beautiful state. Thanks for the link. Most of my sources are national media (NY Times, CNN, etc. ) though I also used The Inter-Mountain a bit. Actually a lot of my editing has been copyediting which doesn't necessarily require factual knowledge! Crunch 02:33, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm just a news junkie and I got interested in the story and then was drawn here and started workng on the story. I don't know how much time I'll have to stay with it though in the next few days (busy with the day job, etc.), other than possibly reverting a few vandals. Yes, Phelps is a freak. He doesn't even seem to have a point of view anymore, other than to protest at prominent funerals. I took the first stab at editing that down, because it was perhaps somewhat notable. Looks like someone else came by and decided to cut it out entirely. Crunch 02:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Sago Mine vandal

Ah, no problem. That's our job. :) Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 04:56, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Reverted to your last version. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 02:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I sure know about Kate's Tool. That's what started everything. :) The best one so far is Interiot's Tool, by the way... Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 02:48, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Link format

Hi again Beth Wellington, More good work on the Sago mine story! I'm going through the whole article and cleaning it up and I have a few questions for you:

1. What do you think about moving and/or copying some of the detail on Randal McCloy's treatment to Randal McCloy. There's more info on 2006 Sago Mine disaster about McCloy than there is on the McCloy page and maybe it should be the other way around. I'm sending this directly to you rather than posting it on the talk page because it seems you've been really involved in that particularly area, but I'll post it there as well.

1. I noticed you're using lots of external links throughout your writing. I'm not exactly sure of the Wiki style for that, though you use a lot more than most editors. It could just be a matter of personal taste. But one thing I'm pretty sure of is that when you add an external link that displays as just a numbered superscipt you're supposed to also add the full reference at the bottom in the References list (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28links%29). I'm not sure you've been doing this. Crunch 02:40, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Cool about the footnotes. I think Wikipedia is a bit hard to figure out. There are actually tons of rules, depending on which WP:POL page you read. Crunch 03:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Citing sources

I think you're right, other editors are under-citing. I did some editing today on Ray Nagin -- I haven't checked back it's probably an active article lately and I've started to add a lot of citations following your model! Crunch 22:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

West Virginia

I'd love to help out but I'm not going to have much time for Wiki til at least next week. I know I keep saying this and then here I am, but no promises, and I'm really not an expert on citations. Perhaps if we just make our best effort someone else will come along and make it spiffy. Crunch 03:42, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Lyndon LaRouche associate Paul Gallagher

Lyndon LaRouche associate Paul Gallagher is mentioned in some lists of the convicted, but I can't recall where I saw the precise charge. It was part of the LaRouche prosecution so it was most likely a form of mail fraud or conspiracy. Some folks were sentenced to much longer terms than LaRouche, IIRC. Cheers, -Will Beback 11:46, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

FYI, this page seems to have as much detail as I've found anywhere. [2]. Cheers, -Will Beback 23:24, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Beth, regarding the conviction of LaRouche associates, the book Railroad, available from the same people also includes FBI and other US government documentation. I know most people think they need other sources to confirm certain things and I fully agree in many respects. There are certain times, such as with a new discovery, one must study for one's self whether the discovery is real or a fraud. I like this method with everything, not only physical science. I have looked at the Railroad book. Its good. Have fun doing your research. I don't doubt that you do a much better job at journalism than the staff of the Wall Street Urinal. Ciao, James NOTE: This was posted by Nemesis1981 10:57, July 10, 2006

Federation of American Scientists

I believe those projects would require someone a bit more in-depth regarding their subjects, though. But I guess I can write up some basic info and a header/introduction bit, sure. I'll give it a shot. :) :: DarkLordSeth 13:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Leonard N. Stern

I have reverted the "coporate office" edit, and made Leonard N. Stern a redirect. Can you look and see if there's any useful info to be salvaged from the corporate version? Rich Farmbrough. 11:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I've cycled the two articles (move one to temp, two to one, temp to two, and fix up redirect, delete temp). Rich Farmbrough. 23:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I've left her another message. Please let me know if it happens again, I'll temporarily block.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rich Farmbrough (talk • contribs) March 8, 2006 12:46.

I have blocked the anon IP, and left warnings on the other users pages that have done this in the past. Best wishes, Rich Farmbrough 21:03 14 April 2006 (UTC).

Leonard B. Stern

Simply go to the article and click the "move" tab at the top. Any problems, give me a shout. PS wait 'til WP is back from it's current problems. Rich Farmbrough. 16:25, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I left a message for the user, who probably will understand after the Washington coverage why she shouldn't edit that page. Have you tried moving Leonard Stern (publisher)? I've put up a request for an article on [[[Hartz Mountain Industries]]. Rich Farmbrough. 22:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Beth, you've done well! Now go to Leonard B. Stern and click on "What links here". You'll see that Leonard B. Stern (writer and publisher) is a redirect to LBS, which is fine, and that Leonard Stern (publisher) is a redirect to [[Leonard B. Stern (writer and publisher)] which is not ("double redirects" don't work - deliberately I think to avoid long chains or loops or redirects). To fix this cut and paste "Leonard B. Stern" into the Leonard Stern (publisher) redirect. Easy peasy. Rich Farmbrough. 22:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

P.S. My grandfather had Roger Price's book Droodles it used to make me laugh! Rich Farmbrough.

Yes that looks right. Droodle shows a couple of examples of what was in the book - Stern published it. Rich Farmbrough. 23:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

John Dufresne

I didn't actually create the stub - it was written by an anonymous user. I had just made sure it was of stub quality by wikifying and adding a tag to the contributed materal. -- Grunt 15:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

NSA warrantless surveillance

RWR8189 desires to move NSA warrantless surveillance controversy to NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program controversy. A poll according to the procedure for a contested move is being taken at Talk:NSA warrantless surveillance controversy#Support or Oppose Name Change. You may wish to vote support to change to the new name or oppose to leave the name unchanged. Metarhyme 04:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't count where you put it. You have to either scroll all the way down to the Support or Oppose Name Change section or use the Talk: link I gave to get there, edit that and vote below Nomen Nescio. Metarhyme 12:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Think nothing of it. I wanted those footnotes templated so I did it. Footnotes should go past 150 shortly - an overwhelming number. Every time I suggest a daughter article it seems like there's a POV attack, so I'm trying not to be concerned about length. Metarhyme 09:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, you can see what happened an to one idea at Legality of warrantless surveillance - that's the upshot of the all the fuss archived at Talk:NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy/Neutral_Point_Of_View_is_not_The_Truth. I decided to append the legal section to the fork but otherwise just leave it alone. Then came the drive from the other side to Rove the title. If the lefty daughter, at which the righties looked and laughed, were invaded with NPOV, then NSA warrantless would be counterattacked with POV I expect. No attacks means I've got time to scope out what Steve Ballmer is up to. In a document with almost two hundred footnotes he told the European Union he's sincere in making Windows® more open. I'll bet NSA warrantless can have even more footnotes than that! So I'm trying not to be concerned about length. Metarhyme 09:49, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

If you know about more than Hoekstra's letter (which is mentioned in the House Intelligence section) and want to put something in, I urge you to keep your addition short and neutral. A fuller treatment could go in the CRS article, which has plenty of room. Metarhyme 06:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC) That was a very good, concise NPOV edit! Thanks!

Well, I solicited shortening again. Nareek responded at Talk:NSA warrantless surveillance controversy#Article Length with a general call to slash without discussion. Metarhyme 06:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I think "the deliberate choice of a modern elite to foster hatred and fear to keep itself in power" (a quote from Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda) plays a key role - "masquerade of legitimacy" is another quote from the report. What to do about it? Expose it. Congress is inclined towards a bi-partisan effort to create judicial oversight of the Program. Poindexter's data mining concept (killed by Congress) funded DARPA contract F30602-03-C-0037 at PARC. This work could be applied to NSA, which would then have to convince a judge to order particular personal identity filters inactivated. Oversight created, 4th ammendment still kicking. That's optimistic. Metarhyme 06:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC) Gotcha - WP:CIVIL! (Sorry to be so slow.) I accept that "being polite would be untruthful" is an inadequate defense for incivility. I've used thugish right as well. Thanks for politely drawing my attention to this so that I can correct my misbehavior. Metarhyme 22:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Wilbur Ross

I would leave this one where it is, unless there's another notable Wilbur Ross? The general rule is the article lives under the most common name, but uses the "correct" name internally - or the full name/style in the lead in. Regards, Rich Farmbrough. 18:39, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Alberto Rios

Seems not to be a problem any more. Rich Farmbrough 11:31 28 February 2006 (UTC).

Howdy, not a problem, just place #REDIRECT [[page name here]] and save.Nmpenguin 16:55, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Working Families for Wal-Mart

I think that this one should be OK - I'll ask if everyone's happy to remove the POV. Rich Farmbrough 10:47 2 March 2006 (UTC).

Walmarting

Proposed deletion--Walmatring, I think is not a conspiracy! People who frequent AfD don't like neologisms, they see very many of them. I'm not sure if they're right in this case or not. Rich Farmbrough 10:47 2 March 2006 (UTC).

Thx for informing me on the matter. I already cast a vote. ;) --Maxl 14:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually it's 5 votes now to keep the article. The Voting has ended by now with "no consensus" as a result (as you probably noticed already). That means, for the moment the article is no longer on the "delete" list. I'd call that a success! :D --Maxl 16:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember editing the article...I've never heard of the term, but will stay out of the vote. Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.--MONGO 11:32, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, it looks like you improved the article enough to save it from deletion...that is oftentimes viewed as a good thing. Roanoke? My family oftentimes would spend Thanksgiving dinner at the Hotel Roanoke or at The Homestead...this year it was the latter, but I didn't make it there. Nice area for sure. I'm mainly familiar with the northern VA area and northern Shenandoah Valley. Anyway, if you run into trouble....run...no, just ask me and I'll try to help...Wikipedia can be very odd at times.--MONGO 21:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, another neat place with good food is the General Lewis Inn located in Lewisburg, WV...fairly near to the Greenbriar. It's got a lot of antiques from the war of southern independence there...I'm a Montanan (born in Helena), but my the old man is from Covington, and my mother is from near Staunton. You're heading into the best season there in Virginia, the redbuds and all those flowers should be blooming soon. Happy editing!--MONGO 01:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Beth, I'm the Anthropology professor referred to in the links for this entry. I've attempted to fill out the definition of Walmarting a little based on my own reading of the (amazingly substantial) literature. I've striven for a NPOV, though I'm not entirely satisfied on this score and would welcome further interventions! best, Alan Aycock (aycock@uwm.edu) Note: The preceeding unsigned comment was added by--Aacock 07:47, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

J.C. Penney and J. C. Penney

J.C. Penney this is the usual solution short of a disambiguation page. Rich Farmbrough 11:57 8 March 2006 (UTC).

Yes, it's not ideal. No, the other Richard Farmbrough is a distant cousin, son of David Farmbrough one time Bishop of Bedford, I've not met him for about 25 years. There is, I believe a third one, who plays amateur sport. His IMDB page doesn't really do him credit, he's produced a lot more television than that (but in my mind's eye he's still about 10 years old). Rich Farmbrough 17:31 8 March 2006 (UTC).

1969 Coal Mine Safety and Health Act

Well if you look here you will see at least some acts that have the word "Federal" have kept it in the article title. Are you saying that one of these articles is a WP:copyvio? Rich Farmbrough 13:52 9 March 2006 (UTC).

As I understand it all federal government work is public domain, this would include http://www.msha.gov. Incidentally there's nothing special about being an admin, except for the superpowers we're granted... Provided you're thick skinned enough to take any likley response, you can draw other editors attention to the errors of their ways. Of course we do it in a kind way (WP:BITE and WP:AGF), but as my brother remarked "There are a lot of crosspatches on Wikipedia, aren't there!" Regards, Richard.

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977

Thanks for picking me up on the appropriate category. I was on New Pages patrol, focussing on getting uncategorised articles into cats. I wasn't quite sure where to put that one, but figured if I put it there, someone in-the-know would pick up on it. I figure it's best to put these things somewhere where they'll be noticed, rather than leave them to disappear into the quagmire. Cnwb 22:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Organized Labour

Hi Beth. I saw you added your name to the list at Organized Labour, so I thought I'd say hello. As I'm sure you noticed, it's still a pretty small project, so it's great to have another interested editor. Cheers. Chris.--Bookandcoffee 03:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Ron Rash

Your ref problem was a /ref at the end of the article. Best wishes, Rich Farmbrough 21:03 14 April 2006 (UTC).

Hi there - for reasons beyond my control, the en.wikipedia database is no longer replicated to the toolserver. If this article is fairly new, it would be safe to assume that it is not in the database on the toolserver due to replication issues. Toolserver admins are trying to rectify the situation and I would recommend trying again in a few weeks time. Thanks for your interest. TDS ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:34, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The quotes are showing up OK. I would think that the italics come form the template. Rich Farmbrough 11:44 15 April 2006 (UTC).

Wikiproject: countering systemic bias

Hi Mamawrites, I wonder if you might be able to help - I'm writing an article for openDemocracy about the Wikiproject:countering systemic bias. I'd like to get some quotes from Wikipedians about why they're involved, what they're working on and some other general issues. I'm particularly interested in talking to women who seem to be poorly represented even on this wikiproject. I wonder if you'd be willing to talk to me over email? Mine is daviddariusbijan@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks,

David

86.8.109.89 14:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Maximilian von Spee

No idea, perhaps this is a challenge for User:SuggestBot's owner, User:ForteTuba? Rich Farmbrough 18:43 18 April 2006 (UTC).

Claudia Emerson

Guess that's sorted at the moment. Rich Farmbrough 21:19 22 April 2006 (UTC).

Well, that will give him something to do. Rich Farmbrough 11:22 23 April 2006 (UTC).

Just venting, Rich Farmbrough but wondering how to get folks to consolidate links they regard as too numerous if from same source and there's an index and to update, rather than delete broken links. Just spent (wasted) my whole afternoon restoring entries I had made in 2006 for the now-late poet Claudia Emerson. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudia_Emerson&diff=prev&oldid=451920149--Beth Wellington (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Dates

Hi Beth, what's the problem? Rich Farmbrough 22:19 29 April 2006 (UTC).

This is due to the way {{tl:cite}} works, which I don't fully agree with, but is no big deal. I've changed the first one, you'll see what I mean. Rich Farmbrough 12:42 1 May 2006 (UTC).

Folks you meet

Yes, there are many credible folks you'll meet in Wikipedia. Many academics, some wish to not disc;ose their expertise, preferring to edit articles unrelated to their training. I am in that category...I have ot made one edit tomy expertise, instead working on articles that take me back tomy past...land management. While working on the article Retreat of glaciers since 1850, I had the pleasure of working with one of the foremost glaciologists in the U.S., a telescope engineer, a doctor of philosophy (and a computer whiz) and a number of other folks that made the article a featured article...I wouldn't have been able to do this without their help. There are a number of promenient persons that edit here and any expert is always welcome so long as they abide by the principle of NPOV...in some circumstances, some experts have very strong opinions about things so it hasn't always worked out well. Good work and hope you are also doing well.--MONGO 05:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Criticism of Wal-Mart

Hi Beth,

a discussion has been going on about the cheap prices at WalMart. Maybe you'd like to say something, too, even though, strictly spoken, this is not exactly about the article. Also, there has been a request to change the name of the article. Please check it out! -Maxl 22:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Beth,

I understand you're quite busy. I'm still discussing with an user, RJII, and he seems to be a hard core capitalist and he doesn't understand that concessions have to be made in order to keep the economy running. I wonder if he's on WalMart's wage list. --Maxl 21:31, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Wal-Mart

I hope my newly added comment clears things up. I deleted the section, as I said, after a) no one but r3m0t objected, and b) after he let more than a day pass without re-objecting. As I stated in my comment on the talk page, if anyone objects they can revert and I won't get into a revert war, I'll go on arguing. To me it looked like only r3m0t thought the section was worth keeping, and even he'd given up on it. Obviously I was wrong about the latter, but since no one but him has complained about the deletion I suspect I'm right about the former. --soto 10:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Scott Shields

No idea, it could do with some content. Rich Farmbrough 18:53 3 June 2006 (UTC).

Please go ahead! Jarfingle 21:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

AFD

As an AIW member please review Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of relationships with age disparity and please take a side.

Wilson Research

Why did you create this entry on WRS? ≈≈≈≈

Meat puppets

Regarding your recruitment, which was one of twenty made by a new user who's first and last edit was on one AfD he is admittedly linked to, you posted: "I'm curious as to why you would edit my talk page to delete a message."[3]

It is considered highly inappropriate or unacceptable to advertise Wikipedia articles that are being debated in order to attract users with known views and bias, in order to strengthen one side of a debate. It is also considered highly inappropriate to ask friends or family members to create accounts for the purpose of giving additional support. Advertising or soliciting meatpuppet activity is not an acceptable practice on Wikipedia.

The arrival of multiple newcomers, with limited Wikipedia background and predetermined viewpoints arriving in order to present those viewpoints, rarely helps achieve neutrality and most times actively damages it, no matter what one might think. Wikipedia is not a place for mixing fact and opinion, personal advocacy, or argument from emotion. Controversial articles often need more familiarity with policy to be well edited, not less.

If you feel that a debate is ignoring your voice, then the appropriate action is not to solicit others outside Wikipedia. Instead, avoid personal attacks, seek comments and involvement from other Wikipedians, or pursue dispute resolution. These are quite well tested processes, and are designed to avoid the problem of exchanging bias in one direction for bias in another.

[4] I hope that explains it for you.Nickieee 02:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining, Nickieee. Beth, I've also responded on User talk:Quarl just in case yet another editor is confused by or disagrees with what I did. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-08-15 11:43Z

Thank you for your response. I am still troubled by someone editing my talk page by deletion, rather than by adding a comment. I agree that the tone on the query was problematic, and by the way, I haves seen worse, but I took that into account in my response on the AfD page. I do not think that because someone has the philosphy of inclusion, that constitutes the bias that is referred to in the response above yours.--Beth Wellington 16:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

International_Institute_of_Management

There's quite a debate on the deletion of this article and I've tried to verify what i could, change the tone a bit and weigh in to keep and improve. Could you look at what I've got there and see if the neutrality and verifiability tags are still needed? Also, if it merits keeping? As always, many thanks. Cheers,Your inclusionist pal in the U.S.--Beth Wellington 20:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment on the tags. It was deleted, but I restored it. The article was likewise deleted. Oh well--Beth Wellington 15:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

No probs. My comment wasn't deleted, though. Rgds Rich Farmbrough 11:39 19 August 2006 (GMT).

Please help

Hi! I got your username from the Association Inclusionist Wikipedians. I'm trying to work against a band of linkocrites (see ). You look as if you're a valuable editor and I could really use some help [preserving] a great link. I would ask you to review the discussion and vote keep if you agree with the link's value. By the way, you're welcome to ask for my vote to keep any information on this website. Thanks for your help! Cochese8 17:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Democracy Data & Communications, LLC/Advocacy Campaign Team for Mining

Hi. I was using the National Mining Association article for links to coal stats and came across these two articles, one of which I tagged for different reasons. I suggest you may want to add something to DD&C to show its notability. As for the Advcacy article, I made a note on the talk page re: possibly merging into the National Mining Association article; it wasn't clear why two articles were needed but maybe I'm missing something.

By the way, nice work on the Sago Mine disaster -- you put in a lot of effort!

--A. B. 19:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Sixteen Ton Barnstar
		presented to Beth Wellington for heavy work on the Sago Mine disaster and other mining articles A. B. 19:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms

Re: edit counter

That edit counter doesn't work for English wikipedia currently. While it's down, please use Tool1 or one of the other edit counters that are currently working. --Interiot 21:57, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Your count is 1057 c. 4th November. Rich Farmbrough, 23:44 20 November 2006 (GMT).

Sago Mine Disaster

Blogger

Appears to be this guy http://www.aber.ac.uk/cla/archive/biopurdy.html . His blog made me laugh (your comment on my talk page got quoted).

Reverting a change

If you go to the "history" tab,and click one of the dates you get the version at that time. You can then edit this, and save it to get rid of vandalism.

Rich Farmbrough, 23:44 20 November 2006 (GMT).

I know of no way to get to a specific line, although I suppose a bit of javascript could be written: I use firefox "search - highlight" then scroll. Not ideal. Yes, you have to be able to walk away from online arguments, and real life ones coem to that! Rich Farmbrough, 17:12 21 November 2006 (GMT).

Second Wave Wikipedians

...it's been a while since I've visited my Wikipedia space. You wrote...

Thank you for the clear explaination. Another user identified himself as such and I wasn't sure what it meant...being a writer, rather than an EE or whatever.--Beth Wellington 05:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I am primarely a Wireless Network Engineer (yes EE), but I have written a technical text as well which does qualify me as a writer as well ;) Konrad Kgrr 02:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Liviu Librescu

You made these incorrect edits here. Yom HaShoah is acknowledged by the Hebrew calendar, as a result, it is observed on Sunday night and the day of Monday. When the Professor was killed, it was still Yom HaShoah, as it was the day of Yom HaShoah. Epson291 17:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Nope. I can understand why you might think so, but the convention at the site I referenced was different. The eve was Saturday. The day was Sunday. I've changed it back after leaving explaination at your talk page and the talk page for the article.--Beth Wellington 20:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

You are correct Epson291 20:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I had to check myself to make sure Yom HaShoah wasn't celebrated for two days in the Diasporah, after seeing the news article. But some Orthodox congregations don't even recognize it as a holiday. See [5] What an irony. I live only 35 miles from Tech and have so many friends on the faculty and in graduate school. We're all in shock.--Beth Wellington 20:43, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Beth, been thinking of you. Look after yourself. Rich Farmbrough, 21:51 27 April 2007 (GMT).

I am sorry for the loss you're area has gone through, you are very close to it. I'm still in shock too and I'm far removed from it. Yom HaShoah was on the Sunday/Monday and I spoke with a family member in Israel to confirm! And here's what I found from a English search. "In May, 1997 the Israeli government changed the definition of Yom HaShoah to state that if it falls on a Sunday it will be postponed to the following day." Now that doesn't mean a shul im the U.S. wouldn't have had a memorial service on the Sunday, but the siren was on the Monday morning.

Here are some English links, http://www.ziporah-greve.net/prog/jewish-csharp.html

and http://history1900s.about.com/cs/holocaust/a/yomhashoah.htm

If you'd like to see what happens when the siren goes, http://www.israelnationalnews.com/TV/, and click "The Nation of Israel Remembers" (the politics of the website in general leaves what to be desired but the video is good). Ah alas it seemes someone already reverted the Professor's page back. Epson291 08:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the wishes and the links. I'm wondering if we we should be talking about when Yom HaShoah was observed in the US, as the incident happened in Blacksburg? I've called my Rabbi and left a message and am expecting a call back. Since it's not an othodox holiday and some orthodox Jews don't celebrate it at all, the question becomes, since there was no conflict with the Shabbat in the U.S., whether the date was moved to coincide with observation in Israel. (See discussion with Pharos.)

At a dinner party last night in Roanoke, a friend who works at Tech with the wife of one of the professors shot and drove up from Montgomery County told me Dr. Granata was in his office on the third floor when he heard shots. He locked the students in his office and went down to investigate and never returned. I just looked it up and his story in the Washington Post is here: [6]. Another friend at dinner told me that her friend who works in a local hospital said someone in the building in the aftermath said that one of the eeriest things was the sound of thirty cell phones on the floor repeatedly ringing. --Beth Wellington 22:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Yom HaShoah

This is a complicated question, and I don't fully understand it. I was involved with putting the mention of Yom HaShoah on the MainPage, when User:Deborahjay corrected us that it is not always observed in Israel on Nisan 27. It seems to me that the reason why the observance would be delayed in Israel (conflict with Sabbath observance) would apply equally outside of Israel, at least to Orthodox people who observe the day in a religious manner (which is a minority of the Orthodox community.) We should probably raise the question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism.--Pharos 21:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not an othodox holiday; some orthodox Jews don't celebrate it at all. The question becomes, since there was no conflict with the Shabbat in the U.S., whether the date is moved to coincide with Israel. I went aheah and called my Rabbi and left a message to call back to straighten this out. --Beth Wellington 21:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't like the word "celebrate" to describe Yom HaShoah. Many Orthodox Jews do commemerate Yom HaShoah, it was particularly chosen on the date (as opposed to Erev Pessach) because of them. Of course it is not a "orthodox holiday", it is a Jewish day, for all Jews. Since the United States is not a Jewish state, there are no state sacntioned Jewish holidays, all Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar, so by nature, whatever Israel chose for that day would be reconized by Jews globally. It would be silly to think that a day created by the State of Israel would then be reconized on a different day in Blacksburg and still be called Holocaust Memorial Day. Epson291 01:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Point taken about the use of the word celebrate as to connotation, although the denotation is "to observe." And one can celebrate the lives, as well as mourn the deaths of those who perished in the Holocaust. But while you call it silly, many U.S. Jews observed Yom HaShoah April 15, including the congregation in Blacksburg [7] and Roanoke [8], the Orthodox Union [9], the U.S. Holocaust Museum [10]. I've already mentioned the Conservative movement. A sampling of others Midwest Center for Holocaust Education [11], Temple Israel of Minneapolis (http://www.templeisrael.com/holidayslong.html], Office of the Governor New Jersey Commission on Holocaust, Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee and Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County [12], Sinai Temple of Los Angeles [13], American Jewish Congress of Nova Scotia [14], Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston [15]. --Beth Wellington 04:41, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Beth, I've done some similar research and I believe you are correct. All major Jewish American institutions seem to mark Yom HaShoah on 27 Nisan, no matter what day of the week it falls on. Of course, who can say if this is the situation with all diaspora Jewish communities? I've gotten the impression (but I haven't confirmed it mathematically) that 27 Nisan cannot actually fall on Shabbat itself anyway, only the day before or after, so I think that Israel's moving of the date is more down to convenience for her Orthodox citizens rather than strict religious necessity. I don't suppose this difference of observance with Israel is down to anything intentional; diaspora communities probably just find it easier to stick with the one date. Anyway, I'll try to update Yom HaShoah with this information; I'm not sure how this should play into the Librescu article.--Pharos 04:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

From the Orthodox Union, "On Monday April 17, as Israel observed Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Day, a Holocaust survivor gave his life to help save his students. 75-year-old Professor Liviu Lebrescu threw himself in front of the Virginia Tech shooter when the shooter attempted to enter his classroom." He was Israeli no less so writing "as Israel observed Yom Hashoah" should solve it. Here is a Canadain congregation having it on Sunday/Monday, http://www.nsbs.ns.ca/inforum/images/April16HolocaustMemorialDay.pdf Halifax http://www.fjmc.org/yomhashoa.html Toronto. though you're right most (if not almost all) North American organziations marked it on the Sunday and ignore the Israeli practice. So my apologies for thinking it was "silly", I (in my opinion) "naturally" assumed they'd be on the same date. Epson291 05:18, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

It's often easy to overlook one's assumptions. I think you've come up with an elegant fix. Now here's my next question. Dr. Lebrescu is listed in the article as having dual citizenship; is that accurate? I know that he had been in the U.S. for 20 years, but failed, in a cursory search, to find an account of U.S. citizenship. --Beth Wellington 07:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I think I read he was but I'll have to look more in detail. Epson291 04:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Doing a simple search yields no reliable information that he was an American citizen but I'll look more in depth. I would like to here your Rabbi's responce when you hear it. I highly doubt he ever got his Romanian back, he would've been stripped from it when he left, and he certainly has Israeli citzenship. Epson291 04:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

DC Meetup notice

Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Virginia, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices \(like this one\), you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.--Gmaxwell 22:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Sources

A great deal of the info can be sourced from his "official" web site, wherever that was. Rich Farmbrough, 14:13 2 October 2007 (GMT).

• Hello, thanks for your message. I'm not entirely sure why you left the message for me because I have not edited that page for a long time. However, I will definitely check it out and fix any plagiarism problems. We don't want that on Wikipedia. Johntex\^talk 04:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

It's the economy, stupid

90% for GHWB... 

Hi ... the number bounces around, depending on source and poll. Here, it states GHWB's top approval at 90%.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2007/07/approval_highs_and_lows.html

Huffington Post put the number at 80% (google records it) but it appears removed from the blog...

www.huffingtonpost.com/topics/George%20H.%20W.%20Bush

I should change that number to 90. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhodog (talk • contribs) 00:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Julio Jorge López

I have moved (with the accent), and fixed the date. I think [16] would be fine, allow people to use a translation service if they wish. Your keen journalistic eye will have noticed that there is a lot of text clean up needed. Rich Farmbrough, 03:56 8 February 2008 (GMT).

The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence

Hello. I'm contacting you and other members of WikiProject Books in order to find if you are interested in collaborating to expand and improve The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence article to make it worthy of becoming a featured article candidate, in light of the fact that it is the first book the U.S. government ever went to court to censor before its publication. --Loremaster (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Kay Ryan

Thanks for the compliments on my user page and in your blog. Best, Easchiff(talk) 15:59, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

webcite

http://www.archive.org/index.php crawls the web and archives automatically. very little is ever missed. --emerson7 18:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I assume you accidentally removed my message from User talk:Emerson7 when you added yours. Please be careful in the future. Thank you. LiteraryMaven (talk) 20:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Vonnegut quote

Hey, Beth - nice to meet you! Glad you found that reference - it was such a good quote I didn't want to remove it from the article. I am not familiar with Breece's work, but anyone who cites a Phil Ochs song as a favorite is ok in my book - and that particular song is one of Phil's most haunting and beautiful and a personal favorite. Hope we edit together somewhere! By the way, do you have a particular genre focus on the books you review? Best wishes Tvoz/talk 22:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

You maybe interested in the Article Rescue Squadron

Hello, Beth Wellington. Based on the templates on your talk page, please consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles from deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever. I think you will find our project matches your vision of Wikipedia. You can join >> here <<. Ikip (talk) 14:43, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

WRVC

It appears that it wasn't the first ever, but it does appear to be the oldest one that still exists today. Other than that, though, all I can really do is tag it for references needed, because most of my primary expertise in terms of knowing where to look for reference and source confirmation is in Canadian stations. Bearcat (talk) 19:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Environment & Energy Publishing

Well I have cleaned it up a little, but if it is notable and verifiable, there's not a lot to needed be done unless you think it is biased, tagging possibly for WP:COI. Rich Farmbrough, 22:10, 14 September 2009 (UTC).

Amish school shooting

• SmackBot only dates the "dead link" tags
• The one you fixed looks fine - it is footnote 18.

All the best, Rich Farmbrough, 08:18, 9 April 2010 (UTC).

That article is such a mess... Rich Farmbrough, 08:55, 9 April 2010 (UTC).

Well I have done what I can, the section on 911 calls could be improved. The second paragraph looks like it starts with a quote but its is not made clear what, who, when. The calls are all mentioned in the main time-line so without something specific to the transcripts is there any point keeping the list? Rich Farmbrough, 09:32, 9 April 2010 (UTC).

Rescue

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Armageddon theology WritersCramp (talk) 12:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: Irene McKinney

My main interests are politics, equality, longevity, & mortality; her death was included at Deaths in 2012, and as a female poet laureate appointed by a state governor, I was interested enough to ensure that her article was presentable & accurate, since it was linked to such a visible page. I had no expectation of making it complete, but I know that 'pop culture' & sports are focused on to a much greater extent, and with a nod to WP:NOTMEMORIAL, feel that the article of anyone who dies should be given additional attention. If done well, there are no complaints, and then vandalism is only an intermittant issue, and I do check back from time to time. Dru of Id (talk) 18:27, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter

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WikiProject Appalachia

We'd love to have you at WP:WikiProject Appalachia, Beth. It's not a project that runs a lot of contests and campaigns, or that engages in cheerleading. Rather, we're a pretty quiet bunch, and the project pages (including Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Appalachia) can be good places to find advice and collaborators on topics related to Appalachian topics. Also, tools like Wikipedia:WikiProject Appalachia/Most-viewed pages provide interesting insight on how Wikipedia users interact with the region -- and particularly its persistent myths. Add yourself to the member list -- and watchlist us -- so you can keep us in mind the next time you want knowledgeable and sympathetic assistance in discussions about articles like Hillbilly, or lend a hand when one of the rest of us needs help with a topic about which you are knowledgeable. --Orlady (talk) 04:18, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-Thon and Meetup!

Who should come? You should. Really.
	She Blinded Me with Science: Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C. This edit-a-thon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women from the Smithsonian who contributed to the sciences. It will be followed by a happy hour meetup! We look forward to seeing you there!

...and if you do not live in the Washington, D.C. area, please forgive the intrusion and you can delete this invite! Sarah (talk) 16:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Black Twig Pickers

Saw your note at User talk:Rich Farmbrough. I do not see any error. Have you spotted that the first two <ref>s are not in the Selected discography section? (If you wish to respond, please do so here.) HairyWombat 16:49, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

HairyWombat, You see no error because Rich Farmbrough has fixed that problem as well as some others. (Check the history of the article.) The first two references are not to the discography, but to the box and the intro...If you'd like to work on the discography or the rest of the article, let me know. Otherwise I'll work on the article a bit at a time after I get back from WV. Cheers, --Beth Wellington (talk) 23:29, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Beth Wellington! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

organized by Wiki Project Med

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

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Have time on Saturday?

I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, June 15!

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Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic!

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13!

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You're Invited: Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!

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Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

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Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14!

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Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

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Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

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Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

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Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

• Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
• Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

• Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
• March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
• Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
James Hare

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

• This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
• On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

James Hare

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

• On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
• Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
• You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

• On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
• Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
• The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
• Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
• Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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Navaho language

I posted this query for assistance on Rich Farmbrough's talk page.

The section "Language status" has a disputed note on it that dates back to January 2013. It refers one to the talk page, which I'm guessing is referring to the section "Is the language in decline, or incline?" The discussion is only two comments, a question by an ip address and a response by Ish ishwar who is still active on Wikipedia. The latter appears to me to settle the "dispute" by providing an adequate clarification. Additionally, it would appear the introduction has been edited to delete the contradiction. Is there any way to resolve this and delete the tag? It seems to me that leaving the tag for so long on the article undermines not only its integrity but the credibility of Wikipedia as a whole. Cheers! (glad the # of drama free days is approaching 2 months) --Beth Wellington 20:24, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I copied Ish ishwar, since he was mentioned. --Beth Wellington (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I removed the tag. Pretty much anyone can remove pretty much any article tag if it looks wrong. (About the only exceptions are copyvio, where you should take extra care, CSD if you created the article and AfD while the discussion is running.) All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:30, 5 June 2014 (UTC).

@Rich Farmbrough: and Beth Wellington, I've removed that "Pov section" template from this talk page as well as from one archive of Rich Farmbrough.[17] This tag is not for user pages or even talk pages, it should be used only on the main space articles. I was checking a few pages that are having that template with a program, it would have messed up if I hadn't looked. I hope you both will understand. OccultZone (Talk) 16:55, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

@OccultZone: That's absolutely fine. A better solution is to use {{Tlx}} where something needs to be de-templated. Also I suggest driving you program off the categories rather than the template: it is carefully designed to only categorise articles and you will also pick up redirects. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:39, 10 June 2014 (UTC).

Thanks and anything linked to 'pov section' template sends the page link specific category. A number of administrators, botters and normal user use those categories like you know. I am only collecting a list of those pages that doesn't really require this tag but they still got. Some other templates have been misused as well, like many have also got the "talk header" tag, though there was no discussion on the talk page. Redirect is usually empty, making it easier to judge. Yes, some have added categories and projects to redirects as well, but I usually erase the wikiproject. Keeping it short, there's so much to do. OccultZone (Talk) 17:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! As Rich knows, I'm better with content than format. (Was citing tag, rather than saying there was a pov error.Beth Wellington (talk) 18:06, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

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The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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('Copied from my page in case you don;t see my reply.) You are welcome. I think you mean my review of new pages. Please see Wikipedia:New pages patrol and Special:NewPages. Bearian (talk) 20:51, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Picture your self leading the masses to improve Wikimedia one article at a time.

• Show the Internet who is the better editor.
• Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
• Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
• Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:08, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

• Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”

  A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.

• Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon

  Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM

• Saturday, September 20: September Meetup

  Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM

• Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon

  Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM

• Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:49, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ancella Radford Bickley

Hello Beth Wellington,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ancella Radford Bickley for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. St170e (talk) 22:39, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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EQT

my cc: from my post to The Bushranger also posted to Rich Farmbrough

Today, I looked up this article and its history and noticed that you had blocked the corporation back in January 2012. I was curious that there was so little information on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. I was about to add something when I saw that an ip only user had deleted a great deal of information this month, not only on the pipeline, but a whole section on legal problems and a reference to environmental problems in PA. I am suspicious that the corporation may be editing again, because of the nature of the wholesale deletions and the location of the IP in Pittsburgh PA, home of the corporate offices. http://www.iplocationtools.com/108.32.74.82.html https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EQT&diff=632904766&oldid=631979273 How should I proceed? If you deem it correct to block this IP and reverse the deletions, I'll be glad to edit for any POV problems and make sure to include not just the website for the opposition to the pipeline, but also for EQT's side (http://mountainvalleypipeline.info/), but it seems to me that this won't be sufficient without monitoring for future such deletions. I'll also cc Rich Farmbrough, as he's the editor I've been dealing with long term. Many thanks!--Beth Wellington 21:19, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

BTW, in looking up the IP for the editor who added the material, it was a workstation at Virginia Tech, rather than a home computer, so I don't know any way to request that the anonymous user sign up for an account, but I can post something to the facebook account for the opposition account, if that seems proper.--Beth Wellington 21:36, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Well spotted. I have left a friendly note for the IP in question, and added the article to my watchlist. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:51, 20 November 2014 (UTC).

Thanks Rich. The watchlist will take care of any further problems, but what should I do about restoring the deleted material (and editing for POV)? I know one of the two conveners of the Facebook group about the pipeline, a professional soil scientist who lives a distance from Blacksburg, so I doubt he's the original author of the deleted material, but he should be able to give me sources for any claims that are unsupported and I'll explain POV to him and urge that folks editing the article to include the opposition sign up for an account so they can be accountable (unlike EQT, if it's the source for the deletion.)--Beth Wellington 23:26, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Use your discretion on editing the article, I have faith in you. Sourcing and NPOV with a little WP:COI and WP:UNDUE are likely to be the watchwords for this article. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:36, 20 November 2014 (UTC).

Oh and no need to CC me, if I get a ping (as I have for these two) I will check it out. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:38, 20 November 2014 (UTC).

Thanks, Rich! Good advice, as always. --Beth Wellington 23:59, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

• February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
• February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
• February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

• Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
• Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
• Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
• Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Presentation proposal for Wikimania 2015

How to pick up more women...

Hello to the members of WikiProject Women writers! Victuallers and I have developed a proposal for a talk to be presented at Wikimania 2015. It's titled, How to pick up more women -- as in more women editors and more women's biographies. The proposal review process has begun and there's no guarantee that this proposal will be accepted. That's where you come in. Please review our proposal and give us feedback. Ultimately, we hope you add your name to the signup at the bottom of the proposal which signifies you're interested in the talk (it does not signify you'll be attending the event). Thank you! Rosiestep (talk) 21:58, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

• Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM

  An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)

• Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM

  In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM

  Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

• Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm

  See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia

• Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm

  Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.

• Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

• Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

James Hare

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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February events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

• On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
• On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
• On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
• On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
• On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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March events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:

• On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
• On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
• On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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ThoughtAudio Review Request

I am seeking independent and neutral viewpoints on the article ThoughtAudio, which is being considered for deletion. If you have a few minutes to review it, I would appreciate your opinion on the decision as to whether the article merits retention and improvement, or deletion. ThoughtAudio was targeted by the same editor that made a failed attempt to delete the wikiquote article Michael Scott Gallegos. There are only 3 reviews/votes so far. I am hoping that a minority viewpoint will not prevail. My work is generally as wikiquote editor @ELApro. I have also been a long time editor for Wikipedia, but have not created many articles here. I would much appreciate your advice and/or contributions with regard to the process. ELApro (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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Remember you fondly from Senate Bill 717 days

Hello Beth. I don’t remember much about you but seeing your name brought back very positive vibrations, as some used to say. Warm wishes! Jim Rathlesberger CVS Founder (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)