User talk:DanTD/Archive. May - June 2016
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| Wednesday May 25, 6pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon. This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki software development community, through a community learning night at NYU on May 25.
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Hi DanTD. Currently, I am in the middle of improving the History of the Long Island Rail Road article. I have been adding historical content and have been adding references. Since I know that you have done a lot of work on the LIRR articles, when you have a chance, could you help me out with this. Thanks. --Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 16:53, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- Anytime I find something, I'm always willing to help out with this one. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:30, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
NRHP unused images
Hi there. I noticed some of your edits to this page, such as this one. I just wanted to make sure that you know that page is updated by a bot, so your edits will just get overwritten. You can select files there to include in articles, but deleting items from that list will not cause the bot to take them out of its database. I hope it helps. Jane (talk) 15:49, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Then what does? You'd think the fact that they were being used would remove them from the database. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 15:53, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Well I am not exactly sure, since I never paid much attention to it. You can put a question on this on the NRHP talk page, or on the talk page of erfgoedbot. It's just that I am pretty sure there are more forces at work than just usinng the pictures in articles. Maybe you need to take the photos out of the NRHP catagory on Commons? Why are you removing them anyway? You don't need to use them but they are just image suggestions. But if the images are simply incorrect, then they are probably in the wrong category on Commons. Jane (talk) 19:59, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Many of them were in the generic NRHP category until I moved them to their proper places. Then once I discovered which articles and lists they belonged in, I added them there, making them used images. There are others there that I'm leaving alone because many of them are tagged for deletion, mostly over copyvio-related issues. Some others I just have some doubts about. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 22:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- OK I see someone else has posted false positives here: User talk:ErfgoedBot. Maybe it has something to do with the coordinates? It's a bit troubling because we are so close to September now, and I would hate to see misbehavior in this bot during WLM!!! Jane (talk) 07:55, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- Many of them were in the generic NRHP category until I moved them to their proper places. Then once I discovered which articles and lists they belonged in, I added them there, making them used images. There are others there that I'm leaving alone because many of them are tagged for deletion, mostly over copyvio-related issues. Some others I just have some doubts about. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 22:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Well I am not exactly sure, since I never paid much attention to it. You can put a question on this on the NRHP talk page, or on the talk page of erfgoedbot. It's just that I am pretty sure there are more forces at work than just usinng the pictures in articles. Maybe you need to take the photos out of the NRHP catagory on Commons? Why are you removing them anyway? You don't need to use them but they are just image suggestions. But if the images are simply incorrect, then they are probably in the wrong category on Commons. Jane (talk) 19:59, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon
| Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon | |
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  Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives. A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Light refreshments will be provided. Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our June 15 WikiWednesday and other upcoming events. | |
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Old Union County Courthouse
I'm a strong opponent of G4 deletions in cases when an article is useful; had this been a decent article, I wouldn't have deleted it. It was basically a substub. Do you feel like writing a new article? Aside from NRIS, the only source used in the article was [1]. Nyttend (talk) 15:06, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Remember that Georgia nominations have recently gotten online; you can find more information (which wasn't online when the article was deleted) at [2], plus the Georgia County Courthouses TR form. Nyttend (talk) 15:07, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey
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Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
| Wednesday June 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 01:38, 12 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our AfroCrowd June calendar, June 29 Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA, and July 15 Wiknic @ Central Park, among other upcoming events. | |
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Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
| Wednesday June 29, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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 Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's second annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives on a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:03, 20 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our Sunday July 10 Wiknic in Central Park and other upcoming events. | |
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