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This Month in GLAM: November 2022

 




Headlines
  • Africa report: Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Winners & 2022 ISA Drive
  • Albania report: An event at the National History Museum in Tirana
  • Brazil report: WLM tool, Wiki Takes, New WMB's Strategy, and 2 new GLAMs
  • India report: Two Open Culture films on India's Odia language, made with volunteer labour
  • Indonesia report: Open GLAM Conference; Sundanese Wikisource Workshop; Minangkabau books digitization
  • Italy report: Video and photo to share the beauty of Italy's heritage
  • Netherlands report: Linking heritage data at HackaLOD
  • New Zealand report: Integrating with the BHL, loading natural science specimens and data
  • Poland report: How Wiki helps to explore and enjoy art & culture; Wiki workshop for the National Museum in Krakow; GLAM online meeting on ideas for 2023; Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
  • Serbia report: Wikipedian in residence at Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and National Museum of Zrenjanin
  • Sweden report: Wikipedian in Residence at Musikverket; Women and architecture; Gymnasiearbete; New uploads from the Swedish National Archives; WLM winners; Images of Äpplet
  • Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Program
  • UK report: Khalili Foundation
  • Uruguay report: Let's GLAM Together in Uruguay: Help us organize the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023
  • USA report: WikiConference North America 2022; Punk Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; Kensho Technologies Impact-a-thon
  • Special story: We need your opinion: GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 & Your Favorite Tools
  • Content Partnerships Hub report: Survey: your favorite tools
  • Calendar: December's GLAM events
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Category:Buildings and structures in Ireland by style

Category:Buildings and structures in Ireland by style has been nominated for merging. Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_December_20#Buildings_and_structures_by_style. – Fayenatic London 15:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Le Deluge!

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Moops T 16:38, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: December 2022

 




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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Incorporated cities and towns in North Dakota

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Incorporated cities and towns in North Dakota indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:31, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Category:Convention centers in Delaware has been nominated for merging

 

Category:Convention centers in Delaware has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 15:36, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: January 2023

 




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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Indoor arenas in the Republic of the Congo

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Indoor arenas in the Republic of the Congo indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 04:43, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Category:Sport in Yongin has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:Sport in Yongin has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 16:49, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Category:Danleng County has been nominated for renaming

 

Category:Danleng County has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 21:09, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: February 2023

 




Headlines
  • Albania report: I Edit Wikipedia Online Campaign 2023
  • Belgium report: Public Domain Day Belgium 2023
  • Brazil report: GLAM-Wiki initiatives in Brazil spark academic investigation
  • Croatia report: Activities during first two months of 2023
  • Indonesia report: Launching of Wikisource Loves Manuscripts; Bincang GLAM continues
  • Italy report: New project and collaboration in February
  • Kosovo report: I Edit Wikipedia Online Campaign 2023
  • New Zealand report: Wikidata and the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Wellington WikiCon 2023 and Auckland Museum local suburb project funding
  • Poland report: The European GLAM Coordinators online meet-up; GLAM-Wiki workshop at the Wawel Royal Castle State Art Collection; Wikimedians-in-residence online meet up
  • Sweden report: 100 000 Bildminnen; Report from The Association of Swedish Museums; Wikipedia for all of Sweden; ArkDes edit-a-thons
  • UK report: In Memoriam Jo Pugh / Cultural Diversity
  • USA report: Black History Month and More
  • Wiki Loves Living Heritage report: Wiki Loves Living Heritage launches 17 March 1pm UTC
  • WMF GLAM report: Gender, language, and living heritage events in collaboration with affiliates
  • Calendar: March's GLAM events
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Category:2021 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging

 

Category:2021 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:33, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Category:2020 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging

 

Category:2020 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:33, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Category:2017 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging

 

Category:2017 in Australian baseball has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 20:33, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Yo you edited the mysterystudio game studio web page, how did you find out about them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.241.189.2 (talk) 13:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1984 Big Ten Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1984 Big Ten Conference softball season indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:55, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1985 Big Ten Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1985 Big Ten Conference softball season indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:56, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1986 Big Ten Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1986 Big Ten Conference softball season indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:57, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1987 Big Ten Conference softball season

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1987 Big Ten Conference softball season indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:59, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: March 2023

 




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Category:American college lacrosse templates has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:American college lacrosse templates has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:11, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Category:Nations at the Special Olympics World Summer Games has been nominated for renaming

 

Category:Nations at the Special Olympics World Summer Games has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Pelmeen10 (talk) 06:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Category:2018 Winter Olympics ice hockey templates has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:2018 Winter Olympics ice hockey templates has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 11:26, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Recurring events established in 1397

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Recurring events established in 1397 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:48, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Recurring events established in 1603

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Recurring events established in 1603 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. –Aidan721 (talk) 18:32, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2023

 




Headlines
  • Albania report: International Roma Day Edit-a-thon in Albania, 2023
  • Brazil report: "Every Book its Public" Campaign and Strategic Committee on Libraries
  • Czech Republic report: What's new at GLAM in the Czech Republic
  • Indonesia report: GLAM Mini Grants; Structured Data Marathon VIII; Wikisource Online Workshop
  • Italy report: Bridges between Wikimedia and culture
  • New Zealand report: BHL Whitepaper and outreach for Citizen Science Month and WeDigBio, Auckland Museum suburbs project update, New Zealand Women in Architecture Wikidata Project
  • Poland report: Another meeting of EU GLAM Coordinators; Guided tours for Wikipedians in museums in Krakow; Presentation on Art in Wikipedia; Online training on the basics of copyright law; Polish monuments among the top winners of WLM
  • Sweden report: ISOF workshop; More articles from students; SAAB veterans shared their knowledge during metadata edit-a-thon; ArkDes edit-a-thons
  • UK report: Democratising knowledge and cultural diversity
  • USA report: Into the Wikiverse; Earth Day 2023 Bushwick
  • Content Partnerships Hub report: Wikipedia day pitches by FAO and IEA
  • Wiki Loves Living Heritage report: Activities are starting!
  • WMF GLAM report: Biodiversity Heritage Library whitepaper and the #1Lib1Ref campaign
  • Calendar: May's GLAM events
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Category:High school football in South Carolina has been nominated for merging

 

Category:High school football in South Carolina has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:07, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Category:High school volleyball in Missouri has been nominated for merging

 

Category:High school volleyball in Missouri has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 16:29, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Category:High school volleyball competitions in the United States has been nominated for merging

 

Category:High school volleyball competitions in the United States has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:34, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Category:Social commentators has been nominated for deletion

 

Category:Social commentators has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. - car chasm (talk) 17:18, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Somaliland Post

 

Hello, Le Deluge. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Somaliland Post".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 06:30, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Category:Sports teams in American Samoa by sport has been nominated for merging

 

Category:Sports teams in American Samoa by sport has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 12:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1850

 

A tag has been placed on Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1850 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 21:40, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2023

 




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Category:Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1870 has been nominated for merging

 

Category:Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1870 has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 12:51, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Category:Parks in Białystok has been nominated for merging

 

Category:Parks in Białystok has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Estopedist1 (talk) 19:11, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:WikiProject Public Art templates

 

A tag has been placed on Category:WikiProject Public Art templates indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {CX}) 08:04, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2023

 




Headlines
  • Albania report: CEE Spring Campaign 2023, Albania and Kosovo
  • Asia report: Donation of images from the National Centre for Biological Sciences
  • Brazil report: Native Brazilian photographer wins Wiki Loves Folklore Brazil 2023
  • Croatia report: Half done in 2023
  • Germany report: Museum tour, WLM, handouts and image donation
  • India report: Wiki Exploration Programme GLAM activities
  • Indonesia report: Conclusion of Mini Grants; Second #1Lib1Ref Campaign; Wikisource Workshop in Bali
  • Italy report: TCI and Turin Academy of Science
  • Kosovo report: CEE Spring Campaign 2023, Albania and Kosovo
  • Netherlands report: A new book, new Wikipedia articles, videos and further images on Africa
  • New Zealand report: Report on the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Conference 2023 and Auckland suburb updates
  • Philippines report: GLAM outreach activity at University of Nueva Caceres: Digitization, workshops and proofread-a-thons as future collaboration
  • Poland report: GLAM-Wiki workshops for the Czartoryski Library; Work on the GLAM-Wiki Project Page Continues; End of Internship within the "Praktykuj w Kulturze" Program
  • Sweden report: Knowledge overview; Almedalen week
  • Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Programm
  • UK report: Cultural diversity
  • USA report: WikiWednesday returns to Manhattan; Wikimedia NYC and Art+Feminism; WikiConference North America 2023; GLAM Wiki 2023
  • Special story: Flickr Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation partner to build Flickypedia
  • GLAM Wiki conference report: The call for proposals is now open for the GLAM Wiki Conference
  • Calendar: July's GLAM events
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1857 establishments in Hawaii

 

A tag has been placed on Category:1857 establishments in Hawaii indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Doprendek (talk) 15:53, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Category:8th-century establishments in Russia has been nominated for merging

 

Category:8th-century establishments in Russia has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 20:14, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Category:Football leagues in Slovakia by season has been nominated for renaming

 

Category:Football leagues in Slovakia by season has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Michael H (talk) 20:35, 5 August 2023 (UTC)