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Greetings :Megalibrarygirl, I just started working on a page for Joan Almond. I've done some google research and did find a few references I think can be used. There really isn't much content however to write an article about her. In her website there is a list of reviews, collections, and a book written about her Joan Almond: The Past in The Present by Tejada, Roberto; Sinsheimer, Karen ISBN 10: 0967174481 ISBN 13: 9780967174488 by West Hollywood, California: St. Ann’s Press, 2002. This book is in the Malibu library. Do you have any suggestions of how I can access more information about this book or these magazine articles? Sorry to ask - I am pretty new on Wikipedia and unfamiliar with how to do this type of research. Thank you!!LorriBrown (talk) 20:36, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi LorriBrown! I'm glad you asked. I enjoy hunting down resources. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the book and the closest holding library to me is a four hour drive. However, I do have some newspaper articles that you can use. :) I'll list them below. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:13, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl Thank you for doing that! It is difficult to read though... Any suggestions as to how to more easily read the content? Is this a subscription service that you've used? Also, would it be okay to post these links on the talk page for the Joan Almond article for others to see? Not sure if that is alright or not.LorriBrown (talk) 21:35, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- @LorriBrown: You can definitely post the links on the talk page. As for reading the newspapers, is there a link at the bottom of the article that says "Show article text (OCR)?" Try clicking on that link and it will show you the text of the article. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:52, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl Thanks, I'll try that!! LorriBrown (talk) 22:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hello again {u|Megalibrarygirl}}, Is it proper to attribute these articles to the newspapers.com website - and if so how would I incorporate that into the citation? Are there sites like this one for magazines? Thank you! LorriBrown (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- LorriBrown you would cite them as news using the citation template. Were you able to read any of them using the OCR? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl I downloaded the article and am able to view it more easily in Adobe Acrobat. I was curious to understand the purpose of the archiving parts of the citation templates. Somewhat confusing to me at this juncture. Also, I wanted to be able to track down magazine articles for this the Joan Almond article as well as other articles. There are a lot of accomplished artists and writers that have reviews written in magazines that are not archived online. That is the reason for the inquiry. Thanks again for the links and help with questions! LorriBrown (talk) 20:28, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- LorriBrown, you don't need to worry about archiving the clips I sent you. They're already archived in a database. Just make sure you add the URL, the title, the name of the publication and if there's an author, add that. I didn't find anything else on her when I looked through EBSCOhost, GALE, JSTOR or Project MUSE databases. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:40, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl Thank you for this conversation!!!LorriBrown (talk) 02:09, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- LorriBrown no problem! Anytime you need help with references or citations, let me know. That's what we librarians do. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:42, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl Thank you for this conversation!!!LorriBrown (talk) 02:09, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- LorriBrown, you don't need to worry about archiving the clips I sent you. They're already archived in a database. Just make sure you add the URL, the title, the name of the publication and if there's an author, add that. I didn't find anything else on her when I looked through EBSCOhost, GALE, JSTOR or Project MUSE databases. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:40, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl I downloaded the article and am able to view it more easily in Adobe Acrobat. I was curious to understand the purpose of the archiving parts of the citation templates. Somewhat confusing to me at this juncture. Also, I wanted to be able to track down magazine articles for this the Joan Almond article as well as other articles. There are a lot of accomplished artists and writers that have reviews written in magazines that are not archived online. That is the reason for the inquiry. Thanks again for the links and help with questions! LorriBrown (talk) 20:28, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- LorriBrown you would cite them as news using the citation template. Were you able to read any of them using the OCR? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hello again {u|Megalibrarygirl}}, Is it proper to attribute these articles to the newspapers.com website - and if so how would I incorporate that into the citation? Are there sites like this one for magazines? Thank you! LorriBrown (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl Thank you for doing that! It is difficult to read though... Any suggestions as to how to more easily read the content? Is this a subscription service that you've used? Also, would it be okay to post these links on the talk page for the Joan Almond article for others to see? Not sure if that is alright or not.LorriBrown (talk) 21:35, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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- LMAO! Northamerica1000, I needed that laugh! Did you create this template? It's awesome. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:05, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Yeah, I created it on the fly. not a template, though, just a hodge podge of useless junk. North America1000 00:13, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Well, Northamerica1000 I love it! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:43, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Yeah, I created it on the fly. not a template, though, just a hodge podge of useless junk. North America1000 00:13, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
Images to add to a living person biography
Greetings Megalibrarygirl, I wanted to add pictures to an article for Brian Fawcett. He has a lot of pictures on google but none available in WikiCommons. Personally I find the process of posting pictures in WikiCommons to be very confusing or to know which is the correct copyright option to select. Can you help shed some light on the ways and eiditor can find or contact a subject to get accessible images to post into their article? Very curious to know how an individual can post a picture taken of themselves by someone else by giving the person who took the picture credit (of course). Or can only the person who took the picture post it to WikiCommons? While searching google for references for this writer, I only saw one image give credit to the photographer. I understand Brian Fawcett is not related to the 'Women in Red' project... but I am interested in this information for the article draft:Joan Almond. Thank you! LorriBrown (talk) 23:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- @LorriBrown: Wikimedia Commons is difficult to navigate. I am still constantly learning new things about the process on that site. A while ago, I helped write this essay which includes a bit of information about how to search for photos with the correct copyright permissions. If you can't find one, you may also want to contact the person or their agent. Sometimes they are happy to provide a picture to Commons for you. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:37, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
This early 20th century childrens' book author seems pretty accomplished and I see her books are fairly widely held but I can't find much about her apart from the author bio in her books. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you or your page followers can provide. FloridaArmy (talk) 16:05, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- @FloridaArmy: I'll see what I can dig up. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:00, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- Cool! Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:32, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- @FloridaArmy: This is what I've found. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- biography
- portrait and bio
- short about her play
- short about Felicia's Friends
- brief review of Cap'n Gid
- mention of death
- Publishers Weekly obituary
- Thanks so much for your help!!! The obituary especially is great. I'm struck by how little seems to be known about her, she seems to have been a major success, but maybe that was a sign of the times. Thanks again. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:03, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- I agree, FloridaArmy that it's probably the times. She seems like she was very successful and well-known. One of the bios mentions that! It's very frustrating. But I'm glad you're working on this and bringing her to light. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:55, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- @FloridaArmy: This is what I've found. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- Cool! Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:32, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
Researching credits in films?
Hello @Megalibrarygirl: I'm winding up my research for draft:Joan Almond. I have found out that this photographer was a stills photographer for some of her husbands films, i.e. " Captive Hearts" and "The Dance goes on" and also was the photographer for John Cassavetes' three plays called “Love and Hate” with Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, and Jon Voight. Also, Charles Kiselyak did a book and film regarding these plays and on John “A Constant Forge”. I found this information out from Joan and would like to include information about her involvement but there is not much online to reference. It make sense sense though that she was involved as her husband Paul Almond, an award winning Canadian Filmmaker, and she mentioned her brother Bo Harwood created music and produced for John Cassavetes, so she was involved in a lot of things but didn't necessarily get credit. I was interested to know how the film credits themselves can be researched. One would think that she would have been listed there even though it may not be online or in the IMDb credits - I only see two for her there. Thank you for any help or suggestions that you can provideLorriBrown (talk) 16:28, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- @LorriBrown: I'm not as familiar with working on film credits. I have a film buff friend in the real world that maybe would know. I'll pose the question to him. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- @LorriBrown: Here is what my friend said:
- "The easiest way to look at film credits is to literally look at the closing film credits, where anyone involved in the production is listed. To be fair older films are not as extensive credit-wise, so how far back are we talking about? Also, the production companies for the films should have records that mark who did work on the film in front & behind the camera. Call-up sheets/daily call sheets may have information that could help. As she worked with John Cassavetes, he might have had a production company or archives that has production information. Again, it looks like knowing the production company or studio the films were made by would be a good place to start, as a studio archive would more than likely keep records of their productions. As her husband is/was a Canadian filmmaker, the Library & Archives of Canada could be a good place or at least a place that can guide the researcher. Finally, was Ms. Almond a member of any photographic organizations? If so, they could potentially have records of her work, including where they were shot." Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:46, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Dear Megalibrarygirl, I wonder if you can help at all with the aticle on Nan Ryan, Texan romance writer. I am having difficulty finding sources. Thanks for all you do on Wikipedia. Tacyarg (talk) 23:10, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Tacyarg! I found a few things for you to use. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:36, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- 1987 review of "Wayward Lady"
- 1990 bio page 1 and page 2
- 1989 article that mentions Ryan page 1 and more mentions (several paragraphs) page 2
- 1987 profile of Ryan
- 1988 review of "Stardust"
- 1983 article... part about Ryan starts in the middle. Seems she was from El Paso!
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- Thank you, Gerda Arendt. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:18, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
May you join this month's editathons from WiR!
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:17, 27 April 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hey, Megalibrarygirl! There's a wee typo in that, don't know if fixing it fixes all the deliveries -- Environentalists need an m --valereee (talk) 16:27, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
- Oh snap, Valereee I caught some typos on the editathon pages, but I totally missed the 'm.' Grrrr. I'd rather not re-send. I don't want to spam anyone. Maybe my excellent pun in the title will distract everyone? :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:33, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
- haha typos in other peoples' work is my superpower. :) I just didn't know if it was transcluded or substd or whatever it is where you change one, you change them all. :) Otherwise I'd have never mentioned it. --valereee (talk) 16:59, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
add friend to meeting announcements
Hi Megan, How can I add my friend and colleague's name to the meeting announcement list? I will send him to the Meetup page in the meantime. Thanks! Hannah Silverman (talk) 13:28, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, Hannah Silverman! You (or a friend and colleague) can either join Women in Red here by clicking on "join Wikiproject" on the right or I think it would be OK to edit the announcement list. Btw, my real name is Sue. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:30, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi MLGirl
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Can you assist? My pin-up woman (lost to history dept) is Kate Marsden who travelled 11,000 miles to find a cure for leprosy and then had her reputation destroyed because of homophobia and early tabloid zeal. There is, I'm told by Bexhill Museum, a great picture of her in "The Girl's Own Paper" 3.6.1893. Could you find it? Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 15:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Victuallers: I'm looking into it. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:37, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Victuallers: I think I found it, but I'm not sure which illustration is of her. Here's a link to the journal. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- Brilliant - its now in commons and I found that the year was wrong but its now correctly cited and Bexhill Museum are happy too. Victuallers (talk)
- @Victuallers: I think I found it, but I'm not sure which illustration is of her. Here's a link to the journal. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC)