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Another welcome! edit
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Wikipedia Science Conference edit
Hello Melissa, You're receiving this update because you asked to be informed about the Wikipedia Science Conference taking place in London on 2nd and 3rd of September. Thanks for your interest.
The call for proposals is now public and session proposals are coming in. The two keynotes, and some other invited speakers (including yourself), have graciously accepted. In mid-May we will bring together a programme, a publicity poster, and an online booking form. Then we'll begin the main publicity and will need your help getting the word out.
I know what you'll be talking about, but please put in a session proposal: the deadline is the 8th May. This is far from the only way to be involved. The conference will need session moderators, a programme review group, and other volunteers: if there is a specific role you are interested in, or if you have any other questions, please email me at m.l.poulter
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There will be a large "unconference" session in the programme and - fingers crossed - a "hackathon" event two days later on the Saturday, so even if you do not have a proposal accepted, you will have a chance to shape the conference activities.
Please pass on the word to any colleagues who might want to put in a proposal or help the conference in any way. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 12:23, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Melissa and thanks for the excellent proposal. I hope you'll be able to attend the whole conference but for the sake of travel, I will put you in the programme early on the second day. Before I finalise the programme, I need to consult other conference organisers and proposers but I hope before long to issue a draft programme. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 15:15, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon edit
Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more! Lirazelf (talk) 11:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Oh dear, linkfail! Here's the correct one... Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon Lirazelf (talk) 10:05, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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History of Medicine editathon edit
Hello again, Melissa Highton!
Apologies for taking so long to get back to you after last week but am just recovering from the flu. Thank you so much for hosting, guest speaking & taking part in the History of Medicine editathon. Just so you know, we uploaded in excess of 500 images to Wiki Commons, created 4 brand new articles on Wikipedia, and improved a further 56! For the event page, click here or to see the whole illustrated story of the event then you can click here: Storify: ILW editathon 2016
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Art+Feminism: Modern Scottish Women 2 edit
Hi there! Thanks so much for coming to the Editathon on Saturday. I hope you enjoyed it, as ever if there's anything I can do to help, just ask. Lirazelf (talk) 11:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Wikimedians in residence edit
Hello, I have noticed your contribution to Wikipedian in residence. Are you personally possibly that Wikimedian in residence at the University of Edinburgh? (for the university as a whole, not just the university library, I mean) If so, I would be interested in getting in touch and sharing experience, having been myself a Wikipedian in residence at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, since February 2015. I do not know about other universities which maintain such a position today, at least in Europe. --Blahma (talk) 21:33, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for creating the article on Anne Finlay, who was my great-aunt. My siblings and I were excited to see Dorothy Johnston's portrait of her as the front cover image for the catalogue of the Modern Scottish Women (presumably this is not usable in the article). Just for your interest, some extra non-reliable information about her: she was the second child of Ninian Finlay (her older sister, b. 1896, was my maternal grandmother, and there were two younger boys), and always known in the family as "Anno". She left her house in Sheen Road, Richmond to my mother, and after Anno's death (from breast cancer) we lived there from 1964, as later did my sister and her family; my sister still owns a number of her paintings, as well as some furniture etc, and some works by Connard, Ernest Proctor and Dorothy Johnston). She originally wanted to study at the Royal College of Music (I still have the piano she would have used), but her parents would not allow this, so she went to the Edinburgh School of Art instead. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 12:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Contacting Editors from the Ada Lovelace Editathons edit
Dear Melissa,
I hope you don’t mind me contacting you via your talk page. I’m a new Editor to Wikipedia, part of a small research team based at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I’m getting in touch as we’re trying to contact all the Editors who were involved in the Ada Lovelace Editathons in Oxford or London. If you have been, or still are, involved in editing, whatever the scale of your involvement, we would be very grateful for the opportunity to talk to you about your experiences. In the first instance, we’ve set up a short (10 minute) survey, which you can access via my User Talk Pages. If you are interested in helping with our research project, please can you drop me a line?
Thanks, --RuthPage (talk) 16:14, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply and for completing the survey. I very much appreciate your help.
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Robert Evan Kendell copyright problem edit
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Cram101 edit
Hi Melissa, you added a source to Block cipher for #1lib1ref, but unfortunately Cram101 is not reliable and I removed it. They copy info from Wikipedia and paraphrase it. The info it cited is also cited with another reference; could you check if that reference supports what it cites or whether another source is needed? More on "books" like Cram101 is in WP:PUS. Fences&Windows 19:36, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
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Frederick Douglass edit
Congratulations on your mention in The Washington Post.
My most recent encounter with Douglass was his Unknown Loyal Dead[1] delivered at Arlington on Decoration Day in 1871, as cited in Guelzo.[2] --Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 22:05, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
References
- ^ Douglass, “Unknown Loyal Dead” (1871), Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself (Park Publishing Co., 1882), p. 506;
- ^ ALLEN C. GUELZO (2011) A War Lost and Found
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Conflict of interest edit
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Women in Red edit
Hi there, Melissa, and thanks for all the biographies of women you have been creating. I have seen that several of their talk pages are tagged Women in Red but as far as I can see, you are not yet a member of the project. You can join using the box at top of the project's main page. I think you would be able to inspire many more contributors to write articles about women and their works, especially as you come from such an active centre of interest as the University of Edinburgh. In any case, keep up the good work.--Ipigott (talk) 10:56, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
- So pleased, Melissa, to see you've signed up. If you have not already done so, you might find it useful to look through our Primer for creating women's biographies. I see you are able to draw on the assistance of your Wikipedian in Residence but please let me know if you think I can help you in any way. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:58, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
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50 ways edit
Regarding your recent query about a deletion attempt, please note that there is a variety of processes for this including speedy deletion and proposed deletion, which do not have discussions. If you need assistance with such cases, please feel free to contact me for advice and assistance. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:35, 29 October 2021 (UTC) Thank youMelissa Highton (talk) 14:44, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
@Andrew There is now a deletion proposed for an article I started https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_de_Wahls. The person proposing didn't contact me. It's been reviewed as start class and has references, can I just delete the proposal as my objection?Melissa Highton (talk) 21:30, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi. I've removed the PROD tag as I can clearly see multiple news sources from BBC News and The Guardian that talk about Jess de Wahls. As PRODs are only supposed to be for uncontroversial deletions (and a subject that has multiple, dedicated news pieces is not that), I've removed the tag. And you are right, you can remove the tag as an objection, though it helps to give a reason. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
I see, thank you Ritchie333. Melissa Highton (talk) 22:42, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- As an aside, you may find Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red is a good place to find assistance with biographies of women generally, as there are more eyes looking there. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:42, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
Conflict of Interest re Dwayne Fields edit
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Hi, I have no relationship with Dwayne Fields, in fact I had not even heard of him until I read this article in the Guardian which came into my feed about COP26. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/28/dwayne-fields-first-black-briton-north-pole-polar-bear-young-people Melissa Highton (talk) 12:06, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- I've been asked to look at this. How could a university professor have any direct relationship with a polar explorer and television presenter? If Melissa says she has no connection, I believe her, so I'm removing the COI notice because of no evidence. By the way, thank you, Melissa, for all the work you do on Wikipedia. I've been "outed" as a feminist by SusunW; I'm not a woman but my partner is and so are lots of her friends, so I work with Women in Red on their behalf. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:36, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- There's currently no COI in the article becuase I have removed the peacock statements which were supported by sources that the subject is directly connected to. Therefore, apart from off-wiki evidence existing that shows a digital marketing junior working for Fields attempting to comission the page, Highton's content itself is a smoking gun. I find it hard to believe that a Wikipedian who is also a university lecturer and therefore knows the difference between a primary and secondary source would attempt to pass off a link to the agency that represents Field's public speaking interests as seen [Fields&oldid=1052474962|in this diff] had a pushy digital marketing manager not forced thier hand. In the same diff we can also see this peacock statement "He was inspired to overcome advertisty and engage in outdoor challenges" sourced to a certain sugary drinks company's website. Finally there's this
"He works with youth groups, including The Scout Association to inspire young people in inner cities to explore the outdoors. [1]" sourced to his scout group's website. Now I don't want to take this to ANI or COIN becuase I can't be bothered with their bureaucracy and I'm assuming neither can you two. However, I want to know, if like you say you "had not even heard of him until I read this article in the Guardian which came into my feed about COP26" then why didn't you base the article on those secondary sources? Why did you use at least three sources that the subject is directly connected to? Did someone insist that you included the links?
- ^ "Dwayne Fields". stratfordscouts.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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Daily Spider Glee, can you explain how "he experienced urban violent crime" is "promotional waffle"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:21, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
I am sorry this is causing you concern. I don’t have any knowledge of your off-wiki previous info, or any marketing people, or that the stratford on avon scouts are his troupe particularly. To me they are just scouts and he’s listed as an ambassador. I read the article in the guardian that morning. I though he sounded interesting and remarkable/notable. I searched Wikipedia and found that he had no page, which was surprising as he’s on the telly and a rare case of being a black british polar explorer. I made the page and took it with me to our ( Halloween ) Women in Red editathon that afternoon. People there did comment that this was unusual for me as I usually write about women, but we agreed that he was probably notable and some editors there helped to improve my refs and categories. I am sorry that you didn’t like what I wrote or the refs I used. I usually aim for a bit of engaging biographical story , a few really good references, some educational background and then some from the wider media to show range. When I start a stub article I always expect that people who know more about the topic will join in and improve, since the hardest thing is to get started. I’m happy to learn about better referencing and the rules, which is why I enjoy our editathons so much. Melissa Highton (talk) 16:37, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Precious edit
encouraging others
Thank you for quality contributions such as Jess de Wahls, Dumbie House and Dwayne Fields, for embracing Wikipedia in education, for encouraging others to take part in editathons and improve the encyclopaedia, – you are an awesome Wikipedian!
Gerda Arendt Could you log this in the usual place, thanks! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:37, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- yes, - Melissa, you are recipient no. 2667 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Gerda Arendt and Ritchie333 you are very kind. It is lovely to be part of this community and I appreciate the support of other editors. Melissa Highton (talk) 08:43, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
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A kitten for you! edit
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Straight quotes edit
Re Emma Shuttleworth: don't forget that Wikipedia only uses straight quotes, whether single apostrophes or double quotation marks. I've fixed the ones in this article, but was a bit surprised to see them in an article from such an experienced editor. Happy New Year. PamD 09:10, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I will blame it on my new glasses. Melissa Highton (talk) 11:28, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
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- See updated article Emma Shuttleworth for additional cited evidence.Kaybeesquared (talk) 16:47, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
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Good to meet again in virtual Edinburgh. FYI, having made a start on the wife of Argentocoxos, it seemed good to have a go at a mural, to better understand the issues. I made a start on an article with the apposite title of from this moment despair ends and tactics begin. This contains links to lots of other similar works by Banksy and so these may be a good model for work on your mural.
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