Vonita

Hello, I'm Vonita

Welcome to WikiProject LGBT studies!

Hi, Vonita, welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles of interest to the LGBT community. Some points that may be helpful: Our main aim is to help improve LGBT-related articles, so if someone asks for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able. Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it. The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, peer review and a project-wide article collaboration, all of which you are welcome to take part in. We also have a unique program to improve our lower quality articles, Jumpaclass, so please consider signing up there. If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign LGBT topics. If you're planning to stay, have a square in our quilt! You can put anything you want in it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. And once again - Welcome!

-- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:10, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Vonita! Yes, the collaboration effort hasn't really taken off, but it probably just needs someone to spur it on :)

We're not exactly apathetic - the project talk page is often lively. People seem to focus, though, on their areas of interest. Read through the talk page (and archives) to get a sense of what's been going on. Several people focus on reverting vandalism, and a few people have worked articles up to FA status. In fact, one of the areas that seems to get constant activity is the Jump-a-class, where we "compete" (though not really) by taking a stub article and working on it for a week. The goal is to get the article as high up the rating scale as you can in that time. I recommend that one.

Another activity, one that Dev and I have been spending quite a bit of time on is researching and sourcing every article on LGBT people. It's a bit daunting, but quite fun to read through so many biographies.

Anyway, say "Hi" on the talk page when you get a chance, and Happy Editing! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 01:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikiproject, Vonita! Satyr is completely correct in that we each tend to focus on what interests us the most. I tend to vary between actually working on improving articles and doing WikiFairy-like tasks such as adding infoboxes to articles about LGBT people (last stab was at actors, think I've got the gals covered but have only made a small dent in the guys and haven't even looked at the others). Certainly let us know if there's something imparticular that interests you; hopefully, we can help point you in the correct direction. Happy editing! ZueJay (talk) 02:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

Delivered on 17:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC).

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

Delivered on 12:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC).

Notice of Inactivity

In trying to deliver the LGBT Project newsletter, SatyrBot detected a period of three months of inactivity from this account. You have been placed in our "Inactive Members" section. If this has been done in error, please let my bot owner know and change your status in he project. Thanks! SatyrBot 21:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

re Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Vonita

Hi. I have replied there, but if you are wanting that section "closed" then it would be best if you didn't edit it (that way the archiving bot will do its stuff soomer). You can reply here - I will watchlist this page - or on my talkpage. The only drawback is that you are unlikely to get further uninvolved admin help should you feel that my input is insufficient. Please note that the latter does not offend me, since many people prefer the views of more than one person. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, cool. I don't think you can claim that the complaint was dismissed, simply that it appears to have been otherwise resolved in that no admin has been prepared to follow it up. It would be best, of course, to avoid interacting with Ultra(violet scissor flame) where possible in future, and get on with enjoying editing the encyclopedia. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

sigh. This is not helpful. If you are keen to let the ANI thread disappear then please don't mention (link to) it. I would again advise that you move on and concentrate on editing the encyclopedia. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[1] [2]

Thank you

Dear Vonita,

Thank you for you diligence re: Image:Sophie Marceau.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) - uploaded by Ultraviolet scissor flame (notify | contribs).

This is a fragment of my own photo. It was discussed and deleted[3] I made a mistake last year, when I was a beginner at Wiki, and used a PD tag for this image, because I did not believe that my late father could be cut out of my own photo! Finally, my honest mistake was treated with common sense and respect to my late father, actor Petr Shelokhonov.

I also uploaded this photo on IMDb and signed it. The photo was taken by me with personal permission from Sophie Marceau after filming a scene for Anna Karenina (1997 film) in the park of the Tsar's summer palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. I own the negative of this photo, and you are right that it is due to appear in a book. But how did you know that? we are still in the process of making the book, it is not in print yet. I am impressed by your foresight (or premonition).

Regards,

Steveshelokhonov 07:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I thank you

That's about it really, but I thank you anyway. :)--andreasegde (talk) 23:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to read that you're having the same problems with Mr Flame. He really is a little pest, and is a new kind of vandal by pretending to be a newbie so he can mess up articles, and then letting his bottom lip tremble when anyone tells him to stop. He's a clever little s#*=.--andreasegde (talk) 13:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

• What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
• When? June 2015
• How can you help?

  1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here

  2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)

  3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

Wiki Loves Pride 2016

As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?

1. Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
2. Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
3. Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC)