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You've been busy :)
[edit]Hi Barbera,
I saw your name on a view history listing of edits and thought I'd call by. I was hoping to see that you were still involved but didn't expect to be put to shame :)
I'm really pleased to see how things are apparently going and hope that, with many things hopefully being chalked productively to experience, things are going smoothly.
I have not seen any similar case get raised as the one that we were involved in but I haven't been looking too hard. It remains a concern to me that little emphasis is given to resolution of differences but it didn't seem that other editors shared this view but no worries.
The edit count facility wasn't working when I tried but I would be interested to know where your interests have taken you and what are you doing?
regards GregKaye 10:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for checking up on me. I really need to put your talk page on my watchlist so we can stay in touch. I am still very interested in working on the process that I was involved in. If it weren't for you, I probably would have stopped editing altogether. I believe that, in the meantime, I would like to eventually become an administrator and focus on working on the whole process from that angle. It will take me a year to 'prove' myself and prepare answers to the more typical questions that will be raised in the process. So I won't apply for admin status until then. So put me on your 'to-do' list and send me helpful suggestions.
- Things are going smoothly, I believe. Ironically, very recently I was being 'followed' around and having a large number of edits reverted by an editor-so I stopped putting myself in this editor's 'sphere of influence' and editing articles that I knew would be critically examined and reverted. So I am walking away from this situation at this time. If you would like to see what I am talking about, see the talk page of the article ketogenic diet and the talk page history of project medicine. Look for my name. Any advice from you would be greatly appreciated. I feel that I am being treated inappropriately and that my editing is being hampered due to these situations. I am not asking or canvassing you to make any responses at all to these already outdated discussions.
- I have found it difficult to find other editors who will collaborate in editing articles with me. I was working on bringing the article Pelvic inflammatory disease up to GA status, asked for assistance on the proj med talk page and received no response from the other 350 proj med editors. Stay in touch and let me know of any situations that appear to be similar to what I experienced/am experiencing. I seriously wonder how many editors have been lost due to the process that is not encouraging and does not adhere to WP:HERE. Best Regards,
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Eagle Scout
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Re your comments in the acidic mouth deletion discussion
[edit]Assume you mean, articles should not be deleted because their *sources* do not meet MEDRS. Agree with this, as long as reliable sources can be found to replace them (i.e the subject is notable for an article). This particular article did contain a few more reliable sources, but as I explained in the rationale, no reliable sources can be found which use the term. Therefore the topic is not notable for an article, and is a neologism which does not belong here. Matthew Ferguson (talk) 19:16, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
- I believe that we are in agreement. I can't argue that the term was/is not a neologism, though I don't remember that being brought up. That would have been a reason for not including the article in the encyclopedia-but there was much discussion about not meeting MEDRS as a reason for its exclusion. I find this troubling. Feel free to continue this discussion on my talk page. I believe it is worth exploring. Best Regards,
Hi Bfpage, I am writing a new article in my sandbox. It has over 100 references. I see from example how to insert the reference and the wiki automatic numbering system. Question 1: How do I reference the same publication in several places in my article? Question 2: When I enter multiple references at the same point it reads [34][35][36]? Can I make it read [34-36]? EE483597 (talk) 22:25, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:GJ 1214 b
[edit]The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:GJ 1214 b. Legobot (talk) 00:02, 26 August 2015 (UTC) Hi Bfpage, That would be very helpful. If you just change enough to show me the pattern I can probably go from there. The article I am writing is an update and reformat of a 2000 U.S. Gov. publication in "Review of Scientific Instruments" of which I am the only author. I understand that as a Gov. publication there is no copyright problem. The unformatted text at the end is the original text pasted from the RSI article - waiting for my attention. The duplicated figures are just space holders until I can get the correct ones uploaded. Another question: Are all the keyword links to other Wikipedia articles added automatically at some point? I have found working for Wikipedia educational and enjoyable. I have made some significant edits to "Inverted Pendulum" and "Capstan Equation" Thank your for your help with this. All comments are welcome.2601:281:8100:B0B6:345F:6591:C22D:11C9 (talk) 16:04, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
No problem
[edit]Hi Bfpage, OK, I responded on my user talk page. I am still a little confused about user talk works. EE483597 (talk) 00:44, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
You are getting better all the time. If you look at the coding here, you will see that I created a new heading with the name or title of the message with '== ==' on each side. Also when you left your previous message here you weren't signed in with your user name so all I could see was your IP address. I didn't really know that it was you leaving the message but I guessed it was you. New editors are given a lot of 'grace' and time to learn all the things they need to know. I only suggest that you read other pages that explain the referencing process and other editing tutorials that will help you learn even faster. Best Regards,
Hi need more info .
[edit]Respected sir ,
ty for replying earlier regarding following topic .
Ref :"Recent edits to Guru Granth Sahib[edit source] Information.svg Hello, and thank you for your recent contributions. I appreciate the effort you made for our project, but unfortunately I had to undo your edits because I believe the article was better before you made that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you! Bfpage |leave a message 09:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)"
- 1 Could you please give more information on what you meant , for future reference . Was it edited as it was not brief or something else ?
- 2 Also why did you remove the topics/headlines/pointers i added (i understand the explanations were a bit long) , eg the point about "There is one god who is found by grace of god "
This is actually an important text and the granth/book starts with this (in Gurmukhi dialect of course) , and it has so much significance that the original author The 5th Guru had added that to the beginning of all the prayers .
you can verify also it at website www.srigranth.org which is a digital version .
p.s. sorry to read about your health . Hope you get well soon .
Thanks n Regards Bikramjit Singh . Bikram88 (talk) 10:33, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Newbie bashing
[edit]This edit and this message were serious newbie bashing. Did you not see what Havilahwiki (talk · contribs) was doing? You should be ashamed of yourself. I expect to see an apology on Havilahwiki's talk page. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 11:42, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
- Yikes! What about 'oldie' bashing? My longer response is on Havilahwiki's talk page. Best Regards,
Isn't Sandbox Just for Me
[edit]I just got this message regarding my sandbox: Not suitable for Wikipedia. This appears to be taken from a collection of essays, which may or may not be copyrighted (I've been unable to verify this). The tone is not suitable for an article in any case, appears a case of using us as a web host. Mdann52 (talk) 09:45, 28 August 2015 (UTC) What is going on here? EE483597 (talk) 22:53, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]Per your advice I have added information about my connection and motivation for this article on my user page. EE483597 (talk) 21:25, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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- Sorry legobot, I'm not touching this discussion with a ten-foot pole. I have nothing inspiring to add to this discussion.
Hallo, I think we're about complete on this GAN? All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:15, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
- Hello-I aplogize, I should finish today. I was distracted by some interaction with the folks at WikiEd who have allowed me to become a Widipedia Visiting Scholar with the University of Pittsburgh, there was a lot of 'paperwork' involved. I need one more 'read-through' and that should do the trick. Best Regards,
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- Sorry Legobot, there again is way too much drama for me in the discussion and my comments most certainly would not be of benefit, but please feel free to call me again. Best Regards,
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Josephson voltage standard article submitted for review
[edit]Hi Bfpage I finally submitted my article for review. Looking for feedback soon. I notice that the explanation of my relation to this article that you asked me to put on my talk page has been deleted. What is going on here/ EE483597 (talk) 15:33, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- I am glad you made it through 'your trial by fire'. I found that responses by others can be more discouraging than encouraging. What you've done is very important and has much significance. I saw your notice of your connection to the article on your talk page. I'll go see if it is still somehow connected with the article during its review process. Best Regards,
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- Thank you for the barnstar. As for not 'blinking', I can't possibly characterize or minimize my block in this way. As for contributing to the encyclopedia in a 'meaningful way'...well, hmmm...that's what I thought I was doing all along. Yes, there was the possibility of being blocked even longer but I am not sure that is a tactful thing to put into a barnstar...why bring up a past threat, twice? There is no pettiness to set aside and I have always focused on improving the encyclopedia. You probably don't need to mention the justifiability of the block, twice, either. You're a good guy and I wish you the best. Best Regards,
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- Sorry, FRS I have participated in discussions with other editors in this project with next to zero responses to my posts. In addition, there are edit wars occurring related to this discussion. I am afraid that I don't have much to bring to such a heated discussion at this time. Best Regards,
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[edit]I'll be happy to accept this position! On HT's village pump I will present a plan for attracting more users who will have fluency on the language WhisperToMe (talk) 22:13, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- I think you should list yourself as a supporter at ht:Wikipedya:Administratè, just so that there can be no question about whether you've changed your mind or are neutral. Also, I redirected the English userpage for User:MdmPaj here; feel free to change that and/or to redirect the user talk page as well. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:30, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
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- I see that WTM has accepted the nomination, which is good, but I meant that MdmPaj should probably "officially" vote in favor of her proposed candidate. ;-) Numbers matter. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Refs for photos
[edit]Are not needed. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:52, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
- I'd like to question this. Is this an opinion of an editor or some kind of MEDRS guideline? Best Regards,
Animal attacks
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I think you have an interest in Animal attacks. Wiki-years ago, in the last couple of days actually, I saw an article in wp:AfD (biogaphy/Canadian) which was about a woman attacked by a shark ( forget the type) in Mexico. I was going to tell you about it, but got distracted. and now I cannot find it, sigh... Ottawahitech (talk) 20:53, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks so much. I usually update the page by doing a news search for recent incidences. I did a historical search once and then that's where I found out that house cats have killed infants. If you like searching for such things, just post a url here on my talk page and I will follow up on it. The Very Best of Regards.
- I found the AfDed article, Nicole Moore. It was created by a new editor and A7ed the minute it appeared on wikipedia, and after some wrangling the CSD was finally declined by an admin. It looks like this new editor (who is now being disparaged at AfD) put some work into it -- a real shame how we treat editor wannabes here, sigh.. Ottawahitech (talk) 02:35, 6 December 2015 (UTC)please ping me
- We need to ask for some stats on how many people never add content again after they've been treated like that. What a shame, what a terrible shame. I keep trying to find new editors to encourage and I just can't seem to find them...they appear and then vanish. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit...and then watch the edit disappear in five seconds. Best Regards,
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WikiProject 19th-century American Music invitation
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Happy Birthday to You (song)
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You have been trouted for: Just making myself "un-bored" :)
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[edit]Hi, Barbara! I wanted to ask you some questions about Wikipedia. I saw you "reviewed" my article (Human milk oligosaccharide). How is "reviewing" differentiated from "patrolling"?
Also, when I looked up your primary account I was interested to find out that you're participating in a "visiting scholar" program. How do people get selected for that? I assume, of course, that you actually have to be a scholar! But what are the other criteria? That seems like a pretty neat program. Snazzywiki (talk) 16:19, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi thanks for editing the First Around the World by Horse Drawn Caravan page. The first citation would fit in best at the end of the article relating to when the family returned to Scotland. Fsmgrant (talk) 15:32, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
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Horse drawn caravan article
[edit]I am brand new to Wikipedia and I'm going to make a mess of the references/ citations, so I'll leave it in your capable hands. However, hopefully this will help: I will number the references in order of where they would fit in best to the article, from 1 to 8 or whatever. That way you know where to to put each citation. Lemme know if that works. Thanks
Numbering
[edit]I've sorted out the numbering for the citations etc. Have a good holiday and let me know when you return. Thanks!
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18:48:39, 5 January 2016 review of submission by NVermeys
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Hello,
Thank you for your review and your notes. I am sorry I did not get back to you sooner, I only saw the message you sent me a few minutes ago.
The reason for which the formatting appears to have been copied and pasted is because I wrote the article in Microsoft Word, which I find easier to edit in, and then inserted it into the Wikipedia page. I assure you that, other than the sections which are specifically in quotations, none of what I have written violates any copyright. The reason I have been able to come up with so much content is because I am very familiar with the subject matter, being a researcher for the Cyberjustice Laboratory, which I describe briefly in the article. My aim in writing this article was to essentially increase awareness on the subject of electronic justice, or cyberjustice.
As for the language, I will re-read what I have written over the next couple of days and try to word it in simpler language.
Thanks again for everything.
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[edit]Hi Bfpage! I would like to invite you to join at the event for Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh/ArtAndFeminism 2016/Carnegie Mellon University on Friday February 26, they could use the help of an extra Wikipedian on hand. I can also put you in touch by email with Carnegie Mellon organizers.--Pharos (talk) 18:53, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the 'heads up'! They already know I am coming. It will be nice to see all the faces that go along with the signatures.
List for you
[edit]I've got a little list for you: w:ht:User:WhatamIdoing/WikiProject_Medicine It's all the articles on htwiki that have interlanguage links to WPMED articles here. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:22, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
- LOL! I love your persistence! I will take a look and I semi-promise to get an article done today. I hope we meet one day. I've been very busy with the WVS improvements to medical articles. Even WikiEd recognizes the difficulties editing in this project.The Very Best of Regards,
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As you predicted
[edit]As you predicted someone came along and said the First Around... article was not suitable, mainly due to the referencing. I'll try my best to find more suitable articles and sources, but surely the article and acheivement is worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia, when there are plenty of things with far less significance on it. I'm sure you're busy with other projects too, but let me know what you think. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fsmgrant (talk • contribs) 19:04, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
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[edit]Gee, it been a year since I got back to writing and with all the ups and downs, I still remember you. I still haven't gotten back to re-doing One wall paddleball but by a rough count this past year I've done or lent a hand on 17 or so articles, the longest of which, (Institutional racism)- had the only edit war which ended when the other party threw their cards in the air and gave up on the fight. I'm still fighting, got one in draft that Afc doesn't like, but I took your advice and won't let them tear it down. I have one that was totally rejected, two that were white-washed, one with insufficient access to sources from the 1800's and so far, no real help from Afc. I put a partial list on my user page...
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[edit]Thank you for your comments. Your wanting to include 'anus' goes against the majority of sources that do define the vulva as consisting of the external female genital organs and nowhere is the anus regarded as such. It is sometimes included in diagrams but not as a part of the vulva just as a reference point or landmark. Could you take the time to investigate other sources as I'm confident they will outweigh your sources. The separation as a vulvar area of the urogenital triangle clearly excludes the anus. If you want to include it you will have to change the accepted definition. --Iztwoz (talk) 08:47, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- DearIztwoz your opinion matters to me. I've not found in any source that the statement or content that states: "the vulva consists of the external female genital organs". This is probably because the urinary meatus is not an external genital organ. Also, there are tissues and other structures in the vulvar area that are not "external female organs" such as the nerve supplies, vascular tissue and lymphatics. But without references to establish what you are stating, it makes it difficult for me to accept the idea that 'it's a minority opinion' (on the talk page, for example). If another editor wants to take the time to find the other sources and finds what you and the others are saying, then they can be bold(!) and insert the supporting citations. Also, why are we still discussing this anyway? I have not reverted the content about the anus. Respectfully,
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- Seriously! WHAT are you talking about? You are replying now to a posting dated ten days ago - there is no discussion going on anywhere. happy editing. --Iztwoz (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Seriously! WHAT are you talking about? You are replying now to a posting dated ten days ago - there is no discussion going on anywhere. happy editing. --Iztwoz (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello Barbara!
Sorry it took so long getting back to you.
- The first thing I'll suggest to getting a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar going with GLAM is to contact @Mary Mark Ockerbloom:, a very experienced Wikipedian in Residence, and the nicest person you'll ever meet.
- If you are ever in Philadelphia on the 1st Tuesday of the month, there is a Digital humanities/Wikipedia meeting that she started (pretty informal, check for time and place)
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- Most GLAMers love photos uploaded, as do I. When in doubt see if you can get some photos
- I love videos, especially external videos posted e.g. on Vimeo or You Tube by the copyright owners. I was thinking of posting one on Joe Negri explaining how Gene Kelly helped him get started at age 5. A bit too short though - do you know of any good, no copyright problems, video of Negri? Now if you could convince Negri to make a video for Wikipedia playing Stephen Foster (and his own improvisations, no copyright problems), then I'd be ecstatic.
- Do you have a list of articles you might need help with?
That's about all I can think of for now, but I won't hesitate to make specific requests. Of course, requests are just that - requests - and I often expect answers like "How do you expect me to get a video of Joe Negri playing Sephen Foster songs?"
All the best. Smallbones(smalltalk) 13:38, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hello and thank you for the comprehensive reply. At this point, I am a Visiting Scholar with the University of Pittsburgh (as Barbara (WVS) and in my work it seems that I have already been doing a lot of what is listed in the GLAM descriptions of activities. I have uploaded a number of archive photos and contents. I love the idea about Negri playing Foster and since I am scheduled to work with the librarian who manages the Stephen Foster memorial, I will be sure and ask her. I will be training the librarians and their interns and staff how to upload content. This should be an exponential increase in the contributions from the University of Pittsburgh Library System - seems like a GLAM thing to me. In addition, I met some librarians from the Carnegie Museum of Art, which is not affiliated with Pitt at an Edit-a-thon here in Pittsburgh. I will pass on information to them when I can. Best Regards,
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Re: Recent edit to Violence Against Women Act
[edit]Greetings, I have reviewed your changes. Unfortunately, they are completely invalid and without merit. My previous contributions to the article have been reinstated. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.12.28.153 (talk) 05:41, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
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Removal of reference to Alvaro Uribe on Monteria Page
[edit]Hi,
I am someone who occasionally adds a few notes to articles here and there. Most of the cities and towns in Colombia have only stubs or very scant material. I live in Monteria part of the year. Deleting a reference to Monteria being known as the home of Alvaro Uribe Velez makes no sense to me.(June 8, 2015) I pulled up towns like Crawford, Texas and Independence, Missouri and the famous US Presidents from there are mentioned prominently, sometimes in the first paragraph.
As you travel around Colombia, and mention that you live in Monteria, invariably the person you are talking to will mention that it is the home of Uribe.
I have been hesitant to contribute much to WikiPedia as it seems that it is not a very welcoming place. I hope you will reconsider this edit as the only reason given was "I thought the article was better without it"
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Hello WP:Anatomy participant! This is our fifth newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest. There hasn't been too much worthy of news, and I have less time to dedicate to this project, so I've slowed down the release of this newsletter.
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[edit]for your message. especially in light of others reverting, mudslinging being unconstructive etc. the banality of darkness/evil maybe.--Wuerzele (talk) 20:30, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
- I am sorry it took so long for me to reply to your kind message. Yes, you and I should do more collaborative editing. Then we can totally ignore all mudslinging. I've been on the receiving end when the mud hits me as the target. I'll be in touch and would welcome the opportunity to help you with your projects.
- Best Regards,
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Thank you for the suggestion. Could you help me further related to content addition. John.Smith123 (talk) 05:13, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
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Offline app in Haitian Creole
[edit]Hey Bf. There is a group studying offline medical content in Haiti. Wondering your thoughts about creating an offline medical app in that language? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 11:24, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
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I have unreviewed a page you curated
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Wanted to let you know that I'd retired
[edit]Thank you for earlier affirming interactions. See User:Leprof_7272 page for details if interested. Bonne chance. Le Prof 73.210.155.96 (talk) 16:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Ghost Bomber
[edit]Hi BFP! I found this article today about the Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela and I thought of you. You may have seen it already, but I was reminded of your proposed new page on the topic! Hope you are well! --TheLeaper (talk) 12:46, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
The Speyer School
[edit]Thank you for helping me out. I am working on adding better citations - I'd removed that text from another article beecause it seemed clear that it belonged in its own discrete space - and with it came all the broken citations. I'm fixing that now! -- Jenniever —Preceding undated comment added 00:11, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Kathryn Janeway
[edit]I understand. Messages like the one I left you are intended to simply give you a heads-up. It's one of the ways editors (including me) can learn about the various policies and guidelines governing different types of material in different types of articles. Thanks for your message.
Also, please make sure you sign your talk page posts, which makes it easier for everyone to know who they're addressing. You can do this by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of them, which also automatically time stamps them. I wasn't sure who the message was from at first because you didn't include your username. (I've since added it, so don't worry about it.) Happy Editing! :-) Nightscream (talk) 02:03, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
- Sorry about that...I'm getting sleepy and all my page patrolling is making my eyes cross. Thanks for your nice answer.
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Hi,
I saw that you reviewed an article I just created (Ecologist group (Senate)). You indicated that it ought to be more neutral in tone, but I'm not sure what you're referring to – could you give any examples?
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Thanks re Michigan
[edit]Thanks for you nice note about the Michigan year article. I'm slowly trying to build them out. So far, 1950 in Michigan, 1955 in Michigan, 1962 in Michigan, 1974 in Michigan, and 1980 in Michigan are in a reasonably good start mode. If you have any suggestions regarding content or formatting, let me know. Thanks again. Cbl62 (talk) 21:18, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
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[edit]Thank you for your review and nice comment on Madiun River. Peace. JohnThorne (talk) 01:10, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
Awards and nominations for Tracey Takes On...
[edit]Why did you change it to Awards of Tracey Ullman? The page is for the television show entitled Tracey Takes On..., not the actress Tracey Ullman. She already has a page for her awards and nominations, List of awards and nominations received by Tracey Ullman. The page was correctly titled List of awards and nominations received by Tracey Takes On... There was no need to change it. Partyclams (talk) 01:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Joey the squirrel
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Since this is not your first article, it still will be very offensive to some editors who don't understand why this 'pop culture' topic should even be in Wikipedia. It certainly is not as important as having an article for every football (soccer) player whose toe has ever touched the ball or articles about each episode of Sesame Street.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Joey the squirrel requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an individual animal, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
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G'day, I'm sorry, but how does this article meet notability requirements at all? Past the fact the media covered the story, there is no evidence or other suggestions that the squirrel is relevant. News outlets today do release feel good stories just to fill the gaps / get clicks, and I'm struggling to see how it's anything more than that since there is no evidence of anything actually happening. — IVORK Discuss 10:19, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
- Friend, please review the criteria for speedy deletion. If what you say is true, then nominate the article for deletion. It is inappropriate to tag it for a speedy deletion.
Bfpage (talk) 10:23, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
- I removed the CSD tag. While I wouldn't normally trust Fox News as far as I could throw it, we would need to check to see if other sources covered the story, and if there are enough to write a detailed article about it (cf. Larry (cat)). I'm skeptical myself, but that's what AfD is for, not CSD. I am worried about Barbara's unhealthy obsession with squirrels, and have a good friend of mine who shares the same affliction - perhaps the two of them could meet up for coffee and squirrel throwing? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:46, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
- You haven't seen anything yet. Here is whats on the burner. (for Brits this means "What articles about squirrels are forthcoming"): Montreal squirrel thieves, Squirrel with a Go Pro. It's too bad I always have to wait for squirrely things to calm down before I work on my next masterpiece. Hopefully this won't embarrass the University of Pittsburgh who may now disavow me since I'm using my old account. Bfpage (talk) 12:12, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
- I removed the CSD tag. While I wouldn't normally trust Fox News as far as I could throw it, we would need to check to see if other sources covered the story, and if there are enough to write a detailed article about it (cf. Larry (cat)). I'm skeptical myself, but that's what AfD is for, not CSD. I am worried about Barbara's unhealthy obsession with squirrels, and have a good friend of mine who shares the same affliction - perhaps the two of them could meet up for coffee and squirrel throwing? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:46, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
I've removed the aforementioned squirrel from the "Notable people" section on Meridian, Idaho for the what I would think is obvious reason that squirrels are not people. I echo the concerns above about the notability. It fails WP:NOT x 2 (news and everything), but in respect of your stature around here, I'll give you a while to show me I'm wrong prior to nominating it. Others mileage may vary. John from Idegon (talk) 00:18, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- Also, please consider archiving your talk page. My browser is complaining heavily trying to load it. John from Idegon (talk) 00:18, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Article nominated for deletion as the event is already mentioned in Animal attacks#Squirrels and Squirrel attacks. Oh yeah, and agree on archiving — IVORK Discuss 00:57, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- IVORK, How could you?! (My lengthy talk page was supposed to be a tactic to prevent any messages like yours from being left on my talk page). Best Regards, Bfpage (talk) 01:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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Thank you for trying to fix a hot mess of an article.
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Content validity
[edit]Hello, Bfpage, Even WP:NOTCENSORED is a valid rule for encyclopedia, I see some people are using WP as a porn site and I feel it is true in name of not censored. You can not reach limits of pornography found here. A little amount of diagrams of female and male anatomy are enough. I don't feel there is need of having picture of every female who ever went nude by her desire. Most of pictures show smiling faces of topless or nude women. Comment.119.160.101.242 (talk) 08:01, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
- I couldn't agree with you more. There are far more images of women without clothes on WP than men. It is gender-bias at its worst. Best Regards, Bfpage (talk) 23:26, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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coi and prods
[edit]I removed your prod on Wojtek Zbijewski -- despite the coi, his citations are high enoughthat he will probably pass WP:PROF; they do need to be added.
I also removed your prod on Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering; it is probably a sufficiently famous department to pass AFD. (I am very reluctant to have us include articles on academic departments unless they are actually famous, and have listed many for deletion--byt I think this passes. You are of course welcome to test it--nobody can really predict a AFD result in a case like this.
I am considering what to do about The Johns Hopkins University Center for Imaging Science.. I'm even more conservative about research centers. I'll decide on this one in a day or two, but if I do remove the prod, I shall probably send it to AfD myself.
Please see also my comment on the contributor's talk page , and Doc James' talk p. DGG ( talk ) 06:09, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Deleted prod for Johns Hopkins BME
[edit]Dear BFP: Thank-you for encouraging m through your prod to review the historical accuracy and neutrality. Two predominant issues have been brought up and I would like to comment on each of these. 1. Conflict of interest/promotionalism. I was unaware of Wikipedia policies when I created the page, which I did in good faith. Once I understood the policies, and thank-you to the editors who helped me with that, I stopped editing the page and instead sought the help of the Wikipedia community (DGG and others). Even though I created the page, the content is all factual and I am looking for the 3rd party citations to support all claims as necessary. Several editors have already removed content to improve neutrality, and I fully support the removal of any additional statements that lack adequate 3rd party documentation. The notability of the department (see below) warrants that this page be kept and improved rather than deleted. As stated above, I will refrain from making additional edits to this page but I would like to suggest the following to again ensure a neutral point of view: Remove: “ Johns is the individual credited[by whom?] with establishing the discipline of biomedical engineering as a graduate program in the School of Medicine, leading to the rise of similar programs nationwide in the decades that followed.[citation needed]” Replace with: “In 1961, Johns Hopkins, along with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rochester, established the first graduate programs in biomedical engineering. Established in the School of Medicine, the program at Johns Hopkins is the oldest continually-funded PhD program in the nation.” Incorporate relevant citations provided below.
This suggestion is based on facts obtained from the following article, among others, available on Pubmed (see page 697) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1929656/pdf/pubhealthreporig00104-0055.pdf This article quotes: “Biomedical Engineering. A program leading to a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering will be initiated at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in the fall of 1961. It will combine, for the first time, advanced training in engineering subjects particularly pertinent to research in biological systems with systematic study of the application of principles of physical and engineering sciences to biological systems. The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rochester are cooperating with Johns Hopkins in establishing similar programs.” NIH Reporter, which tracks the training grants given to fund PhD programs, shows that of the original 3 programs only JHU is still funded. The following reference also explains that we are the oldest continually-funded program in the US: http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Richard_J._Johns RICHARD J. JOHNS: An Interview Conducted by Frederik Nebeker, IEEE History Center, 26 April 2000; Interview # 393 for the IEEE History Center, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Inc. 2. Notability. I appreciate that noteworthiness is not an absolute metric. I wanted to just share some thoughts on possible measures indicating that Biomedical Engineering as a discipline is significant, and that JHU BME is noteworthy within the field. a. While h-index is not an absolute measure of noteworthiness and comes with its own caveats, Wikipedia says and I am quoting "…an outstanding scientist [has] an h-index of 40, and a truely unique individual an h-index of 60". Currently we have 8 faculty with h-index greater than 60, 12 faculty with h-index greater than 50, and 19 over 40. For comparison, I looked at Duke, Stanford and Georgia Tech in this manner and none have as many highly-cited faculty. Georgia Tech and Stanford have 5 faculty with h-index greater than 50. b. We have 5 listed members of the National Academies. According to Wikipedia "Election into the National Academies is one of the highest honors in the scientific field.” c. The size of our discipline is significant, and the scale of leading BME departments is similar to that of other outstanding programs which have wiki pages. For example, Georgia Tech, Duke, UCSD and JHU all have ~40 tenure line faculty in Biomedical Engineering. d. The acceptance rate of 7.8% into the JHU BME undergraduate program is currently more competitive than acceptance into CalTech and MIT, based on current U.S. News and World Report statistics. This could be considered an indirect measure of the prominence of our program. e. The scope of our activities is international in scale. In addition to international research collaborations, our department has partnerships with prominent institutions from around the world, including Tsinghua University. Just this year, we were awarded funding to establish a new engineering design partnership with universities in the Middle East through the Stevens Initiative. If there are other measures that Wikipedia uses for noteworthiness of academic institutions I would be happy to address them. Thank-you for your participation in Wikipedia. Mim.cis (talk) 21:45, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
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WikiProject Anatomy newsletter (#6)
[edit]Released January 2018 · Previous newsletter · Next
Hello WikiProject Anatomy participant! This is our sixth newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest.
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Yours truly, --Tom (LT) (talk) 10:48, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
What's new
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new good articles since last newsletter include Thyroid, Hypoglossal nerve, Axillary arch, Human brain, Cerebrospinal fluid, Accessory nerve, Gallbladder, and Interventricular foramina (neuroanatomy) |
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I write an Introduction to Anatomy on Wikipedia in the Journal of Anatomy [3] |
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Vagina receives a lot of attention on its way to good article status. |
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We reach two projects goals of 20 good articles, and less than half of our articles as stubs, in July 2017. [4] |
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A discussion about two preferred section titles takes place here. |
Introduction to WikiProject Anatomy and Anatomy on Wikipedia
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Seeing as we have so many new members, and a constant stream of new editors to our articles, I would like to write in this issue about how our project and articles are arranged.
The main page for WikiProject Anatomy is here. We are a WikiProject, which is a group of editors interested in editing and maintaining anatomy articles. Our editors come from all sorts of disciplines, from academically trained anatomists, students, and lay readers, to experienced Wikipedia editors. Based on previous discussions, members of our project have chosen to focus mainly on human anatomy ([5]), with a separate project for animal anatomy (WP:ANAN). A WikiProject has no specific rights or abilities on Wikipedia, however it does allow a central venue for discussion on different issues where interested editors can be asked to contribute, collaborate, and perhaps reach a consensus.
- Project and article structure
Wikipedia has about 5,500,000 articles. Of these, about 20,000 fall under our project, about 5,000 of which are text-containing articles. Articles are manually assigned by editors as relating to our project (many using the rater tool). As well as articles, other Wikipedia pages in our project include, lists, disambiguation pages, and redirects. Our articles are improving over time, and you can have a look at our goals and progress, or last newsletter, to get a better idea about this.
Our articles are structured according to the manual of style, specifically here. The manual of style is a guideline, which "is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply", and prescribes the layout of anatomy articles, most of which follow it.
Our articles are organised in a particular way. Most articles have a infobox in its lead, describing key characteristics about the article. Because we have so many articles, articles are often linked together in different ways. An article tends to focus on the primary topic it is written about. Further information can be linked like this, or piped (like this). We use navboxes, which are the boxes at the bottom of articles providing links to similar topics, as well as hatnotes. Typical hatnotes in articles include {{main}}, {{see also}} and {{further}}. This lets us link to relevant and related articles. The bottom of articles also shows categories, which store groups of related articles.
- Tools
For interested editors, our project offers a number of additional tools to help edit our articles. On our main page appears a log of the most edited recent articles. An automatic list of recent changes to all our articles is here. We have a list of the most popular pages (WP:ANAT500). To keep abreast of news and discussions, it is best to monitor our talk page, newsletters, and our article alerts, which automatically lists deletion, good article, featured article, and move proposals. We also have a open tasks page for editors to create lists of tasks that other editors can collaborate with. Articles are also manually assigned to a "discipline", so interested editors in for example, gross anatomy, histology, or embryology can easily locate articles via here.
Our project has all sorts of smaller items that editors may or may not know about, including a barnstar, user box ({{User WPAnatomy}}), welcoming template ({{WPANATOMY welcome}}) and fairly comprehensive listing of templates (here).
- Invitation
We are always happy to help out, and I invite new editors, or for those with any questions relating to how to get around the confusing environment that is Wikipedia, to post on our talk page or, for a kind introduction to questions, at the WP:TEAHOUSE.
How can I contribute?
[edit]- Ask questions! Talk with other editors, collaborate - and if you need help, ask!
- Continue to add content (and citations) to our articles
- Collaborate and discuss with other editors - many hands make light work!
- Find a space, task or type of article that you enjoy editing - there are lots of untended niches out there
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Upcoming Edit-a-thon
[edit]Hello! I hope you are well. I sent you an email about a month ago but thought I would try to get in touch this way. Carnegie Museum of Art is hosting another Wiki Edit-a-thon this Sunday, March 25, 2018 from 10:30-4:30. It was so wonderful having you there last year and it would be great to see you and have you participate again. Would you be available? Let me know! Hanturp (talk) 00:57, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- (by talk reader) @Hanturp: Pharos sent word about this event. I had called the museum, to no avail. Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh/ArtandFeminism2018CMOA has the details for this event on-wiki, and a geonotice request has already been submitted. I plan to be there to help with instruction. Chris Troutman (talk) 01:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
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This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.
Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!
If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!
[edit]Greetings!
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:
- Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
- Country Winners
- Diversity winner
- High quality contributors
- Gender-gap fillers
- Page improvers
- Wikidata Translators
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)
ADAM
[edit]Please note that ADAM is NOT public domain.[6] The NIH has just bought a license to it.
I have found blocks of it copied and pasted into articles (specifically nipple discharge). Are there other articles in need of clean up? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:15, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi, I've just found this page, which has been deleted in 2015 but is still linked at two other pages:
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[edit]I'm sad that you've been pressured into resigning a VS position due to a particular individual's muckraking. I'm resisting this with regard to Meta:Talk:Tech/Ambassadors#Stanton McCandlish, but if an external entity like a university is involved, I can see how simply the suggestion you've done something offensive to a certain group is likely to result in the university demanding a resignation for CYA purposes. [sigh] The sad thing is that the muckraker looks to be getting away with it this time, though a repeat will probably result in a re-instatement of their topic ban. I made a mistake in taking the matter to ANI; I hadn't realized until afterward that the pre-existing prohibition on incivility and canvassing in relation to that topic, as a condition of their topic ban being lifted, meant that it could go straight to ArbCom, who would have been more likely to examine the behavior as canvassing and incivility, period, not as a popularity contest about the content. Live and learn. Of course that last also goes for daring to put out a humor piece that is apt to be misinterpreted by people looking for things to misinterpret and work up some offense over. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 06:07, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!
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Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
- Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
- Diversity winner
- Gender-gap fillers
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
[edit]Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap fillers - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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Wikiproject Anatomy newsletter #7
[edit]Released September 2020 · Previous newsletter
Hello WikiProject Anatomy participant! This is our seventh newsletter, documenting what's going on in WikiProject Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest.
I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or remove your name from the mailing list.
Yours truly, --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
What's new
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new good articles since last newsletter include Epiglottis, Human nose, Pancreas, Prostate, Thymus, Trachea, T tubule, Ureter and Vagina, with Anatomical terms of location also awaiting review |
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A made-up eponymous term is used in our article that eventually makes it in to university anatomy teaching slides and a journal article |
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We reach a project goal of 150 B-class articles in July 2020, increasing by about 50% over five years, and are one good article away from our goal of 40 GAs, doubling over the last five years |
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In the real world, Terminologia Anatomica 2 and Terminologia Embryologica 2 are released ([7], [8]). Terminologia Anatomica 2 is now included in anatomy article infoboxes, and there is ongoing discussion about updating TE as well |
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A beautiful new barnstar is released ({{subst:The Anatomist Barnstar}}) |
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Portal:Anatomy receives some attention, and two related portals are deleted (vale Human body and Cranial nerve portals) |
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Some things left out from past newsletters - A large amount of redirects are created to help link plural structures, and Cerebellum ([9]) and Hippocampus ([10]) are published in Wikiversity. |
Newsletter topic: anatomy and featured articles
[edit]I have been asked to write up something introducing the Featured article (FA) process to anatomy editors, but I took a more general approach to explaining why one might want to contribute featured content and the benefits to the editor and to Wikipedia. I also tried to address some misconceptions about the FA process, and give you a guide that is somewhat specific to health content should you decide to take the dive.
A vital purpose of Featured articles is to serve as examples for new and aspiring Wikipedia editors. FAs are often uniquely comprehensive for the Internet. They showcase some of our best articles, and can enhance Wikipedia's reputation if they are maintained to standard—but in an "anyone can edit" environment, they can easily fall out of standard if not maintained. Benefits to the writer include developing collaborative partnerships and learning new skills, while improving your writing and seeing it exposed to a broader audience—all that Wikipedia is about!
Looking more specifically at WP Anatomy's featured content, the Featured media is impressive and seems to be an Anatomy Project strength. The Anatomy WikiProject has tagged 4 FAs, 1 Featured list, and 30 Featured media. Working towards upgrading and maintaining older Featured articles could be a worthwhile goal. Immune system is a 2007 FA promotion, and bringing it up to date would make a nice collaboration between WikiProject Medicine and the Anatomy WikiProject. Hippocampus is another dated promotion that is almost 50% larger than when promoted, having taken on a bit of uncited text and new text that might benefit from a tune-up.
Whether tuning up an older FA at Featured article review, or attempting a new one to be reviewed at Featured article candidates, taking the plunge can be rewarding, and I hope the advice in my essay is helpful.
You can read the essay "Achieving excellence through featured content" here.
SandyGeorgia has been a regular FA reviewer at FAC and FAR since 2006, and has participated in thousands of nominations
How can I contribute?
[edit]- Ask questions! Talk with other editors, collaborate - and if you need help, ask at our project page!
- Continue to add content (and citations) to our articles
- Collaborate and discuss with other editors - many hands make light work!
- Find a space, task or type of article that you enjoy editing - there are lots of untended niches out there
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
[edit]Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap filler - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)
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A barnstar
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You worked on this 5 years ago, it was a project of a research initiative of PennPraxis, University of Pennsylvania * PennPraxis, University of Pennsylvania. "New Deal Resident Camps for Unemployed Women".January 22, 2021 She-She-She Camps CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:49, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
[edit]Greetings!
The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap fillers - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
[edit]Greetings,
It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.
Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap filler - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Barbara!
The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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