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Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle

Decemmber 8 - Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle - You're invited

Date Saturday, December 8, 2012
Time 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104
Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand.
Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki.
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1930 World Cup

Please can you comment on on the talk page before making any more changes about the 3rd/4th place issue. To list Yugoslavia as 3rd in a section entitled "FIFA retrospective ranking" makes no sense when FIFA ranks Yugoslavia 4th. Oldelpaso (talk) 20:24, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose what I'd be most interested in is any material that's not covered in the article already. For instance, a source currently cited in the article says there was no 3rd/4th match because Yugoslavia were upset with the refereeing in their semi-final. Is this what the Politika piece says? If it says something different, than that would be useful to have. Oldelpaso (talk) 22:27, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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2013 Wikinic

	Great American Wikinic at Pan-Pacific Park
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Hi Snake bgd! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 22:39, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

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Serbian help needed

Hello Snake bgd, I'm contacting you because we need some Serbian translators to help with the deployment of the new VisualEditor on sr.wikipedia. There are help pages, user guides, and description pages that need translating, as well as the interface itself. The translating work is going on over on MediaWiki: Translation Central. I also need help with a personal message for the Serbian Wikipedians. If you are able to help in any way, either reply here, or head over to TranslationCentral. Thanks for your time, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 22:50, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am on the job what you need? ^{Snake bgd} 23:35, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Snake, right on! Here are the priority pages, simply click "translate this page" at the top of each to get started:

the User Guide, Serbian 0% complete.
Portal/Description page, Serbian 0% complete (this one is important because the translation can become the main VE page on sr.wiki, which doesn't have a VE general description page yet).
FAQ, Serbian 0% complete. As you can see, much work to be done! I'm glad to have you helping. PEarley (WMF) (talk) 23:59, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Meetup

Help build the Wikipedia community in Southern California at "Come Edit Wikipedia!" presented by the West Hollywood Library on Saturday, August 31st, 2013 from 1-5pm. Drop in for some lively editing and conversation! Plus, it's a library, so there are plenty of sources. --Olegkagan (talk) — Message delivered by Hazard-Bot at 03:09, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Orders and decorations info

Just to ask you: Where do you get all those informations? Could you pull some on decorations of Peter I of Serbia and a few more? Nice work, really. Mm.srb (talk) 03:15, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Ne menjaj bez razloga

Ne znam o cemu pricas, ja nisam obrisao nijedan kljucni deo tvojih izmena. Uklonio sam samo visak teksta, za koji smatram da tabelu nepotrebno cini duzom (i ima gramatickih gresaka), i razdvojio Titov period na mestu narodnog komesara NKOJ-a od perioda kada je bio prvi posleratni ministar odbrane. Takodje, jedan od datuma u tvojoj izmeni je pogresan... Glavna izmena, general Borislav Ristic kao naslednik Mihailovica na mestu ministra, je potpuno netaknuta. Na kraju, reci cu da vracam moje izmene od pre par minuta, i ne preporucujem ti da nastupas toliko osorno i ocenjujes sta ja znam a sta ne znam. Sve najbolje! --Sundostund (talk) 22:35, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Osorno je kada neko daje sebi za pravo da komentarise sta neko zna, a sta ne zna... Dodatak u tabeli o periodu upraznjenog mesta ministra nije nikakav problem, to cu licno staviti ponovo. Nisam znao da to smatras za jednu od kljucnih izmena, ali u redu. Dalje, Titova komesarska uprava nije imala legitimitet do 1944 i bas zato treba da bude odvojena od perioda posle 7 marta 1945 i njegovog posleratnog mandata na mestu ministra, koji jeste legitiman. Na tome moram da insistiram. --Sundostund (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tacno tako - to je bilo dvovlasce, rat je bio u toku, itd tako da nema razloga da stavljamo taj period u Titov posleratni mandat. Za mene je to kljucno... Izvinjenje prihvaceno, sve je ok. Rad na Vikipediji iziskuje puno truda, i ljudima ponekad popuste zivci - to znam iz licnog iskustva :) Sve najbolje i tebi! --Sundostund (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ja za Ristica do sada nisam cuo, iako dosta znam i o predratnoj kraljevskoj vojsci i o JNA, ali ako imas pouzdan podatak o njemu, ne sumnjam da je tacno... Subasic je bio predsednik Vlade, i kao takav je mandat ministra vojske de jure mogao da ponudi kome hoce, ali je smena Mihailovica de facto postala moguca tek kada je on izgubio podrsku u krugovima na zapadu, sto se desilo u toku 1944. Njegov pokret je bio daleko manje efikasan u borbi protiv Nemaca nego partizani (uz puno slucajeva otvorene kolaboracije lokalnih komandanata sa Nemcima i Italijanima), pa i ne cudi sto su zapadni saveznici izvrsili pritisak na Kralja i Subasica da se odreknu Mihailovica. Takodje, imaj u vidu da se sve to desavalo sredinom 1944, u vreme sovjetske operacije Bagration - koja je bukvalno razbila Nemce na Istocnom frontu - tada je postalo jasno da je samo pitanje meseca kada ce Sovjeti doci do Rumunije, Bugarske, i do nase zemlje. Zapadni saveznici su imali raniji dogovor sa Sovjetima po kome Jugoslavija pada u njihovu zonu uticaja, i njihov pritisak na Kralja i Subasica da se odreknu Mihailovica je samo posledica tog dogovora. --Sundostund (talk) 12:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dobro, ti napisi clanak o Risticu, a ja cu ga prevesti i postaviti na englesku Vikipediju kad budem imao vremena... Inace, obavezno stavi reference u clanak kad ga budes pisao - ta knjiga u kojoj si video podatak da je Ristic bio ministar mora biti dostupna negde na internetu, pa tacno navedi naziv knjige, autora itd. Ako se radi o memoarima Slobodana Jovanovica, jos bolje. Za tu knjigu ti sigurno nece biti tesko da nadjes reference... I, bilo bi jako dobro ako bi negde mogao da nadjes i postavis Risticevu sliku na Commons - to bi bio dobar dodatak za spisak ministara (vecina predratnih ministara ima svoju sliku), a i vecina clanaka o generalima kraljevske vojske sadrzi i njihove slike. --Sundostund (talk) 15:01, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clanak na srpskoj Vikipediji ti odlicno napreduje za sada. Kad ga zavrsis, i cim budem imao vremena, prevescu ga i postaviti na englesku Vikipediju. Sto se tice slike, bolje bi bilo da si je direktno postavio na Commons, onda bi mogla da se koristi i na engleskoj Vikipediji bez ponovnog postavljanja ovde. Ja nemam nekog preteranog iskustva sa postavljanjem slika, da budem iskren. Obicno upotrebim one koje je neko vec stavio na Commons. Inace, koliko vidim, na srpskoj Vikipediji pored Risticeve postoje slike jos nekih predratnih ministara kojih nema ovde - Mihaila Rasica, Milivoja Zecevica, Milosa Vasica... Te slike su stare, i sigurno su u javnom vlasnistvu. Ako ti nije pretesko, ti ih postavi ovde, zajedno sa Risticevom slikom, a ja cu gledati da sto pre prevedem i postavim clanak o Risticu. --Sundostund (talk) 15:11, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Steta sto su te blokirali na Commons-u. To je samo jos jedan dokaz koliko je skakljivo sve to sa slikama. Ja se u to ne bih petljao, valjda ce ih neko vec postaviti, pa da se koriste i ovde... Odlicno, ti napisi biografije za sve ministre za koje imas podatke, a ja ih, kao i Risticevu, prevodim i postavljam ovde cim budem mogao (trenutno nemam bas vremena za to). --Sundostund (talk) 00:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hvala sto si mi pokazao ove stranice! Tacno se vidi pritisak zapadnih saveznika na Kralja i celu strukturu vlasti u egzilu da se sto pre dogovore sa Titom i njegovim pokretom. Interesne zone su vec bile odredjene, a Jugoslavija je bila duboko u Sovjetskoj zoni, tako da sve to uopste nije neobicno... Inace, jos nisam stigao da prevedem clanak o Risticu, bio sam zauzet drugim stvarima, tako da cu to uraditi za dan-dva. I, vidim da si izmenio naziv ministarstva vojske u egzilu - i meni se cinilo da naziv treba da bude Ministar vojske, mornarice i vazduhoplovstva. --Sundostund (talk) 00:01, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Preveo sam clanak o Risticu, nadam se da ces biti zadovoljan kako sam to uradio. Siguran sam da postoje neke greske, ali to ce se srediti u toku vremena. Slobodno prodji ceo clanak, ako nesto treba doraditi reci meni da to sredim ili ti to uradi, sasvim svejedno. --Sundostund (talk) 15:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Zahvaljujem :) Opet kazem, ako uocis bilo kakav nedostatak, slobodno ga ispravi. --Sundostund (talk) 20:23, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pretpostavljam da bi trebalo napisati clanke o predratnim ministrima vojske kojih jos uvek nema na engleskoj Vikipediji, ali za to sigurno necu imati vremena, bar za sada... Ako imas vremena, ti zapocni neke od tih clanaka, pa cu ja uskociti i doraditi ih ako treba. --Sundostund (talk) 20:32, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hvala Sradivojevics (talk) 12:57, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vlada u egzilu

Slazem se da je situacija bila totalno zamrsena, ali nisam bas siguran oko izmena koje si uradio na srpskoj Vikipediji. Mislim, najvaznija figura u strukturi Ministarstva vojske u egzilu je bio Mihailovic, i pored njega dva druga ministra (Bogoljub Ilic i Borisav Ristic). Posto je situacija toliko zamrsena, mozda je bolje pojednostaviti, izbaciti civilne zastupnike (v. d. ministra) i ostaviti samo trojicu generala (Ilica, Mihailovica i Ristica) koji i jesu bili ministri. Definitivno ne bi trebalo dodavati zastupnike na engleskoj Vikipediji i dodatno deliti listu ministara koja je i ovako kompleksna. Razmisli o tome da ipak uklonis ove izmene sa srpske Vikipedije, i da ostavis samo Ilica, Mihailovica i Ristica. --Sundostund (talk) 15:50, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sad sam video tvoje nove izmene na engleskoj Vikipediji, i moram da kazem da se slazem sa njima. Iako sam prvobitno mislio da bi trebalo ostaviti samo Ilica, Mihailovica i Ristica, dobro je naglasiti da su u jednom periodu vazduhoplovstvo i mornarica bili odvojeni od vojske, odnosno svrstani u drugo ministarstvo... Takodje, veoma sam zadovoljan sto nisi dodavao i civilne zastupnike na engleskoj Vikipediji, to bi zaista dodatno zakomplikovalo stvari. Ovako, tu su samo oficiri koji su bili na celu ovih razlicitih ministarstava u egzilu. Razmisli o tome da tako uradis i na srpskoj Vikipediji. Ipak bi bilo bolje navesti samo oficire koji su formalno bili ministri. --Sundostund (talk) 15:04, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Drago mi je sto si prihvatio moje sugestije oko civilnih zastupnika na srpskoj Vikipediji. Definitivno izgleda bolje kad su samo oficiri na listi... Inace, ja sam upravo dodao Subasica na engleskoj Vikipediji, posto on nije bio tek zastupnik vec privremeni ministar izmedju smene Mihailovica i postavljenja Ristica za ministra. Pretpostavljam da se slazes sa tom izmenom, posto vidim da si Subasica ostavio na srpskoj Vikipediji nakon sto si sklonio civilne zastupnike. I, moram da te pitam jednu stvar koja mi je jako vazna - znas li gde mogu da nadjem spisak nacelnika Generalstaba Crnogorske vojske? Vec dugo vremena hocu da napravim taj clanak na engleskoj Vikipediji (poput vec postojeceg o Srpskim nacelnicima), ali nigde na internetu ne mogu da nadjem spisak Crnogorskih nacelnika. --Sundostund (talk) 14:14, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Drago mi je da se slazemo oko Subasica. Nema problema da civilni zastupnici budu u belesci, samo da ne budu deo liste zajedno sa oficirima... Probaj da nadjes nesto o Crnogorcima, bilo bi odlicno da se napravi taj clanak. --Sundostund (talk) 16:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 9 edit-a-thon at MOCA in downtown LA

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Zdravo jos jednom! Evo, napravio sam clanak o crnogorskim nacelnicima - Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro). Vec dugo vremena sam hteo da to uradim... Nije bio toliki problem naci podatke o nacelnicima posle 2006 (samo ne znam kada je sadasnji nacelnik Samardzic formalno postavljen, to nisam uspeo da saznam, samo znam da je bio v.d. od 6 Februara 2008). Ali, totalna nepoznanica su mi nacelnici pre ujedinjenja 1918, za vreme Knezevine i Kraljevine Crne Gore. Nigde na internetu nisam uspeo da nadjem podatke o tome. Jedino znam da su neki nasi generali (Bozidar Jankovic i Petar Pesic) bili nacelnici crnogorske Vrhovne komande u Prvom svetskom ratu, ali to je sve sturo i nedovoljno pa sam sekciju o nacelnicima pre 1918 ostavio upraznjenu. Bio bih ti veoma zahvalan ako pronadjes neke podatke o nacelnicima pre 1918, imas link clanka pa dodaj sve sto mislis da treba. Veoma cenim tvoje znanje i informisanost iz oblasti vojske, i siguran sam da ce tvoj doprinos biti veoma dragocen. --Sundostund (talk) 15:28, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The UC Riverside Wikipedia Loves Libraries event is an edit-a-thon targeting articles related to UC Riverside, SoCal, and beyond. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm at UCR's Tomás Rivera Library. Again, RSVPs are requested here.

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The Southern California Wikipedia community has two more events scheduled for the month of October: a water-related edit-a-thon at UC Riverside, and an Unforgetting L.A. event at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar in conjunction with L.A. as Subject!

As part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries and to celebrate Open Access Week, UC Riverside is participating alongside other Western Waters Digital Library members in an edit-a-thon focusing on water issues. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Tuesday, October 21 from 10am to 3pm at UCR's Orbach Science Library (map). RSVPs are requested here.

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Wik-Ed Women editing session (11/11, 6-10pm), and join our new Facebook group!

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The LA Wikipedia community has a new Facebook group! Become a member to keep up to date with all of our upcoming events and to connect with local Wikipedians!

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L.A. event on November 11 CANCELED

Wik-Ed Women editing session CANCELED

Due to health issues affecting one of the organizers, the third Wik-Ed Women editing session (originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11) has been canceled. We expect the series to pick up again sometime in December. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you in the near future! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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L.A. edit-a-thon this Sunday, December 14

L.A. meetup: December 14 edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum

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East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend.

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The LA Wikipedia community has three events in mid-February -- please consider attending!

First, we have a Valentine's Day edit-a-thon appropriately named Redondo Loves Wikipedia, which will take place at the Redondo Beach Public Library from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 14. Join library staff, the Redondo Beach Historical Society, and others to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Redondo Beach!

Second, we have a Wik-Ed Women editing session on Tuesday, February 17 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists.

Third, we have an Unforgetting LA event put on by East of Borneo in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute. Come help improve Wikipedia's coverage of LA design and architecture, and have an awesome free day at the museum -- parking will be validated for edit-a-thon participants! If you'd like to use particular books from GRI's great collection, be sure to email before 2/13 (instructions at event page).

And be sure to check out our main meetup page, because we already have three SoCal events scheduled for early March!

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LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28

Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thon (3/18), Redondo Loves Wikipedia (3/28)

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The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending!

First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia.

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I would like to personally invite you to the March edition of the Wik-Ed Women meetup, which will take place on March 15, from 6-10 in the evening. It will occur at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, 2245 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90021 (downtown LA -- map). The building has a pink top with old signage for American Accessories, Inc. dba Princess Accessories (Photos [PDF]). There is on-site parking in the back, which also has an entrance. If you cannot attend in person, you are more than willing to work remotely, as we appreciate all help that you can provide. Finally, here is a link to the Facebook event, in case you want to invite friends, as we are always looking for new editors to help expand coverage of women on Wikipedia!

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February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA

LA Wikipedia Day Celebration (February 18)

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Sunday, March 3: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (DTLA), Noon–5p. Focus: Women+Comedy.

Saturday, March 9: Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College (Monterey Park), Noon–4p. Focus: Latinx+Non-Binary Artists.

Sunday, March 10: Hammer Museum (Westwood), Noon–5p. Focus: Women+Film+Media

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Divisional general

Zdravo! Upravo sam napravio clanak Divisional general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia), po uzoru na vec postojeci Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Ako imas ideje kako da se clanak dodatno prosiri, poboljsa, itd slobodno ga doradi onako kako mislis da je najbolje. --Sundostund (talk) 14:28, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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270° panorama overlooking La Jolla Shores Beach as seen from the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, during a late August sunset. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson

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Nice Snake bgd! I would like to ask if you'd let me have this picture uploaded to the Commons:File:Felipe VI of Spain in uniform of Captain General.jpg? Napkirály (talk) 12:52, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 US Banknote Contest

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