Boite-en-Valise

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You also might explain your user name, which I translate as "Box in a suitcase." There must be a story behind that. Maybe put the explanation on you user page, which will also turn the red-link to blue.

Smallbones (talk) 22:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Ditto on what SB says. Red links on editor's names are like Red flags to a lot of editors. So, as they used to chant at the University of Michigan, "Go Blue". Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 14:37, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania 2012

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania - You are invited!

Are you a woman attending Wikimania 2012? If so, join us on Saturday, July 14, for the annual WikiWomen's Luncheon (fka WikiChix Lunch) This event is for any women attending Wikimania. Pick up your lunch, compliments of Wikimania, and join us at 1:30pm in the Grand Ballroom for a lively facilitated discussion hosted by Sue Gardner. We look forward to seeing you there. Please sign up here. Sarah (talk) 15:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry we didn't meet up - I did keep an eye out but ended up not going to many GLAM sessions. Hope you enjoyed it & found it useful anyway! Johnbod (talk) 14:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

GLAM: Philadelphia Museum of Art update

Hi GLAM PMA folks! I wanted to update you about some recent events related to our fantastic Museum. I met Jessica Milby, PMA Collections Information Project Manager, at Wikimania in July. Jessica was looking for ways to improve articles on Wikipedia about the Museum and its artists/collections. We followed up a few weeks later at the Perelman Building in downtown Philadelphia where we discussed ways to increase participation in the GLAM/PMA project.

• The first idea is to do some outreach to the GLAM:PMA project members, including mass messages updating you all about plans and, seeking feedback about new ideas, and hearing your thoughts about what's in the works.
• The next step is a drive to improve the main Philadelphia Museum of Art article. The article is currently 'B-Class', but Jessica was confident that with the abundance of high quality sources about the Museum that it could be improved even further. Jessica recommended this extensive source from the Museum's website.
• Another idea that came out of the meeting was a project within the Museum to assess which PMA-related topics are missing articles on Wikipedia.
• One of Jessica's ideas is to have the knowledgeable curators of the Museum provide recommended reading lists for PMA-related articles. That should be a great first step to guiding editors towards the information they need to expand and improve that content.
• Also raised for discussion were some ideas about how to engage the broader community. There is interest in setting up a tour/edit-a-thon, but this remains in the preliminary stage. Would you be interested in participating in such an event?
• We have new stats! These 24 articles are all under the PMA project. I compiled the last 90-day page views and then annualized the results. PMA-related articles get almost 800,000 view per year!

See the stats!

Article Importance Class View last 90 days Views annualized Philadelphia Museum of Art Top B 22,790 91,160 The Concert Singer High B 783 3,132 Crucifixion Diptych (van der Weyden) High C 1,500 6,000 Perelman Building High C 986 3,944 The Gross Clinic High C 12,897 51,588 William Rush and His Model High C 1,038 4,152 Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 High Start 26,892 107,568 Rodin Museum High Start 5,323 21,292 Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) High Start 11,026 44,104 The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even High Start 13,639 54,556 Wedding dress of Grace Kelly High Start 5,810 23,240 Étant donnés High Stub 7,464 29,856 Bird in Space High Unassessed 10,365 41,460 Diana (Saint-Gaudens) High Unassessed 1,450 5,800 Interior (Degas) High Unassessed 2,434 9,736 The Bathers (Cézanne) High Unassessed 7,166 28,664 Three Musicians High Unassessed 9,421 37,684 The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand Mid C 736 2,944 Anne d'Harnoncourt Mid Stub 1,266 5,064 Lansdowne House Mid Stub 3,763 15,052 Portrait of Leslie W. Miller Mid Unassessed 362 1,448 Yellow Odalisque Mid Unassessed 817 3,268 Rocky Steps Low Start 41,341 165,364 Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Low Start 304 1,216 Total 189,573 758,292 views per quarter views per year

It's exciting to have a partner in Jessica Milby and there should be a lot of good work coming out the collaboration within the next 3-6 months. Please stop by the GLAM/PMA project page and leave your thoughts. What ideas do you have? How can we move forward on the above projects? I Hope you're all well. Cheers! Ocaasi 19:05, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon Invitation

Please join the Chemical Heritage Foundation Edit-a-Thon, June 20, 2013. Build content relating to women in science, chemistry and the history of science. Use the hashtag #GlamCHF and write your favorite scientist or chemist into Wikipedian history!

We'd love to meet you at the Edit-a-thon -- or you could participate remotely. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 02:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

ThatCampPhilly Edit-a-thon Invitation

Please join the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at THATCamp Philly, September 27, 2013, held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Bring your own content to work on, or get an early start on Ada Lovelace Day with our resources about women in science, chemistry and the history of science. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:42, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

GLAM Cafe invitation

Wikipedians are invited to the GLAM Café at the Chemical Heritage Foundation to meet, talk, and edit. We provide the space, the coffee, and the snacks: you provide ideas and enthusiasm! On the second Tuesday of each month, starting November 12, 2013. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:18, 24 October 2013 (UTC)