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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wikipedia Day NYC, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia at the Library and Lights Camera Wiki, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, for example User:ScienceApologist will present on "climate change, alternative medicine, UFOs and Transcendental Meditation" (see the November meeting's minutes).
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back. And if the weather is good, we'll have a star party with the telescopes on the roof of Pupin Hall!
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editI'm a little confused why your bot marked McLaren F1 GTR as a dead end article. The359 (Talk) 10:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
- I'm confused too. Thankyou for pointing this out, it is probably the case the dead end list my bot is using may be lagging, or out of date. Whatever the case may be, I'll be sure to look at the problem at my next convenience. Babylonian Armor (talk) 10:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Same goes with Byzantine architecture. Sheepbot marked it as dead end though it contains 213 wikiLinks according to TW. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 08:17, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
it has done the same to high middle ages, which is filled with links, so i will remove it now. Smitty1337 (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Adoption
editGreetings Gene-va/Archive B, I see you're up for adoption, and I'm in the market. If ever you need advice or answers, just ask me -- any question, any time. I'd like to help however I can. Happy editing - Draeco (talk) 12:19, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Tagging of blank pages
editWith regards to this recent edit by SheepBot, I would suggest that adding a {{Dead end}} template to an article that has been blanked is not the best possible way to handle the article's history. Perhaps reverting to a non-problematic version of the article would be a better solution. --Allen3 talk 15:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)