NicolaOsborne

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Speedy deletion nomination of JISC Mediahub

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A tag has been placed on JISC Mediahub, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Another welcome!

Some cookies to welcome you!

Welcome to Wikipedia again, NicolaOsborne! If you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. It would be great if you could add your name to the list of participants on the Women, Science and Scottish History editathon series event page, and please feel free to communicate with other participants on the talk page for the event. You can talk about articles to edit, tips for editing, or help each other practice - whatever you like!

Remember, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon

Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more! Lirazelf (talk) 11:25, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh dear, linkfail! Here's the correct one... Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon Lirazelf (talk) 10:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

History of Medicine editathon

Hello again, NicolaOsborne!
Apologies for taking so long to get back to you after last week but am just recovering from the flu. Thank you so much for taking part in the History of Medicine editathon. Just so you know, we uploaded in excess of 500 images to Wiki Commons, created 4 brand new articles on Wikipedia, and improved a further 56! Not to mention munching through god knows how much of your delicious gingerbread as Wiki fuel the whole time. For the event page including the articles worked on, click here or to see the whole illustrated story of the event then you can click here: Storify: ILW editathon 2016
I hope that you enjoyed the day, and that we'll see you on Wiki again soon.

Now that you've also hopefully learned - or refreshed - the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful.

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  How universities are teaching with Wikipedia
• 
  Editing Wikipedia brochure
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  Instructor Basics, How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool
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  Illustrating Wikipedia brochure

If you're not feeling bold enough to write an (other) article straight away, why not try a small edit first, or adding a link? Don't worry about being perfect, Wiki is a constantly evolving entity. Fortunately there's a whole team of editors just like you who can help.

Welcome! Now have some cake...

You can't break Wikipedia, but in case you're still nervous here are some pages that you might find helpful, especially the first one which covers the main things to remember about using Visual Editor.

• Visual Editor user guide
• Is your topic notable enough for an article?
• Be Bold!
• Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
• Learn from others
• How to write a great article
• A simplified manual of style

The next up-and-coming Wikipedia event is this one run by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums and Galleries Scotland. Details here: Modern Scottish Women 2 - Art & Feminism

The University of Edinburgh are also looking into running an editathon for International Women’s Day on (or near) 8th March 2016 – details are still to be confirmed but will be updated on my project page here: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Remember, if you are writing on a talk page, please sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date.

If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. See you soon! Stinglehammer (talk) 00:42, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Something I thought might interest you... To keep up to date about Wikimedia events happening throughout Scotland, to learn more about ScotWiki projects, or to publicise your own ScotWiki event or project, join the ScotWiki Mailing List!

Ada Lovelace Day 2016 - Booking links now live

Ada Lovelace in 1852

Hi NicolaOsborne

Just to let you know that the booking links for Ada Lovelace Day 2016 are now live.

Should you still wish to come then please book a place through the MyEd & Eventbrite links on the event page below:

• Book a place at ALD16

Any problems then let me know. Hope to see you there.

Very best regards, Stinglehammer (talk) 18:31, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, NicolaOsborne, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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NicolaOsborne, good luck, and have fun. Stinglehammer (talk) 19:40, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

HotCat and CropTool

• [HotCat helps with adding categories]
• [Croptool helps with... well.. cropping.]

Thanks for awesome tweeting, baked treats & brilliant article today. Stinglehammer (talk) 19:43, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for a fab afternoon of editing Stinglehammer! NicolaOsborne (talk) 21:03, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

A page you started (Katherine Clerk Maxwell) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Katherine Clerk Maxwell, NicolaOsborne!

Wikipedia editor Blythwood just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

I've added a link from her husband's page.

To reply, leave a comment on Blythwood's talk page.

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Thank you

Thank you for your excellent new article on Katherine Clerk Maxwell - it's so nice to see an article appear fully formed! best, Ostrichyearning (talk) 01:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)