Welcome!

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Hello, PMChi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Yunshui  06:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Talkback

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Hello, PMChi. You have new messages at Yunshui's talk page.
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Yunshui  06:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Adoption

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Okay, let's get you set up. I'll try and keep this as brief as possible...

First up, let me reiterate my earlier welcome message; productive new contributors are always a great addition to Wikipedia. The aim of this adoption is to enable you to hit the ground running, so to speak; I hope to quickly get you up-to-speed on the policies and processes you'll need to know about in order to do constructive work on the encyclopedia - and hopefully enjoy yourself while you're at it.

To that end, I'd like you to create an adoption page for yourself, which will contain various tasks and tests to help you understand how Wikipedia works. Please visit this page and follow the instructions under "Your first task" to create your own adoption page (if you have any trouble, please drop me a line on my talkpage). You can complete the sections in any order you like.

I'd also like to know a bit about what you want to do on Wikipedia; what sort of article you'd like to work on, what areas of the project you'd like to know about, and what your areas of interest are. Leave me a note here or on my talkpage and let me know what floats your boat; I'll try and tailor our work together to emphasise your preferences. I'd also be interested to know how you found out about the adoption programme; it helps us improve the way we present the project to new users if we know how they run across it. If you'd like to add a userbox to show that you're in the adoption process, just add the code {{Adoptee|Yunshui}} to your userpage.

Whilst adoption has no time limit or edit count requirement, I usually un-adopt users if they don't edit for three months or so in a row - this is nothing personal, nor is it intended as a warning; it simply aids me in keeping track of who needs my help. If you go on an extended wikibreak and come back to find yourself removed from the adoption programme, just drop me a line and I'll happily start things up again.

Finally, if you have any problems, suggestions or comments, I'm always open to hearing them; this adoption is about you rather than me, so it's important that you're happy with the way things are going. Let me know if you have any feedback on the adoption process, and I'll try and take your suggestions on board. I look forward to working with you. Yunshui  08:22, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I'm glad to see you've already completed your first task and started on the Cleanup section; I've left a reply on your adoption page for you.
(By the way, you may find it useful to keep a link on your userpage to the adoption school for easy access - I use my own userpage to link to all the pages I use regularly, in order to save typing them into the search bar every time. You can generate such a link by adding the text [[User:PMChi/Adoption school|My adoption school]] anywhere on the page. This is just a suggestion, it's totally up to you whether you want to do this or not.) Yunshui  08:31, 24 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

A minibarnstar for you!

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Congratulations on completing the Cleanup module of your adoption school.

Yunshui  08:24, 14 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Talkback

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I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 15:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago 8

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Hey PMChi-- I've finalized the date and location for the Wikipedia Loves Libraries event for October 26th at the Pritzker. If you can set aside time to come join us for any part of the day, it'd be great if you could change your RSVP to "Planning on being there." Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 01:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hey, this is Jethro. Just wanted to send a reminder your way about the meetup next Saturday at the Pritzker Military Library. If you need a reminder on the details (some updates have been made), be sure to check out the meetup page. See you next week! I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:49, 19 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

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Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - In a city near you! - You are invited!
The first ever Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 across the United States and Canada - including Chicago! Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join!

Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here!

Meetup at the Hull House!

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Hey PMChi. Hope you've been doing well. I noticed you were interested in a meetup we did at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library last year. The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is doing an edit-a-thon later next week. It's kind of on a weird day of the week to accommodate students at UIC, but you're welcome to join us if you're free. Let us know if you can make it. I, JethroBT drop me a line 23:27, 25 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Edit-a-thon at the Univ. of Chicago!

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Hey there! The Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago is hosting an edit-a-thon to celebrate Women's History Month on Saturday, March 28th from 10 AM to 4 PM. Coffee and lunch is provided for free, and we'll be focusing on building a few biographical and organizational articles. We'll also have full access to archival resources maintained by the Special Collections and Research Center. If you're interested in joining us, please RSVP at the event page here! Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Two Chicago edit-a-thons this April!

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Hey folks! We've got two exciting edit-a-thons happening in Chicago during the third week of April:

If you're interested in meeting up and working together with other Wikipedians at these fantastic institutions, please RSVP at the event pages linked above. If you know someone else interested in learning about or editing Wikipedia, invite them! We will provide training and resources for new editors at both events. For questions about the events, please refer to the event pages or contact I JethroBT (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:16, 3 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

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This Thursday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ University of Chicago

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You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ University of Chicago on October 15! (drop-in any time, 3-7pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:25, 14 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Edit-a-thon at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago!

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Come join us on Saturday, March 5th between 12PM - 5PM for the Art+Feminism 2016 edit-a-thon at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago! We'll be focusing our efforts on women involved in the arts, and a list of articles for artists in Chicago and the U.S. Midwest has been compiled at the project page. The event is free, but only if you register at the project page ahead of time. I'll be there, and I hope to see you there too! I JethroBT (talk) 06:31, 1 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Chicago Meetup at Sulzer Regional Library!

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Hey there! I'm hosting a meetup at the at the Sulzer Regional Library on Saturday March 25th from 12 PM to 4:30 PM. You're welcome to come and work together with other editors on articles or other contributions, get to know other editors around Chicago, and ask any questions you might about using or contributing to Wikipedia. Food will be available, and we'll likely go out for dinner afterwards as a group. If you're interested in joining us, please RSVP at the event page here! Thanks, I JethroBT drop me a line 20:23, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Chicago Meetup for Wikidata Day

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Hello! This is User:Luiysia (IRL name is Kelly). My main interests are fashion, music, literature, and history. I am fairly new to Wikipedia editing and I found that there has been very little activity from the Chicago Wikipedia user group since 2020.

I'd like to host a casual meetup in Chicago to celebrate Wikidata Day on Saturday, October 26.

Proposed location is Engine Coffee in the Wicker Park/West Town area, at 11AM.

Here is the official meetup page, where you can add yourself as an attendee.

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Hope to see you all there!

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