User talk:Peteforsyth/Archive 14

Latest comment: 9 months ago by MediaWiki message delivery in topic The Signpost: 13 February 2024
Archive 10Archive 12Archive 13Archive 14Archive 15

Portland Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon: March 12, 2022

You are invited! An Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon will be held in Portland, Oregon, on March 12, 2022. Learn more here!

Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet—and it’s created by people who volunteer their time to write and edit pages. Learn how to edit Wikipedia and be a part of shaping our understanding of our world. In this workshop, volunteer Wikipedia editors will be on hand to train participants on how to get started editing pages and offer ideas for which pages you can pitch in to help improve. Show up at any point during the four hours to get started!

Also: Free burritos!! We will be providing vegan, vegetarian, and meat burritos from food cart Loncheria Las Mayos. Alder Commons has a large, fenced playground. Children are welcome! Some computers will be available to borrow, but if you have a laptop, please bring it to use. We will also be leading an online training for new editors at 11am-12pm PST. Please feel free to join that training if you are not able to show up IRL.

This event is part of the international month of events organized by Art+Feminism, which is building a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 49

  The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 49, January – February 2022

  • New library collections
  • Blog post published detailing technical improvements

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:06, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 March 2022

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Portland Reporter

  Hello, Peteforsyth. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Portland Reporter, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:03, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022

Nomination of Frank Irving Herriott for deletion

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Frank Irving Herriott, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Irving Herriott until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 May 2022

Books & Bytes – Issue 50

  The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022

  • New library partner - SPIE
  • 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC) (UTC)

Note to self

interesting newspaper ethics tidbit: https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042444/1913-10-23/ed-1/seq-1/

I was going to leave you a note on your Talk page and wondered what might be interesting about it. It was the premature disclosure of school administration news, a bit hard to read for me but what I expect drew you to it. I also noted that there was a single tax article by Lincoln Steffens on the page. Out of curiosity and a predilection for falling into rabbit holes, I looked at his Wikipedia article. This was an interesting quote, given current events: "He wrote that "Soviet Russia was a revolutionary government with an evolutionary plan", enduring "a temporary condition of evil, which is made tolerable by hope and a plan."[6]
 
Hello, Peteforsyth. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Activist (talk) 00:52, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2022

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

Books & Bytes – Issue 51

  The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022

  • New library partners
    • SAGE Journals
    • Elsevier ScienceDirect
    • University of Chicago Press
    • Information Processing Society of Japan
  • Feedback requested on this newsletter
  • 1Lib1Ref May 2022

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:45, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2022

Books & Bytes – Issue 52

  The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022

  • New instant-access collections:
    • SpringerLink and Springer Nature
    • Project MUSE
    • Taylor & Francis
    • ASHA
    • Loeb
  • Feedback requested on this newsletter

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:21, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2022

The Signpost: 31 October 2022

Your draft article, Draft:Portland Reporter

 

Hello, Peteforsyth. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Portland Reporter".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 17:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 53

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 53, September – October 2022

  • New collections:
    • Edward Elgar
    • E-Yearbook
    • Corriere della Serra
    • Wikilala
  • Collections moved to Library Bundle:
    • Ancestry
  • New feature: Outage notification
  • Spotlight: Collections indexed in EDS

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus

 
Hello, Peteforsyth. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Boring Lava Field/archive1.
Message added 09:35, 4 December 2022 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:35, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 January 2023

"Celilo Falls/GA1" listed at Redirects for discussion

  An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Celilo Falls/GA1 and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 January 8 § Celilo Falls/GA1 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 01:47, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

Books & Bytes – Issue 54

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022

  • New collections:
    • British Newspaper Archive
    • Findmypast
    • University of Michigan Press
    • ACLS
    • Duke University Press
  • 1Lib1Ref 2023
  • Spotlight: EDS Refine Results

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:14, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kari Chisholm

 

The article Kari Chisholm has been proposed for deletion. The proposed deletion notice added to the article should explain why.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. NASAvegas (talk) 16:57, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 February 2023

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

The Signpost: 9 March 2023

Books & Bytes – Issue 55

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023

  • New bundle partners:
    • Newspapers.com
    • Fold3
  • 1Lib1Ref January report
  • Spotlight: EDS SmartText Searching

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

Nomination of Daniel Lee (Oregon missionary) for deletion

 
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Daniel Lee (Oregon missionary) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Lee (Oregon missionary) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

-- Zoo (talk) 00:40, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 April 2023

The Signpost: 26 April 2023

The Signpost: 8 May 2023

The Signpost: 22 May 2023

Books & Bytes – Issue 56

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 56, March – April 2023

  • New partner:
    • Perlego
  • Library access tips and tricks
  • Spotlight: EveryBookItsReader

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 5 June 2023

The Signpost: 19 June 2023

Hello, Peteforsyth,

I came across this page in project space. I was thinking that perhaps it should be moved to your User space or, at the least, retitled so that it can be archived with other Wikipedia Education projects. It just has an unusual page title that seems to be anomalous with other WikiEd content.

Thanks and I hope you are enjoying this start of summer! I'm also from the Northwest. Liz Read! Talk! 22:30, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Pat Gillis

 

The article Pat Gillis has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Politician that served 67 days and is only known for that. No news about him after his short career.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Upper Deck Guy (talk) 02:19, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 July 2023

The Signpost: 17 July 2023

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 57

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 57, May – June 2023

  • Suggestion improvements
  • Favorite collections tips
  • Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 August 2023

The Signpost: 15 August 2023

Emporia News

Hi – thanks for creating Emporia News. I moved it to The Emporia News according to WP:THE, since the article is part of the name. Joriki (talk) 16:39, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Joriki! I'm always unsure with newspaper names, and it's a detail I usually end up glossing over. I'll make sure that's reflected at Wikidata too. Appreciate the help. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Pat Gillis for deletion

 
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Pat Gillis is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pat Gillis until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Upper Deck Guy (talk) 16:00, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Tin Shed

Thanks again for taking a look at sources. I'm happy to improve the article further, but the lead already has crucial details and citations should generally be avoided there, so I'm not exactly sure what to do. If you can clarify what is needed for me in order for you to change your vote, or if you can share an archive.org link so I can add a citation for Breakfast in Bridgetown, that'd be super helpful. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:54, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2023

Books & Bytes – Issue 58

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023

  • New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
  • Tech tip: Filters
  • Wikimania presentation

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:27, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 September 2023

Good article reassessment for Netball

Netball has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 October 2023

The Signpost: 23 October 2023

November Articles for creation backlog drive

 

Hello Peteforsyth:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 November 2023

The Signpost: 20 November 2023

Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

  • Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
  • Tech tip: Library access methods

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 December 2023

The Signpost: 24 December 2023

Article review follow-up

  • Pete...thanks for reviewing article on George C. Brownell. I thought the article was pretty comprehensive. Can you point out areas that need to be expanded to get it up to   level? I'm willing to do additional research/writing if I know what areas need work.--Orygun (talk) 20:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2024

Books & Bytes – Issue 60

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

  • Three new partners
  • Google Scholar integration
  • How to track partner suggestions

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --13:36, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2024

The Signpost: 13 February 2024

International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10

 
OJMCHE
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host an International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Sunday, March 10 from 11am-3pm PDT. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter Jewish women artists into the canon. An experienced regional Wikipedian will provided will be on site to teach, support, and guide the process. Participants can select artists ahead of time or on site.
  Please visit this link to RSVP and the Wikipedia meetup page for more information. Thanks!
 
Art+Feminism
  Cascadia Wikimedians placed this banner at 22:50, 29 February 2024 (UTC) by using the Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Participants list.
To subscribe to or unsubscribe from messages from Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland, please add or remove your name here.