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User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Possible_paid_editing_violation – Can you please visit Jimbo's talk page and tell them more about "Wiki Strategies"? --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 20:18, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Michael, thanks for the note, and for encouraging people to bring any concerns to me directly! I can't say I see a lot of benefit to jumping into the discussion on Jimmy's talk page, but I'm certainly willing to answer questions about my work. I'm not sure what the specific concerns are, but two things might be relevant: I haven't edited Wikipedia articles on behalf of my clients, and I only work with clients that agree in advance to clearly disclose their COI when making any edits. I'd also encourage anyone interested in how I approach my work to take a look at my blog, my Twitter streams (under my personal name and my business name), my Quora account, the Outreach wiki, Meta, WikiEducator. I tend to be pretty transparent about my work (to the extent time permits!) and tend to use the same username most places. Also, for whatever it's worth, working with corporate clients seeking to influence articles about themselves is a pretty tiny percentage of the work I do, and not something I'm actively seeking out these days. I'm much more engaged in the education and non-profit areas. -Pete (talk) 00:47, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Your support

Hello, I see you are an electrical engineer. I am electrical engineer myself and I've proposed a new wikiproject, Electrical Engineering. Here is the link. I would like to ask your support. Please do participate in the discussion. Thank you. Shriram (talk) 15:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

You've been holding out on us Pete. Valfontis (talk) 18:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Heh..perhaps I got mistaken for my dad somehow? Electrical engineering..always interested, never had the discipline. Good luck starting the WikiProject! -Pete (talk) 14:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

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Wikiproject OER

Hey there! I just wanted to touch base about the OER wikiproject that you're working on. I'm with The Saylor Foundation and we've actually already been looking at some of these pages in addition to some other WP-related work we've been doing. So, I wanted to let you know that we're definitely active and interested in participating in this effort. My only concern arises from the possible COI concerns that may crop up. While improving these pages in general is certainly not an issue, I wonder if perhaps those of us working with particular organizations might take care of adding information about one another so as to distance ourselves at least one level from potentially self-promoting edits. Obviously we all believe we're adhering to NPOV, but better safe than sorry. I'd love to hear about any other plans or discussion that's happening related to this! Cheers, MyNameWasTaken (talk) 17:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

MSU Research Questions

Hello, I am involved with a research project for Michigan State University and am wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions regarding tool sets on Wikipedia. What were the tools you mainly used prior to becoming an admin, and after becoming an admin? Here is a link to the project if you are interested Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Wiki-Project Management (Jonathan Obar) , and if you have any questions please let me know. Thanks! Ltezl (talk) 22:17, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

AN/I

I'm not exactly sure how your name came up, but it's there now at WP:AN/I#User:Cla68 advertising his services as a paid Wikipedia editor so I figured I'd let you know. --Onorem♠Dil 23:33, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Funny, I was actually just dropping by to let you know I'd used you as an example again, in a different discussion. I'm sure there are other people whose user pages would serve as examples just as well, but yours was the first one to spring to mind. I am not suggesting that you need to change your user page, I'm simply using it to help people focus the discussion a bit more. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 20:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you both for the notes. I've looked through both cases. Glad to know, if nothing else, that my user page presents a useful example for discussion. For what it's worth: I don't regard my mentioning my work here as advertising, but as part of telling my Wikipedia story. I think it's useful for readers interested in me, to know about it among the other things I've done here. (Please note that it's mentioned in text, at the end of a pretty straightforward bio -- not in a big bright box, or anything like that.)

Also, in case it's helpful in any way, I just checked -- this year, about 7% of my web sites's visitors have clicked through from Wikipedia. Not sure what that might prove, but there it is :)

-Pete (talk) 21:17, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the namecheck

I think?! Valfontis (talk) 04:58, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Your interview

I feel that you presented yourself very professionally in your interview for the Signpost. I wish that some other editors with COIs held themselves to similar ethical standards for honesty. Pine^(talk) 10:14, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! -Pete (talk) 14:16, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cindy Gallop

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:03, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

An award for you!

		Ada Lovelace Award
		Thank you Pete for being a great ally to women in tech and for your great contributions related to women's history (especially in Oregon!) on Wikipedia. Sarah (talk) 16:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited!

The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! This event will be specifically geared around encouraging women to learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Workshops on copy-editing, article creation, and sourcing will be hosted. Bring a friend! Come one, come all! EdwardsBot (talk) 23:31, 22 May 2012 (UTC) · Unsubscribe

San Francisco Wiknic 2012

	San Francisco Wiknic at Golden Gate Park
	You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. We're still looking for input on planning activities, and thematic overtones. List your add yourself to the attendees list, and edit the picnic as you like. —Max Klein {chat} 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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Ghost in the Wires

Just asking if you create this article? extra999 (talk) 13:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

SF Article Review Party! Fun times (and food) for all.

Hi, Pete! Just wanted to let you know the Education Program team is hosting an Article Review Party at the SF Wikimedia Foundation office on Sunday, June 24th (from 11ish–3ish). We'll provide food, drinks, music, and laughter. You just provide your brilliant mind and acute eye for reviewing articles. If you can spare an hour or two, please sign up and join us on this mirthful occasion. Hope to see you there! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 18:24, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

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If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 17:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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You're Invited! Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012

<font=3> You're invited to participate in Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012, an annual event which occurs each September in Portland, Oregon as part of Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Photographing sites in Portland listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the main focus of Wikipedia Takes Portland. This year the event will kick off at Saturday, September 22nd at noon at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Currently, there are no formal plans--this is simply an opportunity to meet fellow Wikipedians before trekking around PDX to photograph sites on the Register. Not interested in coming downtown? You can still upload your images as part of the international photo competition. Be sure to RSVP and share the results of your work HERE (number of images uploaded, links to galleries, successes, feedback, etc. Click here for more information about meetups in Portland! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:07, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

You're Invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012 (Portland, Oregon)!

<font=3>WIKIPEDIA LOVES LIBRARIES: MULTNOMAH COUNTY EDIT-ATHON! You're invited to participate in Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, an edit-athon hosted by Multnomah County Library for the purpose of improving stubs relating to Multnomah County. The event will take place on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 2:00-4:00pm at the Central Library in downtown Portland. You can view details about this Wiki Loves Libraries event here. Be sure to RSVP and share the results of your work HERE. Click here for more information about meetups in Portland! --Another Believer (Talk) 21:06, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at Jimbo's talk

Pete, I have mentioned you and the Communicate OER project in starting a discussion about paid Wikipedia consultancy work on Jimbo's talk page: User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#For-profit_projects_managed_from_within_Wikipedia.

For your reference, there is also a related off-wiki discussion here on wikipediocracy.com, a discussion forum that I help moderate, and you are cordially invited to register an account and participate in this and other discussions there. Best, Andreas --JN466 12:49, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! -Pete (talk) 14:16, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! Ada Lovelace Day San Francisco

October 16 - Ada Lovelace Day Celebration - You are invited!

Come celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco on October 16! This event, hosted by the Ada Initiative, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Wikimedia Foundation. It'll be a meet up style event, though you are welcome to bring a laptop and edit about women in STEM if you wish. Come mix, mingle and celebrate the legacy of the world's first computer programmer. The event is October 16, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, everyone is welcome! You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hello Pete,
Thank you very much for your message, I am very honored to be part of this great team and I hope to share, soon, my experience in open education. Regards, Dyolf77 (talk) 21:54, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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Re: April 2012 meetup

Hi Pete, thanks for the update! I am trying to update the History section of the main Portland meetup page as well, so if you think of anything else that needs to be added just let me know. Talk soon! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:14, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for jumping in and helping with the Multnomah County Library stubs! There remains work to be done, but hopefully we have successfully rescued all of them from deletion. Another Believer (Talk) 17:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks AB -- it's been a pleasure to work on it! And, I didn't realize the library offered the full Oregonian history now -- I thought the 1987–present collection was all it had. So I've learned something really useful from this too. Cheers! -Pete (talk) 18:31, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the Vanport Library article. Vanport... fascinating. --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:32, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

And thanks for noticing it! Yes, a fascinating story. Actually, this article's a rather direct outcome of learning about that Oregonian archive. Did you know it's possible to make a publicly viewable permanent link to the articles there? I'm kinda hooked on that archive now! -Pete (talk) 17:40, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle

Decemmber 8 - Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle - You're invited

Seattle Public Library

Date Saturday, December 8, 2012 Time 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104 Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand. Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki. Registration http://wll-seattle.eventbrite.com or use on-wiki regsistration. Yours, Maximilianklein (talk) 03:41, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hand-coding

Hey all :).

I'm dropping you a note because you've been involved in dealing with feedback from the Article Feedback Tool. To get a better handle on the overall quality of comments now that the tool has become a more established part of the reader experience, we're undertaking a round of hand coding - basically, taking a sample of feedback and marking each piece as inappropriate, helpful, so on - and would like anyone interested in improving the tool to participate :).

You can code as many or as few pieces of feedback as you want: this page should explain how to use the system, and there is a demo here. Once you're comfortable with the task, just drop me an email at okeyeswikimedia.org and I'll set you up with an account :).

If you'd like to chat with us about the research, or want live tutoring on the software, there will be an office hours session on Monday 17 December at 23:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office ^connect. Hope to see some of you there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:07, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Another set of eyes for FA

Thanks for setting up the East Bay Edit-a-thon. I mentioned that Parable of the Sunfish was just promoted to GA. I'd like to send it along to FA eventually but would like a few extra eyeballs on it first. I'll certainly send it along to peer review as well.

Thanks much,

GaramondLethe 23:59, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Garamond, I started reading this yesterday, and find it fascinating. I'll try to get you some good feedback shortly, but first I have to absorb a topic that's new to me, so it might take a little while. -Pete (talk) 18:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Glad to hear you're enjoying the topic. Prof. Squirrel (who was the other experienced editor in our group) made a pass earlier today as well. No rush, of course. Thanks! GaramondLethe 21:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon

Aw, I just checked my email/talk page and didn't know about the Oakland meet-up. I'm in next time! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 17:58, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Bummer! In better news though, I think there was good energy for doing more of 'em. So I'm sure I'll see you at one soon! See my blog post about it here. -Pete (talk) 18:01, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I had seen the Edit-a-thon but just couldn't make it this time. Thanks for keeping me in mind, and do continue to do so. — iFaqeer (talk to or email me) 01:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Oregon Caves

Thanks for your help with Oregon Caves National Monument, which was promoted today, Dec. 24. I hope you have a nice holiday season and a grand New Year. Go Ducks! Go Beavers! Finetooth (talk) 17:24, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Greetings from WikiProject Open Access

SEM of bacteriophages.

Dear Pete,

it is now one year since WikiProject Open Access was started by User:Bluerasberry on January 10, 2012. Since then, the project has advanced modestly, but we have not interacted much. For the coming year, we certainly want to improve on that.

We also plan to overhaul the project pages to make them more conducive to collaboration, and we are pondering the idea of expanding the concept of a WikiProject Open Access to projects other than the English Wikipedia, e.g. to other languages or to Wikimedia Commons. You are warmly invited to add your voice to all that. We would also appreciate if you would share some of your OA-related activities by way of our news ticker or via the monthly Open Access report that is part of the GLAM newsletter (to which you can subscribe here), or as you see fit otherwise.

As a visual token of the anniversary, I am adding today's Open Access File of the Day. Feel free to nominate files yourself. As of today, commons:Category:Open access (publishing) contains more than 15,000 files, of which about 2/3 are video and sound files uploaded by the Open Access Media Importer.

Thanks for being part of the project, and looking forward to more interaction. With a smile, -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 23:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013

WIKIPEDIA EDIT-ATHON! You're invited to the upcoming Wikipedia edit-athon, scheduled for Saturday, February 9 from 2–5pm in Old Town. Sponsored by Wiki Strategies and Prichard Communications, the event will begin with an introduction to Wikipedia, followed by an edit-a-thon focused on Portland's food scene, all things that "Keep Portland Weird", and local startup businesses. Details and signup here!

If this looks okay, I will begin distribution. --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

The simplified version looks great (I've replaced the draft here as well). --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:19, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Ack, sorry, I got crossed up -- I thought I had replied to this! I think this looks great, thank you so much for making it. Yes, please do distribute -- but you might want to hold off until tomorrow, when the email announcement goes out. I doubt we'll get overwhelmed, but I don't want to "scoop" our sponsor :) -Pete (talk) 20:25, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Sounds great! --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:25, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I had planned to submit a geonotice request, yes. I can send a link in case you wish to update the wording for any reason. --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:44, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

OK. I'm fine with however you want to word it -- you can look in the history of that page for how I've worded recent ones for Oakland and Boston. I think Aude's point is a good one, i.e. we should probably leave sponsorship names out of the geonotices for brevity. -Pete (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

See diff here. I've submitted one or two geonotice requests in the past; this one is worded similarly. I had not planned to include sponsors as I assumed this was considered advertising. Feel free to make any edits you see fit. I will start sending invitations tomorrow. Looking forward to the event! --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

By the way, if you need any examples for the "Keep Portland Weird" portion of the event, here are three "interesting" Portland-related articles of mine: Horse rings in Portland, Kvinneakt, Pod (sculpture). The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is another fun one. Also, I posted a few stub/start articles for PDX restaurants on the meetup page, as suggestions. --Another Believer _(Talk) 22:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

All looks good! Some might feel the announcement is too long, but we can deal with that as it comes. Feel free to add these article ideas to the wiki page of course. Thanks! -Pete (talk) 22:11, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the info today. Great session. Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by KellyMike (talk • contribs) 00:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Nice comments on AFT. Worth chipping in to help make it work out in the end, I think. I'm going to dig in next week; hope you'll join me. – SJ + 03:52, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, SJ! If possible, this is the sort of thing I'd like to pitch in on. Glad to see you taking it a step further. -Pete (talk) 01:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Peeking at the Portland Editathon

Just checking in from India (as promised throgh Facebook), as Feb 9 is dawning here. Will try to turn up online as my sun crosses Portland's zenith tomorrow the same time ViswaPrabhaവിശ്വപ്രഭ^talk 21:49, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Viswa, I'm so pleased you are interested in participating from afar! I do not have plans to live-stream the intro session, but I will see if I can find an easy way to do it (maybe with Google Hangout). I'm sure you will be able to find people editing Portland-related articles (and maybe some others) after 15:00 local time, maybe you can help people out via their talk pages etc. I will try to let you know when I do another of these! You may also be interested in the live Wikipedia trainings and editing sessions we are doing with Communicate OER, focusing on open educational resources etc. -Pete (talk) 23:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for such prompt response and consideration :)ViswaPrabhaവിശ്വപ്രഭ^talk 00:08, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the Greeting

Thank you for your kind words. It's great to back editing! --Rich — Preceding unsigned comment added by White359 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Arrgh!

This is a strange note to have to write. I went downtown this afternoon, parked near the Post Office, and walked to where I thought the meeting was. Nobody seemed to be about. I walked around, puzzled. After a while another person came down the street looking for the meeting. We exchanged introductions, tried to figure out what the problem was, and waited a while longer for others to show up. Eventually I said to User:EncMstr, the other person, that I was going home, and I did. Where he went, I don't know. Perhaps he found you. When I got home, I discovered to my horror that I had been looking for you at 322 N.W. Seventh rather than Sixth. I hope this mistake was a one-off and not the start of a trend. Sorry. Finetooth (talk) 03:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

I am so sorry we missed you both, was looking forward to meeting you. It's a shame, one of the topics someone proposed to work on was stream ecology -- so I suppose you were there in spirit! My apologies if I typed the wrong address somewhere. Hopefully we can make up for it before long! -Pete (talk) 17:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

You didn't make any mistakes with the address. The mistake was entirely mine. Finetooth (talk) 17:18, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, perhaps you will enjoy this -- further proof that you were not entirely absent: https://twitter.com/PeteForsyth/status/300657058657730560 -Pete (talk) 17:27, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Like --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:39, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Cool. Finetooth (talk) 21:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

You're invited! Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon

Saturday, March 9 - Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon - You are invited!

Come celebrate Women's History Month at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, on March 9! This event, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, is hosted by the Fembot, in collaboration with ASOU Women's Center, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the School of Journalism and Communication, and the UO Libraries. Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history! The event is March 9, from 1-4 PM, at the University of Oregon Library. You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 20:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

WP help documents

Pete, I mentioned you in this discussion. I recall there was such a project and I thought you were the lead. If my memory is faulty, can you please point these folks in the right direction? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 18:19, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Communication improvements

(Further to above) Peter, your name was mentioned at Jimbo's talk page

I have interest in this area, and just threw together User:Sphilbrick/Yes,_we_can_have_too_much_help. That doesn't look like overlap with OER, but maybe OER is only one aspect of your work. If you aren't the right person at WMF, do you know who is? I can ask Maggie or Philippe if you don't know.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:34, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Replying to you both in one -- the Wikimedia project I assisted on as a staffer was the Bookshelf Project, the results are here: http://bookshelf.wikimedia.org

SP, glad to know you are interested in improving opportunities to educate oneself about Wikipedia! Yes, Communicate OER is one of a number of projects I'm working on, but it's not really exclusive in its OER-ness. You may be interested in a six week course we are developing at Peer to Peer University's School of Open. Still in early development, but should be launching March 11. Let me know if you have thoughts/feedback/ideas! -Pete (talk) 18:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

A lot to digest. I see several things in the bookshelf I need/want to review. I'll get back to you.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Looking forward to hearing back from you. I should also point out this fellowship, which did result in a nice reorganization of the help pages on English Wikipedia. At the moment, I'm not sure the Bookshelf is the best place to focus -- some of those materials are worthwhile, but as you can see the page overall is pretty disorganized and difficult to navigate. I only linked that because DC was asking specifically about the work I did for WMF, and that was the relevant piece. (But it wasn't my project, I was only playing a small support role on that, contributing contents to a couple of the brochures.) -Pete (talk) 19:11, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Re: Edit-a-thon, party, and Legislative Data workshop March 14–15

Thank you for your invitation! The event sounds interesting, but since I live in California and won't be traveling anytime soon, I will be unable to make it. Hope the event goes well! --Kurykh (talk) 06:11, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Geonotice

Will do! Can you get me a rough area for the DC one? I'm always a little hazy on coordinates for the east coast. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:26, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I went with [40, -74.9], [37.3, -78.3] which is the one currently being used for the DC history event - I hadn't realised it was already there to crib from :-) Does the rectangle on this look okay, or would you prefer larger? It catches Richmond and the outskirts of Philadelphia, but doesn't stretch as far down as Norfolk. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:38, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

indeed!

thanks. See my talk. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 01:11, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

inviting students to Editathon?

Hi Pete,

I am the campus ambassador for two classes in the Boston area this semester. One is in the middle of their wikipedia assignments and one will be starting soon. Some of the students might benefit from some extra help with syntax and formatting. Can I invite them to the March 9th editathon? There are about 25 in the Boston College class and I'm not sure how many in the Tufts/SMFA class (I am presenting there on Monday), but given that its a Saturday, I don't know how many will come. I'll try to make it myself if I'm on top of my own schoolwork.

Thanks, GabrielF (talk) 21:36, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Poor Man's Talk Back

I have responded to your post on my talk page here. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 22:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Institute for Cultural Diplomacy for deletion

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Categories for discussion

On behalf of WikiProject Basketball and WikiProject College Basketball, please accept my apologies for the belated notice of the CfDs above. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:59, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

re:

Hi there :-) I knew about the course, I apologize I did not have the time to write/spam about it! About your request, please note that the page was fully in English, which is not actually a very good idea, plus there were only a few lines of real bio and all the rest were many kb of text about the course itself, which were not appropriate there - and I guess it is released under some free license but there was no mention of it too... So, if your students must edit their home wikis, please remember it should be done in their local language :-) plus they must use sandboxes not userpages for everything else which is not strictly related to who they are. The user was warned and the sysop offered to send him the text so that you can double check as well. Ps, i have some humble experiences of wiki teaching as well and I learned a few things from them: a) maybe live editing a real wikipedia can get really tough, it.wiki users are considering using test2 wiki for that and i really, really, really recommend informing the community in advance before starting any activity so that patrollers and sysops can "whitelist" a few usernames - b) wikipedias do have different rules and behaviors, you may find for example italian ones are particularly strict about certain aspects, from notability to what is suitable in a userpage. Elitre (talk) 08:58, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Elitre -- very helpful! -Pete (talk) 16:47, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

hi, i was lurking a little, good show. about videos in external links - smallbones has been using the Template:External Media, for example in A Visit from the Old Mistress. if it's about the article subject or section that might work better than an EL. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 01:52, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

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