User talk:SusanLesch/Recent talk

Deletions: Go ahead and delete any of my uploads. I would prefer no deletion tags on my talk page please. If I happen to sign on during a discussion I will try to contribute. Rules and fads come and go. Licenses are harder to change.

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Dear Stefan2, I restored this to the article. An IP removed it today, perhaps accidentally. Thank you for the incredibly quick catch. -SusanLesch (talk) 04:19, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

I restored it again just now. It's within fair use guidelines as far as I know. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 04:23, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

IdeaLab proposal

There is a proposal at the IdeaLab that may interest you. Lightbreather (talk) 20:33, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

Since WikiProject Women as proposed at the IdeaLab may take some time to realize, and based on a discussion on the proposal's talk page, I have started a test Kaffeeklatsch area for women only (cisgender or trans-woman, regardless of sexual orientation).

It is a place where women can go and be sure they'll be able to participate in discussions without being dominated by men's advice, criticism, and explanations. If interested, your participation would be most welcome. Lightbreather (talk) 23:17, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

John Lewis

Thank you for pointing out the LA Times op-ed piece. I've added a block quote to the controversy section of [[Selma (film)|Selma}. Perhaps you can and additional material, or help set up the quote better. I'd felt badly about the tide of what I considered irrelevant (from mainly self-serving Johnson COIs) criticism, but was hoping for something the quality and gravitas of Lewis' piece. (Surely the passage of 49 years in public service ought to give a (or the) primary source the currency of secondary. — Neonorange (talk) 23:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome but I must say we read his letter much differently. (It takes all kinds. :) I would prefer to keep this discussion on the article talk page. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 04:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Selma

The issue of the controversy was not about what was omitted, but what some historians claim was a deliberate distortion of President Johnson's attitude and role. Few would quibble with the right of DuVernay to not want to make another "white-savior" film and instead put an emphasis on the perspective of her primary subject matter, or her right to leave out mention of many prominent individuals across the social and racial spectrum who participated in the Selma marches or otherwise supported King. What Updegrove, Califano and other historians take issue with is how Johnson, who spearheaded the drive to pass the Civil Rights legislation and who proactively engaged and supported King, is portrayed as either a reluctant or obstructionist actor or self-interested opportunist. So your inclusion of Lewis' reference to the Lincoln film doesn't fit here.--Civlaction (talk) 06:53, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Civlaction. The discussion belongs on the article talk page, not here please. I see you have already posted there. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:14, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

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ITN

Too bad the man died broke.

— All too human.

"Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter." – Bob

Sca (talk) 17:24, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Invitation

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	Time: 12:00 - 4:00pm
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Hi Susan. If you're around, we could use experienced Wikipedians like yourself at this event. gobonobo ^{+ c} 09:12, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alice H. Lichtenstein

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DYK for Alice H. Lichtenstein

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

ITN credit

Good work. ThaddeusB (talk) 03:38, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Precious

the road to character
Thank you, Susan, for quality articles on women through history such as Lisa del Giocondo, Jeannette Piccard, Sharon Sayles Belton and Alice H. Lichtenstein, for improvements such as Denkoroku, for portal Minnesota, a simple clear user page and The Road to Character, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (16 October 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Good heavens. Gerda Arendt you are so kind. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:08, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

A year ago, you were recipient no. 1192 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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Lake Calhoun naming issue

Hello SusanLesch,

For multiple reasons, I think you are very much mistaken to suggest that it is more encyclopedic to include both the legal name and the Dakota name when linking to Lake Calhoun.

First and foremost, the common practice on Wikipedia where place names have both European and Native names is to discuss the dispute on the actual place name's page itself, and perhaps use both names on that page, but not on linking pages. Examples abound, including Denali/Mt. McKinley, Mount Rainier/Tahoma, and Mount Baker/Kulshan. In each of these instances, linking pages almost solely (if not solely) use one name or the other, but not both. For example, despite active suggestions that Mt. Rainier should be officially renamed "Tahoma," no pages linking to the Mount Rainier page use the phrase "Mount Rainier, Tahoma" in the relevant wikilink.

Second, Wikipedia policy is to avoid political advocacy: see WP:ADVOCACY. In this case, the question of what the proper name of Lake Calhoun should be is very much a contentious political issue, and using a name that is not the legal name of the lake on linking pages subtly lends Wikipedia's authority to the concept that both names have (or should have) official status. Whether the Dakota name should replace the legal name is up to personal opinion, and Wikipedia should not (intentionally or otherwise) lend credence to that viewpoint.

Finally, listing the lake's name on linking pages as "Lake Calhoun, Bde Maka Ska" is quite confusing, especially when the name often appears on linking pages as part of a list of lakes. When someone without knowledge of Minneapolis reads a sentence containing the words, "Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, Bde Maka Ska, and Lake of the Isles," most people would naturally conclude that there are four lakes being referenced, rather than three. That level of uncertainty defeats the clarity that an encyclopedia strives for.

For these reasons, I intend to change the Minneapolis page back to read simply "Lake Calhoun." However, I thought I would be polite and notify you of my reasons first, and await any thoughts you might have. If you still disagree with that move, please feel free to respond here or on the Minneapolis page itself, where we can have a group discussion, rather than relying on one person's opinion. Thanks! Jrt989 (talk) 22:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Greetings, Jrt989. Why don't you copy this to the Minneapolis talk page, where this discussion might belong? I already posted to the Lake Calhoun talk page where you might also wish to contribute. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 22:35, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Invite to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis Institute of Art edit-a-thon

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates National Book Award inadvertent deletion

I believe you inadvertently deleted a support for your nomination in this edit. User:Rhodesisland just supported your nomination and you deleted it accidently? Brian Everlasting (talk) 02:06, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Restored. Thanks very much for telling me. If something else can go wrong today it will. I'll post a note to Rhodeisland's talk page. -SusanLesch (talk) 04:09, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for getting it back! See you around the 'pedia! Rhodesisland (talk) 21:13, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

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Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016, 6–8pm Location: Loft Literary Center, 1011 S Washington Ave, Room 203, Minneapolis Sponsor: The Loft Literary Center Hello SusanLesch! You are invited to attend an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center which will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2016. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to artists from marginalized communities. Please bring a laptop. Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←

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Minneapolis

Thank you for your recent help in the Culture>Music section of Minneapolis. 23.240.220.74 (talk) 00:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome. Replied on your talk page. -SusanLesch (talk) 03:23, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Invite to Wiki Loves Pride MN!

Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016 Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall Sponsor: Minneapolis Central Library Hello SusanLesch! You are invited to attend an Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016/Minnesota at the Minneapolis Central LIbrary which will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of LGBT-related articles on Wikipedia. Please bring a laptop. Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←

We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, RachelWex Talk ^c 21:23, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Linking cities, states

It's great to see another MN fan... but please read up on our manual of style for linking cities in the USA: [1] Rklawton (talk) 14:48, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Greetings Rklawton. The MoS isn't applicable here. They are trying to name places. We are trying to point to them. Why obscure both Minneapolis and Minnesota with a wikilink to Minneapolis, Minnesota? -SusanLesch (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Question posted at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#WP:USPLACE.2C_AP_style_city. No need to carry on here, thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 19:32, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

So basically you saw in the MoS that I was right but you decided to revert anyway? That's a bit WP:OWNish don't you think? Rklawton (talk) 19:59, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

No. Conversation is over here. You're welcome to argue at the above link. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:04, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

You are citing a talk page with exactly one opinion supporting your view and using it as justification for your 2nd revert. That's not how we build consensus here on Wikipedia. Rklawton (talk) 20:08, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

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Elmer McCollum

Greetings, Susan Lesch. You may have noticed that I just promoted Elmer McCollum to the DYK prep area. While I judged it good enough to pass DYK, I would strongly recommend that you either thoroughly copy-edit it yourself, or submit it at WP:GOCE. While the prose is fine, the section divisions feel like arbitrary breaks; the prose often picks up from the previous paragraph with no explanation of the new topic. Otherwise, well done with the article. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 12:29, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Elmer McCollum

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WikiProject Computer Security user status

Hello SusanLesch,

I would just like to inquire on your status on WikiProject Computer Security as the list of WikiProject Computer Security/Members is going to be improved to list active and inactive users.

This is update is being done according to a request for comments on the WikiProject Computer Security talk page. Be sure to state your status at the User status section in the WikiProject Computer Security talk page before the end of four weeks as this will state your status as inactive in the project if not done before then.

FockeWulf FW 190 (talk) 19:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Henri Laborit

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WikiLink to Orpheus and Faid

Hi SusanLesch, I added Salman Rushdie's comment on Bob Dylan's Nobel prize to the Dylan article: “From Orpheus to Faiz, song & poetry have been closely linked. Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition." I linked Faiz and Orpheus since I thought they were not familiar terms in an article on popular music. (Personally, I had not heard of Faiz until this mention.) I was surprised you removed the links, and would like to restore them. Best, Mick gold (talk) 14:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Mick gold, go ahead and restore the links if you wish. WP:LINKSTYLE says to not link inside quotations which is why I removed them. Thank you for your great work on this article, and on maintenance during such a busy time. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments :) Mick gold (talk) 22:27, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

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Meetup

Hello. Here's an event happening soon. Might you be able to make it? Jonathunder (talk) 14:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to a
Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup
	Saturday, December 17, 2016
	Meet in the MIA Main Lobby at 1 p.m.
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Thank you for the invitation, Jonathunder. Sorry I will be out of town. Seems like a great place to hold a meetup. Please wave at the William Hood Dunwoody gifts if you think of it. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:11, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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2017 Women's March

Hi,

I provided a compromise approach on the talk page discussion about the three times statement.

I think that there are a couple of things that are happening:

• Confusing 3x statements about the comparison between the 2009 Obama and 2017 Trump inaugurations, like your statement that Washington Post said that the Women's March was 3 x the size of the Trump inauguration. They didn't say that, that I've been able to find anyway, but they did say that Obama's first inauguration was likely about 3 x the size of the Trump inauguration.
• That the 500,000 is likely a low estimate of the crowd size for the Women's March, based upon the photos (which is original research without sources). But, unfortunately, it seems to be routinely reported that there were about 500,000 people at the march. Many of the articles that explain the difficulty in calculating the attendance figures state why it's difficult to give an accurate estimate.
• There's a wide disparity between the estimates for the size of the march Trump's inauguration from 200,000 to 600,000 - or up to 1.5 million if you're Trump.

Readers of the compromise paragraph could decide for themselves if the Women's March was 2 1/2 times, 2 times or about the same as the Trump inauguration... and look at the images from the NYT article and decide for themselves.—CaroleHenson (talk) 22:50, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

correction—CaroleHenson (talk) 23:10, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

User:CaroleHenson, again I am sorry for the error! You are right that I misread The Washington Post. Thank you for the correction. I have replied on the article talk page. -SusanLesch (talk) 01:53, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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St. Cloud, April 15, 2017: Wikipedia as Social Activism

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Precious two years!

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:32, 24 April 2017 (UTC) ... and three ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

L'Étoile du Nord?

R U a Minnesotan? Me too, though I've been gone for many years. Nice to work with you on the Rouhani ITN brouhaha. Sca (talk) 00:13, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I grew up in Minneapolis. Moved away years ago but am a big Lynx fan. Go Lynx! -SusanLesch (talk) 02:55, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Mn61.svg

And I'm a big Dylan fan ... most of the time. Sca (talk) 13:56, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Love Mr. Dylan. What happened to that song in the Google songlist? -SusanLesch (talk) 13:59, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

No clue. A while back I added some of his lyrics to the Iron Range article. Sca (talk) 14:07, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

PS: A couple alternate performances of one of my favorites: [2] [3]. – Sca (talk) 14:58, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Gad, he can be depressing. I started an article about one of his drummers Howard Wyeth, who plays on this one. He was dead at 51. -SusanLesch (talk) 17:31, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

P.S. To which you contributed some quotation marks, I just noticed. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I know about Howie Wyeth. Tragic story. I agree that his drumming on Desire was "ethereal," especially on Black Diamond Bay – a spooky song anyhow. Sca (talk) 21:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Notability of Dosho Port

I have created an article about a living Zen master, Dosho Port. It was reviewed and rejected by Seraphim System because the sources were deemed be inadequate. A subsequent review by worldbruce went into more depth and also considered the sources inadequate. (His review has been deleted.)

My problem is that within the world of contemporary American Zen, Dosho Port, is famous and respected. He has studied and practiced Zen for 40 years. He has studied with several of the most prominent Zen masters of the 20th century. He has taught at several Zen centers and is now the head abbot of the Nebraska Zen Center, one of the oldest Zen centers in the U.S. He is published. So within the world of Zen, Dosho Port is notable.

How to demonstrate this? The sources I cited in the article would be considered authoritative within the world of contemporary American Zen. In other contexts they might be considered inadequate, but that would be applying the wrong context.

Do you have any suggestions of how I can move forward?

Thanks, TooTallSid (talk) 17:20, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi, TooTallSid. Sorry, not really. I guess you'd need to find him given in a third party reliable source. I just looked and did not find him in Zen Master Who? by James Ishmael Ford. Lots of people have practiced for 40 years and remain outside Wikipedia. It might take years. (For example who ran the Nebraska Zen Center for the last 25 years?) Good luck. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:24, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Woops, hold on, he is in there. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:45, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

(Incidentally you answered my question: it was Nonin/Norman Chowaney.) You can quote page 135 which lists the dharma heirs of Katagiri. It says "Dosho Port guides the Wild Fox Zen Monastery outside the twin cities[sic]." I doubt there is any question that his heirs are notable. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:56, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

References

Edits on Minneapolis page: what are you talking about?

You reverted my edits to the Minneapolis page. Why did you do that? Why on Earth would you accuse me of vandalism? If you cannot provide some constructive criticism, please do not revert my edits.

Trump administration

Lots of open 'white space' around "Notable non-Cabinet positions"

• Could you possibly tighten that up to look more compact and align the columns in "Notable non-Cabinet positions"? MaynardClark (talk) 14:52, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

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I saw the link you created in Prescott Fire Department. From the edit summary, I wasn't sure if you were aware that there is additional coverage, including their names, in Yarnell Hill fire. MB 16:57, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, MB. No I did not know that, however, it still seems a little odd to me that they don't have their own article. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:11, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

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I saw that you removed the comment in the lead about Glen Taylor also owning the Timberwolves stating "Undid because that is not who he is". I am not sure what you mean as he is the majority owner of both teams. Noting that a WNBA team is under the same ownership as an NBA team is consistent across all articles as most people have noted that is how the WNBA survives. See New York Liberty, Washington Mystics, San Antonio Stars, and Indiana Fever as examples. Even teams not owned by NBA teams are noted as not being affiliated in the lead (Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, etc.) and the Los Angeles Sparks even have a note that they used to be owned by the Lakers ownership. It would seem logical that the ownership (Taylor) should be noted as being involved with both. Yosemiter (talk) 02:20, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Greetings, Yosemiter. This does not belong here. If you must, kindly start your discussion on the talk page of the article to which you are responding or the WikiProject Basketball talk page. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:20, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

I was only explaining why I reverted you and was asking you to explain why you feel it should be removed. In my experience here, minor league talk pages rarely get any feedback, it seemed like you had issue with the inclusion of the mention of the Timberwolves, so I felt I should contact you directly for your direct thoughts on the matter. I simply asking for a more thorough answer as your revert explanation was confusing to me. Thank you, Yosemiter (talk) 15:40, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Yosemiter, Mr. Taylor is a lot of things (he owns a business, two basketball teams, and a newspaper, and is a former state senator). I continue to resist Wikipedia's non-reciprocal treatment of the NBA and WNBA. As far as I'm concerned the article should stay the way it is until the day people start making sense with respect to women's sports. I liked your rationale with illustrations of the Liberty, Mystics, Stars and Fever (and Sky and Dream) so thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 19:10, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for your edit. I don't think your source was aware that the Minion family includes an "optical size" for display use that's specifically intended to look crisp at large sizes, fixing the problem he mentioned. Maybe he didn't have access to it. It looks like this. Blythwood (talk) 21:55, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Thanks for taking photos of the latest additions to the Minnesota Lynx!

Czycha (talk) 20:53, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Aw, so sweet. Thank you, Czycha. -SusanLesch (talk) 21:39, 8 June 2018 (UTC)