User talk:Lainyg

Welcome[edit]

Hello Lainyg, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!

I know you've been here contributing awhile but noticed you haven't been welcomed yet. Cheers! DoubleBlue (Talk) 15:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome, DoubleBlue! I wondered when someone would get around to it (just kidding!!!). As a stickler for accuracy and details, I plan to continue to contribute what I know to be true...learning as I go! Lainyg 22:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!/DTES[edit]

Welcome to wikipedia, and thanks for your contributions so far to Downtown Eastside, I'm sure you'll make some good contributions here. Just a few things I do want to point out, with no disrespect ever intended... the removal (because there was no online link) of the 1962 Vancouver Sun article which I added several months ago, was not in accordance with source guidelines here. The sources must be verifiable, but in many cases, sources listed are not on the Internet (the web still has a long ways to go!) There is no necessity for a link to be online in order to be added to Wikipedia, and the removal of it could be interpreted as bad faith. The article is accessible to the public through the Vancouver Public Library 7 days a week. I don't like quoting Wikipedia regulations like some kind of cop and don't do it often, but I just wanted to let you know. Also, the photo-essay link, other than in the headline I didn't see any reference to the poorest postal code in the article/essay (maybe I didn't look hard enough?), I have myself been casually looking for that reference, but have so far not been able to find it online. It's quite likely that a library/offline source may be the only way to find it. But I'm not sure there. Generally I won't unilaterally undo anyone's substantial changes without dropping them a line. Again, nothing personal at all, we all learn the ropes here when new, and I still am to some degree. Anyway, thanks again and look forward to future contribs. Have a good one --Keefer4 | Talk 23:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some reading material (and believe me, I was referred to it a lot a few months ago): Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Assume good faith. Later.--Keefer4 | Talk 23:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Keefer. Yes, I admit I am still learning the ropes. So no hard feelings here at all. Sorry about removing your reference to the article...lesson learned! There is so much to read here that I wouldn't know unless someone told me! We can leave the reference to the poorest postal code up in the air for now, but I don't think there was a need to remove my link to the CBC article. I think we need to be careful when reverting edits! So off I go to put that one back...cheers!Lainyg 00:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for that ;) We're kinda even now.--Keefer4 | Talk 00:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're forgiven...just don't do it again ;)Lainyg 00:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Vancouver meetup[edit]

Hello,

Wikipedian British Columbians are planning a meetup at the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, on Sunday, October 16th, as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events. If you wish to attend, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver and add your signature to the list.

Thank you! InverseHypercube 03:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Vancouver meetup[edit]

Hello,

You are invited to an edit-a-thon at the Prophouse Café on Sunday March 25, as part of Women's History Month events all over the world. If you wish to attend, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon and add your signature to the list.

Thank you! InverseHypercube (talk) 09:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

June 12, 2019 edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver British Columbia[edit]

1000 Women in Religion: A Wikipedia edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver, British Columbia

The 1000 Women in Religion Project is working to improve the coverage of women’s contributions to religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions worldwide. In support of this goal, the edit-a-thon at Atla's (formerly the American Theological Library Association) annual meeting will focus on improving articles about women in religion. We would love to have a few Vancouver area Wikipedians to help us get new editors oriented and editing!!

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
8:00am-12:00pm
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2R9 Canada

For more details or to sign up, see: Wikipedia edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual Meeting" in Vancouver, British Columbia. For security reasons everyone attending the edit-a-thon must pre-register with Atla here or on our Vancouver Meetup page by May 31st.
For questions, please contact: Dzingle1

Dzingle1 (talk) 02:39, 25 May 2019 (UTC)Dzingle1 (talk) 21:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]