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Again, welcome! - UtherSRG 03:27, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Welcome, WiseWoman! Regarding Birgit Prinz, would you think you could ask her for a photograph to be used in the article...? --Palapala 21:50, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I don't have an address for her, sorry! WiseWoman

I'll see what I can do from here. Keep you posted... --Palapala 08:23, 2004 Apr 28 (UTC)

I found a fan page and wrote for permission to use one of the pictures, but no answer... WiseWoman 11:26, 2004 May 17 (UTC)

I'm already in touch with the source, might take a couple of days longer than I thought, they're very busy. --Palapala 13:29, 2004 May 17 (UTC)

I've uploaded one picture of Birgit Prinz this morning, it's yours to go to the article source and un-comment it... --Palapala 05:23, 2004 May 26 (UTC)

Thanks, that's a lovely picture! Sorry that it takes me forever sometimes.... WiseWoman 18:29, 2004 Jun 13 (UTC)

Talk:Standard gauge
No need to widen the gauge to 4' 8 5/8" on tangent track, because the measure from flange exterior to flange exterior is 4' 7¾" and back to back of the wheels is some 4' 5⅛" (N American practice). Peter Horn 00:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Give One Get One
Thanks, WiseWoman :-) I can't wait to hear what you think of it.  Yet another reason to get the offline wiki projects better coordinated.  +sj + 02:35, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

File:ShahRukhKhan.png listed for deletion
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File:ShahRukhKhan-Profil.png listed for deletion
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Ochre
-- JN 466  19:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * In case you're interested, it looks like several other people have joined the discussion. Kaldari (talk) 00:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Stories Project
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My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

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Victor Grigas (talk) 22:41, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia Library Survey
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Hi from the iConference
Hi WiseWoman! We met briefly during the iConference in Berlin, and I wanted to follow-up with you to see if you might be willing to participate in an interview for my research project. I loved that you said you're "just a computer scientist." ;) --Mssemantics (talk) 14:55, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure! You can send me an email through Wikipedia, or just google me ;) --WiseWoman (talk) 19:06, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Tables
You asked about support for tables in WP:VisualEditor a long time ago, so I wanted to let you know that the first ideas from the designers have been posted here: mw:VisualEditor/Design/Table editor. I'd really appreciate it if you would look over their suggested system for editing tables and let them know (just leave a note on the talk page) what you think and where they can refine it. The better quality feedback they get at this stage, the sooner table editing will appear in VisualEditor. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 23:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello, WiseWoman! I am just following up to say that basic table editing has been available for a little while now, and I'm always interested in your ideas about it.  I hope that you've had the opportunity to try it out.  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:27, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Posting on signpost
I saw your postings and comments. The programme is decided upon by a community committee and tries to be as all encompassing as possible with the consequent risk that it can spread itself too thinly. This will be my third Wikimania and what I have experienced is that apart from the formal sessions there were so many informal ones and opportunities to link up with like-minded people that the whole was so much more than the sum of its parts. I am fairly confident you will have a good experience. Yours. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Davies (WMUK) (talk • contribs) 10:02, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikimania?
Hello again! It was good to have met you at the 6I2PC at Gateshead last month. I hope to see you again at Wikimania. Kind regards, ToniSant (talk) 10:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Toni, I hope to see you there, too. I'm planning on attending, even though the program is extremely wide and thin. Hoping for good discussions on the fringes! --WiseWoman (talk) 13:27, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Stewards doing xwiki admin check
Hi WiseWoman. Stewards are undertaking further works on inactive admins through the wikis, and I see that you are at that wiki you have been [//tools.wmflabs.org/pathoschild-contrib/crossactivity/?user=WiseWoman inactive for many years]. If you do not wish to maintain those rights, then they can be resigned at SRP; if you do wish to maintain those rights, it would help if you could do some editing on that wiki when we get to do formal notifications to the wiki. Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:12, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * admin at en.wikiversity


 * The Wikiversities took a major step away from what it was supposed to be - an alternative to the traditional university structure. It is still there, and much of the material is extremely low level. I just chose a page at random, was horrified, tried to fix it, don't know whether it is worth the bother. Go ahead and de-admin me, I don't understand the page m:SRP. And the tools link doesn't work :( --WiseWoman (talk) 20:31, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Sydsvenskan
Artikel. /Julle (talk) 15:32, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Brede Wiki links
Brede Wiki: &mdash; fnielsen (talk) 18:56, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Amygdala
 * Meta-meta-analysis of amygdala

Copy and pasting of master's thesis
Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:52, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Media Inquiry on Plagiarism
Hi there! The WMF has an inquiry from a journalist who is interested in discussing plagiarism, and I was wondering if you might be interested in answering a few of their questions, given your expertise in the matter. If so, please let me know! Katherine (WMF) (talk) 20:35, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure! I'm available by email, just google me. I can then set the journalist up with a telephone number. --WiseWoman (talk) 21:46, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Amazing Grace
Hey, just saying that it is already in the article, no disrespect intended. If there's a better way to incorporate it, then we certainly can. Kafka Liz (talk) 10:32, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I looked for it and didn't find it. I would have expected to have a section on popular usage or so. Spent 20 minutes looking up the cross-links and how to do the referencing right, there really needs to be more help for this. Guess I just wasted my time and yours, sorry. --WiseWoman (talk) 10:41, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to hear that. I admit it isn't easy to find - it's at the tail end of the "In Popular Culture" section. I just didn't want you to think it was a knee-jerk deletion, is all. Kafka Liz (talk) 10:49, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Gloria Bolotsky
I see you asked for Gloria Gordon Bolotsky - it's there now. Please take a look. Feanor0 (talk) 12:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I did some minor tweaking and added the Persondata and some publications. --WiseWoman (talk) 13:38, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Cool! Now it's your turn to add Ester Gerston, eh? Feanor0 (talk) 07:50, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Right. Pretty much all I can find is that she is on the picture. The 1930 Federal Census has an Esther Gerston married to a Joseph Gerston and living in the Bronx, but born around 1894. --WiseWoman (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2015 (UTC) And at pinterest there's a comment apparently by Bolotsky's daughter stating that "Esther" is the correct spelling. --WiseWoman (talk) 21:52, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Arnnon Geshuri
Hello WiseWoman,

Was the WMF board fully aware of Arnnon Geshuri's central role in a major anticompetitive scandal at Google when they approved his appointment to the board? In 2010, the Justice Department shut down the illegal collusion between Google and five other Silicon Valley corporations. Geshuri helped manage that collusion for Google. A class action lawsuit settled in September, 2015 forced those companies to pay $415 million in compensation to 64,000 employees whose careers were damaged by the conspiracy that Geshuri was part of. Geshuri was directly involved in the ugly and humiliating termination of a woman who did not comply with the illegal scheme. He was chastised by federal judge Lucy Koh for attempting to pull Facebook into the conspiracy, and threatening retaliation if they didn't. Details can be found at User:Cullen328/Arnnon Geshuri. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Cullen328, that is just the sort of thing that I am afraid of. I don't have the resources to investigate this kind of thing, but I am well aware of it happening. I don't want Google & Co. to take over the world, we need a multiculture and not a monoculture. I did not realize that there were 5 persons on the board with serious ties to Google. I do not feel that this has been made transparent. I don't like giving Google my personal data when I'm online (and they are getting more intrusive by the day), and I don't feel like working for Google for free when I edit the Wikipedia. At the moment I have no idea what can be done to free Wiki[p|m]edia from this clever way of gaining control. I'm afraid that I was too complacent in letting the Board of Trustees take over important issues so I didn't have to deal with them, and now I see that they have overstepped this. The entire idea of the board appointing new trustees instead of ALL of them being elected by the community is quite alarming. Thanks for the link, I do think we need a page on Geshuri, he is notable for sure. --WiseWoman (talk) 08:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

A survey to improve the community consultation outreach process
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Desktop improvements prototype
, WiseWoman!

Thanks for taking the time to participate in the user feedback round for our desktop improvements prototype. This feedback is super valuable to us and is currently being used to determine our next steps. We have published a report gathering the main takeaways from the feedback and highlighting the changes we’ll make based on this feedback. Please take a look and give us your thoughts on the talk page of the report. To learn more about the project overall and the other features we’re planning on building in the future, check out the main project page.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:28, 9 April 2020 (UTC)