User talk:AustinOakes

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Whidbey Examiner


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Your Whidbey Examiner draft
Hi Austin, thanks for starting Draft:Whidbey Examiner. A couple tips for you: Good luck, and give a shout if you have questions! -Pete Forsyth (talk) 00:08, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * This page right here is your "talk page," and once you've received a message and dealt with it, you're free to delete anything you no longer need. So, for instance, you might want to delete the notification above, which just reflects a basic misunderstanding of what you were trying to do. It's up to you.
 * Also, I don't know if you noticed, but there's a small footnote at the end of this newspaper's line on the page you started from. That's my note to indicate this particular paper has an entry in the book New Editions. It's not free online, but I currently have a physical copy checked out of the library. There's a ~1 page entry on this paper, it should make a really useful source. If you make an account at archive.org (which I'd highly recommend), you can check out a digital copy for an hour at a time (or, I think there are ways to check it out longer.) The book's page on archive.org is here.

News On Wiki check-in
Hi there! Thank you for your interest in our campaign to improve the public's knowledge about local newspapers. Time has flown since we got going in September, and our six month campaign ends in just a month! We'd like to check in with you about work you have done, or any articles you'd like to write or edit to do before we wrap up.

We published a mid-campaign report, highlighting strong work from several Wikipedia editors (both new wiki folks and veterans); contributions from Kristy Roschke's journalism course at Arizona State University; and strong engagement from groups like AfroCROWD and Wikimedians of the Caribbean.

As we begin our final push, we would love to learn what you have been working on, or help you with any challenges. We're hosting several informal video conference sessions in the next week. (If that format is no good for you, just let us know.) We'd love to hear what newspapers have caught your interest, any articles you've already written, and also any kind of support you could use in writing up newspapers that lack Wikipedia entries. We'll focus especially on newspapers of the Caribbean in our final month, as we continue to work on Black-owned U.S. newspapers, and newspapers of Washington State. Please register for one of these Zoom meetings. If these times don't work for you, or if you hate Zoom, etc., just reply here (please include the text " " so we get notifications), and we'll find another way to connect with you.
 * Saturday Jan. 30, 2pm Pacific / 5 PM Eastern (with Pete)
 * Tuesday Feb. 2, 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern (with Pete)
 * Wednesday Feb. 3, 12:30pm Pacific / 3:30 PM Eastern (with Sherry)
 * Thursday Feb. 4, 12:30pm Pacific / 3:30 PM Eastern (with Sherry)

We hope to hear from you soon! -Pete Forsyth (talk) 00:47, 30 January 2021 (UTC)