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Mentoring/Wiki Help
Hello! I am a student at Syracuse University taking a class that is working with the WP: U.S. Public Policy. I will be working on a few articles in the coming months and am looking for someone to offer some guidance and help as I begin editing. Let me know if you think you will have time - and take a look at my sandbox to view my initial efforts on the Food Quality Protection Act article. Thank you! Clairestum (talk) 00:59, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Pittsburgh meetup
Just a quick reminder, there's a Pittsburgh meetup at 3pm today if you're in the area. --ragesoss (talk) 12:22, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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How's your Online Ambassador experience going so far?
Hi ,

We're starting to get into the busy part of the semester for Online Ambassadors, and we want to check in and see how you're doing, what your opinions about where we are now, and any feedback you may have.

Please answer these questions either on my talk page or send them to me by email.

1. How many mentees are you currently working with?

2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to?

3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group?

4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group?

5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more?

6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far?

7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better?

8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous?

Thanks for your feedback! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 19:25, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

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Mentoring students
Per recent discussions on the Ambassadors list, we're going to try out assigning mentors to some of the students that don't have one, beginning with Media, Politics & Power in the Digital Age. Would you be willing to mentor User:PursuitOfPublicHealth, User:lemp2507 and User:Edmypassion?

If so, please introduce yourself to each of them, perhaps along these lines:

"Hi! I'm Avicennasis, and I've been assigned as your mentor.  (If you'd rather choose your own mentor or don't want one, just let me know; you can request a different mentor from this list of Online Ambassadors.)

I'll keep an eye on your edits as you work on Wikipedia for your class, and try to pitch in where I can. If you'd like any help or advice, please let me know."

After that, don't forget to update Online Ambassadors/Mentors to list your mentees, and if you've reached your limit, move your entry down to the "additional ambassadors" section.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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Huggle
When are you going to use Huggle again?  WAYNE  OLAJUWON 22:48, 6 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure. I don't have nearly as much time as I used to for Wikipedia (much to my own sadness.) Is there an expiration date on Huggle approval or somesuch that I missed? :) Just curious. Avic ennasis  @ 23:32, 29 Cheshvan 5771 / 6 November 2010 (UTC)


 * No, but there is a discussion on WP:Huggle/Feedback. :)  WAYNE  OLAJUWON 23:34, 6 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah. Noted. I'll try to find some time to read over it later, and fire up the old Huggle. :) Thanks, Avic ennasis  @ 00:04, 30 Cheshvan 5771 / 7 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Your welcome. :)  WAYNE  OLAJUWON 02:08, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

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Online Ambassador selection process
Please share you views on the current version of the proposed Online Ambassador selection process, which the steering committee has recommended for adoption by the ambassadors program. Once we settle on a selection process, we can start recruiting more Online Ambassadors for next term (in which we will have more students, and the students will be more involved with mentors from early on).--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:27, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. :) Avic ennasis  @ 17:05, 21 Kislev 5771 / 28 November 2010 (UTC)

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Fundraiser Update
I want to thank you for your help translating the Esperanto core messages, we have a few more translations to go... The 2010 Fundraiser is live and has greatly benefited from all the contributions from our translators. Throughout the fundraiser there will continue to be a need for help with translating and localizing messages. Currently, the core messages need to be updated, as there have been recent additions to the request. You can find all translation requests at the translation hub on meta and you can follow the progress of the fundraiser in real time by tracking the fundraiser statistics. Also if you haven't already, you can subscribe to the translators-l mailing list for all new requests and major changes. Many thanks for your help in truly making this a global fundraiser that you can edit.Klyman (talk) 18:07, 24 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the notice. I'll head over and see what I can get done shortly. :) Avic ennasis  @ 17:04, 21 Kislev 5771 / 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Mentor needed. FInal push for USPP Program.

 * Hello!
 * Avicennasis. I am Al-Jahweri and I am part of this wikipedia initiative for Georgetown University. I am wrapping up my project and need some help in these last couple of days. Can you help and mentor? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Al-Jahweri (talk • contribs) 07:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi! Sorry for the delay - turkey day took me away for a bit. I would glad to offer help in any way I can. :) Just let me know what you need! Avic <sub style="color:blue;">ennasis  @ 17:00, 21 Kislev 5771 / 28 November 2010 (UTC)

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Incorrectly subst'd templates
Notability is longer that you think! Rich Farmbrough, 23:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC).


 * Oh, bother. How did I not catch that? :) Thanks for the heads up. <sup style="color:red;">Avic <sub style="color:blue;">ennasis  @ 01:54, 23 Kislev 5771 / 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Article of Criticism on Story of an Hour
Hi Avicennasis,

I am working on adding a summary of an article I found that critiqued the Story of an Hour. I would really like to add this to the section of Criticism. If you can help me in any way or just look at what I come up with that would be great and definitely appreciated.

Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Am8zinglysw33t (talk • contribs) 18:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I would be happy to help! Have you added the summary anywhere to Wikipedia yet? I don't see much by looking at your contributions. If you haven't added it to Wikipedia yet, you can lay out a rough draft in your sandbox. :) Just let me know. <sup style="color:red;">Avic <sub style="color:blue;">ennasis  @ 20:25, 26 Kislev 5771 / 3 December 2010 (UTC)

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Planning for next term in the Wikipedia Ambassador Program
Hi Avicennasis. We're trying to figure out how many students we can mentor next term and how many additional Online Ambassadors will be needed. Based on the revised plan for what participating courses will be like next term, I've sketched out what will be expected of mentors. Please look that over, and then go to the online ambassadors talk page to indicate much mentoring and other ambassador activities you'd like to do next term. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you so much! Badita (talk) 06:13, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Mentor for team of students
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:35, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

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Talkback
<div style="background-color: #BBDDFF; border: #4169E1 1px solid; margin: 2em 0 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle;"><BR> Hello,. You have new messages at your commons talk page.

Hello! Could you do me a favor? I uploaded two images but they had a great time, and this made the ugly images, so I uploaded two new ones, without the date (the date seemed like a watermark). Could delete the two old? Are File:RafaelBittencourtFortal.JPG and File:EduFalaschiLiveInGuitar.JPG. Thanks.... MetalBrasil (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

CommonsReviewer
Hi. Can I ask that you take a bit of care when using this item? Several of the items you've tagged are not available under the same name on commons, but under a different name. If the image still has links, that will simply not do. Now I have a bot that can do delinking (which I could easily link to a javascript you could use), but I'd only feel comfortable giving it to a non-admin with community consensus at WP:AN. FYI. Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) 04:39, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * My apologizes. It's been a bit since I've done file work on EnWp, so I'm not at my best. I'll be more careful from now on, though - thank you for the heads up. :) <sup style="color:red;">Avic <sub style="color:blue;">ennasis  @ 17:33, 13 Tevet 5771 / 20 December 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks strategy person!

 * )TCO (talk) 20:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

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