User talk:Bearian/ArchivesMayAug2019

May 22: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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The Signpost: 31 May 2019
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June 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (stay tuned for Pride on weekend!)
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Sunday June 23: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The June 2019 Signpost is out!
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Sunday July 14: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island
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Reverse of Stephen Uhalley
Hi! I reversed your review for Stephen Uhalley becouse as I thought it was vandalism, but I think that it was just a typo Uhalley --> Ulalley. Have a nice day! PerinPeron21 (talk) 15:26, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2019
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Anuel Modebe
You wrote: "Delete and salt - this guy (it's an autobiography, clearly) claims seven careers, none of which make him notable. If we allow these now, we'll lose our not-for-profit status and revert to that of a private foundation.". I am sure that I agree about the article, but are we really at risk of losing operating foundation status and becoming a private foundation for accepting bad articles? Would this be considered self-dealing, or some similar offense, and why? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:53, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
 * , I'm not getting into an extended legal monograph on it, but it's considered extending a benefit to an individual without a charitable reason. That would be fine if we were incorporated as a Benevolent Association, a private foundation, a job-search company, a labor union, a homeless shelter, or the like, but the Wikimedia Foundation is a charity - a 503(c)(3) corporation. We can't act as a free web-host to a person seeking to make a a profit from using our services. I've made this legal argument before as to why we can't host web pages for self-employed, for-profit entrepreneurs. Doing it once or twice is not going to get the IRS after us. However, it has been my experience over the past 11 years as a volunteer here that Wikipedia has made many enemies on the Right, and the administration in Washington has made specific threats to investigate its enemies. If Wikimedia loses its charitable status, there are stricter limits on contributions and fewer limits on what information is public. I would no longer be able to volunteer, and neither would many other editors. For more information, see this web page. I hope that is helpful. Bearian (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Bearian - Okay. I understand.  Accepting stupid pages in Wikipedia sounds pretty bad, but is even worse than it sounds.  I will point out that a private non-operating foundation is technically a charity, just a very tightly regulated charity that is viewed with suspicion.  I was president for 20 or 35 years of a family foundation that had two endowments, a general endowment which was 501c4, and a special endowment which was 501c3 and could receive tax-deductible gifts, but was a private foundation subject to the restrictions to which you refer.  I think that this argument needs to be used more often on stuff that seems harmless but has absolutely zero notability.  It sounds pretty bad; it's worse than it sounds.  Thank you.  I don't want to mention the matter of the administration being vindictive, but would an essay on some of these risks of accepting worthless pages be in order?  Robert McClenon (talk) 23:34, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * , sure go ahead. I'll be busy the next few weeks, but feel free to steal my ideas for an essay. Bearian (talk) 19:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

August 28: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (+editathons before and after)
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Size queen
Wouldn't it make more sense for this page to redirect to rather than an article where the term is not mentioned at all? --Florian Blaschke (talk) 23:19, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * . Yes. Do you want to redirect it? Please do so. Bearian (talk) 14:58, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I cannot do that because you've protected the redirect. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:04, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I cannot do that either, because it is page protected, and I am no longer an admin/sysop. Bearian (talk) 17:16, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2019
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