User talk:Benjamin Mako Hill/Archive 5


 * This page contains the complete archives for User talk:Benjamin Mako Hill during 2009-2104.

Distinguish template
On 21 April 2007, you made a comment about the utility of the Distinguish template. You may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Hatnote. --Bejnar (talk) 01:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Boxxy
This talk page currently contains no information about Mako's relationship to Boxxy. This should be remedied ASAP, in order to preserve the high standards of this wiki. paul (talk) 01:21, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * True, true. Is it salacious to post true statements about a lovechild if one of the child's parents is a minor? +sj + 08:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

leftrightleft
See user:sj/rights for the latest list. It's getting long, but not yet interesting. +sj +

Codgers
LOCo is back. Please help with task setting and inviting members.... Old_Codgers'_League -- +sj

Canadian Engrish?
hmm.

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group
Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page. Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 01:50, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the invite but I don't live in Seattle any more. I sure miss it though! Good luck on what sounds like an amazing project! — m a k o ๛  15:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:sourcebible
A template you created, sourcebible has been nominated for deletion and the discussion has closed as "delete". I have raised this with the closer at User_talk:Delldot. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Scott James Remnant


The article Scott James Remnant has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP:N has not been established. Ref only mentions that he works for Ubuntu, doesn't mention the reason why hes "particularly notable." Been tagged since 7/07 for BLP referencing needed.

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 * I removed the tag and added a couple references in the form of interviews with Remnant. It was very easy to find these -- a simple search for his name and "interview" brought these up. Please go ahead and do these simple searches before suggesting that article are deleted. People obvious put work into that article. Even if you still disagree that Remnant is notable, a quick search would have turned up data to reject the fundamental doubts you express above. — m a k o  ๛  20:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Science myths
As requested, here is the link, feel free to add: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Madeleine_Price_Ball/Science_myths —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madeleine Price Ball (talk • contribs)

Speedy deletion declined: Simple present
Hello Benjamin Mako Hill, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Simple present - a page you tagged - because: Deletion of this page may be controvertial or is under discussion. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. NW ( Talk ) 05:31, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * We'd actually discussed this in WP:RfD and, based on discussion there, it seemed uncontroversial. If folks want talk about name of the article in a more appropriate forum like WP:Move requests, that sounds great. I see that it's been added there. Thanks for the message! — m a k o ๛ 

Userspace list
Howdy, I on my talk page. Basically, feel free to move it to your userspace, but be careful which version you revert to. I think there was a reasonable version in the last few hundred edits, but the last few versions violated some strictly enforced policy. Now that the news-fad aspect of snowclones has died down, it should be easier to edit the list at a reasonable pace with citations to reliable sources. JackSchmidt (talk) 21:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

explanation
I see you removed a bunch of links to member of al Qaeda. But you didn't say why.

Please don't remove any more of these links. Red-links have value. Several academic papers have addressed the distinctions DoD analysts made between associates of al Qaeda, members of al Qaeda, and al Qaeda fighters. It is an important distinction. Geo Swan (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I was working from my assumption of the consensus outcome of the series of RfD's on the subject that you've nominated over the last month and, in particular, the most recent RfD. As you can see from the discussion there, I'm not the only one who was under this impression.
 * If there is or should be a better target for those links, why wasn't that in the RfDs when you proposed them them? It would be pretty easy to create an stub, or a section of an existing article, that at least begins to detail differences in the distinctions you describe. It seems possible that some of categories might warrant a category and that some might not.
 * In any case, I'll happily not continue these edits until this is resolved. Sorry for an inconvenience. — m a k o ๛  01:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Ack! My apologies to you Benjamin, if I incited you into a bunch of edits that need to be reverted. I'll add a "stop cleanup" note at the RfD until we sort this out with Geo Swan. -- ToET 02:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey Mako, I've gone ahead and reverted the few edits that I made in support of this misbegotten redlink cleanup as I was solely motivated by an erroneous impression from the old RfDs. Geo Swan started the more general discussion at WT:TERRORISM. If you want help reverting your edits I would be very happy to do so, but otherwise I will stay out of the way to avoid getting under foot. -- ToET 03:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Not a problem. It's just not clear to me that the reverts are, in fact, wrong, and, if so, why we're deleting them instead of pointing them to a stub or a section of a different. If there will be an article on the topic of labels of associate, member, etc., as form of US government classification of detainees -- or if this will become some section of an existing article, that would be the place to point these. But if that is going to be the case, why are we deleting the instead of retargetting? — m a k o ๛ 

Articles for deletion nomination of Samuel Klein (businessman)
I have nominated Samuel Klein (businessman), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Samuel Klein (businessman). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.  Gazi moff  13:27, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Template:$
As you had participated in the original RfD for Template:$, you may be interested to know that the deletion has been overturned at deletion review because of a procedural problem, with the redirect being re-listed here.--Tikiwont (talk) 14:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yikes! I think, looking at the logs, that the procedural problem was caused by a cut and paste error on my side that eneded up essentially overwriting half the nomination text. I'm hugely sorry about that! — m a k o ๛  18:59, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Wellington meetup
Hey, Looking for your feedback regarding a date/time for the Wellington meetup. Happy New Year :) Lanma726 (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Karim R. Lakhani


The article Karim R. Lakhani has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners or ask at Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. RadioFan (talk) 17:38, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've put links to a New York Times article and a Wired article. There are certainly more. Both were visible by clicking on the links in the templates. Folks should really make at least this basic effort before nominating pages for deletion. The burden of proof should be on the people arguing for deletion, not the other way around. — m a k o ๛  15:33, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

help
true or vandalism? I can't tell. Needs better refs. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 05:50, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * True, but complicated. I made what (I hope is!) a clarifying edit. — m a k o ๛  22:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Karim R. Lakhani


The article Karim R. Lakhani has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Does not meet WP:PROF

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Text restored to your userspace
Seth Finkelstein article text copied per request. –SJ + 03:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Charles Kane (business executive)


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User:Benjamin Mako Hill/SF
Hello. The Seth Finkelstein article has been restored in your userspace for a year now but you haven't modified it. Per User pages, it should be deleted. If you're ok with that, you can just tag it for speedy deletion. If not, I'll send it to MfD in the near future. Best, Pichpich (talk) 04:32, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project
My name is Victor Grigas and I'm a Storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're exploring new ways to explain why Wikipedia is so special and we’ve started a Wikipedia Stories Project, where we’re chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community, especially editors and active contributors in the movement like you. I'll be traveling to Wikimania next month to collect stories for our 2011 Fundraiser. While there I'd love the chance to meet with you and hear your thoughts about Wikipedia. We’ll have a schedule of available times for you to sign up if you’re interested, but right now, we’d like to make the initial contact to gauge your interest. Please let me know by emailing me at vgrigas@wikimedia.org or responding on my talk page.

thank you,

Victor Grigas (talk) 21:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Movies es5-20030823.png
Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Movies es5-20030823.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

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 * I think I've addressed the issue. — m a k o ๛  21:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

FM (disambiguation) moved
Since you requested a notice when this discussion was closed, and the person who closed it appears to have overlooked your request, this is to let you know that Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 October 6 was closed with a move of the disambiguation page to the title FM. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you user pages

 * Thank you so much for giving me my first virtual barnstar! — m a k o ๛  18:49, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

On the love of creation
You will appreciate this: the incredible true story of Ron Avitzur and Greg Robbins making and shipping Graphing Calculator. – SJ + 19:39, 26 October 2011 (UTC)


 * And these plants for growing air. – SJ +

re: RFDs
Hello, Benjamin Mako Hill. You have new messages at Nikthestoned's talk page. --08:16, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Movies es5-20030823.png listed for deletion
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 * I've responded at File talk:Movies es5-20030823.png. Thank you,  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I think I've addressed all the remaining issues and the sources of the misunderstanding with a big update to the description and the fair use rationale on File:Movies es5-20030823.png. Thanks for helping me work through this. — m a k o ๛  18:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

RFC
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ICD
Dear Mako, thank you for opening the discussion of the ICD article; I have added a response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Institute_for_Cultural_Diplomacy#State_of_this_Page Skara B  12:22, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Threads goes on the queue
Looks amazing. (And note the prestige article title! Four BAFTAs is impressive, but I daresay an rdr is in order, no?)  – SJ +  17:53, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Suggested deletion of ICd article
Dear Mako I was wondering of you are aware of the request to delete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_cultural_diplomacy ? Perhaps you would like to have a say! Best Skara B  13:19, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you...
very much for your work on the ICD article. It's not just about keeping one bad article under control, it's also about keeping Wikipedia reliable, and being able to rely on one's work not being wasted. Skara B  09:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

ICD Conferences Reports – Reliable External Sources to establish Notability
Hello Wikipedia colleagues, I have spent some hours over the past days and collected some independent, objective and reliable sources by reading the ICD online information and then google-ing the events and the conference speaker names to check other sources. As I understand it from the ICD website, ICD events are not public and by invitation only and even do not include invitations to the press or media, this is indicated on the ICD webpage. However despite that, I managed to find a serious amount of material (relative to an NGO) as you will see below, assessing WP:V and also WP:NPOV.

At the bottom of this page I have raised concern to many negative remarks and comments made by Skara B and Media Hound on the ICD Wikipedia page. My major concern here is that it looks like that no matter what material is posted on this Wikipedia page, it will always attract immediately negative reactions of Skara B and Media Hound and they will annul them and say that they not be good enough for them.

Therefore and in order to keep the work on this page as neutral as possible, I decided not to upload material to the Wikipedia page myself, but to post the resources in this talk page. My goal is to provide you with information that, to the best of my opinion, is reliable, objective, and supported by only a AAA sources, such as governmental institutions, top media organizations, high-level speakers (such as Heads of State) and to post them in this talk page to enable those who are interested, to use that for improving the page once and for all.

As the activity of the ICD is very wide and continues over many years, I decided to start with investigating ICD conferences and events firstly and then move to other activities of the ICD as well as to include confirmations from governmental institutions where ICD is registered or able to conduct activities (which I will upload to the talk page in the next days).

However, before we start with the conferences, I would like to draw your attention to the page on the website of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, where the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is presented, please see the link below:

http://www.kooperation-international.de/detail/info/icd-institute-for-cultural-diplomacy.html

Now, I will move on to the conferences:

14 Conferences in total – As it seems, the ICD is normally organizing international conferences that are taking place mostly in Berlin, but not only. Usually you can see all of the lectures and interactive discussions and interviews with the speakers in the YouTube page of the ICD. After spending hours watching some of the clips (and there are many) I find that actually this YouTube page can stand alone by itself to provide a proof that all of the ICD conferences did in fact happen and all of the speakers mentioned on the ICD pages did in fact speak at the event, and in time some of them have even paid tribute to the ICD for allowing them the possibility to speak in the ICD. It clearly shows that Mark Donfried is always moderating all lectures and panel discussions and from watching the clips you can clearly see all banners of the ICD in the background verifying that the event is an ICD event. In many cases the speakers are also greeting the institute for its events.

I would start with a prominent example, which can be found below:

Conference Title: The Berlin Freedom of Expression Forum - "Censorship and Freedom in Traditional and New Media: The Revolution of Media as a tool of Freedom of Expression" (Berlin, February 28th - March 2nd, 2012) Link to conference lectures on YouTube (in total 33 lectures): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40E07B72E759D5C6&feature=plop Link to Conference Interviews: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1FAFAD40CEFB4E0D&feature=plcp

Link to Kathleen Carroll (Executive Editor, Associated Press; Co-Chair Pulitzer Board) speech can be found here: http://www.ap.org/Content/Press-Release/2012/Kathleen-Carroll-discusses-the-challenges-of-getting-public-information

You can see the AP article about Kathleen Carroll's participation here: http://www.ap.org/Content/Press-Release/2012/Kathleen-Carroll-discusses-the-challenges-of-getting-public-information

You can even watch Kathleen Carroll's speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Z38vByUaI&list=PL40E07B72E759D5C6&index=22&feature=plpp_video

Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/gphr/index.php?en_rifef-2012

More on this event:

The Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria reports on the speech of Ribal Al-Assad which was delivered on March 1st in the context of: “The Berlin Freedom of Expression Forum - "Censorship and Freedom in Traditional and New Media: The Revolution of Media as a tool of Freedom of Expression" (Berlin, February 28th - March 2nd, 2012):

Link to the ODFS page:

http://www.odf-syria.org/news/news/berlin-ribal-alassad-calls-for-freedom-in-syria-in-speech-at-the-brandenburg-gate

A Selection of Additional Examples can be found here:

a). The German Missions in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland published a report about the ICD event: The Rise of Africa - "Africa and the Global Economy: The Future of Nation Branding, Tourism and International Investment on the African Continent" (Berlin, 09 - 12 March 2011)

Link to conference on the German Missions page: http://www.southafrica.diplo.de/Vertretung/suedafrika/en/__pr/1__GIC/2011/03/03__ICD__Seminar__March__2011.html Link to conference on ICD Webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/experienceafrica/index.php?en_the-rise-of-africa

b). The German Missions in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland publishwd a report about the ICD event: The Power of Africa 2012 - "Africa as a Stronger Actor on the International Stage" (Paris, May 2nd - 4th, 2012):

Link to conference on the German Missions page: http://www.southafrica.diplo.de/Vertretung/suedafrika/en/__pr/1__GIC/2012/04/04-ICD-power-of-Africa.html

Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/experienceafrica/index.php?en_roa2011

c). The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UCTAD) reports on the lecture of Mr. Petko Draganov (Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD) on 28 May 2010 at the ICD event: The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010 (Berlin, 23 - 30 May, 2010) Link to the conference on the UNCTAD webpage: http://archive.unctad.org/templates/webflyer.asp?docid=13349&intItemID=4899&lang=1 Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium2010_reviews

d.) The US Embassy in Berlin reports on the participation of H. E. Amb. Philip Murphy (Ambassador of the USA to Germany) on May 28, 2010 during the ICD Event: "Understanding Afghanistan and Central Asia: Supporting Democracy and Stability - The Path Ahead" (Berlin, 28th – 30th May 2010)

Link on the Embassy of USA webpage: http://germany.usembassy.gov/murphy_052810.html

In addition, please see here a report by the NATO organization referring to this event of the ICD and also mentioning that NATO supported this event, please see the link the below and scroll down: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_63992.htm?selectedLocale=en

Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium2010_understanding-afghanistan

e). The US Embassy in Berlin reports on the participation of H. E. Amb. Philip D. Murphy (Ambassador of the USA to Germany) on September 10, 2010 in the ICD opening of the Floodwall Exhibition (Berlin September 10 - October 15, 2010)

Link on the Embassy of USA webpage: http://germany.usembassy.gov/about/ambassador/speeches/2010/09/10/floodwall/ Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_conferences_loam_floodwall-exhibition

f). H.E. Dr. Makase Nyaphisi (Ambassador of Lesotho to Germany) participates on the 07th March, 2012 during the ICD Berlin International Economics Congress

Link on the Embassy of Lesotho webpage: http://www.lesothoembassy.de/news/2012_Berlin_IEC.php

Link to the Lecture on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkw_26gsQOQ&list=PLDF7421E5B334B421&index=3&feature=plpp_video

Link to Conference Reviews on ICD Webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/culturaldiplomacyandtheeconomy/index.php?en_biec-2012_review

Link to conference on ICD webpage: www.biec.de

g). The Honorable Alfred Sant (Former Prime Minister of Malta; Currently Member of Malta’s Parliament) delivers a lecture on 8 November 2009 in Berlin at "A World without Walls: An International Congress on Interdependence and CD“(Berlin, 06 - 09 November, 2009)

Link on the Alfred Sant webpage: http://www.alfredsant.org/pages/dassingle.asp?id=203

Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium_world-without-walls

For the same event:

The Honorable Sir James Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) delivers a lecture on the 6th of November, 2009 "A World without Walls: An International Congress on Interdependence and CD“ (Berlin, 06 - 09 November, 2009) Link the lecture on Sir James Mancham's webpage: http://jamesmancham.com/activities.php Link to photos of the lecture on Sir James Mancham's webpage: http://jamesmancham.com/gallery.php?&start=60 Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium_world-without-walls

For the same event:

The French renowned newspapers La Tribune and La Post covering the participation of Ségolène Royal in the event: http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/international/20091110trib000442141/segolene-royal-si-sarkozy-redoute-un-president-europeen-fort-il-a-tort.html

http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2009/11/08/1780554_segolene-royal-invitee-d-honneur-de-l-institute-for-cultural-diplomacy-a-berlin-pour-le-20e-anniversaire-de-la-chute-du-mur.html

For the same event:

President Email Constantinescu (Former President of Romania) has uploaded a number of the speeches that he has delivered at the ICD in recent years including the above mentioned event – the first link): http://www.constantinescu.ro/en/discursuri/speeches30.htm Please see additional speeches of President Constantinescu which were held at other ICD events below:

http://www.constantinescu.ro/en/discursuri/speeches43.htm#_ftn1 http://www.constantinescu.ro/en/discursuri/speeches44.htm http://www.constantinescu.ro/en/discursuri/speeches37.htm

h). The Goethe Institute in Ljubljana reports on the ICD program "Germany Meets Slovenia – A Forum for Young Leaders (Slovenia, June 13th - 17th, 2012): Link to the program in the ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/germanymeetsslovenia/index.php?en Link to the Goethe Institute in Ljubljana page: http://www.goethe.de/ins/si/lju/ver/de9107644v.htm i). Conference Title: The Ankara Conference on Peace building & Conflict Resolution – “Using Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Sustainable Peace” (Ankara, April 17th - 19th, 2012)

Please find below a link to the Slovenian Embassy in Turkey, which reported about the event:

http://ankara.embassy.si/index.php?id=1320&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12834&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=16&cHash=22ad97d142

More links: http://www.ecmi.de/press/details/the-ankara-conference-on-peacebuilding-and-conflict-resolution-469/

Link to conference lectures (in total 45 lectures) on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5CB2F7A6D8123AF&feature=plcp Link to conference on ICD webpage (where you can see the program and list of speakers): www.ankara-conference.org

J). The German Federal Agency for Political Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung – BPB) published reports and documentation about the ICD Event Series "Black History Month 2009" (Berlin, January 20-Febrauary 29th, 2009): Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/blackhistorymonth/index.php?de Link to the reports BPB website: http://www.bpb.de/veranstaltungen/dokumentation/127381/black-history-month

k). Conference Title: The International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy & the UN - "Cultural Diplomacy & Soft Power in an Interdependent World: The Opportunities for Global Governance" (New York City & Washington D.C., February 21st - 24th, 2012)

Link to NYU (Law Department) University reporting on the event: http://www.law.nyu.edu/news/ALVAREZ_JOSE_ICD_CONFERENCE

More: http://www.mville.edu/news-a-events/news/news-features/3133-kendra-white.html

Link to conference lectures on YouTube (in total 34 lectures): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB91A1240BACCCE81&feature=plcp Link to conference on ICD webpage: www.un-culturaldiplomacy-conference.org

l). Conference Title: The ICD Annual Academic Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2011 “Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations: New Actors, New Initiatives, New Targets” (Berlin, December 15th - 18th, 2011)

Link to a protest against the Greek Government and the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Thodoros Pangalos, who participated in the event and was confronted by protestors; the protesters filmed the event themselves and published on YouTube with over 28,000 views:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzEI3XFvUCM

Link to conference lectures on YouTube (in total 29 lectures) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBF4062F093F322E4&feature=plcp Link to conference on ICD webpage: www.icd-academy.org

m). The German Federal Agency for Political Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung – BPB) published reports and documentation about the ICD Event Series "Black History Month 2009" (Berlin, January 20-Febrauary 29th, 2009): Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/blackhistorymonth/index.php?de Link to the reports BPB website: http://www.bpb.de/veranstaltungen/dokumentation/127381/black-history-month

n). The Honorable Sir James Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) delivers a lecture on the April 15, 2010 as a part of the "USA meets Europe Forum” from April 22-25 in New York City. Link the lecture on Sir James Mancham's webpage: http://www.eturbonews.com/15484/former-seychelles-president-heads-new-york-deliver-lecture-pirac Link to conference on ICD webpage: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?event-review-usame-2010-04

I think that the sources provided here are sufficient, but I will continue to find more and to provide more neutral verified information about ICD activities.

--Hessin fahem (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Mako, I have continued to collect all of the material and will continue to do so following your excellent guidance and will contact you shortly. In the meantime and as you can see, SkaraB/Mediahound is celebrating its “VICTORY” to harm the ICD and continuing with the campaign to harm the ICD in every possible way. Now “they” are going through the ICD Advisory Board members list and deleting references to the ICD. For example, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, the Vice President of the ICD got “a visit” from them and they deleted any reference to the ICD, ignoring the fact that in her own website the Vice President mentions her role on the icd and of course it is also mentioned in the ICD website:

See here (scroll down to the very bottom): http://ehennicotschoepges.lu/cv/

The anonymous editor is continuing like that with all of the pages of ICD members and will probably continue on the hunt against the ICD any way possible. This is of course not good for the Wikipedia and administrators and high level management of Wikipedia must be involved in this as this can have consequences for Wikipedia. I will now continue to observe and watch the activity of SkaraB and Media Hound and document all of their activities. At the same time, I will deliver the findings to Wikipedia authorities in order to stop this activity, as it has been going on for years already. I just wanted to let you know, however I am sure from the encouragements that I see in your talk page that Skara B and Media Hound have already contacted you and this game of theirs is already well known by you.

I will appreciate your advice here. Greetings.--Hessin fahem (talk) 04:35, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi there Benjamin, and thanks for your past work. I collapsed the text above to make it easier for other folks to access your talk page. Myself and Skara keep getting content posted to our pages too - much of it making comments and innuendo of complicity in some great conspiracy. It was Skara on the grassy knoll, and I drove the get away car! P^) But statements are being made that we are to be watched and followed WP:HOUND?

As you have expressed an interest in working with the editor, it may be helpful if you ask them to post their concerns in the right place - Deletion_review, they seem to act positively to you. They have been pointed there but don't seem to be able to find their way. Language and fluency may be the underlying problem. From me work with languages, it's clear that that that are not Western European (Latin - Romance - Saxon) - and the language forms fit a more eastern group (Slavic/Turkic). It seem when they are given time their fluency improves markedly. Cheers. Media-Hound 'D 3rd P^) (talk)  19:14, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Media-Hound! I've left a couple messages for Hessin that I think address your concerns. I know you feel attacked and I totally understand why. Just try your best to assume good faith and to ignore the noise. If you feel like this issue has gotten a little too hot or too personal, take a wikibreak or move on to other stuff for a while. Just a few days ago, Hessin has accusing me of libel and defamation in the article about me. This stuff blows over if you can ignore the crap, assume good faith, and focus on making the encyclopedia better and helping folks use their passion and interest to improve the project. And yes, it is easier to give this kind of advice than it is to act on it. :) — m a k o ๛  20:45, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Hessin! I tend to agree with the position of Arthur Rubin: I wouldn't have deleted this information. But because the ICD was not found notable enough to have its article, keeping these references sprinkled throughout the encyclopedia is going to be a little harder now. I mean, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges has a long CV and there are many things on that list that are not in her Wikipedia article (and many we have omitted that she elected to list much higher). To add this back, a good source reporting on the fact be helpful, if not necessary.
 * I have posted a comment on Arthur Rubin's position. Skara B  10:15, 20 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Another piece of advice: try to tone down the claims against SkaraB and Media-Hound. The single most important rule in Wikipedia, in my opinion, is Assume Good Faith. I completely understand that this is not easy to do, but it's very important. If you are accusing and attacking other editors, they are going to attack you back, monitor your contributions, and make your life difficult.


 * Even though it's hard, you should try really, really hard to assume that other editors, like myself and like SkaraB and Media-Hound, are not on campaigns against ICD or each other. If you do this, you might even turn your "enemies" into great partners working to improve the articles and issues you care about. This conversation has entered a bad dynamic. But it's not too late.


 * Also, who is the anonymous editor you are referring to? — m a k o ๛  20:34, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

eponymous constants
This seemed like an article you would enjoy. I also particularly enjoy that it's not the only one. Hope you're well! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 04:49, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Awesome! I think they should be merged... Something to do. — m a k o ๛  16:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Good faith barnstars
...to you! Skara B  10:18, 20 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Aww, thanks! I appreciate it! — m a k o ๛  16:18, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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Dear Mako, thanks again for the heads up; won't you check the article on "cultural diplomacy"; I have recommended deletion...

Best Skara B  17:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
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 * Yeah well, here we go again; see my post below.... Skara B  15:01, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * Ah, thanks! I really apprecaite it! — m a k o ๛  14:37, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I really appreciate it! The support from the community around this ICD stuff has been really wonderful! — m a k o ๛  14:38, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hey Mako I'm just following instructions and 'introducing myself' to you. I don't know exactly what to say on here so I guess I'm just saying hello. Should I do something different when I introduce myself to one of the other students? JPEspi (talk) 02:52, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Just wanted to introduce myself
Just stopping by to say hello, per your request on our detailed class syllabus (ha ha). See you in class on Wednesday! Knicoladyes (talk) 11:32, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hello Professor Mako!

Just wanted to introduce myself. /bows

I made it into Wikipedia, reviewed the training, and am now designing my home page. I just cannot stand a text based page - it has to have some images and fun stuff. You know, to spark the interest of the reader and reward them for clicking on my name. :-)

See you in class tomorrow night!

Andrew Thiessen (talk) 00:37, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction
Hello Mako, just making an appearance so you can connect my virtual persona to my physical one. Looking forward to learning more about this community! See you in class tomorrow. Heather Yoginih (talk) 01:58, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction
Hi mako, it's Liam introducing himself — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liamqc (talk • contribs) 03:37, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello!
Hey there!

I wanted to message you and electronically introduce myself! My name is Tara (the Pterodatcyl). I thought I was tech savvy until I started using Wikipedia and now I am a bit lost! Trying to get my barrings on this technology. I commented my article interest in the classroom talk group. Let me know if that sounds like a good idea!

Thanks and see you later today!

Best,

Tara

Tara Nielson (talk) 17:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Quick Question
Hey Mako should we get some type of medal or accolade once you finish training? I'm not sure if i finished it properly and I don't want to miss out on any points. Also on the syllabus you wanted us to make 'Edits in wikipedia' as one of the deliverables so does that mean that you want us to actually be editing any articles we want? Should I even be asking contacting you about class on your talk page. —JPEspi (talk) 19:50, 2 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Greetings JPEspi! I might be wrong but I don't think you "get" anything when you finish the training? Maybe this is something we might suggest to the folks form the Wiki Education Foundation who wrote that training material. Some students in the class got medals when they did The Wikipedia Adventure (it gives just tons of little medals).
 * In terms of editing, I meant just to use the system to get comfortable with the way people write things on Wikipedia and communicate. You're clearly doing that pretty well!
 * I don't mind if you ask things here or on the class page. If you think other students in the class would benefit from the message, maybe it's best to ask it over there! — m a k o ๛  21:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction
Hello Mako, I'm Elaine! I am currently a senior at UW. I am pretty new with contributing to Wikipedia so I am looking forward to learning more about it this quarter. So far, I think the Wikipedia Tasks have been very helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elephant 16 (talk • contribs) 05:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Howdy
Hey Mako! It's mnomonicless Kevin from class! Just wanted to drop in and say hello. On a side note, I was browsing your user page and noticed your userboxes. How awesome! Finding different ones is quickly becoming an unhealthy obsession for me. Now to narrow down which ones I want on my page... --Pnwkev (talk) 06:07, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction to Mako Hill
Hey, Mako, I'm mfate87 or Mike (the nonmneumonic) Fate from class. I am a senior and this will hopefully be my second to last quarter at UW. I am new to Wikipedia and am slowly, but surely getting the hang of things. Mfate87 (talk) 15:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Dr. Hill
I am Charles Kiene in your COMM 482 class. Really loving the book, lectures, and discussions so far. Can't wait to put some of these theories to use in the future. Nozkrov (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction and possible wikipedia page topic
Hello Mako, I hope you have wonderful weekend and are able to enjoy the good weather. I hope that you find my topic acceptable. I would like to write a page about an American amateur women's golf association, Executive Women's Golf Association. There is not a Wiki page on this group that is over 20 years old, has chapters in most of the states and hosts the largest amateur women golf tournament in the US. What do you think? KEGrowdon (talk) 00:24, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction
Aloha Mako! My name is Dane! I am new to Wiki however, am excited to learn and explore what it has to offer. Your enthusiasm in class is very much appreciated and entertaining! SleeepyD (talk) 03:19, 4 October 2014 (UTC)October 3, 8:19PM

Hi, Mako!
This is "Apple Lisa" from class! I'm looking forward to a great fall quarter. I am not currently a member of an online community, so being a Wikipedian for the next 9 weeks will be eye-opening. See you on Monday! Uclisa (talk) 05:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Mako! Jut stopping by to say hi and introduce myself! Great class so far! See you Monday!--Kewall27 (talk) 05:51, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Mako
Hey Professor, it's Alexa a.k.a. Adventure Time Nerd from your COM 482 class. Wikipedia is cool but actual class is a lot less confusing, so I'll see you on Monday. Alexateo (talk) 06:14, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Mako
Hello Mako! This is mushpatatas aka Adrian aka A.D. aka Assistance Director. I look forward to helping out with Wikipedia! mushpatatas (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Miko
Hi Miko,

I am Phoebe, one of your student in the COM 482 class. I am a bit out of track there, hopefully I am at the right place where I am suppose to.

Thanks, Phoebe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoebepoonn (talk • contribs) 02:20, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Mako:
I wanted to reach out and introduce myself. This is Daniel Kim in your communication class. Thanks.

Xxdboixx (talk) 15:47, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Introduction - Isatou UW Comm 482
Hi Mako,

Figured out the talk page:). Sending a quick note to introduce myself.

Aidaja12 (talk) 19:34, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Proposed Topic
Hi Mako,

I would like to write about a prominent Gambian musician called Jaliba Kuyateh [|this wikipedia article]. His name is mentioned but there is no article about him. He is also referenced in this article about Kora which is the musical instrument he plays. Gambia being a very small country, I am worried about notability. Please let me know what you think.

Thanks Aidaja12 (talk) 06:27, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Apologies for the multiple messages, also posted it on the course talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidaja12 (talk • contribs) 06:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * No problem, I've rseponded over on at Education Program talk:University of Washington/Interpersonal Media (Fall 2014). — m a k o ๛  20:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Mako
I am Linh, I am taking your interpersonal media class. Remember me?! "Linh Like Hiking". I choose my user name as "Rabbit White" because it was the first name that I use at the beginning of my computer world. I hope this class will teach me more about online communities. I hope you have an amazing day.

best, Rabbit white (talk) 19:28, 8 October 2014 (UTC), Linh

Proposed Topics
I am requested an Article about Homemade Bread that being listed as Holiday under Social Science. Since November is coming up and Thanksgiving is in that month. I will research on this day: November 17th. I hope that this article topic is good enough for the requested article, if not good, can you suggest me a better article to write in wikipedia?

Rabbit white (talk) 21:44, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Make!
Hello Mako, how are you? I wish everything goes swimmingly on you! My name is Yibo Lu, I major in Communication at UW. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Art at University of Oregon in 2012. I am a Chinese native speaker and live in the U.S for seven years. I am interested in food, movies and travel. However, my favorite is my 1-month newborn baby girl. I would love to spend every second with her. I am really new to make contributions to the Wikipedia, even though I use it as a study tool for many years. So I will take this chance and try my best to learn from it! Thanks so much to count me in.

Have a great day!

Yibo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yibo719 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Education program?
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 * You mean like Education Program:University of Washington/Interpersonal Media (Fall 2014)? :) They were only leaving messages on my talk page to show that had learned how to send messages. :) — m a k o ๛  00:16, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * I left a comment there. I didn't read everything in a lot of depth but I think I ended up agreeing with you? I think that both you and the person you were arguing with got a little dug into your positions. There are options other than saying "free" or "gratis"? As in, why not just say that is distributed at no cost, or similar? I think your last message was a little long. :) — m a k o ๛  05:34, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated. It's good to have an extra pair of eyes. zazpot (talk) 08:16, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * N.B. My interpretation was that you agreed with me that "free" was inappropriate, and that you were ambivalent about "gratis" as a replacement. On that note, the discussion has made me hope that one day I or someone else will find time to draft and propose (and, if necessary, lobby for) a Wikipedia guideline that the unqualified word "free" should not be used to describe nonfree software, for the reasons you and I both gave. If you have thoughts about this (good or bad), please let me know :) zazpot (talk) 17:19, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * That sounds about right. A policy like this might be good. — m a k o ๛  17:29, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Here's a start, in case you (or your friends/students?) feel like extending it? Otherwise, I'll come back to it when I have time. Over and out :) zazpot (talk) 01:38, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Belarus
Just a reminder aboutUładzimir Katkoŭski. I'm dropping this here because you don't archive your talk page, and this can serve as a reminder. :P Eddymason (talk) 02:01, 20 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reminder! In the meantime, I just left a message over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Belarus asking for their help and advice on the AfD and the article. Let's see if we can get some informed opinions and/or some help with the article. Thanks again for your vigilance and care about this article. — m a k o ๛  03:51, 20 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh. I thought you would use some of your academic networking and resources that are not available to the average Wikipedia editor. This is what you meant, my bad. Eddymason (talk) 22:05, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, that didn't seem to work in any case. I will ask some colleagues who have done research in Belarus and I will keep an eye on and try to improve the article. — m a k o ๛  22:10, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * That particular page has had six edits this year. You have access to people who can at least speak the language and might be able to find you some sources. The Belarus and other Wikipedia articles are just as poor, maybe you could convince others to engage with Wikipedia. Anyway, what bad luck. Eddymason (talk) 22:13, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I noticed the page was mostly dormant and that the people who had created it had mostly moved on before I left the message. That said, I figured it was worth trying in case it was still on somebody's watchtlist. The lack of attention that many subjects get on Wikipedia is sad. My own research and work is pretty afield from Belarus but there is one other faculty member in my department who does work on former Soviet republics. I don't know if she speaks Belarusian but can probably forward on a message to others who do. Unfortunately, the news search engines and such that I normally use don't seem to have large Belarusian media databases and it's not clear that I could read them if they did. Thanks for your ongoing interest in this. — m a k o ๛  22:20, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for letting me know that you are considering agreeing with a recommendation to delete the Big structure article. (I was not sure whether to comment here or on my own Talk page; please let me know if there is a proper protocol.)

I readily agree that the concept of 'Big structure' has not yet become widespread, I think the concept, though, in complement to Big data, is important and worthy of a reference. The most notable source for the concept is Jiawei Han, one of today's most prominent researchers in data mining. I encourage you to review Dr. Han's own qualifications, and then to listen to his lecture at Yahoo! Labs entitled, Big Data Needs Big Structure. (For that matter, you may want to review my own writings on big structure, but I understand that can be viewed as self serving.)

I have to say that I have been trying of late to add to Wikipedia in terms of developments in my field, with my next considered submission I was working on for knowledge-based artificial intelligence. I also use Wikipedia daily and understand concerns about having it lose its authoritative referencability through spam or promotion. I further understand that submissions must also withstand community scrutiny. I will say, however, that unduly aggressive single editor suggestions for deletion are a real turn off, and a disincentive to want to contribute. If there are problems of tone, I'd be pleased to hear and make corrections and let others make modifications in the Wikipedia way. Mkbergman (talk) 05:18, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, a single talk (even one by Jiawei Han) doesn't make the concept notable according to Wikipedia's notability policy which boils down to significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. If you can do that for big structure (and if through that process we can show that it's not original research) I will advocate to keep the article and we can maybe convince other editors. You've got about a week of discussion time total until Wikipedia will delete the article although you can probably request that it be moved to your "userspace" so that you can work on improving it there.


 * I completely understand that these kind of negative interactions up front can be a huge de-motivator and I've felt it myself and see it in many of the students I teach. Before you start a new article, I'd really suggest you check out the Wikipedia notability policy to make sure you can demonstrate notability of the article subject. Another thing that might be relevant is the idea that Wikipedia should not contain original research and the idea that editors/contributors should be very careful if they are editing on a topic for which they have a conflict of interest. Sorry to throw so much at you at first! — m a k o ๛  01:32, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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Aaron entrepreneur refactor
Hey Mako,

your refactor left a an incomplete sentence. (ends with a comma. search for "that Swartz had created")

btw, amazed that entrepreneur label was so strenuously disputed. long time no see. maybe remedy that at Wikimania if not sooner. --Jeremyb (talk) 06:52, 13 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Greetings ! Looks like I sort of stopped writing halfway through that edit. I've tried to clean up my mess. Thanks! — m a k o ๛  07:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you from Elodie!
Hi Mako! Thanks for initiating me to Wikipedia editing! Really excited about the Internet Research course!

ElodieSF (talk) 00:27, 3 April 2015 (UTC) 

Hi Mako
Hi Mako,

Happy weekend :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tfoishi (talk • contribs) 01:41, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Mako!
Hey Mako, I justed wanted to introduce myself. This is Andreu from your Internet Research Design class. Casandreu (talk) 04:39, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Mako!
Learning about wikipedia this quarter is going to be great! Enthusiasm! p.s. during the training I realized what the {barn}star on your computer is for! RocketSams (talk) 03:10, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Why am I still up?!
Hi Mako, looking forward to some less-than-anonymous Wiki edits. I just spent far too long going through Userboxes... and there are so many more I am considering. All thumbs up on this end, still enjoying the Mako show. Salt (talk) 07:35, 9 April 2015 (UTC)