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 * Hello Kaizersoze,
 * Can you point me to where you got Simpsons images. I want to convert them to PNG format for better quality and smaller size. Thanks. --Berkut 04:19, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * I got them from http://www.simpsonsfolder.com/gallery/index.html. Scroll down to "character slates". They're fair use because these images are given out by fox for the media to use. The same goes for the promo cards. Kaizersoze 07:13, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

Image:Msword.PNG
Hi. This is just to let you know that I've replaced a screenshot of MS Office Word 2003 that you uploaded (Image:Msword.PNG) with a similar one that is instead skinned under the default Windows XP skin. - Mark 03:31, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Photoelasticity
I saw that u made certain changes to the Photoelasticity article. I need some help. I need to complete the article but I need some images for that. Without images its quite tough to explain the fringe pattern and other principles of photoelasticity. I would be grateful if u could add some images(which come under fair use).TIAGaurav1146 18:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Image:North america basement rocks.png
You have your image marked as being a USGS image. Why do you think http://instruct.uwo.ca/earth-sci/300b-001/14strprv.gif is a USGS image? It is on a school web server. (SEWilco 06:42, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC))

Marine Corps Image
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Ukrainian portal for WP
Hi, I was noticing you contributing to Ukraine related articles for some time now. I am glad Ukrainian topics get more constructive editors. Recently, I helped Zscout370 a little bit with maintenance of the Russian Wikiportal he recently created. Browsing around I saw once more how little Ukraine is covered in WP compared to other countries and histories. Of course Russia is much bigger and much more in the news but still, the coverage of Ukrainian topics in WP needs to be expanded dramatically. Based on RU portal I created a draft version of Ukrainian portal at my user space. Please check it out at User:Irpen/uawp. Please do whatever you like with sections, layout, content, etc. In a couple of days I would like to have it exposed to the community, by moving it to Wikiportal/Ukraine and placing it into a couple of major UA articles, like Ukraine, Ukrainian language, etc, similarly to what was done with Russia article. Hopefully, it will bring more exposure and editors to Ukrainian topics. In the meanwhile, please play with it in your free time. Also, I placed a link there to a warning for editors to be a little timid while still being bold in view of recent cases of, probably good willing, bud a little short-tempered novice editors who roamed in Ukrainian language, Ukraine and Kiev articles with changes of terminology that stirred up the hornet's nest. So I would be grateful for your contribution to the portal, if you have time. Thanks! Irpen 18:26, May 28, 2005 (UTC)

Hi again, pls take a look at Wikiportal/Ukraine/Ukraine-related Wikipedia notice board -Irpen 04:01, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)


 * Please, pay attention that that Wikiportal/Ukraine is operated by a sort of "anti-Ukrainian mafia". Please have a look, , .--AndriyK 13:26, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Charts on Commons
Hello,

Sorry, but I was in holidays (and sorry for my very bad english).

Yes, I use Excel but for the creation of the png, I copy in Excel and paste in Illustrator. I create png since Illustrator. It is the better soluce I can find.

Bye.--Valérie75 14:32, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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A problem with one of your images....
It is my understanding that on Image:Soviet coat of arms.png, the hammer-and-sickle should be over Europe, not Asia. Alr 01:29, 31 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I got your message. I just re-uploaded the old version to replace the incorrect one you found, and I removed the deletion request. Alr 02:14, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

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PSU caps
Ouch, that's the most bad caps I've seen in one psu... I'm used to Deer ones where a couple start to pop, then the power supply melts down and catches fire before any more do. :) Good photo for the article!  Thanks, Bushytails 07:20, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Photography barnstar
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Будьмо знайомі
I see, you are also interesting in Ukraine-related topics. Let's keep contact.--AndriyK 09:52, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for starting up the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
I added some info from the top of my head but much more work needs done. I will try my best to help you with this. Cheers, --Irpen 06:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Please take a look at Portal:Ukraine/Ukraine-related_Wikipedia_notice_board and join the discussion if you have any thoughts. We need more UA-related featured articles. --Irpen 20:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much for correcting my misprints in "Gas dispute".--AndriyK 15:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

З Новим Роком!
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Recent Changes Camp in Portland
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Russia-Ukraine gas dispute
Greetings! I would like to point out that the way you rewrote "my version" of the article Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, well to be blunt you made it look like it's all Ukraine's fault, I think my version is much more neutral. I dont think Gazprom ask more for there gas cause Ukraine wanted to pay a different way. For me the intro as it is now is subtile Gazprom-propaganda (if not Russian propaganda). Since you suported the orange revolution I found your delitions a bit strange... BTW I really liked my holiday in Kiev (last year)! Mariah-Yulia 16:12, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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I noticed that you were the last person to edit this image. Any chance that you could make the colours used on the map more colour-blind friendly? It is hard to distinguish between the shades of green and yellow. Leftis t 14:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

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List of countries by life expectancy
Hi, I saw you started an update on that page about a month ago, why didn't you go all the way and update the whole list instead of just the first 5 countries ? Seems like unfinished work to me :( Thiste 19:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Spivak and Horshkov
Hi Berkut, there is a common misconception following from the dual citizenship issue. Ukraine, or any country for that matter, cannot effectively "not allow" dual citizenship because no country can prohibit other countries from granting citizenship and, at the same time, the conventions severely restrict cases when the country can involuntarily revoke its citizenship from the person. That person's acceptance of the foreign citizenship is not among the allowed reasons to withdraw the citizenship, be it for Ukraine or the US. What the country can do, and not RECOGNIZING the dual citizenship, like in case of Ukraine means just that, is that the country can refuse to treat its dual citizens as foreign nationals despite their having a foreign citizenship as the second one. That is it does not have to notify the foreign consulate in the case of arrest, it can refuse to recognize the foreign conscription as the valid reason of no-show in the national conscription, etc. The country can also refuse to grant its citizenship to the foreign nationals until their renounce their foreign citizenship. However, this does not make a dual citizenship an impossibility. The Ukrainian citizen accepting the foreign citizenship attains dual citizenship de-facto irrespective of the Ukrainian position of the issue. BTW, USA has a similar stance to Ukraine. Canada's and Israel's position on the dual citizenship is different as they extend the recognition of that to their nationals. This has little to do with "allowing" or not "allowing" and under no circumstances makes the D.C. impossible. --Irpen 08:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I found that I was only partially correct (see http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/IS-01.pdf). A country may withdraw its citizenship upon voluntarily acquisition of another one. However, this needs to be done (the action is not automatic) and it is rarely done. The basic idea that dual citizenship is possible even with countries that do not recognize it stands. More in the document I linked and a lot more on the web. --Irpen 09:35, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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Article suggestion
What do you think about Ukrainian parliamentary crisis (Spring - Summer 2006) article idea? Or should we wait for that chaos to settle first? Thanks, --Irpen 03:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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Table for Economy of Uruguay
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Hi Berkut, I was about to upload a slightly edited version of Image:National-atlas-oregon.png, but I noticed that you had "optimized" it a few years back. I don't know anything about PNG optimization, but my edited version (basically, just higher contrast so it's easier to view, esp. when scaled down) is about twice the file size of yours. Can you tell me what you did to optimize it, and maybe I can go back to the original and duplicate both of our edits in one step? Thanks! -Pete 08:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)
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 * Saturday, March 7: Art+Feminism – noon to 5pm
 * Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library (Mark Building, 2nd Floor; 1219 SW Park Avenue). Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

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Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon: Tuesday, May 12 at OHSU
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 * Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon – 1 to 4pm
 * Wikipedia Edit-a-thon hosted by OHSU's Center for Women's Health in honor of National Women's Health Week
 * Location: Biomedical Information Communications Center (3280 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239)
 * This edit-a-thon is intended to address some of these important differences and to generally improve women’s health information in key articles and topics. Areas for improvement have been identified in cooperation with WikiProject Medicine. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please post to the event page.

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Upcoming Art+Feminism events in Oregon
You are invited to participate in Oregon's upcoming Art+Feminism events, which will be held in Portland and Eugene on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Please see the following links for additional information, or to sign up: About Art+Feminism: Art+Feminism is pleased to announce its third annual Wikipedia edit-a-thon, an all-day event designed to generate coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and encourage female editorship. Last year, over 1,500 participants at more than 75 events around the world participated in the second annual campaign, resulting in the creation of nearly 400 new pages and significant improvements to 500 articles on Wikipedia. For more information, see Art+Feminism.
 * Portland: Yale Union (800 SE 10th Avenue), 12:00–5:00pm
 * Eugene: Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) Library (200 Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon), 12:00–5:00pm

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Art+Feminism @ Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (March 18, 2017)
You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (415 Southwest 10th Avenue #300, Portland 97205) on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 10:00am – 5:00pm. For more information, visit Eventbrite.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ PNCA Library (April 29, 2017)
You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) Library at 511 NW Broadway on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 11am to 4pm. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:32, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride at PNCA: Tuesday, June 27
You are invited to the upcoming Wiki Loves Pride edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, from 5–8pm. For more information, visit the meetup page or Facebook event page.

Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:38, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color - Thursday, Oct. 26 at PNCA
On Thursday, October 26, a Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color will be held from 4–8pm at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway). Learn more at Facebook. Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:27, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Jewish Women Artists (March 8, Oregon Jewish Museum)
On March 8 (International Women's Day), the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and artist Shoshana Gugenheim will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Jewish women artists. Click here for more information. You can also express interest or suggest articles to create or improve here. This event is free and open to the public, and will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participation is welcome in person and remotely (for those outside of Portland). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (March 10, Pacific Northwest College of Art)
On Saturday, March 10 (11am to 4pm), the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art, feminism, and women. You can read details on the Facebook event page, or this Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, you're welcome to stop by to show your support! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (April 13, University of Oregon)
On Friday, April 13 (3pm to 6pm), the University of Oregon will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art and feminism. You can learn more at the Dashboard page, or our Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and have snacks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Editathon: The Visibility Project - Saturday, January 19
Make+Think+Code and the Pacific Northwest College of Art are hosting a Wikipedia editathon at the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, January 19 from 10am to 2:30pm. The purpose of the event is to make Wikipedia a more vibrant, representative, inclusive and diverse resource. Please visit Meetup/MakeThinkCode/TheVisibilityProject for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Oregon State University Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Friday, February 8
To commemorate Black History Month, Oregon State University, Wikimedia Nigeria, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and AfroCROWD are hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Oregon State University Valley Library on Friday, February 8 from 2–5pm. The purpose of the event is to reduce Wikipedia's diversity gap by creating and improving articles about African American culture and history, as well as notable people of African descent and the African diaspora in general. Please visit here for more information. Remote participation is welcome! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:36, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

PNCA Art+Feminism Wikipedia Editathon, Saturday, March 9
The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, March 9 from 10am – 2:30pm. This is a free community event designed to teach people to add and edit information about cis and transgender women and nonbinary folks to Wikipedia. We'll have training sessions, artist talks, snacks, free childcare, and plenty of exciting energy and collaboration! You're welcome to drop in any time during the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and charging cables, though if you are not able, computer stations will be available. Please visit this link for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Oregon Jewish Museum, Thursday, March 7
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host the 2nd Annual International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Thursday, March 7 from 4 to 8 pm. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter 18 Jewish women artists into the canon. Support will be provided by an experienced local Wikipedian who will be on site to teach and guide the process. This edit-a-thon will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participants will have an opportunity to select an artist/s ahead of time or on site.

Please visit this link and the meetup page for more information. Thanks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST
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Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021
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You're Invited! Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia
On, Friday, February 25, 2022, Oregon State University will be hosting an online editathon focused on Black history of the Pacific Northwest. You can learn more here and/or register here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:25, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Portland Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon: March 12, 2022
You are invited! An Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon will be held in Portland, Oregon, on March 12, 2022. Learn more here!

Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet—and it’s created by people who volunteer their time to write and edit pages. Learn how to edit Wikipedia and be a part of shaping our understanding of our world. In this workshop, volunteer Wikipedia editors will be on hand to train participants on how to get started editing pages and offer ideas for which pages you can pitch in to help improve. Show up at any point during the four hours to get started!

Also: Free burritos!! We will be providing vegan, vegetarian, and meat burritos from food cart Loncheria Las Mayos. Alder Commons has a large, fenced playground. Children are welcome! Some computers will be available to borrow, but if you have a laptop, please bring it to use. We will also be leading an online training for new editors at 11am-12pm PST. Please feel free to join that training if you are not able to show up IRL.

This event is part of the international month of events organized by Art+Feminism, which is building a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10
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