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July 14: Virtual Coney Island Meetup + NYC monthly collaboration
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Proposed deletion of South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative


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 * This was about the LGBT+ acronym choice. I replied.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  21:46, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Health disinformation
hi Bluerasberry, you might be interested in this essay, Reliability of open government data, which concerns disinformation in government open data, with a particular example in open government health data, and Wikipedia's currently unsatisfactory handling of it (no blame, no magical solutions, but exploring the issue). Boud (talk) 00:35, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

September 29: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon + Annual Members' Meeting NYC
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 * Prospect Park photo contest, ongoing
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Re: Miss you, new tech
Hi, I saw your message on Anna's talk page. I have about dozen bios that need images. Can I use this tool now to create images and upload them to commons? Viriditas (talk) 21:08, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It is experimental technology but yes you could. I started a discussion at a project page that Anna established. If you want to talk more then reply and ping me there. If you generate an artwork then let me know and I will start a discussion requesting other people to come comment on it. By the way, I have nothing to do with this tool, and even the tool's page does not clearly identify who develops it. I know little about it.
 * Wikipedia_talk:Donated_artwork
 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  22:30, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Sunday: Wiki-Pavilion Picnic NYC (part of WikiConference NA, Oct 8-10)
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:PBS
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Signpost (October)
Lane, Is the technology report fully complete? I'm thinking about the items highlighted in yellow. sometimes uses this as an indication that something is wrong - so I just wont to be sure. Smallbones( smalltalk ) 18:26, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I often do, but this one is Lane's. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:13, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Speedy deletion nomination of Arun Pathak


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 * I responded.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:24, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Mark Bradford help
Hello Lane, it's nice to meet you. My name is Stewart, and I work for the artist Mark Bradford. I see that you're a member of WP:PRIDE and an art enthusiast, and thought you might be interested in collaborating to improve Bradford's article. If you're willing, please check out my edit request at Talk: Mark Bradford. Looking forward to discussing with you there! Stewart for HW (talk) 01:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I am unable to help. Consider trying Request edit. Best wishes.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  21:24, 12 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Lane. I have done that as well. All the best, Stewart for HW (talk) 17:35, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikimedia Sound Logo project
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Spectra Meetup in Seattle
Thanks for cross=-posting our event Bluerasberry! Mvitulli (talk) 17:44, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Dec 15: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia meetups in April 2022


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia meetups in March 2022


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Merry Merry!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Bluerasberry: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ★Trekker (talk) 18:21, 25 December 2021 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Column 5 error
That's emabarassing but fortunately easy to code out. Must have been a stray enter or mouse click in the form during the final check, aaaargh :) Thank you for your time. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:47, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Best wishes with your research, I look forward to the publication.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  20:32, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Jeremy Ayers
Howdy! I came across your comments on meta that mentioned Strumigenys ayersthey and was surprised to see no one had created an article here about Jeremy Ayers, so I went ahead and did that. Feel free to improve it and/or add it to any relevant categories. Cheers, 28bytes (talk) 20:08, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks great! Good way to turn a challenge into an opportunity! May I list this at Wiki Loves Pride/2022 as "Articles created or improved during Wiki Loves Pride 2022"? I think all of this makes for a nice story.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  20:32, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Absolutely! 28bytes (talk) 20:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination of Herman Cain Award for deletion
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Saturday Feb 5: ONLINE Met Afrofuturist edit-a-thon (and monthlong campaign)
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Research: 'Sticky' rubber...
Hi,

this may seem like an unusual request, but do you still have any contacts with the Consumer Reports people?

I am asking because in trying to find out how to cure a problem with 'sticky' rubber surfaces in a mid 1990's construction toy set, I had in a cupboard, I'm finding some anecdotal accounts of other products with rubberised components becoming 'sticky' or degrading.

I was therefore interested in determining if this is indeed a widespread but known issue, and given you previous connections with CR I felt I should ask if you knew where might hold relevant articles.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:28, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I have not worked with Consumer Reports since 2018 but I may be able to ask questions or identify relevant articles.
 * Are you trying to fix a sticky mess, repair failing glue, or respond to degrading solid rubber?
 * Consumer Reports typically focuses on conventional use of consumer products. 90s toys are probably out of scope, but tell me more and let me see if I can find publications.
 * Also, this is kind of a mess, but I think Internet Archive now has scans of almost every Consumer Reports publication. See their gallery. Navigating Internet Archive is still difficult, but as a long term solution, the Internet Archive could be the channel by means of which we eventually surface CR content and all other magazines. They are doing this independently of Consumer Reports partnership.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  15:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Ideally clean up some old model tyres which were sticky to the touch, but not actually deformed yet (so most likely the third of the options you give_. I was wanting to determine if this was a widespread issue with certain types of plastic/rubber. It wasn't unexpected, as I've had other things degrade over time, like scroll wheels on mice, and a rubber pad on an old laptop ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:51, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News
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Inactive WikiProject Open/Open access task force
Hello, and thank you for your thanks! As I was looking at neighboring WikiProjects to WP:FOSS I found quite a lot related projects abandoned. I hope I haven't assumed wrongly the activity of the Open access task force. It seems you have been active there in the past - can you tell me some about how it declined there? And where most of the communication happened on the task force? Was it on it's talk page? GavriilaDmitriev (talk • they/them) 17:00, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Most people who are interested in openness want to put their interest into practice, not discuss the philosophy of it. WikiProject Open and the related WikiProject Open Access are about the philosophy.
 * Wikidata's most popular project in count of contributors and depth of engagement is meta:WikiCite and d:Wikidata:WikiProject Source Metadata. In both of those projects, cataloging open access research is a priority, and doing data modeling for related research tools is very popular also. There are hundreds of people engaged in this through multiple unrelated projects. A large project with several hundred contributors is d:Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Participants.
 * You marked the English Wikipedia WikiProject Open Access as inactive. It is correct that there is no active community there, but if there were a way to mark that the activity has moved to Wikidata, then that would be more accurate. I do not know how to communicate that. There is activity on Wikipedia but it takes forms which are hard to see.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  17:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

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Mar 27: Wiki-Tent Brunch in Brooklyn
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Hi
I hope you are doing well. special:diff/573806256 —usernamekiran (talk) 04:27, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Apr 24: Wiki-Picnic and WikiSeder in Brooklyn
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Proposed deletion of Ryan Morrison


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 * I responded by adding more citations and removing the prod.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  14:25, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Ping
Hi, would you have any ideas or comments for this old discussion: Template_talk:Open_navbox --Avoinlähde (talk) 12:32, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

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ANI discussion involving you
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is WP:Signpost team ignores NPOV. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:08, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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 * Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Archive_24

Some follow up -  Bluerasberry   (talk)  14:12, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

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NYC Wiknic, June 26
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Note re item
hi. just a quick reminder, I hope to join the zoom call below, today. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:20, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


 * hi. also, I have made a small partial outline of some of the topics and ideas which I have been thinking about. you can take a look at it, at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC/June 2022. if you have a chance, coulkd you please take a quick look at those? please feel free to express any comments ideas, feedback, etc, at all. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 14:27, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


 * link to call: Meetup/NYC/June 2022

note re some ideas
hi there good to see you just now, on Discord. as discussed, I am posting some of my ideas here as well. I would like to ask if you could please tell me about at least one wikiproject, or other group, or any group effort, project, or activity where you are currently active?

my reason for this is fairly simple. I am hoping to create some renewed processes for wikiprojects to interact, communicate and work together.I am willing to present my ideas from step one to any wikiproject. I am not asding you to simply endorse my ideas without any dissent or discussion. i would simply like to have the chance to present my ideas to some project, or group effort, where you are already a member. that way, if you disagree with me, then that is totally and absolutely fine; however, that way, i could benefit from at least getting your open and direct feedback of what you think of my ideas, and how I presented them. I would greatly appreciate your help, and input on this. please feel free to let me know. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 17:14, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * We can talk by voice or video chat soon.
 * My best idea for community development is encouraging more applications from individuals or organizations for funding from the Wikimedia Foundation at meta:grants:start. I feel that there are a lot of barriers in community development which would evaporate if we moved some tasks from the volunteer bottleneck into paid administrative support. There is a lot of money available - like millions of US$ - and many budgets go unused for lack of applicants. Money is not the solution to everything but it solves some things, especially in the amounts that it is available in the wiki movement. And of course the money gets spent regardless; it is a question of whether the wiki community volunteers direct it versus non-community outside contractors.
 * I know you do the history project and now is LGBT pride month, so look at WP:WikiProject LGBT Studies as an example where I participate. Every capitol city in the world has a history of LGBT culture, and many are documented, and most lack Wikipedia articles. A list like that could get some contributors. If you have an idea let's talk about it and if I can support you in talking with others at that project then I would. Thanks.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  14:53, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * glad we had a chance to discuss these ideas. thanks for all your ideas! Sm8900 (talk) 14:28, 22 June 2022 (UTC)