User talk:Djembayz/Archive 2012

Talkback
http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8255/ Just sayin.Abesottedphoenix (talk) 03:10, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

NARA DOCUMERICA color correction proposal
Hi Djembayz! I added a comment on the talk page of your fellowship idea, but I'm not sure if you visit/watch meta very often so this is just a heads up :-) Thanks! Sbouterse (WMF) (talk) 00:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Malahat (schooner)
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William and Ann
Ahoy, Djembayz. I was wondering whether you have access to United Service vol 8, 1883? This journal has some info on the William and Ann (1759) which I have been searching for, however I cannot access in Australia? Regards Newm30 (talk) 21:55, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it shows up, with cites on 4 pages here. Am in the middle of GLAMcamp DC, may not get to this till after the weekend ... happy to help. :) Djembayz (talk) 03:24, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, no worries. Thanks in anticipation. Hope you had a great weekend. Regards Newm30 (talk) 07:22, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day

 * Aw, shucks, gal! *looks down, digs one toe around in the dirt* You're even cornier and more sentimental than me! :) Djembayz (talk) 02:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

CFD notice
Thought you might want to chime in regarding Category:Civilian Concentration Corps camps at the the discussion about renaming. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 17:54, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oops! Djembayz (talk) 00:17, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

February 2012 wikification drive!


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Blackadder (clipper)
hi. I think about a year ago you edited the above article and added a picture of the ship with the caption that it was rigged as a barque. From memory, I think this image is one of a series which I recall the book said were drawn by a member of the crew, showing the ship dismasted in a storm. Looking at the picture I think it shows chopped off masts and yards from the top masts still hanging, not a barque rig. I wondered whether you had some source for your caption? Sandpiper (talk) 19:59, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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Women scientists
See you've been beefing up some from the 30th. Yeah! I went to Smithsonian event and worked on Julia Anna Gardner but still in notes phase on wordprocessor. Telling you just to kick my own butt a bit to finish off a stub hopefully be early next week. She has the MD State Mollusk named after her - and there's a photo at commons of it! :-) Anyway, when you see the link turn blue, take a look!   CM

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DYK for Lucile Petry Leone
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A little too bold
Djembayz, can you please quit adding Native American language names to places that do not have a historic Native American name? It is one thing if a geographic feature like mountain range or river has a historic name, but Montana communities such as Helena, Miles City and Fort Benton (just to name a few) were never settlements prior to the arrival of white settlers; it would be different if a town had been built on a village site, but these were not. Furthermore, the Assiniboine people were not necessarily the people who even claimed these territories anyway (the Blackfeet tended to be more active in North Central Montana, for example.) Please don't do this without a reliable source giving a proper historic name, just because a word is in a dictionary doesn't mean it actually has a historic context. Montanabw (talk) 21:37, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel free to move these terms further down into the body of the articles if you wish! I'm pretty much finished up, that's about all I'm finding online. The idea here was to add the terms to help jumpstart the efforts at Incubator. Couldn't write stub articles that fast, so just linked the geographic terms in quickly while the websites are still available (and while I have the time). I'm skeptical about some of the historical materials, especially those written by people who didn't know the language. I want to broaden our scope to include reference sources in modern spellings, that will be understood by living speakers, about places they discuss today.
 * Can I interest you in pitching in on Native American languages at Incubator? Perhaps, given your username, you have personal connections to the MT schools doing language revitalization? Djembayz (talk) 00:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * PS Now that I've been able to look, I see I needed to put in better links so that you don't need to enter a search term in the box to pull up the definition. Don't see why a dictionary constitutes WP:OR. Don't see why anyone would dispute the American Indian Studies Research Institute at the University of Indiana as a reliable source. My understanding of the Native American Languages Act of 1990 is that Native Americans are permitted by law to continue developing their languages, and are not geographically restricted in using these languages to carry out their business. Also please note that WikiProject Countering systemic bias "concentrates upon remedying omissions (entire topics, or particular sub-topics in extant articles)," which, to my mind, could include minority languages and terminology. Djembayz (talk) 01:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, in Montana, if native languages are needed for naming modern place names, then you'd need to add, at a minimum, the terms used by ALL the recognized tribes in Montana, which begins to get ridiculous, and you'd also need to do so in their alphabets, (Blakfeet and Salish have their own characters), and as I mentioned, the Assiniboine people didn't even spend much time in the areas you tagged that I noted, these were traditional territories of other tribes, so if you want to add Salish, Blackeet, Crow, Chippewa, Cree, Gros Ventre, Lakota Sioux, Kootenai, and Cheyenne names too, well, I hope you see my point. And frankly, most would be more relevant than Assiniboine.   Montanabw (talk) 18:30, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I also reverted your addition of a Tolowa name for Manzanita, Oregon as a bit too bold. Manzanita is north of the Tolowa range; Tillamook or Nehalem were spoken in this area. I suspect your translation refers to manzanita the coastal shrub, for which the town of Manzanita was named when it was platted in 1912. Cataobh (talk) 19:06, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * And I removed your addition of a Karuk name for Three Sisters (OR). The linked translation doesn't identify which Three Sisters, but it's probably the one in Karuk territory in Siskiyou Co, CA, not the peaks much farther north in central Oregon. Cataobh (talk) 02:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Good catch; missed that one on the disambiguation page, thanks.Djembayz (talk) 02:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Mvskoke / Creek
You bet I'm interested. Mvto for the heads-up. — ℜob C. alias &Agrave;LAROB  03:56, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

BTW, a brief look uncovered one page in the Mvskoke incubator that is actually in Malay, as best I can tell. It is. Can you delete it? — ℜob C. alias &Agrave;LAROB  04:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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French white ensign
Hi Djembayz, I noted the self-revert. No sweat. It bugs me that they didn't have a more interesting flag; everybody else did/does. Makes one wonder what they used for a flag of truce. Regards,Acad Ronin (talk) 18:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Greetings!
Thank you for the cheerful welcome to Wikiproject Ships. I’m an old Navy destroyer veteran, so I look forward to participating in the project. I see myself as an able writer and editor, but sometimes I get blown off course trying to navigate the waters of Wikipedia. Pendright (talk) 22:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Alibamu name
BHi, Djembayz! I notice you added the Alibamu name to the Houston article. It's interesting, but I'm not sure if that's putting undue weight on the name itself. I don't think it's very important enough for the main article (it could go under a "names of Houston" or something like that)

The issue is that Houston has no significant Alibamu population, in the area or around it. You probably noticed the Arizona and New Mexico cities with Native American names. In those cases, significant Native American populations exist, and large Native American reservations dot the areas. In southeast Texas many of the Native Americans are extinct, or fully assimilated. There is the Alabama-Coushatta reservation between Livingston and Woodville. Native American names involving the Reservation and/or a few communities nearby would be highly relevant. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello, Whisper, and thanks for the note. As far as adding more local place names goes, quite a few names in Native American dictionaries are only identifiable for local residents, on the order of "that big red hill 5 miles south of town on the interstate ... " Was hoping to find someone like you with more local knowledge to assist. Here's the Alabama Dictionary link-- can you identify anything here?


 * I like your idea of having a section for Native American place names. In the course of working on Native American languages in Incubator, I've been discovering that the language revitalization movement is at a very interesting and important stage, with lots of experimentation on how to use the Internet. After seeing so many references to US cities in foreign languages, and made-up languages like Volapük, it just seems dumb that we wouldn't include Native American names right now when the interest is increasing. People do move around, both historically due to displacement, and currently, due to cars and improved transportation, and I'd like to find a way to include the names of North American places in all North American languages. Have yet to find any language other than English with its own geographic names for the entire US; the available names tend to be regional, plus a few surprising places "out of area," which give you an idea which places people have a reason to talk about.


 * Do you know of an existing model for place names in Native languages? Better as a section or in the infobox? One advantage to putting them in the infobox would be that it would work better with the Wikidata ... guess I'll need to run this by the WikiData folks when they come to town. Djembayz (talk) 15:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of DCPL Sandbox


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Coordinator sought for the US National Archives WikiProject
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US Navy ships
Before Wikipedia, I did the research and the writing on several US Navy warships for our local military museum. DANFS and Wikipedia became my primary sources of reference, because so little other information was available. What I found then (and now as a WikiProject Ships participant) was the Wikipedia articles were actually DANFS articles that had been cut and pasted. In a reverse kind of way, it makes DANFS the original Wikipedia contributor and often the article’s primary reference source. As you know, DANFS articles are similar: lots of jargon, untypical in style, and speak to places more often than events. Yet, as I see it, DANFS is a comprehensive and accurate source, and in many (perhaps most) cases maybe the only reference source. To me, DANFS articles are unique and should be treated that way, but they do present special editing problems-at least for me. •     Books are not written on every Navy ship, which scuttles in line citations. •	DANFS might be the only reference source available: is that enough weight to make the article creditable in the eyes of a critic? •	Each time I step up to the plate, I hope to make the article a little clearer, and a bit more concise, yet keeping the contributor in mind. •     So if the standard of acceptable readability is met, to what extent should this atypical style of DANFS be dealt with – jargon, style, and places vs. events? Reviewing Peer review/USS Mahan (DD-364)/archive1 should answer any questions you may have on my reason for writing. Thank you. Pendright (talk) 23:14, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Pendright! I've responded on your talk page with basic reference info for getting started out on writing "Wikipedia-style." I'm moving your question above to the WikiProject Ships talk page, so that you'll get more informed opinions regarding DANFS from people who have been working with it? Djembayz (talk) 10:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Pendright (talk) 17:30, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Your “General info about how to improve the qualities of your articles” post is a generous gift; my intent here is to thank you properly for sharing this body of knowledge with me. And tell you whatever future Wikipedia tasks I may undertake, I suspect the outcomes will be better because of your thoughtfulness.  Pendright (talk) 19:44, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

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Kutenai name for black-fruited hawthorn
Hi, about the addition that you made to List of hawthorn species with black fruit, do you have more information such as whether there is a Kutenai name for hawthorn with red fruit? I suspect that having more material than a simple list on a list-of page might be challenged by somebody, but could this perhaps this be built up into a larger section on, say, the Crataegus page? Best wishes, Sminthopsis84 (talk) 23:56, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, the word for hawthorn with red fruit appears farther down the same page, "ǂupǂi - Red hawthorn." If you have an idea how to work these terms into Crataegus article, please do! Thanks for looking this over. I've been adding Native American / First Nations placenames and terms of potential interest in a wide range of articles for the use of other editors. It's interesting to approach ethnobotany from the perspective of terminology available in current dictionaries of Native American / First Nations languages, and help from folks like you with more botanical knowledge of scientific names is important. Djembayz (talk) 03:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Great. See what you think of the addition at Crataegus. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 10:04, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi
You are right, no article yet on A. McK, but there are mentions. I would be delighted to create an article. --DThomsen8 (talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Indigenous Languages of California
Sounds fine by me! babbage (talk) 01:57, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi, sorry, I don't feel like taking on new projects after recent events. Sounds like a good project, though: lots of work to do. — kwami (talk) 15:36, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Djembayz, thanks for the invitation. I'll sign up because it looks like you need warm bodies participating, but I'm not a linguist so can only contribute a little. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 16:30, 22 July 2012 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Thanks for the invitation; I don't know how much time I'll have to contribute, but I'll do whatever I can. --JohnDillinger43 12:06, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Request!
I have rewritten the USS Mahan (DD-364) article and wonder what my chances are of having you critique it before I add the inline citations. In any event, thank you. Pendright (talk) 16:59, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Endangered languages is a great add to our template! Meclee (talk) 12:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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My new project - WWC
Hi Djembayz! I hope all is well. I wanted to stop by to share a new project with you that I am developing, called the WikiWomen's Collaborative. I would love your input about the project. Thank you for the consideration and I hope you'll participate in developing this exciting new project to bring more women to Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 00:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Endangered Languages assessments
There are about 450 unassessed EL articles; maybe a bot can make the EL banner inherit the class from other project banners? That would spare the project a few hours. jonkerz ♠talk 04:17, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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Chukchansi language - DYK review
Djembayz, As you know, I'm reviewing your article (which is fascinating) - and just had one question. Under all your numbered references there is an unnumbered reference for the Kroeber book. Is that supposed to be one of the numbered references -- or perhaps a footnote as opposed to a reference (in which case, would it need a footnote heading, similar to the references heading?) Once I know if that Kroeber line is a mistake (and should be incorporated into the other references) or is correctly there for a wikipedia reason with which I'm unfamiliar, I'll go ahead and ok the article. Best wishes! NearTheZoo (talk) 02:28, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * The Kroeber book puts the dialect in context ... I'll move it to "Further reading." Djembayz (talk) 02:45, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Perfect! I'll go ahead and recommend the DYK.  Best wishes, NearTheZoo (talk) 02:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Djembayz, now that the nomination process for the DYK is over, I'm still a fan of your article, and want to make a suggestion for you as you continue to expand the article. I think that if you added one sentence to the first paragraph about the fact that there are efforts to preserve the language and expand the number of speakers, that paragraph could then become the lead, separated from the rest of the article. Then perhaps there could be a section about the language itself, starting with the sentence about no "r" sound, and perhaps adding more information about it and the larger language group within which it exists. Then there could be a section about studying and preserving the language, including the effort to increase the number of speakers. Anyway, whatever you do, I thank you for the article, because I learned from it!  Best wishes, NearTheZoo (talk) 11:40, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chukchansi language
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Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries
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Uh oh, NDNs are getting rowdy. ;)
So uh, I haven't been doing the best jorb ever, but I have been staring at the language page with good intent and asking questions to the wind on the talk page for it. I've definitely edited more since Wikimania, I think. At least I'm not scared of signing in any more.

Today I felt reckless after having a good morning, so I noticed that a Native page was missing. It's a woman musician, but scarily I can probably get more reliable references for her than some of the assertions I want to make about the language. Culture is close enough when I notice it's missing, right? :D

Anyway, my practice page is here. I know it's still very stubby, but I want it in here eventually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Eekwol

I need to fix the NAMA page eventually, too. Abesottedphoenix (talk) 22:04, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Hooray! Stuff's fixed. :D Now I'm a dangerous woman with a template. MUAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Abesottedphoenix (talk) 01:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Squeeeeee! It went live 8D Now I'm an even more dangerous woman with a template and a precedent. XD Abesottedphoenix (talk) 15:26, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Oh, now you're really all in trouble. I found the hardcover copy of my dictionary. That is the one that I have been adding words to over the years, because one person will remember a word, another person will remember a synonym, a third person will have another piece... >:) I try and go back later and cross populate my leather tied Speck on paper with the hardcover one, but I'm not always diligent. Now I have 3 places with Wikipedia being the easiest to replicate storage vessel. I can always copy my new olde stuff onto my userpage so that no one reverts it >:) I work so much slower than you! Look for more stuff in November since I am traveling soon for a good bit. *hugs* — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abesottedphoenix (talk • contribs) 04:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the "schoolbus barnstar"
Thanks a lot for the "schoolbus barnstar" Djembayz, it really did make my day. Hope you're having a lot of fun on Wikipedia too! ;) &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 00:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Coming to Grace Hopper?
Hi! I was wondering whether you're coming to the Grace Hopper conference in Baltimore next week. Wikimedia is running an open source day on October 6th during which we're teaching people how to edit -- if you'd be interested in coming by and helping people learn, please let me know today or tomorrow (I'm sorry for the short notice!) so I can register you!

And if you're going but you can't come help with the activity on the 6th, please let me know anyway so I can meet you and say hi. :)

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I am wondering why
you removed this:

from the Esther Martinez article? Or am I reading the record wrong? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 02:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Life is good. Carptrash (talk) 02:45, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries
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Re: Mohawk language Wikipedia is at Incubator
Sorry for the much long delayed response. That dictionary, to my knowledge, is the most recent dictionary of the Mohawk language to be published. It's based on the Western dialect as it's spoken here in Tyendinaga. It was written in 1990, though, and a standardized orthography for Mohawk wasn't developed until 1993. It's one of the few texts on Mohawk to note its tone system though. Another good one is 1000 Mohawk Words, I forget the offer but it's in the Canadian Museum of Civilization's mercury series. In both those texts you will notice slight discrepencies between the standardized orthography and the orthography used, but they are similar enough that you can easily write them over into standardized orthography if you wish.

I will check out the Mohawk incubator project. My Mohawk is introductory at best, though. Oosting (talk) 19:45, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Greetings
Hi Djembayz, thank you for showing me all of those NARA images in the library today. Now I suppose it's time to join Wikimedia DC, but I don't know what to do. Send $10 through the mail? groupuscule (talk) 22:23, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Groupuscule, it was fun to meet you, and watch how fast you type to generate all those finely referenced articles :) I'll put you on the list as a guest for the moment; you need to fill out the form and mail a check to the WikiDC membership address to make it official, or use Paypal, etc. Welcome, and come on down to our events anytime. E-mail me if you'd like me to add any Baltimore happenings to the page ... Djembayz (talk) 22:41, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I am actually kind of into being a "Wikipedia Ambassador" to the world of education, having seen some of the amazing work coming out of this class at Rice. So I guess let me know if you know anyone in the area who needs that, particularly in the social sciences or humanities. groupuscule (talk) 03:11, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note! Have a few ideas, I'll put out the word. Djembayz (talk) 03:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Darshan Ranganathan
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A kitten for you!
how cute

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DYK for Darshan Ranganathan
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Recent Reassessments of MILHIST Articles
Hi! I have noticed you have been doing some great work in properly moving some articles from stub class to a desired C. Unfortunately you are forgetting to Complete their B-Class Checklists. Please fill out this:
 * B1 = y/n
 * B2 = y/n
 * B3 = y/n
 * B4 = y/n
 * B5 = y/n

for any future MILHIST upgrades past start or the simplified |B1=y/n|B2=y/n|B3=y/n|B4=y/n|B5=y/n. This will prevent them form falling into a backlog I am currently trying to clear. Much Ado, --MOLEY (talk) 04:51, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome
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Indigenous peoples of North America
The unassessed category is showing 1,518 in the table, but it is now down to less than 1,295. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:09, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

The unassessed category is showing 1,294 in the table, but it is now down to less than 1,128, and the Total overall is 6,909. I will be doing less on Wikipedia until Wednesday. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:29, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your invite to assess articles and see if they are ready to move from "C" to "B". Does my probably having worked on many of them matter (no worry about conflict of interest?) Let me look at the assessment tools and will get back to you.Parkwells (talk) 16:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Request!
Djembayz: I’ve added references to the USS Mahan (DD-364) article in the manner you suggested. I’m now looking for the way to proceed. Is there any chance you could look at the article again? If not, could you offer any suggestions that might help me move the article closer to launch. In any event, thank you. Pendright (talk) 00:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

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Zambrana Genealogy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Itzcoatzin/sandbox

Thanks for the info my wiki looks different now, I hope the Wikipedia Members linke it. That one guy told me he will never let me publish anything. But his loss my info is solid. I dont see why it should not be in wikipedia. It tells how Spain was form by the 6 kingdoms in their flag. And how the Kings fougth to keep their crown. In the zambrana heraldic records it shows princess and murder. And even local legends like Jaun Zuria. And a great records of arms.

thans again for your info.

Jose Luis Zambrano De Santiago (talk)

Jose Luis Zambrano De Santiago (talk) 03:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I have used all the tools you provided can you check it out for me? Can you show it to the genalogy of spain and Basque country?

Jose Luis Zambrano De Santiago (talk)

Jose Luis Zambrano De Santiago (talk) 01:48, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Wiki Workshops in Baltimore
Hi Djembayz, I thought you and your friends might be interested to know that we have two Wikipedia workshops coming up in Baltimore. I expect them to be pretty low-key. Also they're only three hours apiece. (Progress on a real 'edit-a-thon' at the Enoch Pratt Free Library is slow.) All are welcome! (Bringing computers/internet is great but not required—we can share.)

The venue is the Baltimore Free School now located at 516 W. Franklin St.

Times Saturday, December 8: 2PM–5PM Tuesday, December 18: 6PM–9PM

Link to video as reference
Hi Djembayz, thanks for adding this link in Canoe. This is no doubt a useful resource regarding the subject at hand, i.e. traditional canoe building, but I believe that inline references are meant to back up specific content in the article. WP:cite says "Citations are an important part of any Wikipedia article, serving to identify the reliable sources on which the article is based". So it seems like link shouldn't be there (maybe more of an external link type thing)? Maybe I'll try to take some time to look at the resource and see if there's material there we can use in the article... --Cornellier (talk) 16:29, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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DC Meetup #33
December 10 is Ada Lovelace's birthday! Not only was she the world's first computer programmer, but also the world's first female open source developer! Come celebrate with Wikimedia District of Columbia at Busboys & Poets for an informal get together!

The Washington, DC event will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Busboys & Poets on 5th St NW & K St NW near Mt Vernon Square. The area is easily accessible by the Red Line Chinatown stop and the Yellow Line and Green Line Mt Vernon Square stop, as well as by WMATA buses.

Kirill [talk] 14:18, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of "Where are your keys?"
Hello! Your submission of "Where are your keys?" at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Maile (talk) 22:39, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC Holiday Party and Wiki Loves Monuments Exhibition
Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.

The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.

Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 04:42, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Tutelo language
I've removed the lulu.com book - as it is self-published, and the information on Oscar about a graduate student's research as I don't think it meets our criteria at WP:RS. Dougweller (talk) 17:05, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
Why thank you. And to you as well! Happy editing! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:26, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Miszoo meetup
Hi, noticed your page for a Missoula meetup, I'm not in Missoula so not apt to be able to attend, but curious what you have planned; I don't know of many/any other editors in Missoula, so will you be training a herd of newbies? Any ideas of the direction you want to take? I ask for two reasons: one, if it goes, maybe I can try it in my community too, but also, a self-preservation plea that be careful with turning newbies loose because it's NOT fun to have to go into a whole bunch of articles that went from marginal to longer but more marginal. For example, the last time we had a newbie-thon hit one Montana article, we had removal of refs, replaced with a term paper with bad refs and no wiki markup. I did a fast fix to this, then Mike Cline went to work on it and it now looks like this. So while in the long run, the article was improved, it created a short-term crisis management mode on the part of more experienced editors. So I hope that when people go in to "improve" articles, they also learn a few basics, like use of simple ref tags and wikilinks. But good luck, and hugs to you for giving this a shot! Montanabw (talk) 20:06, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. The message you left me, and everyone else, contains a typo. The following: Should be: This closes the table. Without the break every subsequent message will be part of your invitation (surrounded in blue). Hyacinth (talk) 12:58, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ... HERE.|} Djembayz ...
 * ... HERE.  |} Djembayz ...


 * You're welcome! Hyacinth (talk) 01:07, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Missoula Invite
How'd you find out I live near Missoula ;) . I would really love to go, but sadly i'm in school during that time period. But thanks for the offer! Missoula is amazing! :)
 * How'd you not find out that invited PumpkinSky is missed? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Ummm...are you trying to be a snob or something Gerda Arendt? Because if you are, it's not okay on Wikipedia standards (violation of W:RESPECT). But if your not, then I'm sorry to say I have know idea who "Pumpkin Sky" is. I'm more around Wiki-project Tropical Cyclones, not too much Wiki-project Montana.
 * Hello Gerda and STO12, it's way too difficult and time-consuming for me to follow all the discussion about other Wikipedia users. My concern is finding knowledgeable editors to assist, as my experience at these events is that most people learn best with one-on-one answers to their initial questions. Anyway, thanks for the heads-up that this person may not be editing, and stop by if you are in the area! Djembayz (talk) 17:02, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
I had a very Merry Christmas, and I trust your Christmas was equally so. All the best for the New year. Pendright (talk) 23:06, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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Missoula
I hope the Missoula workshop went well. A family commitment, unfortunately, prevented me from attending. Pendright (talk) 16:03, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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